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| Hola! Hello, and welcome to Mexican Spanish Survival Phrases, brought to you by SpanishPod101.com. This course is designed to equip you with the language skills and knowledge to enable you to get the most out of your visit to Mexico. You'll be surprised at how far a little Spanish will go. Now, before we jump in, remember to stop by SpanishPod101.com and there you'll find the accompanying PDF lesson note and additional info in the post. If you stop by, be sure to leave us a comment! |
| Mexican Spanish Survival Phrases Lesson 7: Mexican Spanish Parting Expressions |
| In this lesson we'll introduce parting expressions. Let’s start with the common ones. |
| A parting expression that we can use any time of the day to strangers or friends is adiós, which means “bye” or “goodbye”. |
| Let’s break it down: |
| (slow) a-di-ós. |
| Once more: |
| Adiós. |
| Another common parting expression in Mexico is Nos vemos, which literally means “we see (each other)” but it’s used like the English “See you!” |
| Nos vemos |
| (slow) nos ve-mos |
| Nos vemos |
| If you are saying goodbye to a friend or a co-worker in Mexico, you will often hear the phrase Nos vemos mañana, which means “See you tomorrow”. But it doesn’t necessarily mean that you are going to see that person tomorrow! It is just a common phrase that people use as a parting expression. |
| Let’s break it down: |
| (slow) Nos ve-mos ma-ña-na. |
| Once more: |
| Nos vemos mañana. |
| The first word, nos, means “we” |
| (slow) nos. |
| Nos. |
| The second word, vemos, means "see (each other)" |
| (slow) ve-mos |
| vemos |
| The last word, mañana, means "tomorrow". |
| (slow) ma-ña-na |
| Mañana |
| Once again: |
| (slow) Nos ve-mos ma-ña-na. |
| Nos vemos Mañana. |
| This means "see you tomorrow" but it technically means "see you next time" or "see you around". |
| One more common parting expression is hasta luego, which can be translated as “see you later”. But it literally means “until later”. |
| Let’s break it down: |
| (slow) Has-ta lu-e-go. |
| Once more: |
| Hasta luego. |
| In Mexico, you can also use as a parting expression the phrase we learned before: Buen día, which means “Good day”. That implies that you are saying goodbye and wishing the other person a good day. |
| (slow) Bu-en dí-a. |
| Buen día. |
| To close out today's lessons, we’d like you to practice what you have just learned. I’ll provide you with the English equivalent of the phrase and you’re responsible for shouting it out loud. You’ll have a few seconds before I give you the answer, so !buena suerte! which means “Good luck!” in Spanish. |
| “Goodbye.” |
| (3 sec) Adiós. |
| (slow) A-di-ós |
| Adiós. |
| “See you.” |
| (3 sec) Nos vemos. |
| (slow) Nos ve-mos. |
| Nos vemos. |
| “See you tomorrow.” |
| (3 sec) Nos vemos mañana. |
| (slow) Nos ve-mos ma-ña-na. |
| Nos vemos mañana. |
| “See you later.” |
| (3 sec) Hasta luego. |
| (slow) Has-ta lu-e-go. |
| Hasta luego. |
| “Good day.” |
| (3 sec) Buen día. |
| (slow) Bu-en día. |
| Buen día. |
| Alright! That's going to do it for this lesson. Remember to stop by SpanishPod101.com and pick up the accompanying PDF lesson note. If you stop by, be sure to leave us a comment! Hasta luego. |
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HideHello Listeners! Which is your favorite Mexican Spanish parting expression?
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