Meeting & greeting
Here you will find a few sentences and some vocabulary which will get you by when you go on holiday to any Spanish speaker country or will able you to have a basic conversation in Spanish. Each Spanish word comes with its English translation and indication of how to pronounce it (grey). Capital Letters show where the emphasis falls in a word. For more tips on how to pronounce Spanish words visit our Alphabet.
Meeting and greeting.
HolaOla Hello |
¿Qué tal? Keh tal? How are you? |
¿Cómo te llamas? CO-mo teh YA-mas What’s your name? |
Me llamo Anna. Meh YA-mo An-a. My name’s Anna. |
¿Qué idiomas hablas? Keh i-dee-Omas AB-las What languages do you speak? |
Hablo inglés y español Ab-lo ing-GLES ee es-pan-IOL I speak English and Spanish |
¿De donde eres?De Donde eres? Where are you from? |
Españaes-PAN-ia Spain |
Soy del Reino Unido Soy del RAY-no oo-NEE-do. I’m from the UK |
China CHEE-na China |
Italiaee-TA-Iee-a Italy |
Polonia po-LON-ee-a Poland |
FranciaFRAN-thee-a France |
Alemaniaal-eh-MAN-ee-a Germany |
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