99 Ways To Speak Spanish Right Now!

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1 99 Ways To Speak Spanish Right Now! 99 Ways To Speak Spanish Right Now! The US Army Special Forces (Green Berets), it s mandatory that all Special Forces soldiers attend a language school and learn a language orientated towards the Special Forces Group they are assigned. Each Special Forces Group is assigned a particular part of the world. For example, 7 th Special Forces Group, their Area of Operations is Central America, South America and immediate surrounding areas. So 7 th Special Forces Group sends their Special Forces soldiers to schools to learn languages like Spanish, Portuguese, French, Dutch, My languages when assigned to 7 th Special Forces Group was Spanish and French when I was assigned to 5 th Special Forces Group (see Blog Post below to learn some French like right now). So with all the language training and experiences with Spanish, I d thought I d share it with you. The 99 Ways To Speak Spanish Right Now! is taken directly from my Survival Book - "How To Learn Spanish Fast!" - 3,399 Ways To Speak Spanish Instantly! OK, let s start learning some Spanish like right now. Below, on the left-side are the Spanish words with their translation and on the right is how to pronounce it. 1

2 On the right of each Spanish word is the spelled-out phonetic version. PRETEND you re speaking it out in English so to pronounce it in Spanish. Like the Spanish word Algo. Algo means something. To pronounce it, say the 02 words All Go. Good, you just said the word something in Spanish. OK, here are several more examples before we start some simple common everyday Spanish sentences. 1 st Note: When you see words CAPITALIZED segments, that means it is accented. Say it harder, say it louder than the rest of the word. 2 nd Note: The letter r had a d sound to it. But even if you don t prounounce the d sound, don t worry, they ll still understand you. Agua (water) = Ah gwa Algo (something) = all go Alguien (anybody, somebody) = all gee en Anteojos (eye glasses) = on tay oh hos Armas (firearms, weapons) = ar mas Atrás (back, behind) = ah TRAS Beber (to drink) = bay bair Buscando (looking for) = boo skawn dough Caballo (horse) = caw by yo Café (coffee) = kaw FAY 2

3 Cálmate (you calm down) = CALL maw tay Camarones (shrimp) = caw maw rohn ness Casa (house) = caw saw Cerca (near) = sare kaw Chico (kid, boy) = chee koh Comer (to eat) = Koe mare Conmigo (with me) = kohn me go Cuchillo (knife) = koo chee oh Dame (give me) = daw may Déjame (leave me, let me) = DAY haw may Día (day) = DEE ah Diablo (devil, hell) = dee ah blow Dios (God) = dee ohs Docena (dozen) = dough say naw Enviaste (did you send) = en vee ah stay Fuego (fire) = fway go Gato (cat) = gaw thow Gente (people) = hen tay 3

4 Gracias (thank you) = graw see ahs Hablaste (did you talk) = ha blah stay Haciendo (doing) = haw see n dow Helado (frozen, cold, ice cream) = hay law dough Hueso (bone) = way so Langosta (lobster) = lawn go stah LLamar (to call) = yah mar Lo siento (I m sorry, I feel it) = low see n tow Mal (bad) = mall Me (me) = (may) Mi (my) = mee Mujer (woman) = moo hair Nada (nothing) = naw daw Nadar (to swim) = naw dar Nadie (nobody) = naw dee a Oso (bear) = oh so Ocupado (busy, occupied) = Ah coo paw dough Padre (father) = paw dray 4

5 Pan (bread, toast) = pawn Película (movie) = pay LICK oo lah Perro (dog) = paydd ddoh (roll the ddd sound) Pistola (pistol) = pee stow lah Pobre (poor) = poh bray Por fin (finally, at last) = poor feen Preguntaste (you asked, questioned) = pray goon tah stay Puedo (I can) = pway dough Respirar (to breathe) = ress pee dar Salchichas (hot dog, sausage) = sal chee chaws Sólo.(alone) = SO low Soy (I am) = soy (as in soy bean) Teléfono (telephone) = the LEY foe know Tenemos (we have) = tay nay mohs Tengo (I have) = tango (as in dancing) Trabajo (work. I work) = trah baw hoe) Tuviste (you ve had) = too vee stay Vamos (we go, let s go) = vah mos 5

6 Vinimos (we came) = vee nee mos Now that you had a taste of pronouncing some Spanish words, here are 99 every day common Spanish sentences. These every day common Spanish sentences were taken from popular movies, TV shows and bi-lingual books in my private library. And it s all consolidated in my book How To Learn Spanish Fast - 3,399 Ways To Speak Spanish Instantly! OK, let s get started. Can I help you? Puedo ayudarle? Can we talk? Podemos hablar? Can you help us? Puede ayudarnos? C mon, sit ven, siéntate. Congratulations Felicitaciones. Could I use your telephone?--- Podriá usar su teléfono? Could you do me a favor? Me haría un favor? Count me in cuenten conmigo. Damn it maldita sea. Did he (dog) bite you? Te mordió? Did I scare you? te asusté? Didn t I tell you to get out of here? No le dije que se fuera? 6

7 Did you hear that? Oíste eso? Does anyone speak English?---- Alguien habla inglés? Doesn t matter no importa. Don t speak so fast no hable tan de prisa. Don t worry tranquilo. Don t worry about it no te preocupes. Do you eat fish? Comes pescado? Do you hear me? Me oyes? Do you know how to swim? Sabe usted nadar? Do you speak English? Habla usted Inglés? Do you understand? Entiendes? Do you want more coffee? Quiere usted mas café? Do you want to go? Quieres ir? Everyone keeps telling me I m crazy todos me dicen que estoy loco. Everything is fine todo está bien. Excuse me disculpe. Fifty dollars cincuenta dólares. 7

8 Finish eating? Termina de comer? Fire! Everybody get out!-----fuego! Salgan todos! Follow me síganme. Forget about it olvídalo. From time to time de vez en cuando. Get the hell out vete de aquí. Get out of my way! fuera de mi camino! Give me that dame eso. Go back to work vete a trabajar. God bless you Dios te bendiga. Good afternoon buenas tardes. Good luck buena suerte. Good morning! buenos días! Good night buenas noches. Good question buena pregunta. Go this way vaya usted por aquí. Go to hell vete al diablo. Hang on a minute un momento. 8

9 Haven t seen you in a while.--tanto tiempo. Have you seen any good movies? Has visto alguna película buena? He died se murió. He knows what he s doing.-----el sabe lo que está haciendo. He ll be OK Èl va a estar bien. Hello Aló. Hello (phone)? Diga? Help me! auxilio! Help me! ayúdenme! Here we go again aquí vamos de nuevo. Here you go aquí tiene. He s a jerk es un idiota. He / she just left acaba de irse. He s upstairs, sleeping está arriba, durmiendo. Hey, fatso oye, gordito. Hey, shut up oiga, cállese. Hold it right there párate ahí. 9

10 How about a avocado salad?---- Qué tal una ensalada de aguacate? How about a cold beer? Qué tal una cerveza fría? How about a plate of bacon and eggs? Qué tal un plato de tocino y huevos? How can I help you? Cómo puedo ayudarle? How did you know? Cómo lo supo usted? How do I get to this address?----- Cómo se va a esta dirección? How much does it cost? Cuánto cuesta? How we doing on time? Cómo estamos con la hora? I can t afford that no puedo pagar tanto. I can t believe it! no puedo creerlo! I can t read that you fool.---no puedo leer eso, idiota. I didn t say anything no dije nada. I have a toothache tengo dolor de muelas. I have to go to the bathroom.----tengo que ir al baño. I like to eat spaghetti me gusta comer pasta. I m busy estoy ocupado. I m going to take a nap voy a tomar una siesta. 10

11 I m so sorry lo siento mucho. I said sit down and shut up. Now.-----Dije que te sientes y te calles. Ahora. I think I ll get going creo que major me voy. It s dangerous es peligroso. It was an accident fue un accidente. I want a hamburger yo quiero una hamburguesa. I wasn t talking to you no le hablaba a usted. Let me ask you something.-----déjame preguntarte algo. Look who s here mira quién está aquí. May I have a menu, please?---- Déme el menu, por favor. My back is killing me mi espalda me está matando. My God. How did you do that?--dios mío. Cómo lo hiciste? No Entry Prohibída La Entrada. Not at all para nada. Not so fast no tan de prisa. No way! no puede ser! Now what? Ahora qué? Of course por supuesto. 11

12 Oh, now I understand ah, ya entiendo. Open the window. It s hot.---abre la ventanilla. Hace calor. 12

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