El tiempo borra Hoja de trabajo Vocabulario El retorno de Indalecio borrar to erase la vaca cow la luz light la sorpresa surprise sorprender to surprise esperar to wait, to hope la lucha a fight luchar to fight El encuentro dudar a pesar de en seguida arreglar to doubt despite immediately to fix, arrange detener(se) la detención la despedida despedirse (i,i) aún recorder(se) la fuerza to stop (oneself) arrest farewell to say good bye still to remember force ponerse adjective) calmarse defenderse seguir +ando/iendo to turn (and an to calm down to defend to keep on doing … La despedida pelear quedarse perder de vista to fight to remain, stay to lose out of sight ¿Qué pasó?(answers on your own piece of paper) El retorno de Indalecio 1. Describe the day. 2. What did Indalecio feel while trotting along the path? Be specific. 3. How long had he been absent? 4. Why did he go to prison? 5. Who was he hoping to see at home? 6. How old was the gaucho when he returned? 7. In what shape was he in now? El encuentro 1. Who yelled at him from the door? 2. How many kids did the woman have? 3. How do we know that the woman didn’t recognize Indalecio at first? 4. How did she react when she did recognize him? 5. What had happened to the woman in the last fifteen years? 6. Where was Indalecio looking? La despedida 1. With what question did Indalecio interrupt his ex wife? 2. Without saying another word what did Indalecio do? 3. When the gaucho left how did the woman react? Ejercicios A. Use the following verbs in the preterit or imperfect to complete the sentences below: Rewrite the sentence. reconocer ir hacer llorar salir regresar preguntar avanzar gritar mover arreglarse revivir 1. Las nubes del cielo no se _________________________________ 2. No _________________________________ ni calor ni frío. 3. Indalecio _________________________________ por el camino. 4. El gaucho _________________________________ la memoria de aquella tarde gris. 5. El _________________________________ al rancho después de quince años. 6. Al principio él no _________________________________ su rancho. 7. Una mujer le _________________________________ desde la puerta de la cocina. 8. Ella en seguida _________________________________ el pelo. 9. Al reconocerlo, la mujer _________________________________. 10. Ella creyó que Indalecio no _________________________________ a volver más. 11. Él le _________________________________sobre la Guerra en la Banda Oriental. 12. Indalecio montó a su caballo y _________________________________ al trote rumbo al Uruguay. B. Write in Spanish 1. It was cold outside when Indalecio left the town. ____________________________________________________________________ 2. After having waited for an hour, we continued at a trot towards the farm. ____________________________________________________________________ 3. They had stopped in front of the farm when they saw the white and black cows. ____________________________________________________________________ 4. Despite his long absence, she recognized him. ____________________________________________________________________ 5. I turned pale and got up immediately. ____________________________________________________________________ 6. We kept on talking and drinking. ____________________________________________________________________ 7. I wanted to defend myself but I couldn’t. ____________________________________________________________________ 8. They will calm down. ____________________________________________________________________ 9. She lost him out of sight. ____________________________________________________________________ 10. We remained seated in the kitchen. ____________________________________________________________________
