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Sing along: Spanish greetings

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If you want to greet somebody in Spanish, the most common way to say 'hello' is .

You can practise this and other greetings in Spanish with this fun song:

Sing along: Spanish greetings

the English translation of the Spanish greetings song here.

Sing along!

The greeting you use might change depending on the time of day:

SpanishEnglish
good morning
good afternoon
good night

¿Cómo está? or ¿Qué tal?

A girl throws her hands in the air.

There are lots of other ways to greet people. These can be different depending on who you are talking to. For example, asking someone how they are feeling.

You can use when talking to a friend and when speaking formally to someone like a teacher or a parent.

Here are some answers you could try:

SpanishEnglish
good
very good
phenomenal
thank you
bad
very bad

Cognates

Spanish has lots of cognates. Which means that the word in Spanish sounds a lot like the word in English. For example fenomenal sounds like phenomenal.

Two girls having a conversation.

Asking questions

When you ask a question in Spanish the punctuation is different to English. In Spanish you have to put an upside-down question mark at the start of the question.

Here are some examples of questions you can ask:

Two girls having a conversation.
SpanishEnglish
What's your name?
How are you?
Where do you live?
Where are you from?
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