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Table of Contents
Greetings ................................................................................................................ 2 Getting Acquainted ................................................................................................ 2 We are family!........................................................................................................ 3 How old are you? ................................................................................................... 4 Numbers................................................................................................................. 4 Days of the week.................................................................................................... 4 Telling time ............................................................................................................ 5 Exclamations! ......................................................................................................... 5 Expressions of Courtesy ......................................................................................... 5 I Dont Understand! ............................................................................................... 5 Saying Goodbye ..................................................................................................... 6 Are you hungry? ..................................................................................................... 6 Words for the workplace ....................................................................................... 7 Parts of the House ................................................................................................. 8 Expressions for the Workplace .............................................................................. 8 Im a Doctor! .......................................................................................................... 8 Parts of the Body: .................................................................................................. 8 Doctor Patient Inquiry Questions: ...................................................................... 9 Patient Complaints:................................................................................................ 9 Symptoms and Illnesses: ........................................................................................ 9 A Brief List of Medical Supplies:........................................................................... 10 A Quick Lesson on Verbs ...................................................................................... 10 Useful Irregular Verbs Conjugated in the Present Tense..................................... 11 Present Participle ................................................................................................. 12 Adjectives Adjectivos ........................................................................................ 12
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Greetings
Hello. Good Morning! Good Afternoon! Good Night! What is your name? (formal) Hola. Buenos Das! Buenas tardes! Buenas noches! How Are You? Cmo ests? Qu fu? Qu pas? Qu tal?
Cmo se llama usted? What's your name? (informal) Cmo te llamas? Me llamo Mara. Mucho gusto. El gusto es mo. Permtame presentar a Juan.
Very well thank you, and you? Muy bien! Gracias! Y Usted? Im thirsty. Im hungry. Im hot. I have pain Im tired. Tengo sed. Tengo hambre. Tengo calor. Tengo dolor Estoy cansado (a)
My name is Mary. I'm very pleased to meet you. The pleasure is mine. Allow me to introduce John.
To ask someone if they feel thirsty, hungry, etc. change the verb tengo to tiene (pronounced teeyen-ay). Example: Tiene hambre? Are you hungry?
Getting Acquainted
Where are you from? Im from the United States. Are you a student? Yes! I am studying De dnde eres? Soy de los Estados Unidos. Eres un estudiante? Si! Estoy estudiando arte biologia negocios quimica educacin ingenieria geografia desarrollo international Marketing Psychology Writing What do you do? (Occupation) I am Artist Business man/woman Dentist Doctor Engineer Government employee Lawyer marketing sicologia escritura En qu se dedica su trabajo? En qu trabaja? Soy un artista hombre/una mujer de negocios un dentista un doctor un ingeniero el empleado del gobierno un abogado
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Teacher Therapist
Perhaps youre a dancer or a singer or a sports fanatic. Talking about common interests is a great way to get to know someone! What do you like to do in your free time? Qu te gusta hacer in su tiempo libre?
Gustar- to like
I like I like Examples: Me gustan las manzanas. Nos gusta la pelicula. Me gusta Me gustan (one thing) (more than one thing)
We are family!
Wherever you travel in Central America, youll find that many people are very family oriented. Family sizes, traditions, and characteristics are all great topics of get to know you conversations. Mi or Mis preceeds a singular and plural pronoun respectfully. Mother Father Brother Madre Padre Hermano Sister Daughter Son Hermana Hija Hijo
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Numbers
How much? Zero One Two Three Four Five Six Seven Eight Nine Ten Eleven Twelve Thirteen Fourteen Fifteen Sixteen Cero Uno/Una Dos Tres Cuatro Cinco Seis Siete Ocho Nueve Diez Once Doce Trece Catorce Quince Dieciseis Seventeen Eighteen Nineteen Twenty Twenty-one
Twenty-two
Thirty Forty Fifty Sixty Seventy Eighty Ninety One hundred Five hundred One thousand Five thousand
Treinta Cuarenta Cincuenta Sesenta Setenta Ochenta Noventa Cien/Ciento Quinientos Mil Cinco Mil
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La noche
Telling time
What time is it? At what time? Its one oclock. It is three oclock. It is three fifteen. It is three-thirty. Its five twenty. It is a quarter to five. Qu hora es? A qu hora? Es la una. Son las tres. Son las tres y cuatro. Son las tres y media. Son las cinco y viente Son las seis menos cuarto. -or- Son las cinco y cuartenta y cinco. el minuto la hora el da la semana el mes el ao
Exclamations!
Whether on the worksite, participating in activities in your free time or with the community or through simple conversation at the dinner table you may experience a moment where youll feel so full of emotion youll want to exclaim something. How Scary! I hate it! I love it! How Delicious! How funny! How Dirty! Thats it! Que susto! Lo odio! Me encanta! Que rico! Que chistoso! Que sucio! Eso es! Bless you! What a shame! Enjoy your meal! How cute/beautiful! How amusing! Of Course! Salud! Que lastima! Buen provecho! Que linda/hermosa! Que divertido! Por supuesto!
Expressions of Courtesy
Thank you very much. You're welcome. Yes, please. No, thank you. Pardon me. or Excuse me. Pardon me. or Excuse me. Muchas gracias. De nada. S, por favor. No, gracias. Perdn. (to seek someone's attention or forgiveness) Con permiso. (to ask permission to pass by someone)
I Dont Understand!
I dont speak Spanish. No hablo espaol.
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Saying Goodbye
Goodbye. See you later. See you tomorrow. See you Thursday. Adis. Hasta luego. Hasta maana. Hasta jueves.
Fruit
Apple Banana Grapefruit Juice Lemon/Lime Mango Orange Pineapple Strawberry
fruta
manzana platano toranja jugo limon mango naranja pia fresa
Dairy Products
Butter Cheese Cream Eggs
Fried Scrambled Soft boiled Hard boiled
Milk
leche
Vegetables
Avocado Beans Carrots Celery Corn
verduras
aguacate frijoles zanohorias apio elote
Starches
Bread Sweet rolls Toast Rice pan pan dulce tostada arroz
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Wine
vino
Dessserts
Cake Cookies/Crackers Ice cream Pastries
postres
pastel galletas helados pastel
Direction
Above After Around Backward Before Behind encima despues alrededor hacia atras antes detras de Beside Far Forward Higher Lower Near al lado de lejos adelante mas arriba mas bajo cerca
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Toward
hacia
Im a Doctor!
This section is for volunteers working with one of community healthcare projects or anyone who needs to see a doctor or describe an ailment. Im a Doctor! I need a doctor! Soy mdico! Necesito un mdico!
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Chest Chin Ear Elbow Eye Face Finger Foot Gland Hair Hand Head Heart Hip Kidney Knee Leg Lip Liver Lung
el pecho la barbilla la oreja el codo el ojo la cara el dedo el pie la glandula el pelo la mano la cabeza el corazn la cadera el rion la ridilla la pierna el labio el hgado el pulmn
Mouth Muscle Nail Neck Nose Rib Skin Shoulder Spine Spleen Stomach Throat Tongue Tooth Urine Waist Wrist
la boca el msculo la ua el uello la nariz la costilla la piel el hombro la espina el bazo el estmago la garganta la lengua el diente el orina el talle la mueca
Patient Complaints:
I feel bad. I have pain in my Me siento malo. Tengo dolor en mi
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Infection
una infeccin
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You learn He/She leanrs You learn We learn They learn You learn
aprend + es aprend + e aprend + e (singular formal) aprend + emos aprend + en aprend + en (plural formal) Commonly used IR Verbs viv + o viv + es viv + e viv + e (singular formal) viv + imos viv + en viv + en (plural formal)
To drink Beber To eat Comer To learn Aprender To understand Comprender To sell Vender Should, to owe Deber
Verbs ending in IR (to live: vivir) I live You live He/She lives You live We live They live You live Yo Tu El/Ella Usted Nos Ellos/Ellas Ustedes
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soy
eres
es
somos
son
Present Participle
The present participle is the ing verb form. (i.e. speaking, running) For AR verbs: Drop the ar and add ando to the infinitive as in estidiando (studying). For ER and IR verbs: Drop the er or the ir and add iendo to the infinitive as in comiendo (eating) or viviendo (living). Examples: Mariella is eating the black beans. Mariella est comiendo los frijoles negros. The boy enters the living room singing. El nino entra cantando la sala. * note: present participle verb forms (-iendo/-ando) are preceded by a helping verb- usually a form of the verb estar (to be).
Adjectives Adjectivos
A Able Absent Abundant Active Active (hyper) Agreeable Alike Alive All Alone Angelic Apart Applicable Appropriate Athletic B Bad Barely Beautiful Better Big Blessed hbil ausente abundante activo inquieto agradable parecido vivo todo solo anglico aparte aplicable apropiado atltico malo apenas hermoso major grande bendito Blond Bloody Bold Boring Broken Burnt Busy C Careful Cheap Clean Clear Closed Cloudy Cold Comfortable Comical Confused Content Correct Crazy rubio sangriento atrevido aburrido quebrado quemado ocupado cuidadoso barato limpio claro cerrado nublado fro cmodo cmico confundido contento correcto loco D Dangerous Dark-haired Dead Dear Decent Delicious Difficult Dignified Dirty Distrustful Dry E Elderly Elegant Elementary Empty Energetic Enormous Entertaining Excellent Exciting Expensive peligroso moreno muerto querido decente delicioso difcil digno sucio receloso seco
anciano elegante elemental vaco enrgico enorme divertido excelente emocionante caro
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F Fabulous Fantastic Far away Fat Feminine Few First Flat ground Flat Fleeting Flexible Foolish Foreign Free Fried Friendly Frozen Full G Generous Genius Glorious Good Grand Grateful grave, serious H Hairy Handmade Handsome Happy Happy Hard, difficult Harmful Heavy Honest Horrible Hot Humid Hungry I Ignorant
fabuloso fantstico lejano gordo femenino pocos primero llano plano pasajero flexible tonto extranjero gratis, libre frito amable helado lleno generoso genio glorioso bueno gran agradecido grave peludo hecho a mano guapo alegre feliz duro perjudicial pesado honesto horrible caliente hmedo hambriento
Impatient Impenetrable Important Improper Incomparable Incompetent Incomplete Inconvenient Incorrect Infectious Intelligent Interesting Invisible Irritable J Just, fair K Known L Lazy Logical Long Loose Loyal
impaciente impenetrable importante indebido incomparable incompetente incompleto inconveniente incorrecto infeccioso inteligente interesante invisible irritable
Older Open Optimistic Overflowing P Paid Parallel Particular Passed, gone Patient Pensive Perfect Permanent Persuasive Picturesque Playful Polite Poor Popular Preferred Pregnant Prepared Present Pretty Previous Private Privileged Pure Q Quiet, still Quirky R Rainy Rapid Reasonable Rebellious Recent Recognized Recommended Recyclable Red-haired Rich Ridiculous
justo
pagado paralelo particular pasado paciente pensativo perfecto permanente persuasivo pintoresco juguetn educado pobre popular preferido embarazada preparado epresente bonito anterior privado privilegiado puro quieto caprichoso
M Magnificent Manageable Many Marine Mean, not nice Melted Minimal Musical N Necessary New Nice O Old Old
magnfico manejable mucho marino antiptico fundido mnimo musical necesario nuevo simptico
ignorante
antiguo viejo
lluvioso rpido razonable rebelde reciente reconocido recomendable reciclable pelirrojo rico ridculo
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Ripe Romantic Rotten S Sad Safe Same Scarce Scary Seasick Select Selfish Serious Shameful Shocking Short (height) Short (length) Showy Sick Slow Small Small Smart, ready Smooth Soft
triste seguro mismo escaso espantoso mareado selecto egosta serio penoso chocante bajo corto llamativo enfermo lento chico pequeo listo liso suave
Solid Special Spent, worn out Spicy Spoken Sticky Strong Sweet T Tall, high Tasty Thick Thin Tired Together True Twisted U Ugly Unanimous Uncomfortable Uncovered Uneven, odd Unique, only
Unjust Unknown V Valiant Variety, varied W Washable Waxed Weak Welcome Wet Wicked Wireless Wise Wonderful Worried Written Y Young Younger Youthful
injusto desconocido
valiente varios
lavable encerado dbil bienvenido mojado malvado inalmbrico juicioso estupendo preocupado escrito joven menor juvenil
***An important note about adjective usage in Spanish: In Spanish, an adjective follows the noun it is describing. Example: Tengo un gato negro. I have a black cat. **Notice negro (black) follows gato (cat).
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Mission Statement
Bridges to Community, Inc. is a non-profit, community development organization which takes groups of volunteers to developing countries to work, learn and reflect. Through the process of living and working with local communities on construction, health and environmental projects, Bridges promotes crosscultural learning, a deepening awareness of our global interdependence, and a commitment to the common good. Bridges to Community 95 Croton Avenue Ossining, NY 10562 Tel: 914-923-2200 Fax: 914-923-8396 Email: info@bridgestocommunity.org
www.bridgestocommunity.org
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