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: Greeting and introducing oneself in Spanish
Listening Activity No.2: Making friends in Spanish
Key phrases and questions in the conversation:
- Voy a llegar tarde… means “I’ll be late”
- No me fijé… means “I didn’t notice”
- ¿Por qué la prisa?… means “¿Why are you in a hurry?”