Module 3 of the free Spanish course (CEFR A2, first half), lesson 27 of 30: Your first real Spanish text, read it twice, aloud the second time. On this page: 7 words with their genders and respellings, the rule, a watch-out line and the audio — the study notes behind the workbook's QR.
| Spanish | English | Say it |
|---|---|---|
| las vacacionesplural | the vacation | lahs bah-kah-SYOH-nehs |
| de vacaciones | on vacation | deh bah-kah-SYOH-nehs |
| la postal | the postcard | lah pohs-TAHL |
| un abrazo | a hug (letter sign-off) | oon ah-BRAH-soh |
| el mar | the sea | ehl MAR |
| la playa | the beach | lah PLAH-yah |
| yo nadé en el mar | I swam in the sea | yoh nah-DEH ehn ehl MAR |
Respellings follow the course’s say-it key; the stressed syllable is in capitals. Print this lesson’s flashcards (PDF) — the words on the front, the English and respelling on the back.
Your first real Spanish text — read it twice, aloud the second time, then answer the questions in the practice sets.
¡Hola, Emma! Estoy de vacaciones en Cancún con mi familia. Hace mucho calor y hace sol. Ayer nadé en el mar y comí un helado. Mañana vamos a visitar el mercado. ¡Un abrazo! Leo
de vacaciones takes no article: estoy de vacaciones, never de las vacaciones. And un abrazo (a hug) is how friends sign off a card.
This free course is the reading half. The writing half — write-in lessons, daily practice pages with built-in review, self-checks and a full answer key — is the companion workbook series, The Spanish Ladder: one workbook per module, fifteen in all, released band by band with the Basic band (Modules 1–5) first.
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