Capítulo 1 - Ante todo

Question 1

saludos y expresiones de cortesía

Answer 1

greetings and expressions of courtesy

Question 2

Buenos días

Answer 2

Good morning

formal

Question 3

Buenas tardes

Answer 3

Good afternoon/evening

formal

Question 4

Buenas noches

Answer 4

Good evening/night

formal

Question 5

(Muy) Buenas

Answer 5

Good day (any time)

formal

Question 6

Hola

Answer 6

Hi

informal

Question 7

preguntas

Answer 7

questions

Question 8

¿Cómo está?

Answer 8

How are you?

formal

Question 9

¿Y usted?

Answer 9

And you?

formal

Question 10

¿Cómo estás?
¿Qué tal?

Answer 10

How are you?

informal

Question 11

¿Y tú?

Answer 11

And you?

informal

Question 12

¿Cómo se llama (usted)?

Answer 12

What’s your name?

formal

Question 13

¿Cómo te llamas (tú)?

Answer 13

What’s your name?

informal

Question 14

¿De dónde es (usted)?

Answer 14

Where are you from?

formal; literally: “Of where are you?”

Question 15

¿De dónde eres (tú)?

Answer 15

Where are you from?

informal; literally: “Of where are you?

Question 16

¿cómo?

Answer 16

how?; what?

Question 17

¿dónde?

Answer 17

where?

Question 18

¿qué?

Answer 18

what?

w/o accented “e”, can mean “that”; as in “I think that…” or “Creo que…”

Question 19

¿quién?

Answer 19

who?

Question 20

las respuestas

Answer 20

the responses

Question 21

(Muy) Bien

Answer 21

(Very) Good

Question 22

Regular

Answer 22

I’m doing fine

literally: “Regular”

Question 23

Me llamo…

Answer 23

My name is…

literally: “I’m called” or (less literal) “I call myself”

Question 24

(Yo) Soy de…

Answer 24

I am from…

literally: “I am of…”

Question 25

Adiós
Hasta luego
Hasta mañana
Nos vemos

Answer 25

Bye
See you later
See you tomorrow
See you

Question 26

Gracias
(Muchas) Gracias

Answer 26

Thanks/Thank you
(Much/Many) Thanks

Question 27

De nada
No hay de qué

Answer 27

You’re welcome/It’s nothing/You bet/Of course

literally: “Of nothing” and “It doesn’t matter”

Question 28

Por favor
Perdón
(Con) Permiso

Answer 28

Excuse/Pardon me

literally: “For favor”, “Pardon”, and “(With) Permission”

Question 29

Mucho gusto

Answer 29

Nice to meet you

literally: “Much liking/pleasure”

Question 30

Igualmente

Answer 30

Likewise

literally: “Equally”

Question 31

Encantado/a

Answer 31

Delighted

litterally: “Enchanted”

Question 32

¿qué hora es?

Answer 32

what time is it?

Question 33

¿Qué hora es?

es la/son las (hora) y cuarto
es la/son las (hora) menos cuarto

Answer 33

It’s (hour) fifteen
It’s (hour) forty-five

with “menos cuarto”, state the next hour.
ex.: “Es la uno menos cuarto” means “It’s 12:45”; “Son las diez menos cuarto” means “It’s 9:45”

Question 34

¿Qué hora es?

Es la/Son las (tiempo) en punto

Answer 34

It’s (the time) exactly/on the dot

Question 35

de la mañana
de la tarde
de la noche

Answer 35

a.m./in the morning
p.m./in the afternoon
p.m./in the evening/at night

literal: “of the morning/afternoon/evening/night”

Question 36

¿a qué hora…?
a la(s)…

Answer 36

(at) what time?/what time is [it] (at)?
([It] is) at…

Question 37

hay
no hay
¿hay?
¿no hay?

Answer 37

there is/are
there is not/are not
is there/are there
isn’t/aren’t there?/there aren’t?

Question 38

mañana

Answer 38

morning/tomorrow

Question 39

a

Answer 39

to; at (with time)

Question 40

de

Answer 40

of; from

Question 41

en

Answer 41

in; on; at (location)