We Live High Up and Do Not Go by Car - A1 Spanish
An A1 reading about two neighbours riding Medellín Metrocable Line K.
Vivimos arriba y no vamos en coche
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A1 Grammar in this text
Check yourself: Statements and negation: sí, no, también, and tampoco
A few quick questions on the rule this text uses.
Question 1 of 3
Complete the sentences. Marta does not live in Lviv, but Diego does.
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About this article
What you'll learn
No and tampoco in parallel negatives, with sí and también in a connected story.
Daniela and Tomás travel from Santo Domingo to Acevedo by public transport.
After reading
Article learning block
Phrases, words, grammar, and quick practice from this text.
Phrases for training
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Vivimos en la ciudad pero no vivimos cerca del centro
newWe live in the city but we don't live near the center
Present tense negation with no + verb. The verb stays unchanged after no.
Essential pattern for contrasting what you do vs. don't do.
No vivimos en el centro histórico
newWe don't live in the historic center
Negation: no + verb. Here no vivimos = we don't live.
Useful for saying where you don't live.
No vivimos en una casa con jardín
newWe don't live in a house with a garden
Contrasting two types of housing. Both use vivir.
Practice no + vivir for housing descriptions.
No viaja en coche cada día
newShe doesn't travel by car every day
Viajar = to travel. Negation: no viaja.
Key transport vocabulary: viajar, en metro, en coche.
No caminamos una hora
newWe don't walk for an hour
Caminar = to walk. Contrast: 15 minutes vs 1 hour.
Numbers and time with the verb to walk.
Vivimos contents aquí
newWe live happily here
Estar contento/a = to be happy. estar for temporary states.
ser vs estar: estar for emotions and states.
Key words
Vocabulary that carries the school-day topic.
Barrio — neighborhood
el barrio
City neighborhood
Barrio = neighborhood. Key word for describing where you live in a city.
Essential urban vocabulary.
Heating system
la calefacción
Heating
La calefacción = the heating. Funciona bien = works well.
Useful for describing your home.
Town/village
el pueblo
Small town or village
Pueblo = town or village. Contrast with ciudad = city.
City vs town contrast is important at A1.
Balcony
el balcón
Balcony
Balcón = balcony. Piso con balcón = apartment with balcony.
For describing homes.
Room
la habitación
Room
Habitación = room. compartir = to share. Mi hermana y yo compartimos = we share.
For describing your home and sharing with family.
Grammar in context
Patterns from the text worth noticing after reading.
no + verb negation
No vivimos en el centro histórico
We don't live in the center
Rule: no + verb in present tense. The verb does NOT change! No vivimos = we don't live.
Core Spanish negation rule at A1 level.
estar for state, vivir for place
Vivimos contents aquí
We live happily here
Ser = permanent traits. Estar = temporary states (contents = happy). Vivir = place of residence.
ser vs estar distinction is a key A1 grammar point.
-ar verbs: funcionar
La calefacción funciona bien
The heating works well
-ar verb conjugation: -a, -as, -a, -amos, -áis, -an. Funcionar = to work (machines/systems).
All regular -ar verb forms in present tense.
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