Palma to Sóller on the 1912 Railway: Spanish A2
An A2 Spanish story on the historic Palma-Sóller railway with connectors, time phrases, object pronouns, por, para and gustar.
Un viaje de Palma a Sóller por la línea de 1912
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Two fictional friends travel on the real Palma-Sóller railway. The A2 narrative integrates time order, clitic pronouns, por, para and gustar around three documented railway facts.
Antes de salir, compro dos billetes. Julia me los guarda en su mochila para no perderlos. Después subimos al tren y buscamos nuestros asientos.
La empresa ferroviaria explica que la inauguración oficial de la línea fue el 16 de abril de 1912. El trayecto entre Palma y Sóller tiene 27,3 kilómetros.
Durante el trayecto, el tren pasa por la Sierra de Alfàbia. La web turística oficial indica que el recorrido cruza trece túneles. Julia los cuenta, pero yo pierdo el número después del octavo.
A Julia le gusta mirar el paisaje por la ventana. A mí me gusta leer sobre el convoy inaugural. Encuentro una foto en el folleto y se la enseño.
Al llegar a Sóller, paseamos por el centro. Compro una postal para mi madre. Julia me ayuda a elegirla porque conoce sus colores favoritos.
De vuelta a Palma, hablamos del viaje. Nos gusta el tren por su historia, pero también nos gustan las vistas. La excursión termina por la tarde.
¿Te gusta viajar en tren? ¿Qué le enseñarías a un amigo durante el trayecto? ¿Comprarías algo para tu familia?
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What you'll learn
story connectors, time phrases, direct and indirect object pronouns, por and para, gustar
Two fictional friends travel on the real Palma-Sóller railway. The A2 narrative integrates time order, clitic pronouns, por, para and gustar around three documented railway facts.
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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.
Antes de salir
newbefore leaving
Antes de plus infinitive places one action before another.
Useful for ordering events in a story.
Durante el trayecto
newduring the journey
Durante locates an event inside a period of time.
Useful for moving a story forward.
De vuelta a Palma
newback in Palma
De vuelta indicates the return to a place.
Useful for closing a travel story.
por su historia
newbecause of its history
Por introduces the reason for liking the train.
Useful for explaining a reason.
Key words
Vocabulary that carries the school-day topic.
Valley
el valle
valley
Low land between mountains or hills.
Useful for describing geography and landscapes.
Two tickets
dos billetes
two tickets
Billete is a document that allows a passenger to make a journey.
Essential vocabulary for public transport.
Journey or route
el trayecto
the journey
Trayecto is the route or distance travelled between two places.
Useful for discussing transport.
Thirteen tunnels
trece túneles
thirteen tunnels
A tunnel is an underground or covered passage through an obstacle.
Useful for understanding a railway landscape.
Inaugural train
el convoy inaugural
the inaugural train
The convoy used for the official opening of a transport line.
Useful in historical transport texts.
Grammar in context
Patterns from the text worth noticing after reading.
Two object pronouns
me los guarda
keeps them for me
Me marks the person affected and los replaces dos billetes; the indirect pronoun comes first.
Useful for avoiding repeated nouns in a story.
Se la with two objects
se la enseño
I show it to her
Se replaces le before la, and la refers to una foto.
Useful for combining indirect and direct object pronouns.
Para for a recipient
para mi madre
for my mother
Para introduces the intended recipient of the postcard.
Useful for saying who receives something.
Gustar with an infinitive
A Julia le gusta
Julia likes looking
The infinitive mirar acts as the thing that pleases Julia, so gusta is singular.
Useful for expressing preferences about activities.
Gustan with a plural subject
nos gustan las vistas
we like the views
Las vistas is plural, so gustar takes the plural form gustan.
Useful for matching gustar to what is liked.
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