Bienvenidos a Español.Welcome to Spanish.

Lesson 1 Countries that speak Spanish around the world.Greetings.Praise words.Polite expressions.

Spanish Speaking Countries

Spanish is spoken in many countries, but it is an official language in the following countries. 1. Argentina Argentina2. Bolivia Bolivia3. Chile Chile4. Colombia Colombia5. Costa Rica Costa Rica6. Cuba Cuba7. Dominican Republic República Dominicana8. Ecuador Ecuador9. El Salvador El Salvador10. Equatorial Guinea Guinea Ecuatorial11. Guatemala Guatemala12. Honduras Honduras13. Mexico México14. Nicaragua Nicaragua15. Panama Panamá16 Paraguay Paraguay17. Peru Perú18. Spain España19. Uruguay Uruguay20. Venezuela Venezuela21. Puerto Rico Puerto Rico

• Greetings

¡Hola! Hello! (informal)¡Buenos días! Good morning! (formal) (until 12.00m)

¡Buenas tardes! Good afternoon! (formal)

¡Buenas noches! Good evening! (after 8.00pm)

¡Adiós! Goodbye!¡Hasta luego! See you later.¿Qué tal? How are you?¿Cómo estás? How are you? (informal)¿Cómo está? How are you? (formal)¡Dígame! Hello! (it is used when telephoning)

• Moods

Muy bien. Very well.

Bien. Well.

Regular. So so.

Mal. Poorly/not good.

Estoy muy bien. I am very well.No estoy bien. I am not well.

¿Y tú? And you? (informal)¿Y usted? And you? (formal)

Gracias. Thank you.

• Praise words

¡Estupendo!/¡Excelente! Excellent!¡Fantástico! Fantastic/super!¡Muy bien! Very well!

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• Grammar

Why does Spanish have upside down question and exclamation marks?

Answer: The upside-down or inverted question marks and exclamation marks of Spanish are unique to the languages of Spanish. They make a lot of sense: When you're reading, you can tell long before the end of a sentence whether an exclamation or question is coming as in Spanish it isn’t always obvious.

Example:

Carolina está bien. Carolina is well.

In Spanish the words stay the same when they are when asking the question.

¿Carolina está bien? Is Carolina well?

The same applies to exclamation marks. The inverted one at the beginning of the sentence lets you know that the speaker is expressing some kind of emotion whether surprise, anger or whatever.

Use formal: Adults you don't know well People in some position of respect, i.e. the President, a teacher or boss, a police officer, etc.

Use informal: family friends people your age or younger

Formal and Informal Spanish has a formal and informal way of expressing itself.

In Spanish there are two ways of expressing ourselves. These are the formal way and the informal way. There are exceptions when people who are in higher level than you ask to address them in an informal way.

Conversation

Hola. ¿Qué tal?

Hola. Estoy muy bien. ¿Y tú?

Estoy regular. Hasta luego.

¡Adiós!

¡Hola! y ¿Qué tal?

1. Match these greetings in Spanish with their meaning in English

¡Hola!

Hasta luego

Buenos días

¿Y tú?

Gracias

¿Qué tal?

Adiós

Buenas noches

and you?

Good morning

Thank you

How are you?

See you later

Good evening

Hello

Goodbye

2. Copy these Spanish words and phrases and write what they mean in English

Espaňol English

Hasta luego

Buenos días

¿Y tú?

Gracias

¿Qué tal?

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Write the missing letters and translate into English.

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