Spanish Resources

 

If you are serious about learning Spanish,

you should check out The English-Spanish Audio Project,

which allows you to speak directly to your

teacher during your lessons.

 

English-to-Spanish-to-English translator

 

Spanish verb conjugator

 

SOME USEFUL SPANISH WORDS & PHRASES

 

WARNING: Suddenly my site builder won't recognize

upside-down question marks or accented letters, so

I had to leave them out. Sorry about that-

 

BASICS

No entiendo I don't understand

No comprendo I don't comprehend

Entiendo I understand

Comprendo I comprehend

Por favor Please

Gracias Thank you

De nada You're welcome

Usted entiende? Do you understand?

Comprende?Do you comprehend?

Como se dice-en espanol? How do you say-in Spanish?

Como se llama esto? What do you call this?

Hable lentamente, por favor Speak slowly, please

Mas despacio More slowly

Repita, por favor Please repeat

Otra vez Again

 

INTRODUCTIONS

Mucho gusto Nice to meet you

Necesito hablar con- I need to speak with-

Habla ingles? Do you speak English?

Hay alguien aqui quien habla ingles?

Is there anybody here who speaks English?

Mi espanol no es muy bueno My Spanish is not very good

Estoy intentando aprender mas I am trying to learn more

Hablo poquito espanol I speak a little Spanish

Necesito su ayuda I need your help

Ayudeme, por favor  Help me, please

Soy el investigador para el abogado de defense

I am the investigator for the defense attorney

Soy- I am-

Me llamo- I am called-

Mi nombre es- My name is-

Como se llama usted? What is your name?

Cual es su nombre? What's your name?

Trabajo para su abogado I work for your attorney

Trabajo para el abogado de [Juan] I work for [John's] attorney

 

QUESTIONS

Digame todo Tell me everything

Quisiera-I would like-

Necesito- I need-

Quiero- I want-

Deseo- I want-

-hacerle una pregunta to ask you a question

-hacerle algunas preguntas to ask you some questions

Tengo algunas preguntas I have some questions

Tengo preguntas para usted I have questions for you

Puedo hacerle algunas preguntas? May I ask you some questions?

Quien? Who?

De quien? Whose?

Que? What?

Con que? With what?

Cuando? When?

En cuando? At what time?

Que dia? What day?

Donde? Where?

Por que? Why?

Como? How?

Cual? Which?

Con quien? With who?

Quien estaba alli? Who was there?

Que paso? What happened?

Quepaso despues? What happened next?

Cuando paso? When did it happen?

A que hora? At what time?

Donde paso? Where did it happen?

Por que estaba usted alli? Why were you there?

Cual es el significado del ["?"]?  What does ["?"] mean?

Cuanta gente habia?  How many people were there?

Adonde fueron? Where did they go?

Quien era el lider?  Who was the leader?

Usted vio una arma? Did you see a weapon?

cuchillo knife

arma weapon/gun

pistola pistol

rifle rifle

Vaya a la derecha [izquierda]  Go to the right [left]

Vio algo raro? Did you see anything strange?

Donde estaba? Where were you?

Que vio? What did you see?

Puede dar una descripcion? Can you give a description?

Sabe quien lo hizo? Do you know who did it?

Sabe quien estaba alli? Do you know who was there?

Sabe quien vio lo que paso? Do you know who saw what happened?

Estaba oscuro? Was it dark?

Hay algo mas? Is there anything else?

 

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