Use these core words to create your first simple sentences in Spanish. Read the word, the translation and see the example sentences to see how the words are used. Have fun!
Hint: Spanish uses feminine and masculine, requiring different articles (“the” = el/la) and word endings for adjectives. Don’t forget that verbs are conjugated differently for I/you/we/they/he/she/you formal and plural, but we’ll just cover the verb endings for “I” (yo) here, in present form and give you the infinitive in ( ). In Spanish, it is not necessary to state a pronoun unless there could be confusion over who the subject of the sentence is. You’ll see this reflected below.
Social Words
yes - sí
no/not - no
thank you - gracias
please - por favor
hello - hola
good-bye - adiós
Pronouns
I/me - yo
my - mi/mis
you, you pl. - tú, vosotros
you formal - usted
he - él
she - ella
we - nosotros
they - ellos/ellas
Question Words
what - qué
when - cuándo
where - dónde
who - quién
why - por qué
how - cómo
Verbs
I am - (ser) soy
I am - (estar) estoy
do/make - (hacer) hago
can - (poder) puedo
have - (tener) tengo
go - (ir) voy
stop - (parar) paro
look - (mirar) miro
open - (abrir) abro
close - (cerrar) cierro
eat - (comer) como
drink - (beber) bebo
help - (ayudar) ayudo
want - (querer) quiero
need - (necesitar) necesito
say - (decir) digo
know - (saber) yo sé
come - (venir) vengo
read - (leer) leo
like - (gustarse) me gusta…
believe - (creer) creo
work - (trabajar) trabajo
play - (jugar) juego
give - (dar) doy
wait - (esperar) espero
Descriptive words
more - más
one - uno/una
big - grande
little - pequeño/a
fast - rápido
slowly - lento
same - mismo
different - diferente
pretty - bonito/a
red - rojo/a
blue - azul
yellow - amarillo/a
good - bueno/a
new - nuevo/a
old - viejo/a
happy - feliz
sad - triste
very - muy
Prepositions
at - a
on - en
under - debajo de
Determiners
this - esto/a
that - eso/a
some - algunos/as
all - todo/a, todos, todas
Conjunctions
and - y
but - pero
Adverbs
now - ahora
here - aquí
there - allí
Sentences:
Cómo está(s)? How are you?
Estoy bien. I’m good.
Quiero jugar. I want to play.
¿Dónde está (él)? Where is he?
Está allí. He is there.
Le gusta esperar. She likes to wait.
No le gusta esperar. She does not like to wait.
Quién es usted? Who are you?
¿Cuándo vamos a comer? When are we going to eat?
¿Qué quieres beber(tomar)? What do you want to drink?
Dame eso por favor. Give me that please.
no/not - nojos. All are
No sé. I don’t know.
Gracias! Adiós! Thank you! Goodbye!
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