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Greeting people“Spanish Style”
“comenzemos”….
• say hellohow are you?
• my name is • what is your name?• nice to meet you• same• goodbye
Saludos
Hola
Hola, ¿Qué tal?
Bien, gracias ¿y tú?
Muy bien.
Cultura
Formal Titles
O Some Spanish greetings are more formal than “Hola”
O When you greet someone, particularly an older person, you can say:
O SeñorO SeñoraO Señorita
Sr.
Sra.
Srta.
ComparisonsEnglish Spanish
O Hello Mr. O orO Good morning Mrs.
In English, would not be said. The title would not be used without the person’s name.
O Hola, señorO Buenos dias,
señoraO Buenas noches,
señoritaIn Spanish, it is totally acceptable to call someone by titles without the name.
Saludos con Abrazos y Besos
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Greetings with hugs and cheek kisses
Is that a very Spanish thing to do?
Appropiate Greetings“Saludos apropiados”
O Women typically give each other a light kiss on the cheek when greeting one another. Also, with men.
O Men frequently shake hands, then give each other a “bear hug.”
Now is your turn…
• Working in group of 3 or 4 • Prepare a conversation where you
and your friends find each other and you use the greetings you learn
• Take 3 minutes to write down the conversation
• Practice 2 minutesBe ready!
Come up and show the class how to say hello “Spanish Style”
Hola…
http://listverse.com/2008/06/26/top-10-most-spoken-languages-in-the-world/
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0775272.html
How Large is the Spanish Speaking Population?
Let’s check some data……
Language
Approx. numberof speakers
1. Chinese (Mandarin) 1,917,000,000
2. Spanish 406,000,000
3. English 335,000,000
4. Hindi1 260,000,000
5. Arabic 223,000,000
6. Portuguese 202,000,000
7. Bengali 193,000,000
8. Russian 162,000,000
9. Japanese 122,000,000
10. Javanese 84,300,000
Mandarin Chinese tops the list of most popular world languages, with nearly two billion speakers. English trails in third place, with 335 million speakers. This data includes all speakers of the languages, not only native speakers.
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Source: Ethnologue, 17th Edition.1. Encompasses multiple dialects.
Information Please® Database, © 2012 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved
Most Widely Spoken Languages in the World
Iberian Peninsula Location
O Southwest of EuropeO 17 autonomous
communitiesO Spain is the birthplace
of the Spanish language and
O One of its greatest writers, Miguel Cervantes –Don Quijote de la Mancha
Tell me what you know about “España”
CapitalSports,
Festivals
Gracias por su atención