Episode 18: Describing people

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Here are some words to describe people – adjectives – remember how they agree with the noun? Tall - alto (masculine) / alta (feminine), Short - bajo/baja, Blonde - rubio/rubia, Dark-haired - moreno/morena, Attractive - guapo/guapa

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Aug 2010

Episode 1: Greetings

To greet people we say: Hola or ¿Qué tal? (Informal), Buenos días (in the mornings), Buenas tardes (in the afternoon), Buenas noches (at night time), To say goodbye we say: ¡Hasta la vista!, hasta luego or adiós.

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Aug 2010

Episode 2: Asking names

To ask someone’s name we say: ¿Cómo te llamas? or ¿Cómo se llama usted? (formal), Me llamo Craig - My name is Craig, ¿Y tú? - And you? ¡Encantado! - Pleased to meet you (for a boy) or ¡Encantada! (if you’re a girl).

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Aug 2010

Episode 3: Where you're from

To ask where someone is from we say: ¿De dónde eres? or ¿de dónde es usted? (formal), Soy de Australia (I'm from Australia), or Soy australiano/a (I'm Australian)

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