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Spanish for beginners
Say hello and goodbye, count to 100, days and months, animals, and talk about yourself: where you live, how old you are and when your birthday is. Every word is recorded by native-sounding voices.
- Spanish for English speakers
- 10 units, 23 lessons
- 219 words and 87 sentences to practise
- 461 recorded audio clips
- free, in the browser or the Android app
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What is inside
¡Hola! Hello and goodbye
- Hello!: hola (hello), adiós (goodbye), buenos días (good morning), buenas tardes (good afternoon), buenas noches (good night). Example:
¡Hola, Lola!
(Hello, Lola!) - See you!: hasta luego (see you later), hasta mañana (see you tomorrow), hasta pronto (see you soon), gracias (thank you), por favor (please), de nada (you're welcome). Example:
¡Hasta mañana, Dani!
(See you tomorrow, Dani!)
¿Qué tal? How are you?
- How are you?: ¿Cómo estás? (How are you?), ¿Qué tal? (How's it going?), bien (well), muy bien (very well), mal (bad), ¿y tú? (and you?). Example:
¿Cómo estás, Lola?
(How are you, Lola?) - Tired or happy?: cansado (tired (a boy)), cansada (tired (a girl)), contento (happy (a boy)), contenta (happy (a girl)), triste (sad). Example:
Estoy cansada.
(I'm tired.)
¿Cómo te llamas? Your name
- My name is…: me llamo (my name is), ¿Cómo te llamas? (What's your name?), se llama (his or her name is), yo (I), tú (you), sí (yes), no (no). Example:
¿Cómo te llamas?
(What's your name?)
Los números Count to a hundred
- 1 to 10: uno (one), dos (two), tres (three), cuatro (four), cinco (five), seis (six), siete (seven), ocho (eight), nueve (nine), diez (ten)
- 11 to 20: once (eleven), doce (twelve), trece (thirteen), catorce (fourteen), quince (fifteen), dieciséis (sixteen), diecisiete (seventeen), dieciocho (eighteen), diecinueve (nineteen), veinte (twenty)
- 21 to 40: veintiuno (twenty-one), veintidós (twenty-two), veintitrés (twenty-three), veinticuatro (twenty-four), veinticinco (twenty-five), veintiséis (twenty-six), veintisiete (twenty-seven), veintiocho (twenty-eight), veintinueve (twenty-nine), treinta (thirty), treinta y uno (thirty-one), treinta y dos (thirty-two), treinta y tres (thirty-three), treinta y cuatro (thirty-four), treinta y cinco (thirty-five), treinta y seis (thirty-six), treinta y siete (thirty-seven), treinta y ocho (thirty-eight), treinta y nueve (thirty-nine), cuarenta (forty)
- 41 to 60: cuarenta y uno (forty-one), cuarenta y dos (forty-two), cuarenta y tres (forty-three), cuarenta y cuatro (forty-four), cuarenta y cinco (forty-five), cuarenta y seis (forty-six), cuarenta y siete (forty-seven), cuarenta y ocho (forty-eight), cuarenta y nueve (forty-nine), cincuenta (fifty), cincuenta y uno (fifty-one), cincuenta y dos (fifty-two), cincuenta y tres (fifty-three), cincuenta y cuatro (fifty-four), cincuenta y cinco (fifty-five), cincuenta y seis (fifty-six), cincuenta y siete (fifty-seven), cincuenta y ocho (fifty-eight), cincuenta y nueve (fifty-nine), sesenta (sixty)
- 61 to 80: sesenta y uno (sixty-one), sesenta y dos (sixty-two), sesenta y tres (sixty-three), sesenta y cuatro (sixty-four), sesenta y cinco (sixty-five), sesenta y seis (sixty-six), sesenta y siete (sixty-seven), sesenta y ocho (sixty-eight), sesenta y nueve (sixty-nine), setenta (seventy), setenta y uno (seventy-one), setenta y dos (seventy-two), setenta y tres (seventy-three), setenta y cuatro (seventy-four), setenta y cinco (seventy-five), setenta y seis (seventy-six), setenta y siete (seventy-seven), setenta y ocho (seventy-eight), setenta y nueve (seventy-nine), ochenta (eighty)
- 81 to 100: ochenta y uno (eighty-one), ochenta y dos (eighty-two), ochenta y tres (eighty-three), ochenta y cuatro (eighty-four), ochenta y cinco (eighty-five), ochenta y seis (eighty-six), ochenta y siete (eighty-seven), ochenta y ocho (eighty-eight), ochenta y nueve (eighty-nine), noventa (ninety), noventa y uno (ninety-one), noventa y dos (ninety-two), noventa y tres (ninety-three), noventa y cuatro (ninety-four), noventa y cinco (ninety-five), noventa y seis (ninety-six), noventa y siete (ninety-seven), noventa y ocho (ninety-eight), noventa y nueve (ninety-nine), cien (a hundred)
El calendario Days and months
- Days of the week: lunes (Monday), martes (Tuesday), miércoles (Wednesday), jueves (Thursday), viernes (Friday), sábado (Saturday), domingo (Sunday), hoy (today), mañana (tomorrow). Example:
Hoy es lunes.
(Today is Monday.) - Months: enero (January), febrero (February), marzo (March), abril (April), mayo (May), junio (June), julio (July), agosto (August), septiembre (September), octubre (October), noviembre (November), diciembre (December). Example:
Mi cumpleaños es en mayo.
(My birthday is in May.)
Los animales Pets and animals
- Animals: el perro (the dog), el gato (the cat), la rana (the frog), el pájaro (the bird), el pez (the fish), el burro (the donkey), el pato (the duck), el loro (the parrot). Example:
Tengo un perro.
(I have a dog.) - One or many?: los perros (the dogs), las ranas (the frogs), los gatos (the cats), un pato (a duck), una rana (a frog), los pájaros (the birds). Example:
Tengo dos perros.
(I have two dogs.)
Sobre mí Where you live, your age, your birthday
- Where do you live?: ¿Dónde vives? (Where do you live?), vivo en (I live in), la ciudad (the city), el pueblo (the village), grande (big), pequeño (small). Example:
¿Dónde vives, Dani?
(Where do you live, Dani?) - How old are you?: ¿Cuántos años tienes? (How old are you?), tengo (I have), tienes (you have), tiene (he or she has), años (years). Example:
¿Cuántos años tienes?
(How old are you?) - Birthday: el cumpleaños (the birthday), ¡Feliz cumpleaños! (Happy birthday!), la tarta (the cake), el regalo (the present), la fiesta (the party). Example:
¿Cuándo es tu cumpleaños?
(When is your birthday?)
¿Cómo eres? What you are like
- What are you like?: soy (I am), eres (you are), es (he or she is), simpático (nice (a boy)), simpática (nice (a girl)), tímido (shy (a boy)), tímida (shy (a girl)), inteligente (clever), divertido (fun (a boy)), divertida (fun (a girl)). Example:
¿Cómo eres, Lola?
(What are you like, Lola?) - Lazy or strict?: perezoso (lazy (a boy)), perezosa (lazy (a girl)), aburrido (boring (a boy)), severo (strict), guapa (pretty), bastante (quite), un poco (a bit), a veces (sometimes). Example:
Mi hermano es muy perezoso.
(My brother is very lazy.)
Mi familia Your family
- My family: mi padre (my father), mi madre (my mother), mi papá (my dad), mi mamá (my mum), mi hermano (my brother), mi hermana (my sister), mi abuelo (my grandad), mi abuela (my granny). Example:
Mi tío se llama Paco.
(My uncle is called Paco.) - Brothers and sisters: ¿Tienes hermanos? (Do you have brothers or sisters?), tengo un hermano (I have a brother), tengo una hermana (I have a sister), no tengo hermanos (I don't have brothers or sisters), soy hijo único (I'm an only child (a boy)), soy hija única (I'm an only child (a girl)), mis padres (my parents). Example:
¿Tienes hermanos, Pepe?
(Do you have brothers or sisters, Pepe?)
¡A hablar! A whole chat
- A chat: ¿Cómo te llamas? (What's your name?), ¿Dónde vives? (Where do you live?), ¿Cuántos años tienes? (How old are you?), ¿Cómo eres? (What are you like?), ¿Tienes hermanos? (Do you have brothers or sisters?), ¿Cuándo es tu cumpleaños? (When is your birthday?). Example:
Hola, me llamo Sofía. ¿Y tú?
(Hi, my name is Sofía. And you?)
How to learn with it
Each lesson starts with two or three short lines, then you practise at once: match the new words with their English, build sentences from word bricks, say them aloud (the app checks it), and pick the right one of four. Everything is tested both ways, and whatever you get wrong comes back more often than the rest. Every Spanish word can be tapped to see its English and hear it, and your way through the course is a path of lily pads on a pond: each pad turns from red to full green as you master its lesson.
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