LANGUAGE ONION

• hello (general) = hola oh-la

• goodbye = adiós a-dee-ohs

• goodnight = buenas noches bweh-nas - noh-chays

• how are you? = ¿cómo estás? koh-moh - es-tass

• good = bien byen

• bad = mal mal

• yes = sí see

• no = no noh

• please = por favor por - fa-voor

• thank you (very much) = (muchas) gracias (moo-chas) (gra-thee-ass)

• what is your name? = ¿cómo te llamas? koh-moh - teh - ya-mass

• my name is... = me llamo... meh - ya-moh

• where are you from? = ¿de dónde eres? deh - don-deh - eh-rays

• I am from... = soy de... soy - deh

• do you know / speak / understand? = ¿sabes / hablas /      entiendes? sa-bays / ab-las  / en-tyen-days

- Notes -

* With these phrases, you should be able to greet people, and ask and answer a few simple questions.

* Like in English, Spanish sentence structure is 'subject-verb-object' (e.g. 'I eat the apple' = 'Yo como la manzana').

Basic Phrases in Spanish