Lesson 01

Lesson 1
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Pardon me miss. Do you understand English?
No sir, I dont understand.
I speak Spanish a little.
Are you North American?
Yes miss.

perdón = [pell-done] = pardon me, excuse me (remember long O only so done rhymes with bone, and NOT with bun)

señor = [seen-your] = sir
señorita = [seen-your-E-tuh] = miss or unmarried woman

sí = [see] = yes

no = no, negative, i dont, not, etc..
(covers most negative words and starts most negative sentences)

entiendo = [intiendo] = I understand
entiende = [intienday] = do you understand?, you understand

Ingleses = [een-gliss] = English
Castellano = [castayano] = Spanish

Hablo = [ah-blow] = I speak (can also sound like ahv-low, the spanish b/v is confusing, see alphabet)
habla = [ah-blah] = you speak, do you speak? (or ahv-lah)
hablamos = [Ah-blah-mose] = we speak (from lesson 17)

poco = little

es = [S] = are

usted = [oosted] = You

[oosted es] = you are
está usted = [es oosted] = are you
[es stou sted] = are you (for some reason it sounds this way sometimes at the end of a question like how are you?)

Norteamerican = [Nor-tee Ah-meh-dee-cah-no] = North American
Americana = [ah-meh-dee-cah-nah] = american woman (and speaking to fem)
Americano = [ah-meh-dee-cah-no] = american man (and speaking to masc)

you - usted, is not always used in sentences when talking to someone directly. Its optional.