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I took several years of German in high school and remember exactly one phrase: die fernsehenapperat ist kaput.  It means the TV set is broken.  I also studied sign language in college but pretty much the only thing I can remember from that are the curse words.  I know some Spanish but only if it’s on the menu at Del Taco.

I am under no illusion that I can become fluent in a new language quickly, but I have decided that I can learn what one website calls the 20 basic phrases needed for every language.  So I’m going to pick a new language every day this week and learn them, starting with Spanish.

Here are the phrases and their Spanish translations:

Hello
hola
Yes
si
No
No
Please
por favor
Thank you
gracias
You’re welcome
de nada
Excuse me
Disculpe
Do you speak English?
hablas ingles?
I don’t speak <insert language>
No hablo espanol
I don’t understand
No entiendo
My name is…
Me llamo Ricardo
Where is the bathroom?
¿Donde esta el bano?
At what time…?
¿A que hora?
When…?
¿Cuando
Where is…?
¿Donde esta…?
Could you write it down please?
¿Lo podría escribir, por favor? 
How much is this?
¿Cuánto cuesta esto…? 
Help
socorro
Police
policia
Numbers 1-10
uno, dos, tres, cuatro, cinco, seis, siete, ocho, nueve, diez
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