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Spanish dialogue with translation · A1 · 14 lines

¿Tienes hermanos? Do you have any brothers or sisters?

Comic · 13 panels

Panel 1 of 13 for “Do you have any brothers or sisters?”: “Pablo, do you have any brothers or sisters?” “Yes, I have a sister and a brother. And you?”
  1. Ana

    Pablo, ¿tienes hermanos?

    Pablo, do you have any brothers or sisters?

  2. Pablo

    Sí, tengo una hermana y un hermano. ¿Y tú?

    Yes, I have a sister and a brother. And you?

Panel 2 of 13 for “Do you have any brothers or sisters?”: “I have a brother and a sister. My brother's name is Iván and he's older: he's forty.”
  1. Ana

    Yo tengo un hermano y una hermana. Mi hermano se llama Iván y es mayor: tiene cuarenta años.

    I have a brother and a sister. My brother's name is Iván and he's older: he's forty.

Panel 3 of 13 for “Do you have any brothers or sisters?”: “My sister Laura is the youngest. She's thirty.”
  1. Pablo

    Mi hermana Laura es la menor. Tiene treinta años.

    My sister Laura is the youngest. She's thirty.

Panel 4 of 13 for “Do you have any brothers or sisters?”: “My brother Carlos is single, but Laura has a husband and a son.”
  1. Pablo

    Mi hermano Carlos es soltero, pero Laura tiene marido y un hijo.

    My brother Carlos is single, but Laura has a husband and a son.

Panel 5 of 13 for “Do you have any brothers or sisters?”: “How nice! What's the boy's name?”
  1. Ana

    ¡Qué bien! ¿Cómo se llama el niño?

    How nice! What's the boy's name?

Panel 6 of 13 for “Do you have any brothers or sisters?”: “His name is Hugo. He's very little: he's a one-year-old baby.”
  1. Pablo

    Se llama Hugo. Es muy pequeño: es un bebé de un año.

    His name is Hugo. He's very little: he's a one-year-old baby.

Panel 7 of 13 for “Do you have any brothers or sisters?”: “And your parents? Do they live with your sister?”
  1. Ana

    ¿Y tus padres? ¿Viven con tu hermana?

    And your parents? Do they live with your sister?

Panel 8 of 13 for “Do you have any brothers or sisters?”: “No, my parents live with my grandmother. She's very old: she's ninety.”
  1. Pablo

    No, mis padres viven con mi abuela. Ella es muy mayor: tiene noventa años.

    No, my parents live with my grandmother. She's very old: she's ninety.

Panel 9 of 13 for “Do you have any brothers or sisters?”: “I have lots of uncles, aunts and cousins. My whole family is from Seville.”
  1. Pablo

    Tengo muchos tíos y primos. Toda mi familia es de Sevilla.

    I have lots of uncles, aunts and cousins. My whole family is from Seville.

Panel 10 of 13 for “Do you have any brothers or sisters?”: “There are few of us in my family: just my parents, my brother and sister, and me.”
  1. Ana

    En mi familia somos pocos: solo mis padres, mis hermanos y yo.

    There are few of us in my family: just my parents, my brother and sister, and me.

Panel 11 of 13 for “Do you have any brothers or sisters?”: “But Iván has a wife and two daughters. And I'm an aunt!”
  1. Ana

    Pero Iván tiene mujer y dos hijas. ¡Y yo soy tía!

    But Iván has a wife and two daughters. And I'm an aunt!

Panel 12 of 13 for “Do you have any brothers or sisters?”: “And we have a cat. Our cat's name is Misha.”
  1. Ana

    Y tenemos un gato. Nuestro gato se llama Misha.

    And we have a cat. Our cat's name is Misha.

Panel 13 of 13 for “Do you have any brothers or sisters?”: “My mother has a dog. Her dog's name is Max and he's very big.”
  1. Pablo

    Mi madre tiene un perro. Su perro se llama Max y es muy grande.

    My mother has a dog. Her dog's name is Max and he's very big.

Grammar for this text

Hermanos, padres, tíos: the masculine plural covers everyone

  • ¿tienes hermanos? means "do you have any brothers or sisters?", not only brothers: the masculine plural names the whole group.
  • In the same way, mis padres is "my parents", and muchos tíos y primos is "lots of uncles, aunts and cousins".

Mi, tu, su, nuestro: whose

  • Mi hermano, tu hermana, nuestro gato — "my brother", "your sister", "our cat". For several things, add -s: mis padres, tus padres.
  • Su perro se llama Max — su can mean "his", "her" or "their". Pablo has just talked about his mother, so here it's "her dog".

Mayor and menor

  • es mayor: tiene cuarenta años — "he's older: he's forty". Mi hermana Laura es la menor — with the article la it means "the youngest of us".
  • Ella es muy mayor — about the grandmother: muy mayor means "very old".

Tener: what someone has

  • Age goes with tener: tiene treinta años — "she's thirty" (word for word, "she has thirty years").
  • tengo una hermana y un hermano — una goes before a feminine word, un before a masculine one.
  • Laura tiene marido — no article: Spanish says it this way when what matters is simply having a husband or a wife. Iván tiene mujer — "Iván has a wife": mujer means both "woman" and "wife".
  • es un bebé de un año — "a one-year-old baby": the age is joined with de.
  • En mi familia somos pocos — word for word "in my family we are few", meaning "there aren't many of us".

Words and grammar of the unit: Talk about your family.

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