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Lesson 1: Basic Greetings

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Welcome to learning Spanish with JC, the podcast created for all the independe

learners of Spanish. In this lesson you are going to learn:

Basic Greetings The appropriate greeting accordingly to the time of the day. Different between formal and informal greetings. Useful Expressions QuizBasic Greetings

Some of the more common greetings used in Spanish are:

Espaol EnglishHola Hello,Hi

Buenosdas Goodmorning

Buenastardes Goodafternoon

Buenasnoches

Good

evening,

Good

night

Adis Goodbye, bye.

Hastaluego Seeyoulater

Hastapronto Seeyou(soon)

Nosvemos Bye,seeyou

Hastamaana Seeyoutomorrow

Felizda Happyday

Quetengasunbuen

da! Haveanice/goodday!

Hastalanoche Seeyoutonight

Cudese/Cudate

Take

care!

Perdn Sorry,pardon,whatdidyousay?

Perdone/perdneme Sorry!Excuseme!

Cmoestusted? Howdoyoudo?

CCmmoo eesstt?? //CCmmoo eessttss??HHooww aarree yyoouu??


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Cmoest? Howareyou?

Cmoleva? Howareyou?

Cmoests?

How

are

you

doing?

Hola!Quhayde

nuevo?

Hi.What'sup?

Hi.What'snew?

Hola!Qutal? Hi.How'sitgoing?

Cmovatodo? Howiseverything?

Todobien? AreallOK?

Muybien Verywell

Bien,gracias Fine,thanks

Nomucho Nothingmuch

masomenos soso

Nomuy

bien

Not

very

well

Mal Bad

Mesientomal Ifeelbad

Yusted? Andyou?

Yt? Andyou?

Porfavor Please

Gracias Thankyou

Denada You'rewelcome

Conmuchogusto You'rewelcome

Conpermiso Excuseme

Felicidades Congratulations

Buenasuerte Goodluck

Si Yes

No No

The appropriate greetings accordingly to the time of the day

The following are the appropriate greetings:

Greetings

Inthemorning Intheafternoon InthenighGreetingBuenosdas Buenastardes Buenasnoches

Hola! Hola! Hola!

Holatodos! Holatodos! Holatodos!


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Different ways to saying good-bye (when you are leaving the office/home)

Inthemorning Intheafternoon InthenighGreeting

Buenasnoches

Hastaluego Hastaluego Hastaluego

Hastapronto Hastapronto Hastapronto

Nosvemos Nosvemos Nosvemos

FelizDa FelizTarde FelizNoche

Different between formal and informal greetings

In Latin America the Spanish pronouns depend of the customs or the country, the

formal and informal pronouns can be different, but the more commons are Usted

(formal third person) and T (informal second person).

Formal(Usted=You) Informal(T/Vos*=You)Cmoestusted? Cmoests?

Cmoest? Hola!Quhaydenuevo?

Cmoleva? Hola!Qutal?

Yusted? Cmovatodo?

Buenosdas Todobien?

Buenastardes Yt?

Buenasnoches

Nos

vemos

Hastaluego Quetengasunbuenda!

Hastapronto Cudate

Hastamaana

Cudese

*The personal pronoun Vs is not very common, but it is used in some countries like Arge

Spain and Costa Rica. I am going to talk more detailed about this personal pronoun in ano

lesson.

Useful Expressions

In the above sections I describe some of the commons greetings, but they are some

that are the more used and can be used in any country.


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Hola. Cmo est? or Cmo est usted? Hi. How are you?

Y usted?And you?

Todo bien?AreallOK?Hola!Cmoests?.Hi.Howareyoudoing?Yo creo que s. I think so.

Yo creo que no.I dont think so.

Espero que s. I hope so.

Todava no. Not yet.

Muchas gracias.Thank you very much.

De nada.Youre welcome.

Con mucho gusto.Youre welcome.

Todava no s.I still dont know. / I dont know yet.

Perdn? Excuse me?

Disculpe. Im sorry.

Un momento por favor.Just a moment, please.

Sin problema. No problem.

Quiz

Choose the correct option for each expression.

01. Buenos das.

a. Good morning.

b. Good afternoon.

c. Good evening.

02. Buenas tardes.

a. Good morning.

b. Good afternoon.

c. Good evening.

03. Buenas noches.

a. Good morning.

b. Good afternoon.

c. Good evening.

04. Muchas gracias.

a. Thank you.

b. Please.


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c. Excuse me.

05. Con permiso.a. No problem.

b. Excuse me.

c. Nice to meet you.

06. Cmo est usted?

a. Excuse me?

b. How are you?

c. Good evening?

07. Por favor.a. Good morning.

b. Thank you.

c. Please.

08. Disculpeme.

a. All right.

b. I'm sorry.

c. Please.

09. Todo bien?.a. Good morning.

b. Thank you.

c. Are all OK?.

10. Hasta maana!

a. Good morning!

b. See you tomorrow!

c. Excuse me!

The answer key of this quiz is going to be public in the next lesson.

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