While I drink my coffeeUn correo de Madrid
An email from Madrid
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Es junio. Niyaz está en casa, en Almaty. Tiene veinte años y estudia . Vive con su madre y su pequeña, Aliya.
It is June. Niyaz is at home in Almaty. He is twenty and he studies journalism. He lives with his mother and his little sister, Aliya.
Niyaz abre el ordenador. Hay un nuevo. Es de una universidad de Madrid. Dice: «¡Felicidades! Usted tiene el : un curso de verano en Madrid».
Niyaz opens his computer. There is a new email. It is from a university in Madrid. It says: “Congratulations! You have won the prize: a summer course in Madrid.”
Niyaz no dice nada. Lee el correo otra vez. Aliya mira la pantalla. —¿Qué es? —Madrid. Dos semanas. —¡Mamá! ¡Niyaz va a España!
Niyaz says nothing. He reads the email again. Aliya looks at the screen. “What is it?” “Madrid. Two weeks.” “Mum! Niyaz is going to Spain!”
Su madre está en la cocina. Tiene harina en las manos. Mira a Niyaz y sonríe. —Estoy muy . Pero tú no hablas español. —Hablo un poco. «Hola», «gracias», «¿cuánto es?».
His mother is in the kitchen. Her hands are covered in flour. She looks at Niyaz and smiles. “I am very proud. But you don’t speak Spanish.” “I speak a little. “Hola”, “gracias”, “¿cuánto es?”.”
Chapter exercises
Grammar in this chapter: present tense: tener, ser, estar; gustar
1. Niyaz ___ con su madre y su hermana.
2. ¿De dónde es el correo?
3. ¿Qué palabras sabe Niyaz en español?
Write it yourself
¿Qué premio quieres tú? Escribe dos frases: «Quiero…» y «Me gusta…».
What prize would you like? Write two sentences: “Quiero…” and “Me gusta…”.