Objetivo
• By the end of the lesson, you will be able
to greet and say good-bye formally and
informally while taking into account
culturally appropriate gestures.
Greetings
To be able to greet people in Spanish
Talk partners
•Which languages do you know about or have you heard
being spoken?
•Do you know anyone who or do you speak another
language?
Here are some examples of different languages around
the world:
Where in the world is English
spoken?
Canada
Ireland
United Kingdom
United States
of America
India
South Africa
Australia
Where in the world is Spanish
spoken?
Spain
Mexico
Peru
Chile
Argentina
Piensa: How would you greet
the following people?
¡Hola!
• This is the Spanish word for hi or hello
• It has a silent letter in it, can you guess
which letter it is?
¡Hola!
• ‘h’ is always a silent letter in Spanish
• Can you think of some words in English
that begin with an ‘h’ practice saying
them without the ‘h’ at the beginning
According to the time of day
¡Hola!
¡Qué tal!
¡Hola!
¡Buenos días!
¡Buenas tardes!
¡Buenas noches!
Nota Cultural:
El contacto
-What is physical contact like in the US when you greet someone?
Does this vary with age of the person and social status?
- In many Latino countries it is common to kiss on the cheek when you meet;
especially among women and men and women greeting each other. How would
this make you feel?
Goodbyes
Spanish Goodbyes
To be able to say goodbye in Spanish
Warm up!
Can you remember the greetings?
¡Hola!
¡Buenos días!
¡Buenas tardes!
¡Buenas noches!
Saying goodbye
How many different ways can you think of
for saying goodbye in English? Do we
always use the same one?
Goodbye in Spanish
• In Spanish the main way of saying goodbye is
¡Adiós!
• People also use:
• ¡Hasta luego! - see you later
• ¡Hasta mañana! - see you tomorrow
• ¡Nos vemos! - See you.
• ¡gracias! - thank you
¡Adiós!
Makes an ‘ee’ sound
Make sure you
put more effort
into this sound
¡Gracias!
Makes a ‘th’ sound Makes an ‘ee’ sound
¡Hasta luego!
Remember the silent ‘h’
Piensa: How would you greet
this person? Why might you
greet him differently than a
younger person?
Informal
To a friend
¿Cómo estás?
How are you?
¡bien, gracias
¿y tú?
Fine, thank you, and you?
Formal
To show more respect
(older people, boss, principal
Police)
¿Cómo estás
How are you?
¡Estoy bien,
gracias ¿y
usted?
Fine, thank you, and you?
Canción de saludo:
• Sing to the tune of Are you Sleeping
Buenos días, buenos días
¿Cómo estás? ¿Cómo estás?
Muy bien, gracias. Muy bien, gracias
¿y usted? ¿y usted?
(Replace “Buenos días” with “buenas
noches/buenas tardes”)