martes, 27 de marzo de 2012

¡Hola!

Greetings:



  • ¡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)

About gender:

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 prontoSee you soon (Literally = Till tomorrow) 
  • Hasta mañana = See you tomorrow (Literally = Till tomorrow


 Farewells 

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