Learn to ask "How are you?"
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| Becky: Welcome to 3-Minute Spanish Season 1, Lesson 4 - How are you? In this lesson, you’ll learn how to ask how somebody is in Spanish. | |
| Becky: Here’s the informal way to ask “How are you?” in Spanish. | |
| Laura: [Normal] ¿Cómo estás? | |
| Becky: First is a word meaning “how” | |
| Laura: [Normal] cómo [Slow] cómo | |
| Becky: Last is the word meaning “are you” | |
| Laura: [Normal] estás [Slow] estás | |
| Becky: Note the rising intonation. Listen again to the informal question meaning “How are you?” | |
| Laura: [Slow] ¿Cómo estás? [Normal] ¿Cómo estás? | |
| Becky: Now, imagine you’re speaking to a stranger. Here’s the formal way to ask, “How are you?” | |
| Laura: [Normal] ¿Cómo está usted? | |
| Becky: First is a word meaning “how” | |
| Laura: [Normal] cómo [Slow] cómo | |
| Becky: Next is the word meaning “are” | |
| Laura: [Normal] está [Slow] está | |
| Becky: Last is the word meaning “you”, in formal register. | |
| Laura: [Normal] usted [Slow] usted | |
| Becky: Note again the rising intonation. Listen again to the formal question meaning “How are you?” | |
| Laura: [Slow] ¿Cómo está usted? [Normal] ¿Cómo está usted? | |
| Becky: Here’s a response meaning “I’m fine. Thank you.” | |
| Laura: [Normal] Estoy bien, gracias. | |
| Becky: First is a word meaning “I am” | |
| Laura: [Normal] estoy [Slow] estoy | |
| Becky: Next is the word meaning “fine” | |
| Laura: [Normal] bien [Slow] bien | |
| Becky: Last is the word meaning “thanks” | |
| Laura: [Normal] gracias [Slow] gracias | |
| Becky: Listen again to the response, “I’m fine. Thank you.” | |
| Laura: [Slow] Estoy bien, gracias. [Normal] Estoy bien, gracias. | |
| Becky: Here’s a response meaning, “Not so well.” | |
| Laura: [Normal] No tan bien. | |
| Becky: First is a word meaning “not” | |
| Laura: [Normal] no [Slow] no | |
| Becky: Next is the word meaning “so” | |
| Laura: [Normal] tan [Slow] tan | |
| Becky: Last is the word meaning “well” | |
| Laura: [Normal] bien [Slow] bien | |
| Becky: Listen again to the response, “Not so well.” | |
| Laura: [Slow] No tan bien. [Normal] No tan bien. | |
| Cultural Insight | |
| Becky: Now it’s time for a quick cultural insight. | |
| Laura: You can also answer this question by saying okay, which implies the same thing as in English. And if you are not feeling so well, another common informal answer you can give is más o menos, meaning “more or less.” | |
| 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. |
34 Comments
HideListeners! How are you? Try answering this question in Spanish.
Hola
@M.kordi,
@Katie Brugh,
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Carla
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Estoy Bien Gracias!
Estoy bien, gracias.😄
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I would like to cancel my account. Ever since I signed up for premium plus it doesn’t work anymore. There is no audio
Your sight was working for awhile but there is no longer any sound. You press on the audio button and it just goes round and round forever. I have an iPad
Hola lungs,
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Hola Paula,
Thank you for your comment.
If you want to say you feel hot then yes.
"Hace calor." - It's hot.
Saludos,
Carla
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muchas gracias
Why is it written:
¡Hoy está tan caliente!
I thought it was the verb hacer for weather. This is very confusing.