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Spanish dialogue with translation · A2 · 11 lines

Me pica mucho la piel de los brazos The skin on my arms really itches

Comic · 11 panels

Panel 1 of 11 for “The skin on my arms really itches”: “Hi, guys! Come in. What happened to you? (to several people)”
  1. Farmacéutica

    ¡Hola, chicos! Pasad. ¿Qué os ha pasado?

    Hi, guys! Come in. What happened to you? (to several people)

Panel 2 of 11 for “The skin on my arms really itches”: “I fell off my bike. I have a cut on my leg and my hand is swollen.”
  1. Pablo

    Me he caído de la bici. Tengo una herida en la pierna y la mano hinchada.

    I fell off my bike. I have a cut on my leg and my hand is swollen.

Panel 3 of 11 for “The skin on my arms really itches”: “Let's see… There's a little blood, but it's not serious. Wash the cut with water, put on this cream and change the Band-Aid every day. (to several people)”
  1. Farmacéutica

    A ver… Hay un poco de sangre, pero no es grave. Lavad la herida con agua, poned esta crema y cambiad la tirita cada día.

    Let's see… There's a little blood, but it's not serious. Wash the cut with water, put on this cream and change the Band-Aid every day. (to several people)

Panel 4 of 11 for “The skin on my arms really itches”: “And my hand? It hurts quite a bit.”
  1. Pablo

    ¿Y la mano? Me duele bastante.

    And my hand? It hurts quite a bit.

Panel 5 of 11 for “The skin on my arms really itches”: “Put it in cold water for ten minutes: the water has to be very cold. And take a bandage (to several people).”
  1. Farmacéutica

    Ponla diez minutos en agua fría: el agua tiene que estar muy fría. Y tomad una venda.

    Put it in cold water for ten minutes: the water has to be very cold. And take a bandage (to several people).

Panel 6 of 11 for “The skin on my arms really itches”: “I have another problem: the skin on my arms really itches. Look.”
  1. Ana

    Yo tengo otro problema: me pica mucho la piel de los brazos. Mira.

    I have another problem: the skin on my arms really itches. Look.

Panel 7 of 11 for “The skin on my arms really itches”: “It's very red. Do you have any allergies?”
  1. Farmacéutica

    Está muy roja. ¿Tienes alguna alergia?

    It's very red. Do you have any allergies?

Panel 8 of 11 for “The skin on my arms really itches”: “I don't think so. But yesterday I spent all day at the beach.”
  1. Ana

    Creo que no. Pero ayer estuve todo el día en la playa.

    I don't think so. But yesterday I spent all day at the beach.

Panel 9 of 11 for “The skin on my arms really itches”: “Then it's because of the sun. Take this other cream. One question: are you pregnant?”
  1. Farmacéutica

    Entonces es por el sol. Toma esta otra crema. Una pregunta: ¿estás embarazada?

    Then it's because of the sun. Take this other cream. One question: are you pregnant?

Panel 10 of 11 for “The skin on my arms really itches”: “No, no! Why?”
  1. Ana

    ¡No, no! ¿Por qué?

    No, no! Why?

Panel 11 of 11 for “The skin on my arms really itches”: “Because it's not good during pregnancy. Wait, I'll give you a bag (to several people). Pablo, get well soon!”
  1. Farmacéutica

    Porque no es buena durante el embarazo. Esperad, os doy una bolsa. Pablo, ¡que te mejores!

    Because it's not good during pregnancy. Wait, I'll give you a bag (to several people). Pablo, get well soon!

Grammar for this text

To one person and to two. In Spain, pharmacists easily switch to tú with young customers. To both friends at once, she uses vosotros: pasad, lavad, poned, cambiad, tomad, esperad. To one of them, tú: toma and ponla = pon + la (put it, meaning the hand). Ana also answers her with tú: mira.

Tricky gender. La mano hinchada: the word ends in -o, but it's feminine. Otro problema: ends in -a, but it's masculine. El agua… muy fría: feminine, but it takes el because it starts with a stressed a.

Me pica la piel works like me duele: literally, "the skin itches to me." In English: my skin itches.

Es por el sol — por gives the reason: it's from the sun (unit 14).

Embarazada, embarazo — pregnant, pregnancy. They look like English "embarrassed," but the meaning is completely different. "Embarrassed" is avergonzado.

¡Que te mejores! — Get well soon! mejores is a form of mejorarse (to get better) for tú; you'll learn these forms after que at level B1. For now, learn it as a set phrase.

Words and grammar of the unit: Understand what the doctor tells you.

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