#spanish beginner

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Think of this as an emergency guide to Spanish; let´s say you meet a Spanish native speaker and you don´t want the language barrier to be as present as it would be if you came completely unprepared for a simple introduction. This will allow you to introduce yourself and get into a conversation with a group of people, even if you don´t follow with the rest of it.

Let´s start with greetings!

Hola - Hello

Buenos días – Good morning

Buenas tardes – Good afternoon

Buenas noches – Good night

Mi nombre es [tu nombre] – My name is [your name]

Gusto en conocerte – Nice to meet you

Ella (f) / él (m) es [person´s name] – She/he is [person´s name]

No hablo español muy bien – I don´t speak Spanish very well

Now, some questions that might follow immediately after the greeting

¿Cómo estás? – How are you?

¿Qué haces? – What are you doing?

¿Cómo va tu día? – How is your day going?

¿Quién es él/ella? – Who is he/she?

¿Quién eres tú? – Who are you?

¿Qué quieres? – What do you want?

Then, some answers to the questions above!

Bien – Good/Well

Mal* – Bad

Excelente – Excellent

Gracias – Thank you

Por favor – Please

Perdón – Sorry

Time to practice! Here´s a dialogue between two strangers so you can see in action what you have learned so far.

PEDRO: ¡Hola! / Hello!

CECILIA: Hola, ¿cómo estás? / Hello, how are you?

PEDRO: Muy bien, ¿y tú? / I´m well, and you?

CECILIA: Estoy excelente, gracias por preguntar / I´m excellent, thank you for asking

PEDRO: Mi nombre es Pedro / My name is Pedro

CECILIA: Mi nombre es Cecilia, gusto en conocerte. ¿Cómo te va, Pedro? /My name is Cecilia, good to meet you. How is it going, Pedro?

PEDRO: Estoy mal*, he estado enfermo / I´m not well, I have been sick.

CECILIA: ¡Lo siento mucho! / I´m very sorry!

*In Spanish you can say “Estoy mal/I´m bad” when answering the question of “How are you?”, and it won´t mean you´re a morally bad person, as it refers to your overall well-being. If they are asking about your health, you could say “Estoy malo/mala” (first one is masculine, the second one feminine).

Now, you shouldn’t worry too much about using the “formal you” or pronunciation, since this interaction will be brief and the native will probably understand that you´re a complete beginner.

I think that´s all, I hope everything is clear and it can help you with your Spanish learning. If you want me to do a separate post in the future about a specific topic, I´ll do my best! Good luck!

(This post was requested by @eternityprevails.Tell me if you need anything else and good luck with your learning!).

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Spanish study buddies

Hello langblr/studyblr community ! I have been trying to learn spanish for a few months on my own and I am at a point where I desperately need some motivation.I am looking for a study buddy, someone that is also a beginner in spanish, (or another language) maybe we can encourage and help each other.I am a college student, my majors are english and political science, my native language is Turkish and I am fluent in English. I have also studied German and Russian in school. Contact me if you want a study buddy 😘 Have a nice dayyy

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🔥First lessons in Spanish 🔥

What are the first lessons of Spanish ? Anyone have a list of things I should learn first ? Anyone who studies Spanish tell me what they're first few classes were ? Thank you !!!

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I was bit bored today so I decided to do a few tasks on duolingo which turned into a lot more tasks and now I'm 7% fluent in Spanish but hey ! I'm not complaining :)))

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