Twelve Grapes at Midnight (Spanish A1)
On New Year's Eve in Spain, Lucía tries to eat twelve grapes in time with the bells from Puerta del Sol. An A1 story about family, a quiet wish, and cava after the last one.
Las uvas de Nochevieja
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What you'll learn
Present tense in a family midnight scene: numbers to twelve, uva, campanada, and the cava toast.
At home on 31 December, Lucía wants to finish twelve peeled grapes with the midnight bells from Puerta del Sol. Her brother keeps the skins on his. She eats the last grape on the twelfth bell, the family toasts with cava, and she does not say her wish.
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Es la última noche del año
newIt is the last night of the year
la gente celebra con una tradición única
newpeople celebrate with a unique tradition
al son de las campanadas
newto the sound of the chimes
Las campanadas suenan doce veces
newThe chimes sound twelve times
Cada campanada representa un mes del año
newEach chime represents a month of the year
brindan con cava
newthey toast with cava
¡Feliz año nuevo!
newHappy New Year!
Key words
Vocabulary that carries the school-day topic.
Nochevieja
New Year's Eve
uvas
grapes
campanadas
chimes/bells
cava
cava (Spanish sparkling wine)
brindis
toast
tradición
tradition
Grammar in context
Patterns from the text worth noticing after reading.
Presente de indicativo: suenan, comen, brindan
Present indicative: they sound, they eat, they toast
El artículo definido: las uvas, las campanas, el treinta y uno
Definite article: the grapes, the bells, the thirty-first
Verbos en tercera persona: empieza, llegó, marca
Third person verbs: it starts, it arrived, it marks
Expresiones de tiempo: antes de, después de, a las doce
Time expressions: before, after, at twelve o'clock
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