Basic greetings: Greeting your neighbor
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Key Phrases
Buenos días, vecino.
Good morning, neighbor.
¿Qué tal? / Muy bien, gracias. ¿Y tú?
How are you? / Very well, thank you. And you?
Que tengas un buen día. / Hasta luego.
Have a nice day. / See you later.
Skills You'll Learn
Greet someone politely in the morning.
Saludar a alguien educadamente por la mañana.
Ask and answer how someone is feeling in a simple conversation.
Preguntar y responder cómo se siente alguien en una conversación sencilla.
Talk about nice weather and say goodbye politely.
Hablar del buen tiempo y despedirse con educación.
Lesson Roleplay
Imagine you meet your neighbor in the morning and have a short, friendly chat about how you are and the nice weather before saying goodbye.
Buenos días, vecino.
Good morning, neighbor.
Buenos días, Emily . ¿Qué tal?
Good morning, Emily. How are you?
Muy bien, gracias. ¿Y tú?
Very well, thank you. And you?
Muy bien también, gracias.
Very well too, thank you.
Qué bien. Hace buen tiempo hoy.
How nice. The weather is nice today.
Lesson Vocabulary & Phrases
Buenos
BWEH-nohs
Good
Días
DEE-ahs
Morning / days
💬 In [buenos días], Spanish uses the plural [días], not singular "day." The same pattern appears in [buenas tardes] and [buenas noches].
See breakdown →Buenos días.
BWEH-nohs DEE-ahs
Good morning.
💬 [Buenos días] uses plural [días], even though English says "morning" in the singular. Copy the whole chunk as a set phrase, like [buenas tardes].
See breakdown →Vecino
beh-THEE-noh
Neighbor
Buenos días, vecino.
BWEH-nohs DEE-ahs beh-THEE-noh
Good morning, neighbor.
🇪🇸 Adding [vecino] sounds warm and natural if you already know or recognize the person. With a brand-new neighbour, many people would just say [Buenos días] first and save [vecino] for a friendlier tone later.
See breakdown →Qué
keh
What / how
💬 [Qué] can mean more than "what." In exclamations like [Qué bien], it means "how," as in "how nice" or "how good."
See breakdown →Tal
tahl
Such / way
¿Qué tal?
keh tahl
How are you?
💬 [¿Qué tal?] is a fixed everyday greeting meaning "How are things?" You can reuse [qué tal] with lots of nouns too, like [¿Qué tal el trabajo?] or [¿Qué tal tu madre?].
See breakdown →Muy
mwee
Very
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