Spanish text · A2 · Shopping

Un domingo en el mercado

A Sunday at the market

  • Level A2
  • Shopping
  • 64 words
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Los domingos hay un mercado en la plaza del pueblo.

Los domingoson Sundayshay un mercadothere is a marketen la plaza del pueblo.in the village square

On Sundays there is a market in the village square.

Mi abuela y yo fuimos temprano para comprar fruta fresca.

Mi abuela y yomy grandmother and Ifuimos tempranowent earlypara comprarto buyfruta fresca.fresh fruit

My grandmother and I went early to buy fresh fruit.

Había tomates, naranjas y unas fresas que olían muy bien.

Habíathere weretomates, naranjastomatoes, orangesy unas fresasand some strawberriesque olían muy bien.that smelled very good

There were tomatoes, oranges and some strawberries that smelled wonderful.

Mi abuela conoce a todos los vendedores y habla con cada uno.

Mi abuela conocemy grandmother knowsa todos los vendedoresall the sellersy habla con cada uno.and talks to each one

My grandmother knows all the sellers and talks to every one of them.

Por eso, comprar tres cosas nos llevó casi una hora.

Por eso,that's whycomprar tres cosasbuying three thingsnos llevótook uscasi una hora.almost an hour

That is why buying three things took us almost an hour.

Al final volvimos a casa con dos bolsas llenas y una sonrisa.

Al finalin the endvolvimos a casawe went homecon dos bolsas llenaswith two full bagsy una sonrisa.and a smile

In the end we went home with two full bags and a smile.

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Vocabulary

el mercadothe market
la abuelathe grandmother
olerto smell
el vendedorthe seller
la bolsathe bag

Comprehension questions

When is the market?

On Sundays.

Why did the shopping take so long?

Because the grandmother talks to every seller.

What did they bring home?

Two full bags.

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