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Spanish story with translation · A2 · 12 lines

¿Me voy o me quedo? Should I go or should I stay?

Comic · 7 panels

Panel 1 of 7 for “Should I go or should I stay?”: Hi, Ana. I have to make a decision, and I don't know what to do.

  1. Hola, Ana. Tengo que tomar una decisión y no sé qué hacer.

    Hi, Ana. I have to make a decision, and I don't know what to do.

Panel 2 of 7 for “Should I go or should I stay?”: This month they've fired five people at my company. Not me, but the workday gets longer every day, and my boss gets nervous about every little thing.

  1. Este mes han despedido a cinco personas en mi empresa.

    This month they've fired five people at my company.

  2. A mí no, pero la jornada es cada día más larga y mi jefe se pone nervioso por cualquier cosa.

    Not me, but the workday gets longer every day, and my boss gets nervous about every little thing.

Panel 3 of 7 for “Should I go or should I stay?”: I can't grow here anymore: there are no promotions or new projects. That's why I've sent my résumé to several companies again.

  1. Aquí ya no puedo crecer: no hay ascensos ni proyectos nuevos.

    I can't grow here anymore: there are no promotions or new projects.

  2. Por eso he vuelto a enviar mi currículum a varias empresas.

    That's why I've sent my résumé to several companies again.

Panel 4 of 7 for “Should I go or should I stay?”: But there's another way to work: being self-employed, like my brother (woman speaking). He works in his own way, without a boss or a schedule. And also without a steady…

  1. Pero hay otra forma de trabajar: ser autónoma, como mi hermano.

    But there's another way to work: being self-employed, like my brother (woman speaking).

  2. Él trabaja a su manera, sin jefe y sin horario. Y también sin un sueldo seguro.

    He works in his own way, without a boss or a schedule. And also without a steady salary.

Panel 5 of 7 for “Should I go or should I stay?”: My mom says, "Stay! You have a good job." But I have ambition, and I want to try something new.

  1. Mi madre dice: «¡Quédate! Tienes un buen trabajo».

    My mom says, "Stay! You have a good job."

  2. Pero yo tengo ambición y quiero intentar algo nuevo.

    But I have ambition, and I want to try something new.

Panel 6 of 7 for “Should I go or should I stay?”: Is it possible to live well as a self-employed woman? My brother has managed it. I don't know what my future is going to be like, but I don't want to stay in the same…

  1. ¿Es posible vivir bien como autónoma? Mi hermano lo ha logrado.

    Is it possible to live well as a self-employed woman? My brother has managed it.

  2. No sé cómo va a ser mi futuro, pero no quiero quedarme siempre en el mismo sitio.

    I don't know what my future is going to be like, but I don't want to stay in the same place forever.

Panel 7 of 7 for “Should I go or should I stay?”: What do you think? Should I go or should I stay?

  1. ¿Tú qué piensas? ¿Me voy o me quedo?

    What do you think? Should I go or should I stay?

Grammar for this text

Irse or quedarse is the main question of the message. ¿Me voy o me quedo? — "Should I go or should I stay?": in a question like this, the present tense means "what should I do?". No quiero quedarme — there are two verbs, so me attaches to the infinitive. ¡Quédate! — "Stay!": the command queda (unit 6) and te are written as one word, and the e gets a written accent.

Ponerse: mi jefe se pone nervioso por cualquier cosa — "my boss gets nervous about every little thing".

Volver a + infinitive — "again": he vuelto a enviar mi currículum — "I've sent my résumé out again".

Han despedido a cinco personas — "they've fired five people". The ellos form with no subject means "someone, it doesn't matter who", like English "they".

Ya no puedo crecer — "I can't grow anymore". Lo ha logrado — "he's managed it". Tomar una decisión — "to make a decision" (literally "to take").

Words and grammar of the unit: Talk about a new job and a move.

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