¿Qué tal? – hablando su planes

Hablando su planes/ Talking about your plans You’ll want to make plans with business associates and friends. If you want to talk about a definite arrangement, for instance I’m seeing him tonight, you often use the future tense in Spanish. I´m…ing Veré a Felipe el jueves. I’m seeing Felipe on Thursday. La veré esta tarde. I’m seeing her this afternoon. Iremos al cine esta noche. … Continúa leyendo ¿Qué tal? – hablando su planes

¿Qué tal? – hacer sugerencias

Hacer sugerencias/ Making suggestions When you’re with friends and colleagues, you’ll probably want to suggest doing things together. One simple way of doing this is to use podríamos (we could) followed by the infinitive. podríamos comes from the verb poder. We could… Podríamos quedar otro día. We could postpone until another day. Podríamos salir a tomar algo alguna vez. We could go out for a … Continúa leyendo ¿Qué tal? – hacer sugerencias

¿Qué tal? – expresando opiniones

Expresando opiniones/ Expressing opinions When talking to people you know, You’ll want to say what you think of things. In Spanish there are two main ways of doing this. You can either use creo or pienso, both of which mean literally I think. Or you can use me parece, which means literally it seems to me. expressing opinions Creo que tienes razón. I think you’ve … Continúa leyendo ¿Qué tal? – expresando opiniones

¿Qué tal? – diciendo lo que quieres hacer

Diciendo lo que quieres hacer/ Saying what you want to do When talking to friends and colleagues there’ll be plenty of things you’ll want to do together. To say what you would like to do, you can use me gustaría (I’d like). This comes from the verb gustar. I´d like to… Me gustaría darte las gracias por tu ayuda. I’d like to thank you for … Continúa leyendo ¿Qué tal? – diciendo lo que quieres hacer

¿Qué tal? – preguntando para información

Preguntado para información/ Asking for information. In social situations you will often want to find out more about someone or their family, job and so on. To do this use háblame (tell me) tell me… Háblame un poco de ti. Tell me a bit about yourself. Hábleme de tu familia. Tell me about your family. ¿En qué consiste tu trabajo? Tell me what your job … Continúa leyendo ¿Qué tal? – preguntando para información

¿Qué tal? – disculparse

Disculparse/ Apologising There may be times when you wish to make an apology to somebody. The simplest wat to do this is to say perdona (to someone you speak to as tú) and perdone (to someone you speak to as usted) I´m sorry Perdona. I’m sorry. Perdona por no pasar a verte, pero no tune tiempo. I’m sorry I didn’t call in, but I didn’t … Continúa leyendo ¿Qué tal? – disculparse

¿Qué tal? – hablar de ti mismo

Hablar de ti mismo/ Talking bout yourself To get the conversation going, you’ll need to be able to say at least what your name is, who you are or what you do, and where you’re from. Saying what your name isis rather different in Spanish from English. You say me llamo (literally I call myself). me llamo comes from the reflexive verb llamarse. If you … Continúa leyendo ¿Qué tal? – hablar de ti mismo

¿Qué tal? – presentar a las personas

Presentar a las personas/ Introducing people You’ll want to introduce people you know to one another. The simplest way is by saying éste es (this is) when introducing a man, and ésta es when introducing a woman. ¿Lo Sabías? When you’re introduced to some, you’ll want to know how to react. The traditional encantado should only be used in formal or business situations these days, … Continúa leyendo ¿Qué tal? – presentar a las personas

¿Qué tal? – How are things?

Whether you’re going to be working in Spain or spending some time with your Spanish speaking friends, you’ll want to be able to chat with people and get to know them better. These phrases will help you communicate with acquaintances, friends, family and colleagues in a variety of everyday situations. Saludos/ Greetings Presentar las personas/ Introducing people Hablar de ti mismo/ Talking about yourself Disculparse/ … Continúa leyendo ¿Qué tal? – How are things?