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Spanish story with translation · A1 · 11 lines

En mi familia todos trabajan Everyone in my family works

Comic · 11 panels

Panel 1 of 11 for “Everyone in my family works”: My name is Sara and I'm a doctor. I work downtown.

  1. Me llamo Sara y soy médica. Trabajo en el centro de la ciudad.

    My name is Sara and I'm a doctor. I work downtown.

Panel 2 of 11 for “Everyone in my family works”: My husband, Miguel, is an engineer. He works on the computer all day.

  1. Mi marido, Miguel, es ingeniero. Trabaja todo el día con el ordenador.

    My husband, Miguel, is an engineer. He works on the computer all day.

Panel 3 of 11 for “Everyone in my family works”: My sister Rosa is a nurse, and my brother Luis is a cook in a small restaurant.

  1. Mi hermana Rosa es enfermera, y mi hermano Luis es cocinero en un restaurante pequeño.

    My sister Rosa is a nurse, and my brother Luis is a cook in a small restaurant.

Panel 4 of 11 for “Everyone in my family works”: My mother is a salesclerk in a clothing store, and my father is a teacher at a school.

  1. Mi madre es dependienta en una tienda de ropa y mi padre es profesor en una escuela.

    My mother is a salesclerk in a clothing store, and my father is a teacher at a school.

Panel 5 of 11 for “Everyone in my family works”: In our family, we don't work on Sundays.

  1. En nuestra familia no trabajamos los domingos.

    In our family, we don't work on Sundays.

Panel 6 of 11 for “Everyone in my family works”: Now I'm studying English at the language school, two days a week.

  1. Ahora estudio inglés en la escuela de idiomas, dos días por semana.

    Now I'm studying English at the language school, two days a week.

Panel 7 of 11 for “Everyone in my family works”: It's a difficult course: I ask a lot of questions and write down every answer.

  1. Es un curso difícil: hago muchas preguntas y escribo cada respuesta.

    It's a difficult course: I ask a lot of questions and write down every answer.

Panel 8 of 11 for “Everyone in my family works”: My teacher always says, "Repeat, repeat, repeat."

  1. Mi profesor siempre dice: «Repite, repite, repite».

    My teacher always says, "Repeat, repeat, repeat."

Panel 9 of 11 for “Everyone in my family works”: Sometimes I don't understand a word, and I ask, "What does it mean?"

  1. A veces no entiendo una palabra y pregunto: «¿Qué significa?»

    Sometimes I don't understand a word, and I ask, "What does it mean?"

Panel 10 of 11 for “Everyone in my family works”: I want to read books in English and talk with my coworkers.

  1. Quiero leer libros en inglés y hablar con mis compañeros de trabajo.

    I want to read books in English and talk with my coworkers.

Panel 11 of 11 for “Everyone in my family works”: My boss says that's very good, because many people in the city speak English.

  1. Mi jefe dice que está muy bien, porque en la ciudad muchas personas hablan inglés.

    My boss says that's very good, because many people in the city speak English.

Grammar for this text

Jobs with ser. soy médica, es ingeniero, Rosa es enfermera: no article. Job words for women end in -a: médica, enfermera, dependienta; for men: ingeniero, cocinero, profesor.

Trabajo: "I work" and "work". In trabajo en el centro de la ciudad it's the verb: "I work". In mis compañeros de trabajo it's the noun: "my coworkers", word for word "my companions of work".

Hacer and decir. Both are irregular. hago muchas preguntas — "I ask a lot of questions", word for word "I make questions". mi profesor siempre dice — "my teacher always says". mi jefe dice que está muy bien — que after dice means "that": "says that it's very good". English can drop "that" here; Spanish always keeps que.

Stem changes. no entiendo una palabra — from entender: e → ie. repite, repite, repite — from repetir: a tú command, "repeat!". The tú command looks like the él / ella form, so it has the same e → i change. Pregunto comes from the regular verb preguntar.

Quiero leer… y hablar. After quiero, the verbs stay in the infinitive: "I want to read and talk".

How often. no trabajamos los domingos — "we don't work on Sundays". dos días por semana — "two days a week": here por means "a" or "per". todo el día — "all day". a veces — "sometimes".

¿Qué significa? "What does it mean?" is a set question; Spanish needs no word for "it".

Words and grammar of the unit: Talk about your work and studies.

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