Describe your home using hay and prepositions of place.
Name rooms and furniture
Describe a home with hay and tener
Locate objects with prepositions of place
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Someone gives a friend a virtual tour of their new flat in Granada.
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el salónthe living room 🔊
el dormitoriothe bedroom 🔊
la cocinathe kitchen 🔊
el sofáthe sofa 🔊
la mesathe table 🔊
el armariothe wardrobe 🔊
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« En mi salón hay un sofá y la mesa está al lado de la ventana. » 🔊
In my living room there's a sofa and the table is next to the window.
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¿Cómo es tu piso nuevo? 🔊What's your new flat like?
Es pequeño pero bonito. Tiene dos dormitorios y un salón con balcón. 🔊It's small but nice. It has two bedrooms and a living room with a balcony.
¿Y la cocina? 🔊And the kitchen?
La cocina es grande. Hay una mesa en el centro y el sofá está al lado de la ventana. 🔊The kitchen is big. There's a table in the centre and the sofa is next to the window.
Grammar in focus · hay vs. estar
Use hay to say what exists or how many there are, with indefinite or unspecified things: 'Hay una mesa', 'Hay dos dormitorios.' Use estar to locate a specific, known thing: 'El sofá está al lado de la ventana.' Rule of thumb: hay + a/an/numbers (introducing something new); estar + el/la/my (locating something already identified). Useful place words: encima de (on top of), debajo de (under), al lado de (next to), entre (between), enfrente de (opposite).
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Tip for this task
¡Bien! Use « hay » to introduce and « está » to locate: « Hay una mesa; está en la cocina ».
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