While I drink my coffeeChurros a las ocho
Churros at eight
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Es sábado. Son las ocho de la mañana. Felipe abre la puerta.
It is Saturday. It is eight in the morning. Felipe opens the door.
—¡Nico! ¡! Hoy desayunamos churros.
“Nico! Up you get! Today we’re having churros for breakfast.”
Nico está muy . Por la noche escribe hasta las tres. Pero quiere los churros.
Nico is very tired. At night he writes until three. But he wants to try churros.
La es pequeña y antigua. Hay mucha gente.
The churrería is small and old. There are lots of people.
—Buenos días. ¿Qué queréis?
“Good morning. What would you like?”
—Dos chocolates con churros, por favor —dice Felipe.
“Two hot chocolates with churros, please,” says Felipe.
—¿Cuántos churros?
“How many churros?”
—Seis… No, doce.
“Six… No, twelve.”
Los churros son largos y . El chocolate es muy .
The churros are long and hot. The chocolate is very thick.
Nico un churro en el chocolate. Una gota cae en su gris.
Nico dips a churro in the chocolate. A drop falls on his grey hoodie.
—¡Oh, no!
“Oh, no!”
—No pasa nada. Es arte —dice Felipe.
“It’s fine. It’s art,” says Felipe.
Nico mira la marrón. Y de repente se ríe.
Nico looks at the brown stain. And suddenly he laughs.
—¡Te ríes! —dice Felipe—. ¡Es un día histórico!
“You’re laughing!” says Felipe. “It’s a historic day!”
En su cuaderno, Nico escribe: «Sábado. Churros. Primera risa en Madrid».
In his notebook Nico writes: “Saturday. Churros. First laugh in Madrid.”
Antes de volver a casa, Felipe compra una bolsa de churros. —¿Es para ti? —pregunta Nico. —No, es para la residencia. Para los chicos del segundo piso. Y antes de salir, Nico compra una postal de la churrería. Es para su madre.
Before going home, Felipe buys a bag of churros. “Is it for you?” asks Nico. “No, it’s for the residence. For the guys on the second floor.” And before leaving, Nico buys a postcard of the churrería. It’s for his mother.
Chapter exercises
Grammar in this chapter: telling the time, querer, ¿cuántos?, estar + adjective
1. ¿Qué hora es al principio?
2. ¿___ churros quieren?
3. Nico está ___ porque escribe hasta las tres.
Write it yourself
¿Qué comida de España quieres probar? Escribe dos frases.
Which Spanish food do you want to try? Write two sentences.