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. |
106 Comments
HideDid you already know any of these greetings?
Hola Jamie Gargrave,
Thank you for your question.
Please look for Iberian Spanish.
Sigamos practicando!
Saludos,
Carla
Team SpanishPod101.com
Hello!
I am looking to learn Spain Spanish, how do I go about finding that? This video and a few others say, Mexican Spanish.
Hola Kate,
Thank you for your comment.
Please review the search bar and look for Iberian Spanish.
Sigamos practicando!
Saludos,
Carla
Team SpanishPod101.com
Necesito castillian espanol idioma; yo vivo en espana ahora. Mexican es no bien aqui!
Hola Sanghee,
Muy bien!
We’re happy to know you like the lessons.
Sigamos practicando!
Saludos,
Carla
Team SpanishPod101.com
👍😄👍
Hola.
Hi.
Buen día.
Good day.
Nos vemos.
See you.
Adiós.
Goodbye.
¡Hola samuel!
Muchas gracias for taking the time to leave us a comment. 😇
As long as you are learning regularly, the more complicated ones won't be very tough either :)
But if they would be, our dedicated staff is here to help you out along the way!
Let us know if you have any questions.
Saludos,
Levente
Team SpanishPod101.com
hola,
the first lession is no difficult. may be further more complicated.
Hola Trivikram Pattanayak,
Thank you for your question.
They may sound alike most of the time but the position of the lips when you pronounce this are different.
Sigamos practicando!
Saludos,
Carla
Team SpanishPod101.com
I have a question. If you listen carefully, nos vemos sounds like nos bemos. Why does the 'v' sound like a 'b'?