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Lesson 4.2.1 · En la casa

🏠 House & Home

Rooms, doors, and the address you'll text to your friends. 'Casa' is the building; 'hogar' is the warmth inside it.

Sub-lessons

Break this lesson into focused chunks. Each sub-lesson has its own Memory Lab — active recall, mnemonics, elaboration, interleaved review, and shadowing — scoped to just those words.

01

The rooms

Colombians often say 'el cuarto' or 'la habitación' for bedroom. 'El baño' covers both bathroom and restroom.

la casa[lah KAH-sah]

the house

el hogar[el oh-GAR]

the home

el apartamento[el ah-par-tah-MEN-toh]

the apartment

la habitación[lah ah-bee-tah-SYON]

the bedroom

el cuarto[el KWAR-toh]

the room

la sala[lah SAH-lah]

the living room

el comedor[el ko-meh-DOR]

the dining room

la cocina[lah ko-SEE-nah]

the kitchen

el baño[el BAH-nyo]

the bathroom / restroom

el jardín[el har-DEEN]

the garden

la piscina[lah pee-SEE-nah]

the pool

Example sentences

  • Necesito la casa, por favor.

    I need the house, please.

  • ¿Dónde está el hogar?

    Where is the home?

  • Me gusta el apartamento.

    I like the apartment.

Mini-diálogo

A

¿Dónde está la casa?

Where is the house?

B

Me gusta el hogar.

I like the home.

02

Inside the house

Doors, walls, beds, the desk where you work. 'La llave' is both 'key' and a faucet/tap.

la puerta[lah PWER-tah]

the door

la pared[lah pah-RED]

the wall

el piso[el PEE-soh]

the floor

la llave[lah YAH-veh]

the key

la cama[lah KAH-mah]

the bed

la mesa[lah MEH-sah]

the table

la silla[lah SEE-yah]

the chair

el escritorio[el es-kree-TOH-ryo]

the desk

la ducha[lah DOO-chah]

the shower

la tina[lah TEE-nah]

the tub

la dirección[lah dee-rek-SYON]

the address

vivir en[vee-VEER en]

to live in

Example sentences

  • Necesito la puerta, por favor.

    I need the door, please.

  • ¿Dónde está la pared?

    Where is the wall?

  • Me gusta el piso.

    I like the floor.

Mini-diálogo

A

¿Dónde está la puerta?

Where is the door?

B

Me gusta la pared.

I like the wall.

03

In the kitchen

From the everyday vaso (drinking glass) to the special copa (wine glass), and the sartén you'll fry your huevos in.

el vaso[el VAH-soh]

the glass

la copa[lah KOH-pah]

the (wine) glass

la taza[lah TAH-sah]

the cup

el platillo[el plah-TEE-yo]

the saucer

el plato[el PLAH-toh]

the plate

el bol[el BOL]

the bowl

la olla[lah OH-yah]

the pot

la sartén[lah sar-TEN]

the pan

la tetera[lah teh-TEH-rah]

the teapot

la botella[lah bo-TEH-yah]

the bottle

el cuchillo[el koo-CHEE-yo]

the knife

el tenedor[el teh-neh-DOR]

the fork

la cuchara[lah koo-CHAH-rah]

the spoon

el brócoli[el BROH-ko-lee]

the broccoli

la ensalada[lah en-sah-LAH-dah]

the salad

Example sentences

  • Necesito el vaso, por favor.

    I need the glass, please.

  • ¿Dónde está la copa?

    Where is the (wine) glass?

  • Me gusta la taza.

    I like the cup.

Mini-diálogo

A

¿Dónde está el vaso?

Where is the glass?

B

Me gusta la copa.

I like the (wine) glass.

MEM

Memory lab

Five research-backed techniques — active recall, mnemonics, elaboration, interleaving, and production — applied to this lesson's vocabulary. Your progress trains a spaced-repetition schedule under the hood.

Force the answer from memory before peeking. The struggle is the workout — that's the testing effect.

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Recall from English

the desk

EX

Practice exercises

Test what stuck. Multiple-choice and fill-in-the-blank — pulled live from this lesson's vocabulary.

01
How do you say this?

the dining room

02
How do you say this?

the glass

03
What does this mean?

la silla

04
How do you say this?

the shower

05
How do you say this?

the teapot

06
How do you say this?

to live in

07

Fill the blank

Necesito el _____, por favor.

I need the glass, please.

08

Fill the blank

Me gusta el _____.

I like the floor.

Score: 0 / 8

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