Strong wind
Rosa wants her kite to fly by the water. She cannot see the strong wind, but it pulls the kite and pushes short waves, so she brings the kite down.
El viento fuerte
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What you'll learn
Present-tense Spanish for weather you feel: querer, mover, and viento, cometa, ola, and sombrero.
Rosa wants her kite to rise. She cannot see the strong wind, only what it moves: the grass, her hat, the kite, and short waves by the shore. She winds the string back in.
After reading
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Phrases for training
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El viento mueve las cosas
newThe wind moves things
Simple sentence with verb mover (to move) in present tense.
Verb mover is useful for describing actions.
No lo vemos pero lo sentimos
newWe do not see it but we feel it
Construction lo vemos / lo sentimos — we see it / we feel it.
Useful for describing senses.
Sopla por todas partes
newIt blows everywhere
Soplar — to blow. Present tense for habits.
Useful word for describing weather.
A veces es suave, a veces es fuerte
newSometimes soft sometimes strong
Contrast with a veces — sometimes. Useful pattern.
Can be used for comparisons.
La gente se pone abrigo
newPeople put on coats
Ponerse abrigo — to put on a coat. Reflexive verb.
Useful for talking about clothes and weather.
Los sombreros vuelan
newHats fly
Volar — to fly. Present tense for events.
Verb volar is useful to remember.
A los niños les gusta el viento
newChildren like the wind
Les gusta — they like. Dative case construction.
Useful construction for expressing preferences.
Key words
Vocabulary that carries the school-day topic.
el viento = wind
el viento
wind
Masculine noun. Remember: el for masculine.
Basic weather word.
las hojas = leaves
las hojas
leaves
Feminine plural. Leaves fall from trees in autumn.
Useful for describing nature and trees.
las ramas = branches
las ramas
branches
Feminine plural. Branches sway in the wind.
Useful for talking about trees.
el abrigo = coat
el abrigo
coat
Masculine noun. Warm winter clothing.
Useful for winter clothing vocabulary.
las cometas = kites
las cometas
kites
Feminine plural. Children fly kites in windy weather.
Useful for children activities vocabulary.
las olas = waves
las olas
waves
Feminine plural. Wind creates waves on the sea.
Useful for sea and ocean vocabulary.
los barcos = ships
los barcos
ships
Masculine plural. Ships sail with the wind.
Useful for sailing vocabulary.
Grammar in context
Patterns from the text worth noticing after reading.
Present tense: -ar verbs
El viento mueve
mover → mueve
Verb mover (to move) — regular -ar verb. Ending -e for he/she.
Foundation for verb conjugation.
Impersonal hacer
hace frío
hace frío
Hacer in impersonal sense for weather: hace frío — it is cold.
Impersonal constructions are key for weather.
Present tense: -er verbs
Los sombreros vuelan
volar → vuelan
Volar (to fly) — regular -er verb. Ending -en for plural.
Verb volar is useful for describing movement.
Les gusta construction
A los niños les gusta
A los niños les gusta
Dative + gusta for preferences. A los niños is the dative object.
Useful for expressing what someone likes.
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