Lesson 2.1.6 · Frases del Día a Día
💬 Everyday Sentences
A working sentence bank — family, friends, colors, school, transport, time. Read them out loud, swap a noun, and you've doubled what you can say.
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.
People & Family
Short declarative sentences about the people closest to you — siblings, parents, best friend.
Example sentences
Ella es mi hermana.
She is my sister.
Ella es mi amiga.
She is my friend.
Eres mi mejor amigo.
You are my best friend.
Mi amigo es de España.
My friend is from Spain.
Tengo un hermano mayor.
I have an older brother.
Tengo una familia grande.
I have a big family.
Mi mamá cocina la comida.
My mother cooks the food.
Mi papá es médico.
My father is a doctor.
Mi hermana pinta bien.
My sister paints well.
Tenemos un perro.
We have a dog.
Ellos juegan en el jardín.
They play in the garden.
El hombre trabaja mucho.
The man works a lot.
Veo a una mujer.
I see a woman.
Describing People
Adjectives change with gender. Notice how 'guapo/bonita/alta/baja' agree with the noun.
Example sentences
El hombre es guapo.
The man is handsome.
La mujer es bonita.
The woman is beautiful.
La mujer es alta.
The woman is tall.
La mujer es baja.
The woman is short.
Él tiene ojos cafés.
He has brown eyes.
Él tiene ojos azules.
He has blue eyes.
Él tiene ojos verdes.
He has green eyes.
Colors in Sentences
Colors agree with what they describe — singular, plural, and often gender.
Example sentences
Ella lleva un vestido rojo.
She is wearing a red dress.
El pasto es verde.
The grass is green.
Su mochila es negra.
Her backpack is black.
El papel es blanco.
The paper is white.
Los globos son rojos.
The balloons are red.
El cielo es azul.
The sky is blue.
La pared es verde.
The wall is green.
Él tiene un perro negro.
He has a black dog.
Mi color favorito es el azul.
My favorite color is blue.
La silla es café.
The chair is brown.
School & Routines
Talk about studying, reading, writing, and the daily desk routine.
Example sentences
Estudio en la escuela.
I study at school.
Leo muchos libros.
I read many books.
Ella está leyendo un libro.
She is reading a book.
Él escribe con un lapicero azul.
He writes with a blue pen.
Hago la tarea en mi escritorio.
I do homework at my desk.
Él juega fútbol.
He plays soccer.
Yes, No, Maybe
Affirmations, negations, and softening words.
Example sentences
Sí, eso es correcto.
Yes, that's correct.
Ella dijo que no.
She said no.
Tal vez está ocupada.
Maybe she's busy.
Él siempre llega tarde.
He's always late.
Nunca pierdo el bus.
I never miss the bus.
Es un conejo.
It is a rabbit.
Useful Mini-Vocab
Tiny but high-frequency words that show up in the sentences above.
back
not / no
really
desk
window
garden
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.
Recall from English
window
Practice exercises
Test what stuck. Multiple-choice and fill-in-the-blank — pulled live from this lesson's vocabulary.
desk
la ventana
not / no
de verdad
back
el jardín
Fill the blank
Hago la tarea en mi _____.
I do homework at my desk.
Fill the blank
Ellos juegan en el _____.
They play in the garden.
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