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day 59legends and storms

unit 10 · back to the village

    legends and storms

    Tell a short story in the past, with al principio, de repente and al final, and talk about legends, customs and the geography of a place.

    today’s words

    • la leyenda · legend
    • la creencia · belief
    • la costumbre · custom, habit
    • helar · to freeze (weather)
    • soplar · to blow
    • temporal · temporary (adj); storm (el temporal)
    • occidental · western
    • oriental · eastern
    • el noroeste · north-west
    • el sudeste · south-east
    • geográfico · geographical
    • continental · continental
    • el territorio · territory
    • el occidente · the West
    • hallar · to find (formal)

    sentences

    • Según la leyenda, una niña halló un objeto de oro. · According to the legend, a girl found a gold object.
    • Es una creencia del pueblo y una costumbre muy antigua. · It is a belief of the village and a very old custom.
    • Cuando llegamos, el viento ya soplaba del noroeste. · When we arrived, the wind was already blowing from the north-west.
    • Por la noche había helado y el temporal no paraba. · In the night it had frozen and the storm did not stop.
    • Con el temporal, el bus no circula. · With the storm, the bus does not run.