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Capítulo 9
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!
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?
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
Spanish
INFORMAL
English
Spanish
5
Blanks are for the name of the person one is greeting.
FORMAL
English
Spanish
INFORMAL
English
Spanish
Response
FORMAL
English
Spanish
INFORMAL
English
Spanish
Conversation
FORMAL
6
Can also be used in formal address
Martina: ¡Encantado!7
Ramona: ¡Igualmente!8
FORMAL/INFORMAL
English
Spanish
FORMAL/INFORMAL
Response
English
Spanish
Conversation
FORMAL/INFORMAL
FORMAL/INFORMAL
English
I present to you Hector and Miguel
Spanish
Le presento a Hector y Miguel.
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!
FORMAL
English
Spanish
INFORMAL
English
10
Masculine. “cómo estás” is the feminine form
Ex. Hector, how are you?
Spanish
FORMAL/INFORMAL
Response
English
Ex. I am fine
Spanish
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?