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Spanish dialogue with translation · A2 · 12 lines

Tengo miedo cuando el avión despega I'm scared when the plane takes off

Comic · 12 panels

Panel 1 of 12 for “I'm scared when the plane takes off”: “Ana, first we have to check your suitcase.”
  1. Lucía

    Ana, primero tenemos que facturar tu maleta.

    Ana, first we have to check your suitcase.

Panel 2 of 12 for “I'm scared when the plane takes off”: “No, I'm not checking it: it's small and I'm taking it with me.”
  1. Ana

    No, no la facturo: es pequeña y la llevo conmigo.

    No, I'm not checking it: it's small and I'm taking it with me.

Panel 3 of 12 for “I'm scared when the plane takes off”: “OK, then let's go to the boarding gate. Which one is it?”
  1. Lucía

    Vale, entonces vamos a la puerta de embarque. ¿Cuál es?

    OK, then let's go to the boarding gate. Which one is it?

Panel 4 of 12 for “I'm scared when the plane takes off”: “They haven't announced it yet. We board at twenty to ten.”
  1. Ana

    Todavía no la han anunciado. Embarcamos a las diez menos veinte.

    They haven't announced it yet. We board at twenty to ten.

Panel 5 of 12 for “I'm scared when the plane takes off”: “And what time does the plane take off?”
  1. Lucía

    ¿Y a qué hora despega el avión?

    And what time does the plane take off?

Panel 6 of 12 for “I'm scared when the plane takes off”: “At ten past ten. We land in Palma at eleven: the flight only takes fifty minutes.”
  1. Ana

    A las diez y diez. Aterrizamos en Palma a las once: el vuelo dura solo cincuenta minutos.

    At ten past ten. We land in Palma at eleven: the flight only takes fifty minutes.

Panel 7 of 12 for “I'm scared when the plane takes off”: “Great! I always sleep during the flight.”
  1. Lucía

    ¡Qué bien! Yo siempre duermo durante el vuelo.

    Great! I always sleep during the flight.

Panel 8 of 12 for “I'm scared when the plane takes off”: “I can't. I'm scared when the plane takes off and when it lands.”
  1. Ana

    Yo no puedo. Tengo miedo cuando el avión despega y cuando aterriza.

    I can't. I'm scared when the plane takes off and when it lands.

Panel 9 of 12 for “I'm scared when the plane takes off”: “Relax. So you're not scared, you can do something else: for example, look out the window (to a woman).”
  1. Lucía

    Tranquila. Para no tener miedo, puedes hacer otra cosa: por ejemplo, mirar por la ventanilla.

    Relax. So you're not scared, you can do something else: for example, look out the window (to a woman).

Panel 10 of 12 for “I'm scared when the plane takes off”: “Out the window is worse! I prefer the aisle seat.”
  1. Ana

    ¡Por la ventanilla es peor! Prefiero el asiento de pasillo.

    Out the window is worse! I prefer the aisle seat.

Panel 11 of 12 for “I'm scared when the plane takes off”: “Look at the screen: gate twelve, and the passengers are already boarding. Let's go!”
  1. Lucía

    Mira la pantalla: puerta doce, y los pasajeros ya están embarcando. ¡Vamos!

    Look at the screen: gate twelve, and the passengers are already boarding. Let's go!

Panel 12 of 12 for “I'm scared when the plane takes off”: “OK, OK. But the window seat is for you!”
  1. Ana

    Vale, vale. ¡Pero el asiento de ventanilla es para ti!

    OK, OK. But the window seat is for you!

Grammar for this text

Airport words. facturar — to check a suitcase; embarcar — to board (for a train or a bus, Spanish says subir); despegar — to take off; aterrizar — to land.

Para. Para no tener miedo — so you're not scared: para + infinitive, and no goes before the infinitive. es para ti — it's for you.

Por. mirar por la ventanilla — to look out the window, literally "through the window": your eyes go through it, so this is the por of route. por ejemplo is a set phrase.

La instead of a noun. no la facturo, la llevo — here la is la maleta; no la han anunciado — here it's la puerta de embarque. It works like English "it", but it goes before the verb.

Están embarcando — estar + gerund (present progressive): they're boarding right now.

Words and grammar of the unit: Ask about platforms and transfers.

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