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How to Say Hello in Spanish and Other Basic Spanish Phrases
By:Tim Gorman

Have you thought about learning to speak Spanish to communicate better with people whose native language is Spanish? Enhancing your rapport skills by learning a few basic Spanish phrases might enable you to gain stronger connections with your Spanish acquaintances. Sometimes, even learning basic Spanish phrases will help improve your communication skills.

Learning basic phrases such as, "Hello" and "Good morning" is often times, a person's first attempt at speaking Spanish as a second language. The next step will be to learn a few recognized phrases such as, "How are you today." Then you can move on to more complicated phrases such as, "I feel tired today, can you direct me to the nearest coffee shop so I can sit down and drink a large latte?" As you see, learning basic Spanish phrases can quickly put you on the right track to increasing your ability to communicate well with others.

Greetings
Simple words used to greet other individuals are probably where you want to start when learning Spanish. Knowing how to greet a person of Spanish decent is the best way to open communication with them and show your hospitality. Here are a few simple greeting phrases to memorize.

Hello - Hola
Good morning - Buenos Dias
Good afternoon - Buenos Tardes
How are you? - Hola

Hospitality
When talking to someone of Spanish decent, it's good to also know words that express hospitality or your graciousness before you exit a room or in gratitude something that someone helped you with. Knowing how to say thank you or "gracias" is probably one of the most common phrases you will use. You can never go wrong with telling someone thank you.

Traveling
Other basic conversational phrases you need to know are phrases that will help you in your travels such as, "Habla Usted Ingles?" (Do you speak English) and "Donde Esta" which is a way of saying, Where is it?

If you communicate with people of Spanish decent regularly or are thinking about traveling to a place where Spanish is a native language, you might want to consider taking basic Spanish courses to help you become more comfortable when communicating with Spanish speaking people. Courses can be taken online, one on one with a tutor, or at a foreign language school. You'll find that the effort you took to learn a few simple phrases will improve the way you communicate with Spanish speaking people.

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How to Say Hello in Spanish and Other Basic Spanish Phrases -- Tim Gorman
Re: How to Say Hello in Spanish and Other Basic Spanish Phrases -- averagejoe

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