Unamuno's Voice at BNE: Spanish B1
A B1 Spanish reading about a 1931 recording of Miguel de Unamuno's voice in the Archivo de la Palabra.
Una voz de 1931 en el Archivo de la Palabra
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. 1931. . .
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. . . , : 1931.
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About this article
What you'll learn
Sound-recording vocabulary, describing a cultural document, present and past tenses
Clara listens to the 1931 recording El poder de la palabra with Miguel de Unamuno's voice.
After reading
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.
una voz del pasado
newa voice from the past
Una voz del pasado means a voice from the past.
Useful for talking about a historical recording.
El poder de la palabra
newThe power of the word
This is the title of the document Clara listens to.
Useful for naming the recording in the text.
aprender con los oídos
newto learn by listening
Con los oídos means with the ears.
Useful for talking about learning through listening.
vuelve a escuchar
newlistens again
Vuelve a + infinitive means to do an action again.
Useful for saying that someone listens again.
Key words
Vocabulary that carries the school-day topic.
Word: grabación
grabación
recording
A grabación is a sound or video recording.
Useful for talking about audio.
Word: disco de pizarra
disco de pizarra
shellac record
A disco de pizarra is an old record used to play sound.
Useful for naming an old sound format.
Word: voz
voz
voice
Voz is the sound a person makes when speaking.
Useful for describing a person in an audio recording.
Word: palabra hablada
palabra hablada
spoken word
Hablada comes from hablar, to speak.
Useful for contrasting spoken and written language.
Word: palabra escrita
palabra escrita
written word
Escrita comes from escribir, to write.
Useful for contrasting written and spoken language.
Word: recitales
recitales
recitals
A recital is an event where people read or perform works.
Useful for talking about cultural events.
Word: oídos
oídos
ears
Oídos are the parts of the body used for hearing.
Useful for talking about listening.
Grammar in context
Patterns from the text worth noticing after reading.
Grammar: querer + infinitive
Quiere escuchar una voz del pasado.
she wants to hear a voice from the past
Quiere comes from querer. After quiere, use the infinitive escuchar.
Useful for saying what someone wants.
Grammar: grabado en 1931
Es un disco de pizarra grabado en 1931.
a shellac record recorded in 1931
Grabado describes disco. It comes from grabar, to record.
Useful for describing when something was recorded.
Grammar: fue
Unamuno fue escritor y profesor de griego en la Universidad de Salamanca.
Unamuno was a writer and a Greek professor
Fue is the past form of ser for él or ella.
Useful for describing a person in the past.
Grammar: no entiende
Clara no entiende todas las palabras.
Clara does not understand every word
No comes before entiende to make a negative.
Useful for saying that someone does not understand something.
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