Una paella junto a la Albufera

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Level A1 Reading focus

What you'll learn

Present tense, querer for a wish that changes, and hay for what is in the pan.

In El Palmar, by the Albufera rice fields, Elena orders paella and expects prawns. The Valencian paella on the fire has chicken, rabbit, green beans and garrofó, a large bean. The wide shallow pan gives the dish its name. She eats the rice in front of her and keeps the toasted crust, the socarrat, instead of asking for another plate.

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Phrases for training

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junto a la Albufera

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by the Albufera

Junto a means next to or close to a place.

Useful for saying where something is.

Al final

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Finally

It introduces the last step in a sequence.

Useful for recipes and instructions.

por su lado

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from their own side

Here it means each person begins at the part nearest them.

Useful for describing shared food.

No todas

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Not all

It limits a general statement without saying none.

Useful for avoiding overgeneralisation.

Key words

Vocabulary that carries the school-day topic.

sartén

pan

A kitchen container used for cooking food over heat.

Basic cooking vocabulary.

judías verdes

green beans

Long green vegetable pods used in Valencian paella.

Useful food vocabulary.

garrofó

large local bean

A large bean traditionally used in Valencian paella.

It names a distinctive local ingredient.

socarrat

toasted rice layer

The toasted layer of rice that forms at the bottom of the paella.

A key word when talking about paella.

tostada

toasted

Cooked until the surface becomes brown and crisp.

Useful for describing food texture.

Grammar in context

Patterns from the text worth noticing after reading.

Aquí hay campos de arroz

There are rice fields here

Hay states that something exists; it does not change for plural campos.

Useful for describing places.

Tiene arroz

It has rice

Tiene describes what the paella contains.

Useful for listing ingredients.

Primero cocina

First she cooks

Primero marks the first step of a sequence.

Useful for simple instructions.

¿Qué ingrediente quieres probar primero?

Which ingredient do you want to try first?

Qué asks for the identity of a thing and carries a written accent in a question.