Cobi: A Cubist Dog for Barcelona 92 | Spanish A2
Read an A2 Spanish text about Cobi, Javier Mariscal's Cubist mascot for the Barcelona 1992 Olympic Games, and its television series.
Cobi: un perro cubista para Barcelona 92
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COOB'92, 92. .
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What you'll learn
Visual-design and media vocabulary, A2 past forms, the direct object pronoun lo, and se hizo for change
This A2 reading presents Cobi, the official mascot of the Barcelona 1992 Olympic Games, its selection, Cubist design, name, growing popularity and animated series.
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.
mascota oficial
newofficial mascot
Mascota oficial names the character formally chosen to represent an event.
It is key vocabulary for the topic.
estilo cubista
newCubist style
Estilo cubista refers here to the simplified geometric look of Cobi's drawing.
It helps describe a visual design.
fácil de pronunciar
neweasy to pronounce
Fácil de plus an infinitive describes an action that does not require much effort.
It is useful when evaluating names and words.
derechos de emisión
newbroadcast rights
Derechos de emisión are permissions to show a program on television or another medium.
It helps explain how a series reaches channels.
Key words
Vocabulary that carries the school-day topic.
Competition
concurso
competition
Concurso is an event in which several proposals compete and one can be selected.
It is useful for talking about design selection.
Jury
jurado
jury
Jurado is the group that evaluates entries in a competition.
It identifies who makes the selection.
Proposal
propuesta
proposal
Propuesta is an idea or design presented for consideration.
It is useful in creative and professional contexts.
Pointed
puntiagudos
pointed
Puntiagudos describes things that end in a point.
It helps visualize Cobi's three hairs.
Outfits
atuendos
outfits
Atuendos are sets of clothes worn for a particular appearance or role.
It helps describe a character's changing look.
Success
éxito
success
Éxito is a positive result or broad acceptance.
It helps describe a positive result without repeating the full story.
Grammar in context
Patterns from the text worth noticing after reading.
Ser in the preterite
fue la mascota oficial
was the official mascot
Fue is the preterite of ser and identifies Cobi's role at a completed past event.
Which verb does fue come from?
Direct object pronoun lo
Lo creó el diseñador español Javier Mariscal
The Spanish designer Javier Mariscal created it
Lo replaces the masculine noun Cobi and comes before creó.
What does lo replace?
Hacerse for a change
Cobi se hizo más popular
Cobi became more popular
Se hizo plus an adjective describes a change that developed over time.
Which adjective describes the result?
Estar plus participle
Estaba pensada para niños de cinco a doce años
It was intended for children aged five to twelve
Estaba pensada describes the purpose assigned to the feminine noun la serie.
Why is pensada feminine?
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