My first film at Cine Doré - Spanish A2
Read a fictional A2 Spanish story about a first independent visit to Madrid's historic Cine Doré.
Mi primera sesión en el Cine Doré
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What you'll learn
Cinema vocabulary, common past forms, por mi cuenta, and ir plus infinitive.
In this fictional story, a fourteen-year-old visits Cine Doré without her parents and learns that the venue opened on this site in 1912 and became Filmoteca Española's screening venue in 1989.
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.
por mi cuenta
newon my own
It means independently, without another person doing it for you.
Useful for talking about independence.
He quedado con
newI have arranged to meet
Quedar con alguien means to arrange a meeting with that person.
Useful for making social plans.
en voz baja
newquietly, in a low voice
It describes speaking without making much noise.
Useful in cinemas and libraries.
todo ha salido bien
neweverything has gone well
A natural way to report a successful result.
Useful for reassuring someone.
Key words
Vocabulary that carries the school-day topic.
la fachada
La fachada
facade
The exterior front of a building.
Useful for describing architecture.
la taquilla
la taquilla
ticket office
The place where tickets are sold.
Essential cinema and theatre vocabulary.
el vestíbulo
el vestíbulo
lobby
The entrance area inside a public building.
Useful for meeting and waiting.
las butacas
nuestras butacas
seats
Comfortable seats in a cinema or theatre.
Useful when finding your place.
la pantalla
la pantalla
screen
The surface where a film is shown.
Core cinema vocabulary.
la sesión
la sesión
screening
A scheduled showing of a film.
Useful for cinema times and plans.
Grammar in context
Patterns from the text worth noticing after reading.
voy al cine
voy al cine
I go to the cinema
Voy is the first-person present form of ir.
Useful for saying where you are going.
volvió a abrir
volvió a abrir
reopened
Volver a plus an infinitive means to do something again.
Useful for histories and repeated actions.
puedo organizar
puedo organizar
I can organize
Poder plus an infinitive expresses ability.
Useful for talking about what you can do.
mis padres saben
Mis padres saben
my parents know
Saben is the third-person plural present form of saber.
Useful for talking about knowledge.
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