13.1: Vocabulario - In the city
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En La Ciudad
sustantivos
el aeropuerto the airport
el ayuntamiento city hall
las afueras suburbs
la avenida avenue
el banco bank
el barrio neighborhood
la biblioteca library
la cafetería café
la calle street
la cancha court
la casa house
el centro the center
el centro comercial shopping center
el cine movie theater
la ciudad city
el coche the car
la comisaria police station
el edificio building
la escuela school
el estacionamiento parking
el estadio stadium
la estación de bomberos fire station
la estación de tren train station
la farmacia pharmacy
el garaje garage
el hospital hospital
la iglesia church
el mapa map
la mochila backpack
el museo museum
las obras de teatro play
la oficina office
la oficina de correos post office
la parada de autobuses bus stop
el parque park
la piscina pool
la playa beach
la plaza town square
el restaurante restaurant
el rascacielos skyscrapper
el semáforo traffic light
la sinogoga synagogue
el supermercado supermarket
el taller shop
el teatro theater
la tienda store
la universidad university
el/la viajero/a traveler
adjetivos
abierto open
alto tall
cerca de close to
cerrado closed
grande big
lejos de far from
lleno full
moderno modern
pequeño small
viejo old
verbos
alquilar to rent
estacionar to park
estudiar to study
jugar to play
trabajar to work
vivir to live
expresiones
cada día daily, each day
el fin de semana weekend
tener una reunión to have an appointment
todos los días every day
Práctica de Vocabulario
Read the vocabulary words out loud. Then, answer the following questions.
1. Which words have you heard before?
2. Which are the three most useful new words?
3. Which are the three words that are the most fun to say?
4. Which word is the most difficult to pronounce?
5. Which word are you most likely to use?
6. Which word are you least likely to use?
7. Which words have written accent marks?
8. Which word with a written accent mark will be the easiest to remember? Why?
9. Which word with a written accent mark will be the most difficult to remember? Why?
10. Cognates look the same in two languages. For example, hospital is spelled the same in English and Spanish, but it is pronounced differently. Are there cognates in this list? If so, what are they?
11. A false friend is a word that looks the same in two languages, but does not have a similar meaning. For example, the Spanish word embarazada looks like the English word embarrassed, but it means pregnant. Embarrassed in Spanish is avergonzada. Are there false friends in this list? If so, what are they?
12. It is helpful to think of mnemonic devices to remember words. For example, to remember the verb llegar which means to arrive, you can remember “Yeah! They got here!” What mnemonic device can you think of for words in this list?
Definitions. Pick five words and write definitions to describe them.
For example, Bien is the opposite of malo.
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Questions. Pick five different words and write questions for your classmates with them.
For example, ¿Te gusta comer tacos?
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Working with the vocabulary.
Each person can work alone or in a group.
Cada persona puede trabajar solo o en grupo.
Each project should include, at least, ten of the vocabulary words from the list.
Pick one of the following four activities.
1. Write and sing a song.
2. Write and present a dialogue.
3. Create and present a drawing.
4. Write and read a short story or poem.
Before getting started, it is necessary to read the vocabulary list and to pick a variety of words.
This can be a very useful way to learn and practice new vocabulary words.
I hope that this is a fun and useful experience!