Level B1 · Chapter 62.5
Review 11: lessons 57 to 62
The vocabulary from lessons 57 to 62 that does not come back, the grammar of the block in one table, and two exercises.
What you will learn
- Check, word by word, how much of the vocabulary from lessons 57 to 62 you actually remember.
- Put a subjunctive after cuando, after es raro que and after el que sea.
- Talk about a whole idea with lo bueno, lo peor and lo que.
The story in easy Spanish
La historia de don Quijote estaba impresa, con título, capítulos y doce mil ejemplares.
Don Quixote’s story was in print, with a title, chapters and twelve thousand copies.
«Los niños lo hojean y los viejos lo celebran», dijo Sansón con una sonrisa.
“Children leaf through it and old people praise it,” said Sansón with a smile.
No pudo evitar una queja sobre las fuentes, y Sancho preguntó por el capítulo de la manta.
He could not avoid a complaint about the sources, and Sancho asked about the chapter of the blanket.
A muchos lectores les parece cruel.
Many readers find it cruel.
«Es raro que un moro sepa lo que pasó sin testigos», dijo el caballero.
“It is odd that a Moor should know what happened with no witnesses,” said the knight.
Sansón defendió el libro, aunque reconoció el fallo del rucio robado y devuelto.
Sansón defended the book, though he admitted the flaw of the donkey stolen and given back.
Se habían equivocado, y Sancho aceptaba reírse de sí mismo, pero no de su burro.
They had got it wrong, and Sancho was willing to laugh at himself, but not at his donkey.
Teresa lo esperaba junto a la olla, sin ver ganancia ninguna.
Teresa was waiting for him beside the pot, with no earnings in sight.
«No te metas en salsas ajenas, que quien va a por lana vuelve trasquilado».
“Do not meddle in other people’s sauces, for he who goes out for wool comes back shorn.”
Él le prometió seda, y ella contestó que las honras cansan.
He promised her silk, and she answered that honours are tiring.
Cada oveja con su pareja, y la niña con quien sea de su condición.
Every sheep with its own kind, and the girl with whoever is of her own station.
La decisión estaba tomada, y Sansón se la encendió más.
The decision was made, and Sansón fired it up further.
Limpió el yelmo, mandó ensillar el rucio y salió sin despedirse por un camino con olor a romero.
He cleaned the helmet, had the donkey saddled and left without saying goodbye, on a road smelling of rosemary.
«Cuando reciba su bendición, no habrá aventura que se me resista».
“When I receive her blessing, no adventure will hold out against me.”
Sancho asintió, miró el horizonte y calculó qué haría cuando su amo se descuidara.
Sancho nodded, looked at the horizon and worked out what he would do when his master was off his guard.
«Guíame al palacio de Dulcinea», pidió su amo cuando llegaron, pasada la medianoche.
“Lead me to Dulcinea’s palace,” his master asked when they arrived, well after midnight.
Sancho tragó saliva y dio vueltas por calles estrechas y oscuras.
Sancho swallowed hard and wandered up narrow dark streets.
Tropezaron con un bulto grande que era la iglesia del pueblo.
They bumped into a big dark shape that turned out to be the village church.
Temió dar con su sepultura, porque los cementerios de noche no son buena señal.
He was afraid of coming upon his own grave, because graveyards at night are a bad sign.
Salieron a esconderse en un bosquecillo, con la lanza apoyada en un tronco.
They went out to hide in a small wood, with the lance resting against a trunk.
El cielo se aclaraba y él seguía sin ninguna Dulcinea.
The sky was growing light and he still had no Dulcinea.
Entonces vio tres labradoras en burros y corrió a decir que brillaban.
Then he saw three farm women on donkeys and ran to say that they were shining.
El caballero vio tres caras anchas y tres narices chatas.
The knight saw three broad faces and three snub noses.
Sancho dijo que los encantadores habían cambiado lo hermoso por lo vulgar.
Sancho said the enchanters had changed the beautiful into the coarse.
Don Quijote se arrodilló y una de ellas le gritó que se apartara.
Don Quixote knelt down and one of them shouted at him to get out of the way.
Soltó una palabrota y siguió su camino.
She let out a swear word and rode on.
Lo peor no fue el desprecio, y lo que más le dolía era que no lo reconociera.
The worst of it was not the snub, and what hurt him most was that she did not know him.
Vocabulary
His story is in print (lesson 57)
- el ejemplar
- the copy
- el capítulo
- the chapter
- el título
- the title
- hojear
- to leaf through
- celebrar
- to praise, to celebrate
- cruel
- cruel
- la sonrisa
- the smile
- evitar
- to avoid
The mistakes in the book (lesson 58)
- el fallo
- the flaw, the mistake
- la queja
- the complaint
- equivocarse
- to get something wrong
- el testigo
- the witness
- la fuente
- the source
- reírse de
- to laugh at
- defender
- to defend
Sancho and Teresa (lesson 59)
- la ganancia
- the earnings, the profit
- la olla
- the cooking pot
- meterse en
- to meddle in
- trasquilado
- shorn, fleeced
- la honra
- honour, standing
- la oveja
- the sheep
- la condición
- the station, the rank
- la seda
- silk
The third sally (lesson 60)
- la decisión
- the decision
- encender
- to light, to fire up
- el yelmo
- the helmet
- ensillar
- to saddle
- despedirse
- to say goodbye
- la bendición
- the blessing
- resistirse
- to hold out, to resist
- asentir
- to nod in agreement
- descuidarse
- to be off your guard
- el horizonte
- the horizon
- calcular
- to work out, to reckon
- el romero
- rosemary
Dulcinea’s palace (lesson 61)
- guiar
- to lead the way
- tragar saliva
- to swallow hard
- estrecho
- narrow
- el bulto
- the dark shape
- tropezar con
- to bump into
- la sepultura
- the grave
- el cementerio
- the graveyard
- esconderse
- to hide
- el bosquecillo
- the small wood
- apoyar
- to lean, to rest
- el tronco
- the trunk
- aclararse
- to grow light
Three farm women (lesson 62)
- la labradora
- the farm woman
- chato
- flat, snub
- arrodillarse
- to kneel down
- apartarse
- to get out of the way
- la palabrota
- the swear word
- el desprecio
- the contempt, the snub
- doler
- to hurt
- vulgar
- common, coarse
- el encantador
- the enchanter
- brillar
- to shine
Lessons 57 to 62 in one table
Start with the vocabulary list above, which is the longest of the level. Cover the English column, read the Spanish aloud, and mark every word you cannot turn into English in about three seconds.
| point | rule | from the summary above |
|---|---|---|
| the printed book | título, capítulo, ejemplar, autor, lector, obra | con título, capítulos y doce mil ejemplares |
| es raro que | judging something takes the subjunctive, even when the fact is true | Es raro que un moro sepa aquello. |
| proverbs | they travel whole, and translating them word by word ruins them | Quien va a por lana vuelve trasquilado. |
| cuando plus subjunctive | when the moment has not arrived yet, the subjunctive | Cuando reciba su bendición. |
| cuando plus indicative | when it already happened, or happens as a habit, the indicative | pidió su amo cuando llegaron |
| el que sea | a person or thing you cannot yet name takes the subjunctive | la niña con quien sea de su condición |
| lo plus adjective | a whole idea, and the adjective stays masculine singular | Lo peor no fue el desprecio. |
| lo que | an unnamed thing, with a clause behind it | Lo que más le dolía era que no lo reconociera. |
The full conjugations are in the verb tables at the back of the book.