I can read a notice for residents, understand what has happened in the building and which rules to follow, and link events myself with porque, por eso, and luego.
A notice for residents
El aviso a los vecinos
In a Spanish apartment building, notices for residents are put up by the building superintendent — el conserje. The notice itself is el aviso: at the top it has the heading AVISO A LOS VECINOS, and at the bottom the signature of whoever wrote it.
Inside there are usually two parts. First, what has already happened in the building — that's the present perfect (pretérito perfecto): ha llegado, han dejado, todavía no ha terminado. Then a reminder of the rules, with the expressions from lesson 3: hay que…, no se puede…, tenéis que….
Linking words hold the events and rules together. porque (“because”) comes before the CAUSE: Esta tarde no salgo porque estoy cansado. por eso (“that's why, so”) is the reverse — it comes before the RESULT: Estoy cansado, por eso esta tarde no salgo. The same pair of events can be said both ways; only the order changes.
luego names the next event (“then, after that” — never “so”): Hemos comido y luego hemos visto la exposición.
As you read the notice, look for three things: what broke, what has already been done, and which rules you now have to follow.
Lesson notes
El aviso a los vecinos
In a Spanish apartment building, notices for residents are put up by the building superintendent — el conserje. The notice itself is el aviso: at the top it has the heading AVISO A LOS VECINOS, and at the bottom the signature of whoever wrote it.
Inside there are usually two parts. First, what has already happened in the building — that's the present perfect (pretérito perfecto): ha llegado, han dejado, todavía no ha terminado. Then a reminder of the rules, with the expressions from lesson 3: hay que…, no se puede…, tenéis que….
Linking words hold the events and rules together. porque (“because”) comes before the CAUSE: Esta tarde no salgo porque estoy cansado. por eso (“that's why, so”) is the reverse — it comes before the RESULT: Estoy cansado, por eso esta tarde no salgo. The same pair of events can be said both ways; only the order changes.
luego names the next event (“then, after that” — never “so”): Hemos comido y luego hemos visto la exposición.
As you read the notice, look for three things: what broke, what has already been done, and which rules you now have to follow.