PALABRAS PARA APRENDER – “EL PASTOR QUE CHIFLÓ” by Profesora Josefina

•alguien – someone
•contar (ue) – to tell (a story) (new meaning)
•el cuento – story
•chiflar – to whistle (shrilly)
•dejar – to let, allow
•el dólar – dollar
•dormido, a – asleep, sleeping
• esconder – to hide
•la gallina – hen, chicken
•interrumpir – to interrupt
•irse – to go away, leave (new meaning)
•la loma – little hill
•luego – then
•matar – to kill
•morir (ue,u) – to die (morgue)
•muchísimo, a – very much, lots of
•muchísimos, as – very many, lots of
•muerto, a – dead, died (past participle, of morir)
•el oro – gold
•el pastor – shepherd (pastor)
•la plata – silver
•podré – I shall be able to (future of the verb poder)
•el rodeo – roundup
•sino – but (used after a negative)
•la suerte – luck
•el tesoro – treasure
•la tierra – land (territory)
•el vaquero – cowboy
•el venado – deer (venison)

EXPRESIONES
•a caballo – on horseback
•al instante – instantly
•dentro de poco – in a short time
Numbers that show Order (Ordinals)
primer(o), a – first
segundo, a – second
tercer(o), a – third
cuarto, a – fourth
quinto, a – fifth
sexto, a – sixth
séptimo, a – seventh
octavo, a – eighth
novena, a – ninth
décimo, a - tenth