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3 · Beginner · Added · 2 · Keeping a Conversation Going

Greetings, introductions, follow-up questions, opinions, reasons and conversational replies.

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113unique phrases · 6% of collection

Difficulty

113

Beginner

Usefulness

12 72 29

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Coverage gap value: 3 × Difficulty: Beginner × Source review decisions: Added × Difficulty rubric versions: 2 × Topics: Keeping a Conversation Going ×

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Topics45 branches

Find phrases for everyday situations and conversations. A phrase can belong to several topics.

Keeping a Conversation Going113 Everyday Statements57 Making Plans53 Reactions47 Conversation44 Getting Around Mexico30 Encouragement and Celebration24 Clearing Up Misunderstandings22 Feelings and Check-ins20 Time and Frequency19 Requests17 Boundaries and Disagreements16 Home Together15 Feelings12 Relationships and Family11 Everyday Affection10 Shopping and Paying10 Travel and Directions10 Food and Eating Together8 Health and Getting Help8 Food and Dining6 Romance6 Everyday Conversation4 Wants and Needs4 Talking About Family3 Actions and Encouragement2 Airports and Luggage2 Encouraging Someone2 Everyday Actions2 Health and Safety2 Making Plans with Friends2 Talking About How You Feel2 Walking Directions2 Asking Someone Out1 Attending a Soccer Match in Mexico1 Cooking Together1 Greetings and Introductions1 Missing Someone and Showing Affection1 Natural Reactions and Replies1 Saying No Politely1 Small Talk and Follow-Up Questions1 Taking a Taxi in Mexico1 Viewing an Apartment and Moving In1 Wants, Needs, and Obligations1 Work and Shifts1

Difficulty4 branches

Poquito’s learning difficulty bands reflect length, vocabulary, grammar and idiom. These are editorial estimates, not CEFR levels.

Easy128 Beginner113 Moderate14 Challenging1

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Goodbye.Adiós.
“Adiós.” means “Goodbye.” in Mexican Spanish. Say goodbye.
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No.No.
“No.” means “No.” in Mexican Spanish. Give a direct negative answer.
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Do you need anything?¿Necesitas algo?
“¿Necesitas algo?” means “Do you need anything?” in Mexican Spanish. Offer to bring or provide something someone needs.
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Are you alone?¿Estás solo?
“¿Estás solo?” means “Are you alone?” in Mexican Spanish. Check whether someone has company or is by themselves. Female listener: ¿Estás sola?
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When?¿Cuándo?
“¿Cuándo?” means “When?” in Mexican Spanish. Valid standalone follow-up question.
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Can we talk?¿Podemos hablar?
“¿Podemos hablar?” means “Can we talk?” in Mexican Spanish. Conversation builder.
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What day is it?¿Qué día es?
“¿Qué día es?” means “What day is it?” in Mexican Spanish. Ask which day it is.
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I have a question.Tengo una pregunta.
“Tengo una pregunta.” means “I have a question.” in Mexican Spanish. Useful for starting a question or asking for clarification.
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When are you leaving?¿Cuándo te vas?
“¿Cuándo te vas?” means “When are you leaving?” in Mexican Spanish. Informal tú question for everyday conversation.
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When are we meeting?¿Cuándo nos vemos?
“¿Cuándo nos vemos?” means “When are we meeting?” in Mexican Spanish. Natural social planning; replaces formal future reuniremos.
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When can I call you?¿Cuándo te puedo llamar?
“¿Cuándo te puedo llamar?” means “When can I call you?” in Mexican Spanish. Informal tú question for everyday conversation.
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Are you at work?¿Estás en el trabajo?
“¿Estás en el trabajo?” means “Are you at work?” in Mexican Spanish. Check whether the listener is currently at their workplace, not where they are employed.
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Where?¿Dónde?
“¿Dónde?” means “Where?” in Mexican Spanish. Ask a follow-up about the location of a previously mentioned event/object.
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How?¿Cómo?
“¿Cómo?” means “How?” in Mexican Spanish. Ask how a previously mentioned action/result happens, or request clarification when the method was unclear.
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I have time.Tengo tiempo.
“Tengo tiempo.” means “I have time.” in Mexican Spanish. Natural statement about availability.
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I have a job.Tengo trabajo.
“Tengo trabajo.” means “I have a job.” in Mexican Spanish. Discuss your employment status.
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I am alone.Estoy solo.
“Estoy solo.” means “I am alone.” in Mexican Spanish. Explain that no other person is present. Female speaker: Estoy sola.
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It’s difficult.Está difícil.
“Está difícil.” means “It’s difficult.” in Mexican Spanish. Explain that the current task/situation is difficult.
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It’s too much.Es demasiado.
“Es demasiado.” means “It’s too much.” in Mexican Spanish. Say an amount or demand is excessive.
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Why is that?¿Por qué?
“¿Por qué?” means “Why is that?” in Mexican Spanish. Ask for a reason for a preceding claim or decision.
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Right here.Justo aquí.
“Justo aquí.” means “Right here.” in Mexican Spanish. Identify the exact desired location visually.
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Perfect!¡Perfecto!
“¡Perfecto!” means “Perfect!” in Mexican Spanish. React positively when an arrangement or result is exactly suitable.
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I have plans.Tengo planes.
“Tengo planes.” means “I have plans.” in Mexican Spanish. Explain that you already have arrangements.
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Someday.Algún día.
“Algún día.” means “Someday.” in Mexican Spanish. Give an indefinite future time in reply to a timing question.
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Technical Specs

Formality and register2 branches

How a phrase addresses someone: Neutral, Familiar (tú), or Formal (usted). Politeness also depends on wording and context; tú can be polite.

Neutral88 Familiar (tú)25

Conversation role7 branches

What the phrase does in a conversation. A phrase can have several standardized roles, such as asking, answering or sharing information.

Answer or explain62 Share information57 Express feelings or opinions42 Ask a question37 Give instructions2 Make a request2 Greet or say goodbye1

Situations85 branches

The specific setting recorded by the editorial review. Not every phrase has a named situation.

Not recorded29 Alert someone to an unidentified person’s presence here.1 Answer a day-of-week question.1 Answer an understood possessions or supplies inquiry with having nothing.1 Answer how often/how many occasions with many times.1 Approve an improved arrangement or adjustment.1 Arrange a visit to the listener’s location.1 Ask a follow-up about the location of a previously mentioned event/object.1 Ask about employment during a social introduction.1 Ask about expected difficulty of a task.1 Ask for a description of an understood place, person or experience.1 Ask for a reason for a preceding claim or decision.1 Ask for feedback on appearance/clothing before an outing.1 Ask how a previously mentioned action/result happens, or request clarification when the method was unclear.1 Ask what follows in a plan, sequence or activity.1 Ask what someone recalls about an understood event.1 Ask whether someone has children during an appropriate personal conversation.1 Ask which day it is.1 Ask why someone is delayed.1 Check whether someone has company or is by themselves. Female listener: ¿Estás sola?1 Check whether the listener is currently at their workplace, not where they are employed.1 Comment on an irritating situation, not insult the listener.1 Confirm that someone has stated something exactly right.1 Confirm two options/references are the same thing, not ask if they are.1 Confirm whether two things are equivalent.1 Conventional relief expression with religious wording.1 Describe an understood situation as temporary, a phase.1 Describe an unexpected sudden event.1 Describe or limit a status to the period up to now.1 Describe someone else’s work ethic.1 Describe something as usual/expected in its everyday context.1 Desde marks a starting point in time; durante/por describe a duration.1 Direct the listener’s gaze upward toward an understood point.1 Discuss your employment status.1 Evaluate an activity as boring. Feminine alternative: Es aburrida.1 Evaluate deterioration of a situation/item, not one’s health status.1 Explain a social relationship. Feminine alternative: Son amigas.1 Explain an understood action is only a test or demonstration rather than a live result.1 Explain that no other person is present. Female speaker: Estoy sola.1 Explain that the current task/situation is difficult.1 Explain that the speaker has to wait.1 Explain that the speaker is not employed.1 Explain that there is no alternative to an understood action.1 Explain that two understood items/situations differ.1 Explain that you already have arrangements.1 Explain travelling without companions. Female speaker: Voy sola.1 Express desire to see the listener in an appropriate familiar relationship.1 Express uncertainty or concerns.1 Give a direct negative answer.1 Give a tentative answer to a suggestion or yes/no question.1 Give an indefinite future time in reply to a timing question.1 Give flexible choice of a place in reply to a location question.1 Identify that something is intended for the speaker.1 Identify the current season as spring in a geographic/calendar conversation.1 Identify the exact desired location visually.1 Introduce a sibling as a family-conversation example.1 Introduce a thought/update with an attention-getting question.1 Introduce the first point in a sequence.1 Make a pleasant-day weather comment during everyday small talk. Día is masculine: un día hermoso.1 Mark a minimum or a mitigating positive.1 Offer the already-mentioned object or item.1 Offer to bring or provide something someone needs.1 Promise prompt action.1 Question a proposed delay and suggest acting sooner.1 React positively when an arrangement or result is exactly suitable.1 React to a frightening thing or event.1 React to an unexpected coincidental encounter or shared circumstance.1 React to someone’s fortunate present circumstances.1 React with surprise or admiration.1 Reassure about an understood game context with It’s just a game.1 Report that an understood situation is unusual.1 Report that the answer is unknown to everyone involved, not only the speaker.1 Request a smaller serving or amount of an understood item.1 Request or describe doing things one by one.1 Say an amount or demand is excessive.1 Say an understood action or item is unnecessary.1 Say goodbye.1 Say speaker and companions are together in the same group/place.1 Say there is no available space for an understood item or task.1 Schoolwork or a conversation with family about homework.1 Share a personal hardship disclosure with a familiar person.1 Share family information.1 Share social background. Feminine alternative: Tengo amigas.1 Share that today is the speaker’s birthday.1 Tell the current time. For other hours, use Son las dos, Son las tres, and so on.1

Gender forms4 branches

Explore the grammatical gender forms recorded for each phrase. Grammatical gender is different from the speaker’s identity.

neutral95 masculine10 both5 feminine3

Who or what gender refers to5 branches

Find whether gender wording relates to the speaker, listener, noun or object.

Not recorded101 object8 speaker2 listener1 noun1

Learning collections3 branches

The fixed introductory collection and editorial Core or Expansion placements.

Core56 Not recorded29 Expansion28

Vocabulary families111 branches

Browse recorded word families shared by phrases. These editorial family labels may not be dictionary headwords.

Vocabulary familiarity3 branches

Everyday, less common and specialized vocabulary, considered separately from grammatical difficulty.

Everyday75 Not recorded29 Less common9

Reusability3 branches

Editorial score for how broadly an expression can be reused; higher scores indicate more reuse.

462 541 310

Ambiguity risk3 branches

Editorial score for how strongly meaning can depend on context; higher values indicate more ambiguity.

340 137 236

Confusion risk3 branches

Editorial estimate of the chance of confusing the expression with another; higher values indicate more risk.

259 343 111

Spanish word count2 branches

Explore shorter and longer expressions using the recorded Spanish word count.

1–398 4–615

Usefulness score3 branches

The detailed editorial usefulness score, distinct from the three usefulness labels.

472 329 512

Difficulty score2 branches

Scores run from 5 to 100. These ten-point ranges show the finer distribution within difficulty bands.

11–20104 5–109

Vocabulary contribution2 branches

Recorded number of vocabulary-family contributions; it is not a learner’s vocabulary size.

078 1–335

Review dates5 branches

When the recorded editorial review was performed.

2026-10-2384 2026-10-1925 2026-10-182 2026-10-161 2026-10-171

Editorial quality1 branches

Recorded review status and quality classification.

Reviewed for Spanish (Mexico)113

Source batches6 branches

Editorial import batches where source information is recorded.

photo-batches-01-15-2026-10-2384 LinguaDual 2026-10-19 batch 214 LinguaDual 2026-10-19 batch 111 2026-10-18 everyday phrases screenshot2 25 conversational statements screenshot1 30 everyday conversational phrases screenshot1

Review methods4 branches

How the recorded editorial ratings were assigned. These are assessments rather than measured learning outcomes.

Individual editorial meaning/context/grammar review; difficulty-v2 vocabulary/reuse recomputed against reconciled 1414-card deck. Supplemental ratings are editorial estimates, not recall or CEFR measurements.84 Editorial review; initial difficulty and usefulness estimates.27 Editorial rules: templates, topic/role density, context dependence, and same-topic word-family overlap1 Individual editorial assessment using the existing v2 factor schema.1

Introductory speakers1 branches

The speaker roles recorded for the fixed introductory dialogue.

Not recorded113

Length difficulty factor4 branches