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Illustration for “The new tenant”

Spanish dialogue with translation · A2 · 12 lines

La nueva inquilina The new tenant

Comic · 12 panels

Panel 1 of 12 for “The new tenant”: “Hi! Are you Ana, the new tenant? I'm Dani, your roommate.”
  1. Dani

    ¡Hola! ¿Eres Ana, la nueva inquilina? Soy Dani, tu compañero de piso.

    Hi! Are you Ana, the new tenant? I'm Dani, your roommate.

Panel 2 of 12 for “The new tenant”: “Hi, Dani! Nice to meet you. My friend Lucía is downstairs with the suitcases (woman speaking).”
  1. Ana

    ¡Hola, Dani! Encantada. Mi amiga Lucía está abajo con las maletas.

    Hi, Dani! Nice to meet you. My friend Lucía is downstairs with the suitcases (woman speaking).

Panel 3 of 12 for “The new tenant”: “Five floors with suitcases? I'll help you: the three of us will carry them up (to several people).”
  1. Dani

    ¿Cinco plantas con maletas? Os ayudo: las subimos entre los tres.

    Five floors with suitcases? I'll help you: the three of us will carry them up (to several people).

Panel 4 of 12 for “The new tenant”: “Thanks a lot! The red suitcase is very big. Can you carry it?”
  1. Ana

    ¡Muchas gracias! La maleta roja es muy grande. ¿Puedes llevarla tú?

    Thanks a lot! The red suitcase is very big. Can you carry it?

Panel 5 of 12 for “The new tenant”: “Sure, I'll carry it.”
  1. Dani

    Claro, la llevo yo.

    Sure, I'll carry it.

Panel 6 of 12 for “The new tenant”: “We're upstairs now. Where should I leave them? Inside the room?”
  1. Dani

    Ya estamos arriba. ¿Dónde las dejo? ¿Dentro de la habitación?

    We're upstairs now. Where should I leave them? Inside the room?

Panel 7 of 12 for “The new tenant”: “Yes, inside, please. And where's your room?”
  1. Ana

    Sí, dentro, por favor. ¿Y tu habitación dónde está?

    Yes, inside, please. And where's your room?

Panel 8 of 12 for “The new tenant”: “It's the one next door. There's only one wall between your bed and my guitar.”
  1. Dani

    Es la de al lado. Entre tu cama y mi guitarra solo hay una pared.

    It's the one next door. There's only one wall between your bed and my guitar.

Panel 9 of 12 for “The new tenant”: “Do you play it at night?”
  1. Ana

    ¿La tocas por la noche?

    Do you play it at night?

Panel 10 of 12 for “The new tenant”: “Only until ten. The landlady lives above us, and at ten she wants to sleep.”
  1. Dani

    Solo hasta las diez. La dueña vive encima y a las diez quiere dormir.

    Only until ten. The landlady lives above us, and at ten she wants to sleep.

Panel 11 of 12 for “The new tenant”: “Thank goodness. And the bills? How do you pay them? (to several people)”
  1. Ana

    Menos mal. ¿Y las facturas? ¿Cómo las pagáis?

    Thank goodness. And the bills? How do you pay them? (to several people)

Panel 12 of 12 for “The new tenant”: “The electric bill comes every month. The three of us pay for it together.”
  1. Dani

    La factura de la luz llega cada mes. La pagamos entre los tres.

    The electric bill comes every month. The three of us pay for it together.

Grammar for this text

La and las in everyday speech. Las subimos (we'll carry them up: the suitcases); la llevo yo (I'll carry it); ¿dónde las dejo? (where should I leave them?); ¿la tocas? (do you play it? the guitar); ¿cómo las pagáis? (how do you pay them? the bills). The pronoun follows the gender of the Spanish noun: la maleta is feminine, so it's la.

¿Puedes llevarla tú? There are two verbs, so the pronoun is joined to the infinitive. You can also say ¿La puedes llevar tú?

La de al lado means "the one next door", word for word "the one at the side". Al lado without de just means "next door, nearby".

Present instead of future. Os ayudo, las subimos means "I'll help you, we'll carry them up". For something that is about to happen right now, Spanish uses the present tense where English says "I'll".

Entre los tres means "the three of us together", word for word "between the three".

Words and grammar of the unit: Rent a room from an ad.

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