Spanish Greetings Lesson 1

Greetings saludos good morning. Buenos dias. Buenos dias. Buenos dias is the most common greeting you'll hear anytime in the morning up until 12 p.m.. Good afternoon. Buena stares. Buenos stares. When I started, is a greeting used in the afternoon and the early evening. Good night. Buenos noches. Buenos noches. Buenos nudges is only used after 8 p.m. hello. Hola. Hola. How are you? Go moist us. What's happening? Get dal. Welcome. BM Benito. BM Benito. Note that B and Veneto becomes being veneta when used to greet a woman. Now, these are some of the most common responses. Fine, thank you. Bien, gracias. Bien, gracias. Pretty well. By stand de bien. Very well. Muy bien. Muy bien. Excellent. Excellent. Excellent. Bad. Mal. Of course, as you are using your greetings, you'll also want to introduce yourself to others. Let's look at some common ways to do just that. What's your name? My name is may yaml may yaml I'd like to introduce you to. The presento a. And these are some of the responses you might hear when introducing yourself, pleased to meet you. Mucho Gusto. Mucho Gusto. 

The pleasure is mine. El Gusto ace neo. Delighted. In Canada. In Canada. Likewise, E one mente. Here are some of the most common ways to close a conversation in Spanish. Goodbye avios. Adios. Now an informal alternative in some areas that you may have heard is chow. See you later. As the. LEGO. Asta means until, so we're literally saying until later, see you tomorrow. Ask the manana. See you soon. Ask the pronto. Ask the pronto. In Latin America, as well as in Spain, it's very common to kiss people on the cheek when you meet them. So make sure to get plenty of practice kissing before you travel to a Spanish speaking country, right Cynthia? Great idea. Let's listen to some conversations with basic greetings. Hola, Liam and nido. Gracias. Brian, he too? Do you? As the bronto. Adios. All right. Now let's break down the conversation and see exactly what was said. In the first part of the conversation, Cynthia started by saying, hola be in Veneto, meaning hello, welcome.

I responded simply by saying gracias, or thanks. Hola. Gracias. In the next exchange, you can hear Cynthia asks, which means what's your name? Why don't you give this one a try? Say, come on. Great. Notice I responded with, maemo, Brian, which means my name is Brian. Brian. Next, I said it too, which means and you. To which Cynthia responded by saying her name. Ito? John Maya Cynthia. Next I said, in cantalo, which means delighted, as in delighted to meet you. To which Cynthia responded, which means likewise. And notice that Cynthia is closing the conversation when she says, meaning see you later. And finally, I say goodbye with the Spanish word avios. And cantalo Cynthia. As the pronto. 

Now, let's hear the conversation one more time. I think you'll find that it's a lot easier to understand this time around. Hola. Gracias. Brian, Ito. As the pronto. In this lesson, we learned the basic greetings in Spanish. Remember, some of these greetings are appropriate only at certain times of the day. I'm Brian. And I'm Cynthia. So we just wanted to thank you for checking out the lessons. And also let you know that we've been working really hard on some interactive Spanish conversations. We have some vocabulary, quizzes, and more goodies for you. Yep, so you can get access to all that fun stuff by claiming your free 5 part Spanish course at get my free Spanish course that come. Ah, very true. So go grab that and we'll see you soon.