A Comfortable Home for a Cat | Spanish A1
Read a practical Spanish A1 text about food, water, litter boxes, scratching posts and daily cat care.
Una casa cómoda para un gato
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What you'll learn
Cat-care and home vocabulary, hay que, necesitar, deber and a place question
An A1 Spanish article uses guidance from Cornell and AVMA to explain how to prepare food, water, litter boxes, scratching surfaces and daily activity for a cat.
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Phrases for training
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Antes de traer un gato a casa
newBefore bringing a cat home
The phrase marks what should happen before the cat arrives.
Useful for planning and giving care advice.
lejos de la caja de arena
newfar from the litter box
Lejos de indicates distance from a place or object.
Useful for describing where pet items go.
según su edad
newaccording to its age
Según introduces the factor used to choose something.
Useful when care changes with age.
una caja por gato y una caja más
newone box per cat plus one more box
The phrase gives a simple quantity rule.
Useful for understanding recommendations with por and más.
Key words
Vocabulary that carries the school-day topic.
rascador
rascador
scratching post
An object made for a cat to scratch.
A key word for cat equipment.
recipiente
recipiente
container or bowl
An object that holds food, water or another substance.
Useful in kitchens and pet care.
equilibrada
equilibrada
balanced
Here it describes food with an appropriate nutritional balance.
Useful when talking about diet and health.
accesible
accesible
easy to reach
A place that can be reached without difficulty.
Useful for describing practical locations.
sin tapa
sin tapa
without a lid
Sin means that the lid is absent.
Useful for describing containers and boxes.
Arañar
Arañar
to scratch
To pull the claws across a surface.
A common verb for cat behaviour.
muebles
muebles
furniture
Large household objects such as tables, chairs and sofas.
A basic word for describing a home.
peso
peso
weight
How heavy a person or animal is.
Useful in health and veterinary contexts.
Grammar in context
Patterns from the text worth noticing after reading.
hay que preparar algunas cosas
hay que preparar algunas cosas
some things need to be prepared
Hay que plus an infinitive expresses a general necessity.
Useful for general rules and instructions.
El gato necesita un recipiente
El gato necesita un recipiente
The cat needs a bowl
Necesita is the third person singular present form of necesitar.
Useful for saying what one animal or person needs.
deben estar limpios
deben estar limpios
they must be clean
Deben agrees with the plural subject recipientes, and limpios also has a plural ending.
Useful for rules about several objects.
¿Dónde está su caja de arena?
¿Dónde está su caja de arena?
Where is its litter box?
Dónde has an accent in a direct question and asks about place.
Useful for asking where something is.
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