Introduce yourself in Spanish
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Introduce yourself in Spanish
Lesson Outline
Hide- 1.How do you introduce yourself in Spanish
- 2.What is your name?
- 3.How old are you in Spanish
- 4.Where are you from?
- 5.Where do you live?
- 6.Marital status in Spanish
- 7.What do you do for work?
- 7.1.Jobs in Spanish
- 8.Ask for contact details
- 9.Dialogue conversation with English translation
- 10.Exercises
- 10.1.Introduce yourself dialogue exercise
- 10.2.To introduce yourself in Spanish flashcards
How do you introduce yourself in Spanish
On this page you´ll learn how to ask and answer about:
- Name
- Age
- Nationality
- Place of living
- Marital status
- Occupation
- Contact details
What is your name?
*Usted* in brackets means that pronouncing the word is optional. It expresses the politeness, but it could be omitted as the verb conjugation also shows the polite form.
| Spanish | English |
|---|---|
| ¿Cómo se llama (usted)? (formal) | What is your name? |
| ¿Cómo te llamas? | What is your name? |
| Me llamo Pablo. | My names is Pablo. |
| Soy Pablo. | I'm Pablo. |
| ¡Encantado! (male) | Nice to meet you. |
| ¡Encantada! (female) | Nice to meet you. |
How old are you in Spanish
Whilst in English we use the verb to be for talking about age, in Spanish we utilize tener (the Spanish equivalent of to have).
| Spanish | English |
|---|---|
| ¿Cuántos años tiene (usted)? (formal) | How old are you? |
| ¿Cuántos años tienes, Pablo? | How old are you, Pablo? |
| Tengo 25 años. | I'm 25 years old. |
Where are you from?
While in English the nationalities are written with capital letters, in Spanish they remain with small letters.
| Spanish | English |
|---|---|
| ¿De dónde es (usted)? (formal) | Where are you from? |
| ¿De dónde eres? | Where are you from? |
| Soy de Francia. | I'm from France. |
| Soy francés. (male) | I´m French. |
| Soy francesa. (female) | I´m French. |
Where do you live?
The Grammar construction Personal pronoun + verb in English is often changed in Spanish by just a verb without a personal pronoun construction. For example: I live in Paris = (yo) Vivo en Paris.
| Spanish | English |
|---|---|
| ¿Dónde vive (usted)? (formal) | Where do you live? |
| ¿Dónde vives, Pablo? | Where do you live, Pablo? |
| Vivo en París. | I live in Paris. |
Marital status in Spanish
As the Spanish adjectives vary in gender, we have the word casado (married) for masculine and casada for female gender .
| Spanish | English |
|---|---|
| ¿Está (usted) casado? (formal, male) | Are you married? |
| ¿Está (usted) casada? (formal, female) | Are you married? |
| ¿Estás casado? (informal, male) | Are you married? |
| ¿Estás casada? (informal, female) | Are you married? |
| Sí, estoy casado. (male) | Yes, I'm married. |
| Sí, estoy casada. (female) | Yes, I'm married. |
| No, estoy soltero. (male) | No, I'm single. |
| No, estoy soltera. (female) | No, I'm single. |
What do you do for work?
Look at the list of some professions below the table.
| Spanish | English |
|---|---|
| ¿A qué se dedica (usted)? | What do you do? |
| ¿Qué hace (usted)? (formal) | What do you do? |
| ¿A qué te dedicas? | What do you do? |
| ¿Qué haces? | What do you do? |
| Soy profesor. | I'm a teacher. |
Jobs in Spanish
| Spanish | English |
|---|---|
| azafata | stewardess |
| periodista | journalist |
| fotógrafo/a | photographer |
| traductor/a | translator |
| cantante | singer |
| bailarín/a | dancer |
| arqueólogo | archaeologist |
| diseñador | designer |
| escritor | writer |
Ask for contact details
Spanish word dirección could mean direction as well as address depending on the context. Here it is used with the meaning of address.
| Spanish | English |
|---|---|
| ¿Cuál es su número de teléfono? (formal) | What is your phone number? |
| ¿Cuál es su dirección? (formal) | What is you address? |
| ¿Cuál es su e-mail? (formal) | What is your e-mail? |
| ¿Cuál es tu número de teléfono? | What is your phone number? |
| ¿Cuál es tu dirección? | What is your address? |
| ¿Cuál es tu e-mail? | What is your e-mail? |
| Mi número de teléfono es 620 44 42 17. | My telephone number is 620 44 42 17. |
| Mi dirección es calle Buenos Aires 5. | My address is street Buenos Aires 5. |
| Mi correo electrónico es pablo@correo.es. | My e-mail is pablo@correo.es. |
Dialogue conversation with English translation
Now we will assemble the previous introducing vocabulary in an example dialogue:
Dani: ¡Hola!, ¿Cómo se llama? Hello! What is your name?
Pablo: ¡Hola!, Soy Pablo. Hello! I'm Pablo.
Dani: ¿Cuántos años tiene Usted? How old are you?
Pablo: Tengo 25 años. I'm 25.
Dani: ¿A qué se dedica, Pablo? What do you do?
Pablo: Soy profesor de baile. I'm a dancing teacher.
Dani: Está Usted casado? Are you married?
Pablo: Sí, tengo un hijo. Yes, I have a child.
Now you can practice these kind of dialogues in person or with our exercises. And don´t forget the kisses in any event!
Exercises
Introduce yourself dialogue exercise
To introduce yourself in Spanish flashcards
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