Skip to content
Illustration for “Shall we meet up on Saturday?”

Spanish dialogue with translation · A1 · 12 lines

¿Quedamos el sábado? Shall we meet up on Saturday?

Comic · 12 panels

Panel 1 of 12 for “Shall we meet up on Saturday?”: “Hi, Ana. What do you do in your free time?”
  1. Marta

    Hola, Ana. ¿Qué haces en tu tiempo libre?

    Hi, Ana. What do you do in your free time?

Panel 2 of 12 for “Shall we meet up on Saturday?”: “I usually watch television or listen to music.”
  1. Ana

    Normalmente veo la televisión o escucho música.

    I usually watch television or listen to music.

Panel 3 of 12 for “Shall we meet up on Saturday?”: “And you don't play sports?”
  1. Marta

    ¿Y no haces deporte?

    And you don't play sports?

Panel 4 of 12 for “Shall we meet up on Saturday?”: “Sometimes I run with Pablo. He plays soccer with his team every Sunday.”
  1. Ana

    A veces corro con Pablo. Él juega al fútbol cada domingo con su equipo.

    Sometimes I run with Pablo. He plays soccer with his team every Sunday.

Panel 5 of 12 for “Shall we meet up on Saturday?”: “I dance twice a week. It's really fun!”
  1. Marta

    Yo bailo dos veces por semana. ¡Es muy divertido!

    I dance twice a week. It's really fun!

Panel 6 of 12 for “Shall we meet up on Saturday?”: “I like dancing, but I almost never dance well.”
  1. Ana

    A mí me gusta bailar, pero casi nunca bailo bien.

    I like dancing, but I almost never dance well.

Panel 7 of 12 for “Shall we meet up on Saturday?”: “This Saturday there's a party with a concert in the park. Shall we meet up?”
  1. Marta

    Este sábado hay una fiesta con concierto en el parque. ¿Quedamos?

    This Saturday there's a party with a concert in the park. Shall we meet up?

Panel 8 of 12 for “Shall we meet up on Saturday?”: “Pablo has a game, but in the afternoon we're free.”
  1. Ana

    Pablo tiene un partido, pero por la tarde estamos libres.

    Pablo has a game, but in the afternoon we're free.

Panel 9 of 12 for “Shall we meet up on Saturday?”: “OK. I'm inviting Lucía and Carlos too.”
  1. Marta

    Vale. Invito a Lucía y a Carlos también.

    OK. I'm inviting Lucía and Carlos too.

Panel 10 of 12 for “Shall we meet up on Saturday?”: “Very good. Who's playing?”
  1. Ana

    Muy bien. ¿Quién toca?

    Very good. Who's playing?

Panel 11 of 12 for “Shall we meet up on Saturday?”: “A man with a guitar. He sings very well and he's a lot of fun.”
  1. Marta

    Un hombre con una guitarra. Canta muy bien y es muy divertido.

    A man with a guitar. He sings very well and he's a lot of fun.

Panel 12 of 12 for “Shall we meet up on Saturday?”: “Then we're going together. I'm going to take photos. See you on Saturday!”
  1. Ana

    Entonces vamos juntos. Voy a hacer fotos. ¡Hasta el sábado!

    Then we're going together. I'm going to take photos. See you on Saturday!

Grammar for this text

How often. Normalmente veo la televisión — I usually watch television; A veces corro con Pablo — sometimes I run with Pablo; cada domingo — every Sunday; dos veces por semana — twice a week. In casi nunca bailo bien (I almost never dance well), nunca comes before the verb, so you don't need no.

juega al fútbol and ¿Quién toca? In English you "play" soccer and you "play" the guitar, but Spanish uses two different verbs. For a game or a sport it's jugar a: Él juega al fútbol (a + el = al; the stem changes u → ue). For music it's tocar: ¿Quién toca? — Who's playing (at the concert)?

haces, veo. ¿Qué haces en tu tiempo libre? — What do you do in your free time? Hacer means "to do" and "to make." To play sports is hacer deporte, word for word "to do sport": ¿Y no haces deporte? The same verb is in hacer fotos — to take photos. Veo means "I watch," a form of ver.

me gusta bailar. In A mí me gusta bailar, you like an action, so the verb after gusta is an infinitive. A mí adds emphasis: "as for me, I like…"

Invito a Lucía y a Carlos. When an action is aimed at a person, Spanish puts a before that person (the personal a). English has no word for it: "I'm inviting Lucía and Carlos."

¿Quedamos? Quedar means "to meet up (by arrangement)." The nosotros form in a question works as a suggestion: "Shall we meet up?" It's the same in Entonces vamos juntos — then we're going together. And Voy a hacer fotos is ir a + infinitive: "I'm going to take photos."

Words and grammar of the unit: Talk about your hobbies and invite a friend.

Learn the words from the texts with flashcards

In the app, you can tap any word in a text to see its translation, forms and examples, and new words stick with flashcards. 15 minutes a day.

Start for free

Everything is open for free. No card needed to sign up.