# 11. Useful Greetings & Farewells

- **Time range:** 00:40:50 – 00:43:53  (duration 00:03:03)
- **Source:** [A Complete Guide To Every Fundamental In Spanish (The Conclusion)](https://youtube.com/watch?v=YHDZSHCt1DE&t=2450s)

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> Spanish Greetings & Farewells:

**[00:40:51]** phrases in Spanish used for greetings and farewells some of which are useful and some of which are kind of pointless and in this video I'd like to present to you what phrases are the best to use when saying greetings and farewells in Spanish bi Veno is probably the most

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> Spanish Greetings & Farewells: bienvenido

**[00:41:03]** popular greeting there is which literally translates as welcome if you

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> Spanish Greetings & Farewells: bienvenido welcome

**[00:41:06]** break the word apart you'll get bienn in

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> Spanish Greetings & Farewells: bien / venido

**[00:41:08]** venido bienn means well and venido means

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> Spanish Greetings & Farewells: bien / venido well

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> Spanish Greetings & Farewells: bien / venido well come

**[00:41:11]** come which is a form of speech taken

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> Spanish Present Perfect: haber venido to have come

**[00:41:13]** from the present perfect Abed Veno to have come and if you take that word Veno

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> Spanish Present Perfect: haber venido to have come

**[00:41:17]** and combine it with B you get bi Veno

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> Spanish Greetings & Farewells: bienvenido

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> Spanish Greetings & Farewells: bienvenido it's well to have come

**[00:41:20]** it's well to have come or wellcome and

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> Spanish Greetings & Farewells: bienvenido welcome

**[00:41:22]** if you're referring to more than one person you can also say bi venos buenos

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> Spanish Greetings & Farewells: bienvenidos welcome

**[00:41:26]** Das literally translat as good days and the ending of Buenos perfectly corresponds to the ending of Das because it's pluralized in masculine but mainly speaking buenos dias is used more as

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> Spanish Greetings & Farewells: buenos dias good morning

**[00:41:36]** good morning rather than good days you

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> Spanish Greetings & Farewells: buenas noches goodnight

**[00:41:38]** also have this phrase bu noes which is literally good nights or good night when

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> Spanish Greetings & Farewells:

**[00:41:42]** beginning a conversation in Spanish a person might begin the conversation by immediately saying kapasa which

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> Spanish Greetings & Farewells: éQueé pasa?

**[00:41:47]** translates as what's going on because

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> pasar - to go on/ to happen

**[00:41:49]** the verb Pasar can actually mean to go or to happen whenever somebody says

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> Spanish Greetings & Farewells: éQueé pasa? What's going on?

**[00:41:53]** kasasa they're literally saying what's going on or what's happening what's

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> Spanish Greetings & Farewells: éQueé pasa? What's going on? What's happening?

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> Spanish Greetings & Farewells: What's happening?

**[00:41:57]** happening can also be rephrased asando

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> Spanish Greetings & Farewells: What's happening? éQué esta pasando?

**[00:42:00]** using the present progressive and we know that it's the present progressive

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> Spanish Greetings & Farewells: What's happening? éQué esta pasando?

**[00:42:03]** because it's using a conjugation of EST

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> Spanish Greetings & Farewells: What's happening? éQue esta pasando?

**[00:42:05]** and adds Ando at the end of the infinitive and as a matter of fact it's

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> Spanish Greetings & Farewells: What is happening? éQué esta pasando?

**[00:42:08]** the same way the sentence Works in English you can say or maybe if you want to get fancy you can sayal ketal literally translates

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> Spanish Greetings & Farewells: éQué tal?

**[00:42:16]** as what's such or what's the matter but

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> Spanish Greetings & Farewells: éQué tal? What's such? What's the matter?

**[00:42:18]** the meaning is mainly how are you and

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> Spanish Greetings & Farewells: éQué tal? How are you?

**[00:42:20]** the number one phrase that probably everybody heard when learning Spanish is K estas or KO estas which Lally translat

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> Spanish Greetings & Farewells: How are you? éCoOmo estas (tu)?

**[00:42:26]** as how are you and with this phrase we know to use the verb estar to ask

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> Spanish Greetings & Farewells: How are you? ~Como estas (tu)?

**[00:42:30]** someone about their well-being because the verb estar mainly applies to actions and emotions that are happening right now and so they're most likely to change in the future by answering this question

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> Spanish Greetings & Farewells: ~Como estas (tu)?

**[00:42:38]** you would say something like esto

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> Spanish Greetings & Farewells: ~Como estas (tu)? (Yo) estoy bien

**[00:42:40]** because you're indicating that you're feeling good or feeling well which explains why your answer will also use a conjugation of estar at last there's

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> Spanish Greetings & Farewells: (Muchas) Gracias Thank you (very much)

**[00:42:47]** gracias or muchas gracias which means thanks or thank you very much and if you want to sound polite you'll reply with

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> Spanish Greetings & Farewells: (Muchas) Gracias Thank you (very much) De nada

**[00:42:53]** Danada which means of nothing indicating

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> Spanish Greetings & Farewells: De nada Of nothing

**[00:42:55]** thank you very much and there is no need

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> Spanish Greetings & Farewells: De nada Of nothing No need to thank me

**[00:42:57]** to thank me but overall denada is mainly

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> Spanish Greetings & Farewells: De nada You are welcome

**[00:42:59]** used as you're welcome if you're leaving

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> Spanish Greetings & Farewells: Adios / Chau

**[00:43:01]** the conversation you might say something like adios or chiao both of which mean

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> Spanish Greetings & Farewells: Adios / Chau Goodbye

**[00:43:06]** by or goodbye but the word adios can actually be broken down into two words a

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> Spanish Greetings & Farewells: A/ Dids

**[00:43:11]** and dios which literally translates as

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> Spanish Greetings & Farewells: A/ Dios To God

**[00:43:13]** to God when Spanish was first originating as a language the expression to God meant to have a good farewell as in to God you go but the meaning changed

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> Spanish Greetings & Farewells: A/ Didés To God you go

**[00:43:20]** over time which resulted simply in goodbye there's also this phrase aista

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> Spanish Greetings & Farewells: Hasta la vista

**[00:43:25]** which is constructed using a preposition

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> Spanish Greetings & Farewells: Hasta la vista

**[00:43:27]** article and a noun and it literally translates as until the view or until

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> Spanish Greetings & Farewells: Hasta la vista Until the view/next time

**[00:43:31]** the next time I see you or more of a sophisticated and modern meaning would be see you later see you later can also

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> Spanish Greetings & Farewells: Hasta la vista See you later

**[00:43:36]** be said as aao which actually translates

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> Spanish Greetings & Farewells: See you later Hasta luego

**[00:43:39]** as until later you might have also seen

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> Spanish Greetings & Farewells: Hasta pronto

**[00:43:40]** this phrase ASA Pronto which translates

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> Spanish Greetings & Farewells: Hasta pronto Until soon

**[00:43:43]** as until soon but its Advanced definition means see you soon and finally hola means hello or hi po means

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> Spanish Greetings & Farewells: Hola - Hello/Hi Por Favor - Please Perdon - I'm sorry

**[00:43:49]** please and pdon is a polite way of saying I'm sorry the verb p in Spanish
