A birthday photo on a private account
Ana wants her cousins to see the cake. On her network the account is private. She removes the home street and asks Lucía before posting.
La cuenta privada de mi hermana
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What you'll learn
Spanish present tense and privacy words: private account, place, profile, and permission.
Ana wants to post a birthday cake photo that also shows her friend Lucía. On her network, a private account shows photos only to people she accepts. Her cousins are already accepted. A classmate asks to enter and Ana does not accept him. The photo shows their home street, and Ana removes that place. She also does not write her school or address. She asks Lucía, Lucía says yes, and then Ana posts. The narrator can see the photo because she is already accepted.
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opciones de privacidad
newprivacy settings
These are controls for deciding who can see or use account information.
It helps identify important social-network settings.
un perfil privado
newa private profile
It is an account whose content is not open to everyone.
Use it to discuss access to an account.
desactiva esta opción
newshe disables this option
Desactivar una opción means to switch off an app feature.
It is useful when changing account settings.
le pide permiso
newshe asks her permission
Pedir permiso means asking whether another person agrees to an action.
It helps discuss consent before sharing content.
Key words
Vocabulary that carries the school-day topic.
Account
cuenta
account
Here it is a person's own space within a social network.
This is basic vocabulary for digital services.
Home address
domicilio
home address
It is the address of the place where a person lives.
It helps identify sensitive personal information.
School
colegio
school
It is the place where a child or teenager studies.
In a profile, it can be personal information.
Precise location
ubicación exacta
precise location
It is the exact position of a person or device.
It helps explain an important privacy setting.
Password
contraseña
password
It is a secret key used to enter an account.
This is essential digital-security vocabulary.
To post
publicar
to post
It means putting a photo, text, or video on a social network.
It names a common online action.
Grammar in context
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Antes de plus infinitive
Antes de publicar
Before posting
Antes de followed by publicar places one action before another.
It helps order two actions.
Personal a
Solo acepta a personas que conoce
She only accepts people she knows
The preposition a appears before personas because the object refers to people.
It helps use aceptar with people.
Direct object pronoun los
Ana no los escribe en su perfil
Ana does not write them in her profile.
Los replaces the masculine plural noun datos.
It avoids repeating a known plural noun.
Negation with nadie
no comparte la contraseña con nadie
she does not share the password with anyone
Nadie comes after the verb, so no is also placed before comparte.
It expresses that no person receives something.
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