I hope you are having a wonderful Thursday! Today we are going to have a quick review on how saying \u201cHello\u201d in Spanish.<\/p>\n
There are different ways of greeting each other, depending on the context and how close is our relationship with the addressee. In Spain it is very common to kiss people on both cheeks when you meet them, even if it is for the first time. Women will kiss other women and men, and men will kiss women and close male friends or family members.<\/p>\n
\u201cBuenos d\u00edas<\/strong>\u201d or \u201cBuenas tardes<\/strong>\u201d are very common greetings in Spanish, they are a good way to show respect, even when you are not having a conversation with the other person.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Speaking<\/strong><\/p>\n 1. Greeting a Friend<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n Hola <\/em>(Hello) Bien, gracias.<\/em> \/ Muy bien. (Well, thanks. \/ Very well.) 2. The Formal Verbal Greeting<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n In formal situations, with strangers, more senior persons, we use \u201custed\u201d instead of \u201ct\u00fa\u201d, and third person pronouns and verbs to show respect. Mucho gusto.<\/em> (Nice to meet you, often said while shaking hands and as an alternative to saying “encantado” if the other person says it first) Writing<\/strong><\/p>\n 1. Formal letters<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n Estimado se\u00f1or\/se\u00f1ora<\/em> (Dear Sir \/ Madam) NOTE: in Spanish we use a colon instead of a comma after name. 3. Informal letters<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n Querido amigo \/ Jos\u00e9<\/em> (Dear friend, Jose)<\/p>\n We will leave the \u201cGoodbye\u201d greetings for a next post. I hope you find it useful!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I hope you are having a wonderful Thursday! Today we are going to have a quick review on how saying \u201cHello\u201d in Spanish. There are different ways of greeting each other, depending on the context and how close is our relationship with the addressee. In Spain it is very common to kiss people on both…<\/p>\n
\n\u00bfQu\u00e9 tal?<\/em> (Hello, how are things?)
\n\u00bfC\u00f3mo est\u00e1s?<\/em> (Hello, how are you?)
\n\u00bfQu\u00e9 haces?<\/em> \u00a0What are you doing?
\n\u00bfQu\u00e9 hay?<\/em> (hello, what\u2019s up?)
\n\u00bfC\u00f3mo te va?<\/em> How\u2019s it going?<\/p>\n
\nBuenos d\u00edas<\/em> (good morning)
\nBuenas tarde<\/em>s (good afternoon)
\nBuenas noches<\/em> (good evening\/good night)
\nBuenas \/ muy buenas<\/em> \u00a0(a shortened version of the above three greetings, suitable anytime more informal, suitable anytime)<\/p>\n
\nComo siempre.<\/em> \u00a0(As always.)
\nM\u00e1s o menos.<\/em> Okay, so-so.
\nMal.<\/em> \u00a0Bad.
\nTodo bien.<\/em> \u00a0All good, great.
\nNada.<\/em> \u00a0Nothing.
\n\u00bfY t\u00fa?<\/em> (And you? A common follow-up question.)<\/p>\n
\n\u00bfC\u00f3mo est\u00e1 usted?
\n\u00bfC\u00f3mo le va?
\n\u00bfQu\u00e9 hace?<\/em>
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\n3. Meeting someone for the first time<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nEncantado. \/ Encantado de conocerle.<\/em> (How do you do. \/ Pleased to meet you)
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\nDistinguido se\u00f1or\/ se\u00f1ora <\/em>(Dear Sir \/ Madam)<\/p>\n
\n2. Less formal letters<\/em>
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\n<\/em><\/strong>Estimado amigo \/ Jos\u00e9 <\/em>(Dear friend, Jose)
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