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SPANISH
Phrase book
Carol Stanley and Philippa Goodrich
BBC Books
Consultant: Julia Bueno
Published by BBC Books
A division of BBC Enterprises Ltd
‘Woodlands, 80 Wood Lane, London W12 OTT
ISBN 0 563 21515-1
First published 1991
Reprinted 1992, 1993 (twice), 1994
© Carol Stanley and Philippa Goodrich 1991
Set in Times Roman by Ace Filmsetting Ltd, Frome
Text and Cover printed in England by
Clays Ltd, St Ives ple
Published on consultation with the
BBC Continuing Education Advisory Council
Contents
Allspurpose phrases inside back cover
Howto use this book
Pronunciation
‘The Spanish alphabet
General conversation
Arrivinginthecountey
Directions
Road travel
Carand bicycle parts
Tanis
Airtravel
Travelling by train
Buses and coaches
‘Underground travel
Boats and ferries
Atthe touristaffice
‘Accommodation
Telephones
Changing money
Eating and drinking
Menu reader
Shopping
Business rips
Sightseeing
Entertainments
Sportsand activities
Frealth
Partsofthebody
Problems andcomplaints
Basicgeammar
Days. months. dates
Time
Countries and nationalities
General signs and notices
Conversion tables
National holidays
Usefuladdresses
Numbers
Dictionary
Spanish/English
English/Spanish
Emergencies
193
197
198
200
202
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HOW TO USE THIS BOOK
‘Communicating in a foreign language doesn’t have o be diffi-
‘cult ~ you can convey a lot with just a few words (plus a few
gestures and a bit of mime). Just remember: keep it simple.
Don't try to came out with long. grammatically perfect sen~
tences when one or two words will get your meaning across.
Inside the back cover of this book is a list of All-purpose
phrases. Some will help you to make contact ~ greetings,
“please” and ‘thank you’, yes’ anct“no’- Some areto get people
help you understand what they're saying to you. And some are
questions like ‘do you have... and ‘where is... to which
youan add words [rom the Dictionary at the back of the book.
The book is divided into sections for different situations, such
as Road travel, Shopping, Health and so on. In each section
you'll find
‘© Useful tips and information
¢ Words and phrases that you'll sce on signs or in print
Phrases you are likely to want to say
‘© Things that people may say to you
Many of the phrases can be adapted by simply using another
word from the Dictionary. For instance. take the question
{Esti lejos el seropnerto? (Is the airport far away?). Ifyou want
toknow ifthe station isfar away, just substitute I estacibu(the
station) for el neropuerto to give {Esta lejos In estacia?
All the phrases havea simple proounci
hhased on English sounds - this is exp
(page 5).
If you want some guidance on how the Spanish language
‘works, see Rasic grammar (page 172),
jon guide underneath
ed in Pronunciation
There's a handy reference section (starts on page 182) which
contains lists of days and months, countries and nationalities,
general signs and notices that you'll see, conversion (ables.
national holidays, useful addresses and numbers,
TThe 5,000-word Dictionary (nage 202) comes in two sections ~
Spanish-English and English-Spanish.
A-concise list of numbers is printed inside the front cover for
easy reference, and right at the end of the book is an
Emergencies section (which we hope you wom have lo use).
Wherever possible, work out in advance wha you want (0 say ~
if you're going shopping. for instance, write outa shopping list,
in Spanish. Ifyou'te buying travel tickets, work out how to say
where you want 10 go, how many tickets you want. single or
retuen, etc
Practise saying things out loud ~ the cassette that goes with this
book will help you to get used to the sounds of Spanish.
Above all - don't be shy! Il be appreciated if you try to say 8
few words, even if i's omly good morning’ and “goodbye'~and
in fact those are the very sorts of phrases that are worth learn=
ing. us you'll hear them and need to use them all the time.
you'd like to learn more Spanish, BBC Books also publishes
Wien in Spain, Get by in Spanish and Espana Viva. BBC phrase
books afe also available for the following languages: French.
German and Italian, Future titles include Arabic, Greek.
Portuguese and Turkish
The authors would welcome any suggestions or comments
about this hook. but in the mewntime, have & good trip ~jbuen
Migjet
PRONUNCIATION
‘You don't need perfect pronunciation to be able to communi
cate ~ it's enough to get the sounds approximately right and to
stress the words in the correct place. If you want to hear real
Spanish voices and practise trying to sound like them. then
listen to the cassette,
Spanish pronunciation is very regular ~ you can tell how a
‘word is pronounced from the way it's written, once you know
‘what sound each letter (or group of letters) represents. A pro-
nunciation guide is given with the phrases in this book ~ the
system is based on English sounds, us described below.
‘Many Spanish consonants are pronounced in a similar way to
English. The main differences are with ¢, g bj Il 8, qu, r,¥,z
Spanish vowels are pronounced the same wherever they occur
(unlike English where each vowel can be pronounced in sev-
eral distinct ways).
For the Spanish alphabet, see page 8
Stress
Except in the cases listed below, Spanish words are stressed on,
the last but one syllable: tengo, gustan, Esparta, excursiones. The
exceptions are:
1 Ifa word ends in a consonant other than mor s the stress is
fon the last syllable: Madrid, acampar, espafil.
2 If there is a written accent, the stress is where the accent is:
extacién, Malaga, cafe.
In this book, a stressed syllable is shown in che pronunciation
guide by bold type: estazhyum, renge
Vowels gotherwise —gin‘got’ gamba gamba
h alwayssilent = hora” ara
Avprox. Shown Example i Sconshchin wh le athe
cule A init Mla ha
1 lin'lock™ Tho tbo
a ain‘cat’ a nada nada w liiin'million” ly Mama fama
= fowin'cow’ aw atobis ontboos - nia a!” tame meme
aia) iin’pile’ iy bay y . nin‘not™ . nombre nombre
e ein'met e cena = thena a niin‘onion” ny maflana manyana
ciey ayin’say" ay veinte —baynte >? pin‘pack’ pp pera pera
i cein’mest ce a Kine =k que, he
i(unstessed) y r rolledasin oF = earn ‘Kara
° ° Scottish
tisey oyin’boy’ ay sayy accent
w coin'moon’ 90 = uma oon 3 stronglyrolled rr perro. perro
Uibefore —win'wetewenta venta : ee some ale
another muy mee Crceptbetore zin'z00' mismo. mezmo
vows) m>
butinque,qui, not pronounced ~ quién— kyen ¢ tin'tin” t tengo tengo
ve gu = guerra pera ‘ bin'bat’ bb vino_Beono
x Kini x excursignekoor
Consonants pet
y yinyst yo 30
Approx. ‘Shown Example tncepty(and) ecin'met ee yw
English inbook 2 thin‘thick th plaza parka
orice © 5 Note
’ bin‘bur b bafo banyo d between vowels and at the end of words often sounds more
‘efollowedby thin‘thick’ — th cemar = thenar like ‘th’ in ‘other’, but for the sake of simplicity it's shown as d
cor ww" es throughout this book
oe Shincchureh’ ek woeke amhe « and x: in Southern Spain these are often pronounced 's
q din‘dog d-_— donde donde rather than “th
t fin feet f fonda fonda is often pronounced more like the ‘y’ in ‘you’
followed by Scotishchin Bh gente “fhe
eort "loch"
THE SPANISH ALPHABET
In the Spanish alphabet, ch and Il are treated as separate
Teters, and there is an extra letter & ~ these follow ¢, Land a
respectively in dictionaries and so on. The letters k and w are
only found in words borrowed from other languages.
Spelling
How is it set?
£Cémo se escribe?
homo se eskreebe
Band Vsaund almost the same in Spanish so, when spelling a
‘word out, you can distinguish between them by saying B como
Barcelona or V como Valencia.
Letter Pronounced Letter © Pronounced
a N ene
be Nn enye
the o °
che P re
de Q koo
e Rg ee
fe Ss ee
the T te
ache u oo
ra ¥ othe
hota W (uve doble) oobe dobie
ha Xfequis) — ekees
ele Yeigriegs) cegree-ege
elve Z(eetay theta
ene
GENERAL CONVERSATION
‘# The phrascs buenos dins, hucnas tardes and buenas moches
are used at different times of day, Buenos dias means “good
‘morning’ (or literally good day’) and is used up to lunchtime ~
Spanish lunchtime that is. After that, until around 9 p.m. or
nightfall it’s buenas tardes - which therefore means both ‘good
afternoon’ and ‘good evening’. Buenas noches can be used as 2
‘greeting late in the evening, as well as to say ‘goodnight
‘Hola means *hello’, and is often used together with one of the
phrases above, eg hola, buenos dias.
Adiés (goodbye) can also be used with one of the phrases
above.e.g. adiés, buenas tardes.or with a phrase like hasta luego
(Gee you later) ~ adiés, hasta luego.
© Spaniards shake hands when they meet and when they say
goodbye. Women, and men and women (though not two men)
fen exchange kisses on both cheeks.
Spaniards use the words sefior,sefto
often than English-speakers say ‘sir,'madam’ or'miss
as formal-sounding in Spanish.
'¢ When you're talking to someone in English you vary your
tone of voice and your way of saying things depending on
whether you're addressing them formally, showing respect,
fr ina more casual way (as wilh a friend or member of the
family),
In Spanish, there's an extra way of making this distinction - by
using different words to say "you" and different endings on
verbs. One way is more formal. the other more casual. There's a
Turther explanation of this on page 177, but all you nced to be
aware of is that in this book we have used the more formal way.
‘on the assumption that you will mostly be talking to people
1a don't know. The formal word for you’ is wsted (oosteth)
People may address you in the informal way (this is quite
cral among younger people). The informal word for you" is
ti (100), You may notice an s on the ends of verbs, eg,
res? instead of gqulere? (would you like!);gtiemes? instead
Of dfiene? (do you have”): and you may also hear dte gustat
instead of de gusta? (do you like it?
Greetings
Hello See you later
Hole Hasta lnego
ola asta bg
Good morning (Hello) how ase things?
Buenos dias (Hola), :que te
bens deeas lake tl
‘Good afternoonjevening
Buenas tardes
How are yaui?
<Cémo esti usted?
bvenas sacs ama esta oosteth
Good evening/goodnight Fine. thanks
Buenas noches Bien, gracias
byeenas noches yen gratkyas
Goodbye And you?
Adiés 2¥ usted?
adyos 0 oastedh
Introductions
My name is This is my boyftiend/fiancé
Yo me llamo Este es mi amaigo/novle
yo me Iyamo ‘este ex mee ameego/avbyo
This This is my wife/daughter
EstefEsta es...
enefesta es:
Estes mi mujer/hija
eta es mec moahher/eha
This is Mr Brown
Este es el sear Brown
este ese senyor.
This is Mrs Clark
This is my girlfriend/fiancee
Esta es mi amiga/noria
cena es mee ameega/mabya
Pleased to meet you
Esta es la seiora Clark Mucho gusto
cesta es la senyora -moocho goose
This is my husband/son
Este es mi maridorijo
ewe et moe marsedo/echho
Talking about yourself and your family
(oe Countian nationalities page 187)
Tam English Tan Welsh
Ser gis Ufsoutea man) Sov giana
wy sgn sey aleve
Sey nges youre a {ive in London
ee Vivo en Londres
bebo er londres
We live in Newcastle
Virimos en Neweastle
beebeemos en
Lam Scottish
Soy escocés/escocesa
soy eskothes/eskothesa
Tam Irish
Soy irlandés/irlandesa
wy eerlandes/cerlandesa
Tam a student
Soy estudiante
soy estoodyante
Lam a nurse
Soy enfermero (maley/
enfermera (female)
soy enfermera/enfermera
Twork in
Trabajo en...
trabehho en
work in an office/factory
Trabajo en una oficina/
fibrica
srabahho en oona ofeetheena/
fabrecka
work for a computer
company
‘Trabajo en una compaitia de
ordenadores
srabahhoen oona kompanyeera
de ondenadores
Tam unemployed
Estoy en pare
estoy en paro
Lam single
‘Soy soltero (miale)/soltera
(female)
say soltero/soltera
Jam married
Estoy casado/easada
‘estoy kasado/kasada
Lam separated
Estoy separado/separada
estoy separado/separadta
Lam divorced
Estoy divorciado/divorciada
estoy deeborthyado/
dechorthyada
Tam a widower/widow
Soy viudo/viuda
s0y byoodo/byooda
Thave a son/a daughter
‘Tengo ua hijo/una hija
tengo oon eehh/oona eekha
Thave three children
Tengo tres hijos
tengo tres eehhos
Idon't have any children
No tengo hijos
no tengo ecishos
Thave one brother
‘Tengo un hermano
{tengo oon ermano
Lhave three sisters
Tengo tres hermanas
tengo tres ermanas
Pm here with my husband/
wife
Estoy aqui con mi marido/
mujer
estoy akee kon mee mareedo/
‘muchher
Fm here with roy family
Estoy aqui con ml familia
estoy akee kon mee fameelya
Fm here on holiday
Estoy aqui de vacaciones
estoy ake de hakathyones
Tm here on business
Estoy aqui de negocios
estoy akee de negothyos
[speak very litle Spanish
Hablo muy poco espaiiol
ablo muee poke espanyol
‘My husband/wife is.
‘Mi marido/mujer es... -
‘mee mareedo/mooktker es
My husband is a bus-driver
Mi marido es conductor de
antobis
‘mee mareedo es kondooktor
de owroboos
My wife is an accountant
‘Mi mujer es contable
‘mee moohher es kontable
My husband/wife works
‘Mi marido/mujer trabaja
en.
‘mee mareedo/moohher
trabalha en
‘My son is five years old
MI hijo tiene cinco afios
‘mee eehho tyene theenko
‘anyos
My daughter is eight years
old
Mi hija tiene ocho asios
mee eekha fyene ocho anyos
You may hear
Talking about Spain and your own country
Cémo se Hama (usted)?
homo se ama (oosteth)
What is your name?
De dénde es?
de donde es
Where are you from?
Qué hace?
keathe
What do you do?
En qué trabaja?
en ke trabaha
‘What jab do you do?
Qué estudia?
Ke estoodya
What are you studying?
GEsti usted casado/easada?
esta vosteth Kasado/kasada
‘Are you married?
GTiene hijos?
tgene eehhos
Do you have any children?
{Cadntos aifos tienen?
‘kwantos anyos tyenen
How old are they?
4Cuimtos anos tiene?
Jowantos anyos tyne
How old is he/she?
Es muy simpatico/guapo
ex mee seemipateeko/gwapo
He is very nice/good-
looking
Es muy simpatica/guapa
es mwee seempatecka/pwapa
She is very nice/pretty
‘ene hermanos?
‘ene ermanos
Do you have any brothers
and sisters?
GE éste su maridofnovio/
amigo?
vette 00 mareedo/nobyof
ameego
Is this your husband/fiancé/
boyfriend?
2Es ésta su mujer/novia/
amiga?
ex esta S00 mookker/nobya!
ameega
Is this your wife/fiancéey
sieifriend?
tAdénde va usted?
adonde ba oosteth
Where are you going?
eDinde se queda usted?
donde se Keda oosteth
Where are you staying?
Donde vive usted?
doncle beebe oosteth
Where clo you live?
like Spain (very much)
‘Me gusta mucho Espana
‘me goasta moocho espanya
Spain is very beautiful
Espaita ¢s muy bonita
espanya es mice baneeta
Its the first time I've been to
Spai
Es la primera vez que vengo 4
Espata
‘Are you from here?
GEsusted de aqui?
8 oosteth de akee
Have you ever been to
England?
alla estado alguna ver en
Tnglaterra?
‘estat algoona beth en
eenglaterra
Scotland/Ireland/Wales
es la preemera beth ke Bengo a Fscoda/Telanda/Gales
‘espanya eskothya/eerlanda/gales
1 come to Spain often Did you like it?
‘Vengo mucho a Espaia ihe pasts?
tenga moocho a espanya ie gooste
You may hear
ile gusta Fspasa? 20vé piensa de. .?
Ie goosta espanya
Do you like Spain?
Es la primera vez que viene
a Espa
es a preemera beth ke byene a
espanya
Is this your First time in
‘Spain?
ke pyensa de
What do you think of ...?
Qué piensa de Andalucia’
ke pyensa de andaloothee-a
‘What do you think of
Andalucia?
Habla muy bien el espanol
abla mee byen el espanyat
‘Cudmto tiempo se queda aqui? Your Spanish is very ood!
Jowanto tpempo se keda akee
How long are you here for?
