La meva família
A short in Valencian 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 younger brother and me. My parents work in Valencia. My brother is eight, and he…
Text
- La meva família és petita: els meus pares, el meu germà petit i jo. Els meus pares treballen a València. El meu germà té huit anys i juga a futbol amb els amics. Els meus avis són d'Alacant i tenen una casa amb pati. Cada diumenge dinem a casa de l'àvia i després juguem als escacs amb l'avi.My family is small: my parents, my younger brother and me. My parents work in Valencia. My brother is eight, and he plays football with friends. My grandma and grandpa are from Alicante, they have a house with a yard. Every Sunday we have lunch at grandma's, and afterwards play chess with grandpa.
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?
- How old is the brother?
- Where are grandma and grandpa from?
- What do they do after Sunday lunch?
Frequently asked
What level do you need to read this text in Valencian?
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.