Nire familia
A short in Basque text at level A1. The translation sits next to it: reading with a dictionary is still too early at this level, and without support it will not happen at all. My family is small: my parents, my brother and me. Dad is a driver, and mom is a teacher. My brother is younger: he is…
Text
- Nire familia txikia da: gurasoak, anaia eta ni. Aita gidaria da eta ama irakaslea. Anaia gazteagoa da: nerabea da, eta beti dago telefonarekin. Etxean denok laguntzen dugu: nik ontziak garbitzen ditut eta anaia zakarra ateratzen du. Igandetan aitona-amonekin bazkaltzen dugu.My family is small: my parents, my brother and me. Dad is a driver, and mom is a teacher. My brother is younger: he is a teenager and always with his phone. At home everybody helps: I wash the dishes, and my brother takes out the trash. On Sundays we have lunch with grandpa and grandma.
Comprehension questions
The questions are asked in Russian on purpose: we test your understanding of the text, not your ability to read the question.
- Who is in the narrator's family?
- Who is mom?
- What does the brother do at home?
- What do they do on Sundays?
Frequently asked
What level do you need to read this text in Basque?
A1. That means: you know the letters and have a stock of everyday words — about two or three hundred.
How to read a text in an unfamiliar language usefully?
First all the way through without peeking at the translation — just to catch the familiar words. Then with the translation. Then all the way through again: the second pass brings noticeably more, and that feeling matters more than any rule.