Elena wants the stones under Triana market (A1)
A1 Spanish reading. In Triana, Seville, Elena wants to see the old stones under Mercado de Triana. They are remains of Castillo de San Jorge. A market has been there for more than two hundred years.
Elena quiere ver las piedras
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What you'll learn
Present tense and querer, to say what Elena wants inside the market.
Elena and her mother Carmen are in Triana, Seville, by the Guadalquivir. Elena does not want fruit. She wants the stones under Mercado de Triana, on Plaza del Altozano. Downstairs are remains of Castillo de San Jorge. A market has stood there for more than two hundred years. Then Carmen buys fish.
After reading
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.
voy al mercado local
newI go to the local market
Voy al means I go to. Local describes the market near the barrio.
Useful for saying where you go in a routine.
productos frescos
newfresh products
Productos are things sold in the market. Frescos means fresh for masculine plural.
Common phrase for food shopping.
huele bien
newsmells good
Huele bien describes a pleasant smell, here the fresh market food.
Useful for simple sensory descriptions.
pan caliente
newwarm bread
Pan caliente means bread that is still warm, often bought in the morning.
Useful for bakery and breakfast vocabulary.
a mano
newby hand
A mano means made or done by hand. The article uses it for local crafts.
Useful when describing handmade objects.
Key words
Vocabulary that carries the school-day topic.
Market
mercado
market
Mercado is the place where people buy food, flowers, and local goods.
Central word for this article topic.
Stalls
puestos
stalls
Puestos are selling spots in a market, each with different products.
Helps understand how a market is organized.
Farmers
agricultores
farmers
Agricultores are people who grow food and bring it to the market.
Useful for connecting food with who produces it.
Loaf
barra
loaf / bar
Barra is used for a long piece of bread: una barra para el desayuno.
Practical word for buying bread.
Bouquets
ramos
bouquets
Ramos are groups of flowers bought for the home.
Useful for shopping for flowers.
Grammar in context
Patterns from the text worth noticing after reading.
There are many stalls
Hay muchos puestos
there are many stalls
Hay means there is or there are. It does not change for plural puestos.
A key A1 way to describe what exists in a place.
Bread is crisp
El pan está crujiente
the bread is crisp
Está describes the bread condition now: crisp after baking.
Useful contrast for temporary states with estar.
Red apples and yellow bananas
manzanas rojas y plátanos amarillos
red apples and yellow bananas
Rojas agrees with manzanas; amarillos agrees with plátanos.
Shows gender and number agreement in real food words.
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