My red ball in El Retiro | Spanish A1
An A1 Spanish scene: Lucía wants to play with a red ball in Madrid's El Retiro. They pass the big pond, the monument to Alfonso XII and the Palacio de Cristal.
Mi pelota roja en El Retiro
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What you'll learn
Present tense, querer, and park words: pond, boat, glass palace and ball.
Lucía enters El Retiro with a red ball. Her father wants to walk first. They play away from the water, and a girl joins the circle.
After reading
Article learning block
Phrases, words, grammar, and quick practice from this text.
Phrases for training
Add useful phrases to SRS or mark them as already known.
junto al estanque
newbeside the pond
Junto a means next to; a plus el becomes al.
Useful for locating one thing beside another.
con las dos manos
newwith both hands
Las dos manos means both hands together.
Useful when describing how someone catches or holds something.
de una persona a otra
newfrom one person to another
De ... a ... marks movement between two people.
Useful for describing an exchange or movement.
Antes de volver a casa
newbefore going home
Antes de plus an infinitive says what happens before another action.
Useful for ordering events.
Key words
Vocabulary that carries the school-day topic.
Pond
estanque
pond
An estanque is a body of water, often made or adapted by people.
A useful word for parks and gardens.
Boats
barcas
boats
Barcas are small boats used on water.
Useful for visits to lakes and ponds.
Iron
hierro
iron
Hierro is a strong metal used in buildings and objects.
Useful for naming a building material.
Glass
vidrio
glass
Vidrio is the transparent material used in windows.
Useful for describing buildings and objects.
Grass
césped
grass
Césped is grass that covers the ground in a park or garden.
Useful for describing outdoor places.
Grammar in context
Patterns from the text worth noticing after reading.
Identifying with ser
El Retiro es un parque de Madrid
El Retiro is a park in Madrid
Es identifies what El Retiro is.
Useful for defining a place or thing.
Location with estar
Este pabellón está dentro del parque
This pavilion is inside the park
Está expresses the location of the pavilion.
Useful for saying where a place or object is.
Feminine agreement
una pelota roja
a red ball
Pelota is feminine, so the adjective is roja.
Useful for matching adjectives to feminine nouns.
Poder plus infinitive
¿Puedo jugar?
Can I play?
Puedo is followed by the infinitive jugar to ask about permission or possibility.
Useful for asking to join an activity.
Question with qué
¿Qué lugar del parque prefieres?
Which place in the park do you prefer?
Qué introduces a question asking someone to choose a place.
Useful for asking another person's preference.
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