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C H A L L E N G E Comprehension & Vocab (for those learning Spanish)

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Read the following paragraph and see how your comprehension is coming along. Perhaps you don't know all of the words or verb conjugations but you might surprise yourself at how much you can understand.

Then fill out the given vocab list - feel free to guess using the context - I'll be back to supply the answers. Don't be shy, just think of mistakes as a learning tool, je je smile It's a short list this time but a couple of tricky ones!

M A D R I D (la segunda parte)

No hay que olvidar las maravillosas galerías de arte de Madrid y sus museos. El más famoso es el Museo del Prado, que alberga una de las mejores colecciones del mundo de arte europeo del siglo XII al siglo XIX del mundo y está situado en el Paseo del Prado. Sin embargo, existe también el museo de arte moderno Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía (donde se puede ver el Guernica de Picasso ) y el Museo Thyssen – Bornemisza ubicado en el renovado Palacio de Villahermosa, cerca del Museo del Prado. A estos tres se les conoce colectivamente como “El Triángulo del Arte”.

no hay que

sus

alberga

siglo

situado

museo

ubicado

se les conoce colectivamente

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updated May 25, 2011
edited by Kiwi-Girl
posted by Kiwi-Girl
Good challenge. Plus, you got me to walk down memory lane as I used to live across the street from el Museo Del Prado. - JoyceM, May 19, 2011

13 Answers

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no hay que= not to

sus=its

alberga=houses or holds

siglo=century

situado=situated

museo=museum

ubicado=occupying/in

se les conoce colectivamente=known collectively

That is my attempt, the only one I could have answered confidently without the context of the passage is museo. Context allows you to at least make a good guess of something which makes sense.

updated May 20, 2011
posted by MaryMcc
This is true, why not get some Spanish literture and practice reading, you'll be amazed what you can figure out and at them same time you will improve your vocab no end :) - Kiwi-Girl, May 18, 2011
wdnt alberga mean the same as the french "auberge" meaning "inn"? - Marsviking, May 18, 2011
close, try hosts :) - Kiwi-Girl, May 20, 2011
Auberge is a feminine noun and does indeed mean an inn but alberga here is not a noun meaning a house ... - FELIZ77, May 20, 2011
...but the verb albergar cnjugated to mean it (3rd person sing) houses (or contains) one of the best ....etc....... - FELIZ77, May 20, 2011
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no hay que in this context one must not

sus its

alberga contains siglo century

situado located

museo musuem

ubicado located

se les conoce colectivamente known collectively

updated May 20, 2011
posted by BellaMargarita
bien hecho :) - Kiwi-Girl, May 18, 2011
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no hay que – nobody should?

sus - its

alberga – contains, houses?

siglo - century

situado - located

museo - museum

ubicado - located

se les conoce colectivamente – known collectively

This was fun. Do it again!! grin

updated May 20, 2011
posted by babs_irish
ja ja - thanx - I'm sure I will :) - Kiwi-Girl, May 18, 2011
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1 no hay que...(olvidar ) in the context You (one) should not/one must not (forget)

2 sus = its ( can be: his, her, its, their)

3.alberga = houses ( vb) (albergar = to house, contain)

4 siglo = century

5 situado = situated

6 museo = museum

7 ubicado ? perhaps ....involved in the renovated Palace of Villahermosa

8 se les conoce colectivamente como =they are known collectively as....

This is my best attempt grin I hope that I have not made many mistakes smile

Corregid mi español, por favor grin

Correcciones: 7 ubicado - housed

updated May 20, 2011
edited by FELIZ77
posted by FELIZ77
bien hecho Feliz :) - Kiwi-Girl, May 18, 2011
Muchas gracias MC:) - FELIZ77, May 19, 2011
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Edited

no hay que = you/one should not

sus = its (referring to Madrid)

alberga = has? (hosts)

siglo = century

situado = located

museo = museum

ubicado = located (again??) (housed)

se les conoce colectivamente = altogether are known as...?

updated May 20, 2011
edited by ianta
posted by ianta
good try Lanta :) - Kiwi-Girl, May 19, 2011
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Edits are in bold

My attempt:

no hay que – that there are no one should not

sus - their its

alberga - houses, contains (?)hosts

siglo - century

situado - situated located

museo - museum

ubicado - ? housed

se les conoce colectivamente – something about to know collectively (?) are know collectively (or the essence)

updated May 20, 2011
edited by bandit51jd
posted by bandit51jd
well done :) - Kiwi-Girl, May 18, 2011
Gracias, Kiwi! These are good exercises! - bandit51jd, May 19, 2011
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no hay que - one should not forget

sus - its

alberga - contains??

siglo - century

situado - located

museo - museum

ubicado - ????? confused

se les conoce colectivamente - these are known as

Thanks for the exercise!! smile

updated May 20, 2011
posted by 001a2987
de nada , el placer es mío :) - Kiwi-Girl, May 18, 2011
2
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no hay que - There is none that, It's not possible to...

sus - their

alberga - features, offers

siglo - century

situado - situated

museo - museum

ubicado - occupying

se les conoce colectivamente - they are known collectively

updated May 20, 2011
posted by JoyceM
good one Joyce :) - Kiwi-Girl, May 18, 2011
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no hay que= ?there isn't??

sus = many??

alberga = display?

siglo = year/century?

situado = situated

museo =museum

ubicado = around/located in?

se les conoce colectivamente = they are collectively?

updated May 20, 2011
posted by MargaritaUS
good try Margarita, bien hecho :) - Kiwi-Girl, May 18, 2011
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One should also not forget Madrid’s wonderful art galleries and museums. The most famous is “Museo del Prado” which hosts one of the finest collections of European art from the 12th Century to the 19th Century in the world and is located in “Paseo del Prado”. However there is also the modern art museum “Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía” (where you can see Picasso’s “Guernica”) and “Museo Thyssen – Bornemisza” housed in the renovated Villahermosa Palace near to the Prado Museum. These three have collectively become known as “The Golden Triangle of Art”.

No hay que olvidar las maravillosas galerías de arte de Madrid y sus museos. El más famoso es el Museo del Prado, que alberga una de las mejores colecciones del mundo de arte europeo del siglo XII al siglo XIX del mundo y está situado en el Paseo del Prado. Sin embargo, existe también el museo de arte moderno Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía (donde se puede ver el Guernica de Picasso ) y el Museo Thyssen – Bornemisza ubicado en el renovado Palacio de Villahermosa, cerca del Museo del Prado. A estos tres se les conoce colectivamente como “El Triángulo del Arte”.

no hay que one should not

sus its

alberga hosts

siglo century

situado located

museo Museum

ubicado housed

se les conoce colectivamente are known collectively (or the essence)

updated May 20, 2011
edited by Kiwi-Girl
posted by Kiwi-Girl
Are knowN collectively just a typo I am sure :) - FELIZ77, May 20, 2011
lol - good catch thanx Feliz - if it's not a typo I've got problems ja ja - Kiwi-Girl, May 20, 2011
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no hay que Don't

sus her

alberga holds

siglo century

situado located

museo museum

ubicado located

se les conoce colectivamente they are known collectively as

updated May 20, 2011
posted by sanlee
Oh my, late again. How did I miss this?? - sanlee, May 20, 2011
Don't worry, I'm always missing threads! Have a great day! - bandit51jd, May 20, 2011
never mind Sandy, at least you got to have a go and you did well, with your sus - you're right that it could mean hers but would you really use that in the context of the paragraph? :) - Kiwi-Girl, May 20, 2011
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I never want to run out of toilet paper.

Quiero nunca agotar de papel higiénico.

updated May 19, 2011
posted by JoyceM
Me either! Joyce eres graciosa! - MargaritaUS, May 19, 2011
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Answers going up this arvo - any last minute takers? smile

updated May 19, 2011
posted by Kiwi-Girl