Learn how to greet someone
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| Becky: Welcome to 3-Minute Spanish Season 1, Lesson 2 - Greetings. In this lesson, you’ll learn how to greet someone in Spanish. | |
| Becky: Here’s the way to say “Hi” in Spanish. | |
| Laura: [Normal] Hola | |
| Becky: This expression has only one word meaning “Hi” | |
| Laura: [Normal] Hola [Slow] Hola | |
| Becky: Listen again to the word meaning “Hi.” | |
| Laura: [Slow] Hola [Normal] Hola | |
| Becky: Ok, now let’s talk about how you say “Good day.” | |
| Laura: [Normal] Buen día | |
| Becky: First is a word meaning “good” | |
| Laura: [Normal] buen [Slow] buen | |
| Becky: Last is the word meaning “day” | |
| Laura: [Normal] día [Slow] día | |
| Becky: Listen again to the phrase meaning “Good day.” | |
| Laura: [Slow] Buen día [Normal] Buen día | |
| Becky: Next up is the way to say “See you.” | |
| Laura: [Normal] Nos vemos | |
| Becky: First is a word meaning “us” | |
| Laura: [Normal] nos [Slow] nos | |
| Becky: Last is the word meaning “see” | |
| Laura: [Normal] vemos [Slow] vemos | |
| Becky: Listen again to the phrase meaning “See you.” | |
| Laura: [Slow] Nos vemos [Normal] Nos vemos | |
| Becky: Finally, here is a way to say “Goodbye.” | |
| Laura: [Normal] Adiós | |
| Becky: This expression has only one word meaning “goodbye” | |
| Laura: [Normal] Adiós [Slow] Adiós | |
| Becky: Listen again to the word meaning “Goodbye.” | |
| Laura: [Slow] Adiós [Normal] Adiós | |
| Cultural Insight | |
| Becky: Now it is time for a quick cultural insight. | |
| Laura: Don’t worry too much about what greeting to use in Mexico, because no matter the formality level of the situation you can always say Hola and Adiós, to say “Hello” or “Goodbye” respectively. | |
| Becky: And that’s all for this lesson. Don’t forget to check out the lesson notes, and we’ll see you in the next lesson! | |
| Laura: Hasta pronto. |
44 Comments
HideDid you already know any of these greetings?
Hola Berlin,
Thank you for your comment.
Yes, is the same.
Sigamos practicando!
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Carla
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Hi any chance you could also slow down rhe examples
Hola Sibi,
No hay de que!
Sigamos practicando!
Please let us know if you have any questions or doubts.
Saludos,
Carla
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Hola elaine,
Thank you for your comment.
Yes, is basically the same.
Sigamos practicando!
Saludos,
Carla
Team SpanishPod101.com
hola! is this the same in european spanish?
Hola, muchas gracias for your audios and transcripts
hola! is this the same in european spanish?
Hola SharJ,
We're happy to know you're enjoying the lessons.
Please let us know if you have any question or doubt.
Sigamos practicando!
Saludos,
Carla
Team SpanishPod101.com
I've already knew these soo... revision is great.
Hola Rs,
Thank you for your question. We have lessons in Iberian, Mexican, and Peruvian dialects (which should be indicated in the series or lesson title).
Here is an example: https://www.spanishpod101.com/index.php?cat=Advanced
Let us know if you have any further questions.
Saludos,
Cristiane
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