Basic Spanish Words
These words appear in almost every Spanish sentence. Knowing them makes the rest of the language easier to follow.
The first ten
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sí
see
-
yes
-
no
noh
-
no, not
-
por favor
por fah-VOR
-
please
-
gracias
GRAH-syahs
-
thank you
-
quizás
kee-SAHS
-
maybe
tal vez means the same
-
perdón
pehr-DOHN
-
sorry
-
bueno
BWEH-noh
-
good
-
malo
MAH-loh
-
bad
-
muy
mwee
-
very
-
un poco
oon POH-koh
-
a little
People
-
yo
yoh
-
I
-
tú
too
-
you
Informal
-
usted
oos-TEHD
-
you
Formal
-
él
el
-
he
-
ella
EH-yah
-
she
-
nosotros
noh-SOH-trohs
-
we
-
ellos
EH-yohs
-
they
Small words that hold a sentence together
-
y
ee
-
and
Becomes e before a word starting with i
-
o
oh
-
or
-
pero
PEH-roh
-
but
-
también
tam-BYEN
-
also
-
con
kohn
-
with
-
sin
seen
-
without
-
aquí
ah-KEE
-
here
-
allí
ah-YEE
-
there
-
ahora
ah-OH-rah
-
now
Everyday things
-
el agua
el AH-gwah
-
water
Feminine, but takes el to avoid two a sounds colliding
-
la comida
lah koh-MEE-dah
-
food
-
la casa
lah KAH-sah
-
house
-
el amigo
el ah-MEE-goh
-
friend
la amiga for a female friend
-
grande
GRAHN-deh
-
big
-
pequeño
peh-KEH-nyoh
-
small
Two things to notice early
Every noun is either masculine or feminine, and the article tells you which: el for masculine, la for feminine. Learn la casa rather than casa.
No does double duty. On its own it means no, and in front of a verb it means not: No hablo español, I do not speak Spanish.
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