Twenty euros at an ATM in Valencia (A1)
At an ATM in Valencia, the narrator withdraws twenty euros: the card comes back first, then two red ten-euro notes, with no receipt and no balance check.
Veinte euros en un cajero de Valencia
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What you'll learn
Present tense at an ATM: choosing Spanish, covering the PIN, and naming twenty euros as two ten-euro notes.
In Valencia, at an ATM next to a bank office, the narrator wants twenty euros in cash and wants the card and the money in hand before leaving. Another person waits a few steps behind, so the PIN is entered with one hand while the other covers the keypad. The screen asks for a language and the narrator chooses Spanish. Balance inquiry is available, as on many ATMs, but the menus are not the same on every machine, and the narrator does not check the balance. The machine returns the card first. Only then do two ten-euro notes come out. The ten-euro note is red, and two of them are twenty euros. The narrator chooses no receipt. The card is in a pocket and the two red notes are in the other hand when the next person steps up.
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Phrases for training
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dinero en efectivo
newcash
Dinero en efectivo means money in banknotes or coins.
Useful when paying or withdrawing money.
sacar dinero
newwithdraw money
Sacar dinero from an ATM means to withdraw cash.
A basic phrase for using an ATM.
antes de continuar
newbefore continuing
Antes de places one action before the next one.
Useful for following instructions in order.
sin recibo
newwithout a receipt
Sin means that something is absent or not included.
Useful when choosing an ATM option.
Key words
Vocabulary that carries the school-day topic.
ATM
cajero automático
ATM
A cajero automático is a machine for withdrawing cash and accessing banking services.
Essential banking vocabulary.
screen
pantalla
screen
Pantalla is the part of a device that shows information.
Useful for devices and instructions.
PIN
clave
PIN
Here, clave is the secret number used at the ATM.
Useful for banking and account security.
keypad
teclado
keypad
Teclado is the set of keys used to enter information.
Useful for machines and computers.
amount
cantidad
amount
Cantidad tells how much of something there is.
Useful when talking about money.
banknotes
billetes
banknotes
Here, billetes refers to euro banknotes.
Basic vocabulary for cash.
balance
saldo
account balance
Saldo is the amount of money shown for an account.
Useful for checking an account.
Grammar in context
Patterns from the text worth noticing after reading.
The indirect object me
La pantalla me pregunta por el idioma
The screen asks me about the language
Me shows that the question is addressed to the speaker.
Useful for saying what another person or thing asks you.
First person present
Después escribo mi clave
Then I enter my PIN
Escribo is the yo form of escribir in the present tense.
Useful for describing your own actions.
The stem-changing verb devolver
La máquina devuelve mi tarjeta
The machine returns my card
Devuelve is the present third-person singular form of devolver; e changes to ue.
Useful for saying that something is returned.
A question with tú
¿Prefieres recibir un recibo?
Do you prefer to receive a receipt?
Prefieres is the present tú form of preferir; e changes to ie.
Useful for asking another person about a preference.
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