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Scene illustrating a Mexican Spanish-language basic greetings conversation

Key Phrases

Hola

Hello

Adiós

Goodbye

Encantado(a) de conocerte

Nice to meet you

Skills You'll Learn

Basic greetings

Saludos básicos

Introduction etiquette

Etiqueta de presentación

Polite conversation

Conversación cortés

Lesson Vocabulary & Phrases

👋

Hola

OH-lah

Hi

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🙂

¿cómo estás?

KOH-moh ehs-TAHS

How are you?

💬 Spanish usually includes the subject in the verb, so [¿cómo estás?] already means "how are you?" without needing [tú]. Same pattern: [¿cómo estás?] vs. [¿cómo está?] for a more formal "how are you?".

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👋

Adiós

ah-DYOS

Goodbye

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🔤🔠

Nombre

NOHM-breh

Name

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❓📝

¿cómo te llamas?

KOH-moh teh YAH-mahs

What's your name?

💬 [te llamas] literally works like "you call yourself," which is how Spanish asks someone's name. You can reuse the pattern with other people: [¿cómo se llama?] = "what's his/her/your name?"

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👤💬🔤🆗

Mi nombre es Emily .

mee NOHM-breh ehs

My name is Emily

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👋🤝😊

Encantado(a) de conocerte

ehn-kahn-TAH-doh/ah deh koh-noh-SER-teh

Nice to meet you

💬 The ending changes with the speaker: a man says [Encantado], a woman says [Encantada]. The same change happens in many describing words: [cansado] / [cansada].

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🌞

Buenos días

BWEH-nohs DEE-ahs

Good morning

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☀️🙋‍♂️

Buenas tardes

BWEH-nahs TAHR-des

Good afternoon

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