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Cantar de mio Cid: read in Spanish (A2)

Read the Cantar de mio Cid retold in simple Spanish: a MovaReader adaptation of the medieval epic for level A2, in the past tenses, with word translation.

El Cantar de mio Cid (adaptación, Cantar de gesta anónimo)

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Level A2 Reading focus

What you'll learn

Pretérito indefinido and imperfecto in narration, commands with vosotros (id, decid, mirad), medieval vocabulary explained in the text, verbs of travel and battle

This article contains a MovaReader adaptation of the anonymous Cantar de mio Cid (c. 1200, copied by Per Abbat in 1207), retold in simple Spanish in 10 chapters that follow the three parts of the poem: the exile, the weddings and the affront of Corpes. Level A2 suits learners who know the past tenses: sentences of about 10 words, the pretérito indefinido and imperfecto, and plenty of dialogue. You will learn medieval vocabulary, commands with vosotros and the verbs of travel and battle.

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