Spanish dialogue with translation · B1 · 18 lines
¡Ya os habíais ido todos! You had all left already!
Comic · 18 panels
- Lucía
Ana, ¿qué te pasó anoche? Te esperamos dos horas en el cumpleaños de Pablo.
Ana, what happened to you last night? We waited for you for two hours at Pablo's birthday party.
- Ana
Me da vergüenza contarlo. ¡Me quedé dormida!
I'm embarrassed to talk about it. I fell asleep! (woman speaking)
- Lucía
¿En serio? ¿Qué pasó?
Seriously? What happened?
- Ana
Había trabajado todo el día y a las siete cerré los ojos en el sofá: «Solo cinco minutos».
I had worked all day, and at seven I closed my eyes on the couch: "Just five minutes."
- Lucía
¿Y el despertador?
And the alarm clock?
- Ana
No sonó. Me olvidé de ponerlo.
It didn't go off. I forgot to set it.
- Lucía
¡Qué fuerte! ¿Y a qué hora te despertaste?
No way! And what time did you wake up?
- Ana
Miré el reloj: ¡las doce menos cuarto! Me di prisa, cogí un taxi y a las doce y media llegué al bar.
I looked at the clock: quarter to twelve! I hurried, took a taxi, and at twelve thirty I got to the bar.
- Ana
Pero para entonces ya os habíais ido todos. Solo estaba el camarero.
But by then you had all already left. Only the waiter was there.
- Lucía
Claro, tía: habíamos quedado a las nueve. A las once todavía no habías llegado y Pablo estaba impaciente por soplar las velas.
Of course, girl: we had agreed to meet at nine. At eleven you still hadn't arrived, and Pablo couldn't wait to blow out the candles.
- Ana
¿Y Sergio? Él siempre llega tarde.
And Sergio? He's always late.
- Lucía
Pues ayer también llegó tarde, pero justo a tiempo para la tarta: Pablo estaba a punto de soplar. A las doce ya habíamos terminado la tarta.
Well, he was late yesterday too, but just in time for the cake: Pablo was about to blow out the candles. By twelve we had already finished the cake.
- Ana
¡Y mi regalo! Lo había comprado el lunes y lo había envuelto con mucho cuidado.
And my present! I had bought it on Monday and had wrapped it very carefully.
- Lucía
No te preocupes, Pablo no se ha enfadado. Anoche dijo: «Seguro que se ha quedado dormida».
Don't worry, Pablo hasn't gotten mad. Last night he said: "I'm sure she fell asleep."
- Ana
¡Qué bien me conoce! Pero yo nunca había llegado tan tarde a un cumpleaños.
He knows me so well! But I had never been so late to a birthday party.
- Lucía
Yo que tú, lo llamaría ahora mismo y lo invitaría a comer.
If I were you, I'd call him right now and invite him to lunch.
- Ana
Tienes razón. Voy a llamarlo… ¡No puede ser! Se me ha olvidado cargar el móvil.
You're right. I'm going to call him… It can't be! I forgot to charge my phone.
- Lucía
Ana, de verdad: ¡qué memoria tienes! Toma, llama con el mío.
Ana, honestly: what a memory you have! Here, use mine to call.
Grammar for this text
The past perfect. The friends talk about last night and keep stepping further back, to what happened before Ana arrived: ya os habíais ido (you had already left), todavía no habías llegado (you hadn't arrived yet), ya habíamos terminado la tarta (we had already finished the cake). The gift also comes from "before last night": lo había comprado, lo había envuelto (I had bought it, I had wrapped it).
Habíamos quedado a las nueve means "we had agreed to meet at nine": the plan was made before the party itself.
Para entonces means "by then"; it almost always comes with ya.
Se me ha olvidado means "I forgot, it slipped my mind". For now, learn it as a set phrase; the rule comes later. Word for word, it's "it got forgotten on me": people say it when they forget something by accident. Compare me olvidé de ponerlo (I forgot to set it): here you need the preposition de.
Yo que tú, lo llamaría is advice: "if I were you, I'd call him" (unit 5).
Words and grammar of the unit: Explain why you were late.
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