Introductions (Part 1)<\/a> Image by jacqueline macou<\/a> from Pixabay<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Text 1 in Spanish:<\/strong><\/p>\n Paula: Hola, buenos d\u00edas. \u00bfC\u00f3mo te llamas? Text 2 in Spanish:<\/strong><\/p>\n Olivia: Buenas tardes. Text 3 in Spanish:<\/strong><\/p>\n Hugo: Hola, buenas tardes. Me llamo Hugo. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Text 1 in English:<\/strong><\/p>\n Paula: Hello, good morning. What is your name? Text 2 in English:<\/strong><\/p>\n Olivia: Good afternoon. Text 3 in English:<\/strong><\/p>\n Hugo: Hello, good afternoon. My name is Hugo. So, how did you get on? How much did you understand of the original text before checking the translation? Please let me know in the comments section below…<\/strong><\/p>\n Don’t worry if you didn’t understand that much, practice makes perfect! Be patient and keep reading, hearing, writing, and speaking Spanish. See you next time!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Practice Basic Introductions in Spanish with these English Spanish Parallel Texts. Read the Spanish version and do your best to understand before later checking the English translation.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":53,"featured_media":15025,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[537012,8,61202,138,6,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15023","post","type-post","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-idioms","category-language","category-learning-2","category-slang","category-grammar","category-vocabulary"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15023","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/53"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15023"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15023\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15031,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15023\/revisions\/15031"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15025"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15023"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15023"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15023"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nIntroductions (Part 2)<\/a><\/p>\n![\"English](\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/06\/English-Spanish-Parallel-Texts-Introductions-350x234.jpg\")
Spanish Texts<\/h2>\n
\nJuan: Me llamo Juan. \u00bfY t\u00fa, c\u00f3mo te llamas?
\nPaula: Yo me llamo Paula. Mucho gusto. \u00bfC\u00f3mo est\u00e1s hoy Juan?
\nJuan: Mal. \u00bfY t\u00fa?
\nPaula: Yo estoy muy bien. \u00bfPor qu\u00e9 est\u00e1s mal Juan?
\nJuan: Tengo resfriado.
\nPaula: Lo siento. \u00bfQuieres una bebida? \u00bfUn caf\u00e9 o un t\u00e9?
\nJuan: S\u00ed, gracias. Un brandy por favor.
\nPaula: Vale.<\/p>\n
\nSamuel: Hola, buenas tardes. Me llamo Samuel.
\nOlivia: Yo soy Olivia. Mucho gusto Samuel.
\nSamuel: Encantado Olivia.
\nOlivia: \u00bfDe d\u00f3nde eres Samuel? \u00bfEres de aqu\u00ed?
\nSamuel: No, no soy de Madrid. Soy de Galicia. \u00bfY t\u00fa?
\nOlivia: Yo soy de Madrid.
\nSamuel: Soy de Galicia pero no soy espa\u00f1ol.
\nOlivia: \u00bfDe d\u00f3nde eres originalmente?
\nSamuel: Soy de Inglaterra. Soy ingl\u00e9s. Mi padre es ingl\u00e9s y mi madre es espa\u00f1ola.
\nOlivia: \u00bfC\u00f3mo es Galicia?
\nSamuel: Galicia es muy bonito.<\/p>\n
\nOlivia: Hola Hugo, me llamo Olivia. \u00bfC\u00f3mo est\u00e1s?
\nHugo: Muy bien, gracias. \u00bfY t\u00fa?
\nOlivia: Genial. Mejor que nunca.
\nHugo: Muy bien. \u00bfDe d\u00f3nde eres Olivia?
\nOlivia: Soy de Per\u00fa. \u00bfY t\u00fa?
\nHugo: Soy de Valencia. Este es mi perro Sancho. Tengo seis perros.
\nOlivia: \u00a1Guauu, muchos perros! \u00bfCu\u00e1ntos a\u00f1os tiene Sancho?
\nHugo: Sancho es mayor. Tiene quince a\u00f1os.
\nOlivia: Yo tengo caballos.
\nHugo: \u00bfCu\u00e1ntos caballos tienes?
\nOlivia: Diecinueve.
\nHugo: \u00a1Diecinueve caballos! \u00a1Much\u00edsimos caballos!
\nOlivia: S\u00ed, y dos cerdos, veinticinco gallinas, un perro y tres gatos.<\/p>\n
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\nJuan: My name is Juan. And what’s your name?
\nPaula: My name is Paula. Pleased to meet you. How are you today, Juan?
\nJuan: Mal. What about you?
\nPaula: I’m very good. What\u2019s wrong Juan?
\nJuan: I have a cold.
\nPaula: I’m sorry. Do you want a drink? A coffee or a tea?
\nJuan: Yes, thank you. A brandy please.
\nPaula: Okay.<\/p>\n
\nSamuel: Hello, good afternoon. My name is Samuel.
\nOlivia: I’m Olivia. Nice to meet you Samuel.
\nSamuel: Delighted Olivia.
\nOlivia: Where are you from, Samuel? Are you from here?
\nSamuel: No, I’m not from Madrid. I’m from Galicia. And you?
\nOlivia: I’m from Madrid.
\nSamuel: I’m from Galicia but I’m not Spanish.
\nOlivia: Where are you originally from?
\nSamuel: I’m from England. I’m English. My father is English and my mother is Spanish.
\nOlivia: How is Galicia?
\nSamuel: Galicia is very beautiful.<\/p>\n
\nOlivia: Hi Hugo, my name is Olivia. How are you?
\nHugo: Very well, thanks. And you?
\nOlivia: Great. Better than ever.
\nHugo: Very good. Where are you from Olivia?
\nOlivia: I am from Peru. And you?
\nHugo: I am from Valencia. This is my dog Sancho. I have six dogs.
\nOlivia: Wow, many dogs! How old is Sancho?
\nHugo: Sancho is old. He is fifteen years old.
\nOlivia: I have horses.
\nHugo: How many horses do you have?
\nOlivia: Nineteen.
\nHugo: Nineteen horses! Lots of horses!
\nOlivia: Yes, and two pigs, twenty-five chickens, a dog and three cats.<\/p>\n
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