Narration
La targeta no porta cap adreça, només el dibuix d'un gat amb dos ulls de colors diferents.
English translation
The card has no address, only a drawing of a cat with two differently coloured eyes.
A1 Reader · The bookshop that is not on the map
Four present-tense episodes about daily routines, descriptions, possession, questions, and city life.
The bookshop that is not on the map
Present tense, articles, agreement, possession, demonstratives, and everyday questions.
Coverage: ranks 501–1,000 across four episodes.
Episode 1
Vocabulary 501–625A shop with no address
Pau
Conec aquest gat. Dorm davant d'una botiga del carrer de la Cera.
English translation
I know this cat. It sleeps in front of a shop on Carrer de la Cera.
Lina
Però en aquest carrer no hi ha cap llibreria.
English translation
But there is no bookshop on this street.
Bookseller
De dia, no. La llibreria Mirall només obre quan algú porta una pregunta de debò.
English translation
Not during the day. Mirall Bookshop opens only when someone brings a real question.
Lina
Qui sap el meu nom i per què em busca?
English translation
Who knows my name, and why are they looking for me?
Practise this episode’s complete vocabulary band
Study ranks 501–625Every rank in this range has its own contextual flashcard.
Check comprehension: When does Mirall Bookshop open?
When someone brings a genuine question.
Episode 2
Vocabulary 626–750The book without a title
Bookseller
Aquest llibre no és meu. La teva àvia el va deixar aquí fa molts anys.
English translation
This book is not mine. Your grandmother left it here many years ago.
Lina
La meva àvia? Ella mai no parla d'aquest lloc.
English translation
My grandmother? She never talks about this place.
Pau
Les pàgines són blanques. No hi ha ni títol ni autor.
English translation
The pages are blank. There is neither a title nor an author.
Bookseller
Llegeix en veu alta la frase de la targeta.
English translation
Read the sentence on the card aloud.
Narration
Quan la Lina diu «la primera veu», apareix una línia de tinta al paper.
English translation
When Lina says ‘the first voice’, a line of ink appears on the paper.
Practise this episode’s complete vocabulary band
Study ranks 626–750Every rank in this range has its own contextual flashcard.
Check comprehension: Who left the blank book at the shop?
Lina's grandmother.
Episode 3
Vocabulary 751–875The woman with the yellow glove
Narration
Una dona alta entra a la botiga. Porta un sol guant groc i una maleta vella.
English translation
A tall woman enters the shop. She is wearing one yellow glove and carrying an old suitcase.
Woman
Aquest llibre és perillós. Doneu-me'l ara mateix.
English translation
That book is dangerous. Give it to me right now.
Lina
No és seu. És de la meva família.
English translation
It is not yours. It belongs to my family.
Pau
Què hi ha dins de la maleta? Sento un rellotge.
English translation
What is inside the suitcase? I can hear a clock.
Woman
No teniu prou temps per entendre-ho.
English translation
You do not have enough time to understand it.
Practise this episode’s complete vocabulary band
Study ranks 751–875Every rank in this range has its own contextual flashcard.
Check comprehension: What can Pau hear inside the suitcase?
A clock.
Episode 4
Vocabulary 876–1,000The first fragment
Narration
El gat salta sobre la maleta. El pany s'obre i una peça de vidre cau a terra.
English translation
The cat jumps onto the suitcase. The lock opens and a piece of glass falls to the floor.
Bookseller
És un fragment de la Clau de les Sis Veus.
English translation
It is a fragment of the Key of Six Voices.
Lina
Què obre aquesta clau?
English translation
What does this key open?
Woman
No obre una porta. Obre records que algú ha volgut esborrar.
English translation
It does not open a door. It opens memories that someone wanted to erase.
Narration
Al llibre apareix una destinació nova: l'estació de França, demà a mitjanit.
English translation
A new destination appears in the book: Estació de França, tomorrow at midnight.
Practise this episode’s complete vocabulary band
Study ranks 876–1,000Every rank in this range has its own contextual flashcard.
Check comprehension: What does the key open?
Memories that someone wanted to erase.
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