Kilo Lingo

Spanish · Chapter 30

The pluperfect: había hablado

10 vocabulary lessons, 2 grammar primers, 1 story milestone.

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  1. Lesson 1 · Words 2701-2710

    Words 2701 to 2710

    2701hornoovennoun

  2. Lesson 2 · Words 2711-2720

    Words 2711 to 2720

  3. Lesson 3 · Words 2721-2730

    Words 2721 to 2730

    2729aprovecharto take advantage of, to make the most ofverb

  4. Lesson 4 · Words 2731-2740

    Words 2731 to 2740

    2737regiónregion, areanoun

  5. Lesson 5 · Grammar primer

    The pluperfect: había hablado

    The imperfect of haber plus a participle for the past-before-the-past: cuando llegué, ya había salido. Its partners ya and todavía no, and how it differs from the preterite.

  6. Lesson 6 · Words 2741-2750

    Words 2741 to 2750

  7. Lesson 7 · Words 2751-2760

    Words 2751 to 2760

    2752conjuntoset, group, outfitnoun
    2760iniciarto begin, to start, to initiateverb

  8. Lesson 8 · Words 2761-2770

    Words 2761 to 2770

  9. Lesson 9 · Grammar primer

    Compound tenses: future perfect and past anterior

    habré hablado for what will have happened (and for guessing about the recent past: habrá llegado ya), plus the literary past anterior hube hablado - the whole compound-tense family on one map.

  10. Lesson 10 · Words 2771-2780

    Words 2771 to 2780

  11. Lesson 11 · Words 2781-2790

    Words 2781 to 2790

  12. Lesson 12 · Words 2791-2800

    Words 2791 to 2800

  13. Lesson 13 · Read a story

    Story milestone: top 2800 words

    You can read this story using only the words you've learned so far. Every content word sits at or above the rank-2800 ceiling.