A horchata shop in Valencia (Spanish A1)
Lucía manages a small horchata shop in Valencia. One fridge is warm, so she moves the jugs, serves chufa horchata with four fartons and calls a technician.
Lucía, gerente de una horchatería en Valencia
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What you'll learn
Words for a horchata shop: horchata, chufa, fartón, nevera and jarra. Verbs querer, abrir and llevar.
Lucía wants the first family to have cold horchata. One of the two fridges is not cold, so she moves the jugs to the working fridge and calls a technician. The drink in her shop is chufa, water and sugar. Chufa is small, brown and grows underground. Alboraya, a town by Valencia, is known for chufa and horchata. The family orders a large jug and four long, sweet fartons and dips one into the glass.
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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.
abre la puerta
newopens the door
The phrase «abre la puerta» describes a simple action at the start of the working day.
It helps you describe how work begins.
apunta cada pedido en una libreta
newwrites down every order in a notebook
«Apuntar» means to write down information so you do not forget it.
Useful when working with customers.
llama a un técnico
newcalls a technician
«Llamar a» is used when we phone or call someone.
It helps you ask for professional help.
mueve las jarras a otra nevera
newmoves the jugs to another refrigerator
«Mover algo a» means to move an object to another place.
Useful for describing a quick solution to a problem.
Key words
Vocabulary that carries the school-day topic.
Horchata shop
horchatería
a place that serves horchata
«Horchatería» is a place where horchata is made or sold.
It is useful when talking about places in Valencia.
Tiger nut
chufa
tiger nut
A «chufa» is a small edible tuber used to make Valencian horchata.
It helps you understand the drink's main ingredient.
Jug
jarra
jug
A «jarra» is a container used for serving water or other drinks.
Useful when ordering drinks for several people.
Fartón
fartón
fartón, a long sweet pastry
A fartón is a long sweet pastry often eaten with horchata.
It helps you order a traditional accompaniment to horchata.
Order
pedido
order
A «pedido» is the food or drink that a customer asks for.
A key word for cafes and restaurants.
Refrigerator
nevera
refrigerator
«Nevera» means a domestic or professional refrigerator.
Useful for talking about kitchens and food storage.
Grammar in context
Patterns from the text worth noticing after reading.
Third person of trabajar
trabaja en una horchatería
works in a horchata shop
In the present tense, «trabajar» becomes «trabaja» with the subject «Lucía».
It helps you describe another person's work.
Polite question with quiere
¿Quiere una horchata?
Would you like a horchata?
«Quiere» is the form of «querer» used with the polite «usted».
It helps you offer something politely to a customer.
Poder plus infinitive
puede ayudar
can help
The infinitive «ayudar» follows «puede» without changing.
It helps you talk about possibility or ability.
The form tiene
tiene dos neveras
has two refrigerators
«Tiene» is the form of «tener» used with «él», «ella», or «usted».
It helps you say what another person or place has.
Plural agreement
Las bebidas están frías
the drinks are cold
In «las bebidas están frías», the article, noun, verb, and adjective are plural.
It helps you describe several things correctly.
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