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Spanish is the second most widely-spoken language in the USA
Spanish people refer to their language as Espanol ('español') when contrasting it with languages of other countries, but call it Castilian ('castellano') if comparing it with other languages and dialects of Spain
Spanish is a relatively inflected language, featuring 2 genders and around 50 conjugated forms per verb, but limited noun and pronoun declension
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Yo vivo con mis padres y mis hermanos en la ciudad, pero cuando llegan las vacaciones, vamos a visitar a la familia que vive en el pueblo: mis primos, primas, tÃos, tÃas y abuelos. Allà tenemos una casa muy grande, rodeada de campos con árboles, flores y un huerto. Junto al huerto hay un rÃo donde vamos a bañarnos cuando hace mucho calor, y junto al rÃo hay un bosque donde vamos a merendar todos los dÃas.
Cuando llegamos a la finca por una carretera, mi padre siempre aparca el coche en la entrada principal, descargamos el equipaje, y más tarde lo guarda en el garaje. Después de coger todas las maletas, hay que ir andando por un camino de piedra que llega hasta la misma puerta de la casa, donde toda la familia espera para saludarnos.
Cuando llegamos a la finca por una carretera, mi padre siempre aparca el coche en la entrada principal, descargamos el equipaje, y más tarde lo guarda en el garaje. Después de coger todas las maletas, hay que ir andando por un camino de piedra que llega hasta la misma puerta de la casa, donde toda la familia espera para saludarnos.
La casa es enorme y tiene tres plantas. En la planta baja están la cocina, el comedor, el patio y un lavabo. En el comedor hay una chimenea muy grande. En invierno, mi abuela enciende el fuego y todos nos sentamos alrededor hasta que es hora de ir a dormir.
Arriba, en la planta primera, están las habitaciones. Hay diez dormitorios y cinco de ellos tienen cuarto de baño. Cada una de las habitaciones esta decorada con un color diferente: una es azul, otra amarilla, otra verde, otra marrón, otra roja, otra naranjaÂ… y asÃ, hasta sumar diez. En esta planta hay muchas ventanas y desde ellas podemos ver las montañas.
En la segunda planta esta el desván, una habitación enorme con muebles antiguos, ropas y cacharros viejos. A mis primos y a mi nos encanta subir al desván para buscar objetos curiosos, pero a los mayores no les gusta nunca subir porque dicen que allà solo hay trastos y desperdicios.
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