Lesson 1 - Saludos (Greetings)
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Greetings in Spanish

Dialogue Lesson

Greetings

Click on the phrase to hear the pronunciation.

• ► Hola = Hello.
• ► Adiós. = Goodbye
• ► Buenos días. = Good morning
• ► Buenas tardes. = Good afternoon
• ► Buenas noches. = Good evening, Good night
• ► ¿Cómo se llama usted? = What is your name? (formal)*   (Literally translated, "How do you call yourself?")
  ► ¿Cómo te llamas? = What is your name? (informal)
• ► Me llamo ____. = My name is ____.   (Literally translated, "I call myself ___.")
• ► ¿Y usted?
  ► ¿Y tú? = And you?
• ► Mucho gusto. = Nice to meet you.
• ► ¿Cómo está usted? = How are you? (formal)
  ► ¿Cómo estás? = How are you? (informal)
• ► Bien, gracias. = Fine, thank you.
• ► Hasta luego. = See you later.
• ► Hasta mañana. = See you tomorrow.
• ► Hasta pronto. = See you soon.
• ► ¿De dónde es usted? = Where are you from? (formal)   (Literally translated, "Of where are you?")
  ► ¿De dónde eres? = Where are you from? (informal)
• ► Soy de ____. = I'm from ____.

*You use the more formal version of "you" with people who are in a position of authority such as teachers, ministers or police officers or out of respect such as with an older person.

 

Practice

Section 1
Select the best answer to the question.

1. ¿Cómo te llamas?   Soy de México. Me llamo Maria. Bien, gracias.      

2. ¿Cómo estás?   Soy de México. Me llamo María. Bien, gracias.      

3. ¿De dónde eres?   Soy de México. Me llamo María. Bien, gracias.      

 

Section 2
Select the correct translation.

1. Hello   Hola Adiós Mucho gusto      

2. Good afternoon.   Buenos días. Buenas tardes. Buenas noches.      

3. How are you? (formal)   ¿Cómo está usted? ¿De dónde es usted? ¿Cómo se llama usted?      

4. Fine, thank you.   Mucho gusto. Me llamo. Bien, gracias.      

5. See you soon.   Hasta luego. Hasta mañana. Hasta pronto.      

 

Listening

Listen to the dialogue and answer the following questions. You may have to listen to the dialogue multiple times to answer all of the questions.

► Listen to the dialogue

1. What is the man's name?   Pedro Paco Luis Marco      

2. What is the woman's name?   María Marta Pablo Susana      

3. Where is the man from?   Peru Chile Mexico United States      

4. Where is the woman from?   Peru Chile Mexico United States      

 

Dialogue

Now read the dialogue.

► Listen to the dialogue

• MARÍA - Hola. Buenos días.
• LUIS - Buenos días.
• MARÍA - ¿Cómo te llamas?
• LUIS - Me llamo Luis. ¿Y tú?
• MARÍA - Me llamo María. ¿De dónde eres?
• LUIS - Soy de Perú. ¿Y tú?
• MARÍA - Soy de México.
• LUIS - Mucho gusto. Hasta luego. Adiós.

 

Dictation

Click on "Listen" to hear the dictation of a sentence. The sentence will be read once quickly and then repeated slowly with pauses to write the words. Write the sentence in the textbox. Click on "Check" to check your answer. Dictations are great for practicing listening and spelling in Spanish. Make sure that you use correct punctuation and capitalization or the computer will mark it as incorrect.

1. ► Listen
   
 

2. ► Listen
   
 

3. ► Listen
   
 

4. ► Listen
   
 

5. ► Listen
   
 

 

Writing

Write your own short greetings dialogue like the one from this lesson. If you want to type a special character (like an accented letter) in the comments section, you could do one of the following . . .

• Select and copy the character that you need → á é í ó ú ü ñ ¿ ¡ Á É Í Ó Ú Ü Ñ « »
• Use special codes on your computer if you have numeric keypad (instructions HERE).
• Type your sentences into the text box below and use the special character buttons provided. Then select and copy your text and paste it into the comments section.

  Don't forget to paste your text into the comments section below!

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