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AJDUOI}9|p-IUIW P1OM-QQ0S ‘sapnpul 0g ISG HSINVAS 1,000,000 ete trece catorce dieciocho diecinueve veinte treinta cuarenta cincuenta sesenta setenta ochenta noventa jen ciento uno doscientos thers katorthe heenthe dyethewsaye dyetheesyete dvethevacko dvetheonwebe dayate raya Kvarenta theenkwenta ‘ochenta nobenta thyen thyento cono dosthyentos meet ‘aon meetyon 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 28 @ 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 pronunciation 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?