Wording
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Phonetic
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English
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Hola | Holl-ah | Hello/Hi |
Adios | Ah-dee-oss | Good Bye! |
Habla usted Ingles / Espanol | Hah-blah oo-stead In-gulls / Ess-span-yoll | Do you speak English / Spanish? |
Mi nombre es… | Mee nom-breh ess | My name is… |
Me pueden ayudar? | Meh pweh-dehn ah-yoo-dah | Can you help me? |
Estoy buscando… | Ess-toy boos-can-doh | I’m looking for… |
Si / No | See / Noh | Yes / No |
Gracias | Grah-see-as | Mr / Mrs / Miss |
Hoy / Ahora | Hoi / Ah-hoar-ah | Today / Now |
Hoi / Ah-hoar-ah | Mah-nar-nar / Aay-err | Tomorrow / Yesterday |
Este / Que / Aqui / Hay | Ess-tey / Kay / Ah-kee / Haay | This / That / Here / There |
Phrases
Above are a few common Spanish phrases to help you get around.
Languages
Spanish is the most frequent language spoken in Argentina and is spoken by almost every Argentine but the dialect is slightly different from that spoken in Spain.
However, many other languages are spoken in Argentina including English (42.5%), Italian (4%), Arabic (2.5%), German (1.6%), Yiddish (0.8%), Guarani (0.8%), Catalan (0.7%), Quechua (0.3%), Wichi (0.2%), Aymara (0.1%), Welsh (0.1%) and interspersed French throughout the region. Many other tribal languages are also present.