Esta es la cafetería en la que desayunamos… Vicente: No… mira Alika, esta es la farmacia de la esquina… el hospital está a dos cuadras al sur de la farmacia y si giramos a la derecha y caminamos tres cuadras más llegamos al parque.Īlika: Mira, aquí están el museo y la biblioteca que te mostré ayer. Vicente: Estoy usando Google maps para conocer mejor la ciudadĪlika: ¡Que interesante! Todavía no sabes dónde están los lugares importantes, ¿verdad? Make sure to use the right form of the verb SER when talking about places and describing your town in Spanish, just like in the picture below. However, some of the most common adjectives for places are: BONITO (beautiful), GRANDE (big), PEQUEÑO (small), FAMOSO (famous), MODERNO (modern), ANTIGUO (ancient), PINTORESCO (Picturesque), POPULAR (popular), LLENO DE TRADICIONES (full of traditions), ACOGEDOR (cozy), LLENO DE GENTE (crowded), INTERESANTE (interesting). Queda frente a este museo“.įor the purpose of describing your town in Spanish, you can use verbs like SER (to be), LUCIR (look like) and TENER (to have). You could use many different adjectives to describe your town in Spanish and places around it. Normally, people will also describe places in Spanish too and give directions at the same time, e.g. Sometimes, people may also ask “ ❼uáles son los lugares famosos de tu ciudad?” and that is why know the names of some places in town in Spanish is really important. Another way to ask is using the question “❼ómo es el lugar donde vives?” (what’s the place where you live like?). 1ĭescribing your town in Spanish: SER + common adjectivesĪs it was mentioned in the video, information questions such as “ ❼ómo es tu pueblo?” and “ ❼ómo es tu ciudad?” can be used to ask what’s a town like in Spanish. All of this is covered with more details in our previous lesson. Listen to these two conversations and identify some of the places in town in Spanish presented in the video plus the different ways to say directions. Moreover, you can also use other units of measurement like “ metros, varas, kilómetros, millas, etc.”. For the distance between places, you can use the word CUADRA just the way BLOCK is used in English. A simple direction would look like any of these three sentences: “ La farmacia está junto al hospital/La farmacia queda junto al hospital/Hay una farmacia junto al hospital”. HABER will used in its form HAY meaning “there is/there are” in Spanish. Place + ESTAR/QUEDAR (conjugated)+ preposition of place + place of reference It is common to use the verbs QUEDAR, ESTAR and HABER to give directions following the structure If you already know this, then just skip this part and go to the next part of the lesson. Talking about directions of common places in town in Spanishīefore learning how to describe your town in Spanish, we will review some vocabulary and how to give directions of common places in town in Spanish. Make sure to stick until the end of the video as it will certainly help you understand the rest of the lesson. At the end of the video, you will find a town description in Spanish using everything that is explained in the video. We will begin by watching a short video showing some common places in town in Spanish through several pictures and explaining how to use adjectives to describe cities or towns in Spanish. This video includes 18 different names of places in Spanish, the adjectives that you can also use for describing your town in Spanish and ask what a place is like. We have included some conversations with people talking about their towns, particularly about the places and things that make their town special. Let’s start… Introductory video: Places in town in Spanish and descriptions More importantly, we will teach you how to use common adjectives to describe a city in Spanish. ❼ómo es tu ciudad? In order to answer this question, you need to know a little about places in your town, some adjectives and the basics about directions. In this lesson, we will review the vocabulary for places in town in Spanish and ways to ask and give directions too.
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