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Spanish dialogue with translation · A1 · 13 lines

¿Usted no es la profesora de inglés? Aren't you the English teacher? (to a woman, formal)

Comic · 12 panels

Panel 1 of 12 for “Aren't you the English teacher? (to a woman, formal)”: “Hi, everyone! In Spanish, please: name and country.” “My name is Ana and I live in Madrid.”
  1. Marta

    ¡Hola a todos! En español, por favor: nombre y país.

    Hi, everyone! In Spanish, please: name and country.

  2. Ana

    Me llamo Ana y vivo en Madrid.

    My name is Ana and I live in Madrid.

Panel 2 of 12 for “Aren't you the English teacher? (to a woman, formal)”: “Very good. And you, sir? (formal)”
  1. Marta

    Muy bien. ¿Y usted, señor?

    Very good. And you, sir? (formal)

Panel 3 of 12 for “Aren't you the English teacher? (to a woman, formal)”: “My name is Pablo and I'm from Seville.”
  1. Pablo

    Me llamo Pablo y soy de Sevilla.

    My name is Pablo and I'm from Seville.

Panel 4 of 12 for “Aren't you the English teacher? (to a woman, formal)”: “From Seville? And you're a student of Spanish? (formal)”
  1. Marta

    ¿De Sevilla? ¿Y usted es estudiante de español?

    From Seville? And you're a student of Spanish? (formal)

Panel 5 of 12 for “Aren't you the English teacher? (to a woman, formal)”: “No, I'm a student of English. Aren't you the English teacher? (to a woman, formal)”
  1. Pablo

    No, soy estudiante de inglés. ¿Usted no es la profesora de inglés?

    No, I'm a student of English. Aren't you the English teacher? (to a woman, formal)

Panel 6 of 12 for “Aren't you the English teacher? (to a woman, formal)”: “Me? No, sir! I'm a Spanish teacher (woman speaking).”
  1. Marta

    ¿Yo? ¡No, señor! Soy profesora de español.

    Me? No, sir! I'm a Spanish teacher (woman speaking).

Panel 7 of 12 for “Aren't you the English teacher? (to a woman, formal)”: “I'm sorry, ma'am! Goodbye, everyone!”
  1. Pablo

    ¡Lo siento, señora! ¡Adiós a todos!

    I'm sorry, ma'am! Goodbye, everyone!

Panel 8 of 12 for “Aren't you the English teacher? (to a woman, formal)”: “Pablo! You speak Spanish and I speak English.”
  1. Ana

    ¡Pablo! Tú hablas español y yo hablo inglés.

    Pablo! You speak Spanish and I speak English.

Panel 9 of 12 for “Aren't you the English teacher? (to a woman, formal)”: “Shall we talk? A little in English and a little in Spanish.”
  1. Ana

    ¿Hablamos? Un poco en inglés y un poco en español.

    Shall we talk? A little in English and a little in Spanish.

Panel 10 of 12 for “Aren't you the English teacher? (to a woman, formal)”: “Yes, please! You're my English teacher… (to a woman)”
  1. Pablo

    ¡Sí, por favor! Tú eres mi profesora de inglés…

    Yes, please! You're my English teacher… (to a woman)

Panel 11 of 12 for “Aren't you the English teacher? (to a woman, formal)”: “…and you're my Spanish teacher! (to a man)”
  1. Ana

    …¡y tú eres mi profesor de español!

    …and you're my Spanish teacher! (to a man)

Panel 12 of 12 for “Aren't you the English teacher? (to a woman, formal)”: “Excuse me, Ana… what about me?”
  1. Marta

    Perdón, Ana… ¿y yo?

    Excuse me, Ana… what about me?

Grammar for this text

¿Usted no es la profesora de inglés?: "Aren't you…?"

  • ¿Usted no es la profesora de inglés?: no before the verb makes a surprised question: "Aren't you the English teacher?". la is needed here: Pablo is looking for one particular person, the one who teaches English.
  • Soy profesora de español: no article here. When you say what you do or what you study, Spanish uses no article, while English needs "a": "I'm a Spanish teacher". The same goes for soy estudiante de inglés.

Estudiante de inglés, profesora de español

  • de here tells you the subject: estudiante de inglés is "a student of English", profesora de español is "a Spanish teacher".
  • profesora is for a woman, profesor for a man: …¡y tú eres mi profesor de español!. estudiante has one form for both.

Usted es, tú eres

  • Marta and Pablo use usted with each other: ¿Y usted, señor?. With usted the verb is the same as for "he" or "she": ¿Y usted es estudiante de español? has es. Ana and Pablo use tú: Tú eres mi profesora de inglés… has eres.

¿Hablamos?: "Shall we talk?"

  • ¿Hablamos? Un poco en inglés y un poco en español. hablamos means "we speak". A question in the present tense is a way to suggest doing something together: "Shall we talk?".
  • Tú hablas español means "you speak Spanish" (you know the language). en inglés, en español tell you which language people are talking in: "in English", "in Spanish".

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

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