Basic Spanish | Lesson 2 | Greetings and pleasantries

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Thank you!

Gracias

Lesson 2 | Greetings


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Hola!

Lesson 2 on Basic Spanish!


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English Spanish

Hello/ Hi! Hola!

Good morning! Buenos das!

Good afternoon!/evening! Buenas tardes!

Good night! Buenas noches!

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Good morning = Buenos das!

(masculine)But

Good afternoon = Buenas tardes!

(feminine)

Adjectives take male and female formsdepending on the gender of the subject

Sincedasis masculine we usedBuenosandtardesfeminine hence we useBuenas

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We always use plural forms for greetings like

Good morning = Buenos das!

Good afternoon = Buenas tardes!

Bothdasandtardesareplural hence an 's' is added

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1 Greetings and pleasantries

Lesson objectives


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The first greeting we will look at is 'Welcome' - usewhen welcoming someone to your house

The Spanish word for 'welcome' is a combination otwo words

Welcome = Well + coming / arrival

Well =Bien

coming / arrival = venido (for males)/venida (for females)

Greetings


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Welcome(welcoming someone

to your house)

Bienvenido

(welcoming a ma

Bienvenida(welcoming a

female)

Greetings


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When welcoming a female, useBienvenid

When welcoming a male, useBienvenido

Remember, we end with 'a' for feminineforms and 'o' for masculine!

So remember!


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Let's look at the forms of 'Welcome' if wewere to welcome a group of people

Moving on...


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Welcome(welcoming someone

to your house)

Bienvenidos

(group of malemixed group)

Bienvenidas

(group of femal

Greetings


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Remember, we add an 's' at the end forplural forms!

When welcoming a group of men / mixedgroup useBienvenidos

When welcoming a group of womenuseBienvenidas

So remember!


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Let's now look at : Nice to meet you

Moving on...


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The common phrase for 'Nice to meet youliterally translates to 'Much pleasure'

in Spanish

Greetings


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Much =MuchoPleasure =Gusto

Greetings


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Did you notice the pronunciation

of'mucho'?

We earlier learnt that'h'is always silentin Spanish...

However when combined with cit ispronounced as 'ch'as in 'church'

Pronunciation tip


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Nice to meet you Mucho gusto

As we saw...

Literally : Much pleasure

Mucho = Much

Gusto = Pleasure


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Let's now look at how we will say 'sorryin Spanish...

Moving on...


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Sorry Lo siento

Greetings


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Do you remember?

English Spanish

Welcome Bienvenido(s)/Bienvenida(s)


Sorry Lo siento


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Lets move forward and look at how we sa

excuse me in Spanish

Just like in English, excuse me may be usefor two purposes either to beg pardon o

to seek someones attention

Lets look at both these forms...

Moving on...


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Excuse me

(begging pardon)Perdn

Greetings


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Excuse me!

(seeking attention)Disclpeme

Greetings


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Disclpeme! is pronounced asDee-skool-pe-me

With the sound of 'pe' like in 'pet'and 'me' like in 'met'

Grammar tip


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Let's now look at 'please'

Moving on...


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Please Por favor

Greetings

Por = For

Favor = Favour

Literally : Asking for favor


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Let's revise!

English Spanish



Sorry Lo siento

Excuse me (begging pardon) Perdn

Excuse me! (seeking attention) Disclpeme!

Please Por favor


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Thank you Gracias

Greetings


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Pronunciation tip

There's a key difference in how 'Gracias'is pronounced in Europen Spanish vs. Latin AmericanSpanish

'C' when followed by e/i is pronounced as 'the/thi'in European Spanish and'se/si'in LatinAmerican Spanish


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Pronunciation tip

Hence we will say 'Gra-thee-as'in European Spanish and'Gra-see-as'in Latin American Spanish


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Moving on...

Let's now look at 'Fine, thank you'

'Fine' translates to 'Bien'in Spanish


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Fine, thank you Bien, gracia

Greetings

Bien = Fine/ Well

i i i


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Pronunciation tip

Again, we say 'Bien, gra-thee-as'in Europe and'Bien, gra-see-as'inLatin America

M i


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Moving on...

Now that you know how to say 'thank you' let's also look at how we reply to 'thank you'

M i


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Moving on...

In Spanish, 'You're welcome' or the reply to 'Thank you' literally translates to 'It's nothing' or 'Ofnothing' loosely meaning 'Don't thank me for anything'

Of =De

Nothing =Nada

G ti


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Youre welcome(reply to thank you)

De nada

Greetings

De = Of,Nada = Nothing

Literally : 'it's nothing' / 'of nothing'

meaning 'don't thank me for anything'

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Moving on...

Let's now look at the final greeting forthe day : Bye!

Greetings


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Bye! Adis!

Greetings

Also translated as Hasta

luego!which means 'Until then!'

Pronunciation tip


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Did you notice the accent on the ''in Adi

If a word is marked with an accent, thenthat syllable receives the stress

Pronunciation tip

Culturally Speaking


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An informal alternative to Adis! insome areas is Chao!

Culturally Speaking

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Excuse me!

(seeking attention)

Do you remember?

Solution


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Excuse me! Disclpeme

Solution

Try yourself


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Bye!

Try yourself

Solution


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Bye! !Adis!

Solution

Try yourself


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Sorry

Try yourself

Solution


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Sorry Lo siento

Solution

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Please

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Solution


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Please Por favor

Solution

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You're welcome

(in reply to Thank you)

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Solution


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You're welcome De nada

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Nice to meet you

y

Solution


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Do you remember?


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Excuse me

(begging pardon)

y

Greetings


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Excuse me

(begging pardon)Perdn

g

As we saw!


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English Spanish



Sorry Lo siento

Excuse me (begging pardon) Perdn

Excuse me! (seeking attention) Disclpeme!

Please Por favor

Bye! Adis!

Thank you Gracias

Fine, thank you Bien, gracias

You're welcome De nada

Culture leaf


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Some English subtleties / polite words arnot as widely used in Spanish

This may make the languagesound brash at firstbut thats

not really true...

Culture leaf


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Eg: You may notice thatpor favorisnt as widelyused as please in English

Instead of adding extra words (likepor favor), wjust turn a request into a question and its consider

just as polite

Eg: Abres la ventana?

(Can) you (please) open the window?

Although we dont really translate the please

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As we saw with !, did you notice the ?in

Abres la ventana?

In Spanish all questions start with a '' andend with a '?'

The '' is used to communicate the tone of thestatement (question tone) in the beginning itself

Whats next?


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Very well! Now that you know how to mee

and greet, the next lesson will cover somessential topics needed for moving on to

conversational modules

Next lesson will focus onpersonal pronounand their usage with examples

Credits


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Content

Team CultureAlley, Okairy Zuiga,Tomasa Merino Martin

Voice over

Jorge Garcia Rey


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Basic Spanish | Lesson 2 | Greetings and pleasantries