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Spanish dialogue with translation · B2 · 18 lines

¿Y si nos tocara el gordo? What if we hit the jackpot?

Comic · 18 panels

Panel 1 of 18 for “What if we hit the jackpot?”: “Guys, I bought lottery tickets for tonight's drawing. If we win anything, we'll split it among the four of us.”
  1. Sergio

    Chicos, he comprado lotería para el sorteo de esta noche. Si nos toca algo, lo compartimos entre los cuatro.

    Guys, I bought lottery tickets for tonight's drawing. If we win anything, we'll split it among the four of us.

Panel 2 of 18 for “What if we hit the jackpot?”: “Dude, that's pure chance. But come on, let's daydream for a while: what would you do if you hit the jackpot? (to several people)”
  1. Pablo

    Tío, eso es puro azar. Pero venga, vamos a soñar despiertos un rato: ¿qué haríais si os tocara el gordo?

    Dude, that's pure chance. But come on, let's daydream for a while: what would you do if you hit the jackpot? (to several people)

Panel 3 of 18 for “What if we hit the jackpot?”: “Me, if I were a millionaire, I'd quit my job tomorrow and buy myself a house near the sea (woman speaking).”
  1. Lucía

    Yo, si fuera millonaria, dejaría el trabajo mañana mismo y me compraría un chalé cerca del mar.

    Me, if I were a millionaire, I'd quit my job tomorrow and buy myself a house near the sea (woman speaking).

Panel 4 of 18 for “What if we hit the jackpot?”: “Stop working? No way! I'd start my own company and be my own boss.”
  1. Sergio

    ¿Dejar de trabajar? ¡Ni en sueños! Yo fundaría mi propia empresa y sería mi propio jefe.

    Stop working? No way! I'd start my own company and be my own boss.

Panel 5 of 18 for “What if we hit the jackpot?”: “Well, not me. A garden, a siesta every afternoon and zero meetings: that's my paradise.”
  1. Lucía

    Pues yo no. Un jardín, una siesta cada tarde y cero reuniones: ese es mi paraíso.

    Well, not me. A garden, a siesta every afternoon and zero meetings: that's my paradise.

Panel 6 of 18 for “What if we hit the jackpot?”: “If I had a fortune, I wouldn't spend it on jewelry or luxury cars.”
  1. Pablo

    Si yo tuviera una fortuna, no la gastaría en joyas ni en coches de lujo.

    If I had a fortune, I wouldn't spend it on jewelry or luxury cars.

Panel 7 of 18 for “What if we hit the jackpot?”: “So what would you spend it on, then?”
  1. Ana

    ¿Y en qué la gastarías, entonces?

    So what would you spend it on, then?

Panel 8 of 18 for “What if we hit the jackpot?”: “On exploring the world: first the jungle, then the desert… And I'd cross the ocean by boat.”
  1. Pablo

    En explorar el mundo: primero la selva, luego el desierto… Y cruzaría el océano en barco.

    On exploring the world: first the jungle, then the desert… And I'd cross the ocean by boat.

Panel 9 of 18 for “What if we hit the jackpot?”: “You, in the jungle? If you saw a wild monkey, you'd run away.”
  1. Ana

    ¿Tú, en la selva? Si vieras un mono salvaje, saldrías corriendo.

    You, in the jungle? If you saw a wild monkey, you'd run away.

Panel 10 of 18 for “What if we hit the jackpot?”: “Not at all! And you, Ana, what would you do with all that money?”
  1. Pablo

    ¡Qué va! Y tú, Ana, ¿qué harías con tanto dinero?

    Not at all! And you, Ana, what would you do with all that money?

Panel 11 of 18 for “What if we hit the jackpot?”: “I'd give my mom an apartment and donate part of it to a hospital. And if I had anything left over, I'd travel with her.”
  1. Ana

    Le regalaría un piso a mi madre y donaría una parte a un hospital. Y si me sobrara algo, viajaría con ella.

    I'd give my mom an apartment and donate part of it to a hospital. And if I had anything left over, I'd travel with her.

Panel 12 of 18 for “What if we hit the jackpot?”: “And nothing for yourself? Come on, treat yourself (to a woman).”
  1. Lucía

    ¿Y para ti, nada? Venga, mujer, date un capricho.

    And nothing for yourself? Come on, treat yourself (to a woman).

Panel 13 of 18 for “What if we hit the jackpot?”: “OK, just one: a necklace I saw yesterday in a store downtown. It's gorgeous and super expensive.”
  1. Ana

    Vale, uno: un collar que vi ayer en una tienda del centro. Es precioso y carísimo.

    OK, just one: a necklace I saw yesterday in a store downtown. It's gorgeous and super expensive.

Panel 14 of 18 for “What if we hit the jackpot?”: “Well, I'm not counting on the lottery or an inheritance. If my grandfather left me anything, it would be debts.”
  1. Sergio

    Pues yo no espero ni lotería ni herencia. Si mi abuelo me dejara algo, serían deudas.

    Well, I'm not counting on the lottery or an inheritance. If my grandfather left me anything, it would be debts.

Panel 15 of 18 for “What if we hit the jackpot?”: “By the way, how much have we spent on the lottery this year?”
  1. Ana

    Por cierto, ¿cuánto hemos gastado en lotería este año?

    By the way, how much have we spent on the lottery this year?

Panel 16 of 18 for “What if we hit the jackpot?”: “Better not ask, honey: we've been playing for almost three years (to a woman).”
  1. Lucía

    Mejor no preguntes, guapa: llevamos casi tres años jugando.

    Better not ask, honey: we've been playing for almost three years (to a woman).

Panel 17 of 18 for “What if we hit the jackpot?”: “Wait! The result of the drawing is out… We've won four euros. One euro each (to several people).”
  1. Sergio

    ¡Esperad! Ya ha salido el resultado del sorteo… Nos han tocado cuatro euros. Un euro para cada uno.

    Wait! The result of the drawing is out… We've won four euros. One euro each (to several people).

Panel 18 of 18 for “What if we hit the jackpot?”: “See? Pure fantasy. With one euro I can't even pay for my beer (to several people).”
  1. Pablo

    ¿Veis? Pura fantasía. Con un euro no pago ni mi cerveza.

    See? Pure fantasy. With one euro I can't even pay for my beer (to several people).

Grammar for this text

Daydreaming: si + the -ra form, then "would". ¿Qué haríais si os tocara el gordo? — "What would you do if you hit the jackpot?" The same with si fuera millonaria, dejaría el trabajo and si vieras un mono salvaje, saldrías corriendo. Nobody believes they'll win, so it's not the present tense.

But Sergio does believe it: he's bought the ticket, and the drawing is tonight. He says si nos toca algo, lo compartimos — si + present, a normal "if" (B1).

Tocar — "to fall to someone", "to win". The person who wins goes in me, te, nos, os: nos han tocado cuatro euros — "we've won four euros". El gordo is the top prize of the Christmas lottery, and in casual speech any big win.

Colloquial. ¡Ni en sueños! — "no way!". ¡Qué va! — "no way, not at all". Date un capricho — "treat yourself".

Words and grammar of the unit: Dream about winning the lottery.

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