Greetings:
Self-Introduction:
¿How to say "my name is" in Spanish?
About gender:
In Spanish the adjectives usually have a male form and a female form. Many words for occupations follow this patterns.
-or / -ora
But other words for occupations only have one form.
As a general rule we can say that the ending -o is for male and the ending -a is for female. Other endings usually are for both.
Mind Map for Occupations
Students´ Sef-introduction
Farewells:
Farewells
- ¡Hola! = Hello!
- Buenos días / tardes / noches = Good morning / afternoon / evening / night
- ¿Cómo estás? / ¿Qué tal (estás)? = How are you?
- (Muy) Bien, gracias = (Very) Well, thnaks
- Encantado / Encantada = Nice to meet you (Male / Female)
- Mucho gusto = Pleased to meet you
- Bienvenido / Beinvenida = Wellcome (Male / Female)
Students greet each other
Self-Introduction:
¿How to say "my name is" in Spanish?
- Me llamo Justo = My name is justo (Literally = I´m called Justo)
- Soy Justo = I am Justo
- Soy español = I am Spaniard
- Soy de Madrid = I am from Madrid
- Soy profesor de español = I am Spanish teacher
- Tengo 32 años = I am 32 years old (Literally = I have 32 years old)
- Estudio español = I study Spanish
- Trabajo como profesor de español = I work as Spanish teacher
About I:
In Spanish you don´t need to especify the subject in any sentence. In fact is more common not use it. But of course you can use it. The personal pronoun for I is Yo.
Preposition De:
The Spanish preposition De has several uses.
- Soy de Barcelona = I am FROM Barcelona
- Profesor de Español = Spanish Teacher (Literally = Teacher OF Spanish)
In Spanish the adjectives usually have a male form and a female form. Many words for occupations follow this patterns.
-or / -ora
- Profesor / Profesora = Teacher (Male / Female)
- Conductor / Conductora = Driver (Male / Female)
-o / -a
- Abogado / Abogada = Lawyer (Male / Female)
- Ingeniero / Ingeniera = Engineer (Male / Female)
But other words for occupations only have one form.
- Estudiante = Student
- Cantante = Singer
As a general rule we can say that the ending -o is for male and the ending -a is for female. Other endings usually are for both.
Mind Map for Occupations
Students´ Sef-introduction
Farewells:
- ¡Adiós! = Bye!
- Hasta pronto = See you soon (Literally = Till tomorrow)
- Hasta mañana = See you tomorrow (Literally = Till tomorrow)
Farewells
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