One of the keys to succeed as a language learner is to actively use the language you are learning as much as you can. A good beginning are classroom expressions. Let’s learn some common classroom phrases that will help you understand and speak Spanish.
El instructor / La instructora
Cierren los libros. | Please close your books. |
Repitan, por favor. | Please repeat. |
Lean, por favor. | Please read. |
¿Comprenden? | Do you guys understand? |
Contesta, por favor | Please answer. |
¿Tienen preguntas? | Do you guys have questions? |
De tarea… | For homework… |
Los estudiantes
Sí, comprendo. / No, no comprendo. No entiendo. | Yes, I understand. / No, I don’t understand. I don’t understand. |
Tengo una pregunta… | I have a question… |
Presente | Here! (you can say this when your instructor is checking attendance) |
Otra vez, por favor. | Again, please. |
Más despacio, por favor. | More slowly, please. |
Más alto, por favor. | Louder, please. |
¿Qué página? | Which page? |
¿Cómo se dice “pen” en español? | How do you say “pen” in Spanish? |
¿Cómo se escribe “libro”? | How do you spell “libro”? |
Lo siento, no sé. | I’m sorry, but I don’t know. |