A trip to Madrid
Andrés comes to Madrid for Las Meninas at the Prado. The line barely moves, so he waits in Plaza de Murillo and leaves the painting for opening time.
Viajar a Madrid
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What you'll learn
Present tense, querer for what someone wants, and estar and hay for places in the city.
Andrés arrives at Atocha and walks to the Prado to see Las Meninas, the girl in the center and the mirror with the king and queen. The entrance line does not move. He stops in Plaza de Murillo, beside the botanical garden, and goes back to sit in the station garden. He wants to see the painting properly at opening time, not from behind a crowd.
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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.
Madrid es la capital
newMadrid is the capital
A ready phrase for naming a capital city.
Useful for basic facts about places.
cada año
newevery year
A short phrase for repeated time.
Useful for talking about habits and frequency.
en el centro
newin the center
A basic place phrase.
Useful for hotels, streets, and city areas.
por la tarde
newin the afternoon
A time phrase for part of the day.
Useful for schedules and opening hours.
todo está cerca
neweverything is nearby
A simple phrase for convenience.
Useful when describing a good location.
Key words
Vocabulary that carries the school-day topic.
Word: capital
capital
capital
The main city of a country.
Essential for geography and travel.
Word: estación
estación
station
A place for trains or metro.
Useful for travel and directions.
Word: metro
metro
metro
Underground city transport.
Useful for getting around a city.
Word: tapas
tapas
tapas
Small portions of food in Spain.
Useful for food and restaurant topics.
Word: recuerdos
recuerdos
souvenirs
Things bought to remember a trip.
Useful for shopping and gifts.
Grammar in context
Patterns from the text worth noticing after reading.
Grammar: es
Madrid es la capital de España.
Madrid is the capital of Spain.
Es means is and states a fact about Madrid.
Helps build simple sentences with ser.
Grammar: Hay
Hay muchas líneas
There are many lines.
Hay means there is or there are.
Useful for saying what exists in a place.
Grammar: fui
Yo fui a Madrid el verano pasado.
I went to Madrid last summer.
Fui is an irregular past form of ir.
Useful for talking about past trips.
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