A1 Spanish Story
The Window Seat
El asiento de la ventana
0:48 min video · 3 sentences · 4 key words
Transcript with English
Hide the English to test yourself.
- ¡Tú eres mi vecino del tercero!You are my neighbour from the third floor!
- Javier tiene café y quiere compartir.Javier has coffee and wants to share.
- Marta dice: «¡Hola, vecino! ¿Qué tal?»Marta says: «Hello, neighbour! How are you?»
About this lesson
On a long train, two neighbours who have never spoken find each other. One has a window seat and the other is on the way to the same city, and a small kindness begins a friendship.
How to practise
- Watch once with the English subtitles to understand the story.
- Watch again and repeat every sentence out loud in the Te toca · Your turn pause.
- At the end, read along with the narrator at the same time.
Key words
| Spanish | English | Level |
|---|---|---|
| el tercero | the third floor | |
| compartir | to share | |
| ¿Qué tal? | How are you? | |
| Hola | hello |
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