Like the digraphs mentioned below, Ñ originally began as NN but morphed into a squiggle that was placed above a standard N to save space when writing. It is extremely rare for words to begin with Ñ-the only common example is ñoñear (to whine). They are alphabetized as separate letters, so Ñ always comes after N, regardless of where it appears in the word. N and Ñ are considered two different letters. (Blue and red letters are a part of the normal English alphabet).
Please read the notes and sections below. The current Spanish alphabet is made up of the letters with numbers above them, and is also sorted in that order. Here is the traditional Spanish alphabet. De nada, in some areas is considered slightly insulting and should not be used. might mean a ruined manicure or a fight with one´s girlfriend, but would be reserved more for things like losing one's home in a Spanish-speaking country.Įxpressing "you are welcome" is more formal in Costa Rica than in other countries. In Spanish-speaking cultures, "mal" would be used if a family member were very ill, or somebody lost their job. In the U.S., we might answer "mal" if we have a headache, or we're having a bad hair day. It's all to do with agreement, which is covered in future chapters.Īlso, there are cultural differences in how people respond to "How are you?". The one ending in "o" is for males, and the one ending in "a" is for females. ❼ómo se llama? What's his/her name? (What does he/she call him/herself?)įor some of the words above, there are two options.❼ómo te llamas? What's your name? (What do you call yourself?).(They call themselves Juanito and Robert.) Se llaman Juanito y Robert They're called Juanito and Robert.Me llamo Juanito My name is Juanito (I call myself Juanito.).In Latin America, "Se llaman" is used for both the second and third plural persons. You (formal, plural) are called (You all call yourselves) You (familiar/informal, plural) are called (You all call yourselves) You (formal, singular) are called (You call yourself) He/She is called (He/She calls him/herself) You (familiar/informal, singular) are called (You call yourself) In Spanish, to say your name, you use the reflexive verb llamarse, which means literally to call oneself ( Me llamo Juanito is "I call myself Juanito" meaning "My name is Juanito"). You can also say ❼uál es tu nombre? Here the word “cuál” means "which one". To ask someone else's name in Spanish, use cómo, then one of the phrases in the table below ( ❼ómo te llamas? is "What's your name?" (literally How do you call yourself?). Adiós, ¡hasta luego! Goodbye, see you later!.Hola, ❼ómo están hoy? Hello, how are you today?.¡Buenos días, clase! Good morning, class!.Note the upside-down exclamation (¡) and question marks (¿) you will learn more about them in lesson three.In the same vein, hasta mañana means "see you tomorrow". Hasta means "until" luego means "then" you can translate it as "see you later" or "see you soon".Translation (wait until the end of the lesson). ❼ómo se escribe tu nombre? Juanito: Se escribe J-U-A-N-I-T-O. Dialogue Juanito: ¡Hola! Me llamo Juanito.
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