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Do you remember?
Good night!
Buenas noches!
Do you remember?
Good morning = Buenos das! (masculine) But Good afternoon = Buenas tardes! (feminine) Adjectives take male and female forms depending on the gender of the subject Since das is masculine we used Buenos and tardes is feminine hence we use Buenas
Do you remember?
We always use plural forms for greetings like Good morning = Buenos das! Good afternoon = Buenas tardes!
Lesson objectives
Greetings
The first greeting we will look at is 'Welcome' - used when welcoming someone to your house The Spanish word for 'welcome' is a combination of two words Welcome = Well + coming / arrival
Well = Bien coming / arrival = venido (for males)/ venida (for females)
Greetings
Welcome
(welcoming someone to your house)
So remember!
When welcoming a female, use Bienvenida When welcoming a male, use Bienvenido Remember, we end with 'a' for feminine forms and 'o' for masculine!
Moving on...
Greetings
Welcome
(welcoming someone to your house)
So remember!
Remember, we add an 's' at the end for plural forms! When welcoming a group of men / mixed group use Bienvenidos When welcoming a group of women use Bienvenidas
Moving on...
Greetings
The common phrase for 'Nice to meet you' literally translates to 'Much pleasure' in Spanish
Greetings
Pronunciation tip Did you notice the pronunciation of 'mucho'? We earlier learnt that 'h' is always silent in Spanish... However when combined with c it is pronounced as 'ch' as in 'church'
As we saw...
Mucho gusto
Moving on...
Greetings
Sorry
Lo siento
Do you remember?
Moving on... Lets move forward and look at how we say excuse me in Spanish Just like in English, excuse me may be used for two purposes either to beg pardon or to seek someones attention
Greetings
Excuse me
(begging pardon)
Perdn
Greetings
Excuse me!
(seeking attention)
Disclpeme!
Grammar tip
Moving on...
Greetings
Please
Por favor
Let's revise!
Disclpeme!
Por favor
Greetings
Thank you
Gracias
Pronunciation tip
There's a key difference in how 'Gracias' is pronounced in Europen Spanish vs. Latin American Spanish 'C' when followed by e/i is pronounced as 'the/thi' in European Spanish and 'se/si' in Latin American Spanish
Pronunciation tip
Hence we will say 'Gra-thee-as' in European Spanish and 'Gra-see-as' in Latin American Spanish
Moving on...
Let's now look at 'Fine, thank you' 'Fine' translates to 'Bien' in Spanish
Greetings
Bien, gracias
Pronunciation tip
Again, we say 'Bien, gra-thee-as' in Europe and 'Bien, gra-see-as' in Latin America
Moving on...
Now that you know how to say 'thank you' let's also look at how we reply to 'thank you'
Moving on...
In Spanish, 'You're welcome' or the reply to 'Thank you' literally translates to 'It's nothing' or 'Of nothing' loosely meaning 'Don't thank me for anything' Of = De Nothing = Nada
Greetings
Youre welcome
(reply to thank you)
De nada
De = Of, Nada = Nothing Literally : 'it's nothing' / 'of nothing' meaning 'don't thank me for anything'
Moving on...
Let's now look at the final greeting for the day : Bye!
Greetings
Bye!
Adis!
Pronunciation tip
Did you notice the accent on the '' in Adis! If a word is marked with an accent, then that syllable receives the stress
Culturally Speaking
Do you remember?
Solution
Excuse me!
Disclpeme!
Try yourself
Bye!
Solution
Bye!
!Adis!
Try yourself
Sorry
Solution
Sorry
Lo siento
Do you remember?
Please
Solution
Please
Por favor
Do you remember?
Solution
You're welcome
De nada
Do you remember?
Solution
Mucho gusto
Do you remember?
Greetings
Excuse me
(begging pardon)
Perdn
As we saw!
English
Welcome Nice to meet you Sorry Excuse me (begging pardon)
Spanish
Bienvenido(s)/Bienvenida(s) Mucho gusto Lo siento Perdn
Disclpeme!
Por favor Adis! Gracias Bien, gracias De nada
Culture leaf Some English subtleties / polite words are not as widely used in Spanish This may make the language sound brash at first but thats not really true...
Culture leaf
Eg: You may notice that por favor isnt as widely used as please in English Instead of adding extra words (like por favor), we just turn a request into a question and its considered just as polite Eg: Abres la ventana? (Can) you (please) open the window? Although we dont really translate the please
As we saw with !, did you notice the ? in Abres la ventana? In Spanish all questions start with a '' and end with a '?' The '' is used to communicate the tone of the statement (question tone) in the beginning itself
Whats next? Very well! Now that you know how to meet and greet, the next lesson will cover some essential topics needed for moving on to conversational modules
Next lesson will focus on personal pronouns and their usage with examples
Credits
Content Team CultureAlley, Okairy Zuiga, Tomasa Merino Martin