Flamenco A1: Spanish for beginners
Learn Spanish A1 about Andalusian flamenco with translation
El flamenco andaluz
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What you'll learn
dance, music, culture, Andalusia, vocabulary
This article teaches about traditional flamenco in Andalusia, its components and cultural significance. A1 level text for Spanish beginners. Teaches vocabulary about dance, music and southern Spanish culture.
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El flamenco es un arte muy importante en el sur de España
newFlamenco is a very important art in southern Spain
Simple sentence with the prepositional phrase en el sur de España. Word order: predicate before the place adverbial.
This phrase teaches you to describe what flamenco is and where it originated.
Los artistas de flamenco se llaman cantaores, bailaores y tocaores
newFlamenco artists are called cantaores, bailaores and tocaores
The reflexive pronoun se llaman means "are called". The verb llamarse is a reflexive verb in the third person plural.
Learning artist names helps you talk about who performs flamenco.
El cante es muy expresivo y emocional
newCante is very expressive and emotional
Two adjectives in apposition after the noun cante (masculine). Both follow the noun in Spanish.
Teaches adjective placement after nouns, common in Spanish descriptions.
El baile incluye golpes fuertes con los pies
newThe dance includes strong foot stomps
Golpes means "blows" or "strikes". La frase golpes con los pies es la técnica principal del flamenco.
Introduces zapateado and how to describe body movements in Spanish.
Un tablao es un lugar donde se presenta flamenco
newA tablao is a place where flamenco is performed
Tablao is a traditional flamenco venue. The word comes from tabla (board/plank).
Helps you understand where to go to watch flamenco.
La UNESCO declaró esto en el año dos mil diez
newUNESCO declared this in the year two thousand ten
Declaró is the pretérito indefinido of declarar. Number dos mil diez (2010) is read as separate words.
Teaches past tense pretérito indefinido and large Spanish numbers.
Key words
Vocabulary that carries the school-day topic.
cante
cante
cante — flamenco singing
Cante is the vocal part of flamenco. It comes from Latin cantare (to sing). Do not confuse with the common verb canto.
Essential flamenco vocabulary for talking about the singing component.
cantaores
cantaores
cantaores — male flamenco singers
Cantaor is a male flamenco singer. The suffix -or denotes the agent. Plural: cantaores. Feminine: cantaora.
Key profession name in flamenco culture.
bailaores
bailaores
bailaores — male flamenco dancers
Bailaor is a male flamenco dancer. The suffix -or marks the agent. Plural: bailaores. Feminine: bailaora.
Core profession name in flamenco.
tocaores
tocaores
tocaores — male flamenco guitarists
Tocaor is a male flamenco guitarist. The verb tocar means "to play an instrument". The suffix -or creates the profession name.
Musician profession name in flamenco.
zapateado
zapateado
zapateado — flamenco footwork technique
Zapateado is the flamenco foot-stomping technique. It comes from zapato (shoe). Essential for describing flamenco movement.
Core flamenco technique name for talking about dance.
palo
palo
palo — a flamenco style
Palo is each individual flamenco style. There are over fifty different palos. The word literally means "branch" or "style".
Helps understand the structure and diversity of flamenco.
Grammar in context
Patterns from the text worth noticing after reading.
Birth of flamenco (pretérito indefinido)
El flamenco nació en Andalucía
Flamenco was born in Andalusia
Nacer in pretérito indefinido: nació (he/she was born). This is the third person singular. Pretérito indefinido marks completed past actions.
Teaches pretérito indefinido conjugation with a real cultural example.
Reflexive pronoun se (llamarse)
se llaman
Flamenco artists are called...
Llamarse is a reflexive verb. The pronoun se is placed before the verb: se llaman. It does not change.
Teaches the reflexive verb llamarse and pronoun placement.
The hay construction (present)
Hay más de cincuenta palos
There are more than fifty palos
Hay is the impersonal form of the verb haber in the present tense. It means "there is / there are".
Core Spanish construction for expressing existence.
Gender agreement of adjectives
vestidos coloridos / camisas blancas
Colorful dresses / white shirts
In Spanish, adjectives agree in gender and number with nouns. Coloridos (masc. pl.) with vestidos (masc. pl.). Blancas (fem. pl.) with camisas (fem. pl.).
Teaches adjective-noun gender agreement in Spanish.
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