Spanish

Meeting People and Small Talk

Learn simple, natural conversation for meeting people and making basic plans in Valencia.

6 min

The goal

Small talk is mostly questions you already know plus a few useful chunks.

Ask something simple, react to the answer and share one detail about yourself.

Easy opening questions

01¿Cómo te llamas?What’s your name?02¿De dónde eres?Where are you from?03¿Vives en Valencia?Do you live in Valencia?04¿Hablas español?Do you speak Spanish?

Talk about why you are here

01Vivo en Valencia ahora.I live in Valencia now.02Estoy aquí unas semanas.I’m here for a few weeks.03Trabajo online.I work online.04Estoy aprendiendo español.I’m learning Spanish.

Useful chunk

“¿Qué tal?Pronunciation: keh tal” means roughly “How’s it going?”

It is casual and very common. You can answer Bien, muy bien, todo bien or regular if things are just okay.

Keep the conversation going

01¿Te gusta Valencia?teh GOOS-tah bah-LEN-thyahDo you like Valencia?02¿Qué haces aquí?What are you doing here?03¿A qué te dedicas?What do you do for work?04¿Qué haces este fin de semana?What are you doing this weekend?

“Y tú?Pronunciation: ee too” is one of the easiest ways to keep talking.

Soy de Canadá.

Return the question

¿Y tú?And you?

React naturally

01Qué bienkeh byen.Nice.02Qué interesante.How interesting.03A mí también.Me too.04Claro.Of course.05Vale.Okay.06Genial.Great.

Make a simple plan

01¿Quieres tomar un café?KYEH-res toh-MAR oon kah-FEHDo you want to have a coffee?02¿Quieres tomar algo?Do you want to get a drink?03¿Quedamos mañana?Shall we meet tomorrow?04Sí, claro.Yes, of course.05A las ocho me va bien.Eight works for me.

Remember this

Ask, react, share and return the question.

¿De dónde eres? Qué bien. Yo soy de Canadá. ¿Y tú? That simple rhythm is enough to start real conversations.

Lesson complete

Reviewed 2026-09-07

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