We have decided to start helping people learn Spanish on this website. The idea was given to us by forum member Nickbeans - thanks Nick. In this first lesson we are going to start with some useful words.
| ENGLISH | SPANISH | PRONUNCIATION | GREETINGS
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| | Hello | Hola | oh - la | |
Good morning
| Buenos
días | buenoss deeass (up until approx. 2pm)
| Good afternoon
| Buenas
tardes | buenass tardess (after 2pm)
| Good night
| Buenas
noches | buenass notchess
| | goodbye | adiós | adeeoss | | see you again | hasta
luego | asta louwaygo | bye
| ciao | chow | How are you? (familiar)
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¿Qué
tal?
| kay tal?
| How are you? (fam.)
| ¿Como estás?
| como estas?
| How are you? (polite)
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¿Cómo
está Usted?
| como esta oosteth? (soft th as in the)
| well, thank you
| bien gracias
| bien grathiass (th as in throw)
| so-so
| más o menos
| maas o (short) men-os (os as in floss)
| and you? (familiar)
| ¿y tú?
| ee too?
| and you? (polite)
| ¿y Usted?
| ee oosteth?
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| GENERAL
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| | yes | sí
| see | | no | no | no (short and sharp)
| | friend | amigo(m) / amiga(f) | ameego / ameega | | thank you | gracias | grathiass (th as in throw)
| Do you speak English? (fam.)
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¿Hablas inglés?
| ablass in-gles?
| Do you speak English? (pol.)
| ¿Habla inglés?
| abla in-gles?
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Please feel free to discuss the above or ask questions on the Spanish Language section of our forum: http://www.sun4free.com/forum/ftopic8986.html
Notes:
a) In the pronunciation, underlined is where the stress is made. In Spanish an accent denotes where the stress is made.
b) We will use Castillian (mainland Spanish) pronunciation. If you would like the Canarian pronunciation please request on forum.
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