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Ana's password

Ana does not get in on the first try. Her password is not her name or her birth date. She does not tell her classmate.

La contraseña de Ana

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Level A1 Reading focus

What you'll learn

Spanish present tense: open mail without sharing the password.

Ana wants to open a teacher's email in the school library. The first try does not work. Her password is not her name or her birth date. It is a short phrase and a number. The subject is a bridge in the city. A classmate asks for the password and Ana says no. She signs out. She does not write the password on paper.

After reading

Article learning block

Phrases, words, grammar, and quick practice from this text.

15 items

Phrases for training

Add useful phrases to SRS or mark them as already known.

una cuenta de correo

new

an email account

It is an account for sending and receiving email.

Useful for talking about email and signing in.

verificación en dos pasos

new

two-step verification

It is extra protection: there is another step after the password.

Names a way to add protection to an account.

no comparte sus contraseñas

new

she does not share her passwords

No comparte means that she does not give something to another person.

Shows a useful negative sentence about passwords.

Un gestor de contraseñas

new

a password manager

It is a program that can store passwords.

Names a common tool for handling passwords.

una sola contraseña

new

only one password

Sola agrees with the feminine noun contraseña.

Helps you spot adjective agreement.

Key words

Vocabulary that carries the school-day topic.

contraseña

contraseña

password

It is a secret key for entering an account.

It is the main word in this story about signing in.

cuenta

cuenta

account

Here cuenta means personal access to a service.

This word is often needed for talking about websites and email.

correo

correo

email

In cuenta de correo, it means email.

Useful for talking about email.

signos

signos

symbols

In a password, signos can be symbols such as ! or ?.

Helps describe parts of a password.

código

código

code

It is a key entered to confirm access.

Needed for the part about two-step verification.

móvil

móvil

mobile phone

In this text, móvil means a mobile phone.

It is a common Spanish word for a phone.

Grammar in context

Patterns from the text worth noticing after reading.

tiene

Ana tiene una cuenta

she has

Tiene is the present-tense form of tener used with Ana.

Helps say that one person has something.

quiere

Ella quiere recordar

she wants

Quiere is the present-tense form of querer used with ella.

Helps say that a person wants to do something.

son

Las dos contraseñas son diferentes

they are

Son is the present-tense form of ser used with a plural subject.

Helps describe two or more things.

tienes

¿Tienes una cuenta de correo?

you have

Tienes is the present-tense form of tener used with tú.

Helps ask one person an informal question.

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