hows my spanish? anyone speak spanish?

[King_of_Glory]

Im headed to mexico in a few weeks. Ive been using google translate, but im not sure how correct it is. Heres just a few ive learned, hope they are right.

whats up? - que tal?

can you call me a taxi? - puede llamar a un taxi?

can you take me to playa? - puede que me lleve la playa?

hi, how is your day/night? - hola como es tu dia/noche

whats your name? - cual es tu nombre?

nice to meet you - igualmente

may i have two, three? And a? - puede tener dos, tres? Y un

may i have another beer - me puede dar otra cerveza

i dont know - no lo se

im having alot of fun - estoy eniendo un monton de diversion

i only speak a little spanish - solo hablo un poco de espanol

im trying to practice my spanish - esty tratando de practicar mi espanol

slow down its hard for me to understand - reducir la velocidad. es dificil para mi entender

Are these to literal? Anything i should know?

 

[texas1willy2]

better practice saying please don't shoot me, I'll put you on my payroll forever

 

[feedmelies]

Here you go. All you need is time.

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[son of flemmy]

oh its brutal

 

[riddumnation619]

for the most part its ok, but you sound like a book lol. but some dont make sense, nice to meet you isnt igualmente, igualmente means likewise. nice to meet you is mucho gusto, or mucho gusto en conocer/te/lo/la. and the slow down one is retarded, thats like slow down for cars not for what you mean, what you mean to say is mas despacio por favor. but yea youll can get by on that i guess ha.

 

[son of flemmy]

whats your name? - cual es tu nombre?

usually you say 'How do you call yourself', or como te llamas

nice to meet you - igualmente

this is a response...you can only use it if someone says "nice to meet you" first. it means 'likewise'.

Are these to literal? Anything i should know?

probably, but my spanish sucks too.




here's what i would say:

whats up? - que pasa, ese?

can you call me a taxi? - me llamas un taxi por favor?

can you take me to playa? - me manajas al papi chulo?

hi, how is your day/night? - hola, como es tu dia/noche

whats your name? - como te llamas?

nice to meet you - mucho gusto

may i have two, three? And a? - necessito dos/tres, rapido!

may i have another beer - me das una cervesa, gringo.

i dont know - no se

im having alot of fun - es muy divertido

i only speak a little spanish - no hablo mucho espanol

im trying to practice my spanish - yo practicando mi espanol.

slow down its hard for me to understand - no entiendo. mas suave por favor.

 

[windkick]

better practice saying please don't shoot me, I'll put you on my payroll forever

I mean, seriously? :icon_conf

 

[walkenonwater]

como te llamas?- Whats your name
no se-dont know
me llamo es-my name is
no habla espanol-i dont speak spanish haha
donde estas-where are you?
tu es muy guapa-you are very pretty/handsome
quiero la cerveza-I want a beer
me chorizo es muy grande- my sausage is very big
punta-bitch
naranja-orange
mantequilla-butter
uno, does,tres,cuatro,cinco,seis,seite,ocho,nueve,diez,once,doce,trece,catorce,quince,deiceseis,dieceocho,diecenueve, lol jk but those r numbers
cien-100
carne-steak
pollo-chicken perro-dog, mal-bad,buen-good asi,asi-ok menos-hands, zapatos-shoes
pantalones-pants, camisa-shirt, lana-wool, algodon-cotton, ojos-grapes, manzanas-apples, jugando-playing, so like me gusta jugando el beisbol- I like playing baseball
you add ando to er verbs to make it "ing", like cantar is to sing, so cantando is singing, like beber-to drink and bebiendo-drinking, put it all together, Gusto bebiendo las cervezas en la playa=I like drinking beers at/on the beach
arroz=rice. Quiero pollo y arroz con coca cola= I want chicken and rice, with coca cola. al lado de=alongside of, al sur de=to the south of= al norte de=to the north of
biblioteca-library or bookstore, mesa-table, casa=house, ojos-grapes,

also if you have an iphone or ipad/ipod touch, there's that new app that you can put your camera on letters and it will translate it! So if your looking at a menu or store you can use that it's pretty cool, and the app is free! My spanish there was broken in spots, but it's what I got, I had more but I didn't feel like taking up too much room. Here's some more since I accidentally moved it to the bottom haha good luck!

bailar-dance, gustar-to like, ir verbs you add iendo to say "ing"

 

[walkenonwater]

also, buenos noche-good night, hasta manana-good morning, buenos dia-good day, el dia del los muertes-the day of the dead, fuego-flame, sol-sun or hot I forget, frio-cold, summer is verano, spring is inviernes, felis navidad-christmas, nuevos anos-new years, december-deciembre, january is enero. I can't think of winter right now. libro-book, tener-to have, dinero-money, trabajar-to work, feo-ugly, gordo-fat, cabeza-head, lapiz-pencil, ojos-eyes I said it was grapes before haha. domingo-sunday martes-monday lunes-tuesday, miercoles-wednesday, sabado is saturday, yeah that's it i've forgotten so much.

 

[texas1willy2]

I mean, seriously? :icon_conf

He said Mexico, do you think they're joking about the violence there?

 

[son of flemmy]

punta-bitch

punta is point, as in decimal point. puta es bitch.

carne-steak

carne is meat. bistec is steak.

 

[meffid man]

Oh fuck, man that's gringo spanish. You'll get laughed at if you say any of that shit. Get one of those Spanish phrasebooks and just keep it simple and smile. They'll appreciate the effort. They might think you're slow but at least you'll be able to get your point across and be understood.

 

[Jesus X]

all you need to say to women is "soy un gringo con mucho dinero, un pito muy grande, y te quiero dar las dos cosas nena si las quieres recibir"

 

[Jesus X]

my personal pick up like is "soy Jes

 

[meauneau]

whats up? - que tal?

How are you? - como estas?

can you call me a taxi, please? - me puede llamar/pedir un taxi, por favor?

can you take me to the beach? - me puede llevar a la playa?

hi, how is your day/night? - hola que tal tu dia/noche - como fue tu dia/noche?

whats your name? - cual es tu nombre? /como te llamas?

nice to meet you - encantado de conocerte - response to this is - igualmente

may i have two, three? And a? - puedo tener dos, tres? Y un

may i have another beer - me puede dar otra cerveza/ otra cerveca por favor.

i dont know/no idea - no lo se./ni idea

im having a lot of fun - lo estoy pasando muy bien./me estoy divirtiendo mucho

i only speak a little spanish - solo hablo un poco de espanol

im trying to practice my spanish - estoy tratando de practicar mi espanol

slow down its hard for me to understand - habla mas lento. es dificil para mi entender

socorro!!!! - help!!!!!

violacion!!!! - rape!!!!

fuego!!!! - fire!!!!

 

[Heisenberg]

Too literal

 

[Fonx]

slow down its hard for me to understand - reducir la velocidad. es dificil para mi entender

Are these to literal? Anything i should know?

Yes they are, look at it like you are speaking spanish like Yoda.

 

[Leon]

Maybe you'll need something like this...

Vamos a follar?-You wanna go fuck?
Eres muy guapa- You are very pretty
Vamos al hotel?- You wanna go to the hotel?
Me gusta tu culo- I like your ass

I've been to Mexico and I used some of them from time to time ;-)

 

[meauneau]

They are not literal, that's Spain Spanish (proper Spanish). What you guys hear is Mexican Spanish, which is very bad Spanish.

 

[papertigers]

Ignore all posts in this thread except for these two:

whats up? - que tal?

How are you? - como estas?

can you call me a taxi, please? - me puede llamar/pedir un taxi, por favor?

can you take me to the beach? - me puede llevar a la playa?

hi, how is your day/night? - hola que tal tu dia/noche - como fue tu dia/noche?

whats your name? - cual es tu nombre? /como te llamas?

nice to meet you - encantado de k/conocerte - response to this is - igualmente

may i have two, three? And a? - puedo tener dos, tres? Y un

may i have another beer - me puede dar otra cerveza/ otra cerveca por favor.

i dont know/no idea - no lo se./ni idea

im having a lot of fun - lo estoy pasando muy bien./me estoy divirtiendo mucho

i only speak a little spanish - solo hablo un poco de espanol

im trying to practice my spanish - estoy tratando de practicar mi espanol

slow down its hard for me to understand - habla mas lento, es dificil entenderte

socorro!!!! - help!!!!!

violacion!!!! - rape!!!!

fuego!!!! - fire!!!!

Maybe you'll need something like this...

Vamos a follar?-You wanna go fuck?
Eres muy guapa- You are very pretty
Vamos al hotel?- You wanna go to the hotel?
Me gusta tu culo- I like your ass

I've been to Mexico and I used some of them from time to time ;-)

The two posts above are on point, the rest are mostly incorrect in one way or another. Save yourself the trouble of picking and choosing and just use the two posts above.