Spanish story with translation · A2 · 16 lines
Perdón, creo que no nos conocemos Sorry, I don't think we know each other
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Cuando llegué a Valencia, solo conocía a Pablo y a Lucía.
When I arrived in Valencia, I only knew Pablo and Lucía.
Me llevo bien con los dos, pero quería conocer a más gente.
I get along well with both of them, but I wanted to meet more people.
El sábado Lucía me llevó a una fiesta en casa de Marta, una antigua compañera de clase suya.
On Saturday Lucía took me to a party at Marta's place, an old classmate of hers.
Como yo no conocía a nadie, me quedé al lado de la ventana con mi copa.
Since I didn't know anyone, I stayed by the window with my glass.
Entonces se acercó un chico que tenía el pelo rizado y muchas pecas.
Then a guy who had curly hair and lots of freckles came over.
Era Rubén, el futuro cuñado de Marta: el hermano de Tomás, su prometido.
It was Rubén, Marta's future brother-in-law: the brother of Tomás, her fiancé.
Era muy majo, y hablamos una hora de las series que nos gustan.
He was really nice, and we talked for an hour about the shows that we like.
Después fui a la cocina a buscar agua. Cuando volví, lo vi al lado de la puerta.
Then I went to the kitchen to get some water. When I came back, I saw him by the door.
«¿Cómo se llamaba la serie que me recomendaste?», le pregunté.
"What was the name of the show that you recommended to me?" I asked him.
Él me miró muy serio: «Perdón, creo que no nos conocemos».
He looked at me very seriously: "Sorry, I don't think we know each other."
¡Qué vergüenza! Yo no sabía qué decir.
How embarrassing! I didn't know what to say.
En ese momento apareció Rubén con dos copas y empezó a reírse.
At that moment Rubén showed up with two glasses and started to laugh.
«Ana, te presento a Víctor, mi hermano gemelo».
"Ana, let me introduce you to Víctor, my twin brother."
Los dos se parecen mucho: la misma cara, el mismo pelo, las mismas pecas.
The two of them look very much alike: the same face, the same hair, the same freckles.
Pero Víctor es más tímido y no habla tanto como Rubén.
But Víctor is shyer and doesn't talk as much as Rubén.
Bailamos los tres hasta las dos. Ahora los amigos de mis amigos también son amigos míos.
The three of us danced until two. Now my friends' friends are friends of mine too.
Grammar for this text
Que — who, that. Un chico que tenía el pelo rizado — a guy who had curly hair; las series que nos gustan — the shows that we like; la serie que me recomendaste — the show that you recommended to me.
Como yo no conocía a nadie… — since I didn't know anyone…: como at the start of a sentence gives the reason; after the comma comes what happened.
Pronoun before the verb. No nos conocemos — we don't know each other; los dos se parecen — the two of them look like each other.
Una antigua compañera de clase suya — an old classmate of hers; el futuro cuñado — the future brother-in-law: the wedding hasn't happened yet; amigos míos — friends of mine. The long form goes after the noun.
Two past tenses. What happened — the preterite: llegué, se acercó, fui, apareció; what things were like — the imperfect: conocía, tenía, era.
Majo is a colloquial word from Spain: friends use it about someone nice.
Words and grammar of the unit: Introduce your friends at a party.
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