Basic shapes: Discussing the shape of elements in a chart

💬 A handy frame for any chart: swap in another shape, as in ¿Qué son las líneas? "What are the lines?".

💬 cada never changes, whatever word follows: cada semana "each week", cada año "each year".

🇪🇸 vale is everywhere in Spain and marks you as Spain-trained. In Latin America people say bueno or ok instead.

💬 Starting with ¿Y...? lets you ask about the next item without repeating the whole question. Try ¿Y las barras? "And the bars?".

💬 Colours go after the shape in Spanish: triángulo rojo, círculo azul "blue circle". They also change ending to match: la línea roja "the red line".

💬 Tacking de aquí after a noun is like pointing at it: "this one right here". Try este número de aquí "this number here".

💬 Spanish needs no word for "the" here: el mes con más ventas means the month with the most sales. Use menos for the least: con menos gastos "with the lowest expenses".

💬 Month names are written in lower case in Spanish: marzo, abril "April".

💬 ya here means "now, finally", and lo stands for "it". lo goes before the verb, never after it.

🇪🇸 hombre is a warm filler between friends and colleagues, and is used with women too in casual speech. It's not a literal "man".

💬 Spaniards often use the plain present tense as a relaxed request. me dices literally means "you tell me", but it works as "let me know".

🇪🇸 A standard friendly sign-off after helping a colleague. It's a genuine offer and fine to take up later.

🇪🇸 Spaniards say hasta luego even when they won't see you again today, or ever. It's a general goodbye, like "see ya".