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Some basic phrases
| Hola | Hello | (Oh-lah) | | Gracias | Thank you | (gra-thee-ahs) | | ¿Cómo estás? | How are you? | (Koh-mo estaas) | | Me llamo | My name is | (meh yah-moh) | | Por favor | Please | (pohr fah-vohr) | | Sí | Yes | (see) | | No | No | (noh) | | Perdone | Excuse me | (pehr-toh-neh) | | Adiós | Good-bye | (Ah-dyohs) | | Buenos días | Good morning | (booeh-nohs dee-ahs) |
| Buenas tardes | Good afternoon | (boo-ehnos tahr-dehs) | | De nada | You're welcome | (deh nah-dah) | | Lo siento | I'm sorry | (Loh syehn-toh) | | No entiendo | I don't understand | (Noh ehn-tyehn-doh) | | ¿Dónde está? | Where is? | (dohn-de ehe-tah) | | Uno | One | (oo-noh) | | Dos | Two | (dohs) | | Tres | Three | (trehs) | | Cuatro | Four | (kwah-troh) | | Cinco | Five | (theen-koh) |
| Buenas tardes | Good afternoon | (boo-ehnos tahr-dehs) | | De nada | You're welcome | (deh nah-dah) | | Lo siento | I'm sorry | (Loh syehn-toh) | | No entiendo | I don't understand | (Noh ehn-tyehn-doh) | | ¿Dónde está? | Where is? | (dohn-de ehe-tah) | | Uno | One | (oo-noh) | | Seis | Six | (says) | | Siete | Seven | (syeh-teh) | | Ocho | Eight | (oo-tschoh) | | Nueve | Nine | (nooeh-weh) | | Diez | Ten | (tyeth) | | Veinte | Twenty | (wayn-tee) | | Treinta | Thirty | (trayn-tah) | | Cuarenta | Fourty | (kwah-rehn-tah) | | Cincuenta | Fifty | (theen-kwehn-tah) | | Sesenta | Sixty | (seh-sehn-tah) | | Setenta | Seventy | (seh-tehn-tah) | | Ochenta | Eighty | (oh-tschehn-tah) | | Noventa | Ninety | (noh-wehn-tah) | | Cien | Hundred | (thyehn) |
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More on Pronunciation
Although Castillian became the primary language of the area known as Spain, after the Moors had been pushed out of that region, its use didn't eliminate the other Latin-based languages.
The Menorcan dialect belongs to the Catalan language group, which is one of the major languages of Europe with similiarities to Castillian and French (you may also find some Italian words it it).
For Menorcan terms, please click here.
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