La Lista de la Compra

(The Shopping List)

A1 75 words 1 min read

Lucía forgets her shopping list at the Boquería Market and trusts her memory instead. Her family quickly discovers that her choices are deliciously unexpected.

The Shopping List
Lucía va al Mercado de la Boquería en Barcelona.
Lucía goes to the Boquería Market in Barcelona.
Necesita comprar fruta, pan y queso.
She needs to buy fruit, bread and cheese.
Pero Lucía no tiene su lista.
But Lucía does not have her list.
No pasa nada, piensa.
No problem, she thinks.
Yo recuerdo todo.
I remember everything.
Lucía compra chocolate, churros, aceitunas y un pastel enorme.
Lucía buys chocolate, churros, olives and an enormous cake.
No compra fruta ni pan ni queso.
She does not buy fruit or bread or cheese.
En casa, su familia mira las bolsas.
At home, her family looks at the bags.
¿Dónde está el pan?, pregunta su hijo.
Where is the bread? her son asks.
Lucía ríe.
Lucía laughs.
No hay pan, pero hay pastel.
There is no bread, but there is cake.
Su familia ríe también.
Her family laughs too.
¡Nos gusta más el pastel!
We like cake more!

Key Vocabulary

la lista the list
comprar to buy
recordar to remember
el pastel the cake
las aceitunas the olives
la bolsa the bag
preguntar to ask
carne meat

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