Greetings

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Description

• Greetings (los saludos)
• Helpful verbs and pronouns
• Grammar Point: personal "a"
  

Greetings (los saludos)

English	Spanish	Listen and Repeat	Write (r = response; f = first letter)
hello	buenos días		?
good-bye	adiós		?
Please	por favor		?
Thank you	gracias		?
You're welcome	de nada		?
My name is Karen	Me llamo Karen		?
What is your name?	¿Cómo se llama?		??
Nice to meet you	encantado/a		?
This is my mother	Le presento a mi madre		?
Please speak slowly	Habla despacio por favor		?
See you next time	hasta luego		?

 

Helpful verbs and pronouns

presentar ("to introduce"), encontrarse con ("to meet"); usted ("you"), mi ("my")

presentar

Quiero presentarle a mi novio = "I want to introduce you to my boyfriend"

 

encontrarse con

Me encontré con su hermana = "I met your sister".

 

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Grammar Point: personal "a"

Spanish uses the word a between verbs and people, e.g.: Conozco a tu hermano ("I know your brother"), Vi a tu vecino ("I saw your neighbour").

 

Exercises

Give the English equivalent:

Give the Spanish equivalent:

Translate the following, then verify your grammar with SpanishChecker.com:

1. How many grandchildren do you have?

2. Thank you for helping me with my homework.

3. Yesterday, I met his girlfriend.

After producing your own grammatically correct translation on SpanishChecker.com, you can check your answer by typing R below:

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