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. |
