Spanish 1 Notes - 1 Contextos
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Note: In Spanish there are two ways of talking to others (saying you): formal and familiar
As teens, you would use the familiar with:
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Other teens/kids younger than you
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Close friends and family members
As teens, you would use the formal with:
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Most adults
Adults use the familiar with: friends, family members, other adults they know well
Adults use the formal with: bosses, elders, other adults that they don’t know well
How to greet people
Hola
Buenos días
Buenas tardes
Buenas noches
Hello, Hi
Good morning (literally Good day)
Good afternoon
Good evening, good night
How to ask others how they are doing
¿Cómo estás (tú)?
¿Cómo está usted?
¿Qué tal?
¿Qué hay de nuevo?
¿Qué pasa?
How are you? (familiar)
How are you? (formal)
How are you? How is it going?
What's new?
What's happening? What's going on?
How to respond to inquiries about well-being
For ¿Cómo estás?, ¿Cómo está usted and ¿Qué tal? , use:
bien
muy bien
no muy bien
Regular
well
very well
not very well
So-so, OK
For ¿Qué hay de nuevo? and ¿Qué pasa? respond with:
Nada
nothing
How to introduce yourself and others
Me llamo……..
¿Cómo te llamas (tú)?
¿Cómo se llama usted?
Encantado (a)
Mucho gusto.
El gusto es mío
Igualmente
Te presento a……
Le presento a…..
Éste es …….
Ésta es….
señor (Sr.) don
señora (Sra.) doña
señorita (Srta.)
nombre
My name is… (literally: I call myself)
What’s your name? (familiar)
What’s your name? (formal)
Nic
e to meet you. (literally: enchanted)
Nice to meet you.
The pleasure is mine.
Likewise
I would like to introduce you to… (fam.)
I would like to introduce you to… (form.)
This is…… (when you're introducing a
male)
This is…. (when you're introducing a
female)
Mr.
Mrs.
Miss
name
To redirect the question back to the original speaker:
¿Y tú?
¿Y usted?
And you? (familiar)
And you? (formal)
Expressions of politeness
por favor
(Muchas) gracias.
De nada
No hay de qué.
Perdón
Con permiso
Lo siento
please
Thanks (a lot).
You’re welcome.
You're welcome
Pardon (me)
Pardon (me)
I'm sorry.
To ask about where people are from
¿De dónde es usted?
Where are you from? (formal)
¿De dónde eres?
Soy de….
Where are you from? (familiar)
I'm from
Ways to say good-bye/take leave
Adiós
Nos vemos.
Hasta pronto
Hasta luego
Hasta la vista
Hasta mañana
Chau
Saludos a…
Good-bye
See you.
See you soon.
See you later.
See you later.
See you tomorrow.
Bye
Greetings to….