Chapter 1A1
Hola, abuela
Hello, Grandmother
Before you read
Two ways to be
Use soy/es for identity and estoy/está for location or condition: Soy Nora, but Estoy aquí. Spanish often drops the subject because the verb already points to it.
The little words el and la
Spanish nouns have grammatical gender. El goes with café and pan; la goes with puerta, foto, mesa, cocina, and abuela.
Saying where something is
Put en before a place: en Albarracín, en el café, en la cocina. Aquí means here and can stand alone.
Albarracín is here.
Nora is in Albarracín.
Albarracín is old.
The café is in Albarracín.
The café is small.
Nora is at the door.
The door is old.
Nora says, "No."
Nora is not in the café.
Nora says, "Hello."
The photo of her grandmother is here.
The café in the photo is small.
The door is old.
Nora is inside the café.
The café is small and old.
The table is here.
The photo is here.
It is the photo of Carmen.
Carmen is in the café.
Carmen is in the photo.
Nora is at the table.
Nora does not say "thank you."
Nora does not say "good morning."
Nora says, "Hello, Grandmother."
"I am Nora," Nora says.
"I am here," Nora says.
The photo is in the café.
"Hello, Grandmother," Nora says.
Nora is at the door.
Nora is in the kitchen.
The kitchen is small.
Pilar is in the kitchen.
The bread is in the kitchen.
Pilar is at the table.
The bread is on the table.
Nora says, "Carmen?"
Pilar says, "Carmen."
Pilar says, "Good morning."
Nora does not say "good morning."
Nora says, "Hello."
Pilar does not say "hello."
Pilar is in the kitchen.
The coffee is on the table.
The bread is on the table.
Nora is at the table.
The bread is here.
Nora says, "Thank you."
Pilar does not say "thank you."
Carmen's photo is in the kitchen.
Pilar says, "Carmen."
The grandmother is Carmen.
The café belongs to Carmen.
The kitchen belongs to Pilar.
The café belongs to Carmen and Pilar.
And it belongs to Nora.
Nora says, "Thank you, Pilar."
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