1. Las presentaciones Saludos y despedidas
Introductions
Greetings and Goodbyes

2. Formality
Latin-based languages such as Spanish require formal or familiar forms based on the relationship between the people speaking.

3. Formal Forms
Used when speaking to a person you would not normally address by first name. For example, someone with a title: Mr./Mrs./Miss/Dr. etc.
Used with someone you don’t know or have just met.
Used with a non-relative, older person.

4. Informal (familiar) Forms
Used with anyone normally addressed by first name.
Used with family members.
Used to address a younger person.

5. Saludos formales y otras expresiones Formal Greetings and Other Expressions
Buenos días Good morning, day
Buenas tardes Good afternoon
Buenas noches Good evening, night
*¿Cómo está usted (ud.)? How are you?
*¿Cómo se llama usted (ud.)?
What’s your name?
*¿y usted (ud.)? and you?
* In Spanish, a question always begins with an upside-down question mark….¿

6. Saludos informales y otras expresiones Informal Greetings and Other Expressions
*¡Hola! Hello
¿Qué tal? How’s it going?
¿Qué pasa? What’s happening?
¿Cómo estás? How are you?
¿Cómo te llamas? What’s your name?
¿y tú? (and you)
* In Spanish, an exclamation always begins with an upside-down exclamation mark….¡

7. Preguntas y Respuestas Questions and Responses
¿Cómo está ud.?
Bien fine / Mal bad(ly)
Muy....very / Bastante....rather
Así-así so-so
Regular the same
¿Cómo estás?
¿Cómo se llama ud.?
Me llamo......
My name is (I call myself)
¿Cómo te llamas?
*Formality rarely plays a role in forming responses.

8. Otras respuestas Other Responses
Mucho gusto Nice to meet you
Encantado(*a) Delighted to meet you
Igualmente Likewise
Mi amigo(*a) My friend
Es un placer It’s a pleasure
* The word would end in “a” if the person speaking (encantada) or referred to (amiga) were female.

9. Despedidas Goodbyes *adiós / chao (chau) goodbye
hasta... luego / mañana / pronto
see you... later / tomorrow / soon
hasta la vista....baby See you later...
hasta literally means...until
*Certain words require accent marks to indicate pronunciation or meaning. The most common accent mark in Spanish is the acute accent: ´. The grave accent: ` is not used.