Spanish Group Vocabulary

Question

Hi,

I have a Spanish study group and am trying to give instructions etc in Spanish. I have written down some sentences I seem to use a lot can someone look at me and correct my errors for me. I am planning on memorizing these sentences so I want to make sure they are correct. I have put everything in both Spanish and English THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR HELP, Shawn

• ¿Cuál es su ocupación? what is your occupation
• ¿por qué estudiar español? why are you studying spanish
• ¿que preparó algo? who prepared something?
• ¿Qué quiere decir...? What does...mean ...?
  • a quién le gustaría empezar? who would like to start?
• a quién le toca? whose turn?
• ahora vamos a abrir el libro -now lets open the book
• Buscar en el sitio web de -look on the website for
• ejercicio número - exercise number
• el tema de conversación- the conversation topic
• es hora de empezar a - it is time to start
• es tu turno -it is your turn
• esta noche nuestro tema es- tonight our topic is
• estamos en la página -we are on page
• hable más alto por favor- speak up please
• hoy vamos a hacer- today we are going to do
• James puede presentarse- james can you introduce yourself
• La próxima semana el trabajo en- Next week we work on
• Leer en español, luego traducir al inglés- read in Spanish, then translate to english
• no se olvide do not forget
• pasa en la página -turn to page
• Pasemos a la tarea - let's move to the homework
• por favor, decir que en una frase completa - please say that in a complete sentence
• Por favor, recuerde -Please remember to
• quien le gustaría ser el primero? who would like to go first?
• recuerde que tenemos una película el lunes - remember we have a movie on Monday

Answer 1

Who=quien /Who prepared something?=Quien preparo... Why are you studying...Por que esta Ud estudiando.... Pasa a la pagina Por favor diga esto en una oracion completa La proxima semana trabajaremos en... some phrases are a little bit odd but grammatically correct

thank you for your assistance - shawn5, Aug 4, 2011

Answer 2

For your first one I often hear, ¿Qué hace para vivir? - more along the lines of what do you do for a living? But I should wait for a native to comment

I've also heard "¿A qué te dedicas?" - NickDan, Jul 27, 2011

oh yeah that's the other one I was trying to think of, thanx Nick :) - Kiwi-Girl, Jul 28, 2011

thank you for your help. I will update my list and start studying - shawn5, Aug 4, 2011

Well done :) - Kiwi-Girl, Aug 4, 2011