Feb. 26, 2008 - Basic Greetings
Professor Jason is back with a lesson about basic greetings in Spanish. By the way, I discovered his set of helpful videos on youtube, and I encourage you to take a look at them. Bravo to Professor Jason for making this resource available free to everyone!
Here are the greetings that he teaches in this lesson:
- hola - hi/hello
- buenos días - good morning
- buenas tardes - good afternoon
- buenas noches - good evening/night
- ¿qué tal? - how are you?
- ¿cómo estás? - how are you?
- ¿cómo te va? - how's it going
- ¿cómo te llamas? - what is your name?
- ¿de dónde eres? - where are you from?
- ¿dónde vives? - where do you live?
- ¿cuántos años tienes? - how old are you?
- ¿cuántos años tiene Ud.? - how old are you (formal)
- mucho gusto (en conocerte) - nice to meet you
- hasta luego - see you later
- hasta mañana - see you tomorrow
- nos vemos - see you later
- chau - bye
- adios - goodbye
*One note: Most of these greeting are in the familiar tú form, and a brief mention is made of the more formal usted (abbreviated Ud.) form. That is a subject that has not been covered much on this blog, and I plan to talk about soon. Here is an article about this topic for those interested.
