📖LearnModule 4 · Lesson 24 of 30Basic User · CEFR A2, completedUnit 5 · De viaje — travel
¿Dónde estamos? — the map words
Module 4 of the free Spanish course (CEFR A2, completed), lesson 24 of 30: Countries and cities take en for being there and a for going there: Vivo en Colombia. On this page: 8 words with their genders and respellings, the rule, a watch-out line and the audio — the study notes behind the workbook's QR.
The words
Spanish
English
Say it
Colombia
Colombia
koh-LOHM-byah
en Colombia
in Colombia
ehn koh-LOHM-byah
los Estados Unidosplural
the United States
lohs ehs-TAH-dohs oo-NEE-dohs
a los Estados Unidos
to the United States
ah lohs ehs-TAH-dohs oo-NEE-dohs
en Lima
in Lima
ehn LEE-mah
el mapa
the map
ehl MAH-pah
el país
the country
ehl pah-EES
la frontera
the border
lah frohn-TEH-rah
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.
La regla · The rule
Countries and cities take en for being there and a for going there: Vivo en Colombia. Voy a Lima. Viajamos a los Estados Unidos — the United States keeps its article.
Y también · And also
Soy de México. Ella vive en Colombia. El mapa is masculine — one more -a word that takes el, like el día and el problema. El país is the country; la frontera is the border you cross.
Ojo · Watch out
el mapa takes el though it ends in -a: el mapa, un mapa. And los Estados Unidos keeps its los: a los Estados Unidos, en los Estados Unidos.
Do it now — on paper
Say all 8 words aloud twice from the respelling, then once from the Spanish spelling alone — begin with Colombia.
Copy every word with its accents on paper; then cover the English column and write each meaning back from the Spanish.
Write two sentences of your own that get the watch-out line right, then the two practice pages of workbook lesson 24 in Module 4 are the written half of this page.
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.
Keep these words
Turn this lesson’s words into flashcards, then space your reviews — the two habits the research behind our study guides backs hardest.