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Spanish dialogue with translation · A2 · 16 lines

¿Dónde estuviste ayer? Where were you yesterday?

Comic · 16 panels

Panel 1 of 16 for “Where were you yesterday?”: “Ana, finally! Where were you yesterday? I called you five times.”
  1. Pablo

    ¡Ana, por fin! ¿Dónde estuviste ayer? Te llamé cinco veces.

    Ana, finally! Where were you yesterday? I called you five times.

Panel 2 of 16 for “Where were you yesterday?”: “I'm sorry, Pablo. Yesterday I had a horrible day.”
  1. Ana

    Lo siento, Pablo. Ayer tuve un día horrible.

    I'm sorry, Pablo. Yesterday I had a horrible day.

Panel 3 of 16 for “Where were you yesterday?”: “What happened? We waited for you at the movie theater, and I got really worried.”
  1. Pablo

    ¿Qué ocurrió? Te esperamos en el cine y me preocupé mucho.

    What happened? We waited for you at the movie theater, and I got really worried.

Panel 4 of 16 for “Where were you yesterday?”: “Let me explain. I went to the market by bike, I hurried, and I had an accident.”
  1. Ana

    Te explico. Fui al mercado en bicicleta, me di prisa y tuve un accidente.

    Let me explain. I went to the market by bike, I hurried, and I had an accident.

Panel 5 of 16 for “Where were you yesterday?”: “An accident? Really? Are you OK?”
  1. Pablo

    ¿Un accidente? ¿De verdad? ¿Estás bien?

    An accident? Really? Are you OK?

Panel 6 of 16 for “Where were you yesterday?”: “Yes, don't worry. A dog suddenly ran across the street, I screamed, and I fell (to a man).”
  1. Ana

    Sí, tranquilo. Un perro cruzó la calle de repente, yo grité y me caí.

    Yes, don't worry. A dog suddenly ran across the street, I screamed, and I fell (to a man).

Panel 7 of 16 for “Where were you yesterday?”: “What a scare! And the dog?”
  1. Pablo

    ¡Qué susto! ¿Y el perro?

    What a scare! And the dog?

Panel 8 of 16 for “Where were you yesterday?”: “The dog's perfectly fine. Its owner, more scared than me, apologized ten times.”
  1. Ana

    El perro, perfecto. Su dueño, más asustado que yo, se disculpó diez veces.

    The dog's perfectly fine. Its owner, more scared than me, apologized ten times.

Panel 9 of 16 for “Where were you yesterday?”: “And why didn't you call me afterward?”
  1. Pablo

    ¿Y por qué no me llamaste después?

    And why didn't you call me afterward?

Panel 10 of 16 for “Where were you yesterday?”: “Because I left my phone at home. And then I was at the hospital for three hours.”
  1. Ana

    Porque dejé el móvil en casa. Y después estuve tres horas en el hospital.

    Because I left my phone at home. And then I was at the hospital for three hours.

Panel 11 of 16 for “Where were you yesterday?”: “Three hours? And what did they do to you?”
  1. Pablo

    ¿Tres horas? ¿Y qué te hicieron?

    Three hours? And what did they do to you?

Panel 12 of 16 for “Where were you yesterday?”: “A doctor saw me and gave me some pills. Nothing's broken: it was just a scare.”
  1. Ana

    Me vio un médico y me dio unas pastillas. No tengo nada roto: solo fue un susto.

    A doctor saw me and gave me some pills. Nothing's broken: it was just a scare.

Panel 13 of 16 for “Where were you yesterday?”: “Thank goodness. But you sound a little strange today. Are you sick? (to a woman)”
  1. Pablo

    Menos mal. Pero hoy suenas un poco extraña. ¿Estás enferma?

    Thank goodness. But you sound a little strange today. Are you sick? (to a woman)

Panel 14 of 16 for “Where were you yesterday?”: “I have a cold. It was very cold yesterday, and I was outside without a jacket (woman speaking).”
  1. Ana

    Estoy constipada. Ayer hizo mucho frío y estuve en la calle sin chaqueta.

    I have a cold. It was very cold yesterday, and I was outside without a jacket (woman speaking).

Panel 15 of 16 for “Where were you yesterday?”: “In that case, get some rest. I'll do the grocery shopping and come to your place with oranges.”
  1. Pablo

    En ese caso, descansa. Yo hago la compra y voy a tu casa con naranjas.

    In that case, get some rest. I'll do the grocery shopping and come to your place with oranges.

Panel 16 of 16 for “Where were you yesterday?”: “Thanks, Pablo. You're a true friend!”
  1. Ana

    Gracias, Pablo. ¡Eres un amigo de verdad!

    Thanks, Pablo. You're a true friend!

Grammar for this text

Where you were and what happened. Almost every line of this conversation uses an irregular verb in the preterite:

  • estar: ¿Dónde estuviste? — "Where were you?" Estuve tres horas en el hospital — "I was at the hospital for three hours";
  • tener: tuve un día horrible, tuve un accidente — "I had a horrible day", "I had an accident";
  • ir: fui al mercado — "I went to the market" (a and a place come next);
  • ser: solo fue un susto — "it was just a scare";
  • hacer: ¿Qué te hicieron? — "What did they do to you?" Ayer hizo mucho frío — about yesterday's weather;
  • ver and dar: me vio un médico — "a doctor saw me", me dio unas pastillas — "he gave me some pills".

Me di prisa — "I hurried": the phrase darse prisa in the preterite.

Estoy constipada — "I have a cold": estar + a describing word; a man says constipado. It has nothing to do with your stomach: don't confuse it with English "constipated".

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