While I drink my coffeeNúmeros en la calle
Numbers in the street
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En la calle hay números en todas partes. El 27 va al centro. Mi casa está en la calle Mayor, 14, tercer piso.
There are numbers everywhere in the street. Bus 27 goes to the centre. My home is at Calle Mayor, number 14, third floor.
En la tienda una botella de agua un euro. Un café cuesta uno cincuenta. Para preguntar el precio decimos: «¿Cuánto es?».
In the shop a bottle of water costs one euro. A coffee costs one fifty. To ask the price we say: “How much is it?”.
Words from the text
Grammar in the text
- ¿Cuánto es? — Asking the price in a shop or café: “How much is it?”.
- cuesta, cuestan — costar changes o → ue: cuesta (one thing), cuestan (several).
For your diary
Escribe tu dirección «a la española» y el precio de tres cosas que compras cada semana.
Write your address “the Spanish way” and the price of three things you buy every week.