Basic Conversation Questions

There are basic questions that you can ask someone to get to know more information about them. To approach someone and ask them their name you say "¡Hola!" "¿Como te llamas?" or if it is an adult "¿Como se llama?". After they say their name they usually ask what is your name, you would respond by saying "Me llamo (insert name here)."

Another question you could ask is how old they are, to do this say "¿Cuántos años tienes tú?" or if it is an adult "¿Cuántos años tiene usted?” You would then respond by saying "Tengo # años."

One other basic question would be asking the person how they are feeling, to do this you would say "¿Como estás?" or if the person is older "¿Como esta?" another option could be "¿Que tal?” They would then respond "Estoy..."

This is how to have a basic conversation with someone in Spanish.

Days of the week

Knowing the days of the week is very important because it helps to know when things are going to happen. It also helps because you are able to make plans for a certain day such as what you are going to be doing. In a real life situation the days of the week can help someone who is unsure when a project is due. In another situation it can also help someone who has just awoken from a really long sleep and they are not sure as of what day it is.




Notice that the days of the week in spanish are in lowercase letters rather than uppercase. ALso the days of the week in spanish begin with Monday and not Sunday. Another change in the days of the week between Spanish and English is that miércoles and sábado both have accents over them.

Alphabet with Correct Pronunciation

To learn the alphabet in Spanish would help them learn the correct pronunciation of words and letters. Also they need to learn the entire alphabet, which would also assist them with spelling and writing words. To use in a real life situation that would be helping someone who needs help writing a word in Spanish. Another example would be learning the correct pronunciation of certain letters in words.

Tu vs. Ud.

In Spanish, there are different ways to say the same question to people who are superior to you than others who are not superior. When talking to someone superior than you, you would add Usted or Ud. to the end of the sentence, this applies only to a few questions though.



These are the only questions where the person's status effects the way your questions are phrased. Also notice how when you are asking how someone is you can say "¿Que tal?" instead of "¿Como estas tu?" or "¿Como esta Ud.?"

Numbers!!!!

Knowing your numbers and counting is knowledge that anyone would need to get somewhere in life. You need to know your numbers when counting or maybe even giving and receiving someone's number.

When writing or saying someone's number, you should divide how you say the numbers like instead of saying dos-uno-cinco (215) you could say dos-quince. Here is an example of how you should say the numbers: (2/15) 2/15- 21/15. Where the slashes(/) are is where the numbers should be put together. For a better understanding here is how you should write the number: dos-quince-dos-quince-veintiuno-quince.

Courtesy Phrases (Thanks, excuse me, please)

Saying please, thank you, you're welcome and excuse me are certain english phrases that you use when being polite. In Spanish there are different ways to say thank you, you're welcome and other polite phrases. There are 3 different ways to say thank you: gracias, mucho gracias and muy amable gracias. To say you're welcome, you could say de nada, por nada, or no hay de que. To say excuse me you say perdon and to say attention you can say discuple!!