Greetings

1. Hola

   Hello / Hi

   Usage

   A casual hello for friends and people your own age

   Grammar Note

   Spelled like Spanish. Time-of-day greetings are Bonos díes / Bones tardes / Bones nueches

2. Bonos díes

   Good morning

   Usage

   The standard greeting from dawn until about lunchtime; suitable for anyone

   Grammar Note

   The plural of día is díes, not Spanish días. Afternoon: Bones tardes; night: Bones nueches

3. Bones tardes

   Good afternoon

   Usage

   The greeting from after lunch until dusk; suitable for anyone

   Grammar Note

   Tarde is feminine, so bonu takes the feminine plural bones

4. Bones nueches

   Good evening / Good night

   Usage

   Used after dark both when meeting and when parting

   Grammar Note

   The noun is nueche (pl. nueches), not Spanish noche

5. Gracies

   Thanks

   Usage

   The basic word for thanks; fine with anyone

   Grammar Note

   Ends in -es, not Spanish -as. For emphasis: Munches gracies

6. Munches gracies

   Thank you very much

   Usage

   For warmer, more emphatic thanks

   Grammar Note

   The feminine plural of munchu is munches, not Spanish muchas

7. De nada

   You're welcome

   Usage

   The reply when someone thanks you

   Grammar Note

   A set phrase that looks the same as in Spanish. A more casual alternative is Nun ye nada

8. Por favor

   Please

   Usage

   Added at the start or end of a request

   Grammar Note

   Works both formally and informally. Favor is masculine: el favor

9. Adiós

   Goodbye

   Usage

   The basic word for saying goodbye

   Grammar Note

   Spelled like Spanish, but it is also an Asturian word. Keep the accent

10. Perdón

    Excuse me / Sorry

    Usage

    For apologising or after bumping into someone

    Grammar Note

    Spelled like Spanish; keep the accent. It is the masculine noun el perdón

11. Encantáu

    Nice to meet you

    Usage

    Said when meeting someone for the first time to show you are pleased

    Grammar Note

    A woman says Encantada. The ending -áu corresponds to Spanish -ado

12. ¿Cómo ta usté?

    How are you? (formal)

    Usage

    A polite way to ask an older person or a stranger how they are

    Grammar Note

    Composed sentence; native review recommended. In daily life the casual ¿Cómo tas? is more common; usté is for elders and formal settings

13. Pido munches disculpes.

    I'm very sorry

    Usage

    A deeper apology for having caused trouble

    Grammar Note

    Composed sentence; native review recommended. Pidir disculpes means to apologise; disculpa is feminine

14. ¡Bienveníu a Asturies!

    Welcome to Asturias!

    Usage

    Words of welcome to a visitor. In Asturian the region is called Asturies

    Grammar Note

    For a woman say ¡Bienvenida a Asturies! The place name is Asturies, not Spanish Asturias

15. ¿Ónde ta'l bañu?

    Where is the toilet/bathroom?

    Usage

    Asking where the toilet is in a shop or hotel

    Grammar Note

    Composed sentence; native review recommended. Location uses tar (ta); ta'l is ta + el. Escusáu also means toilet

16. Nun falo castellanu.

    I can't speak Spanish

    Usage

    Used to say you do not speak Spanish when someone addresses you in it

    Grammar Note

    Negation before a verb is nun. Language names are written in lower case. Spanish is called castellanu

17. Voi volver.

    I'll come again

    Usage

    Said on leaving a place to show you intend to return

    Grammar Note

    Composed sentence; native review recommended. The near future is formed with a form of dir + infinitive (voi volver)

18. Pasélo mui bien.

    I had a great time

    Usage

    Said after a trip, meal or visit to show you enjoyed it

    Grammar Note

    Composed sentence; native review recommended. Mui means very and corresponds to Spanish muy

19. Gracies, ¡hasta llueu!

    Thanks, see you

    Usage

    Thanking someone while parting, expecting to meet again

    Grammar Note

    Hasta llueu is the set phrase for see you later. Llueu corresponds to Spanish luego

20. Que descanses.

    Good night

    Usage

    Wishing someone a good rest at bedtime or when parting

    Grammar Note

    Composed sentence; native review recommended. A form for people you address informally, using the subjunctive descanses

21. Yá me voi.

    I'm heading out

    Usage

    A short remark when leaving a place

    Grammar Note

    Composed sentence; native review recommended. Yá means already. Dir is irregular; its first person singular is voi

22. Con permisu, retírome.

    I'll be going now

    Usage

    A polite way to leave before others, for instance from a meeting or a gathering

    Grammar Note

    Composed sentence; native review recommended. The reflexive me follows the verb (retírome) and the stress mark stays in place

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