Phrasebook

194 entries

• [Hola]HelloWeek 1
• [Buenos días]Good morningWeek 1 · Used until about two in the afternoon.
• [Buenas tardes]Good afternoonWeek 1 · From lunch until it gets dark.
• [Buenas noches]Good evening / good nightWeek 1 · Both a greeting and a farewell.
• [Adiós]GoodbyeWeek 1
• [Hasta luego]See you laterWeek 1 · Far more common than adiós in daily life.
• [Por favor]PleaseWeek 1
• [Gracias]Thank youWeek 1
• [De nada]You're welcomeWeek 1
• [Sí]YesWeek 1
• [No]NoWeek 1
• [Perdón]Sorry / excuse meWeek 1
• [Señora]MadamWeek 1 · The safe default for any adult woman.
• [Señor]SirWeek 1
• [¿Qué tal?]How are you?Week 1 · Casual and universal.
• [Bien, gracias]Fine, thank youWeek 1
• [¿Y usted?]And you? (formal)Week 1
• [Hola,] me llamo name.Hello, my name is ___.Week 1 · Literally I call myself ___.
• Un café, [por favor].A coffee, please.Week 1
• — [¿Qué tal?] — [Bien, gracias. ¿Y usted?]— How are you? — Fine, thanks. And you?Week 1
• Me llamo…My name is…Week 2
• Soy de…I'm from…Week 2
• Vivo en…I live in…Week 2
• Tengo … añosI am … years oldWeek 2 · Literally I have sixty years — the same idea as French.
• un hijoa sonWeek 2
• una hijaa daughterWeek 2
• un maridoa husbandWeek 2
• una mujera wife / a womanWeek 2 · One word for both, exactly like French femme.
• un nietoa grandsonWeek 2
• una nietaa granddaughterWeek 2 · Los nietos covers grandchildren of either sort.
• la familiathe familyWeek 2
• un amigo / una amigaa friend (m / f)Week 2 · The -o and -a endings do the gender work for you here.
• el trabajoworkWeek 2
• jubilado / jubiladaretiredWeek 2 · Estoy, not soy — retirement is a state you are in, not what you are.
• Me llamo name y vivo en place.I'm ___ and I live in ___.Week 2
• Tengo number años y estoy jubilado.I'm ___ and I'm retired.Week 2 · Use jubilada if you are female.
• Tengo un hijo / dos hijas y number nietos.I have ___ and ___ grandchildren.Week 2
• la casathe houseWeek 3
• la cocinathe kitchenWeek 3
• el salónthe living roomWeek 3
• el dormitoriothe bedroomWeek 3
• la puertathe doorWeek 3
• la ventanathe windowWeek 3
• la mesathe tableWeek 3
• la sillathe chairWeek 3
• el bañothe bathroom / the toiletWeek 3 · The word to ask for in a café or a station.
• el panbreadWeek 3
• el cafécoffeeWeek 3
• el téteaWeek 3
• el aguawaterWeek 3 · Feminine — but it takes el, not la. See the note below; this is the one real trap in the list.
• el vinowineWeek 3
• la cervezabeerWeek 3
• el quesocheeseWeek 3
• la cartathe menuWeek 3
• la cuentathe billWeek 3
• ¿Dónde está la cocina / el baño?Where is ___?Week 3
• Quisiera un café / pan.I would like ___.Week 3 · Quisiera is the polite would like. Use it and you will always sound courteous.
• La cuenta, [por favor].The bill, please.Week 3
• yo tengoto have — yoWeek 4
• yo quieroto want — yoWeek 4
• yo quisierawould like — yoWeek 4 · A politeness form of querer. Quiero un café is blunt; quisiera un café is what you actually say to a waiter.
• [Tengo hambre]I'm hungryWeek 4 · Literally: I have hunger.
• [Tengo sed]I'm thirstyWeek 4
• [Tengo frío]I'm coldWeek 4
• [Tengo calor]I'm hotWeek 4
• Quisiera reservarI would like to bookWeek 4 · A table or a room. Two verbs in a row — the second stays in its dictionary form.
• Tengo noun.I have ___.Week 4
• Quiero noun.I want ___.Week 4 · Direct. Fine with family, blunt with a waiter.
• Quisiera noun, [por favor].I would like ___, please.Week 4
• yo habloto speak (-ar group) — yoWeek 5
• yo comoto eat (-er group) — yoWeek 5
• yo vivoto live (-ir group) — yoWeek 5
• yo soyto be (permanently) — yoWeek 5
• yo estoyto be (right now) — yoWeek 5
• yo tengoto have — yoWeek 5
• yo voyto go — yoWeek 5
• yo hagoto do or make — yoWeek 5
• yo puedocan, to be able — yoWeek 5
• yo quieroto want — yoWeek 5
• [soy]I am (permanently)Week 5
• [estoy]I am (right now)Week 5
• [tengo]I haveWeek 5
• [voy a]I'm going toWeek 5
• [puede]you can / he canWeek 5
• [hay]there is / there areWeek 5 · One word covering both. Never changes.
• Hablo un poco de español.I speak a little Spanish.Week 5 · The single most useful sentence you will learn all year.
• ¿Puede repetir, [por favor]?Can you repeat, please?Week 5
• Vamos al café.We're going to the café.Week 5 · al = a + el, the only contraction Spanish has apart from del.
• ¿Dónde?Where?Week 6
• ¿Cuándo?When?Week 6
• ¿Cómo?How?Week 6
• ¿Por qué?Why?Week 6 · Two words with an accent. Porque, one word without, means because.
• ¿Quién?Who?Week 6
• ¿Cuánto?How much?Week 6
• ¿Qué?What? / Which?Week 6
• [¿Dónde está…?]Where is…?Week 6
• [a la izquierda]on the leftWeek 6
• [a la derecha]on the rightWeek 6
• [todo recto]straight onWeek 6
• [al lado de]next toWeek 6
• [enfrente de]oppositeWeek 6
• [cerca de]near toWeek 6
• [lejos de]far fromWeek 6
• [estoy buscando…]I'm looking for…Week 6
• ¿Cuánto cuesta?How much does it cost?Week 6
• [¿Cuánto es?]How much is it?Week 6 · The shorter, more common version.
• [Es demasiado caro]It's too expensiveWeek 6
• ¿Qué hora es?What time is it?Week 6
• ¿A qué hora?At what time?Week 6
• abierto / abiertaopenWeek 6
• cerrado / cerradaclosedWeek 6
• [Estoy buscando] la estación.I'm looking for the station.Week 6
• ¿Dónde está la farmacia?Where is the pharmacy?Week 6
• ¿Cuánto cuesta?How much does it cost?Week 6
• He habladoI have spokenWeek 7 · hablar → hablado
• He comidoI have eatenWeek 7 · comer → comido
• He bebidoI have drunkWeek 7 · beber → bebido
• He compradoI have boughtWeek 7 · comprar → comprado
• He tomadoI have had (food or drink)Week 7 · tomar → tomado. He tomado un café is how you say I had a coffee.
• He hechoI have done / madeWeek 7 · hacer → hecho. Irregular.
• He vistoI have seenWeek 7 · ver → visto. Irregular.
• He idoI have goneWeek 7 · ir → ido
• yo habléI spoke — yoWeek 7
• yo comíI ate — yoWeek 7
• yo toméI had (food or drink) — yoWeek 7
• yo viI saw — yoWeek 7
• yo hiceI did / made — yoWeek 7 · Irregular, and very common.
• yo fuiI went — yoWeek 7 · Fui is also I was — ir and ser share this past. Context always makes it obvious.
• [hoy]todayWeek 7 · Takes he comido.
• [esta mañana]this morningWeek 7 · Takes he comido.
• [esta semana]this weekWeek 7 · Takes he comido.
• [ayer]yesterdayWeek 7 · Takes comí.
• [la semana pasada]last weekWeek 7 · Takes comí.
• [Hoy] he tomado un café.Today I've had a coffee.Week 7
• [Ayer] comí en un restaurante.Yesterday I ate in a restaurant.Week 7
• ¿Qué hizo usted [ayer]?What did you do yesterday?Week 7 · Worth learning whole. It is the question you will be asked most often.
• yandWeek 8 · Becomes e before a word starting with i- or hi-.
• perobutWeek 8
• porquebecauseWeek 8 · One word, no accent. ¿Por qué? with an accent is the question.
• así queso, and soWeek 8
• entoncesthen, in that caseWeek 8
• primerofirstWeek 8
• luegothenWeek 8
• despuésafterwardsWeek 8
• por finfinallyWeek 8
• Voy a infinitive.I'm going to ___.Week 8
• clause, pero / porque / así que, clause…, but / because / so, …Week 8 · Any two clauses you already know, joined.
• Primero … luego … después … por fin …First … then … afterwards … finally …Week 8 · The story spine. Hang anything you like on it.
• el deportesportWeek 9
• la músicamusicWeek 9
• leerto readWeek 9 · The verb is far more natural here than the noun la lectura.
• la jardineríagardeningWeek 9
• cocinarto cookWeek 9
• viajarto travelWeek 9
• la fotografíaphotographyWeek 9
• el cinecinema, filmWeek 9
• la televisióntelevisionWeek 9
• pasearto go for a walkWeek 9
• a mí me gustato like — a míWeek 9
• a mí me encantato love — a míWeek 9 · Stronger than gustar. Me encanta la música — I love music.
• a mí no me gustato dislike — a míWeek 9 · Spanish rarely says I hate. No me gusta does the job.
• a mí prefieroto prefer — a míWeek 9 · A normal verb — prefiero el té. The e becomes ie in yo, tú, él and ellos.
• Estoy bienI'm wellWeek 9
• Estoy malI'm unwellWeek 9
• [me duele…]…hurts meWeek 9 · Backwards like gustar: the head is doing the hurting. Me duelen las piernas for a plural.
• el médicothe doctorWeek 9
• enfermo / enfermaillWeek 9
• cansado / cansadatiredWeek 9
• [estoy descansando]I'm restingWeek 9
• la cabezathe headWeek 9
• la manothe handWeek 9 · Ends in -o and is feminine. One of the few real exceptions.
• la piernathe legWeek 9
• el estómagothe stomachWeek 9
• la espaldathe backWeek 9
• el brazothe armWeek 9
• las muelasthe back teethWeek 9
• [creo que…]I think that…Week 9
• [me parece que…]it seems to me that…Week 9
• [en mi opinión]in my opinionWeek 9
• el problemathe problemWeek 9 · Ends in -a and is masculine — el problema. Greek origin. So are el tema and el sistema.
• Me gusta / encanta el deporte.I like / love ___.Week 9
• [Me duele] la cabeza.I have a headache.Week 9
• [En mi opinión,] es interesante.In my opinion, it's interesting.Week 9
• [no entiendo]I don't understandWeek 10
• [más despacio, por favor]more slowly, pleaseWeek 10
• [¿puede repetir?]can you repeat?Week 10
• ¿Qué significa…?What does … mean?Week 10
• ¿Cómo se dice…?How do you say…?Week 10 · Point at the thing and say this. It works every time.
• buenowell, soWeek 11 · The single most common filler in Spanish. Start any sentence with it.
• pueswell thenWeek 11 · Interchangeable with bueno most of the time.
• entoncesso, thenWeek 11 · To draw a conclusion.
• [o sea]that is to sayWeek 11 · To rephrase what you just said.
• [es decir]I meanWeek 11 · Slightly more formal than o sea.
• [en fin]anyway, in shortWeek 11 · To wrap up when you have run out of road.