Spanish story with translation · A2 · 16 lines
Hoy todo ha salido mal Everything has gone wrong today
Comic · 10 panels
Hola, Lucía. ¿Qué tal? Yo, regular: hoy todo ha salido mal.
Hi, Lucía. How are you? I'm so-so: everything has gone wrong today.
Esta mañana he salido de casa con una lista de recados: banco, farmacia y supermercado.
This morning I left the house with a list of errands: bank, pharmacy and supermarket.
Primero he perdido el autobús y he ido a pie al banco.
First I missed the bus and went to the bank on foot.
Después, en la farmacia, he buscado la cartera para pagar. ¡Y nada!
Then, at the pharmacy, I looked for my wallet to pay. And nothing!
¿He perdido la cartera en la calle? ¿O está en el banco?
Have I lost my wallet on the street? Or is it at the bank?
No recuerdo nada. ¡Qué lío!
I don't remember anything. What a mess!
He sacado el móvil para llamar al banco, pero no tiene batería. Y he olvidado el cargador en casa.
I took out my phone to call the bank, but it's out of battery. And I forgot my charger at home.
He salido de la farmacia muy nerviosa y, de repente, me he caído en la calle.
I left the pharmacy very nervous and, suddenly, I fell in the street (woman speaking).
Yo estoy bien, pero mi móvil no: ahora la pantalla está rota.
I'm fine, but my phone isn't: now the screen is broken.
He llegado al banco a las dos y cinco. Cerrado, claro: aquí los bancos cierran a las dos.
I got to the bank at five past two. Closed, of course: here banks close at two.
Por fin he llegado a casa, triste y cansada.
I finally got home, sad and tired (woman speaking).
Y allí, encima de la mesa de la cocina… ¡mi cartera!
And there, on the kitchen table… my wallet!
¡Menos mal! Al final no he perdido nada. Bueno, sí: toda la mañana.
Thank goodness! In the end, I haven't lost anything. Well, I have: the whole morning.
Y nadie tiene la culpa: la despistada soy yo.
And nobody is to blame: I'm the absent-minded one (woman speaking).
Ahora voy a acostarme temprano. Hoy no quiero romper nada más.
Now I'm going to go to bed early. I don't want to break anything else today.
¿Y tú? ¿Qué tal tu día?
What about you? How was your day?
Grammar for this text
A story about today. The day isn't over yet, so everything that happened is in the present perfect: he salido — I left, he ido — I went (from ir), he llegado — I got there. The time words are close by: hoy, esta mañana. English would often use the simple past here ("this morning I left…"), but Spanish in Spain uses the present perfect for anything earlier today.
A reflexive verb. Me he caído — I fell: me goes before he.
Perder — three meanings. He perdido el autobús — I missed the bus; no he perdido nada — I haven't lost anything; and in Bueno, sí: toda la mañana it means "lost" as in "wasted" — the whole morning.
Está rota, cerrado. Roto is an adjective here, so it agrees: la pantalla está rota. Cerrado — "closed", like the sign on a door.
Set phrases. Todo ha salido mal — everything has gone wrong (salir mal). Nadie tiene la culpa — nobody is to blame (tener la culpa). No tiene batería — the phone is dead.
Words and grammar of the unit: Talk about your day.
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