The Virtual Picture Album -- Basque Country

The grid below is an annotated index to part of theVirtual Picture Albumcompiled and distributed by theLess Commonly Taught Languages Project明尼苏达大学的。这些照片在is section of the VPA are of people, places and objects in the Basque Country. Each of the pictures is represented by a thumbnail-sized image in the grid, and is accompanied by:

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Due to the number of pictures in this section, the VPA index for the Basque Country is divided into three parts.

Part 1 People and daily life
Part 2 Culture
Part 3 Landscape and scenery

To view or download a full-sized picture from the VPA, click on its thumbnail representation below.

Photo (Thumbnail) Vocabulary Items Topics Grammar Points

City, buildings, old, stones; historic, traditions, customs, market; adjective, number, gender agreement;

Ancient , walls, people, building, piers, to visit, visitors, century, historic; tourism, historic, architecture; adjectives, locatives;
behind, above, etc.;
past tense, gender, numbers
Sunday market, gathering, old men, basque bonet, oil, vinager, food products, City life, festivals, traditions; adjectives, plural, spatial relation, locatives;

City, buildings, old, stones; Architecture, city, square,historic, traditions, customs, market; adjective, number, gender agreement;
Santiago day celebration, buildings, ancient, tower, church, old city, old women;
holiday, visit, tourism;		 Religion, celebrations; constructions, number, how many, plural;

rural houses;
courtyard, path, stone, roof;		 architecture, history, design, materials number, prepositions, adjectives;

wood work, decorative, flowery, beautiful, structure, direction, size; Architecture, color, pattern, style; Noun/adjective agreement;

folklore, dance, men, women, celebrations; Traditions;
music, musical instruments;		 Adjective, nouns, sentence structure;

rural house;
light, color, form, line, style, courtyard;		 History, rural, tourism; adjectives;

goats, goat-cheese, cheese-maker, land, gate, visitors; tradition, rural economy; number, motion verbs

mountain, landscape,to grow plants, gardening, flowers, bushes, woman, man, clothing, terrace, weather, warm, sunny, stone, materials, garden Seasons-Spring Numbers, colors, comparatives, adjectives, present tense, past tense
plural;

breakfast, to eat, to drink, friend, woman, man, mountain, terrace, hill, valley, concrete, window, to wake up, to view,land; Village life-activities; 现在时、将来时、现在我们继续os,how many?;
comparatives, colors, prepositions

to swim, sun lotion, to be tanned, rocks, sea side,to seat, to lay down, to surf, towel, swimming suit, to dress, to wear, to undress, sandals, sand, water, umbrella Landscape-Beaches-Activities Present tense, action verbs;
comparatives, colors, prepositions

to hike, to climb, to take a rest, to eat, to drink, green, rocks, mountain, people, mother, father, son, umbrella, sunny, windy, chair, table Landscape-Mountains; Present tense, action verbs;
comparatives, colors, prepositions

land, mountains, mother, daughter, green , stone, rocks, sky, weather, summer, storm, wind, shorts, sandals; Landscape-mountains-leisure activities; Present tense, past tense, verbs egon, ukan izan, ikusi, adjectives

gardening, to grow plants, plant trees, fruit, flowers, grass, cut grass, mother, daughter, friend, cousin, grandmother, happy, to smile, house, windows Village-Outdoor activities; gender, plural, singular, adjectives, verb izan and egon, past tense, future tense, present tense

breakfast, to eat, to drink, friend, woman, man, mountain, terrace, hill, valley, concrete, window, to wake up, to view Village life-activities number, motion verbs

rural, light, color, form, tree, to climb, basquet, to collect, fruit, cherries, woman, man, to help, branch, leaves, green; Rural life-Harvest
History, rural, geography;		 现在时、将来时、现在我们继续os,how many?;
comparatives, colors, prepositions

rural life, grandmother, light, color, cherries, to collect, to dry, to select, to put, tray, table, chair, glasses, to wear, kitchen; Rural life-Harvest
History, rural, geography		 adjectives
gender, numbers;

to go for a walk, sight seeing, leaves, to take a rest, green, scenery, landscape,trees, snow, to snow, winter clothers, gloves; Landscape-Leisure/Outdoors-Activities; Present tense, action verbs;
Future tense, Paste tense, numbers, prepositions

GRAMMAR POINTS名词AdjectivesVerbs ukan, izan, egonAdjective agreementVerbs tensesColorsGenderNumberAction verbsPrepositionsDistanceNear/farGeographyNumberHistoric/historicalNumbersHow-many?Verb tensesLocationPrepositionsPastimes/ancientReligion

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