Nancy: a Spanish Doll from 1968
Read a simple Spanish text about the Nancy doll, her clothes, history, and the Museo del Traje collection.
Nancy, una muñeca española de 1968
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This A1 text introduces the Nancy doll, created in 1968, her appearance, an Iberia uniform, and the museum collection.
FAMOSA creó a Nancy en Onil, Alicante, en 1968. El diseñador Tino Juan dio forma a la muñeca. Al final, Nancy midió 42 centímetros.
Nancy tiene el pelo largo de nailon. Sus ojos llevan párpados que se cierran cuando la muñeca está tumbada. Así parece que duerme.
El uniforme de la ficha es de Iberia. El diseñador Elio Berhanyer lo creó en 1972. El conjunto tiene una falda, una chaqueta y otras piezas.
El Museo del Traje conserva más de cien muñecas Nancy. Sus versiones permiten ver cambios en la moda y en la sociedad española.
En 2013, el museo celebró una exposición por los 45 años de Nancy. Veinticinco creadores españoles de moda diseñaron ropa nueva para ella.
¿Qué detalle de Nancy te gusta más? ¿Tienes una muñeca favorita? ¿Qué ropa lleva?
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What you'll learn
Spanish words for dolls, clothes, museums, and simple dates
This A1 text introduces the Nancy doll, created in 1968, her appearance, an Iberia uniform, and the museum collection.
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Phrases for training
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una ficha digital
newa digital record
Una ficha digital is an online record containing information about an object.
Useful for talking about online catalogues.
dio forma a
newshaped
Dio forma a says that someone created or defined the form of something.
Useful for talking about design.
Al final
newin the end
Al final introduces the final result of a process.
Useful for ending a short explanation.
más de cien
newmore than one hundred
Más de cien means a quantity above one hundred.
Useful for approximate quantities.
Key words
Vocabulary that carries the school-day topic.
flight attendant
azafata
flight attendant
Azafata refers to a woman who serves passengers on an aircraft.
Useful travel vocabulary.
doll
muñeca
doll
Muñeca here means a toy shaped like a person.
Basic vocabulary for toys.
nylon
nailon
nylon
Nailon is a synthetic material.
Useful for describing materials.
eyelids
párpados
eyelids
Párpados are the parts that close over the eyes.
Useful for describing a face.
jacket
chaqueta
jacket
A chaqueta is an outer garment with sleeves.
Basic clothing vocabulary.
preserves
conserva
preserves
Conserva means that a museum keeps objects in its collection.
Useful for talking about museums.
Grammar in context
Patterns from the text worth noticing after reading.
A completed past action
FAMOSA creó a Nancy en Onil, Alicante, en 1968.
FAMOSA created Nancy in Onil, Alicante, in 1968.
Creó describes a completed action at a specific time in the past.
Useful for talking about historical dates.
Present tense for description
Sus ojos llevan párpados que se cierran cuando la muñeca está tumbada.
Her eyes have eyelids that close when the doll is lying down.
Llevan describes a feature of an object in the present tense.
Useful for describing things.
The direct object pronoun lo
El diseñador Elio Berhanyer lo creó en 1972.
The designer Elio Berhanyer created it in 1972.
Lo replaces the masculine noun el uniforme.
Useful for avoiding repetition.
Quantity with más de
El Museo del Traje conserva más de cien muñecas Nancy.
The Museo del Traje holds more than one hundred Nancy dolls.
Más de before a number means the quantity is above that number.
Useful for approximate quantities.
A question with gustar
¿Qué detalle de Nancy te gusta más?
Which detail of Nancy do you like best?
Te gusta agrees with the singular noun detalle.
Useful for asking about preferences.
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