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CHAPTER NINE

Capítulo 9

Thirteenth and Fourteenth Week

Overview

Good Day! Last chapter, you were able to learn the Spanish Calendar.

In order to fully communicate in Spanish, You should not only know how to
construct sentences, but it is also important for you to know how to greet people, what
words to be used in conversations and pleasantries appropriate in a situation.

In this chapter, you are expected to learn different, greetings, phrases and
pleasantries, how to use, to construct and to communicate better in the Spanish
language.

Topics

1. Basic Greetings
2. Basic Phrases
3. Basic Conversation Pleasantries

Learning Objectives
1. Knowing the basic greetings, phrases, and pleasantries
2. To be able to use these in a conversation
GREETINGS AND CONVERSATION

GREETINGS

ENGLISH SPANISH
Hello! ¡Hola!

Good morning! ¡Buenos días!


Good Afternoon! ¡Buenas tardes!

Good Evening! ¡Buenas noches!


Good Day! ¡Buen día!
¡Adiós!

Goodbye! ¡Chao!1
See you tomorrow ¡hasta mañana!
See you soon ¡Hasta pronto!
Merry Christmas! ¡Feliz Navidad!
Happy New Year! ¡Feliz año nuevo!
Happy Birthday! ¡Feliz cumpleaños!
Welcome! ¡Bienvenido!

PHRASES
ENGLISH SPANISH
¿Cómo estás?

How are you? ¿Qué tal?


¿Cómo te llamas? 2/
¿Cómo se llamas?3
What is your name? ¿Cuál es tu nombre?
Lo siento
Sorry Perdón4

Please! ¡Por favor!


Disculpe
Excuse me con permiso
Thank you! ¡Gracias!
¡De nada!
You're Welcome! Por nada
Nice to meet you! ¡Mucho Gusto!
I love you Te quiero
Good! / Well done! ¡Muy bien!
Yes sí
No Nó

1
Informal. Mostly used in the countries like Chile, Argentina, and Costa Rica
2
Informal
3
formal
4
This is used if one is more familiar with the person speaking with
BASIC CONVERSATION

FORMS OF ADDRESS

Informal
- It is use in conversing with friends, family, peers, and colleagues
Formal
- It is use in conversing with everybody, people one is not familiar
with, authorities, and it is highly suggested to use it if one is not
sure what to use.

INFORMAL FORMAL
SPANISH ENGLISH SPANISH ENGLISH
¡Buenos días,
Hello!
Greetings! ¡Hola! _________!5 Good morning _____
¿Cómo te How are you ¡Buenas tardes,
va? doing? _______! Good Afternoon_____
¡Buenas noches,
¿Qué tal? How are you? _______! Good Evening _____

Introduction of Self

FORMAL

English

Ex. Good Morning! I am Imelda. 70 years old from Manila, Philippines.

Spanish

Ex. ¡Buenos días! Yo soy Imelda. setenta años de Manila, Filipinas.

INFORMAL

English

Ex. Hello! I am Imelda. 70 years old from Manila, Philippines.

Spanish

Ex. ¡Hola! Yo soy Imelda. setenta años de Manila, Filipinas.

Asking the name of other people…

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Blanks are for the name of the person one is greeting.
FORMAL

English

Ex. Good Day! My name is Ernesto de la Cruz, and you?

Spanish

Ex. ¡Buen Dia! Me llamo Ernesto de la Cruz, ¿y usted?

INFORMAL

English

Ex. Hello! My name is Ernesto, and you?

Spanish

Ex. ¡Hola! Mi nombre 6es Ernesto, ¿y tu?

Response

FORMAL

English

Ex. Hello! My name is Miguel, nice to meet you!

Spanish

Ex. ¡Hola! Me llamo Miguel, ¡mucho gusto!

INFORMAL

English

Ex. Hello! My name is Miguel, nice to meet you!

Spanish

Ex. ¡Hola! Me llamo Miguel, ¡mucho gusto!

Conversation

FORMAL

Martina: ¡Buenos días! Yo soy Hector. ¿y usted?


Ramona: ¡Buenos días! Me llamo Imelda. ¡mucho gusto!

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Can also be used in formal address
Martina: ¡Encantado!7
Ramona: ¡Igualmente!8

Asking people where they are from…

FORMAL/INFORMAL

English

Ex. Where are you from?

Spanish

Ex. ¿De dónde es usted?

FORMAL/INFORMAL

Response

English

Ex. I am from Spain

Spanish

Ex. Yo soy de9 España

Conversation

FORMAL/INFORMAL

Hector: Soy de Barcelona, ¿y tú? (I am from Barcelona, how about you?)

Imelda: Yo tambien soy de Barcelona (I am also from Barcelona)


Or
Yo soy de Gallego (I am from Gallego)

Hector: ¿De dónde es usted?

Ernesto: Yo soy de Gallego (I am from Gallego)

Introducing other people

FORMAL/INFORMAL

1. Introducing people to an individual


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Spanish speakers say “Encantado”, literally means “Charmed! or delighted”, right after the introduction
8
Literal meaning is “Equal” or can denote as “same as you”.
Note: “Encantado” and “Igualmente” can be used with or without the other
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Indicates place. “from”
(People to a person)

English
I present to you Hector and Miguel
Spanish
Le presento a Hector y Miguel.

2. Introducing an individual or individuals to other people


(People to people)

English
I present to you Hector and Miguel
Spanish
Les presento a Hector
Or
Les present a Hector y Miguel

Saying Goodbye…

FORMAL

English
Ex. Goodbye, Miss Imelda!
Spanish
Ex. ¡Adiós! Señorita Imelda.

INFORMAL

English
Ex. Bye, my friend. See you tomorrow!
Spanish
Ex. ¡Chao! ¡Hasta mañana Mi amiga / mi amigo!

Asking someone how they were doing…

FORMAL

English

Ex. Sir, how are you?

Spanish

Ex. ¿Señor, cómo está10?

INFORMAL

English
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Masculine. “cómo estás” is the feminine form
Ex. Hector, how are you?

Spanish

Ex. ¿Qué tal, Hector?

FORMAL/INFORMAL

Response

English

Ex. I am fine

Spanish

Ex. Estoy bien

Activity 23
Oral
Instruction: The professor will be asking the following questions or exclaiming or declare statements in
Spanish and please reply in Spanish

1. ¡Gracias! –
2. ¿Cómo se llamas? –
3. ¿cómo está?/ ¿cómo estás? -
4. ¿De dónde es usted? –
5. ¡Hola! Me llamo Crisanta, ¡mucho gusto! –
6. ¡Hola! Mi nombre es Carla, ¿y tu? –
7. ¡Feliz cumpleaños! –
8. ¿Qué tal, amiga? –
9. ¡Adiós! –
10. ¡Buenas Tardes! Me llamo Antonio, ¿y usted?

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