An Imaginary Snack at San Ginés | Spanish A1
An A1 Spanish story about an explicitly fictional snack at Madrid's historic Chocolatería San Ginés.
Una merienda imaginaria en San Ginés
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What you'll learn
Snack and café vocabulary, present-tense actions, adjective agreement, telling time and simple preferences.
An explicitly fictional visit by Ana to the real Chocolatería San Ginés in Madrid. The factual details are its location in Pasadizo de San Ginés near Puerta del Sol, its service of chocolate with churros since 1894, and the drinks and pastries on its menu.
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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.
quiere merendar
newwants to have an afternoon snack
Querer plus infinitive says what someone wants to do.
Useful for ordering and making plans.
Está muy cerca de
newis very close to
Estar cerca de describes a nearby location.
Useful when asking for or giving directions.
Pide una taza de chocolate
neworders a cup of hot chocolate
Pedir is the usual verb for ordering food and drinks.
A practical café expression.
moja un churro en el chocolate
newdips a churro in the chocolate
Mojar algo en names the liquid into which something is dipped.
Useful when describing how food is eaten.
Key words
Vocabulary that carries the school-day topic.
Have a snack
merendar
to have an afternoon snack
Merendar means to eat a light meal in the afternoon.
The key verb for the article topic.
Churros
churros
churros
Churros are long pieces of fried dough.
A common word in Spanish cafés.
Portion
ración
portion; serving
A ración is an amount of food served for one order.
Useful when ordering food.
Crispy
crujientes
crispy; crunchy
Crujiente describes food that makes a light cracking sound when eaten.
A useful food adjective.
Menu
carta
menu
In a café or restaurant, la carta is the menu.
Essential vocabulary for eating out.
Marble
mármol
marble
Mármol is a hard stone often used for tables and buildings.
Useful for describing materials and interiors.
Grammar in context
Patterns from the text worth noticing after reading.
Telling the time
Son las cinco de la tarde
It is five in the afternoon.
Use son las with hours other than one.
Essential for talking about schedules.
Estar for a state
El chocolate está caliente.
The hot chocolate is hot.
Estar describes the current state or temperature of the drink.
Useful for describing food and drinks now.
Plural agreement
Los churros son largos y crujientes.
The churros are long and crispy.
Largos and crujientes are plural because they describe los churros.
Agreement makes descriptions correct.
Question with qué
¿Qué tomas tú para merendar?
What do you have for an afternoon snack?
Qué has an accent when it introduces a question.
Useful for asking about food preferences.
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