Tú vs. Ud

In Spanish, there are different ways to say the same question to people who are more superior to you than others who are not as superior. When talking to someone more superior(such as an adult), you would add Usted or Ud. to the end of a sentence, although this only applies to a few questions.

These are the only questions where the person's status effects the way your questions are phrased. Also, notice how when you are asking how someone is doing, you can say "¿Que tal?" instead of "¿Como estas?" or "¿Como esta usted?"

Courtesy Phrases (Thanks, excuse me, please)

Certain english phrases are used to be polite like saying please, thank you, you're welcome and excuse me. In Spanish there are different ways to say thank you, you're welcome and other polite phrases. There are 3 different ways to say thank you: gracias, muchas gracias and muy amable, gracias. To respond to someone if they say thank you, you could say de nada, por nada, or no hay de que. To say excuse me you say perdon and to say I need your attention, you can say discuple!!!

Numbers

Knowing your numbers and counting is knowledge that anyone would need to get somewhere in life. You need to know your numbers when counting or maybe even giving and receiving someone's number.

When writing or saying someone's number the numbers are broken up. Here is an example of how you should break up their numbers: (2/15) 2/15- 21/15. Where the slashes(/) are is where the numbers should be put together. For a better understanding here is how you should write the number: dos-quince-dos-quince-veintiuno-quince.

Basic Conversation Questions

There are basic questions that you can ask someone to get to know more information about them. To approach someone and ask them their name you say "¡Hola!" "¿Como te llamas?" or if it is an adult "¿Como se llama?". After they say their name they usually ask you, what is your name, you would respond by saying "Me llamo (insert name here)."

Another question you could ask is how old they are, to do this say "¿Cuántos años tienes tú?" or if it is an adult "¿Cuántos años tiene usted?". You would then respond by saying "Tengo # años."

One other basic question that could be asked is how the person is feeling, to do this you would say "¿Como estás?" or if the person is an adult "¿Como esta?" another option could be "¿Que tal?". They would then respond "Estoy..."

This is how to have a basic conversation with someone in spanish.

Days of the Week

Knowing the days of the week is very important because it helps to know when things are going to happen. It also helps because you are able to make plans for a certain day such as what you are going to be doing. In a real life situation the days of the week can help someone who is unsure when a project is due. In another situation it can also help someone who has just awoken from a really long sleep and they are not sure as of what day it is.

Notice that the days of the week in spanish are in lowercase letters rather than uppercase. ALso the days of the week in spanish begin with Monday and not Sunday. Another change in the days of the week between Spanish and English is that miércoles and sábado both have accents over them.

Alphabet with correct pronunciation

Learning the alphabet in Spanish would help them you to learn the correct pronunciation of words and letters. Also you need to learn the entire alphabet, which would assist you with the spelling and writing words.

This could be used in a real life situation which could be helping someone who needs assistance in writing a word in spanish. Another example would be learning the correct pronunciation of certain letters in words.