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Spanish dialogue with translation · B1 · 18 lines

Mi primer día en el gimnasio My first day at the gym

Comic · 18 panels

Panel 1 of 18 for “My first day at the gym”: “Hi, Ana, I'm Quique, your trainer. Before we start: have you had any injury or operation?”
  1. Quique

    Hola, Ana, soy Quique, tu entrenador. Antes de empezar: ¿has tenido alguna lesión o alguna operación?

    Hi, Ana, I'm Quique, your trainer. Before we start: have you had any injury or operation?

Panel 2 of 18 for “My first day at the gym”: “No operations. But last year I hurt my ankle, and sometimes my neck hurts.”
  1. Ana

    Operaciones, ninguna. Pero el año pasado me hice daño en el tobillo y a veces me duele el cuello.

    No operations. But last year I hurt my ankle, and sometimes my neck hurts.

Panel 3 of 18 for “My first day at the gym”: “OK, so today we're not going to strain your ankle or your neck. We'll start the workout with ten minutes of warm-up.”
  1. Quique

    Vale, pues hoy no vamos a forzar ni el tobillo ni el cuello. Empezamos el entrenamiento con diez minutos de calentamiento.

    OK, so today we're not going to strain your ankle or your neck. We'll start the workout with ten minutes of warm-up.

Panel 4 of 18 for “My first day at the gym”: “Ten minutes? I wanted to start right away with the strength exercises…”
  1. Ana

    ¿Diez minutos? Yo quería empezar ya con los ejercicios de fuerza…

    Ten minutes? I wanted to start right away with the strength exercises…

Panel 5 of 18 for “My first day at the gym”: “Don't even think about it. The warm-up protects your muscles: when they're cold, it's very easy to hurt yourself.”
  1. Quique

    Ni se te ocurra. El calentamiento protege los músculos: en frío es muy fácil hacerse daño.

    Don't even think about it. The warm-up protects your muscles: when they're cold, it's very easy to hurt yourself.

Panel 6 of 18 for “My first day at the gym”: “OK, you're the trainer… There, ten minutes!”
  1. Ana

    Vale, tú eres el entrenador… ¡Ya está, diez minutos!

    OK, you're the trainer… There, ten minutes!

Panel 7 of 18 for “My first day at the gym”: “Now, your legs. Squat down slowly… No, not with that posture: don't bend your back and don't look at the floor.”
  1. Quique

    Ahora, las piernas. Agáchate despacio… No, con esa postura no: no dobles la espalda y no mires al suelo.

    Now, your legs. Squat down slowly… No, not with that posture: don't bend your back and don't look at the floor.

Panel 8 of 18 for “My first day at the gym”: “Like this? Ow, my knees! It's just that I don't have any strength in my legs.”
  1. Ana

    ¿Así? ¡Ay, mis rodillas! Es que no tengo fuerza en las piernas.

    Like this? Ow, my knees! It's just that I don't have any strength in my legs.

Panel 9 of 18 for “My first day at the gym”: “Don't say that: strength and endurance come little by little. Don't be in a hurry: do the movement slowly and don't go down so far.”
  1. Quique

    No digas eso: la fuerza y la resistencia llegan poco a poco. No tengas prisa: haz el movimiento despacio y no bajes tanto.

    Don't say that: strength and endurance come little by little. Don't be in a hurry: do the movement slowly and don't go down so far.

Panel 10 of 18 for “My first day at the gym”: “It doesn't hurt like this! What comes next?”
  1. Ana

    ¡Así no me duele! ¿Qué viene ahora?

    It doesn't hurt like this! What comes next?

Panel 11 of 18 for “My first day at the gym”: “Five push-ups. Look at the position: your hands under your shoulders, and don't lift your head.”
  1. Quique

    Cinco flexiones. Mira la posición: las manos debajo de los hombros, y no levantes la cabeza.

    Five push-ups. Look at the position: your hands under your shoulders, and don't lift your head.

Panel 12 of 18 for “My first day at the gym”: “One… two… three… I can't do any more, I'm exhausted! (woman speaking)”
  1. Ana

    Una… dos… tres… ¡No puedo más, estoy agotada!

    One… two… three… I can't do any more, I'm exhausted! (woman speaking)

Panel 13 of 18 for “My first day at the gym”: “Don't give up, there are only two left! Come on, don't think about it.”
  1. Quique

    ¡No te rindas, que solo quedan dos! Venga, no lo pienses.

    Don't give up, there are only two left! Come on, don't think about it.

Panel 14 of 18 for “My first day at the gym”: “Four… and five! Can I sit down now?”
  1. Ana

    ¡Cuatro… y cinco! ¿Puedo sentarme ya?

    Four… and five! Can I sit down now?

Panel 15 of 18 for “My first day at the gym”: “No, don't sit down yet: first we have to stretch. If you don't stretch, tomorrow you'll have "agujetas."”
  1. Quique

    No, no te sientes todavía: primero hay que estirar. Si no estiras, mañana tendrás agujetas.

    No, don't sit down yet: first we have to stretch. If you don't stretch, tomorrow you'll have "agujetas."

Panel 16 of 18 for “My first day at the gym”: “"Agujetas"? Sorry, I don't know that word.”
  1. Ana

    ¿Agujetas? Perdona, no conozco esa palabra.

    "Agujetas"? Sorry, I don't know that word.

Panel 17 of 18 for “My first day at the gym”: “It's when your muscles hurt the day after training. It's normal, don't be scared.”
  1. Quique

    Es cuando te duelen los músculos el día después de entrenar. Es normal, no te asustes.

    It's when your muscles hurt the day after training. It's normal, don't be scared.

Panel 18 of 18 for “My first day at the gym”: “The day after? Then I already know what I'm going to do tomorrow: nothing.”
  1. Ana

    ¿El día después? Entonces ya sé lo que voy a hacer mañana: nada.

    The day after? Then I already know what I'm going to do tomorrow: nothing.

Grammar for this text

The trainer's don'ts. Quique uses tú with Ana and forbids something in almost every line: no dobles la espalda, no mires al suelo, no levantes la cabeza, no bajes tanto: these are -ar verbs, with the ending -es. No digas eso, no tengas prisa: the stem comes from the yo form (digo, tengo).

The pronoun goes before the verb: no te rindas, no te asustes, no lo pienses. Compare the affirmative command in the same text: in agáchate the pronoun te is attached at the end.

No te sientes — "don't sit down" (from sentarse). Te sientes looks exactly the same — "you feel" (from sentirse). It's just a coincidence; the meaning tells you which one it is.

Ni se te ocurra — "don't you dare," literally "don't let it even cross your mind." Ocurra comes from ocurrirse (to occur to someone). Verbs in -er and -ir end in -a here, as in the negative command no comas: ocurrir → ocurra. The subject is "it" (the idea itself), and te means "to you." It's a set phrase; unit 18 explains these forms in detail.

Que solo quedan dos. After a command, que means "because": "don't give up, there are only two left."

Venga — "come on": a frozen form of venir (the usted command) that people also say to friends to cheer them on.

Words and grammar of the unit: Tell someone what not to do.

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