上一篇已經學了數個單字,現在就來學一些有用的短句吧。
We’ll now look at some
short and useful Spanish phases.
No hablo español - 這是「我不懂西班牙語」的意思。發音為No A-blo es-pan-neo。Hablo 是「說」的意思,而hablo和hola一樣,h是不發音的,所以hablo的發音是A-blo。
No hablo español – It means “I don’t speak Spanish”, pronounced
as No A-blo es-pan-neo. Hablo means
“speak”, and just like hola, it’s with a silent “h”, therefore it’s pronounced
as A-blo.
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¿Usted
habla inglés? - 「你會說英語嗎?」,發音是Uu-sted A-bla en-glace。這句是我個人認為最重要的西文短句,既然我不懂西班牙語,自然要問一問和我對話的人懂不懂英語。
雖然在古巴懂得說英語的人實在太少,但仍然值得一試。而 inglés是「英語」意思。Habla的h一樣是不發音的,所以habla的發音是A-bla。
¿Usted
habla inglés? – “Do you speak
English?”, pronounced as Uu-sted A-bla en-glace. I think this is one of the most useful Spanish
phases.
Since I don’t speak
Spanish, it’s natural to ask whether the person I’m talking with speak English
at all; most Cubans don’t speak English, but it’s still worth a try. And inglés means English.
Again it’s with the
silent “h”, therefore it’s A-bla instead of Ha-bla.
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No
entiendo - 「我不明白」或「我聽不懂」的意思,發音為 No en-ti-en-do。
No
entiendo – It means “I don’t understand”, pronounced
as No en-ti-en-do.
我經常把這幾句混在一起用,No hablo español ¿Usted habla inglés? 「我不懂西班牙語,你會說英語嗎?」或 No entiendo ¿Usted habla
inglés?「我聽不懂,你會說英語嗎?」。 事實上,就算說不出全句,只要說出inglés這個字,古巴人就知道你問他們懂不懂英語,或附近有沒有人懂得英語。
I
often use these phases together, such as No
hablo español ¿Usted
habla inglés? – “I don’t understand
Spanish, do you speak English?”; or No entiendo ¿Usted habla inglés? – “I don’t understand, do you speak English?”.
In fact, as long as you
use the word “inglés”,
Cubans know you’re asking whether they can
speak English, or someone nearby speaks English.
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Cómo
estás- 「你好嗎?」,發音為Ko-mo s-DAs。它經常是用於Hola之後,變成 “¡Hola! ¿Cómo estás?” (「喂,你好嗎?」)。
Cómo
estás – It means “How are you?”, pronounced as Ko-mo s-Das. It’s often used after
hola, and becomes “¡Hola! ¿Cómo estás?” (“Hi, how are
you?”).
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Bien
- 「好」的意思,是對¿Cómo estás?的常用回應。發音為bi-en。所以把它們用在一起的話就變成 - 我問:“¡Hola! ¿Cómo estás?”,古巴人答: “Bien”。
Bien
– It means “good”, and it’s often used as a
reply to ¿Cómo
estás?, pronounced as bi-en. Put together with last phase, and it turns
into a dialogue like this: I say “¡Hola! ¿Cómo estás?” to a Cuban, and
he/she replies “Bien”.
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¡Hasta
luego! - 這也是「再見」,發音為 A-si-tah lu-air-go。H和以前的一樣是不發音的。古巴的房東向我解釋的時候說雖然Adiós都是再見的意思,但Adiós指很快會再見,而Hasta luego則是有一種「保重」的意味。
¡Hasta
luego! – This is also
goodbye, pronounced as A-si-tah lu-air-go, just like before, the h is a silent
h. The casa particular’s owner told me
that adiós also means goodbye, but it carries the meaning of
seeing each other again soon, whereas hasta luego has a hint of farewell to it.