Working from home: Spanish A1 reading
Diego wants to send Nuria the order list before one o'clock. Far from the router at home, the file will not go.
Trabajar desde casa
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What you'll learn
Present tense, working-from-home vocabulary and telling the time.
Diego works from home in Logroño for a shoe shop. Before one o'clock he wants to send Nuria the order list, because at one he picks up his son from school. At eleven, in the far room, the network shows one bar and the file will not send. He sends it from the living room, near the router. At half past eleven Nuria confirms that she has the list.
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Phrases, words, grammar, and quick practice from this text.
Phrases for training
Add useful phrases to SRS or mark them as already known.
Trabajar desde casa
newWorking from home
The main topic — remote work. This phrase best describes it.
Useful for describing your work arrangement.
Me despierto a las ocho
newI wake up at eight
Reflexive verb in daily routine. "Despertarse" means to wake up.
Essential for describing your morning routine.
Desayuno café con tostadas
newI have coffee with toast for breakfast
Simple structure: verb + food. "Desayunar" means to have breakfast.
Pattern for describing typical breakfasts.
Enciendo mi ordenador
newI turn on my computer
"Encender" means to turn on (lights, devices). Regular -er verb.
Useful for describing work actions.
Cierro el ordenador
newI close the computer
"Cerrar" means to close. In this context it means ending work for the day.
Phrase for marking the end of the workday.
Ahorro tiempo
newI save time
"Ahorrar" means to save (time, money). Used with "tiempo" or "dinero".
Useful for describing advantages.
Key words
Vocabulary that carries the school-day topic.
Remote work
teletrabajo
Remote work
Prefix "tele-" + "trabajo" (work) = working from a distance.
Key word of the article.
Computer
ordenador
Computer
In Spain: "ordenador". In Latin America: "computadora".
Essential word for describing a home office.
Desk
escritorio
Desk
"Escritorio" is a work desk. Not to be confused with generic "mesa".
For describing the workspace.
Video call
videollamada
Video call
"Video-" + "llamada" (call). A meeting held remotely with camera.
For describing communication methods.
Colleagues
compañeros
Colleagues
"Compañeros" = colleagues (classmates, coworkers). From "compañero/a".
Social vocabulary for work context.
Messaging app
aplicación de mensajería
Messaging app
"Aplicación" is often shortened to "app". "Mensajería" = messaging.
Important for digital communication.
Grammar in context
Patterns from the text worth noticing after reading.
Reflexive verbs: me despierto
Me despierto a las ocho
Me despierto = I wake up
Reflexive verbs have "se" in infinitive (despertarse). Present: me despierto, te despiertas, se despierta...
Learn to conjugate reflexive verbs in present tense.
"Hay" for existence
Hay una lámpara para leer documentos
Hay = there is/are
"Hay" is the invariant form of "haber" for expressing existence. "Hay una lámpara" = there is a lamp.
Learn to use "hay" for stating existence.
Present simple for habits
Mis compañeros escriben preguntas
Present simple for daily actions
Third person plural (ellos/ellas) of regular -er/-ir verbs: escriben, responden. No -en ending for -er.
Rule for forming present tense for habits.
"Porque" for reason
Me gusta trabajar en casa porque ahorro tiempo
Porque = because
"Porque" is a reason connector. It precedes the cause: "Me gusta porque ahorro tiempo".
Learn to build sentences with reason.
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