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Simple Stories in Spanish

La ciudadania de Puerto Rico

Simple Stories in Spanish

Small Town Spanish Teacher

Language Learning, Practice, Language, Stories, Fiction, Learning, Arts, Listening, Education, Spanish

4.41.1K Ratings

🗓️ 30 January 2024

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

Puerto Rico is an anomaly. After being visited by Christopher Columbus in 1493, it fell under Spanish rule. England, Portugal, and France attempted invasions, but Puerto Rico did not break free from Spain until 1898 when the Treaty of Paris ended the Spanish-American war and gave Puerto Rico to the United States. Today it remains an unincorporated territory of the US, but that could change in the near future. This story is told in the third person and the present and past tense. Importan...

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Ola and I've been veneidos this episode of Simple Stories in Spanish.

0:07.0

Puerto Rico is an anomaly.

0:11.0

After being visited by Christopher Columbus in 1493, it fell under Spanish rule.

0:20.0

England, Portugal, and France attempted invasions, but Puerto Rico did not break free from Spain until 1898. when the Treaty of Paris ended the Spanish-American War and gave Puerto Rico to the United States.

0:44.6

Today it remains an unincorporated territory of the U.S.

0:50.6

But that could change in the near future.

0:55.0

This story is told in the third person and the past and present tenses

1:01.0

and a couple of words in the conditional and future.

1:06.0

Important vocabulary in the story includes

1:10.0

Ciudadano, Citizen, Estado Unideense, American or of the United States, de

1:18.4

Rachel, a right, and guerraera war.

1:24.4

I hope you enjoy the city of

1:27.8

the night of Puerto Rico.

1:31.2

In the annual 1, 4,000tho, 19th and 2th,

1:35.0

the Isla of Puerto Rico

1:39.0

is a parayso tropical.

1:42.0

The Isla seagintra, a parayso tropical.

1:43.0

The Isla seagama Boringen,

1:47.0

and his avitantes are in the tainos.

1:52.0

A one that a vases sufrian attack of his vesinos, Los Caribes,

2:00.0

and general, a bit pass in the Isla.

2:05.0

No, sa bian, that his vides is

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