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Sunday, October 31, 2010

How To Greet someone in Español.

Title: How to Greet someone in Spanish.  
Explanation 1:  First you need to know how to say the most common greetings. For an example in English we say 
    Hello
  • Hello
  • How are you?
  • How are you?
  • Good Morning/ Afternoon/ Night
  • Good Morning/ afternoon/ night
  • Thank You
  • Thanks 
  • How is it going?
  • How is it going?
  • What's your name?
  • Whats your name?
Explanation 2:  Here are the most common greetings in Spanish.  
Hi! or Hello! -¡hola! 
Pleased to meet you!- ¡mucho gusto! 
 Many thanks!, thank you very much!- ¡muchas gracias, 
Good evening!, Good night!- ¡buenas noches!
Good afternoon! - ¡buenas tardes!
How's it going? - ¿Que Hay? 

 Explanation 3:  You can use this information if you go to a Spanish speaking country for the first time. Or if you want to start a conversation with someone in Spanish.  Here is a video example of two strangers meeting for the first time.

Having a conversation in spanish.

¡HOLA! These are just some basic conversation questions and answers. ENJOY!
Having a conversation in Español?
Explanation 1: In Spanish there is a few ways you can start a conversation. In the chart below are some suggestions for starting a conversation.
Questions in English
Spanish translations
What’s your name?
Informal ¿Como te llamas (tú)? Or Formal
¿Como se llama (Ud.)?
How are you?
Informal ¿Como estás (tú)? Or
Formal ¿Como esta (Ud.)?
How old are you?
Informal ¿Cuantos años tienes (tú)? Or
Formal ¿Cuantos años tiene (Ud.)?
Where are you from?
 Informal ¿De dondé eres? (Tú)? Or Formal
¿De dondé es (Ud.)?
In order to ask those questions in Spanish you need to know how to respond. Here are some suggestions for answering the questions above.
Answers in English
Spanish translations
My name is
Me llamo ____ or Mi nombre es____.
Good/tired/happy/sick
Muy bien/ cansado/contento/enfermo.
I am ____  years old.
Tengo __#__ años.
I am from ____ now I live in ____
Soy de _____pero vivo en_____.
.
Examples: Question- ¿Como te illamas?
Answer- Me llamo Jessica.
Question- ¿Como esta?
Answer- Muy bien gracias.
Also things you should know look below-
Gracias means thank you in Spanish
De nada means your welcome in Spanish.
If you want to say nice meeting you, you would say Mucho gusto in Spanish.
If you want to say like wise, you would say Igualmente in Spanish.
Explanation 2: Here is a video of two people meeting someone for the first time in the hallway of their school.


How To Spell Your Name! With The Spanish Alphabet!

There Are Many Ways to Spell your Name in Español!

In order to spell your name, you need to know:
- Spanish Alphabet
- ¿Cómo se llamas?
- ¿Cómo se escribe?
-Mi nombre es (My name is...__________)
First things first, we need to learn our alphabet!: 

Here is a list of all the Spanish alphabet letters.
Lo siento. But the Picture is kinda small, so i made it big to be able to read.

Some proper responses!
Example:
Guy:      ¡Hola!,  ¿Cómo te llamás? (Hello, what is your name?)
You:       Mi nombre es, Joe (my name is Joe)
Guy:       ¿Como se escribe? (how do you spell that?)
You:        hota, O , eh (J O E.)

Whats the time?


What Time Is it? (Que hora es?)

Whats the time?
Explanation 1:  In order to tell time in  Spanish first you must know the numbers In Spanish. The chart below shows you the basic numbers and words you need to know for telling time In Spanish.
English numbers
Spanish Numbers
1 (one)
Uno
2 (two)
Dos
3 (three)
Tres
4 (four)
Cuatro
5 (five)
Cinco
6 (six)
Seis
7 (seven)
Siete
8 (eight)
Ocho
9 (nine)
Nueve
10 (ten)
Diez
11 (eleven)
Once
12 (twelve)
Doce
: 30
Y media
: 15
Y cuarto (like quarter) (pronounced like car and toe.
: 45
Menos cuarto (Quarter to the next hour)
: 55
Menos cinco (Five minutes till the next hour)
Now that you know the numbers you need to know how to ask the time.
You must say this to ask what time is it? ¿Qué hora es?
A good response would be Son las  _(hour)______ y ___(Minute)___.  To respond to the question
When it is one’o clock you must say Es la una y _______.
 Example 1: The time
1) Son las tres y media. En English,  "It is three thirty".
2) Es la una. En English It is one o'clock.
3) Es la una menos cinco. This means 5 minutes to one.
4) Son las cinco menos cuarto. This means 5 minutes to Five.

Example 2: AM and PM
1) Son las tres y media de mañana. This means "It is 3:30 am in the morning. (*note that mañana means morning or tomorrow)
2) Son las cinco menos cuarto de tarde. This means "It is 5:30 pm in the afternoon. (*note that tarde means afternoon or evening.)
3) Son las nueve y tres de noche. This means "It is 9:03 pm at night. (*note that noche means night.)



Explanation 2: In the video below is an example of a situation when a girl doesn’t know the time so she’s asks her amigo in the a classroom.






Here is a live clock in Philadelphia time for you to practice with! Nothing is better than practicing with real time.

Philadelphia

How To Ask someone What Today Is En Español

 Title: How to ask someone what today is, in Spanish.

Explanation 1: If you want to ask someone the what today is, you say: Hoy es____________ ?                     Today is...  In order to ask what the day is, you need to know how to say the days of the week in Spanish.


lunes
martes
miércoles
jueves
viernes
sábado
domingo
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday

Explanation 2: You can use this information to ask a classmate what day you take a test in Spanish class. ¿Cual es la fecha de hoy?                  What's today's date?
¿Cuando es tu/su cumplenos?           When is your birthday? Hoy es____________ ?                     Today is...



Explanation 2: You can use this information to ask a classmate what day you take a test in Spanish class. ¿Cual es la fecha de hoy? What's today's date? ¿Cuando es tu/su cumplenos? When is your birthday? Hoy es____________ ? Today is...

Friday, October 29, 2010

When is your birthday?

When Is Your Birthday?

¿Cuándo es tu/su cumpleaños? (When is your birthday?)
Some things you need to know:

-números (Numbers)
-Months
-¿Cuándo es tu/su cumpleaños? (When is your birthday?)
-Es el [insert day here] de [insert month here] ( It is the [insert day here] of [insert month here].



Example:
Es el cinco de mayo. (numbers and months are never capitalized.
Here is an example of someone being asked their birthday:


Some person comes up to you and says: ¿Cuándo es tu/su cumpleaños? (When is your birthday?)


A proper response to this question would be: Es el (day here) de (month here)

Please refer to the month and number chart above.

Here is a video example: