Module 1 of the free Spanish course (CEFR A1, first half), lesson 29 of 30: Five position words put your world in order: en (in), sobre (on), debajo de (under). 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.
| Spanish | English | Say it |
|---|---|---|
| sobre | on | SOH-breh |
| debajo de | under | deh-BAH-hoh deh |
| delante de | in front of | deh-LAHN-teh deh |
| detrás de | behind | deh-TRAHS deh |
| ¿dónde está…? | where is…? | DOHN-deh ehs-TAH |
| el gato está debajo de la mesa | the cat is under the table | ehl GAH-toh ehs-TAH deh-BAH-hoh deh lah MEH-sah |
| la cama | the bed | lah KAH-mah |
| está | it is (somewhere) | ehs-TAH |
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.
Each word is read twice — say it back in the gap. Computer-generated voice; credits on the course page.
Five position words put your world in order: en (in), sobre (on), debajo de (under), delante de (in front of), detrás de (behind).
Spanish uses estar, not ser, for where things are: el libro ESTÁ en la mochila. Hold one clean line for now: es says what something IS, está says where it IS. ¿Dónde está…? asks where.
Where something is takes está, not es: el gato está debajo de la mesa. es says what a thing is; está says where it is.
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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