Travelling to South America

[gol4pro]

Also learn a little portuguese... seeing as the 1/2 of SA that does not speak spanish speaks portuguese.

Some basics.

Spanish--

ser = to be (as in a definite and not likely to change way)
estar= to be (in a form that changes; such as emotions or location)

Yo = I
tú you
él, ella he, she
nosotros we
ellos, ellas they


yo soy
tú eres
él, ella es
nosotros somos
ellos, ellas son

yo estoy
tú estás
él, ella está
nosotros estamos
ellos, ellas están

some useful words

dondé = where
cuanto cuesta = how much does it cost
la calle = street
la esquina = corner
la parada = bus or subway stop
metro = subway
restarante = restaurant
banco = bank
baño = bathroom
hotel = hotel
comida = food
cuenta = bill
puedo = can i?
dinero = money
llega = he, she, it arrives
cuando = when

Some quick portuguese.

ser and estar mean "to be" again, and are used in the same ways as spanish. Location is always estar.

eu = I
voce = you
ele = he
ela = she
nos = we
eles = they
elas = they (shes)
voces = you all

ser is conjugated

eu sou
voce, ele, ela é
nós somos
eles, elas, voces sao with a squiggly over the a.

Nevermind.... port is too complicated to do here, if you are going to brazil, PM me and I will right you some notes. In fact, I´d be happy to give you quite a bit of help on both languages if you´d want it.