28th May 2020

¡Hola buenas!

There are a lot of heartwarming stories out there now that some countries are reducing lockdown restrictions and there are people who are able to see friends and family for the first time in a long while. One story that has prompted a real "aww" moment in Spain, garnering thousands of views, is this one of a man travelling to his parents village and greeting his pet donkey who he was worried wouldn't recognise him; he really needn't have worried:

Read the whole story here:

La reacción de la burra Baldomera tras dos meses sin ver a Ismael

Here's a line from their article with associated grammar points:

• Using aquí, ahí and allí = here and there in Spanish
• Conjugate estar in the present tense in Spanish (El Presente)
• Gender and number of nouns ending in a consonant in Spanish (except -z)
• Difference between Más and Mas in Spanish (with or without a written accent)
• Gender and number of nouns ending in a consonant in Spanish (except -z)
• Conjugate regular -ir verbs in the present tense in Spanish (El Presente)
• Possessive adjectives in Spanish: my, your, his, her, its, our and their (Adjetivos posesivos)
• Forming regular masculine and feminine nouns in Spanish (singular and plural)

 

As a bonus here's an animal-themed fill-in-the-blank kwiz that can help you practise definite and indefinite articles:

• A2 fill-in-the-blank kwiz: La rifa de San Antón

¡Hasta mañana!

Shui