An Afternoon at the Public Library — Learn Spanish A2
Read about visiting the library and developing a love for books in Spanish at A2 level. Expand your reading and education vocabulary with translation.
Una tarde en la biblioteca pública
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About this article
What you'll learn
Library, books, reading, catalog, loan, librarian, membership, literature, book club, education
This article tells about regular visits to the public library and deepening the reading habit. A2 level suits those who know basic structures. The material teaches book vocabulary, library services, reading, and educational resources.
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Phrases for training
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Cada dos semanas
newEvery two weeks
Expression for regular time intervals.
Useful for describing regular habits and schedules.
una tarjeta de membresía
newA membership card
A card that gives you the right to use library services.
Required for borrowing books.
el catálogo digital
newThe digital catalog
Electronic database for searching books.
Lets you find books without walking through the shelves.
la sala de lectura
newThe reading room
A place in the library for reading on site.
You can read books without taking them home.
un club de lectura
newA reading club
A group of people who discuss books together.
A great way to practice language and share impressions.
llevar libros a casa
newTo take books home
To borrow books from the library to read at home.
The main library service.
Key words
Vocabulary that carries the school-day topic.
Library
biblioteca
Library
A place where books are stored for reading and borrowing.
Central word of the article.
Librarian
bibliotecario
Librarian
A person who works at the library and helps visitors.
Important person for getting recommendations.
Loan
préstamo
Loan
The process of taking a book from the library for a certain time.
Related to library rules about returning.
Section
sección
Section
A part of the library with books of a certain category.
Libraries are divided into sections by genre.
Fine
multa
Fine
Money to pay for late return.
Important to know to avoid problems.
To recommend
recomendar
To recommend
To suggest something to others based on experience.
Useful for discovering new books.
Grammar in context
Patterns from the text worth noticing after reading.
Present tense: regular verbs
visito, necesitas, busco
visito, necesitas, busco
Verbs ending in -ar, -er, -ir in present tense. Drop the ending and add: -o, -as, -a, -amos, -an.
Regular verbs follow one pattern.
Need: necesitar + infinitive
Necesitas una tarjeta
Necesitas una tarjeta
The construction necesitar + infinitive means "need to do something".
Allows expressing necessity.
Past tense: hace + period
Hace dos años
Hace dos años
The construction "hace + time period" indicates when something happened.
For describing past events.
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