Skill:Spanish for English speakers/Phrases
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- Grammar focus
- Everyday expressions for coping in conversation: apologising, asking for help, and joining ideas with pero, porque and cuando
- Tips
- Tips for this skill
- Course
- Course:Spanish for English speakers
Words taught
Sentences
- Perdón.Sorry.▼▲
Alternative translations
- Excuse me.
- Perdón, señora.Excuse me, madam.
- Perdón, no entiendo.Sorry, I don't understand.
- ¿Me ayudas?Can you help me?▼▲
Alternative translations
- Will you help me?
- Yo ayudo.I help.
- Ella me ayuda.She helps me.
- No entiendo.I don't understand.
- ¿Entiendes?Do you understand?
- Yo entiendo.I understand.
- Repite, por favor.Repeat, please.
- ¿Puedes repetir?Can you repeat?
- Yo repito.I repeat.
- Siempre.Always.
- Siempre como pan.I always eat bread.
- Ella siempre bebe agua.She always drinks water.
- Nunca.Never.
- Nunca bebo café.I never drink coffee.
- Él nunca come pescado.He never eats fish.
- También.Also.▼▲
Alternative translations
- Too.
- Yo también.Me too.
- Ella también come pan.She also eats bread.
- Pero no.But no.
- Como pan, pero no queso.I eat bread, but not cheese.
- Es bueno, pero es pequeño.It is good, but it is small.
- Porque es bueno.Because it is good.
- Bebo leche porque es buena.I drink milk because it is good.
- No como pescado porque no me gusta.I don't eat fish because I don't like it.
- Cuando como pan, bebo agua.When I eat bread, I drink water.
- Cuando es de noche.When it is night.
- Ella bebe agua cuando camina.She drinks water when she walks.
- Mucho.A lot.▼▲
Alternative translations
- Much.
- Como mucho pan.I eat a lot of bread.
- Bebo mucha agua.I drink a lot of water.
- Poco.A little.▼▲
Alternative translations
- Little.
- Como poco pan.I eat a little bread.
- Bebo poca agua.I drink a little water.