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Places in town and directions
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Describe where you live, say where places are and follow or give directions. In town is also a speaking role-play setting.
Hay and no hay
En mi pueblo hay un parque, una biblioteca y muchas tiendas.
No hay cine. (After no hay, the article is usually dropped.)
Places: el mercado, la estación de trenes, la piscina (swimming pool), el estadio (stadium), el museo.
Vivo en una ciudad / un pueblo / el campo (city / town or village / countryside).
No hay cine. (After no hay, the article is usually dropped.)
Places: el mercado, la estación de trenes, la piscina (swimming pool), el estadio (stadium), el museo.
Vivo en una ciudad / un pueblo / el campo (city / town or village / countryside).
Where places are
Use estar for location: El banco está...
al lado de (next to), cerca de (near), lejos de (far from), delante de (in front of), detrás de (behind), entre (between).
De + el = del: al lado del cine.
al lado de (next to), cerca de (near), lejos de (far from), delante de (in front of), detrás de (behind), entre (between).
De + el = del: al lado del cine.
Directions
¿Dónde está...? = Where is...? ¿Por dónde se va a...? = How do you get to...?
Sigue hasta el final de la calle (carry on to the end of the street), gira a la derecha / a la izquierda (turn right / left), toma la primera calle (take the first street), cruza la plaza (cross the square).
These are tú commands. To a stranger you would use the usted form: siga, gire, tome, cruce.
Sigue hasta el final de la calle (carry on to the end of the street), gira a la derecha / a la izquierda (turn right / left), toma la primera calle (take the first street), cruza la plaza (cross the square).
These are tú commands. To a stranger you would use the usted form: siga, gire, tome, cruce.
Translate: The bank is next to the cinema.
- Location uses estar: está
- next to = al lado de
- de + el cine = del cine
Answer: El banco está al lado del cine.
Hay = there is / there are. Estar for location. Prepositions of place take de, and de + el = del. Sigue hasta el final de la calle, gira a la derecha / izquierda.
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