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Spanish dialogue with translation · A1 · 14 lines

Me llamo Ana. ¿Y tú? My name is Ana. And you?

Comic · 8 panels

Panel 1 of 8 for “My name is Ana. And you?”: “Hi! My name is Ana. And you?” “Hi, Ana. I'm Pablo. Nice to meet you.”
  1. Ana

    ¡Hola! Me llamo Ana. ¿Y tú?

    Hi! My name is Ana. And you?

  2. Pablo

    Hola, Ana. Yo soy Pablo. Mucho gusto.

    Hi, Ana. I'm Pablo. Nice to meet you.

Panel 2 of 8 for “My name is Ana. And you?”: “Nice to meet you. Are you a student too? (woman speaking)” “Yes. Where are you from, Ana?”
  1. Ana

    Encantada. ¿Eres estudiante también?

    Nice to meet you. Are you a student too? (woman speaking)

  2. Pablo

    Sí. ¿De dónde eres, Ana?

    Yes. Where are you from, Ana?

Panel 3 of 8 for “My name is Ana. And you?”: “I'm not from Spain, but I live in Madrid. And you?” “I'm from Seville. Do you speak Spanish?”
  1. Ana

    No soy de España, pero vivo en Madrid. ¿Y tú?

    I'm not from Spain, but I live in Madrid. And you?

  2. Pablo

    Yo soy de Sevilla. ¿Hablas español?

    I'm from Seville. Do you speak Spanish?

Panel 4 of 8 for “My name is Ana. And you?”: “Yes, I speak a little. And you? Do you speak English?” “No, sorry. I speak English very badly!”
  1. Ana

    Sí, hablo un poco. ¿Y tú? ¿Hablas inglés?

    Yes, I speak a little. And you? Do you speak English?

  2. Pablo

    No, perdón. ¡Hablo inglés muy mal!

    No, sorry. I speak English very badly!

Panel 5 of 8 for “My name is Ana. And you?”: “Good morning, everyone! I'm Marta, the teacher.”
  1. Marta

    ¡Buenos días a todos! Soy Marta, la profesora.

    Good morning, everyone! I'm Marta, the teacher.

Panel 6 of 8 for “My name is Ana. And you?”: “Excuse me, what's your name, sir? (formal)” “My name is Pablo, ma'am. And she's Ana, my friend.”
  1. Marta

    Perdón, ¿cómo se llama usted, señor?

    Excuse me, what's your name, sir? (formal)

  2. Pablo

    Me llamo Pablo, señora. Y ella es Ana, mi amiga.

    My name is Pablo, ma'am. And she's Ana, my friend.

Panel 7 of 8 for “My name is Ana. And you?”: “Very good. And your last name, Ana?” “Lind. I'm Ana Lind.”
  1. Marta

    Muy bien. ¿Y el apellido, Ana?

    Very good. And your last name, Ana?

  2. Ana

    Lind. Soy Ana Lind.

    Lind. I'm Ana Lind.

Panel 8 of 8 for “My name is Ana. And you?”: “Thank you, Ana. See you tomorrow!”
  1. Marta

    Gracias, Ana. ¡Hasta mañana!

    Thank you, Ana. See you tomorrow!

Grammar for this text

Me llamo: "my name is"

  • Me llamo Ana is word for word "I call myself Ana". The little word before the verb shows who it's about: me is about me, se is about him, her or a person you call usted.

Soy, eres, es: the verb "to be"

  • Yo soy Pablo, ¿Eres estudiante también?, Y ella es Ana: soy is about yourself (I am), eres is about the person you call tú (you are), es is about him or her (he is, she is).
  • ¿De dónde eres, Ana? means "Where are you from, Ana?", No soy de España means "I'm not from Spain": de means "from".

Where did "I" and "you" go?

  • No soy de España, pero vivo en Madrid, ¿Hablas español?: there's no word for "I" or "you" here. The verb ending shows who it is: vivo, hablo (ending in -o) mean "I", hablas (ending in -as) means "you".
  • Yo soy de Sevilla: Pablo adds yo for contrast, the way you'd stress "I" in English: "Well, I'm from Seville."

Informal and formal you

  • Ana and Pablo use tú with each other: ¿Y tú?. The teacher uses usted with Pablo. With usted the verb has the same form as for "he" or "she": se llama.

Encantada, la profesora: feminine forms

  • Mucho gusto and Encantada both mean "nice to meet you". Ana is a woman, so she says encantada with -a at the end; a man would say encantado.
  • Soy Marta, la profesora: la is the feminine word for "the". In ¿Y el apellido, Ana?, el is the same word for a masculine noun; English says "your last name" here.

Words and grammar of the unit: Say hello and introduce yourself.

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