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Lessons are grouped by situation. Jump to: First conversations · Asking for help · At a café · Asking where · Practice basics
First conversations.
Introductions · complete lesson
Say hello and introduce yourself.
Greet someone, say your name and ask theirs.
- Hola. Me llamo Ana. Hello. My name is Ana.
- ¿Cómo te llamas? What is your name?
- Mucho gusto. Nice to meet you.
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Plan Day 1 · Plan Day 3 · Greetings guide
Introductions · family
Start a family conversation.
Say hello and ask how someone is. ¿Cómo estás? is familiar; with someone you address formally, use ¿Cómo está?
- Hola, ¿cómo estás? Hi, how are you?
- Bien, gracias. ¿Y tú? Fine, thank you. And you?
- Mucho gusto. Nice to meet you.
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Spanish for family · Plan Day 1
Asking for help when a reply is unclear.
Clarification
Ask someone to repeat or slow down.
Use a polite request when someone speaks quickly. Questions with puede use polite singular address (usted).
- Perdón. No entiendo. Sorry. I do not understand.
- ¿Puede repetir, por favor? Can you repeat, please?
- ¿Puede hablar más despacio, por favor? Can you speak more slowly, please?
Practise Day 2 of the plan
Repeat or slow down guide · Rescue Card
Clarification
Ask what a word means.
Keep an exchange going when one word is new, and say that you are learning.
- Estoy aprendiendo español. I am learning Spanish.
- ¿Qué significa esta palabra? What does this word mean?
- Gracias. Thank you.
At a café.
Café · travel
Order a coffee.
Ask for a drink with a polite request and answer a simple question.
- Un café, por favor. A coffee, please.
- ¿Algo más? Anything else?
- No, gracias. No, thank you.
Practise Dialogue 2 (Day 4)
Order coffee guide · Spanish for travel
Café · make it your own
Change the drink.
Swap one word in the café dialogue and practise both roles.
- Un té, por favor. A tea, please.
- Un vaso de agua, por favor. A glass of water, please.
- Aquí tiene. Here you are.
Open Day 4 of the plan
Worked café example on the Rescue Card
Asking where something is.
Asking where · travel and relocation
Ask where something is.
Practise one short everyday question. The task is to ask and ask for clarification, not to follow full directions yet.
- ¿Dónde está la estación? Where is the station?
- ¿Dónde está el baño? Where is the bathroom?
- ¿Dónde está la farmacia? Where is the pharmacy?
Practise Day 5 of the plan
First trip phrases · Moving abroad
Asking where · combine
Ask, then clarify.
Put two days together: ask a question, then ask for repetition if the imagined reply is unclear.
- Perdón. ¿Dónde está la estación? Excuse me. Where is the station?
- No entiendo. I do not understand.
- ¿Puede repetir, por favor? Can you repeat, please?
Practice basics.
Practice basics
Build your own two-phrase routine.
Choose two phrases for a situation that matters to you and plan ten minutes around them.
- Un café, por favor. A coffee, please.
- ¿Puede repetir, por favor? Can you repeat, please?
Practice basics
Recall five phrases.
Look away and say each one in Spanish, then check. Revisit the ones you missed on another day.
- Hello · My name is… · A coffee, please
- Where is the station? · Can you repeat, please?
Start here
Try a greeting right now.
| Spanish | English |
|---|---|
| Hola. | Hello. |
| Me llamo Ana. | My name is Ana. |
| ¿Cómo te llamas? | What is your name? |
Make it yours.
Replace Ana with your name.
Say “Me llamo” and then your own name.
Read the phrases aloud.
Check the English as you go.
Cover the examples and try again.
Then look back and check.
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The name question uses familiar tú. A polite form, ¿Cómo se llama?, suits more formal situations.
A simple way to practise
Three easy steps.
Choose one useful task.
Pick a situation that matches your goals or a moment in your day.
Read, then try from memory.
Study the example, cover it and say the phrases out loud.
Check and repeat another day.
Come back, try again and revisit the phrases you missed.
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7 Day Spanish Starter Plan
Seven short tasks, two dialogues and a printable tracker.
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Conversation Rescue Card
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10 Minute Practice Planner
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