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Spanish dialogue with translation · A2 · 12 lines

El sábado no fui al cine y no llamé On Saturday I didn't go to the movies and I didn't call

Comic · 10 panels

Panel 1 of 10 for “On Saturday I didn't go to the movies and I didn't call”: “Hi, Carlos. I'm really sorry: on Saturday I didn't go to the movies and I didn't call.”
  1. Ana

    Hola, Carlos. Lo siento mucho: el sábado no fui al cine y no llamé.

    Hi, Carlos. I'm really sorry: on Saturday I didn't go to the movies and I didn't call.

Panel 2 of 10 for “On Saturday I didn't go to the movies and I didn't call”: “Hi. Yes, we waited for you for half an hour. What happened?”
  1. Carlos

    Hola. Sí, te esperamos media hora. ¿Qué pasó?

    Hi. Yes, we waited for you for half an hour. What happened?

Panel 3 of 10 for “On Saturday I didn't go to the movies and I didn't call”: “I had an accident on my bike and I was at the hospital for three hours.”
  1. Ana

    Tuve un accidente con la bicicleta y estuve tres horas en el hospital.

    I had an accident on my bike and I was at the hospital for three hours.

Panel 4 of 10 for “On Saturday I didn't go to the movies and I didn't call”: “Seriously? I can't believe it.”
  1. Carlos

    ¿En serio? Parece mentira.

    Seriously? I can't believe it.

Panel 5 of 10 for “On Saturday I didn't go to the movies and I didn't call”: “It's true. My arm is all sorts of colors: Pablo saw it yesterday.”
  1. Ana

    Es cierto. Tengo el brazo de todos los colores: Pablo lo vio ayer.

    It's true. My arm is all sorts of colors: Pablo saw it yesterday.

Panel 6 of 10 for “On Saturday I didn't go to the movies and I didn't call”: “No way! Then I'm the one who has to apologize. On Saturday I was really angry (man speaking).”
  1. Carlos

    ¡Qué fuerte! Entonces tengo que pedir perdón yo. El sábado estuve muy enfadado.

    No way! Then I'm the one who has to apologize. On Saturday I was really angry (man speaking).

Panel 7 of 10 for “On Saturday I didn't go to the movies and I didn't call”: “It's OK. Actually, you're absolutely right: I'm almost always late.”
  1. Ana

    No pasa nada. En realidad tienes toda la razón: casi siempre llego tarde.

    It's OK. Actually, you're absolutely right: I'm almost always late.

Panel 8 of 10 for “On Saturday I didn't go to the movies and I didn't call”: “Well, that's true. By the way, I gave your ticket to my sister.”
  1. Carlos

    Bueno, eso es verdad. Por cierto, di tu entrada a mi hermana.

    Well, that's true. By the way, I gave your ticket to my sister.

Panel 9 of 10 for “On Saturday I didn't go to the movies and I didn't call”: “You did the right thing! How was the movie?” “Nonsense. It was very long and boring.”
  1. Ana

    ¡Hiciste muy bien! ¿Qué tal fue la película?

    You did the right thing! How was the movie?

  2. Carlos

    Una tontería. Fue muy larga y aburrida.

    Nonsense. It was very long and boring.

Panel 10 of 10 for “On Saturday I didn't go to the movies and I didn't call”: “Then on Friday I choose. And I'll be there early!” “OK. But I suppose you're going to be late again.”
  1. Ana

    Entonces el viernes elijo yo. ¡Y llego temprano!

    Then on Friday I choose. And I'll be there early!

  2. Carlos

    Vale. Pero supongo que vas a llegar tarde otra vez.

    OK. But I suppose you're going to be late again.

Grammar for this text

Parece mentira — "I can't believe it", word for word "it seems like a lie". The answer to that is Es cierto — "it's true".

Tienes toda la razón — "you're absolutely right". You know tener razón (A1, unit 15); toda makes it stronger.

Irregular verbs in the preterite:

  • no fui al cine — "I didn't go to the movies" (ir);
  • tuve un accidente — "I had an accident" (tener);
  • estuve tres horas en el hospital, estuve muy enfadado — estar: where someone was, or how they felt, for some time;
  • Pablo lo vio — "Pablo saw it" (ver); lo stands for el brazo (unit 5);
  • di tu entrada — "I gave away your ticket" (dar);
  • hiciste muy bien — "you did the right thing" (hacer);
  • fue muy larga — "it was very long" (ser).

El viernes elijo yo — "on Friday I choose". Elijo is the yo form of elegir: the e in the stem changes to i, and before o the g is spelled j to keep the same throaty sound. Yo at the end adds emphasis: me, not you.

Supongo que… — "I suppose...", "I guess..." (supongo is the yo form of suponer: a g is added, like in pongo): a soft way to make a guess. Una tontería — "nonsense": you can say it about something silly someone did or about a bad movie.

Words and grammar of the unit: Apologize and explain what happened.

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