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Contents.

Greetings and expressions.

Personal Pronouns.
Short Conversations.
Personal Details.
Argentina.

Greetings and expressions

(Saludos y expresiones)

Good morning

Buenos das / Buen da

Good afternoon

Buenas tardes

Good evening / night

Buenas noches

Hello/Hi

Hola

Good-bye/Bye

Adis / chau

See you (later)

Hasta luego

Please

Por favor

Thank you / Thanks / Thank you very much

Gracias / Muchas gracias

Youre welcome

De nada / Por nada / No, por nada /

No hay de qu / No, por favor

Yes / No

S / No

Excuse me / sorry

Disclpeme / Disculpame / Perdn

Pleased to meet you / How do you do

Encantado/a / Mucho gusto

How are you? / Hows everything?

Qu tal? / Cmo ands/ests?

Fine / Very well

Bien / Muy bien

Im ... / My names ...

Yo soy ... / Soy... / Mi nombre es ....

Yo me llamo / Me llamo

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Personal Pronouns

....................................................................................................................... Yo

You .......................................................................................................................Vos / Usted

He / She / It

......................................................................................................... El / Ella

We ....................................................................................................................... Nosotros / as
You ....................................................................................................................... Ustedes
They ..................................................................................................................... Ellos / Ellas

Ejercicio 1
Replace by the most appropriate personal pronoun:
1. Jorge
.........
4. Mara
........
7. Silvina
........

....................... 2. Jorge y
3. Juan y yo ................................
Juan ................................
........................ 5. Ken
.........................
6. Patricia ................................
.......
........................ 8. Marcela y
9. Silvina y
Ana ................................
Patricia ................................

Short conversations
A: Hi, How are you? / How are you doing?
ands?
B: Fine, thanks, and you?
A: Not bad, thank you.

A: Hi, Im .............................................................
soy .................................
B: Hello, my names ...........................................
llamo ............................

A:
B:
A:

Hola, Qu tal? / Cmo

Bien, gracias, Y vos?

Bastante bien, gracias.

A:

Hola,

B:

Hola,

yo
me

(mi nombre es )
A: Good morning. Im ............................

A: Buenos /as das

tardes
noches

Yo Soy ............

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B: Pleased to meet you. Im ..................

B:Encantado /a/ Mucho gusto. ...................

Personal details
(Datos personales)

Complete the file with your teachers details. Use Cul es tu ...?

APELLIDO:

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NOMBRE/S:

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EDAD:

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NACIONALIDAD:

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DIRECCION:

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TELEFONO:

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E-MAIL:

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PAIS:

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OFICIAL NAME:
LOCATION:
AREA:
CAPITAL:
MAIN CITIES:

Argentina

Repblica Argentina
South of Southamerica
3,761,274 km2
Ciudad autnoma de Buenos Aires (2,768,772 inhabitants)
Crdoba (1,157,507 inhabitants); Rosario (1,118,905 inhabitants);
Mendoza (728,966); La Plata.
POBLACION:
36,000,000 inhabitants.
LENGUA:
Castellano.
RELIGIONS:
Catholicism (90%), Judaism (2%), Protestantism (2%), other (6%)
GOVERNMENT:
Presidential Republic
NATIONAL HOLIDAY: 9TH July, Independence Day
CURRENCY:
Peso
NATURAL RESOURCES: Oil, iron, coal, silver, copper, zinc, fishing, wood, livestock, agriculture.
MAIN INDUSTRIES:
Food, textile, chemical, machinery and tools, automobile, household
appliances, leather and by-products, woodwork, oil refineries.
EXPORTATIONS:
Food and livestock, oil and by-products, vegetal oil, cereals, fruit.
IMPORTATIONS:
Lubricants, chemical products, electronics, consumer goods.

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