EL SPANISH CONVERSATION EB

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• Editorial: Collins
• Año: 2015
• ISBN de la versión impresa: 9780008111977
• ISBN del libro electrónico: 9780008118815
• Edición: 2
• Categoría: Languages & Linguistics
• Categoría: Languages

A unique guide to communicating in Spanish. It will help you to find out more about Spanish culture and to practise your spoken Spanish with a free downloadable audio file of key phrases found in the One Stop Phrase Shop section found towards the end of the book.

An ideal tool for learners of Spanish at all levels, whether at school, in evening classes or at home, and is indispensable for business or leisure.

The text consists of 12 units, each illustrating the language used in a particular situation, followed by a summary which gives all the key phrases covered throughout the book. The One-stop phrase shop unit gives you all the everyday expressions and language structures you need to speak in natural Spanish. Finally, the short grammar and verb supplement and the glossary give you further help and ensure that you have everything you need at your fingertips, and the free audio download helps you to communicate with confidence.

• Easy to use: all the phrases you need in order to communicate effectively in natural Spanish.
• Easy to read: clear layout ensures that you find what you are looking for quickly and easily.
• Easy to understand: thousands of examples show how Spanish is really used.

Small talk

¿Qué tal? – How are things?

Whether you’re going to be working in a Spanish-speaking country 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. The phrases in this unit will help you communicate with acquaintances, friends, family and colleagues in a variety of everyday situations.

GREETINGS

To get you off on the right footing, you need to know how to say hello to people properly. Just as in English, there are several ways of doing this in Spanish. You can simply use hola (hello or hi) on its own. You can also use buenos días (good morning), buenas tardes (good afternoon or good evening – provided it’s still light), and buenas noches (good evening – once it’s dark). Spanish-speakers often use both together, as in hola, buenos días and hola, buenas tardes.

Hello

Hola.	Hello.
¡Hola, Jaime!	Hi Jaime!
Buenos días.	Good morning.
Hola, buenos días.	Good morning.
Buenas tardes, Luis.	Good afternoon, Luis.
Buenas noches.	Good evening.

¿LO SABÍAS?

When you pass friends and acquaintances in the street and don’t stop to talk, rather than saying hola you say hasta luego or adiós.

You’ll also want to ask the people you know how they are. The simplest way to do this is by using ¿Qué tal? This is quite informal, and suitable when you know the person quite well. If you want to be more formal you say ¿Cómo está? to someone you speak to as usted.

How are you?

Hola, Juana, ¿qué tal?	Hi, how are you, Juana?
¡Buenos días! ¿Cómo está, señor García?	Good morning! How are you, señor García?
Hola, Pepe, ¿qué tal te va?	Hello, Pepe, how’s it going?
¿Qué pasa, Raquel? ¡Cuánto tiempo sin verte!	How are things, Raquel? It’s ages since I’ve seen you!

Use adiós (goodbye) or hasta pronto (see you soon) to say goodbye to people you don’t know well. You can just say hasta luego (see you) if you want to sound more informal.

Goodbye

¡Adiós!	Goodbye!
¡Adiós! ¡Hasta otra!	Goodbye! See you again!
¡Buenas noches!	Good night!

¿LO SABÍAS?

Buenas noches means both good evening and good night. So you use it both when arriving and leaving somewhere in the evening. When saying goodbye to someone you know you’ll see tomorrow, such as a colleague, you say hasta mañana (see you tomorrow).

See you…!

¡Hasta luego!	See you!
¡Hasta pronto!	See you soon!
¡Hasta ...

Índice

• Title page
• Copyright
• Contents
• Introduction
• Spanish pronunciation
• Units
• Grammar
• Verb tables
• Vocabulary builder
• About the publisher