A photo of the Nativity Facade
Nora wants a photo of the Nativity Facade of the Sagrada Família. The view from the square looks like a postcard, so she keeps the stone turtle under a column.
Una foto de la Fachada del Nacimiento
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What you'll learn
Present tense, querer for what someone wants, estar for place, and hay to describe what is on the facade.
Nora stands in Barcelona in front of the Nativity Facade. She wants a photo of the whole facade, but from the square it looks like a postcard. She moves closer, photographs a stone turtle under a column, and keeps only that picture.
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Phrases for training
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sacar una foto
newto take a photo
A common Spanish expression for taking a picture.
Useful when talking about cameras and travel.
delante de
newin front of
It locates something on the front side of another thing.
Useful for giving positions.
Desde un lado
newfrom one side
It describes the viewpoint used to look at something.
Useful for photography and directions.
Key words
Vocabulary that carries the school-day topic.
la fachada
la fachada
facade
The exterior front of a building.
Useful for describing architecture.
el templo
templo
temple
A building used for religious worship.
Useful in texts about history and architecture.
la piedra
la piedra
stone
A hard natural material used in construction.
Useful for describing buildings.
el encuadre
encuadre
framing
The part of a scene included in a photograph.
Useful when planning a picture.
la figura
figura
figure
A represented person, animal or shape.
Useful for art and architecture.
captar
captar
to capture
Here it means to record an image in a photograph.
Useful for describing what a camera does.
Grammar in context
Patterns from the text worth noticing after reading.
está en Barcelona
está en Barcelona
is in Barcelona
Estar is used to locate a person or thing.
This pattern helps say where someone is.
hay muchas figuras
hay muchas figuras
there are many figures
Hay states that something exists or is present.
Useful for describing what a place contains.
quiere sacar
quiere sacar
wants to take
Querer plus an infinitive expresses a wish or intention.
Useful for saying what someone wants to do.
puede ver
puede ver
can see
Poder plus an infinitive expresses ability or possibility.
Useful for saying what is possible from a place.
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