Sara Likes Segovia's Arches: Spanish A1
An A1 Spanish reading about Segovia's Roman aqueduct and its two tiers of arches.
A Sara le gustan los arcos de Segovia
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Sara visits the aqueduct with her family and talks about what each person likes or dislikes.
A su padre le gusta mirar las piedras grandes. Él hace una foto. A su madre le interesan las dos filas de arcos. Ella mira arriba y dice: «Uno, dos».
A Sara le encanta estar cerca del acueducto. Le gusta mirar un arco y después otro arco. A su hermano Leo no le gusta esperar mucho, pero le gustan las fotos con la familia.
En una plaza, la familia come pan y queso. A Leo le molesta el sol. A Sara no le molesta: tiene una gorra roja. A su madre le gusta descansar cinco minutos.
Después, Sara compra una postal del acueducto. Le interesa escribir una nota para su amiga. En la postal hay un dibujo de los arcos.
Al final, la familia va a casa. A Sara le gusta el día en Segovia. ¿Te gustan los edificios antiguos? ¿Te interesa mirar arcos? ¿Qué lugar te gusta visitar?
About this article
What you'll learn
Gustar, encantar, interesar, molestar, simple questions, and basic travel words.
Sara visits the aqueduct with her family and talks about what each person likes or dislikes.
After reading
Article learning block
Phrases, words, grammar, and quick practice from this text.
Phrases for training
Add useful phrases to SRS or mark them as already known.
el acueducto romano
newthe Roman aqueduct
An aqueduct is a structure for carrying water.
It helps you name the main place in the text.
dos filas de arcos
newtwo tiers of arches
The text says that the aqueduct has two tiers of arches.
It practices the number two with a plural noun.
las piedras grandes
newthe large stones
Piedras is a feminine plural noun.
It practices the article and adjective in the plural.
descansar cinco minutos
newto rest for five minutes
Descansar means to stop for a moment and recover energy.
It is a useful phrase for talking about a pause.
una postal
newa postcard
It is a card with an image that you can send or keep.
It helps you talk about travel souvenirs.
un dibujo de los arcos
newa drawing of the arches
It is an image of the arches on the postcard.
It helps you describe a simple image.
Grammar in context
Patterns from the text worth noticing after reading.
likes them a lot
le gustan mucho
likes them a lot
Le gustan is used with a plural thing that pleases a person.
It shows gustar with a plural noun.
interest her
le interesan
interest her
Interesan goes with a plural thing that interests a person.
It introduces interesar with a plural subject.
loves being
le encanta estar
loves being
Le encanta expresses that someone likes something very much.
It helps you express a very strong liking.
does not like waiting
no le gusta esperar
does not like waiting
No goes before le gusta to make it negative.
It practices a negative form with gustar.
likes the photos
le gustan las fotos
likes the photos
Gustan is plural because fotos is plural.
It helps you choose the plural form of gustar.
the sun bothers him
le molesta el sol
the sun bothers him
Molesta expresses that something causes annoyance.
It introduces another construction like gustar.
does not bother her
no le molesta
does not bother her
No negates the form le molesta.
It helps you say that something does not cause annoyance.
is interested in writing
Le interesa escribir
is interested in writing
Interesa can go with a verb in the infinitive.
It shows interesar with an action.
likes the day
le gusta el día
likes the day
Gusta is singular because el día is singular.
It helps you choose the singular form of gustar.
Do you like old buildings?
Te gustan los edificios antiguos
Do you like old buildings?
Te addresses one person, and gustan goes with the plural edificios.
It practices a question with te gustan.
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