Daily Spanish Phrases - LEVEL: A - Sample

LEVEL: A - Sample Lesson - Topic: To Meet People
NIVEL: A - Lección de muestra - Tema: Conocer a Gente

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1.	Hello, what is your name? (CLICK on icon for audio-->) Hola, ¿cuál es su nombre?
2.	My name is John. Me llamo John. Note: *Me llamo* means I call myself. In Spanish, one usually says I call myself X instead of my name is as in English. Note that me in this sentence does not mean my, it means myself.
3.	Nice to meet you. Encantado/a de conocerle/la.
4.	How are you? ¿Qué tal? Note: *¿Qué tal?,* ¿Cómo estás? or ¿Cómo está usted? (formal tense), can also be used to ask how one is.
5.	I'm fine, thank you. Estoy bien, gracias.
6.	Where are you from? ¿De dónde eres?
7.	Are you Spanish? ¿Eres Español/a?
8.	Do you have children? ¿Tienes hijos?
9.	How do you say "many people" in Spanish? ¿Cómo se dice "many people" en español?
10.	When is your birthday? ¿Cuándo es tu cumpleaños?
11.	I am on holiday/vacation. Estoy de vacaciones.
12.	I don't speak Spanish but I understand a bit. No hablo español pero entiendo un poco.
13.	Do you drink Spanish wine? ¿Bebes vino español?
14.	What is your telephone number? ¿Cuál es tu número de teléfono?
15.	I will call you tomorrow. Te llamaré mañana.

Verb Conjugation


BEBER		TO DRINK	Phrase #13
yo tú él, ella, usted nosotros vosotros ellos, ellas, ustedes	bebo bebes bebe bebemos bebéis beben	I you he, she, it we you (plural) they	drink drink drinks drink drink drink


TENER		TO HAVE	Phrase #8
yo tú él, ella, usted nosotros vosotros ellos, ellas, ustedes	tengo tienes tiene tenemos tenéis tienen	I you he, she, it we you (plural) they	have have has have have have

Quick Grammar Note

Spanish has two ways to say the verb to be: ser and estar, depending on whether what you're talking about is either: 1. a characteristic of something; or 2. a condition that something is in.

The verb ser is used to talk about characteristics, while the verb estar is used to talk about conditions:

El tomate es rojo. The tomato is red. We use ser because the red colour is a characteristic of tomatoes. We don't expect tomatoes to be any other colour.

El tomate está verde. The tomate is green. The tomato is green -- unripe -- a condition, not a characteristic. We can expect this condition to change, so we use estar.

When talking about nationalities, ser is always used: Yo soy inglés.

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Exercise

ATTENTION: Fill in all the gaps, then press on the Check Answers button below to check your answers. If you need help with the missing word, use the Get Hint button below to see the first letter of the correct answer. Note that you will lose points if you ask for hints. You can use the special character buttons below to write any letters you can't make with your keyboard.

1. My name is John.
Me John.

2. Where are you from?
¿De dónde ?

3. When is your birthday?
¿Cuándo tu cumpleaños?

4. What is your telephone number?
¿Cuál es tu número teléfono?

5. I will call you tomorrow.
llamaré mañana.

Vocabulary Game

In this lesson you will come across the following vocabulary. Enjoy the game!