Explanation

Quick Answer

¡Hola!Learn how to greet people at different times of the day and talk about common beverages in this article and the skill above!

Vocabulary

Let's start off with the words and phrases in this skill!

SpanishEnglish
yes
no
no
un café
a coffee
agua
water
cómo
how
qué
what
quiero
I want
quieres
you want

Phrases

Here are some of the phrases used in this skill!

SpanishEnglish
Buenos días.
Good morning.
Buenas tardes.
Good afternoon.
¿Cómo estás?
How are you?
Estoy bien.
I'm fine.
Estoy mal.
I'm unwell.
¿Qué quieres?
What do you want?
¿Quieres un café?
Do you want a coffee?
Quiero un café.
I want a coffee.
Quiero agua.
I want water.

Remember to write an accent on the words , café, cómo, qué, días, and estás.

In Spanish, questions use both closing and opening punctuation. For example:

examples

¿Qué quieres?
What do you want?

Verbs

In this skill, you learned how to use the verbs estar(to be) and querer(to want) to say how you are feeling and talk about what you want to drink. Let's review the conjugations you learned!

Estar

SpanishEnglish
(yo) estoyI am
(tú) estásyou are

Querer

SpanishEnglish
(yo) quieroI want
(tú) quieresyou want

The combination qu is pronounced like the letter "k" in English. So, remember to say quiero(kyeh-roh) , not kweh-roh!

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