While I drink my coffeeMirar un cuadro
Looking at a painting
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En un hay personas, objetos y colores. Primero miro el centro. Hay una niña. Lleva un claro. A la izquierda hay un hombre. A la derecha hay un perro. No necesito saber sus nombres para empezar.
A painting has people, objects and colours. First I look at the centre. There is a girl. She is wearing a light dress. On the left there is a man. On the right there is a dog. I do not need their names to begin.
Después busco una cosa pequeña: una , una mano o un . «El perro está », digo. Ahora tengo una frase sobre el cuadro.
Then I look for a small detail: a door, a hand or a mirror. “The dog is at the front,” I say. Now I have a sentence about the painting.
Words from the text
Grammar in the text
- Hay una niña. La niña está en el centro. — Hay introduces something; está locates something already identified.
- Lleva un vestido claro. — Llevar + clothing: to be wearing something.
For your diary
Describe tres cosas de una imagen: qué hay, dónde está una cosa y qué lleva una persona.
Describe three details in an image: what is there, where something is and what someone is wearing.