A Morning at La Boquería: Spanish A1
An A1 Spanish reading set at La Boquería, a market on La Rambla in Barcelona.
Una mañana en La Boquería
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Ana visits La Boquería with her brother, chooses fruit and cheese, and prepares a lunchbox at home.
En el mercado, Ana ve frutas de muchos colores. Hay naranjas, plátanos y uvas. Ella compra dos naranjas y un plátano. Leo compra una manzana roja.
Después, Ana ve queso y tomates. Ella quiere queso para su familia. Leo no quiere queso hoy. Los dos tienen agua en la bolsa.
Ana tiene hambre. Ella come una naranja en una mesa. Leo bebe agua. Después, Ana pone el plátano en su bolsa.
Al final, Ana y Leo salen del mercado. Van a casa con la bolsa. En casa, Ana prepara una lonchera con la fruta y el queso.
¿Vas a un mercado con tu familia? ¿Qué fruta compras? ¿Qué pones en tu lonchera?
About this article
What you'll learn
Food, colors, quantities, querer, and present-tense shopping verbs.
Ana visits La Boquería with her brother, chooses fruit and cheese, and prepares a lunchbox at home.
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.
un mercado
newa market
It is a place with stalls and shops.
It is a basic word for talking about shopping.
en La Rambla
newon La Rambla
La Rambla is the place mentioned in the text.
It helps you say where something is with en.
una bolsa pequeña
newa small bag
It is a bag of small size.
It combines a noun with a simple adjective.
frutas de muchos colores
newfruit of many colors
It refers to fruit with different colors.
It helps you describe food with colors.
dos naranjas
newtwo oranges
It is a quantity of two pieces of fruit.
It practices a number with a plural noun.
un plátano
newa banana
It is one piece of fruit.
It practices un with a masculine noun.
una manzana roja
newa red apple
It is an apple that is red.
It combines a feminine noun with an adjective.
tiene hambre
newis hungry
It means that a person wants to eat.
It is a frequent expression for talking about a need.
Key words
Vocabulary that carries the school-day topic.
La Boquería
La Boquería
La Boquería
This is the name of the Barcelona market in the text.
It helps you recognize the place in the story.
Grammar in context
Patterns from the text worth noticing after reading.
There are oranges
Hay naranjas
There are oranges
Hay introduces things that are present in a place.
It is an essential structure for naming things.
wants cheese
quiere queso
wants cheese
Quiere expresses what a person wants.
It practices querer in the third person.
does not want cheese
no quiere queso
does not want cheese
No makes quiere negative.
It shows a simple way to say no.
drinks water
bebe agua
drinks water
Bebe is a form of beber for one person.
It practices an everyday action verb.
puts the banana
pone el plátano
puts the banana
Pone expresses the action of placing something.
It helps you talk about actions with objects.
leave the market
salen del mercado
leave the market
Salen expresses the action of going out of a place.
It practices a plural verb.
prepares a lunchbox
prepara una lonchera
prepares a lunchbox
Prepara expresses the action of getting something ready.
It practices a useful everyday verb.
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