💬 Communication ★ Core Say it yourself

Greetings and farewells

Open, maintain briefly, and close a simple interaction appropriately.

Recall complete chunks; choose informal tú or polite usted according to the situation.

Patterns to reuse
Hola / Buenos días / Buenas tardes / Buenas noches
Hello / Good morning / Good afternoon / Good evening
OH-lah
¿Qué tal? — Bien, gracias. ¿Y tú/usted?
How are things? — Fine, thanks. And you?
Hasta luego / Hasta mañana / Adiós
See you later / tomorrow / Goodbye
AHS-tah LWEH-goh
Watch out for
Buenas días.
Buenos días.

Día is masculine.

¿Cómo eres? for “How are you?”
¿Cómo estás?

Cómo eres asks what someone is like.

Hola, Ana. ¿Qué tal?
Hi, Ana. How are things?
OH-lah, AH-nah keh tahl
Muy bien, gracias. ¿Y usted?
Very well, thank you. And you?
mwee byehn, GRAH-thyahs ee oos-TEHD
Encantada de conocerte.
Pleased to meet you.
ehn-kahn-TAH-dah deh koh-noh-THEHR-teh
Hasta el lunes.
See you on Monday.
AHS-tah ehl LOO-nehs
Register
Informal
¿Qué tal?¿Cómo estás?
Formal
¿Cómo está usted?Encantado/a de conocerle.
Notes
Buenos días is normally used until lunch; buenas tardes afterwards.
Try it out loud
roleplay
Greet a friend, ask how they are, and say goodbye.
What to include

Hola… ¿Qué tal?… Hasta luego.

transform
Make “¿Cómo estás?” formal.
What to include

¿Cómo está usted?

recall
Give three different farewells.
What to include

For example: adiós, hasta luego, hasta mañana.

Happy with all of this?
  • I can greet someone formally and informally.
  • I can close a short conversation naturally.

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