Capítulo 1 - Ante todo

Question 1

saludos y expresiones de cortesía

Answer 1

greetings and expressions of courtesy

Question 2

Buenos días

Answer 2

Good morning

formal

Question 3

Buenas tardes

Answer 3

Good afternoon/evening

formal

Question 4

Buenas noches

Answer 4

Good evening/night

formal

Question 5

(Muy) Buenas

Answer 5

Good day (any time)

formal

Question 6

Hola

Answer 6

Hi

informal

Question 7

preguntas

Answer 7

questions

Question 8

¿Cómo está?

Answer 8

How are you?

formal

Question 9

¿Y usted?

Answer 9

And you?

formal

Question 10

¿Cómo estás?
¿Qué tal?

Answer 10

How are you?

informal

Question 11

¿Y tú?

Answer 11

And you?

informal

Question 12

¿Cómo se llama (usted)?

Answer 12

What’s your name?

formal

Question 13

¿Cómo te llamas (tú)?

Answer 13

What’s your name?

informal

Question 14

¿De dónde es (usted)?

Answer 14

Where are you from?

formal; literally: “Of where are you?”

Question 15

¿De dónde eres (tú)?

Answer 15

Where are you from?

informal; literally: “Of where are you?

Question 16

¿cómo?

Answer 16

how?; what?

Question 17

¿dónde?

Answer 17

where?

Question 18

¿qué?

Answer 18

what?

w/o accented “e”, can mean “that”; as in “I think that…” or “Creo que…”

Question 19

¿quién?

Answer 19

who?

Question 20

las respuestas

Answer 20

the responses

Question 21

(Muy) Bien

Answer 21

(Very) Good

Question 22

Regular

Answer 22

I’m doing fine

literally: “Regular”

Question 23

Me llamo…

Answer 23

My name is…

literally: “I’m called” or (less literal) “I call myself”

Question 24

(Yo) Soy de…

Answer 24

I am from…

literally: “I am of…”

Question 25

Adiós Hasta luego Hasta mañana Nos vemos

Answer 25

Bye See you later See you tomorrow See you

Question 26

Gracias (Muchas) Gracias

Answer 26

Thanks/Thank you (Much/Many) Thanks

Question 27

De nada No hay de qué

Answer 27

You're welcome/It's nothing/You bet/Of course | literally: "Of nothing" and "It doesn't matter"

Question 28

Por favor Perdón (Con) Permiso

Answer 28

Excuse/Pardon me | literally: "For favor", "Pardon", and "(With) Permission"

Question 29

Mucho gusto

Answer 29

Nice to meet you | literally: "Much liking/pleasure"

Question 30

Igualmente

Answer 30

Likewise | literally: "Equally"

Question 31

Encantado/a

Answer 31

Delighted | litterally: "Enchanted"

Question 32

¿qué hora es?

Answer 32

what time is it?

Question 33

# ¿Qué hora es? es la/son las *(hora)* **y cuarto** es la/son las *(hora)* **menos cuarto**

Answer 33

It's *(hour)* **fifteen** It's *(hour)* **forty-five** ## Footnote with "menos cuarto", state the ***next*** hour. ex.: "Es la uno menos cuarto" means "It's 12:45"; "Son las diez menos cuarto" means "It's 9:45"

Question 34

# ¿Qué hora es? Es la/Son las (*tiempo*) **en punto**

Answer 34

It's (*the time*) **exactly**/**on the dot**

Question 35

de la mañana de la tarde de la noche

Answer 35

a.m./in the morning p.m./in the afternoon p.m./in the evening/at night | literal: "***of the*** morning/afternoon/evening/night"

Question 36

¿a qué hora...? a la(s)...

Answer 36

*(at)* what time?/what time is **[it]** *(at)*? (**[It]** is) at...

Question 37

hay no hay ¿hay? ¿no hay?

Answer 37

there is/are there is not/are not is there/are there isn't/aren't there?/there aren't?

Question 38

mañana

Answer 38

morning/tomorrow

Question 39

a

Answer 39

to; at *(with time)*

Question 40

de

Answer 40

of; from

Question 41

en

Answer 41

in; on; at *(location)*