A Day in El Retiro Park in Madrid
Read an A1 Spanish visit to El Retiro, its lake, Crystal Palace, royal history and UNESCO landscape.
Un día en El Retiro de Madrid
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What you'll learn
park vocabulary, hay, tener, algunas...otras, estar, questions with qué
A visitor walks through El Retiro in central Madrid, visits the Great Pond, the Alfonso XII monument, the Crystal Palace and the rose garden, and learns the park's short history.
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Phrases, words, grammar, and quick practice from this text.
Phrases for training
Add useful phrases to SRS or mark them as already known.
en el centro de Madrid
newin the centre of Madrid
En el centro de names the central part of a place.
Useful for giving a precise location.
más de 15 000 árboles
newmore than 15,000 trees
Más de introduces a quantity above the stated number.
Useful for describing numerical limits.
pasean en barca
newgo boating
Pasear en barca means to take a leisurely trip in a boat.
Useful for talking about leisure by the water.
abierto al público
newopen to the public
Abierto al público means that people may visit a place.
Useful for describing parks, museums and buildings.
Key words
Vocabulary that carries the school-day topic.
Word
estanque
pond
An estanque is a constructed body of water that can serve a practical or decorative purpose.
Useful for describing parks.
Word
remo
oar
A remo is a long object used to move a boat through water.
Useful vocabulary for boating.
Word
orilla
shore
The orilla is the edge of a body of water beside the land.
Useful for describing places by water.
Word
hierro
iron
Hierro is a strong metal used in buildings.
Useful for naming a building material.
Word
Rosaleda
rose garden
A rosaleda is a garden where many roses are grown.
Useful for naming a particular part of a park.
Word
Patrimonio Mundial
World Heritage
Patrimonio Mundial is international recognition of a place's cultural or natural value.
Useful for understanding descriptions of important places.
Grammar in context
Patterns from the text worth noticing after reading.
Tener for features
El parque tiene
the park has
Tiene is the form of tener used with él, ella or one thing.
Useful for describing what a place or person has.
Hay for existence
hay barcas de remo
there are rowing boats
Hay states that something exists and does not change for a plural noun.
Useful for saying what is present in a place.
Algunas and otras
Algunas personas pasean en barca y otras miran
some people go boating and others watch
Algunas names one part of a group, and otras contrasts another part.
Useful for comparing what two parts of a group do.
Estar for a state
está abierto al público
is open to the public
Está combines with abierto to describe the state of a place.
Useful for talking about access to a place.
Question with qué
¿Qué lugar quieres visitar primero?
Which place do you want to visit first?
Qué comes before lugar and asks which option the listener chooses.
Useful for asking directly about a choice.
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