Spanish Greetings and Goodbyes!

Spanish

Greetings and Goodbyes!

Hello

Good morning

​Good afternoon

Good evening/Good night

English

Hola

Buenos dias

Buenas tardes

Buenas noches​

Spanish

Let's learn our hellos!

How are you?

Just like in English, Spanish has many ways of asking how someone is.

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What are some ways you ask people how they are?

How are you? (familiar/informal)

How are you? (formal)

​How's it going?

​What's up?

English

¿Cómo estás?

¿Cómo está usted?

¿Qué tal?

¿Qué pasa?​

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Spanish

How are you?

Keep in mind that these greetings depend on and will change based on who you're talking to and the region of the world that you're in. For now we'll stick with the basics!

Good

Bad​

​So-so

And you?​(familiar/informal)

And you?​ (formal)

English

Bien

Mal

​Más o menos

​¿Y tú?

​¿Y usted?

Spanish

How are you responses

Goodbye

Goodnight

​See you later

See you tomorrow​

English

Adiós

​Buenas noches

Hasta luego

Hasta ​mañana

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Spanish

Goodbyes

Notice that "Buenas noches" is both a greeting and a goodbye

Let's see this in use!

Let's see this in use!

Multiple Choice

How do you say hello?

• hola

• adios

• buenos tardes

• buenas dias

Multiple Choice

How do you say "good afternoon?

• buenas noches

• buenas tardes

• buenos dias

• buenas dias

Let's see this in use!

Multiple Choice

Is "buenos dias" a greeting or a goodbye?

• Greeting

• Goodbye

• Both

Multiple Choice

Is "hasta mañana" a greeting or a goodbye?

• Greeting

• Goodbye

• Both

Multiple Choice

Is "buenas tardes" a greeting or a goodbye?

• Greeting

• Goodbye

• Both

Multiple Choice

Is "hasta luego" a greeting or a goodbye?

• Greeting

• Goodbye

• Both

Multiple Choice

Is "buenas noches" a greeting or a goodbye?

• Greeting

• Goodbye

• Both

Multiple Choice

How would you ask Ms T how she is doing?

• ¿Cómo estás?

• ¿Cómo está usted?

• ¿Qué tal?

• ¿Qué pasa?

Multiple Select

How would you ask your friend how they are doing?

• ¿Cómo estás?

• ¿Cómo está usted?

• ¿Qué tal?

• ¿Qué pasa?

Poll

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