Spring fog in Garajonay
Lucía enters the laurel forest of Garajonay, on La Gomera, and watches spring fog leave water on the leaves.
La niebla de primavera en Garajonay
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What you'll learn
Clear present-tense Spanish for a walk: querer, estar, hay, and nature words such as niebla, hoja, and lluvia.
On a spring morning in Garajonay National Park, Lucía watches the trees catch fog. That water is called horizontal rain, and it reaches the ground on a day without rain.
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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.
una isla de Canarias
newan island in the Canary Islands
This phrase names La Gomera as one of the Canary Islands.
Useful for saying where a place is.
un bosque de laurisilva
newa laurel forest
In the text, laurisilva is the name of the forest in Garajonay.
Useful for naming the main natural place in the reading.
mucha niebla en primavera
newa lot of fog in spring
The phrase describes Garajonay's weather in spring.
Useful for describing weather and a season.
lluvia horizontal
newhorizontal rain
In the text, this names the phenomenon in which trees catch fog droplets and the water falls to the ground.
Useful for naming an interesting forest phenomenon.
Key words
Vocabulary that carries the school-day topic.
Word: niebla
niebla
fog
Niebla means fog, water in the air that we can see.
It is the key weather word in the Garajonay text.
Word: humedad
humedad
moisture or humidity
Humedad means water in the air or on things.
Useful for explaining what fog gives to the forest.
Word: gotas
gotas
drops
Gotas means small pieces of water.
Useful for talking about water on trees and leaves.
Word: atrapan
atrapan
they catch
Atrapan means they catch. Here, the trees catch drops of fog.
Useful for describing what the trees do in the text.
Word: suelo
suelo
ground
Suelo means the ground under our feet.
Useful for saying where the drops fall.
Word: hojas
hojas
leaves
Hojas means the parts of a tree or plant that grow on its branches.
Useful for describing where Lucía sees drops.
Grammar in context
Patterns from the text worth noticing after reading.
Grammar: estar for location
Lucía está en La Gomera
Lucía is in La Gomera
Está is the ella form of estar. Here, estar says where Lucía is.
Useful for saying where a person is.
Grammar: hay
En Garajonay hay mucha niebla
There is a lot of fog in Garajonay
Hay means there is or there are. It does not change even when it is followed by a quantity.
Useful for saying that something is in a place.
Grammar: atrapan
Los árboles atrapan gotas
The trees catch drops
Atrapan is the present-tense form for ellos or ellas. Here, Los árboles is plural.
Useful for matching a verb to a plural subject.
Grammar: caen
las gotas caen al suelo
The drops fall to the ground
Caen is the present-tense form of caer for ellas. Here, gotas is plural.
Useful for recognising the plural form of caer.
Grammar: gusta + infinitive
¿Te gusta caminar en la niebla?
Do you like walking in the fog?
Gusta agrees with the infinitive caminar. After gusta, you can name an action that someone likes.
Useful for saying what you like doing.
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