The cat sleeps a lot: Nina wants the sofa
Marta wants to play with Nina, her cat. Nina sleeps on the sofa, washes, meows, eats a little, and goes back to sleep.
El gato duerme mucho
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What you'll learn
Present tense, the verb querer, and cat words: dormir, bigotes, maullar, ronroneo.
Marta brings a string, but Nina wants to sleep. The cat hears her, washes, eats a little, and watches a bird at the window without going out. Then she closes her eyes.
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El gato duerme mucho
newThe cat sleeps a lot
Verb dormir (to sleep) in third person singular.
Useful for describing pet habits.
Los gatos son independientes pero también cariñosos
newCats are independent but also affectionate
Adjectives independientes and cariñosos to describe cat personality.
Los gatos duermen durante el día y juegan por la noche
newCats sleep during the day and play at night
Durante el día means during the day, por la noche means at night.
Es su instinto natural
newIt is their natural instinct
Instinto natural describes innate animal behavior.
Los gatos maúllan cuando quieren algo
newCats meow when they want something
Maullar to meow plus cuando for cause.
Es un compañero para toda la vida
newIt is a companion for life
Para toda la vida means for life.
Los gatos trepan a los árboles
newCats climb trees
Verb trepar to climb plus preposition a for direction.
Key words
Vocabulary that carries the school-day topic.
whiskers
bigotes
Whiskers help cats sense space
Cats use whiskers to navigate.
pointy ears
orejas puntiagudas
Pointy ears help cats hear very well
Cats have excellent hearing.
clean
limpio
Limpio means clean. Cats groom themselves
Cats do not need baths like dogs.
to hunt
cazar
Cazar means to hunt prey
Natural cat instinct.
to purr
ronronean
Ronronear means to purr when happy
Sound of a content cat.
agile
ágil
Ágil means agile, able to move easily
Cats jump from high places without injury.
Grammar in context
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Present tense duermen
duermen
Duermen is dormir in third person plural present
Present tense for habitual actions.
Ser for identity
El gato es un animal muy popular
Es is ser for describing permanent characteristics
Ser describes what a cat fundamentally is.
Reflexive pronoun se
Se lamen
Se lamen uses reflexive se — subject acts on itself
Se + verb = action on oneself.
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