Kilo Lingo

El vecino nuevo

Reading time
3 min
Total words
547
Unique words
211
Avg frequency
#128

Story

Ana. sola. . . .

There is a house next to Ana's house. The house is empty. Nobody lives there. But today new people arrive. It is a new family.

Ana . . . . muchas . muchas .

Ana watches them from the door. A man carries a big box. A woman carries another box. A small boy carries a small box. There are many boxes. There are many, and they are big.

Ana . . : "¡! Ana. , ." . : "." .

Ana wants to help. She leaves the house. She says to the man: "Hello! I am Ana. I live here, next door." At first the man says nothing. Then he says: "Hello." He is a good man.

Ana . . . . . "," . "Muchas ."

Ana helps. She carries a box. She carries another box. The boy also carries a small box. Together they all carry the boxes into the new house. "Thank you," says the woman. "Thank you very much."

. Ana , . . " ," Ana. " ." . "¡ !" . Ana.

Now the new family is in their house. Ana goes to her house, but she comes back soon. She brings food for everyone. "It is for you," says Ana. "For dinner." The woman is very glad. "How kind you are!" she says. The family eats Ana's food.

juntos. Diego. Ana . Lucía. Lucía Diego . . . , . .

They eat together. The boy is called Diego. Ana has a daughter. She is called Lucía. Lucía and Diego talk. Then they play. They play in the house. They play outside, in the street. Now they are friends.

. , Diego Lucía juntos. . . . .

Time passes. Every day, Diego and Lucía play together. The two families eat together. They open their doors. They talk. They help each other.

sola. . Ana . . , . , , .

The house next door is no longer empty. Now there are good people there. Ana is happy. The new family is happy too. Every day they see each other, they talk, and they help each other. To be friends like this, next door, is very good.

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Words in this story

Curriculum
82 words
#Word
1deof, from
2quethat, which, what
3serto be (identity, essential qualities)
4nono, not
5ato, at
6lathe (feminine singular)
7elthe (masculine singular)
9yand
10enin, on, at
11loit, him; the (neuter)
12una, an (masculine)
13haberto have (auxiliary); there is / there are
14tenerto have, to possess
18irto go
21losthe (masculine plural)
22sehimself, herself, themselves; oneself
24decirto say, to tell
26parafor, in order to
28suhis, her, its, your (formal), their
29quererto want, to love
30todoall, everything, whole
31perobut, however
36verto see, to watch, to look at
37yoI
39buenogood, fine, okay
43aquíhere
47lehim, her, you (indirect object)
51yaalready, now, soon, anymore
52ahoranow, right now
53muyvery
54asílike this, like that, so, thus
61pasarto pass, to happen, to spend (time)
62hablarto speak, to talk
65nadanothing, anything
66sóloonly, just, alone
68otroother, another
69muchoa lot, much, many, very much
79díaday
80mirarto look at, to watch
82hombreman, husband (colloquial)
84casahouse, home
85holahello, hi
89tiempotime, weather
91llamarto call, to phone, to knock
92volverto return, to come back, to go back
93dostwo
107tambiénalso, too, as well
110llevarto carry, to take, to wear, to have been (duration)
113salirto go out, to leave, to come out
115nuevonew