Inés walks to a viewpoint
Inés wants a morning viewpoint and follows, with her father, the white and yellow marks of a Spanish Pequeño Recorrido trail.
Hacer senderismo
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What you'll learn
Spanish present tense, the verb querer, and hiking words such as mochila, sendero and mirador.
Inés wants to reach a viewpoint while the sun is still low. She and her father follow the continuity mark of a homologated Pequeño Recorrido trail in Spain: two rectangles, white above and yellow below. Those trails are often long. They walk only one section. They cross a stream, climb, share an apple at the viewpoint and return by the same marks.
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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.
hace senderismo
newgoes hiking
Hacer + senderismo is a fixed phrase for the activity of hiking.
Main action of the family hiking article.
cerca de un parque natural
newnear a natural park
Cerca de + noun shows proximity to a place.
Describes where the family lives before the hike.
prepara las mochilas
newprepares the backpacks
Preparar + las mochilas is the pre-hike packing action.
Useful phrase for getting gear ready.
lleva agua y comida
newcarries water and food
Llevar + agua y comida names what each person brings.
Basic phrase for trail supplies.
evitar el calor
newavoid the heat
Para + infinitive (evitar) explains why they start early.
Shows why the family sets off early.
ruta circular
newcircular route
Ruta circular is a trail that returns to the start.
Term from the five-kilometre trail description.
a mitad de camino
newhalfway along the way
A mitad de camino is a fixed phrase for midway on the trail.
Marks the rest stop at the mirador.
Key words
Vocabulary that carries the school-day topic.
Trail
sendero
trail / path
El sendero is the walking path; here with yellow markers.
Central word for describing the route.
Viewpoint
mirador
viewpoint / lookout
Mirador is a spot with a view over the valley or town.
Key rest point halfway through the hike.
Stream
arroyo
stream / brook
Arroyo pequeño is a small watercourse crossing the trail.
Nature detail along the route.
Summit
cima
summit / peak
La cima is the highest point; llegar a la cima means reach the top.
Word from the final climb in the article.
Hiking boots
botas de montaña
hiking boots / mountain boots
Botas de montaña are footwear for mountain trails.
Essential gear from the preparation paragraph.
Wildflowers
flores silvestres
wildflowers
Flores silvestres are wild blooms seen along the trail.
Nature vocabulary from the middle section.
Grammar in context
Patterns from the text worth noticing after reading.
Present: hace
hace senderismo
the family goes hiking
Hace is third person singular of hacer; hacer senderismo is a habitual activity.
Basic present tense from the opening sentence.
Frequency and time
Los domingos de primavera
on spring Sundays
Los domingos de primavera is a frequency + season phrase at the sentence start.
Shows how to mark a regular family habit.
Hay: existence
A mitad de camino hay un mirador
there is a viewpoint halfway
Hay + noun states that a mirador exists at a location.
Pattern for describing points along the trail.
Ser/estar: es
Es adecuada para principiantes
the route is suitable for beginners
Es adecuada is ser + adjective; adecuada agrees with ruta (feminine).
Example of ser for describing trail features.
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