day 49you won't believe what happened

unit 9 · summer journeys

you won't believe what happened

Tell an experience in the past with al principio, de repente and al final, mixing the preterite, the imperfect and the pluperfect, and use the words for flights and luggage.

today’s words

el equipaje · luggage, baggage
el retraso · delay
aterrizar · to land
despegar · to take off
la cabina · cabin; booth
el/la auxiliar · assistant; flight attendant
aéreo · air, by air
volar · to fly
el destino · destination; fate
el pase · pass; boarding pass (pase de embarque)
el paraguas · umbrella
la temporada · season; period
el calendario · calendar
la postal · postcard
atrás · behind, back
americano · American
estadounidense · from the United States
adelantar · to move forward; to overtake

sentences

Al principio todo iba bien: el avión despegó a la hora. · At first everything was going well: the plane took off on time.
De repente, la auxiliar dijo que había un retraso. · Suddenly the flight attendant said there was a delay.
Cuando aterrizamos, mi equipaje ya no estaba. · When we landed, my luggage was no longer there.
Había olvidado el paraguas y llovía muchísimo. · I had forgotten my umbrella and it was pouring.
Al final, mi equipaje llegó al hotel dos días después. · In the end, my luggage reached the hotel two days later.