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Illustration for “One in the morning”

Spanish dialogue with translation · B1 · 18 lines

La una de la madrugada One in the morning

Comic · 18 panels

Panel 1 of 18 for “One in the morning”: “Hi, sorry to bother you. I'm Ana, your next-door neighbor.”
  1. Ana

    Hola, perdona la molestia. Soy Ana, tu vecina de al lado.

    Hi, sorry to bother you. I'm Ana, your next-door neighbor.

Panel 2 of 18 for “One in the morning”: “Hi. I'm Gonzalo, the new guy. Is something wrong?”
  1. Gonzalo

    Hola. Yo soy Gonzalo, el nuevo. ¿Pasa algo?

    Hi. I'm Gonzalo, the new guy. Is something wrong?

Panel 3 of 18 for “One in the morning”: “Well, yes. I wanted to ask you a favor: could you turn the volume down? It's one in the morning.”
  1. Ana

    Pues sí. Quería pedirte un favor: ¿podrías bajar el volumen? Es la una de la madrugada.

    Well, yes. I wanted to ask you a favor: could you turn the volume down? It's one in the morning.

Panel 4 of 18 for “One in the morning”: “It's one already? Sorry, it's just that I bought a new speaker and I wanted to try it out.”
  1. Gonzalo

    ¿Ya es la una? Perdona, es que he comprado un altavoz nuevo y quería probarlo.

    It's one already? Sorry, it's just that I bought a new speaker and I wanted to try it out.

Panel 5 of 18 for “One in the morning”: “I can tell. It sounds fantastic, but there's only one wall between your speaker and my bed.”
  1. Ana

    Ya lo noto. Suena fantástico, pero entre tu altavoz y mi cama solo hay una pared.

    I can tell. It sounds fantastic, but there's only one wall between your speaker and my bed.

Panel 6 of 18 for “One in the morning”: “Really? Well, this building seems very quiet.”
  1. Gonzalo

    ¿En serio? Pues este edificio parece muy silencioso.

    Really? Well, this building seems very quiet.

Panel 7 of 18 for “One in the morning”: “Not at all. I can hear all your music from my room, and at this hour I'd like to sleep.”
  1. Ana

    Para nada. Desde mi habitación oigo toda tu música, y a estas horas me gustaría dormir.

    Not at all. I can hear all your music from my room, and at this hour I'd like to sleep.

Panel 8 of 18 for “One in the morning”: “So that's why the neighbor downstairs was banging on the ceiling! I thought it was construction work.”
  1. Gonzalo

    ¡Por eso el vecino de abajo daba golpes en el techo! Yo pensaba que eran obras.

    So that's why the neighbor downstairs was banging on the ceiling! I thought it was construction work.

Panel 9 of 18 for “One in the morning”: “No, it wasn't construction work. Look, I've had almost no sleep for three nights, and with insomnia I can't get through a single meeting.”
  1. Ana

    No eran obras, no. Mira, llevo tres noches casi sin dormir, y con insomnio no aguanto ni una reunión.

    No, it wasn't construction work. Look, I've had almost no sleep for three nights, and with insomnia I can't get through a single meeting.

Panel 10 of 18 for “One in the morning”: “Three nights? And why didn't you tell me anything before?”
  1. Gonzalo

    ¿Tres noches? ¿Y por qué no me has dicho nada antes?

    Three nights? And why didn't you tell me anything before?

Panel 11 of 18 for “One in the morning”: “Because I don't like to complain. But today I just couldn't take it anymore.”
  1. Ana

    Porque no me gusta quejarme. Pero hoy ya no podía más.

    Because I don't like to complain. But today I just couldn't take it anymore.

Panel 12 of 18 for “One in the morning”: “You did the right thing. You're going to think I'm a rude guy…”
  1. Gonzalo

    Has hecho bien. Vas a pensar que soy un maleducado…

    You did the right thing. You're going to think I'm a rude guy…

Panel 13 of 18 for “One in the morning”: “Oh no, of course not. A rude person wouldn't apologize. And I know you don't do it on purpose.”
  1. Ana

    No, hombre. Un maleducado no pediría perdón. Y sé que no lo haces a propósito.

    Oh no, of course not. A rude person wouldn't apologize. And I know you don't do it on purpose.

Panel 14 of 18 for “One in the morning”: “Thanks for your patience. Hey, would you mind giving me your number? If I bother you some other day, you just text me and that's it.”
  1. Gonzalo

    Gracias por tu paciencia. Oye, ¿te importaría darme tu número? Si otro día te molesto, me escribes y ya está.

    Thanks for your patience. Hey, would you mind giving me your number? If I bother you some other day, you just text me and that's it.

Panel 15 of 18 for “One in the morning”: “Of course not. And would you mind not playing music after twelve?”
  1. Ana

    Claro que no. ¿Y a ti te importaría no poner música después de las doce?

    Of course not. And would you mind not playing music after twelve?

Panel 16 of 18 for “One in the morning”: “Deal. From today on, after twelve, only with headphones. And for parties I'll ask your permission.”
  1. Gonzalo

    Hecho. A partir de hoy, después de las doce, solo con auriculares. Y para las fiestas te pediré permiso.

    Deal. From today on, after twelve, only with headphones. And for parties I'll ask your permission.

Panel 17 of 18 for “One in the morning”: “Thank you so much. You're really nice. It would be great to always have neighbors like that (to a man).”
  1. Ana

    Muchas gracias. Eres muy majo. Sería genial tener siempre vecinos así.

    Thank you so much. You're really nice. It would be great to always have neighbors like that (to a man).

Panel 18 of 18 for “One in the morning”: “And you're very polite! Another neighbor would bang on the wall… or call the police. Good night! (to a woman)”
  1. Gonzalo

    ¡Y tú, muy educada! Otra vecina golpearía la pared… o llamaría a la policía. ¡Buenas noches!

    And you're very polite! Another neighbor would bang on the wall… or call the police. Good night! (to a woman)

Grammar for this text

Polite requests. ¿Podrías bajar el volumen? — "Could you turn the volume down?", ¿Te importaría darme tu número? — "Would you mind giving me your number?". Both are followed by an infinitive (English uses -ing after "would you mind"). To ¿te importaría…? Ana answers Claro que no — "of course not": here "no" means "sure, go ahead", just like in English.

Quería. Quería pedirte un favor — "I wanted to ask you a favor": a past form, but the request is about now. When Gonzalo says quería probarlo, it's a normal past: "I wanted to try it out".

"Would" without a request. Un maleducado no pediría perdón — "a rude person wouldn't apologize". Otra vecina golpearía la pared — "another neighbor would bang on the wall". Sería genial — "it would be great".

Everyday speech. Es que… — "it's just that…", the usual way to start an excuse. Hecho — "deal" (literally "done"). Y ya está — "and that's it". Hoy ya no podía más — "today I just couldn't take it anymore" (literally "I couldn't anymore"). No, hombre — "oh no, of course not": hombre here doesn't mean "man". Daba golpes en el techo — the neighbor downstairs was banging on his ceiling, which is Gonzalo's floor.

Words and grammar of the unit: Ask your neighbors to keep it down.

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