Español 1 -1

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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