Conversational Spanish
Terms
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- rojo
- red
- anaranjado
- orange
- ojos
- eyes
- Cual es su nombre
- What is your name
- Como se llama?
- What is your name?
- mas o menos
- more or less / I'm ok, alright
- me llamo
- my name is
- nos vemos a proximo semano
- See you next week
- enero
- january
- febrero
- february
- marzo
- march
- abril
- april
- mayo
- may
- juno
- june
- julio
- july
- augosto
- august
- septiembre
- september
- octubre
- october
- noviembre
- november
- diciembre
- december
- lunes
- monday
- martes
- tuesday
- miercoles
- wednesday
- jueves
- thursday
- viernes
- friday
- sabado
- saturday
- domingo
- sunday
- otono
- fall
- siempre
- always
- cafe claro
- light brown / light coffee
- cafe oscuro
- dark brown / dark coffee
- mucho gusto
- The pleasure is mine
- bajo(a)
- short (version that is rude to say)
- bajito(a)
- short (version that is acceptable)
- mi gordito(a)
- My little dumpling (term of endearment)
- mis ojos son azules
- my eyes are blue
- mi pelo es cafe
- my hair is brown
- el reloj
- a timepiece
- los relojes
- timepieces
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Que hora es?
Que horas son? - What time is it?
- son las dos
- it's two o:clock
- son las dos en punto
- it's two o:clock on the dot
- es la una
- it's one o:clock
- es la una en punto
- it's one o:clock on the dot
- es la una menos cinco
- it's 12:55
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son las diez y treinta
son las diez y media - it's 10:30
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son las diez y quince
son las diez y cuarto - it's 10:15
- cuarto/quince despues de las diez
- it's 10:15 (15 minutes past 10)
- cinco para las doce
- it's 11:55 (5 minutes til 12)
- son las once menos cuarto
- it's 10:45 (most common)
- perdedor
- loser (to your peers)
- de donde es usted?
- where are you from?
- tengo hambre
- I'm hungry
- yo buen
- I'm good looking
- yo soy casado
- I'm married
- yo soy soltero(a)
- I'm single
- Te estas divirtiendo?
- Are you having fun?
- de quien es el turno de lavar los platos?
- Whose turn is it to wash the dishes?
- Por favor me eneno como hacer pupusas?
- Will you teach me to make pupusas?
- un baso de agua
- a glass of water
- donde te duele?
- Where does it hurt?
- como estuvo su dia?
- how was your day?
- treinta
- thirty
- cero
- zero
- los numeros son
- the numbers are
- los dias de la semana son
- the days of the week are
- las estaciones del ano son
- the seasons of the year are
- cuarenta
- forty (40)
- cincuenta
- fifty (50)
- sesenta
- sixty (60)
- setenta
- seventy (70)
- ochenta
- eighty (80)
- noventa
- ninety (90)
- cien
- one hundred (100)
- doscientos
- two hundred (200)
- novecientos
- nine hundred (900)
- mil (1.000)
- one thousand (1.000)
- un million (1.000.000)
- one million (1.000.000)
- mil novecientos veinte (1920)
- nineteen hundred and twenty (1920)
- mil ciento treinta y seis (1.136)
- eleven hundred and thirty six (1.136)
- quinientos cincuenta (550)
- five hundred fifty (550)
- alto(a)
- tall
- bigote
- moustache
- viejo(a)
- old
- viejo verde
- dirty old man
- barba
- beard
- joven
- young
- rubio(a)
- blonde
- pelo corto
- short hair
- pelo lacio
- straight hair
- pelo largo
- long hair
- pelo rizado
- curly hair
- delgado(a)
- thin
- gordo(a)
- fat (impolite way)
- amarillo
- yellow
- azul
- blue
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cafe
carmelito
marron - brown (3 ways)
- sombrero
- hat
- corbata
- tie
- camisa
- shirt
- saco
- sport coat
- traje
- suit
- chaqueta
- jacket
- sueter
- sweater
- blusa
- blouse
- falda
- skirt
- botas
- boots
- abrigo
- coat
- morado (2 meanings)
-
purple
bruise - vestido
- dress
- rosado
- pink
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esto
masc: este / estos
fem : esta /estas - this/these
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eso
masc: ese / esos
fem : esa / esas - that/those
- Que es esto?
- What is this?
- Que son estos?
- What are these?
- Que es eso?
- What is that?
- Que son esos?
- What are those?
- Es este(o)un libro?
- Is this a book?
- Si, esto es un libro
- Yes, this is a book.
- Es ese un libro?
- Is that a book?
- Si, ese es un libro.
- Yes, that is a book.
- Son estos unos libros?
- Are these books?
- Son esos unos libros?
- Are those books?
- No, estos no son unos libros.
- No, these are not books.
- No, esos no son unos libros.
- No, those are not books.
- Aqui
- Over here
- Alla
- Over there
- El lapiz esta aqui
- The pencil is here/over here
- El lapiz esta alla
- The pencil is over there
- papa (with accent)
- father / daddy
- papa (without accent)
- potato
- mama (with accent)
- mother / mommy
- mama (without accent)
- monica lewinsky and bill clinton
- de quien?
- whose is?
- buenos dias
- good day
- buenas tardes
- good afternoon
- buenas noches
- good evening
- el gusto es mio
- the pleasure is mine
- yo hablo poquito espanol
- I speak pieces of spanish
- yo hablo poqueno espanol
- I speak a little spanish
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Donde vive usted?
Qual es su direccion? - Where do you live?
- casa
- house
- hermano
- brother
- zapato
- shoe
- llover
- to rain
- cocinar
- to cook
- carretera
- road
- perro
- dog
- zoologico
- zoo
- jugar
- to play games
- helado
- ice cream
- aji
- cayenne pepper
- trabajar
- to work
- cancionero
- book of songs
- telefono
- telephone
- manzana
- apple
- platano
- banana
- nino
- baby
- huevo
- egg
- yo
- me / I
- amigo(a)
- friend
- telarana
- spider web
- televisor
- television
- La cocina es pequena
- The kitchen is small
- El libro es corto
- The book is short
- la ultima
- the last one
- feo(a)
- ugly
- El mercado es antiguo.
- The market is old.
- viejito(a)
- old man/woman (acceptable way to say)
- senora
- married woman
- senorita
- unmarried woman
- Dona
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miss (first name)
miss jannine
miss anna - Yo tomo cerveza con mis amigos
- I drink beer with my friends
- Tu entiendes espanol, pero no practicas todos los dias.
- You want to learn spanish, but, you don't practice every day.
- Los lunes mi mama come en un restaurante
- On Mondays my mother eats in a restaurant.
- Antonia y yo subimos a la montana.
- Antonia and I climb the mountain
- Ellas comen un postre delicioso.
- The girls eat a delicious dessert.
- Yo no tomo cerveza, pero si tomo cafe.
- I don't drink beer, but, I drink coffee
- Ellos compran helado
- The boys buy ice cream
- Usted ordena la comida del menu
- You (formal) order food from the menu
- Yo toco la guitarra
- I play the guitar
- Yo desayuno a las seis a la manana
- I have breakfast at 6 in the morning
- Conjugate colgar (hang)
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cuelgo
cuelgas
cuelga
colgamos
cuelgan - Yo cuelgo la ropa
- I hang the clothes
- Nosotros colgamos la ropa
- We hang the clothes
- Conjugate Servir (to serve)
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sirvo
sirves
sirve
servimos
sirven - conjugate jugar (to play)
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juego
juegas
juega
jugamos
juegan - Yo juego futbol
- I play soccer
- conjugate fritar (to fry)
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frito
fritas
frita
fritamos
fritan - Los hermamos fritan el carne con queso
- The brothers fry the beef with cheese
- La familia almuerza en el restaurante los sabados
- The family eats lunch in the restaurant on saturdays
- conjugate almorzar (to have lunch)
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almuerzo
almuerzas
almuerza
almorzamos
almuerzan - conjugate pensar (to think)
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pienso
piensas
piensa
pensamos
piensan - Cuantos hermanos tienes?
- How many brothers do you have?
- Yo tengo dos hermanos
- I have two brothers
- El se llama Bob
- His name is bob
- El vive en la calle thompson
- He lives on thompson street
- El tiene tres hermanos
- He has three brothers
- Yo tengo un hermano y una hermana.
- I have one brother and one sister
- Donde vives?
- Where do you live?
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SER (to be...) describes what characteristics for people?
soy
eres
es
somos
son -
Describes:
Profession
Nationality
Religion, Political party
Marital status
Person's quality
Talk about siblings or to identify - Ella es (ser) una buena persona
- She is a nice person
- Mis ojos son (ser) azules
- My eyes are blue
- El es (ser) mi tio
- He is my uncle
- Quien eres (ser) tu?
- Who are you?
- Quienes son (ser) ellos?
- Who are they?
- Yo soy (ser) un profesor.
- I am a teacher.
- Uds son (ser) estudiantes.
- You (all) are students.
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SER (to be...) describes what characteristics for things?
soy
eres
es
somos
son -
For identification
Characteristics: color, size, form, place of origin, possession, weight
Time
Impersonal sentences (it's good to eat) - Es bueno comer
- It's good to eat
- Es malo saltar
- It's bad to jump
- La leche es (ser) blanca
- The milk is white
- La casa azul es (ser) mia
- The blue house is mine
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ESTAR (to be)- when used
Estoy
Estas
Esta
Estamos
Estan -
To describe a temporary condition of the subject.
To describe emotional condition (happy, sad)
To describe health issues.
To describe temperature of objects.
To express location of persons, places, things. - Donde esta (estar) carolina?
- Where is carolina?
- Ellos estan (estar) cansados
- They are tired
- Yo estoy (estar) enfermo
- I am sick
- Como estas (estar)?
- How are you?
- Ser aburrido
- To be boring
- Ser listo
- To be clever
- Estar listo
- To be ready
- Ser verde
- To be green
- Estar verde
- To be unripe
- Nosotros no estamos (estar)enfermos, pero nosotros somos (ser) enfermos.
- We aren't physically ill, but, we are mentally ill.
- The Ser form of to be is used when what is in the sentence?
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De
Which form of to be do you find when De is in the sentence?
Ser or Estar - Ther ESTAR form of to be is used when what is in the sentence?
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En
En donde
En ahora
En con - Yo soy de Washington.
- I am from Washington.
- Duncan, eres tu de Italia?
- Duncan, are you from Italy?
- No, yo soy de los estados unidos.
- No, I'm from the U.S.