Ana's First Work Contract in Valencia
An A1 Spanish story about a fictional shop worker who reads her hours, pay and annual leave in a work contract.
El primer contrato de Ana en Valencia
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What you'll learn
Work and contract vocabulary, weekly schedules, poder plus infinitive and present tense questions.
Ana starts a fictional job in Valencia, checks a 40-hour weekly schedule and learns the Spanish legal minimum for paid annual leave.
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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.
empieza su primer trabajo
newstarts her first job
A natural expression for the beginning of a first job.
Useful when talking about employment milestones.
de lunes a viernes
newfrom Monday to Friday
De... a... marks the beginning and end of a range.
Useful for schedules.
como media del año
newas an annual average
The average is calculated across the whole year.
Important when reading rules about working time.
¿En qué puedo ayudarle?
newHow can I help you?
A polite question addressed formally to one person.
Common in shops and customer service.
Key words
Vocabulary that carries the school-day topic.
una zapatería
una zapatería
a shoe shop
A shop that sells shoes.
Useful vocabulary for shops and jobs.
el sueldo
el sueldo
salary, pay
Money received regularly for work.
Essential employment vocabulary.
el horario
el horario
schedule
The times when an activity begins and ends.
Useful for work and study plans.
las vacaciones
las vacaciones
holidays, vacation
A period away from work or study for rest.
Common vocabulary for work and travel.
días naturales
días naturales
calendar days
Days counted on the calendar, including weekends.
Important in contracts and official notices.
una libreta
una libreta
a notebook
A small book for writing notes.
Useful for everyday objects.
Grammar in context
Patterns from the text worth noticing after reading.
Ana trabaja
Ana trabaja
Ana works
Trabaja is the third-person singular present form of trabajar.
Use it to say what another person does now or regularly.
Trabaja ocho horas al día
Trabaja ocho horas al día
She works eight hours a day
Spanish can omit Ana because trabaja already shows third-person singular and the context identifies her.
Helps you understand sentences without an explicit subject pronoun.
¿Cuántas horas trabajas o estudias cada semana?
¿Cuántas horas trabajas o estudias cada semana?
How many hours do you work or study each week?
Cuántas agrees with the feminine plural noun horas.
Use it to ask about quantities.
puede tener
puede tener
can have
A conjugated form of poder is followed by the infinitive tener.
Useful for expressing possibility.
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