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Guía · Unidad 6 · A2
Daily Routine
Reflexive verbs, telling the time and a day in Madrid
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Reflexive verbs: me levanto
Getting up, showering, getting dressed, going to bed — the verbs you do to yourself.
Abrir lección- A reflexive verb carries -se in the infinitive: levantarse, ducharse, vestirse, acostarse, llamarse.
- The pronoun matches the subject: me, te, se, nos, os, se — me levanto, os levantáis, se levantan.
- It goes before the conjugated verb, after no: No me levanto temprano.
- vestirse (e → i) and acostarse (o → ue) change their stem — except for nosotros and vosotros.
- With your own body, use the article: Me lavo los dientes.
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Numbers from 20 to 100
Count past twenty — ages, prices and phone numbers, Spanish style.
Abrir lección- 21–29 are one word: veintiuno, veintidós, veintitrés… veintinueve.
- From 30: ten + y + unit — treinta y cinco, noventa y nueve.
- Sesenta (60) comes from seis, setenta (70) from siete.
- Cien is 100 on its own or before a noun; ciento once more follows — ciento uno.
- Uno becomes un before a masculine noun and una before a feminine one: veintiún años, veintiuna personas.
- Phone numbers are often read in pairs: seis, cuarenta y siete, veintiocho…
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¿Qué hora es? Telling the time
Ask and tell the time, say when things happen — and find out what time dinner really is in Madrid.
Abrir lección- ¿Qué hora es? — es la una, but son las dos, tres… — hora is feminine.
- Add minutes with y up to half past; after that, count down with menos: las ocho menos cuarto is 7:45.
- y cuarto, y media, menos cuarto — quarter past, half past, quarter to. En punto — on the dot.
- “At” a time is a las: a las ocho — but a la una.
- Por la mañana / tarde / noche — and de la after a clock time: a las diez de la noche.
- Spain tends to eat late: lunch around two or three, dinner from nine — often later.
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A day in Luana's life
Follow Luana from the alarm clock to bedtime — then narrate a day of your own.
Abrir lección- Despertarse (me despierto) is waking up; levantarse is getting out of bed.
- Acostarse — me acuesto, nos acostamos — the ue stays out of nosotros and vosotros.
- Sentarse (se sienta) is to sit down — not sentirse (se siente), to feel.
- Spanish meals: desayuno, comida (the main one, at two or three), merienda, cena — and in many places a mid-morning almuerzo.
- Comer is to eat — and to have lunch.
- Volver a casa — to go back home.