Los principios básicos de español - The basics of Spanish

[Frodo13.]

Saw one of these for French and German, so because Spanish is now becoming commonly known as a taught language, I though I would do the basics :)

Useful phrases -

Hola - Hello
Adiós - Goodbye
Sí - Yes
N - No
Buenas noches - Good Evening
Bienvenido - Welcome
Por favor - Please
Gracias - Thank you
Lo siento - I am sorry
Perdóneme - Excuse me
Feliz cumpleaños - Happy Birthday
Buenas tardes - good afternoon
Hasta luego - see you tomorrow

¿Cómo estás? - How are you?
¿Estás bien? - Are you OK?
Estoy OK - I am OK
Estoy bien - I am good
No estoy OK - I am not OK

Numbers -

1 - un
2 - dos
3 - tres
4 - cuatro
5 - cinco
6 - seis
7 - siete
8 - ocho
9 - nueve
10 - diez
11 - once
12 - doce
13 - trece
14 - catorce
15 - quince
16 - dieciseis
17 - diecisiete
18 - dieciocho
19 - diecinueve
20 - veinte

Colours -
Red - rojo
Orange - naranja
Yellow - amarillo
Green - verde
Blue - azul
Purple - violeta (i think)
Pink - rosa
Black - negro
White - blanco
Brown - marrón

Fell free to add more, or point out if Ive made any mistakes :).

Thread stuck by Garion (Forum Moderator): With permission of J1MI.

[PriceTags]

You could add:
Buenas tardes for good afternoon.
Hasta luego for see you tomorrow
More numbers:
11 - once
12 - doce
13 - trece
14 - catorce
15 - quince
16 - dieciseis
17 - diecisiete
18 - dieciocho
19 - diecinueve
20 - veinte

Some colours - you never know when you need colours!
Red - rojo
Orange - naranja
Yellow - amarillo
Green - verde
Blue - azul
Purple - violeta (i think)
Pink - rosa
Black - negro
White - blanco
Brown - marrón

[Muniflex]

La cuenta porfavor - The bill please. Lol usefull for restaraunts.
What else is basic???
Donde esta...? - Where is...?
Dunno what to put as basic :s
But anything you need to know PM me, as i am fluent <3

[PriceTags]

Happy birthday is cumpleaños feliz, because the adjective comes after the noun.

[Frodo13.]

Happy birthday is cumpleaños feliz, because the adjective comes after the noun.


Oh yea..well, its been 2yrs since Ive done Spanish, so Im a little rusty.

[Muniflex]

Actually it is Feliz Cumpleanos. He is right. Well it is where i am anyway.
Feliz Ano Nuevo - Happy New Year
Feliz Navidad - Merry Christmas

[Frodo13.]

Isnt adjective before noun when you are describing something?

[Muniflex]

Isnt adjective before noun when you are describing something?
I don't know the actual rule, but for three years i have been sayin Feliz Cumpleanos. nd so have all the spanish at my school <3

[-Soph-]

i'm pretty sure the adjective comes AFTER the noun..

you should also add the 10's of numbers... going up to 100

20 - veinte
30 - treinta
40 - cuaranta
50 - cincuenta
60 - sesenta
70 - setenta
80 - ochenta
90 - noventa
100 - cien


they always come in handy because you can work out every no. between 1-100 with them.

[piddle2k6]

Hmm its always useful to know if your at school anyway.. Come se dice-how do u say

and Me gustaria or quisiera - i would like/want

Im A* predicted at this and got A* in my courseworks so far :D

[Hitman]

i'm pretty sure the adjective comes AFTER the noun..

you should also add the 10's of numbers... going up to 100

20 - veinte
30 - treinta
40 - cuaranta
50 - cincuenta
60 - sesenta
70 - setenta
80 - ochenta
90 - noventa
100 - cien


they always come in handy because you can work out every no. between 1-100 with them.Depends.

People say feliz cumpleaños and cumpleaños feliz

The song goes "Cumpleaños feliz..."

[Muppet]

i'm pretty sure the adjective comes AFTER the noun..

you should also add the 10's of numbers... going up to 100

20 - veinte
30 - treinta
40 - cuaranta
50 - cincuenta
60 - sesenta
70 - setenta
80 - ochenta
90 - noventa
100 - cien


they always come in handy because you can work out every no. between 1-100 with them.

To say the units, you say the ten, e.g. treinta, then "y uno", for 31. Just thought I would add it.
In the twenties though, you say "veintiuno" for 21. So all you do is swap the last 'e' for an 'i' and add the unit.

[alv4]

No really
Im Colombian ( Spanish is the native language ) feliz cumpleaños is the most used..

El español realmente es fácil :P O Bueno los acentos tal vez en ocasiones son los más complicados :)

Si necesitas ayuda con el español aquí estaré yo :)

If you need help with the spanish.. i can help you :P

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The units are with :

Y Uno
Y dos
y tres
etc...
Example
Cuarenta y uno ( 41 )
Except:
Once ( 11 )
Doce ( 12 )
Trece ( 13 )
Catorce ( 14 )
Quince ( 15 )
--> Is similar but the word no is sepparated..
( 16 ) dieciseis
( 17 ) diecisiete
( 18 ) dieciocho
( 19 ) diecinueve
( 21,22,23,24,25,26,27,28,29 ) veint i+ Number Example:

veintidos ( 22 )

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Purple - violeta (i think) --> Morado or violeta is the same :)

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Saludos!

[SuperBlou]

Feliz Ano Nuevo - Happy New Year

You can say Feliz Ano for short.

[MJJ]

Thanks for this.
Although it's always the grammer that gets me in Spanish. :(

[alv4]

yes...
Feliz Año... ;)

[Grig]

There are a few errors here and there, if you are doing written Spanish you will have to always double check accents as they are crucial.

One is also 'uno' not 'un'

Also Hello is usually written like so;¡Hola!. There is no big reason, it just tends to be so in Spanish.

You also combined 'Estoy OK' which is an English with a Spanish word, not usually spoken in Spain.

Anyway just really pin-pointing those finite errors. Other than that nice effort :). I could by this point start sounding like your Spanish teacher ;o!

[Nxrissa]

lol thanks for that if i ever suffer with any problems in spain with speach. ill be sure on to this thread :L

[T@R]

You put "N" as No, typo?
Forgive me if I'm wrong, but those translations are all very literal, as if you've used a translator?
For example Hasta Luego doesn't necessarily mean See you tomorrow, it's often used simply as we would use 'cya'.
Happy birthday can be either way round, Cumpleanos Feliz is the more spanish way of saying it.
As mentioned above, you should add "?Dondé esta?" for where is...
Or just list the basic question words, I think they'll help.

[Habitacion]

hahaha i like when people say "feliz ano nuevo" because it is "Feliz año nuevo". Ano means A_SHOLE so its like happy new A_SHOLE jajajaajaj xd

and purple is morado or lila i think that violeta is violet in english xd

[@K]

Yeah I'm pretty sure morado is purple aswell, and I have never heard someone say 'Estoy OK', I live in Spain and have done for the past six years. Also 'Hasta luego', means see you later, 'Hasta mañana' is see you tomorrow.

'¿Cuanto te debo?' - How much do I owe you? (for example if you have a bill in a bar).
'¿Qué significa ...?' - What does .... mean?
'He hecho nada' - I've done nothing (useful with the police =) )
'¿Cuantos años tienes?' - How old are you?
'Ponmé una cervesa por favor' - Give me a beer please.

[Hollyish]

Como te llamos - Whats your name?
Me llamos ... - My name is ...

[@K]

Sorry but incorrect, 'My name is...' is 'Me llamo', no 's' on ther end of it.
Well 'Me llamo' is I'm called, 'My name is' is 'Mi nombre es...' or simply 'Soy', which is 'I am'.

[Pigperson]

dieciseis should be dieciséis
purple is morado
violet is violeta

Will

[@K]

Como te llamos - Whats your name?
Me llamos ... - My name is ...

Como te llamAs

[LiquidLuck.]

No it's ño..

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Sorry but incorrect, 'My name is...' is 'Me llamo', no 's' on ther end of it.
Well 'Me llamo' is I'm called, 'My name is' is 'Mi nombre es...' or simply 'Soy', which is 'I am'.

This ^

[@K]

No it's ño..

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This ^

No is spelt exactly how I just spelt it.

[LiquidLuck.]

No is spelt exactly how I just spelt it.

Oh, yeah, I meant in the first post of this thread it's written ''N - No'' and I meant its ''No - No''. Idk why I put the ~ S:

[@K]

Oh, yeah, I meant in the first post of this thread it's written ''N - No'' and I meant its ''No - No''. Idk why I put the ~ S:

I'll let you off ha :P

[Enrq]

21 - veintiuno
22 - veintidós
23 - veintitrés
24 - veinticuatro
25 - veinticinco
26 - veintiséis
27 - veintisiete
28 - veintiocho
29 - veintinueve
30 - treinta
31 - treinta y uno
32 - treinta y dos
33 - treinta y tres
34 - treinta y cuatro
35 - treinta y cinco
36 - treinta y seis
37 - treinta y siete
38 - treinta y ocho
39 - treinta y nueve
40 - cuarenta
41 - cuarenta y uno
42 - cuarenta y dos
43 - cuarenta y tres
44 - cuarenta y cuatro
45 - cuarenta y cinco
46 - cuarenta y seis
47 - cuarenta y siete
48 - cuarenta y ocho
49 - cuarenta y nueve
50 - cincuenta
100 - cien
200 - doscientos
300 - trescientos
400 - cuatrocientos
500 - quinientos
600 - seiscientos
700 - setecientos
800 - ochocientos
900 - novecientos
1000 - mil
2000 - dos mil
3000 - tres mil
4000 - cuatro mil
5000 - cinco mil
6000 - seis mil
7000 - siete mil
8000 - ocho mil
9000 - nueve mil
10000 - diez mil
1000000 - un millón
2000000 - dos millones

¿Quién eres? - Who are you?
Soy Enrique - I'm Enrique
¿Qué quieres? - What do you want?
Un bolígrafo - a pen
¿Cómo? - How?
¿Por qué? - Why?
Porque... - Because...
¿Cuándo? - When?
¿Dónde estás? - Where are you?
¿Qué hora es? - What time is it?
¿Qué? - What?

Si necesitáis ayuda con este tema... aquí estoy, porque soy español y obviamente sé hablarlo.

If you need help with this thread... here I am, because I'm spanish and obviously I can talk it.


Yeah I'm pretty sure morado is purple aswell, and I have never heard someone say 'Estoy OK', I live in Spain and have done for the past six years. Also 'Hasta luego', means see you later, 'Hasta mañana' is see you tomorrow.

'¿Cuanto te debo?' - How much do I owe you? (for example if you have a bill in a bar).
'He hecho nada' - I've done nothing (useful with the police =) )
'¿Cuantos años tienes?' - How old are you?
'Ponmé una cervesa por favor' - Give me a beer please.
¿Cuánto te debo?
No he hecho nada (in spain we say I haven't done anything, it's spelled wrong though...)
Ponme una cerveza, por favor.


Como te llamos - Whats your name?
Me llamos ... - My name is ...
¿Cómo te llamas?
Me llamo ...

dieciseis should be dieciséis

It's dieciseis, without the ´

[Pigperson]

21 - veintiuno
22 - veintidós
23 - veintitrés
24 - veinticuatro
25 - veinticinco
26 - veintiséis
27 - veintisiete
28 - veintiocho
29 - veintinueve
30 - treinta
31 - treinta y uno
32 - treinta y dos
33 - treinta y tres
34 - treinta y cuatro
35 - treinta y cinco
36 - treinta y seis
37 - treinta y siete
38 - treinta y ocho
39 - treinta y nueve
40 - cuarenta
41 - cuarenta y uno
42 - cuarenta y dos
43 - cuarenta y tres
44 - cuarenta y cuatro
45 - cuarenta y cinco
46 - cuarenta y seis
47 - cuarenta y siete
48 - cuarenta y ocho
49 - cuarenta y nueve
50 - cincuenta
100 - cien
200 - doscientos
300 - trescientos
400 - cuatrocientos
500 - quinientos
600 - seiscientos
700 - setecientos
800 - ochocientos
900 - novecientos
1000 - mil
2000 - dos mil
3000 - tres mil
4000 - cuatro mil
5000 - cinco mil
6000 - seis mil
7000 - siete mil
8000 - ocho mil
9000 - nueve mil
10000 - diez mil
1000000 - un millón
2000000 - dos millones

¿Quién eres? - Who are you?
Soy Enrique - I'm Enrique
¿Qué quieres? - What do you want?
Un bolígrafo - a pen
¿Cómo? - How?
¿Por qué? - Why?
Porque... - Because...
¿Cuándo? - When?
¿Dónde estás? - Where are you?
¿Qué hora es? - What time is it?
¿Qué? - What?

Si necesitáis ayuda con este tema... aquí estoy, porque soy español y obviamente sé hablarlo.

If you need help with this thread... here I am, because I'm spanish and obviously I can talk it.


¿Cuánto te debo?
No he hecho nada (in spain we say I haven't done anything, it's spelled wrong though...)
Ponme una cerveza, por favor.


¿Cómo te llamas?
Me llamo ...

It's dieciseis, without the ´

I know you're Spanish but a lot of reliable guides say it's with the accent, for example: http://www.wordreference.com/es/translation.asp?tranword=16

Will

[Enrq]

I know you're Spanish but a lot of reliable guides say it's with the accent, for example: http://www.wordreference.com/es/translation.asp?tranword=16

Will

Wow, >_< forget what I just said, I've never wrote dieciséis with the comma before, in Spain we always have troubles positioning the ´, nevermind.

[@K]

21 - veintiuno
22 - veintidós
23 - veintitrés
24 - veinticuatro
25 - veinticinco
26 - veintiséis
27 - veintisiete
28 - veintiocho
29 - veintinueve
30 - treinta
31 - treinta y uno
32 - treinta y dos
33 - treinta y tres
34 - treinta y cuatro
35 - treinta y cinco
36 - treinta y seis
37 - treinta y siete
38 - treinta y ocho
39 - treinta y nueve
40 - cuarenta
41 - cuarenta y uno
42 - cuarenta y dos
43 - cuarenta y tres
44 - cuarenta y cuatro
45 - cuarenta y cinco
46 - cuarenta y seis
47 - cuarenta y siete
48 - cuarenta y ocho
49 - cuarenta y nueve
50 - cincuenta
100 - cien
200 - doscientos
300 - trescientos
400 - cuatrocientos
500 - quinientos
600 - seiscientos
700 - setecientos
800 - ochocientos
900 - novecientos
1000 - mil
2000 - dos mil
3000 - tres mil
4000 - cuatro mil
5000 - cinco mil
6000 - seis mil
7000 - siete mil
8000 - ocho mil
9000 - nueve mil
10000 - diez mil
1000000 - un millón
2000000 - dos millones

¿Quién eres? - Who are you?
Soy Enrique - I'm Enrique
¿Qué quieres? - What do you want?
Un bolígrafo - a pen
¿Cómo? - How?
¿Por qué? - Why?
Porque... - Because...
¿Cuándo? - When?
¿Dónde estás? - Where are you?
¿Qué hora es? - What time is it?
¿Qué? - What?

Si necesitáis ayuda con este tema... aquí estoy, porque soy español y obviamente sé hablarlo.

If you need help with this thread... here I am, because I'm spanish and obviously I can talk it.


¿Cuánto te debo?
No he hecho nada (in spain we say I haven't done anything, it's spelled wrong though...)
Ponme una cerveza, por favor.


¿Cómo te llamas?
Me llamo ...

It's dieciseis, without the ´

In Spain, I lived there for SEVEN years, I think I know how to talk Andaluci, you keep saying we in Spain like it means something, lo siento, pro tngo veintiun ano, y pdo ablo cmo kiero, see, I can also type in Spanish 'text'.