Thread: useful spanish

what are some useful phrases one could learn if they were docked in Mexico or another spanish speaking country?

Hola (hello) .

I'm taking Spanish so I know a lot. Here's some very basic ones (everyone knows):

Gracias (thank you)

De nada (you're welcome)

?Donde esta (place here)? (where is ....)

Adios (obviously goodbye)

?Como esta? (how are you?)

Me llamo (my name is)

?Como te llamas? (what's your name)



As I said, these are very basic terms. I'll add more later when I'm not feeling lazy.

Cerveza por favor!!!!!

Those are some good ones to get it started. I thought de nada was think nothing of it? Here's a few words I remember.

restaurante (restaurant)
qiero (I want)
comer (to eat)
vamos (we go)
cocina (kitchen)
motocycleta (motorcycle)

Here is a pretty neat site for translating.


http://world.altavista.com/babelfish/tr


Simply type in the phrase you want to learn in the top box. Then click on the Select from/to language drop down box. Click on English to Spanish, then click the translate box and viola the following will appear:

Buena mañana, amigos

In my travels over the years I have relied on little translation booklets and have always tried to pick up a few phrases (at least of greeting) and pronounced the translation phonetically. It is fun, peoples of other cultures appreciate that you are at least trying and friendships can develop.

Try it.

I recommend to buy a small pcoket English-Spanish travel dictionary, like Berlitz for example.
Very usefull in many situations.

And I recommend a Latin American Spanish phrase book for travelling in the Western Hemisphere. There are differences between traditional Spanish and Latin American Spanish, just as there are differences between British English and American English. Berlitz has a good one.

El bonio might be good to know


In reality I have cruised to Mexico at least 18 times.
Although I do know a limited amount of spanish, I have never needed it. In the port cities the locals are eager to pratice their english.

How about:

¿Dónde está mi nave de travesÃ*a?

Where is my cruise ship?

I always just say "HI"!! They smile!! I hope they get it!!