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Spanish dialogue with translation · A2 · 16 lines

Llamo por el anuncio I'm calling about the ad

Comic · 14 panels

Panel 1 of 14 for “I'm calling about the ad”: “Good morning. I'm calling about the ad for the room. Is it still available?”
  1. Ana

    Buenos días. Llamo por el anuncio de la habitación. ¿Todavía está libre?

    Good morning. I'm calling about the ad for the room. Is it still available?

Panel 2 of 14 for “I'm calling about the ad”: “Yes, I still have it available. I'm Carmen, the landlady. Do you want to see it?”
  1. Carmen

    Sí, todavía la tengo libre. Soy Carmen, la dueña del piso. ¿Quieres verla?

    Yes, I still have it available. I'm Carmen, the landlady. Do you want to see it?

Panel 3 of 14 for “I'm calling about the ad”: “Yes, of course. Can I see it today?” “I can show it today at six. Do you have the address?”
  1. Ana

    Sí, claro. ¿Puedo verla hoy?

    Yes, of course. Can I see it today?

  2. Carmen

    Hoy la puedo enseñar a las seis. ¿Tienes la dirección?

    I can show it today at six. Do you have the address?

Panel 4 of 14 for “I'm calling about the ad”: “Yes, I saw it in the ad. What floor is the apartment on?”
  1. Ana

    Sí, la he visto en el anuncio. ¿En qué planta está el piso?

    Yes, I saw it in the ad. What floor is the apartment on?

Panel 5 of 14 for “I'm calling about the ad”: “On the fifth. And the elevator is broken, sorry. I'll be waiting for you at six.”
  1. Carmen

    En la quinta. Y el ascensor está roto, lo siento. Te espero a las seis.

    On the fifth. And the elevator is broken, sorry. I'll be waiting for you at six.

Panel 6 of 14 for “I'm calling about the ad”: “Hi, Carmen! I'm Ana. I'm already up here. Five floors on foot!”
  1. Ana

    ¡Hola, Carmen! Soy Ana. Ya estoy arriba. ¡Cinco plantas a pie!

    Hi, Carmen! I'm Ana. I'm already up here. Five floors on foot!

Panel 7 of 14 for “I'm calling about the ad”: “Hi, Ana! You can come in. This is the room.”
  1. Carmen

    ¡Hola, Ana! Puedes entrar. Esta es la habitación.

    Hi, Ana! You can come in. This is the room.

Panel 8 of 14 for “I'm calling about the ad”: “It's very bright. And the furniture? Do I have to buy it myself?”
  1. Ana

    Es muy luminosa. ¿Y los muebles? ¿Tengo que comprarlos yo?

    It's very bright. And the furniture? Do I have to buy it myself?

Panel 9 of 14 for “I'm calling about the ad”: “No, you don't have to buy it. The room is furnished: a bed, a closet and a table.”
  1. Carmen

    No, no los tienes que comprar. La habitación está amueblada: cama, armario y mesa.

    No, you don't have to buy it. The room is furnished: a bed, a closet and a table.

Panel 10 of 14 for “I'm calling about the ad”: “And the terrace from the ad? I don't see it.”
  1. Ana

    ¿Y la terraza del anuncio? No la veo.

    And the terrace from the ad? I don't see it.

Panel 11 of 14 for “I'm calling about the ad”: “It's outside, next to the kitchen. You share it with the other two tenants.”
  1. Carmen

    Está fuera, al lado de la cocina. La compartes con los otros dos inquilinos.

    It's outside, next to the kitchen. You share it with the other two tenants.

Panel 12 of 14 for “I'm calling about the ad”: “OK. Does the price include utilities?” “Water and internet, yes. Electricity, no: the three of you pay for it together.”
  1. Ana

    Vale. ¿El precio incluye los gastos?

    OK. Does the price include utilities?

  2. Carmen

    El agua e internet, sí. La luz no: la pagáis entre los tres.

    Water and internet, yes. Electricity, no: the three of you pay for it together.

Panel 13 of 14 for “I'm calling about the ad”: “All right. I love the room: I want it! When do we sign the contract?”
  1. Ana

    De acuerdo. Me encanta la habitación: ¡la quiero! ¿Cuándo firmamos el contrato?

    All right. I love the room: I want it! When do we sign the contract?

Panel 14 of 14 for “I'm calling about the ad”: “Tomorrow. I have it at home, and you can read it first, don't worry (to a woman).”
  1. Carmen

    Mañana. Lo tengo en casa y puedes leerlo antes, tranquila.

    Tomorrow. I have it at home, and you can read it first, don't worry (to a woman).

Grammar for this text

Two scenes. The first six lines are a phone call. From line 7 on, Ana is already at the apartment door: it's six o'clock.

Lo, la, los, las: "it" and "them". They replace a thing that was already named and go before the verb: la tengo libre (the room), no la veo (the terrace), la pagáis (the electricity, la luz), lo tengo en casa (the contract). In the present perfect they go before he: la he visto (I've seen it). It's la because "address" is feminine in Spanish: la dirección.

Two verbs. The pronoun goes either in front or joined to the end of the infinitive: ¿Puedo verla? and Hoy la puedo enseñar; ¿Tengo que comprarlos? and No, no los tienes que comprar.

En la quinta means "on the fifth": the word planta is left out. Spain counts floors from the planta baja (ground floor), so this is five floors above the street.

Agua e internet. Before a word that starts with an i sound, y (and) becomes e.

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

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