Spanish A1
El autobús equivocado
AnaAna[A person's name] quiere irwants to go[querer + infinitive expresses wanting to do something] al mercadoto the market[al is the contraction of a + el] TomaShe takes[The understood subject is Ana; tomar is commonly used for taking transport] un autobúsa bus[The bus is introduced here for the first time] PeroBut[pero marks the conflict between Ana's goal and the bus's destination] el autobústhe bus[The bus is now known, so Spanish uses el] va a la playagoes to the beach[va comes from ir; a + la remains separate] EsIt is[The understood subject is the bus] el autobús equivocadothe wrong bus[equivocado agrees with the masculine noun autobús] AnaAna[The subject] baja del autobúsgets off the bus[baja comes from bajar; del is the contraction of de + el]
Ana quiere ir al mercado.Toma un autobús.Pero el autobús va a la playa.Es el autobús equivocado.Ana baja del autobús.