The most basic list of Spanish phrases for travellersMar 07 '01 Write an essay on this topic.The Bottom Line Practice these basic phrases, and think up clever ways to combine them, should you find yourself having a hard time being understood. I'll just get right into listing basic words/phrases that may be useful during a trip to Spain, with the assumption that you are someone that is uncomfortable with foreign language, who doesn't want to "learn" alot, and just needs the basics. All pronunciations I've written are geared for the native English speaker. Say the Spanish exactly how it looks. While Spanish colloquialisms vary from country to country, most of these phrases would serve you well in any Spanish-speaking country. Also note that, due to complications in some of the translation (as in the verb "to be"), and so as to not overburden you, some of my Spanish translations are not EXACTLY correct, but the person you are speaking to should understand you nonetheless, while realizing that you are "just a tourist"... Again, my goal is to make this as simple and basic for you as possible. ENGLISH/ SPANISH yes /see no /no please /pour fah-VORE thank you / GRAH-see-as and / ee or / oh excuse me /dee-SCHOOL-pay I don't understand / no com-PREN-doe do you speak English? / AH-blah een-GLAYS? passport / PAH-sa-POR-tay train / tren car / KO-chay flight / VWAY-lo airport / EYE-ro-PWAIR-to ticket / bee-YAY-tay arrives at ... / YAY-ga a ... leaves at ... / SAH-lay a.... (for time, draw a clock with hands, or have them do it...) towards, in the direction of... / a-SEE-ah one.....ten / OOH-no, dos, trace, QUA-tro, SINK-o, sais, see-EH-tay, O-cho, new-AY-vay, DEE-ez a table for.... /OOH-na MAY-sah pour... person, people /per-SO-nah,per-SO-nahs a room /oon QUAR-to shower /DOO-chah bathroom (toilet) /BAHN-yo (vay-say) open,closed /ah-bee-AIR-to,sair-AH-doe right,left /de-RAY-cha,ees-key-AIR-dah this,that /ES-to,ES-o here,there /ah-KEY,ah-YEE where is...? /DAWN-day es-TAH...? at what time...? /a kay OR-rah? what is...? /kay es...? how much...? /QUAN-to...? does it contain meat? /con-tee-EN-aye KAR-nay? does it contain milk? /" " LAY-chay? does it contain cheese? /" " KAY-so? butter /mahn-teh-KEY-yah salt /sal creme /KRAY-ma the bill (restaurant) /la QUEN-tah (it) begins at... /ko-me-EN-sza ah... (it) ends at ... /tear-me-NAH ah ... (again, you can draw a clock with hands for time) I am /yo soy we are /no-SO-tros SO-mos I would like (want) /kee-see-AIR-ah we would like (want) /kee-see-AIR-ah-mose sick /en-FAIR-mo tired /kahn-SAH-do pharmacy /far-ma-SEE-ah happy /fay-LEASE sad /TREE-stay post office /ko-RRRAY-oh  |
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