In Feb 2017, I travelled to Mexico and Colombia which are only Spanish speaking countries with very few English speakers, especially outside the tourist areas. I don’t speak Spanish and had no prior experience with the language. I learnt few words and phrases on the go to help me communicate basic stuff. The guide below can act as a quick Spanish hack for situations where you cannot use Google translate.<\/p>\n
Useful words and phrases<\/strong> This is – Esta es I am – Estoy I can – Puedo I was – Yo estaba Where – Donde What – Que? Who – Quien? When – Cuando Counting<\/strong> 20 veinte Other numbers are made by combining the (10th and the N – 10th), e.g. In Feb 2017, I travelled to Mexico and Colombia which are only Spanish speaking countries with very few English speakers, especially outside the tourist areas. I don’t speak Spanish and had no prior experience with the language. I learnt few words and phrases on the go to help me communicate basic stuff. The guide below…<\/p>\n Read More<\/span> Spanish hack while traveling<\/span><\/a>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[29,28,27,25],"class_list":["entry","author-saurabh","post-334","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-travel","tag-colombia","tag-mexico","tag-spanish","tag-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/odhyan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/334","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/odhyan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/odhyan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/odhyan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/odhyan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=334"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/odhyan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/334\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":394,"href":"https:\/\/odhyan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/334\/revisions\/394"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/odhyan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=334"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/odhyan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=334"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/odhyan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=334"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nYes – S\u00ed
\nNo – No
\nPlease – Por favor
\nLittle – poco
\nFriend – Amigo
\nWeather – Mehor
\nUnfortunate – Pordes gracia
\nGood – Bueno
\nPork – Cerdo
\nChicken – Pollo
\nBeef – la carne de Vaca
\nBeautiful – Bonito
\nCold – Frio
\nHot – Caliante
\nSpicy hot – Picante
\nOutside – Exterior\/externo
\nCigarette – Cigarillo
\nNothing – Nada
\nNever – Nunca
\nSomething – Algo
\nATM – Cajero
\nDustbin – Basura
\nCheese – Queso
\nOnion – Cebolla
\nBacon – Tocino
\nFood – Comido
\nEaten – Comida
\nDrinks – Bebidas
\nGlass – Vaso
\nNext – Proximo
\nWait – Esperar
\nHome – Casa
\nThank you – Gracias
\nThank you very much – Muchas gracias
\nYou’re welcome – De nada.
\nNice to meet you – Mucho gusto
\nGood morning\/day – Buenos dias
\nGood night – Buenos noches
\nExcuse me (to get attention like calling a waiter) – Disculpe
\nExcuse me (to ask for way while walking) – Con permiso
\nExcuse me? – Mande \/ Perdone?
\nPardon me. – Perdone.
\nI’m sorry – Lo siento.
\nI don’t understand. – No entiendo.
\nI don’t speak Spanish. – No hablo espa\u00f1ol.
\nI speak little Spanish – Jo hablo un poco espa\u00f1ol
\nDo you speak English? – Habla ingl\u00e9s?
\nRepeat, please – Repita, por favor.
\nWhat’s your name? – C\u00f3mo se llama? \/ Cual es tu nombre?
\nHow are you? – C\u00f3mo est\u00e1?
\nWhere is the subway? – D\u00f3nde est\u00e1 el metro?
\nIs the tip included? – Incluye la propina?
\nHow much does that cost? – Cu\u00e1nto cuesta?
\nIs there a public phone here? – Hay alg\u00fan tel\u00e9fono p\u00fablico aqu\u00ed?
\nCan I get on the internet? – Puedo conectarme con el internet?
\nCan you help me? – Me podr\u00eda ayudar?
\nWhere is the bathroom? – D\u00f3nde est\u00e1 el ba\u00f1o?
\nAre you sure? – Seguro
\nMore rice – Mas arroz
\nOfcourse – por supuesto \/ but commonly ppl use claro
\nLets go – Vamos
\nThe store – La tienda
\nSee you tomorrow – Asta(until) ma\u00f1ana(tomorrow)
\nDo you want something – Querer es algo?
\nWill it be cold at night – Sera frio por la noche
\nIt is very cold – hace mucho frio
\nBill please – La cuenta, por favor
\nWithout ice – Sin hielo
\nI go – Voy
\nYou go – Vas
\nI eat – Yo comer
\nI ate – comi
\nYou eat – Tu comer
\nYou ate – Tu comiste<\/p>\n
\nThis is a good day – Este es un buen dia
\nThis is my book\/car – Esta es mi libro\/coche<\/p>\n
\nI am very happy – Estoy muy contento
\nI am trying to learn Spanish – Estoy intentando aprender espa\u00f1ol<\/p>\n
\nI can eat meat – Puedo comer carne
\nI can drink more beer – Puedo beber mas cerveza
\nCan I have water please? – Puedo tener agua por favor?<\/p>\n
\nI was very angry last night – Yo estaba muy irritado anoche
\nI was very drunk that day – Yo estaba muy borracho ese d\u00eda<\/p>\n
\nWhere are you from? – De donde eres?
\nWhere is the bathroom? – D\u00f3nde est\u00e1 el ba\u00f1o?<\/p>\n
\nWhat is this? – Que es esto?<\/p>\n
\nWho is the boy? – Quien es el chico?<\/p>\n
\nWhen does the bus leave? – Cu\u00e1ndo sale el autobus?<\/p>\n
\nLearn 0 to 15 and then the 10s
\n0 – cero
\n1 – uno
\n2 – dos
\n3 – tres
\n4 – quatro
\n5 – cinco
\n6 – sies
\n7 – siete
\n8 – ocho
\n9 – nueve
\n10 – diez
\n11 – once
\n12 – doce
\n13 – trece
\n14 – catorce
\n15 – quince<\/p>\n
\n30 treinta
\n40 cuarenta
\n50 cincuenta
\n60 sesenta
\n70 setenta
\n80 ochenta
\n90 noventa
\n100 cien<\/p>\n
\n17 – diez y siete
\n22 – veinte y dos
\n35 – trenta y cinco<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"