El plato azul
The Blue Plate
- Reading time
- 5 min
- Total words
- 531
- Unique words
- 244
- Typical word
- #187
Story
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. . , Damián . , , Claudia . , . «¡Muchísimas ! buenísimo. .» , . Claudia , . «¿ ?», Damián. «.» , , .
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. Claudia, , , . «, , . .» Damián , Claudia . «, . Graciela, .» Damián .
, Claudia , . .
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Words in this story
| # | Freq | Word |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | deof, from |
| 2 | 2 | quethat, which, what |
| 3 | 2 | quéwhat (interrogative); how, what a... (exclamative) |
| 4 | 3 | serto be (identity, essential qualities) |
| 5 | 4 | nono, not |
| 6 | 5 | ato, at |
| 7 | 6 | lathe (feminine singular) |
| 8 | 7 | elthe (masculine singular) |
| 9 | 8 | estarto be (state, location) |
| 10 | 9 | yand |
| 11 | 10 | enin, on, at |
| 12 | 11 | loit, him; the (neuter) |
| 13 | 12 | una, an (masculine) |
| 14 | 13 | haberto have (auxiliary); there is / there are |
| 15 | 14 | tenerto have, to possess |
| 16 | 15 | porfor, by, through |
| 17 | 16 | hacerto do, to make |
| 18 | 17 | meme, myself |
| 19 | 18 | irto go |
| 20 | 19 | unaa, an (feminine) |
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