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Spanish dialogue with translation · A1 · 14 lines

¿Cuántas habitaciones hay? How many rooms are there?

Comic · 14 panels

Panel 1 of 14 for “How many rooms are there?”: “Good afternoon, Ana! Here's the apartment.”
  1. Rosa

    ¡Buenas tardes, Ana! Aquí está el piso.

    Good afternoon, Ana! Here's the apartment.

Panel 2 of 14 for “How many rooms are there?”: “How pretty! How many rooms are there?”
  1. Ana

    ¡Qué bonito! ¿Cuántas habitaciones hay?

    How pretty! How many rooms are there?

Panel 3 of 14 for “How many rooms are there?”: “There's a living room, a kitchen, a bathroom and a bedroom.”
  1. Rosa

    Hay un salón, una cocina, un baño y un dormitorio.

    There's a living room, a kitchen, a bathroom and a bedroom.

Panel 4 of 14 for “How many rooms are there?”: “Is there an elevator?”
  1. Ana

    ¿Hay ascensor?

    Is there an elevator?

Panel 5 of 14 for “How many rooms are there?”: “No, there isn't. The bathroom is here, next to the door.”
  1. Rosa

    No, no hay. El baño está aquí, al lado de la puerta.

    No, there isn't. The bathroom is here, next to the door.

Panel 6 of 14 for “How many rooms are there?”: “And the fridge? Where is it?”
  1. Ana

    ¿Y la nevera? ¿Dónde está?

    And the fridge? Where is it?

Panel 7 of 14 for “How many rooms are there?”: “In the kitchen, between the window and the cabinet.”
  1. Rosa

    En la cocina, entre la ventana y el armario.

    In the kitchen, between the window and the cabinet.

Panel 8 of 14 for “How many rooms are there?”: “And the bedroom? Is there a bed?”
  1. Ana

    ¿Y el dormitorio? ¿Hay cama?

    And the bedroom? Is there a bed?

Panel 9 of 14 for “How many rooms are there?”: “Yes, there's a bed and a closet. In the living room there's a sofa, a table and four chairs.”
  1. Rosa

    Sí, hay una cama y un armario. En el salón hay un sofá, una mesa y cuatro sillas.

    Yes, there's a bed and a closet. In the living room there's a sofa, a table and four chairs.

Panel 10 of 14 for “How many rooms are there?”: “And in the bathroom? Is there a shower?”
  1. Ana

    ¿Y en el baño? ¿Hay ducha?

    And in the bathroom? Is there a shower?

Panel 11 of 14 for “How many rooms are there?”: “Yes, and there's a balcony. The neighborhood is very pretty: there's a garden nearby.”
  1. Rosa

    Sí, y hay un balcón. El barrio es muy bonito: hay un jardín cerca.

    Yes, and there's a balcony. The neighborhood is very pretty: there's a garden nearby.

Panel 12 of 14 for “How many rooms are there?”: “It's small, but comfortable.”
  1. Ana

    Es pequeño, pero cómodo.

    It's small, but comfortable.

Panel 13 of 14 for “How many rooms are there?”: “It's a thousand euros. Here's the key.”
  1. Rosa

    Son mil euros. Aquí está la llave.

    It's a thousand euros. Here's the key.

Panel 14 of 14 for “How many rooms are there?”: “OK, I'll rent the apartment. Thanks!”
  1. Ana

    Vale, alquilo el piso. ¡Gracias!

    OK, I'll rent the apartment. Thanks!

Grammar for this text

Hay: "there is, there are"

  • Hay un salón, una cocina, un baño y un dormitorio — hay says that something is there. It has one form for one thing and for many: hay una cama, cuatro sillas.
  • ¿Hay ascensor?, ¿Hay cama?, ¿Hay ducha? — when you ask whether there is one at all, Spanish needs no article (English says "an elevator", "a bed").
  • No, no hay — the first no is "no", the second is "not" before the verb: "No, there isn't."
  • ¿Cuántas habitaciones hay? — cuántas ends in -as because habitaciones (rooms) is feminine.

Está: where it is

  • El baño está aquí, ¿Dónde está? — for a thing that has already been named (el baño, la nevera), you say and ask where it is with está, not with hay.
  • Aquí está el piso, Aquí está la llave — word for word "here is the apartment (the key)". You say it when you show or hand over something, just like English "Here's the key."

Where exactly

  • al lado de la puerta — "next to the door": al lado de is three words that work as one preposition.
  • entre la ventana y el armario — "between the window and the cabinet". hay un jardín cerca — cerca means "nearby".

Pequeño, pero cómodo: why -o

  • Es pequeño, pero cómodo — Ana is talking about the apartment, and el piso is masculine, so both adjectives end in -o. English "it's small" doesn't show this.
  • ¡Qué bonito! — qué before an adjective makes an exclamation: "How pretty!"

Words and grammar of the unit: Describe your apartment.

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