Outside Inés's Caseta (A1)
Beginner Spanish story: at Seville's April Fair, someone waits outside a private caseta until their cousin opens the door.
Quiero entrar en la caseta de Inés
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What you'll learn
Present tense and the verb querer, with fair words: portada, caseta, sevillanas and traje de flamenca.
The April Fair in Seville starts about two weeks after Holy Week and lasts about a week. At night the narrator wants to enter the family caseta, which is private, where cousin Inés is dancing. The portada is covered in colored lights. By day, horses and carriages pass; some casetas are public and some are not. Many flamenco dresses have ruffles, flowers and polka dots, but not all. Sevillanas have four parts. Inés opens the canvas and the narrator goes in.
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La Feria de Abril
newuna fiesta muy alegre
newmúsica, baile y tradiciones andaluzas
newcasetas, que son casas temporales
newun baile alegre donde las parejas giran
newla auténtica cultura andaluza llena de alegría
newKey words
Vocabulary that carries the school-day topic.
el pórtico
el pórtico
the gateway/entrance
las bombillas
las bombillas
light bulbs
las casetas
las casetas
small tents/houses
el cante
el cante
flamenco singing
los cascabeles
los cascabeles
bells
la alegría
la alegría
joy/happiness
Grammar in context
Patterns from the text worth noticing after reading.
muy + adjective: muy alegre (very joyful), muy bien cuidado (very well cared for)
muy + adjective
Present -ar verbs (3rd person plural): construyen, celebran, pasean, bailan
present -ar verbs (3rd person plural)
Relative clause with "donde": un baile alegre donde las parejas giran
relative clause with donde
Si + present: Si visitas Sevilla en abril, puedes ver...
si + present tense
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