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Spanish story with translation · A1 · 11 lines

Un domingo al sol A Sunday in the sun

Comic · 11 panels

Panel 1 of 11 for “A Sunday in the sun”: On Sunday Pablo and I spend the day at the park. We walk for many hours, and I'm wearing new shoes.

  1. El domingo Pablo y yo pasamos el día en el parque. Caminamos muchas horas y llevo zapatos nuevos.

    On Sunday Pablo and I spend the day at the park. We walk for many hours, and I'm wearing new shoes.

Panel 2 of 11 for “A Sunday in the sun”: In the evening my feet and legs hurt. Pablo's back hurts.

  1. Por la noche me duelen los pies y las piernas. A Pablo le duele la espalda.

    In the evening my feet and legs hurt. Pablo's back hurts.

Panel 3 of 11 for “A Sunday in the sun”: His arms and hands hurt too. The whole body hurts!

  1. También le duelen los brazos y las manos. ¡Todo el cuerpo duele!

    His arms and hands hurt too. The whole body hurts!

Panel 4 of 11 for “A Sunday in the sun”: I'm thirsty and very hungry, but my stomach isn't OK.

  1. Tengo sed y mucha hambre, pero el estómago no está bien.

    I'm thirsty and very hungry, but my stomach isn't OK.

Panel 5 of 11 for “A Sunday in the sun”: Pablo is sleepy because it's hot and very sunny.

  1. Pablo tiene sueño, porque hace calor y hace mucho sol.

    Pablo is sleepy because it's hot and very sunny.

Panel 6 of 11 for “A Sunday in the sun”: My face is red, my nose is red and my ears are red. My eyes hurt.

  1. Tengo la cara roja, la nariz roja y las orejas rojas. Me duelen los ojos.

    My face is red, my nose is red and my ears are red. My eyes hurt.

Panel 7 of 11 for “A Sunday in the sun”: It's not a cold and it's not the flu. It's the sun.

  1. No es un resfriado y no es la gripe. Es el sol.

    It's not a cold and it's not the flu. It's the sun.

Panel 8 of 11 for “A Sunday in the sun”: On Monday I have an appointment with the dentist: one of my teeth hurts.

  1. El lunes tengo una cita con el dentista: me duele un diente.

    On Monday I have an appointment with the dentist: one of my teeth hurts.

Panel 9 of 11 for “A Sunday in the sun”: I'm thirty-two, but I'm afraid of the dentist.

  1. Tengo treinta y dos años, pero tengo miedo del dentista.

    I'm thirty-two, but I'm afraid of the dentist.

Panel 10 of 11 for “A Sunday in the sun”: For my health, I'm going to eat less sugar and chocolate.

  1. Para mi salud voy a comer menos azúcar y chocolate.

    For my health, I'm going to eat less sugar and chocolate.

Panel 11 of 11 for “A Sunday in the sun”: Pablo says it's better to rest at home, and so do I.

  1. Pablo dice que es mejor descansar en casa, y yo también.

    Pablo says it's better to rest at home, and so do I.

Grammar for this text

It hurts: me duele and me duelen. One body part — duele: me duele un diente. Several — duelen: me duelen los pies y las piernas, Me duelen los ojos. The short word shows whose pain it is: me — mine, le — his or hers. A Pablo le duele la espalda — Pablo's back hurts: A Pablo says who, but le is still required.

Body parts take the article. los pies, la espalda, los brazos y las manos — Spanish doesn't say "my feet" here: me or le already shows whose they are. The same with Tengo la cara roja, la nariz roja y las orejas rojas — word for word "I have the face red"; rojas is plural because there are two ears.

tengo sed, tiene sueño. Tengo sed y mucha hambre — I'm thirsty and very hungry, Pablo tiene sueño — Pablo is sleepy. These are nouns (thirst, hunger, sleepiness), so "very" is mucha, not muy. tengo miedo del dentista — I'm afraid of the dentist: what you're afraid of comes after de (de + el = del).

voy a comer. voy a comer menos azúcar — ir a + infinitive: I'm going to eat less sugar.

dice que es mejor… Pablo dice que es mejor descansar en casa — Pablo says (that) it's better to rest at home: que — that, es mejor + infinitive — it's better to do something.

Words and grammar of the unit: Tell a doctor what hurts.

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