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中文Daily story · El gato negro · A1 · Chapter 1 of 20
El gato en la puerta The cat at the door
Before you read
Lucía has just moved to a new town to study. It is her first morning in her new flat. Look at the title: someone is at the door.
Touch a word for its meaning; tap a sentence for its translation.
Soy Lucía. I'm Lucía.
Soy estudiante. I'm a student.
Por la mañana, como pan. In the morning I eat bread.
También bebo café. I drink coffee too.
En la puerta hay un gato. There's a cat at the door.
Es un gato negro. It's a black cat.
«Hola. ¿Quién eres?» "Hello. Who are you?"
El gato no dice nada. The cat says nothing.
En la boca tiene un papel pequeño. In its mouth it has a small piece of paper.
En el papel dice: «tres». On the paper it says "three".
«¿Tres? ¿Qué es esto?» "Three? What is this?"
El gato se va. The cat goes away.
The words glossed, the English for each sentence, the notes and the questions.
New words in this chapter
- estudiante el estudiante, la estudiante — student
- mañana la mañana — morning; (as an adverb) tomorrow
- comer — to eat
- pan el pan — bread
- beber — to drink
- café el café — coffee
- puerta la puerta — door
- gato el gato — cat
- negro — black
- boca la boca — mouth
- papel el papel — paper; a piece of paper
- pequeño — small
Grammar notes
En la puerta hay un gato — there's a cat at the door
Hay means 'there is' and 'there are'. It never changes: hay un gato, hay dos gatos.
Es un gato negro — it's a black cat
In Spanish the colour usually comes after the noun: un gato negro, un papel pequeño.
El gato no dice nada — the cat says nothing
Spanish keeps no before the verb even with nada: no dice nada. The two negatives don't cancel out.
Questions
Read the story, then try these.
Summary (try reading it in Spanish first)
On Lucía's first morning a black cat sits at her door with a small piece of paper in its mouth. On it is the number three. Then the cat walks away.
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