El tren de la costa

The coast train

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La Mira és a l’estació de Barcelona. El seu tren és l’R1. És un tren de Rodalies.

Mira is at the station in Barcelona. Her train is the R1. It is a Rodalies commuter train.

L’R1 va per la del Maresme. A la dreta hi ha el . El mar és blau i la platja és groga.

The R1 runs along the Maresme coast. On the right is the sea. The sea is blue and the beach is yellow.

Mataró és una ciutat de la . La de Barcelona a Mataró és molt : és la primera de tren de la península.

Mataró is a town on the coast. The line from Barcelona to Mataró is very old: it is the first railway on the peninsula.

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  • El seu tren és l’R1. — Ser: what something is.
  • El mar és blau i la platja és groga. — The colour agrees: el mar blau, la platja groga.
For your diary

Quin tren o autobús agafes cada dia? De quin color és?

Which train or bus do you take every day? What colour is it?