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En la recepción

Arriving at a hotel: two nights, a lift, breakfast — and a headache.

A conversation at a hotel reception. Listen for the questions with ¿Hay …? and ¿A qué hora …? — and for me duele la cabeza: in Spanish the head “hurts to me”.

Ana

Buenas tardes. Tengo una habitación para dos noches. Me llamo Ana Ruiz.

Luis

Bienvenida. Sí, la habitación doce. Está en el segundo piso.

Ana

¿Hay ascensor?

Luis

Sí, está a la derecha.

Ana

¿A qué hora es el desayuno?

Luis

De siete a diez, en el salón.

Ana

¿Hay una farmacia cerca? Me duele la cabeza.

Luis

Sí, en la plaza, enfrente del museo. Está abierta hasta las nueve.

Ana

Muchas gracias.

Luis

De nada. Aquí tiene la llave.

More sentences on this in “Language in use”: Spanish for travelling

Words: 70
Sentences: 17
Words per sentence: 4.1
in the vocabulary: 100 %
measured level: A1
Reading time: 1 min

Grammar in this text

These forms appear in the text in real use. Switch on “Show grammar” above the text to highlight them.

¿Hay ascensor? · ¿Hay una farmacia cerca?
¿Hay …? asks whether there is something: ¿Hay ascensor?, ¿Hay una farmacia cerca? hay — there is, there are →
Me duele la cabeza
doler works like gustar: me duele la cabeza, “my head hurts”. gustar and similar verbs →

The words from A1 up in this text

Not the hard words in general, but those at your level: all 29 of the 49 words in this text are at A1 or above. You will know everything else by the time you get here.

abrir
to open (something)
A1
bienvenido
welcome
A1
bueno
good
A1
cerca
near
A1
diez
ten
A1
doce
twelve
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doler
to hurt
A1
dos
two
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el ascensor
the lift
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el desayuno
breakfast
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el museo
the museum
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el piso
the flat; the floor
A1
el salón
the living room
A1
enfrente
opposite
A1
gracias
thank you
A1
la cabeza
the head
A1
la derecha
the right
A1
la farmacia
the chemist's
A1
la habitación
the room
A1
la hora
the hour, the time
A1
la llave
the key
A1
la noche
the night, the evening
A1
la plaza
the square
A1
llamar
to call
A1
nueve
nine
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segundo
second; a second
A1
siete
seven
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tarde
late; the afternoon
A1
tener
to have
A1

The word lists for this text

The words in this text appear in 10 lists on this site; the number after each says how many come from that list. Having read the text, you have just needed these very words — and can practise exactly them.

Numbers and time 9 Living and the household 5 The town and finding your way 4 The body and health 3 Greetings and politeness 2 Irregular verbs 2 Food and drink 1 Colours and qualities 1 The most important verbs 1 Months, tens and what was missing between them 1

Comprehension questions

3 questions on the text. With each answer the sentence it comes from appears — a question whose answer you cannot find in the text tests nothing.

1. ¿Cuántas noches está Ana en el hotel?

2. ¿A qué hora es el desayuno?

3. ¿Por qué busca Ana una farmacia?