Salutations, Introductions, and Miscellaneous PhrasesLESSON 1

Hello………………………

Goodbye………………...

Good Day……………….

Good Afternoon………..

Good Night……………

Hola

Adiós

Buenos días

Buenas tardes

Buenos noches

Oh-la

Ah-dee-ose

Bweh-nos dee-ahs

Bweh-nas tah-rdes

Bweh-nos nochehz

Spanish PronunciationEnglish Spanish

Adiós comes from the phrase a dios vos acomiendo "I commend you to God" (adieu).

Stress on the second to last vowel, except in the case of an accent mark

Comida

Espero

Fútbol

How are you?

Good

Okay (More or less)

I am tired

¿Cómo estás (ustéd)?

Bien

Mas o menos

Estoy cansado

Co-mo ehs-tas (ooh-sted)

Bee-yen

Mahs oh meh-nohs

Eh-stoy cahn-sah-doh

¿Cómo estás (ustéd)? Is a question. All questions have an inverted question mark before the sentence.

Ustéd is the formal version of the pronoun you, tú is the informal version of you.

Singular Plural

1st Person

I………………….Yo We…………Nosotros

2nd Person

You…….Ustéd/tú

3rd Person

He/She……Él/Ella They….....……Ellos/Ellas

The verb estar

Infinitive estar Singular Plural

1st Person

I am…….…. estoy

We are…...…estamos

2nd Person

You are…….estás

3rd Person

He/she are.…está

They are………..están

How?

Who?

What?

Where?

When?

Why?

¿ Comó ?

¿ Quién ?

¿ Qué ?

¿ Dónde ?

¿Cuándo ?

¿ Por Qué?

Co-mo

Key-yen

Kay

Dohn-day

Kwahn-do

Pore Kay

What phrase have we already learned that uses the word Comó?

¿Comó estás?

Difference between a question and using the word in a sentence

When using as a question, there is an accent mark

When not used as a question, no accent marks

¿Por qué?- why?, porque- because

Homework

Practice Spanish with at least 2 different people

Worksheets

Dialogue boxes

Bring in pictures of family members for class next week