This practical lesson will test your ability to understand and listen to different ways to introduce yourself and others in Spanish. We will go back to basic expressions such as “Me llamo…” and practice greetings as well. The lesson includes two basic Spanish listening activities with interactive quizzes, one of them about making friends in Spanish. Let’s start…
Vocabulary review: Spanish Introductions – Las presentaciones
Greetings and introductions are the easiest and most useful phrases for making new friends in Spanish – hacer nuevos amigos. We will ask you to watch this short video in order to introduce the basic vocabulary for this lesson and understand the listening activities. The video is only in Spanish so it is a great opportunity for listening practice as well. It introduces basic greetings and Spanish introductions, plus some very interesting examples.
Listening Activity No.1: Answering to Spanish greetings and introductions
The first listening activity consists of some basic questions and answers related to Spanish introductions and greetings. All you need to do is listen to the recording and then drag the right answer for each of the questions.
Listening Activity No.2: Making friends in Spanish – Haciendo amigos
Key phrases and questions in the conversation:
1. Voy a llegar tarde… means “I’ll be late”
2. No me fijé… means “I didn’t notice”
3. ¿Por qué la prisa?… means “¿Why are you in a hurry?”
Nancy: Oye, ten cuidado… se te cayó uno de los libros.
Marcos: Muchas gracias, no me fijé.
Nancy: Está bien. ¿Cómo te llamas? Te he visto antes en la universidad.
Marcos: Me llamo Marcos, ¿y tú?
Nancy: Mucho gusto Marcos. Yo soy Nancy. Dime Marcos, ¿Por qué la prisa?
Marcos: Es que voy a llegar tarde a mi clase de filosofía.
Nancy: ¿En serio? Yo también voy a mi clase de filosofía. ¿Cómo se llama tu profesor?
Marcos: Se llama Alan. ¿Lo conoces?
Nancy: Si claro, él también será mi profesor este semestre. ¡Mucho gusto de nuevo compañero de clases!
Marcos: ¡Encantado de conocerte Nancy!