Chat with my grandmother from Mexico: Food and recipes
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Key Phrases
¿Cómo estás?
How are you?
Quiero hablar de comida.
I want to talk about food.
¿Cómo haces los frijoles?
How do you make the beans?
Skills You'll Learn
Greeting a family member and asking how they are
Saludar a un familiar y preguntar cómo está
Talking about food and expressing what you want to discuss
Hablar de comida y expresar lo que quieres conversar
Asking simple questions about cooking and ingredients
Hacer preguntas sencillas sobre cocinar e ingredientes
Lesson Roleplay
Imagine you are visiting your grandmother in Mexico and having a warm, simple conversation about her homemade food, like beans, rice, tortillas, and salsa.
Hola, abuela. ¿Cómo estás?
Hello, grandma. How are you?
Hola, mijo. Estoy bien, ¿y tú?
Hello, my son. I'm well, and you?
Muy bien. Quiero hablar de comida contigo.
Very well. I want to talk about food with you.
Qué bueno. Hoy hice arroz y frijoles.
That's great. Today I made rice and beans.
Qué rico. ¿Cómo haces los frijoles?
That sounds delicious. How do you make the beans?
Lesson Vocabulary & Phrases
Hola
OH-lah
Hello
Abuela
ah-BWEH-lah
Grandma
Hola, abuela.
OH-lah ah-BWEH-lah
Hello, grandma.
¿Cómo?
KOH-moh
How?
Estás
eh-STAHS
You are
💬 [estás] is the [tú] form of "you are." The accent mark matters here: it shows this is the verb form, not [estas] "these."
See breakdown →¿Cómo estás?
KOH-moh eh-STAHS
How are you?
💬 Spanish often leaves out [tú], so [¿Cómo estás?] already means "How are you?" You can reuse that pattern with other verbs too: [¿Cómo sigues?] "How are you doing?"
See breakdown →Estoy
eh-STOY
I am
💬 [estoy] is the "I am" form, so Spanish uses the verb itself where English needs both "I" and "am." Same pattern: [estoy cansado] "I'm tired," [estoy lista] "I'm ready."
See breakdown →Bien
bee-EHN
Fine / well
Estoy bien.
eh-STOY bee-EHN
I’m well.
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