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¿Quién vive aquí?

Who lives here?

Your goalI can ask how someone is, and ask where people live.

Saturday morning in the courtyard. Everyone from number 7 is out in the sun. You have met them all now, but you still do not know who lives where. Elvira sits on her bench under the linden tree.

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Elvira
Buenos días. ¿Qué tal?
Good morning. How are you?
Bien, gracias. ¿Y usted?
Fine, thank you. And you?
Bien, gracias. ¿Y usted?
Fine, thank you. And you?
Elvira
Bien también. ¿Qué tal la noche?
Fine too. How was the night?
No muy bien. Estoy cansado. Javier toca la trompeta de noche.
Not very well. I am tired. Javier plays the trumpet at night.
No muy bien. Estoy cansada. Javier toca la trompeta de noche.
Not very well. I am tired. Javier plays the trumpet at night.
Javier stands in the front doorway with a mug, looking sheepish.
Elvira
¿De noche? ¡Javier!
At night? Javier!
Javier
Lo siento, señora Martín.
I am sorry, Ms Martín.
Clara waves from the back door of the café.
¿Y Clara? ¿Dónde vive?
And Clara? Where does she live?
¿Y Clara? ¿Dónde vive?
And Clara? Where does she live?
She points up at the windows above the café door.
Elvira
Vive allí arriba. La cafetería está abajo.
She lives up there. The café is downstairs.
¿Y Lucía? ¿También vive aquí?
And Lucía? Does she live here too?
¿Y Lucía? ¿También vive aquí?
And Lucía? Does she live here too?
She smiles down at Lucía, who is crouching with the cat.
Elvira
No, pero está aquí todos los días. Lucía es mi nieta.
No, but she is here every day. Lucía is my granddaughter.
¿Y Michi? ¿Dónde vive?
And Michi? Where does he live?
¿Y Michi? ¿Dónde vive?
And Michi? Where does he live?
She points along the windows of the house, one after another, up to the attic.
Elvira
Aquí y allí. Arriba y abajo. ¡Michi es el jefe de la casa!
Here and there. Upstairs and downstairs. Michi is the boss of the house!

Michi sits beside Elvira like a king. He is the real boss of number 7.

Words from the scene

Every new word from this scene, grouped with its family.

English

Small words Palabras pequeñas

cadaeach / every

Greetings and courtesy Saludos

¿Qué tal?how are you?
¿Y tú?and you? (informal)
no muy biennot very well
buenas tardesgood afternoon / early eveningUse buenas tardes before night; after dark use buenas noches.

Family La familia

la nietagranddaughterLearn la nieta together: the article shows this noun's grammatical gender.

People around you Personas

señoraMs / Mrs, polite addressLearn señora together: the article shows this noun's grammatical gender.
el jefebossLearn el jefe together: the article shows this noun's grammatical gender.