El viaje largo

Simple Stories in Spanish

Small Town Spanish Teacher

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🗓️ 26 April 2026

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

Adrian is not looking forward to the long drive to his grandparents’ house. It takes forever and is so boring. But maybe this trip will be more interesting. Maybe he’ll see dinosaurs, or monster trucks, or aliens. Maybe he’ll even win a race. Probably not, but Adrian can always dream. This story is in the third person and present tense. Important vocabulary in the story includes: “viaje” (trip),“mochila” (backpack), “manejar” (to drive), “carretera” (highway), “aplastar” (to smash), “seguir...

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0:00.0	Hello, and bienveninos to this episode of Simple Stories in Spanish.
0:07.4	Adrienne is not looking forward to the long drive to his grandparents' house.
0:13.9	It takes forever and is so boring.
0:19.9	But maybe this trip will be more interesting. Maybe he'll see dinosaurs or monster
0:29.4	trucks or aliens. Maybe he'll even win a race.
0:44.5	Probably not, but Adrian can always dream.
0:50.1	This story is in the third person and present tense.
0:53.5	Important vocabulary in the story includes Viaja, trip, mochila, backpack,
0:58.0	Manijar to Drive, Carretera, Highway,
1:03.0	Aplastar to smash,
1:06.0	Seguer, to continue or follow.
1:13.9	Extraterestre, alien.
1:25.3	Ovni, which stands for objecto volante no identificado, or unidentified flying object, UFO. I hope you enjoy.
1:28.8	The Viaje Largo
1:30.6	Adrian is a chico of seven years.
1:36.3	Every year, Adrian and his parents
1:39.0	make a visit to his
1:42.9	abuelos.
1:46.8	The abuelos of Adrian live very long, and the
1:49.6	voyage is very long. A
1:54.0	Adrian, he likes to visitar to
1:56.6	his abuelos, but no
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