I Love Spanish :)

 I Love Spanish

Learn the following conversational vocabulary:

• Hello or Hi - ¡Hola!
• Good Morning - ¡Buenos días!
• Good Afternoon - ¡Buenas tardes! also casual & friendly - ¡ Buenas !
• Good Evening or Good Night - ¡Buenas noches! ( In Spain it also means means you're going to bed )
• How are you (singular casual term)? - ¿Cómo estás?
• How are you (singular formal term)? - ¿Cómo está?
• How are you (plural both formal and casual term)?: ¿Como están?
• Fine, thanks - Bien, gracias.
• So, So - Más o menos
• Getting by - Voy tirando
• Can't complain- No me puedo quejar
• And you - ¿Y usted? (formal term) ¿Y tú? (casual term) ¿Y vos? (some latin american countries, like Guatemala and Argentina; very casual term)
• Not very well - No estoy muy bien / No estoy tan bien / No tan bien (I'm not very well)
• I'm sorry. - Lo siento, perdón, disculpa (casual) o disculpe (formal).
• Good-bye- Adiós
• See you later! - ¡Hasta luego! (or) ¡Hasta la vista!
• I'll be seeing you... - Nos vemos...
• See you tomorrow - Hasta mañana... (Nos vemos mañana is ok, too)
• Please - Por favor
• Thanks very much - Muchas gracias
• You're welcome - De nada / No hay de qué
• Nice to meet you - Formal Singular Gusto en conocerlo(a); Mucho gusto (more common in Mexico & South America).
• Nice to meet you - Casual Singular Gusto en conocerte.
• Nice to meet you - Plural both formal and casual: Gusto en conocerlos.
• Nice to meet you - Flowery to impress a lady: Un placer (Literally "It's a pleasure.") or Encantado - same general meaning.
• Bless you (sneeze or to your health) or God bless you - ¡Salud! (in Guatemala: ¡Jesús! but ¡Salud! is more common)
• Talk to me (to answer the phone) – Digáme

Say hello in Spanish in a more casual way. While Spanish doesn't have equivalent words for "hi" or "hey," there are some ways to say hello more casually. Here are some ways to say it:

• "¿Que pasa?" means "What's happening?"
• "¿Qúe tal?" means "How's it going?" or "What's up?"
• "¿Que hay?" means "What's new?"

Say "Good morning."

• Say "Buenos días."

Say "Good afternoon."

• Say "Buenas tardes."

Say "Good evening."

• Say "Buenas noches."

  ay "¿Cómo estás?" This is pronounced COH-moh ehS-TAHS and means "how are you?" Use this when you are speaking informally to someone your age (or younger) or who is your social peer.

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Say "¿Cómo está?" This is pronounced COH-moh ehS-TAH and means "how are you?" Use this when speaking formally to someone who who is much older than you or has a higher social status.

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Say "¿Cómo están?" This is pronounced COH-moh ehs-TAHN and means "how are you (all)?" Use this when addressing a group.

·           Say "hi" in Venezuela. Just say "¡Epa chamo!" -- this is the masculine form. Say "¡Epa chama!" to use the feminine form. It's pronounced "EH PA CHA-moh/mah."^[1]

·         Say "hi" in Puerto Rico. Just say, "¡Que hubo!" to say "hi" in Puerto Rico. It's pronounced "KEY ooh-boh."

·         Say "hi" in Spain. Say "¿Qué hay?" to say "hi" in Spain. It's pronounced "KAY AY."

·         Say "hi" in Mexico. Say "¡Q'bole!" to say "hi" in Mexican slang. It's pronounced "KYOO boh-leh."

Start with the immediate family:

• Sister: hermana
• Brother: Hermano
• Mother: Madre
• Father: Padre
• Daughter: Hija
• Son: Hijo
• Wife: Esposa
• Husband: Esposo

Learn the next level of family:

• Aunt: Tia
• Uncle: Tio
• Grandmother: Abuela
• Grandfather: Abuelo
• Niece: Sobrina
• Nephew: Sobrino
• Cousin: Prima/Primo
• Second-cousin: Primo/Prima segundo/segunda
• Granddaughter: Nieta
• Grandson: Nieto

Learn the in-laws:

• Mother-in-law: Suegra
• Father-in law: Suegro
• Sister-in-law: Cuñada
• Brother-in-law: Cuñado
• Son-in-law: Yerno
• Daughter-in-law: Nuera

Learn other family participants:

• Friend: Amiga/Amigo
• Babysitter/Nanny: Niñera ( in Spain she's also called " la canguro " if she does an occasional part-time job )