Inés wants the view from Loarre castle
Inés climbs the stone castle of Loarre, near Huesca in Aragon, because she wants the plain of Hoya de Huesca from the rock.
El castillo de Loarre sobre la roca
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What you'll learn
Present tense, querer, and a simple question on the way into a castle.
Inés does not want to count towers or tour every room. She climbs Castillo de Loarre, an old stone castle on a rock near Huesca, to see the Hoya de Huesca. Her father says the castle appears in the film Kingdom of Heaven.
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.
cerca de Huesca
newnear Huesca
Cerca de places something at a short distance from another place.
Useful for locating places.
sobre una gran roca
newon a large rock
Sobre indicates that the castle is on top of the rock.
Useful for describing position.
Antes de entrar
newbefore entering
Antes de plus an infinitive marks the action that comes first.
Useful for ordering actions.
Más tarde
newlater
Más tarde moves the story to a later time.
Useful for linking events in time.
Al final
newat the end
Al final introduces the last part of an experience or story.
Useful for closing a sequence.
Key words
Vocabulary that carries the school-day topic.
Romanesque
románico
Romanesque
Románico names a European artistic and architectural style of the Middle Ages.
Useful in cultural and historical texts.
Wall
una muralla
a defensive wall
A muralla is a large wall built around a place for protection.
Useful for castles and old towns.
Towers
torreones
large towers
Torreones is the plural of torreón, a large or strong tower.
Useful for describing fortifications.
Monastery
un monasterio
a monastery
A monasterio is a place where a religious community lives.
Useful in historical descriptions.
Passageways
pasadizos
passageways
Pasadizos are narrow passages inside or between buildings.
Useful for describing old buildings.
Crypt
una cripta
a crypt
A cripta is an underground room in a church, often used for burials.
Useful in descriptions of historic churches.
Grammar in context
Patterns from the text worth noticing after reading.
Ser for identity
Es un castillo románico del siglo XI.
It is an eleventh-century Romanesque castle.
Es identifies what kind of castle Loarre is.
Useful for identifying a person, place or object.
Singular agreement
La muralla rodea el castillo y tiene once torreones.
The wall surrounds the castle and has eleven towers.
Rodea and tiene agree with the singular subject la muralla.
Useful for describing what one thing does and has.
Fue for a past identity
El castillo fue primero un palacio real.
The castle was first a royal palace.
Fue is the preterite of ser and locates this identity in a completed past period.
Useful for stating what something was before.
Hay for existence
Dentro hay pasadizos, una iglesia y una cripta.
Inside there are passageways, a church and a crypt.
Hay does not change between one thing and several things.
Useful for saying what exists in a place.
Question with quieres
¿Quieres visitar el castillo de Loarre?
Do you want to visit Loarre Castle?
Quieres is the tú form of querer in the present tense.
Useful for asking another person about a wish.
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