In this section of the site you will learn several ways to greet someone, and hold a basic general conversation. This will cover learning their name, their age, where they are from, etc. After learning the material in this section, you will be able to go up and introduce yourself to a Spanish speaking person, and learn a little bit about them.

We'll start out with some easy greetings and farewells, then we'll move into some basic conversations.

¡Hola! (OH-lah) - Hi!
Bienvenidos (beeEHN-veh-NEE-dohs) - Welcome
Buenos días (BWEH-nohs DEE-ahs) - Good morning
Buenos tardes (BWEH-nohs TAHR-dehs) - Good afternoon
Buenos noches (BWEH-nohs NOH-chehs) - Good evening
¿Qué tal? (KEH TAHL) - How's it going?
¿Qué pasa? (KEH PAH-sah) - What's happening?
¿Cómo está usted? (KOH-moh eh-STAH oo-STEHD) - How are you?

Adiós (ah-deeOHS) - Goodbye
Hasta luego (AHS-tah looEH-goh) - See you soon
Hasta mañana (AHS-tah mah-NYAH-nah) - See you tomorrow
Que le vaya bien (KEH LEH VAH-yah beeEHN) - All the best
Vuelva pronto (vooEHL-vah PROHN-toh) - Come again soon
Hasta la próxima (AHS-tah LAH PROH-xee-mah) - Till next time
Ya es tarde (YAH EHS TAHR-deh) - It's pretty late
Muchisimas gracias (moo-CHEE-see-mas GRAH-see-ahs) - Thank you very much

With that out of the way, now we can slide into a basic conversation. Starting a conversation and getting to know a little bit about someone is the only way to meet new people. Here are a few different basic conversations for you to study. Remember that you can plug in your own information, or change the questions around to find out what you want to know in your own conversations. These are just template conversations to show how the flow of a conversation can go. We will start with a formal introduction conversation.

Buenos dias. - Good afternoon.
Buenos dias. Me llamo Smith. - Good afternoon. My name is Smith.
Mucho gusto el señor Smith. - Pleasure to meet you Mr. Smith.
Esta es el señor Jacobs. - This is Mr. Jacobs.
Mucho gusto el señor Jacobs. - Pleasure to meet you Mr. Jacobs.
El gusto es mio. - The pleasure is mine.

Now we will look at a more informal version.

¡Hola! ¿Qué tal? - Hi! How's it going?
Muy bien. ¿Cómo esta? - Very well. How are you?
Regular. ¿Cómo te llamas? - OK. What is your name?
Me llamo Maria. ¿Y tú? - My name is Maria. And you?
Me llamo Mark. - My name is Mark.
Mucho gusto Mark. - Pleasure to meet you Mark.
¿Cuánto tiene años? - How old are you?
Tengo viente años. - I am 20 years old.
¿Dónde tienes trabajo? - Where do you have a job?
En una tienda. - In a store.

There you have two examples of two different types of conversations. The first example was more formal than the second. This would be used in a business meeting, or when meeting someone of a higher authority than yourself. The second example would be used when meeting someone who is a peer, or someone you have met before.

These are both very basic conversations. They are here for you to see how a conversation flows, which is very much the same way an English conversation would go. Now you can take these two examples, and add or omit any phrases or questions you need to in order to get the information that you are after. You will learn many more phrases and questions to add into a conversation in the upcoming sections.