Spanish · A1 · Milestone

Three-quarter milestone in Spanish

This milestone reviews essential questions, daily commands, and common expressions used when interacting with your child.

What you'll learn

¿Dónde te duele?
Where does it hurt?
Use this when your child is upset or injured.
¿Cuántos años tienes?
How old are you?
Spanish uses the verb 'tener' (to have) for age.
Que tengas un lindo día.
Have a lovely day.
A polite and warm farewell.
¿Por qué lloras?
Why are you crying?
The present tense is often used for ongoing actions in A1 Spanish.
Remueve despacio.
Stir slowly.
Useful for involving children in the kitchen.
¿Qué hora es?
What time is it?
The standard phrase for asking the time.
Todavía no.
Not yet.
A versatile phrase for daily routines.
Mira el árbol.
Look at the tree.
'Mira' is the command form of 'mirar' (to look).

Tildi plays every phrase out loud, tests you in five-minute lessons and builds them into bedtime stories from your own picture books.

Despacio

Slowly

Use this to encourage children to slow down their actions.

Lindo

Lovely / Pretty / Cute

A very common adjective in Latin American Spanish.

Todavía

Still / Yet

When combined with 'no', it means 'not yet'.

Spanish questions always begin with an inverted question mark (¿) and end with a standard one (?).

To give a simple command to a child (tú), usually use the third-person singular form of the present tense.

Use	Form	Example
Look	Mira	¡Mira esto!
Stir	Remueve	Remueve la sopa.

Todavía no es hora de dormir.

It is not bedtime yet.

Combining 'todavía no' with a sentence.

Él tiene cinco años.

He is five years old.

Using 'tener' for age.

Camina despacio, por favor.

Walk slowly, please.

Using 'despacio' as an adverb.