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| INTRODUCTION |
| In today’s lesson, we’ll introduce you to a phrase that will provide you with the tools to meet the people around you. |
| GRAMMAR POINT |
| One of the great things about traveling is the people you will meet. So today, we’ll introduce you to the phrases that will allow you to meet many Spanish natives. |
| In Spanish, “How do you do?” is ¿Cómo le va? |
| ¿Cómo le va? |
| Let’s break it down by syllable: ¿Có-mo le va? |
| Now, let’s hear it once again, ¿Cómo le va? |
| The first word, cómo, means “how.” |
| Let’s break down this word and hear it one more time: có-mo. |
| And cómo. |
| This is followed by le, which is the respectful form for “to you.” |
| le |
| One more time, le. |
| Finally, we have va, which literally means “it goes.” |
| va |
| One more time, va. |
| So all together, we have ¿Cómo le va? |
| Literally, this means “How does it go to you?” but means “How do you do?” |
| Now, for the next phrase, we’ll need a name, so I will use mine. |
| In Spanish, “I am David” is Soy David. |
| Soy David. |
| Let’s break it down by syllable: Soy Da-vid. |
| Now, let’s hear it once again, Soy David. |
| The first word, soy, means “I am.” |
| soy |
| This is followed by the name, in this case, David. |
| So, all together, we have - Soy David. |
| Literally, this means, “I am David.” |
| And finally, “Nice to meet you.” In Spanish, this is - Encantado de conocerte. |
| Encantado de conocerte. |
| Let’s break it down by syllable: En-can-ta-do de co-no-cer-te. |
| And now, let’s hear it once again, Encantado de conocerte. |
| The first word, encantado means “please.” |
| Let’s break down this word and hear it one more time: en-can-ta-do. |
| And encantado. |
| This is followed by de, which means “of.” |
| de |
| Finally, we have conocerte, which means “to mee you.” |
| Let’s break down this word, co-no-cer-te. |
| And let’s hear it once again, conocerte. |
| So all together, we have - Encantado de conocerte. |
| Encantado de conocerte is the informal version for the phrase “nice to meet you.” |
| Remember, in Spanish, we have two verbs used when speaking with someone. |
| Tú is the casual version and usted is the respectful one. |
| If you are speaking with someone you have to show respect, it’s recommended to use the respectful form, usted, which is - Encantado de conocerle. |
| Encantado de conocerle. |
| Notice the difference: |
| Encantado de conocerte (for casual situations). |
| And Encantado de conocerle (for respectful situations). |
| If you want to be sure you would always use the right form, you can just say encantado, which is a short form valid for any situation. |
| encantado |
Outro |
|---|
| Okay, to close out today’s lesson, we'd like for you to practice what you've just learned. I'll provide you with the English equivalent of the phrase and you are responsible for saying it aloud. You’ll have a few seconds before I give you the answer, so buena suerte, that means “good luck” in Spanish. |
| Okay, here we go! |
| “How do you do?” - ¿Cómo le va? |
| ¿Cómo le va? |
| ¿Cómo le va? |
| “I am David.” - Soy David. |
| Soy David. |
| Soy David. |
| (Informal) “Nice to meet you.” - Encantado de conocerte. |
| Encantado de conocerte. |
| Encantado de conocerte. |
| (Respectful) “Nice to meet you.” - Encantado de conocerle. |
| Encantado de conocerle. |
| Encantado de conocerle. |
Comments
HideHola Ly,
Claro que si!
Please let us know if you have any questions.
Sigamos practicando.
Saludos,
Carla
Team SpanishPod101.com
Can we say "mucho gusto" instead of "encantado de conocerte"?
Hola Faéz,
Thank you for your comment.
The correct way is ¿Cómo te va? And ¿Cómo te vas? Means "how would you leave?"
Sigamos practicando!
Saludos,
Carla
Team SpanishPod101.com
¡Hola a todos!
What is the informal version of "¿Cómo le va?". Is it "¿Cómo te va?" or "¿Cómo te vas?".
I've seen both versions i.e. "¿Cómo te va?" and "¿Cómo te vas?". What's the difference?
Muchas gracias,
Faéz
Hola Connie,
Thank you for sharing with other students your experience.
I believe this will only work for MAC users.
Sigamos practicando!
Saludos,
Carla
Team SpanishPod101.com
Hi Nikki Delgado. For the accent over a letter, pause your finger over the letter, or hold your finger on the letter until a little box appears next to it with the accent choices. Drag your finger to the accent you want to use. It changes e to é and o to ó. It works with !¡ and ?¿ also.
Hola David,
Thanks for posting
"encantado" (charmed) is the masculine form of the adjective.
For a female speaker the sentence would be: "Encantada de conocerte".
Please also check out this grammar point on adjectives gender:
https://www.spanishpod101.com/learningcenter/reference/grammar/13?
Feel free to let us know if you have any questions.
Cristiane
Team Spanishpod101.com
When saying 'Encantado de conocerte', is encantado based on gender or that is used for both males or females?
Hola Nikki,
Thank you for your comment.
Well it depends in which computer system you are using, but basically what yo need to do is add a new keyboard language in your preferences.
Though, if you don't want to do this, you can always use an online keyboard. Please review the link below.
http://spanish.typeit.org
Saludos,
Carla
Team SpanishPod101.com
Good lesson, some useful phrases. I would like to know how to do the o with the line on the top for Spanish como as I think I may keep getting marked down if I cannot do this.
Thanks