A Morning Toothbrushing Routine in Spanish: A1
Read a neutral Spanish A1 morning routine and practise the natural phrase «me cepillo los dientes».
Me cepillo los dientes
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What you'll learn
The phrase «me cepillo los dientes», bathroom vocabulary, body-part articles and the pronoun lo.
Alba gets ready for class and puts her toothbrush away. The story models a natural personal-routine phrase and ends with three questions for the reader.
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.
Me cepillo los dientes.
newI brush my teeth.
«Me cepillo los dientes» is the natural way to say this personal routine in Spanish.
It is a useful phrase for talking about your morning or evening routine.
Por la mañana, Alba se prepara para ir a clase.
newIn the morning, Alba gets ready to go to class.
«Por la mañana» locates an action in the morning.
It helps describe the beginning of a daily routine.
Abre el grifo para mojarlo.
newShe opens the tap to wet it.
«Para» plus an infinitive can say why someone does an action.
It gives one simple step in the routine.
Después se enjuaga la boca con agua.
newAfterwards, she rinses her mouth with water.
«Después» marks the next step in an order.
It helps sequence a short routine.
¿Dónde está mi cepillo?
newWhere is my toothbrush?
«Dónde está» asks for the location of one thing.
It is useful when you look for an everyday object.
Tu cepillo está aquí.
newYour toothbrush is here.
«Aquí» means «here» and points to a nearby place.
It gives a short answer to a location question.
Key words
Vocabulary that carries the school-day topic.
A toothbrush
el cepillo de dientes
a toothbrush
«El cepillo de dientes» is a toothbrush.
It is a central object in this routine.
Toothpaste
la pasta de dientes
toothpaste
«La pasta de dientes» is toothpaste.
It names another object in the routine.
Teeth
los dientes
teeth
«Los dientes» is the plural word for teeth.
It is needed for the natural phrase «me cepillo los dientes».
A cup
el vaso
a cup
«El vaso» is a drinking glass or cup.
It is where Alba keeps the toothbrush in the story.
A mirror
el espejo
a mirror
«El espejo» is a mirror.
It names an object in the bathroom.
A tap
el grifo
a tap
«El grifo» is a tap or faucet.
It appears in the morning routine.
Grammar in context
Patterns from the text worth noticing after reading.
Me cepillo los dientes
me cepillo los dientes
I brush my teeth.
For a body part, Spanish normally uses the reflexive pronoun and the article: «me cepillo los dientes».
It prevents the unmodelled and less natural phrase «yo cepillo mis dientes».
The article with a body part
usamos «los dientes» con el artículo
We use the article with teeth.
«Los dientes» has the article because «me» already identifies whose teeth they are.
It explains the structure in «me cepillo los dientes».
The object pronoun lo
lo guarda en el vaso
She puts it in the cup.
«Lo» replaces «el cepillo», a masculine noun, so the speaker does not repeat it.
It makes a short routine description more natural.
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