Lección 1
Perdón, señorita. ¿Entiendes inglés?
No señor, no entiendo.
Hablo un poco de español.
¿Eres norteamericano?
Sí señorita.
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Excuse me miss. Do you understand English?
No sir, I dont understand.
I speak Spanish a little.
Are you North American?
Yes miss.
perdón = [pell-done] = pardon me, excuse me (remember long "O" only so done
rhymes with bone, and NOT with bun)
señor = [seen-your] = sir
señorita = [seen-your-E-tuh] = miss or unmarried woman
sí = [see] = yes
no = no, negative, i dont, not, etc..
(covers most negative words and starts most negative sentences)
entiendo = [intiendo] = I understand
entiende = [intienday] = do you understand?, you understand
Ingleses = [een-gliss] = English
Castellano = [castayano] = Spanish
Hablo = [ah-blow] = I speak (can also sound like "ahv-low", the spanish b/v is
confusing, see alphabet)
habla = [ah-blah] = you speak, do you speak? (or ahv-lah)
hablamos = [Ah-blah-mose] = we speak (from lesson 17)
poco = little
es = [S] = are
usted = [oosted] = You
[oosted es] = you are
está usted = [es oosted] = are you
[es stou sted] = are you (for some reason it sounds this way sometimes at the
end of a question like "how are you?")
Norteamerican = [Nor-tee Ah-meh-dee-cah-no] = North American
Americana = [ah-meh-dee-cah-nah] = american woman (and speaking to fem)
Americano = [ah-meh-dee-cah-no] = american man (and speaking to masc)
"you" - usted, is not always used in sentences when talking to someone directly.
Its optional.
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