The Aragonese Jota in a Class: Spanish A1
Read an A1 Spanish visit to a jota class with singers, dancers and a rondalla.
La jota aragonesa en una clase
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A visitor listens to an Aragonese jota class and learns about its singing, dance, instruments and cultural recognition.
Una rondalla toca la música. Hay una guitarra, un laúd y una bandurria. Estos instrumentos tienen cuerdas. Los músicos tocan juntos.
Primero escucho una copla. Su letra habla de Aragón. Después, una mujer canta y el grupo responde con un estribillo.
Ahora empieza el baile. Las personas levantan los brazos y se mueven con la música. No todas las jotas son iguales. Hay formas diferentes en distintas partes de Aragón.
La profesora enseña un paso. Los alumnos miran, prueban y repiten. También hay escuelas y grupos de jota que ayudan a enseñar esta tradición.
En 2013, Aragón declaró la jota aragonesa Bien de Interés Cultural Inmaterial. Es una parte importante de su cultura.
¿Te gusta cantar o bailar? ¿Qué instrumento quieres escuchar? ¿Quieres aprender un paso?
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What you'll learn
jota culture, instruments, sequence words, present tense, hay, demonstratives and querer plus infinitive
A visitor listens to an Aragonese jota class and learns about its singing, dance, instruments and cultural recognition.
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Article learning block
Phrases, words, grammar, and quick practice from this text.
Phrases for training
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En la sala
newin the room
It identifies a place inside a room.
Useful for setting a scene.
tocan juntos
newplay together
It describes musicians making music as a group.
Useful for talking about music.
Primero escucho
newfirst I listen
Primero places this action at the start of a sequence.
Useful for ordering events.
Después, una mujer canta
newthen a woman sings
Después introduces the next action.
Useful for telling events in order.
en distintas partes de Aragón
newin different parts of Aragon
It refers to several places within the region.
Useful for describing regional differences.
Key words
Vocabulary that carries the school-day topic.
Rondalla
rondalla
string ensemble
A musical group that plays string instruments.
A key word for jota music.
Lute
laúd
lute
A stringed musical instrument.
Useful for naming instruments.
Bandurria
bandurria
bandurria
A stringed musical instrument.
Useful for talking about traditional music.
Strings
cuerdas
strings
The parts of an instrument that vibrate to make sound.
A basic word for describing instruments.
Chorus
estribillo
chorus
A part of a song that is repeated.
Useful for talking about songs.
Grammar in context
Patterns from the text worth noticing after reading.
Present tense with yo
Hoy visito una escuela
Today I visit a school
Visito is the yo form of visitar in the present tense.
Useful for talking about your actions.
Hay for existence
hay músicos, cantantes y personas
there are musicians, singers and people
Hay says that people or things exist in a place.
Useful for saying what is around you.
Plural demonstrative
Estos instrumentos tienen cuerdas
These instruments have strings
Estos agrees with the masculine plural noun instrumentos.
Useful for pointing to several objects.
Partial negation
No todas las jotas son iguales
Not all jotas are the same
No todas means that the statement does not apply to every member of the group.
Useful for making precise generalizations.
Querer plus infinitive
¿Qué instrumento quieres escuchar?
What instrument do you want to hear?
Quieres plus escuchar expresses a desire to do an action.
Useful for asking about wishes.
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