Four words from the Canary Islands
In Las Palmas, a hungry visitor wants the market and does not understand guagua. Ana explains papa, millo, and gofio, and the visitor boards the bus by name.
Cuatro palabras de Canarias
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What you'll learn
Present tense, querer, and four Canarian words: guagua, papa, millo, and gofio.
A visitor in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria wants to reach the market. Ana explains that guagua means bus, papa means potato, millo means corn, and gofio is toasted grain flour. They taste gofio, and on the way back the visitor hails the bus without asking.
After reading
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Phrases, words, grammar, and quick practice from this text.
Phrases for training
Add useful phrases to SRS or mark them as already known.
me enseña cuatro palabras
newteaches me four words
Me enseña means that she teaches something to me.
Useful for saying what another person helps you learn.
esperamos una guagua
newwe wait for a bus
Esperamos is the nosotros form of esperar.
Useful for talking about public transport.
En muchas partes de España
newin many parts of Spain
Muchas partes gives the statement a limited, accurate scope.
Useful for avoiding claims about a whole country.
sirve para hacer gofio
newis used to make gofio
Servir para plus infinitive describes a purpose or use.
Useful for explaining what an ingredient is used for.
de un lugar a otro
newfrom one place to another
De un lugar a otro describes change across places.
Useful for comparing regional language.
sigue siendo español
newit is still Spanish
Seguir siendo says that an identity remains despite change.
Useful for contrasting variation with continuity.
Key words
Vocabulary that carries the school-day topic.
Guagua
guagua
bus
In the Canary Islands, guagua means a bus.
Essential for understanding transport vocabulary in the Canary Islands.
Papas
papas
potatoes
Papas is the plural of papa, a common word for potatoes in the Canary Islands.
Useful for shopping for food in the Canary Islands.
Patata
patata
potato
Patata is a common word for a potato in many parts of Spain.
Useful for recognising a regional vocabulary contrast.
Millo
millo
maize or corn
In the Canary Islands, millo names maize, both the plant and its grain.
Useful for reading about Canarian food.
Gofio
gofio
gofio
Gofio is flour made from toasted grains and is a word associated with Canarian Spanish.
Useful for recognising a characteristic Canarian food word.
Harina
harina
flour
Harina is a powder made by grinding grains or other foods.
Useful for understanding food descriptions.
Grammar in context
Patterns from the text worth noticing after reading.
Me as an indirect object
Ella me enseña
she teaches me
Me marks the person who receives the teaching.
Useful for understanding short object pronouns.
Ser for a definition
una guagua es un autobús
a guagua is a bus
Es links a word with its definition.
Useful for learning vocabulary through definitions.
También and su
también es su grano
it is also its grain
También adds another fact, and su refers to the plant.
Useful for following reference between short sentences.
The contraction al
al autobús
the bus
Al combines a and el before a masculine singular noun.
Useful for asking what something is called.
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