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Basics 1: How Spanish Works

¿Qué es el español?

3:15 min video · 14 sentences · 4 key words

Transcript with English

Hide the English to test yourself.
  1. Hola.Hello.
  2. Hola, Pablo.Hello, Pablo.
  3. Hola, Lucía.Hello, Lucía.
  4. ¿Hola?Hello?
  5. Sí, hola.Yes, hello.
  6. ¿Agua?Water?
  7. Sí, gracias.Yes, thank you.
  8. ¿Pan?Bread?
  9. No, gracias.No, thank you.
  10. ¿Sí?Yes?
  11. Sí, sí.Yes, yes.
  12. Gracias, Pablo.Thank you, Pablo.
  13. Hola, español.Hello, Spanish.
  14. No, no, gracias.No, no, thank you.

About this lesson

Lucía arrives in Madrid and meets Pablo, a flatmate. She says her first words: hola, gracias, sí and no.

How to practise

  1. Read how the pattern works on the first card, then listen to each example sentence.
  2. Repeat every example out loud in the Te toca · Your turn pause: the pattern should start to feel automatic.
  3. At the end, check the common mistake and say the practice sentence yourself.

Key words

SpanishEnglishLevel
holahello
graciasthank you
síyes
nono, not

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