Spanish Story Vocabulary: 20-Card Anki Sample

The TSV contains 20 original recognition notes. Each front shows a Spanish sentence with one visible word or phrase in square brackets and asks for its contextual meaning. The back gives the meaning, a translation and a brief usage note when useful.

Desktop Anki import

1. Create a deck, such as Spanish Reading.
2. Choose File > Import and select spanish-story-vocabulary-anki.tsv.
3. Select Basic and your destination deck, with Tab as the separator.
4. Map column 1 to Front and column 2 to Back. Leave HTML processing off.
5. Check the preview, import, and inspect several notes in Browse.

The UTF-8 file has no ordinary heading row. Basic creates one recognition card per note. The visible square brackets are not cloze syntax. The file contains no audio, images, review history or schedules.

Accept equivalent English meanings. Meanings are specific to these sentences, rather than every possible sense of a Spanish word. These original examples are not a certified CEFR syllabus.

Full walkthrough: https://lingoreaderapp.com/blog/spanish-anki-decks/#import-a-two-column-tsv-into-anki
Official manual: https://docs.ankiweb.net/manual/importing/text-files

Original source scene: Una nota entre las páginas

Clara llega a la biblioteca por la tarde. Busca un libro de recetas en una estantería. El libro que quiere no está allí. La bibliotecaria le presta otro libro. Clara abre el libro con cuidado. Dentro encuentra una nota pequeña. La nota tiene una dirección y un número de teléfono. Clara se da cuenta de que la nota no es suya. Quiere devolverla a su dueño. Deja el libro sobre la mesa. Llama al número de la nota. Un hombre contesta y escucha su explicación. El hombre vive cerca de la biblioteca. Dice que puede llegar en diez minutos. Mientras espera, Clara sigue leyendo. El hombre llega y reconoce la nota. Clara le entrega la nota. El hombre le da las gracias. Después, Clara guarda el libro en la mochila. Al salir, decide volver al día siguiente.

English meaning

Clara arrives at the library in the afternoon. She looks for a recipe book on a shelving unit. The book she wants is not there. The librarian lends her another book. Clara opens the book carefully. Inside, she finds a small note. The note has an address and a phone number. Clara realises that the note is not hers. She wants to return it to its owner. She leaves the book on the table. She calls the number on the note. A man answers and listens to her explanation. The man lives near the library. He says he can arrive in ten minutes. While she waits, Clara keeps reading. The man arrives and recognises the note. Clara hands him the note. The man thanks her. Afterward, Clara puts the book in her backpack. As she leaves, she decides to come back the next day.