These everyday phrases are what you need if you go for a short stay in a spanish-speaking country.
Pronunciation Yes/No = Si/No – See/Noh
- Excellent! = Estupendo! – estoopendoh
- Ok = Vale – baleh
- That’s fine = Está bien -esta byen
- That’s rigth = Eso es -essoh ess
- How do you do ?Pleased to meet you = Que tal ? mucho gusto -keh tal ,moochoh goostoh
- Good morning/Good evening/Good night = Buenos dias , Buenas tardes,Buenas noches -bweh-noos dee-ass, bweh-nass tardess, bweh-nass notchess
- Goodbye = Adios -ad-yoss
- My name is…= Me llamo -meh yah-moh
- What’s your name? = Cómo te llamas ? -koh-moh teh yah-mass
- May I introduce …? Le presento a … -leh presentoh a
- This is …..Éste /Ésta es.. – esteh/esta ess
- Hello/Hi! = Hola! -oh-la
- See you later ! = Hasta luego ! -asta lweh-goh
- It’s been nice meeting you =Mucho gusto en conocerle/la -moochoh goostoh en konoh-thairleh/thairla
- Excuse me = Perdón -pair-don
- I’m really sorry = Lo siento muchísimo -loh syentoh mootchee-seemoh
- Can you tell me …? = Puede decirme …? -pweh-deh detheer-meh
- Can I have…? = Me da …? -meh da
- Would you like …? = Quiere un/una ? -kyeh-reh oon/oona
- Would you like to..? = Le gustaría …? -leh goostaree-a
- It´s there …here? = Hay ….aqui? – I….akee
- What’s that? = Que es eso ? – keh ess esso
- Where can I get …? = Dónde puedo conseguir …? – dondeh pweh-doh konseh-geer….
- How much is it ? = Cuánto es ? – kwantoh ess
- Where is the …? = Dónde está el/la…? -dondeh esta el/la
- Where are the toilets? = Dónde están los servicios ? – dondeh estan loss sair-veeth-yoss
- Where are you from ? = De donde eres? -de dondeh eress
- I am from …= Soy de …. -soy deh
- I am ..years old = Tengo …años – teng-goh …ahn-yoss
- I am married,divorced,single = Estoy casado,divorciado,soltero -kasadoh, deevorss-yah-doh , soltairoh
