My business card: Spanish A1 reading
Pablo wants Elena to keep his details after a café meeting in Zaragoza. The card holds his name, phone number and email.
Mi tarjeta de visita
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What you'll learn
Present tense, business-card vocabulary and phone numbers.
Pablo works at a lamp shop in Zaragoza and meets Elena at a café. She asks for his phone number and email, but dictating them is slow. He gives her his card, with his name, job, shop, nine-digit phone number and email. Elena puts the card in her notebook.
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Phrases for training
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Mi tarjeta de visita
newMy business card
Article title — key topic expression.
This is the article title you are studying.
tu información profesional
newyour professional information
"Información profesional" means data about your work.
Useful phrase for describing your work.
tus datos de trabajo
newyour work data
"Datos de trabajo" is work-related information.
Phrase for describing contact details.
tu número de teléfono
newyour phone number
Standard phrase for contact information.
First contact element on a business card.
tu correo electrónico
newyour email
Standard phrase for professional contacts.
Second key contact element.
con ambas manos
newwith both hands
Expression for polite way to receive a card.
Important business etiquette rule.
Key words
Vocabulary that carries the school-day topic.
Business card
tarjeta de visita
business card
"Tarjeta" = card, "visita" = visit. A card for business contacts.
Core vocabulary of the article.
correo electrónico
"Correo" = mail, "electrónico" = electronic. Professional contact.
Standard term for work email.
Corporate design
diseño corporativo
corporate design
"Diseño" = design, "corporativo" = corporate. Company style.
Refers to company card appearance.
Courtesy
cortesía
courtesy
"Cortesía" = politeness. Business etiquette.
Shows importance of proper behavior.
Small investment
inversión pequeña
small investment
"Inversión pequeña" = small investment. Money spent on cards.
Shows that cards cost little.
Business opportunities
oportunidades de negocio
business opportunities
"Oportunidades de negocio" = chances for business.
Key benefit of using cards.
Grammar in context
Patterns from the text worth noticing after reading.
Verb "soler" for habits
Las tarjetas de visita suelen ser blancas o de colores claros
Verb "soler" for habits
"Soler + infinitive" shows typical habits. "Las tarjetas suelen ser" = cards are usually.
Shows typical repeated actions.
Subjunctive after "es importante que"
Es importante que esta información sea clara y fácil de leer
Subjunctive after "es importante que"
After "es importante que", use subjunctive (subjuntivo): "sea" instead of "es".
Important grammar rule for A1.
Impersonal construction with noun
Es cortesía darla al final de la conversación, no al principio
Impersonal construction with noun
"Es cortesía + infinitive" = it is polite + to do. Impersonal construction.
Learn to express general rules.
Impersonal construction with adjective
Es educado guardarla en un sitio ordenado, no en el bolsillo trasero
Impersonal construction with adjective
"Es educado + infinitive" = it is polite + to do. Impersonal construction.
Another type of impersonal sentences.
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