El tiempo borra
Hoja de trabajo
Vocabulario
El retorno de Indalecio
borrar
to erase
la vaca
cow
la luz
light
la sorpresa
surprise
sorprender
to surprise
esperar
to wait, to hope
la lucha
a fight
luchar
to fight
El encuentro
dudar
a pesar de
en seguida
arreglar
to doubt
despite
immediately
to fix, arrange
detener(se)
la detención
la despedida
despedirse (i,i)
aún
recorder(se)
la fuerza
to stop (oneself)
arrest
farewell
to say good bye
still
to remember
force
ponerse
adjective)
calmarse
defenderse
seguir +ando/iendo
to turn (and an
to calm down
to defend
to keep on doing
…
La despedida
pelear
quedarse
perder de vista
to fight
to remain, stay
to lose out of sight
¿Qué pasó?(answers on your own piece of paper)
El retorno de Indalecio
1. Describe the day.
2. What did Indalecio feel while trotting along the path? Be specific.
3. How long had he been absent?
4. Why did he go to prison?
5. Who was he hoping to see at home?
6. How old was the gaucho when he returned?
7. In what shape was he in now?
El encuentro
1. Who yelled at him from the door?
2. How many kids did the woman have?
3. How do we know that the woman didn’t recognize Indalecio at first?
4. How did she react when she did recognize him?
5. What had happened to the woman in the last fifteen years?
6. Where was Indalecio looking?
La despedida
1. With what question did Indalecio interrupt his ex wife?
2. Without saying another word what did Indalecio do?
3. When the gaucho left how did the woman react?
Ejercicios
A. Use the following verbs in the preterit or imperfect to complete the sentences below:
Rewrite the sentence.
reconocer
ir
hacer
llorar
salir
regresar
preguntar
avanzar
gritar
mover
arreglarse
revivir
1. Las nubes del cielo no se _________________________________
2. No _________________________________ ni calor ni frío.
3. Indalecio _________________________________ por el camino.
4. El gaucho _________________________________ la memoria de aquella tarde
gris.
5. El _________________________________ al rancho después de quince años.
6. Al principio él no _________________________________ su rancho.
7. Una mujer le _________________________________ desde la puerta de la
cocina.
8. Ella en seguida _________________________________ el pelo.
9. Al reconocerlo, la mujer _________________________________.
10. Ella creyó que Indalecio no _________________________________ a volver
más.
11. Él le _________________________________sobre la Guerra en la Banda
Oriental.
12. Indalecio montó a su caballo y _________________________________ al trote
rumbo al Uruguay.
B. Write in Spanish
1. It was cold outside when Indalecio left the town.
____________________________________________________________________
2. After having waited for an hour, we continued at a trot towards the farm.
____________________________________________________________________
3. They had stopped in front of the farm when they saw the white and black cows.
____________________________________________________________________
4. Despite his long absence, she recognized him.
____________________________________________________________________
5. I turned pale and got up immediately.
____________________________________________________________________
6. We kept on talking and drinking.
____________________________________________________________________
7. I wanted to defend myself but I couldn’t.
____________________________________________________________________
8. They will calm down.
____________________________________________________________________
9. She lost him out of sight.
____________________________________________________________________
10. We remained seated in the kitchen.
____________________________________________________________________
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