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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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
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Phrases, words, grammar, and quick practice from this text.
Phrases for training
Add useful phrases to SRS or mark them as already known.
una cuenta de correo
newan email account
It is an account for sending and receiving email.
Useful for talking about email and signing in.
verificación en dos pasos
newtwo-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
newshe 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
newa password manager
It is a program that can store passwords.
Names a common tool for handling passwords.
una sola contraseña
newonly 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
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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