Learn how to give your e-mail address
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| Let's take a closer look at the conversation. |
| Do you remember how the civil servant says, |
| "Your e-mail address, please." |
| Su dirección de correo electrónico, por favor. |
| Let’s start with dirección de correo electrónico, "e-mail address." dirección de correo electrónico. |
| First is dirección. "Address." Dirección (enunciated). Dirección |
| In Spanish, all nouns have grammatical gender and are either singular or plural. Dirección is feminine and singular. |
| Next is de. "Of." De (enunciated). De. |
| Last we have the phrase correo electrónico. "e-mail." This literally means "electronic mail," but it translates as "e-mail." correo electrónico (enunciated). correo electrónico. |
| Together, it’s dirección de correo electrónico. Literally "address of electronic mail," but it translates as "e-mail address." dirección de correo electrónico. |
| Before this is su, meaning "your," in this formal context. Su (enunciated). Su. |
| Note su fundamentally means "his," "her" or "its," but it’s also a formal way to say "your" when speaking to someone directly using formal Spanish. |
| Now, you might be more familiar with tu, an informal word for "your," as in tu dirección de correo electrónico, "your e-mail address (informal)." As this is a city office setting, the formal form, su, is more appropriate. |
| All together, su dirección de correo electrónico, "your e-mail address." su dirección de correo electrónico. |
| Last is por favor, meaning "please." Por favor (enunciated). Por favor. |
| All together, it's Su dirección de correo electrónico, por favor. "Your e-mail address, please." |
| Su dirección de correo electrónico, por favor. |
| Remember this request. You’ll hear it again later. |
| Let’s take a closer look at the response. |
| Do you remember how Karen says, |
| "My e-mail address is karen@innolang.com." |
| Mi dirección de correo electrónico es karen@innolang.com (ka a erre e ene arroba innolang punto com). |
| Do you remember how to say "e-mail address?" |
| Dirección de correo electrónico. "E-mail address." Dirección de correo electrónico. |
| Before this is mi, "my." Mi (enunciated). Mi. |
| Together it’s, Mi dirección de correo electrónico, "my e-mail address." Mi dirección de correo electrónico. |
| Next is es, "is," as in "my e-mail address is." Es (enunciated). Es. |
| Es is from the verb ser, meaning "to be." Ser. |
| Together, it's Mi dirección de correo electrónico es… "My e-mail address is…" Mi dirección de correo electrónico es… |
| Next is Karen’s e-mail address, karen@innolang.com, spelled out: ka, a, erre, e, ene, arroba, innolang, punto com. |
| First is the name, Karen: ka, a, erre, e, ene. |
| Next is the "at sign", which is arroba in Spanish. Arroba (enunciated). Arroba. |
| After this is the domain, innolang, “innolang.” |
| And last is "dot com," punto com. |
| Together, it's: ka, a, erre, e, ene, arroba, innolang, punto com. karen@innolang.com. |
| All together it's: Mi dirección de correo electrónico es karen@innolang.com (ka a erre e ene arroba innolang punto com). |
| "My email address is karen@innolang.com." |
| Mi dirección de correo electrónico es karen@innolang.com (ka a erre e ene arroba innolang punto com). |
| The pattern is |
| Mi dirección de correo electrónico es E-MAIL ADDRESS. |
| "My email address is E-MAIL ADDRESS." |
| Mi dirección de correo electrónico es E-MAIL ADDRESS. |
| To use this pattern, simply replace the E-MAIL ADDRESS placeholder with your e-mail address. |
| Imagine your e-mail address is alma@innolang.com (a ele eme a arroba innolang punto com) (enunciated). a ele eme a arroba innolang punto com. |
| Say, "My e-mail address is alma@innolang.com." |
| Ready? |
| Mi dirección de correo electrónico es alma@innolang.com (a ele eme a arroba innolang punto com). |
| "My e-mail address is alma@innolang.com." |
| Mi dirección de correo electrónico es alma@innolang.com (a ele eme a arroba innolang punto com). |
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