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Si/No

"Si" (pronounced SEE) means yes and "No" means the same as it does in English!

Hablas ingles?

"Do you speak English". You pronounce it: HAH-blahs een-GLESS?

Gracias

This means "thank you". You pronounce it: GRAH-SYASS. The "r" should be rolled on the tongue.

Por favor

This means "please". Just add it to the end of a sentence. So if you want to order a beer (cerveza), just say: Una Cerveza, por favor. You pronounce it: POR fah-VOR.

Me llamo

I am called "Me llamo John". You pronounce it: ME YAH-mo.

Lo siento

This means "sorry". Pronounce it like this: loh SEE-EN-toh.

adiós - goodbye
bien - good, well
él - he, him
ella - she, her
ellas - they (female)
ellos - they (male)
hola - hello
gracias - thank you
lo siento - I'm sorry
nosotros - us, we (plural)
señor - sir, mister
señora - madame
señorita - miss
tú - you (informal)
usted - you (formal)
ustedes - you (plural, formal)
yo - I

la casa - house
la cocina - kitchen
el cuarto - room
el cuarto de baño - bathroom
la mesa - table
la pared - wall
la puerta - door
la silla - chair
el teléfono - telephone
la televisión - television
la ventana - window

hola - hello hi
hola qué tal - hi how's things (Informal)
buenos días - hello good morning
buenas tardes - hello good afternoon; good evening
buenas afternoon - evening
cómo estás - how are you (familiar form)
cómo está - how are you (formal)
cómo estamos - how are we doing
gracias - thanks thank you
muchas gracias - many thanks thanks very much
por favor - please
porfa - please (Informal)
no gracias - no thank you
sí gracias - yes please
hasta luego - bye see you later
hasta pronto - bye see you soon
nos vemos - bye see you
nos vemos mañana - see you tomorrow
cuidate - take care (familiar form)
perdón - sorry pardon what did you say
perdone - sorry excuse me
perdone - excuse me
oiga - excuse me
oye - listen by the way (familiar)
que tenga un buen día - have a good day hope you have a good day
que le vaya bien - hope it goes OK
buen provecho - bon apétit enjoy your meal; (with drink) enjoy
salud - cheers; (after sneezing) bless you
cuidado - watch out

I fell ill on vacation and had to rest a lot, I got a few books for Spanish Children aged 6 and upwards from the library. I used a dictionary when necessary but found you don't have to need to know every word exactly to understand the meaning. In fact you are learning/absorbing words by understanding the context JUST AS YOU DID when you were learning to read English all those years ago.!

I read El Ratoncito Perez (Tooth Fairy)

I am now for the first time listening to Spa

hotel : el hotel
state : hotel el parador
room : la habitación
reservation : la reserva
ground floor : la planta baja
first : floor el primer piso
lift : el ascensor
breakfast : el desayuno
supper : la cena
bill : la cuenta
price : el precio
safe (strong box) : la caja fuerte
campsite : el camping
caravan : la caravana
tent : la tienda

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the rice el arroz
the pasta la pasta
the meat la carne
the food la comida
the fish el pescado
the fruit el fruto
the vegetables la verdura
the tomato el tomate
the soup la sopa
the salad la ensalada
the apple la manzana
the orange la naranja
the potato la patata
the banana el plátano

un perro - a male dog
una perra - a female dog
un perrito - a little dog, puppy
un gato - a male cat
una gata - a female cat
un conejo - a rabbit
un pez - a fish
un ratón - a mouse
una rata - a rat
un hámster - a hamster
un caballo - a horse
un canario - a canary
un cotorro - a parrot
un loro - a parrot
una tortuga - a tortoise

I didn't study languages hard at school because "Everyone speaks English anyway". It's so hard for a kid to see the future benefits or the thrill of being in a foreign country and chatting way with the locals.

One angle to try is that learning a foreign language actually increases your intelligence, learning a musical instrument has the same effect.