Vocabulario Saludos y Despedidas Greetings and Goodbyes

Buenos días Bway- nose Dee-us Good morning

Buenas tardes Bway-naws Tar-days Good afternoon

Buenas noches Bway-naws No-chays Good evening

Hola Oh-La Hello

¿Cómo te llamas? (informal) COH-moh Tay Yaw-moss What is your name?

¿Cómo se llama? (formal) COH-moh Say Yaw-maw What is your name?

My name is… Me llamo… May Yaw-moh

Look at the phrases below and say them to yourself. ¿Cómo te llamas? COH-moh Tay Yaw-moss ¿Cómo se llama? COH-moh Say Yaw-maw Me llamo May Yaw-moh What sound is the letter “ll” making? Any time you see the letter “ll” in Spanish it ALWAYS makes the “y” sound.

Encantado(a) In-can-taw-doh Delighted The word “Encantado” looks like the word “Enchanted.” Enchanted and Delighted are synonyms (two words that mean almost the same thing) The Princess from the movie Enchanted, is “encantada” to meet her Prince. In Spanish, words that describe girls and boys have to have different endings. Words that describe girls end in “a”, words that describe boys end in “o”. Encantada Encantado

Mucho gusto Moo-choh Goo-stoh Pleased/Nice to meet you

Igualmente (ee-gwal-men-tay) Likewise “Igualmente” sounds like “equally” If you are “likewise” pleased to meet someone, you are “equally” pleased to meet them.

¿Qué pasa? Kay pah-sah What´s up What´s up,

Nada Nah-dah Nothing

Gracias Grah-see-aws

Adiós Ah-dee-OSE Goodbye

Hasta luego Ah-stah Loo-egg-oh See you later

Nos vemos Nohs Vay-mohs See you

Hasta mañana Aw-staw mon-yawn-ah See you tomorrow The word “mañana” means both “morning” and “tomorrow”

Señor/Sr. Sin-your Sir/Mr.

Señora/Sra. Sin-your-a Ma´am/ Mrs.

Señorita/Srta. Sin-your-eat-a Miss/Ms.

¿Qué tal? Kay tall How´s it going?

¿Cómo estás? COH-moh Ay-STAHS How are you? (informal)

¿Cómo está usted? COH-moh Ay-STAH Oo-sted How are you? (Formal)

Bien Be-in Fine/Good

Mal mawl Bad

Regular Ray-goo-lar Regular/Ok

Fantástico(a ) Fawn-TAWS-tee-coh(cah) Fantastic Here is another one of those words that girls and boys have to say different. Words that describe girls end in “a”, words that describe boys end in “o”.

Muy mooy Very Enrique Iglesias es MUY guapo Enrique Igleseias is VERY handsome

¿Y tú? E 2 And you? (informal)

¿Y usted? E Oo-sted And you? (formal)

Conversaciónes Conversación Básico A: Buenos días. B: Hola. A: Me llamo Carlitos. ¿Y tú? B: Me llamo Rosalía. Mucho gusto. A: Encantado. B: Adiós A: Hasta luego. A: Buenas noches. ¿Cómo se llama? B: Me llamo Sra. Martinez. ¿Y usted? A: Me llamo Sr. Perez. Encantado B: Igualmente. A: Hasta luego. B: Nos vemos.

¿Qué significa? Kay Sig-nif-ee-ca What does it mean?