Gràcia and Barceloneta: Two Barcelona Areas | A1
Compare Gràcia and Barceloneta in simple Spanish, with streets, squares, a public market, the beach and clear examples of hay.
Gràcia y la Barceloneta: dos barrios de Barcelona
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A short comparison of Gràcia and Barceloneta introduces their streets, squares, market and seafront.
En la Vila de Gràcia hay calles pequeñas. También hay muchas plazas. Una de ellas es la Plaça del Sol.
En la Barceloneta hay calles estrechas. Al final de algunas calles hay mar. Junto al barrio hay una playa urbana.
En la plaza del Poeta Boscà hay un mercado público. Es el Mercado de la Barceloneta. Dentro hay tiendas de alimentos y fuera hay restaurantes.
Los dos barrios tienen calles y casas. Pero el ambiente no es igual. En Gràcia hay muchas plazas, pero no hay playa. En la Barceloneta hay playa y mar.
¿Hay una plaza en tu barrio? ¿Hay un mercado cerca de tu casa? ¿Hay playa en tu ciudad?
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What you'll learn
Hay, no hay and questions with hay in a simple comparison of two real Barcelona neighbourhoods.
A short comparison of Gràcia and Barceloneta introduces their streets, squares, market and seafront.
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.
dos barrios muy diferentes
newtwo very different neighbourhoods
Dos is two, barrios is neighbourhoods, and muy diferentes is very different.
Useful for a simple comparison.
Una de ellas
newone of them
Ellas refers back to a feminine plural noun, here plazas.
Helps avoid repeating the same noun.
Al final de algunas calles
newat the end of
This phrase locates something at the end of a place or route.
Useful for simple directions.
Junto al barrio
newnext to the neighbourhood
Junto a means next to. A plus el becomes al.
Useful for saying where a place is.
Key words
Vocabulary that carries the school-day topic.
barrio
barrio
neighbourhood
A part of a city where people live.
A basic word for describing a city.
plaza
plazas
square
An open public space in a town or city.
Useful for places and directions.
calles estrechas
calles estrechas
narrow streets
Calles means streets and estrechas means narrow.
Useful for describing an area.
mercado público
mercado público
public market
A market open to the public.
Useful for shopping and city places.
playa
playa
beach
A sandy or pebbly area beside the sea.
Useful for travel and places near water.
mar
mar
sea
A large body of salt water.
A common word in travel and geography.
Grammar in context
Patterns from the text worth noticing after reading.
Hay with a plural noun
En Barcelona hay muchos barrios.
There are many neighbourhoods in Barcelona.
Hay does not change before a plural noun.
Use hay to say that one or more things exist.
Hay una
Junto al barrio hay una playa urbana.
There is an urban beach next to the neighbourhood.
Hay plus una introduces one feminine singular thing.
Useful for introducing a place or object.
Hay and no hay
En Gràcia hay muchas plazas, pero no hay playa.
There are many squares in Gràcia, but there is no beach.
Hay states existence. No hay states absence.
Useful for contrasting what a place has and does not have.
Question with hay
¿Hay una plaza en tu barrio?
Is there a square in your neighbourhood?
Put hay after the opening question mark to ask whether something exists.
Useful for asking about places and services.
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