A fax at the stationery shop: Spanish A1
Ana wants to send a signed page from Madrid to Valencia today. At a stationery shop, Lucía faxes the copy and a receipt confirms it.
Un fax en la papelería
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What you'll learn
Present tense, fax and stationery vocabulary, and a phrase for asking for a service.
Ana arrives at a stationery shop in Madrid with a page signed by hand. She wants it sent today to an office in Valencia. Lucía prepares a cover sheet, loads the pages and dials the number. The fax sends a copy over the phone line. Ana keeps the original. A receipt confirms the transmission, and Ana goes back outside.
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.
una hoja firmada
newa signed sheet
A sheet of paper on which a person has placed a signature.
Useful when dealing with official documents.
se queda con Ana
newstays with Ana
The expression means that Ana keeps the document.
It helps you say who keeps an object.
número de destino
newdestination number
The fax number to which the document is sent.
Useful for describing how a fax is sent.
junto a la impresora
newnext to the printer
Junto a means very close to something.
It helps describe where objects are.
Key words
Vocabulary that carries the school-day topic.
Stationery shop
papelería
stationery shop
A shop that sells paper and other writing supplies.
Useful for shopping and places in town.
Cover sheet
portada
cover sheet
The first page with basic information about the sender and recipient.
Useful for faxes and document packets.
Tray
bandeja
tray
The part of a machine where paper is placed.
Common in instructions for printers and scanners.
Receipt
recibo
receipt
A paper that confirms a completed action.
Useful when paying or sending documents.
Sending
envío
sending
The action of sending a document or message to a recipient.
Useful for mail, email and fax.
Device
aparato
device
A machine or technical object with a particular function.
A general word for household and office equipment.
Grammar in context
Patterns from the text worth noticing after reading.
Present tense: trabaja
Lucía trabaja
Lucía works
Trabaja is the present-tense form of trabajar for él, ella or usted.
It lets you describe work and regular actions.
Two verbs: necesita enviar
Necesita enviar
she needs to send
After the conjugated form necesita, enviar stays in the infinitive.
This pattern helps you talk about necessary actions.
The e to ie change: convierte
convierte la información en una señal
turns the information into a signal
In convierte, the verb convertir changes e to ie.
It helps you recognize common stem-changing verbs.
Definite article: el recibo
Ana guarda el recibo
Ana keeps the receipt
El comes before the masculine singular noun recibo.
It helps you refer correctly to an object already known in the context.
A choice question
¿Prefieres el fax o el correo electrónico?
Do you prefer fax or email?
O connects two alternatives in a question.
It lets you ask someone to choose between two options.
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