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Spanish dialogue with translation · A1 · 14 lines

¿Cuál es el número de teléfono? What's the phone number?

Comic · 9 panels

Panel 1 of 9 for “What's the phone number?”: “Good morning. What's your name? (formal)” “I'm Ana Lind.”
  1. Lucía

    Buenos días. ¿Cómo se llama usted?

    Good morning. What's your name? (formal)

  2. Ana

    Soy Ana Lind.

    I'm Ana Lind.

Panel 2 of 9 for “What's the phone number?”: “How old are you, Ana? (formal)” “I'm thirty-two. Today is my birthday!”
  1. Lucía

    ¿Cuántos años tiene, Ana?

    How old are you, Ana? (formal)

  2. Ana

    Tengo treinta y dos años. ¡Hoy es mi cumpleaños!

    I'm thirty-two. Today is my birthday!

Panel 3 of 9 for “What's the phone number?”: “Congratulations! What's the phone number?”
  1. Lucía

    ¡Felicidades! ¿Cuál es el número de teléfono?

    Congratulations! What's the phone number?

Panel 4 of 9 for “What's the phone number?”: “My cell is six, one, five, eight, four, three, nine, seven, two.”
  1. Ana

    Mi móvil es el seis, uno, cinco, ocho, cuatro, tres, nueve, siete, dos.

    My cell is six, one, five, eight, four, three, nine, seven, two.

Panel 5 of 9 for “What's the phone number?”: “Six, one, five, eight, four, three, nine, seven, two. Right?”
  1. Lucía

    Seis, uno, cinco, ocho, cuatro, tres, nueve, siete, dos. ¿Sí?

    Six, one, five, eight, four, three, nine, seven, two. Right?

Panel 6 of 9 for “What's the phone number?”: “Yes. And my friend Pablo's phone number is nine, one, zero, eight, seven, six, five, four, three.”
  1. Ana

    Sí. Y el teléfono de Pablo, mi amigo, es el nueve, uno, cero, ocho, siete, seis, cinco, cuatro, tres.

    Yes. And my friend Pablo's phone number is nine, one, zero, eight, seven, six, five, four, three.

Panel 7 of 9 for “What's the phone number?”: “Should I call Pablo or you? (formal)” “Pablo, please. I speak Spanish so-so.”
  1. Lucía

    ¿Llamo a Pablo o a usted?

    Should I call Pablo or you? (formal)

  2. Ana

    A Pablo, por favor. Yo hablo español más o menos.

    Pablo, please. I speak Spanish so-so.

Panel 8 of 9 for “What's the phone number?”: “And the email address?” “My address is ana.lind@correo.es. Thanks a million!”
  1. Lucía

    ¿Y la dirección de correo?

    And the email address?

  2. Ana

    Mi dirección es ana.lind@correo.es. ¡Mil gracias!

    My address is ana.lind@correo.es. Thanks a million!

Panel 9 of 9 for “What's the phone number?”: “You're welcome. That's one hundred fifty euros.” “OK. See you later!”
  1. Lucía

    De nada. Son ciento cincuenta euros.

    You're welcome. That's one hundred fifty euros.

  2. Ana

    Vale. ¡Hasta luego!

    OK. See you later!

Grammar for this text

Age: tengo … años

  • Tengo treinta y dos años — "I'm thirty-two", word for word "I have thirty-two years". Spanish uses tener (to have) for age, where English uses "to be".
  • ¿Cuántos años tiene, Ana? — "How old are you, Ana?": cuántos means "how many", and tiene is the usted form — Lucía speaks to Ana formally.
  • treinta y dos — the tens and the ones are joined with y (and): "thirty and two".

Phone numbers

  • Mi móvil es el seis, uno, cinco, ocho — the number is said one digit at a time. There's el before the digits because el número (the number) is understood.
  • ¿Cuál es el número de teléfono? — to ask for a number, an address or a name, Spanish uses cuál, not qué, even though English says "what".
  • el número de teléfono, la dirección de correo, el teléfono de Pablo — de links the two nouns: English says "phone number", "email address", "Pablo's phone".

Llamar and llamarse

  • ¿Cómo se llama usted? — with se, the verb means "to be called": "What's your name?"
  • ¿Llamo a Pablo o a usted? — without se, it means "to call" (on the phone). Llamo is "I call"; as a question it asks what to do: "Should I call Pablo or you?" The a shows who gets the call.

Money

  • Son ciento cincuenta euros — Spanish gives the amount to pay with son: "That's one hundred fifty euros". Exactly a hundred is cien, but when more numbers follow, it's ciento.

Words and grammar of the unit: Say your age and phone number.

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