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Illustration for “Everything upside down”

Spanish dialogue with translation · B2 · 18 lines

Todo patas arriba Everything upside down

Comic · 18 panels

Panel 1 of 18 for “Everything upside down”: “Two months to move out of the apartment... Well, let's get to work! Where do we start?”
  1. Dani

    Dos meses para dejar el piso... Bueno, ¡manos a la obra! ¿Por dónde empezamos?

    Two months to move out of the apartment... Well, let's get to work! Where do we start?

Panel 2 of 18 for “Everything upside down”: “With the hall closet. We need to empty it completely: it's full of junk.”
  1. Ana

    Por el armario del pasillo. Hay que vaciarlo entero: está lleno de trastos.

    With the hall closet. We need to empty it completely: it's full of junk.

Panel 3 of 18 for “Everything upside down”: “Let's see... A hat, some old boots and a glove. Just one?”
  1. Dani

    A ver... Un sombrero, unas botas viejas y un guante. ¿Solo uno?

    Let's see... A hat, some old boots and a glove. Just one?

Panel 4 of 18 for “Everything upside down”: “The hat is Pablo's: he forgot it here on my birthday. And I lost the other glove on the metro.”
  1. Ana

    El sombrero es de Pablo: se le olvidó aquí en mi cumpleaños. Y el otro guante se me perdió en el metro.

    The hat is Pablo's: he forgot it here on my birthday. And I lost the other glove on the metro.

Panel 5 of 18 for “Everything upside down”: “Now I'll take down the hangers and... Oh my gosh! I've dropped them all.”
  1. Dani

    Ahora quito las perchas y... ¡Madre mía! Se me han caído todas.

    Now I'll take down the hangers and... Oh my gosh! I've dropped them all.

Panel 6 of 18 for “Everything upside down”: “It's OK, I'll pick them up. You get the boxes ready and tape the bottoms well.”
  1. Ana

    No pasa nada, yo las recojo. Tú prepara las cajas y pega bien el fondo con cinta.

    It's OK, I'll pick them up. You get the boxes ready and tape the bottoms well.

Panel 7 of 18 for “Everything upside down”: “Done. Do the books from the bookcase fit in this box?”
  1. Dani

    Hecho. ¿Los libros de la estantería caben en esta caja?

    Done. Do the books from the bookcase fit in this box?

Panel 8 of 18 for “Everything upside down”: “No, they don't all fit. Stack them here; the lamp and the mirror go separately.”
  1. Ana

    No, todos no caben. Apílalos aquí; la lámpara y el espejo van aparte.

    No, they don't all fit. Stack them here; the lamp and the mirror go separately.

Panel 9 of 18 for “Everything upside down”: “And this vase? It's Carmen's, isn't it? Oops! It almost slipped out of my hands.”
  1. Dani

    ¿Y este jarrón? Es de Carmen, ¿no? ¡Ay! Por poco se me escurre.

    And this vase? It's Carmen's, isn't it? Oops! It almost slipped out of my hands.

Panel 10 of 18 for “Everything upside down”: “Freeze! Put it on the table, slowly. It survived by a hair (to a man).”
  1. Ana

    ¡Quieto! Déjalo en la mesa, despacio. Se ha salvado por los pelos.

    Freeze! Put it on the table, slowly. It survived by a hair (to a man).

Panel 11 of 18 for “Everything upside down”: “I'm so clumsy today! I almost broke it. Pass me the coffee, please.”
  1. Dani

    ¡Qué torpe estoy hoy! Casi lo rompo. Pásame el café, por favor.

    I'm so clumsy today! I almost broke it. Pass me the coffee, please.

Panel 12 of 18 for “Everything upside down”: “Here... No, no, no! I've knocked the cup over onto the rug.”
  1. Ana

    Toma... ¡No, no, no! Se me ha volcado la taza encima de la alfombra.

    Here... No, no, no! I've knocked the cup over onto the rug.

Panel 13 of 18 for “Everything upside down”: “Now you're the clumsy one. What a stain! (to a woman)”
  1. Dani

    Ahora la torpe eres tú. ¡Qué mancha!

    Now you're the clumsy one. What a stain! (to a woman)

Panel 14 of 18 for “Everything upside down”: “Don't laugh, just bring me something useful: an old towel, for example.”
  1. Ana

    No te rías y tráeme algo útil: una toalla vieja, por ejemplo.

    Don't laugh, just bring me something useful: an old towel, for example.

Panel 15 of 18 for “Everything upside down”: “Coming. Hey, have you seen my phone? I've lost it among all these boxes.”
  1. Dani

    Voy. Oye, ¿has visto mi móvil? Se me ha perdido entre tantas cajas.

    Coming. Hey, have you seen my phone? I've lost it among all these boxes.

Panel 16 of 18 for “Everything upside down”: “You've got it in your pocket, Dani. And look at Coco: he's sleeping in the box with the curtains.”
  1. Ana

    Lo llevas en el bolsillo, Dani. Y mira a Coco: está durmiendo dentro de la caja de las cortinas.

    You've got it in your pocket, Dani. And look at Coco: he's sleeping in the box with the curtains.

Panel 17 of 18 for “Everything upside down”: “He really knows how to live. Our house is upside down, and on top of that we've run out of tape.”
  1. Dani

    Él sí que sabe vivir. Tenemos la casa patas arriba, y además se nos ha acabado la cinta.

    He really knows how to live. Our house is upside down, and on top of that we've run out of tape.

Panel 18 of 18 for “Everything upside down”: “This is chaos. We'll buy more tape tomorrow, and that's enough for today.”
  1. Ana

    Esto es un caos. Mañana compramos más cinta, y por hoy ya está bien.

    This is chaos. We'll buy more tape tomorrow, and that's enough for today.

Grammar for this text

Things that just happened. In this conversation everything happens right now, so the accidents use se me ha…: se me han caído todas (I've dropped them all), se me ha volcado la taza (I've knocked the cup over), se nos ha acabado la cinta (we've run out of tape).

Things from before. For something that happened a while ago, the preterite: se le olvidó aquí (he forgot it here), se me perdió en el metro (I lost it on the metro).

Por poco and casi. Por poco se me escurre, casi lo rompo (it almost slipped out of my hands, I almost broke it): after por poco and casi the verb is in the present tense, even though the danger is already over.

¡Qué torpe estoy hoy! uses estar: clumsy today, not clumsy in general.

Él sí que sabe vivir. Sí que gives extra weight to the word before it: "now there's someone who knows how to live".

Words and grammar of the unit: Talk about little accidents at home.

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