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Spanish dialogue with translation · B1 · 18 lines

¿Qué seguro entra en el precio? What insurance is included in the price?

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Panel 1 of 18 for “What insurance is included in the price?”: “Good morning. I made a reservation online under the name Ana Lind.”
  1. Ana

    Buenos días. Hice una reserva por internet a nombre de Ana Lind.

    Good morning. I made a reservation online under the name Ana Lind.

Panel 2 of 18 for “What insurance is included in the price?”: “Good morning. Here it is: a small car. Who's going to drive?”
  1. Empleado

    Buenos días. Aquí está: un coche pequeño. ¿Quién va a conducir?

    Good morning. Here it is: a small car. Who's going to drive?

Panel 3 of 18 for “What insurance is included in the price?”: “I'm driving. Here's my driver's license (formal).”
  1. Sergio

    Conduzco yo. Aquí tiene mi carné de conducir.

    I'm driving. Here's my driver's license (formal).

Panel 4 of 18 for “What insurance is included in the price?”: “Excuse me, I have a question: I don't know what insurance is included in the rental price (formal).”
  1. Ana

    Perdone, tengo una duda: no sé qué seguro entra en el precio del alquiler.

    Excuse me, I have a question: I don't know what insurance is included in the rental price (formal).

Panel 5 of 18 for “What insurance is included in the price?”: “Basic insurance: if there's any damage, you pay the first 600 euros. Also, a deposit of 600 euros is left on the card (to several people, formal).”
  1. Empleado

    Un seguro simple: si hay algún daño, ustedes pagan los primeros 600 euros. Además, se deja un depósito de 600 euros con la tarjeta.

    Basic insurance: if there's any damage, you pay the first 600 euros. Also, a deposit of 600 euros is left on the card (to several people, formal).

Panel 6 of 18 for “What insurance is included in the price?”: “Excuse me, I don't understand. Isn't the "depósito" for gas? (formal)”
  1. Ana

    Perdone, no lo entiendo. ¿El depósito no es para la gasolina?

    Excuse me, I don't understand. Isn't the "depósito" for gas? (formal)

Panel 7 of 18 for “What insurance is included in the price?”: “That too, yes. But this "depósito" is money: it's left today and given back when the car is returned, if there's no damage.”
  1. Empleado

    También, sí. Pero este depósito es dinero: se deja hoy y se devuelve al entregar el coche, si no hay daños.

    That too, yes. But this "depósito" is money: it's left today and given back when the car is returned, if there's no damage.

Panel 8 of 18 for “What insurance is included in the price?”: “And with full coverage insurance?”
  1. Sergio

    ¿Y con el seguro a todo riesgo?

    And with full coverage insurance?

Panel 9 of 18 for “What insurance is included in the price?”: “With full coverage insurance, you don't pay anything and you don't leave a deposit. It's fifteen euros more a day.”
  1. Empleado

    Con el seguro a todo riesgo no se paga nada y no se deja depósito. Son quince euros más al día.

    With full coverage insurance, you don't pay anything and you don't leave a deposit. It's fifteen euros more a day.

Panel 10 of 18 for “What insurance is included in the price?”: “Well, we'll take it. That way we'll feel more relaxed.”
  1. Sergio

    Pues lo cogemos. Así estaremos más tranquilos.

    Well, we'll take it. That way we'll feel more relaxed.

Panel 11 of 18 for “What insurance is included in the price?”: “And do you know if the car has to be returned with a full tank? (formal)”
  1. Ana

    ¿Y sabe si hay que devolver el coche con el depósito lleno?

    And do you know if the car has to be returned with a full tank? (formal)

Panel 12 of 18 for “What insurance is included in the price?”: “Yes, it's returned with a full tank. There's a gas station two minutes from here.”
  1. Empleado

    Sí, se entrega con el depósito lleno. Hay una gasolinera a dos minutos de aquí.

    Yes, it's returned with a full tank. There's a gas station two minutes from here.

Panel 13 of 18 for “What insurance is included in the price?”: “Can you tell me where it's returned? (formal) I don't know what time you close either (to several people, formal).”
  1. Ana

    ¿Me puede decir dónde se entrega? Tampoco sé a qué hora cierran ustedes.

    Can you tell me where it's returned? (formal) I don't know what time you close either (to several people, formal).

Panel 14 of 18 for “What insurance is included in the price?”: “In the parking lot that's next to the office. We close at nine; after that, the keys are left in the mailbox.”
  1. Empleado

    En el aparcamiento que está junto a la oficina. Cerramos a las nueve; más tarde, las llaves se dejan en el buzón.

    In the parking lot that's next to the office. We close at nine; after that, the keys are left in the mailbox.

Panel 15 of 18 for “What insurance is included in the price?”: “Perfect. Should we inspect the vehicle now?”
  1. Sergio

    Perfecto. ¿Revisamos el vehículo ahora?

    Perfect. Should we inspect the vehicle now?

Panel 16 of 18 for “What insurance is included in the price?”: “Sure. It's the white one, license plate 4582 MZK. It has a scratch next to the back wheel, but it's already in the contract.”
  1. Empleado

    Claro. Es el blanco, matrícula 4582 MZK. Tiene un arañazo junto a la rueda de atrás, pero ya está en el contrato.

    Sure. It's the white one, license plate 4582 MZK. It has a scratch next to the back wheel, but it's already in the contract.

Panel 17 of 18 for “What insurance is included in the price?”: “Sergio, open the trunk. I'll check if there are any more scratches.”
  1. Ana

    Sergio, abre el maletero. Yo compruebo si hay más arañazos.

    Sergio, open the trunk. I'll check if there are any more scratches.

Panel 18 of 18 for “What insurance is included in the price?”: “Here's the complete information and the phone number of our help service (to several people, formal). Have a good trip!”
  1. Empleado

    Aquí tienen la información completa y el teléfono de nuestro servicio de ayuda. ¡Buen viaje!

    Here's the complete information and the phone number of our help service (to several people, formal). Have a good trip!

Grammar for this text

Impersonal se. Se deja un depósito, no se paga nada, se entrega con el depósito lleno — "you leave a deposit", "you don't pay anything", "it's returned with a full tank". The employee isn't talking about himself or about the customers, but about how things are done here. There are several keys, so the verb is plural: las llaves se dejan en el buzón (the keys are left in the mailbox).

Questions inside a sentence. No sé qué seguro entra en el precio, ¿sabe si hay que devolver el coche…?, ¿me puede decir dónde se entrega? — this is a more polite way to ask. Si here means "if, whether": compruebo si hay más arañazos — "I'll check if there are any more scratches".

Depósito means both "deposit" and "gas tank", and that's why Ana asks again. El seguro is "insurance"; don't confuse it with estoy seguro — "I'm sure".

Small points. Conduzco yo — "I'm driving": the present tense for a near plan; conduzco is the yo form of conducir, with an added z. Al entregar el coche — "when you return the car" (al + infinitive). Lo cogemos — "we'll take it": lo is el seguro. Entra en el precio — "is included in the price".

Words and grammar of the unit: Rent a car and drive in Spain.

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