The bare essentials — point, ask, and get by from day one.
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Quiero esto.
I want this.
No quiero eso.
I don't want that. (esto = this, eso = that.)
Dámelo.
Give it to me. (da + me + lo — 'give-me-it' all stacked on the verb.)
Dame más.
Give me more.
Aquí está.
Here it is.
¿Dónde está?
Where is it?
¿Qué es esto?
What is this?
Lo tengo.
I have it. (Literally 'it I-have' — object before verb.)
¿Tienes esto?
Do you have this?
No hay.
There isn't any. (hay = there is/there are; one word for both.)
No puedo.
I can't.
No sé.
I don't know.
Me gusta.
I like it. (Literally 'it pleases me' — you're the receiver, not the doer.)
Ven aquí.
Come here.
Vamos.
Let's go.
¿Cuánto cuesta?
How much is it? (cuesta = it costs; shares root with English 'cost'.)
Ya basta.
That's enough. (ya = already/now, adds an 'enough already' punch.)
¡Ayúdame!
Help me!
Espera un momento.
Wait a moment.
Así, no así.
Like this, not like that. (así covers both 'this way' and 'that way'; a gesture does the pointing.)
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