1. Aim: Express greetings and farewells and words of politeness in Spanish.

2. When greeting someone it is customary to shake hands. Many people also exchange a kiss on the cheek or a hug. The greeting changes with the time of the day.

3. Hola.

4. Buenos días is used in the morning.

5. Buenas tardes is used in the afternoon and early evening.

6. Buenas noches is used at night.

7. Despedidas=Farewells

8. Adiós

9. Hasta mañana means “until tomorrow”

10. Hasta luego Means: “see you later”

11. HASTA LA VISTA! See you soon!

12. Te veo: See ya!

14. Introducing ourselves in Spanish.

15. If you want to find out someone’s name you can ask:

16. ¿Cómo te llamas?

17. To answer that question you say: Me llamo _________ (My name is ______)

18. If you want to find out a person’s name you don’t know you can ask someone:

19. ¿Cómo se llama? “What is his or her name?”

20. “Encantado” which is one way to say nice to meet you!

21. Boys: You have to use the form: Encantado

22. Girls: You say “Encantada”

23. You can also say “es un placer” which means “it’s a pleasure”

24. Or you can say also “Mucho gusto” which means “Nice to meet you”

25. You can respond to “Nice to meet you” also by saying: “El gusto es mío.” which means: The pleasure is all mine.

26. Some words of politeness you should know

28. De nada

29. Salud

31. Permiso/Perdón

32. BUENA SUERTE!!

33. NOW WHAT? Classwork: WITH A PARTNER WRITE A COMPLETE CONVERSATION ON A SHEET OF PAPER.