While I drink my coffeeBefore you practise: rules and examples
These topics cover this set, including review questions. Open the guide and refer to it while answering.
Weather and simple comparisons
Weather: fa fred/calor/sol/vent, plou, neva. There is no dummy it: just plou. Comparisons: més… que, menys… que. Learn prefereixo as a useful form here, without the full -ir group.
Avui fa fred. — It is cold today.
A Mataró fa més calor que a Barcelona. — It is warmer in Mataró than in Barcelona.
Lunch for friends
Review quantities, preferences and the present. Poder: puc, pots, pot, podem, podeu, poden. Follow poder with an infinitive: podem comprar. No goes before the verb group: no podem comprar.
Què necessitem? — What do we need?
Podem comprar pa. — We can buy bread.
What time shall we meet?
The traditional quarter-hour system counts towards the next hour: un quart de tres = 2:15, dos quarts de tres = 2:30, tres quarts de tres = 2:45. For schedules or clarification you can use digits: a les dues quinze. Time-telling conventions vary by region.
És un quart de tres. — It is 2:15.
Són dos quarts de tres. — It is 2:30.
Reading a message and a schedule
You do not need every word to use a timetable. Find obre/tanca, the day, time and meeting point. Useful numbers: trenta 30, quaranta 40, cinquanta 50, seixanta 60.
El museu obre a les deu. — The museum opens at ten.
Tanca a les sis. — It closes at six.
1. Complete: més tranquil ___ el centre.
2. Build the phrase
It is cold today.
3. Build the phrase
It is warmer in Mataró than in Barcelona.
4. Complete: podem ___ pa.
5. Build the phrase
What do we need?
6. Build the phrase
We can buy bread.
Review from Nº5These items appeared in the previous issue. See what has changed since then.
7. What time is dos quarts de quatre?
8. A museum opens 10–18, except Monday. When can you visit?