
Spanish dialogue with translation · A2 · 12 lines
Tengo miedo cuando el avión despega I'm scared when the plane takes off
Comic · 12 panels

- Lucía
Ana, primero tenemos que facturar tu maleta.
Ana, first we have to check your suitcase.

- Ana
No, no la facturo: es pequeña y la llevo conmigo.
No, I'm not checking it: it's small and I'm taking it with me.

- Lucía
Vale, entonces vamos a la puerta de embarque. ¿Cuál es?
OK, then let's go to the boarding gate. Which one is it?

- Ana
Todavía no la han anunciado. Embarcamos a las diez menos veinte.
They haven't announced it yet. We board at twenty to ten.

- Lucía
¿Y a qué hora despega el avión?
And what time does the plane take off?

- Ana
A las diez y diez. Aterrizamos en Palma a las once: el vuelo dura solo cincuenta minutos.
At ten past ten. We land in Palma at eleven: the flight only takes fifty minutes.

- Lucía
¡Qué bien! Yo siempre duermo durante el vuelo.
Great! I always sleep during the flight.

- Ana
Yo no puedo. Tengo miedo cuando el avión despega y cuando aterriza.
I can't. I'm scared when the plane takes off and when it lands.

- Lucía
Tranquila. Para no tener miedo, puedes hacer otra cosa: por ejemplo, mirar por la ventanilla.
Relax. So you're not scared, you can do something else: for example, look out the window (to a woman).

- Ana
¡Por la ventanilla es peor! Prefiero el asiento de pasillo.
Out the window is worse! I prefer the aisle seat.

- Lucía
Mira la pantalla: puerta doce, y los pasajeros ya están embarcando. ¡Vamos!
Look at the screen: gate twelve, and the passengers are already boarding. Let's go!

- Ana
Vale, vale. ¡Pero el asiento de ventanilla es para ti!
OK, OK. But the window seat is for you!
Grammar for this text
Airport words. facturar — to check a suitcase; embarcar — to board (for a train or a bus, Spanish says subir); despegar — to take off; aterrizar — to land.
Para. Para no tener miedo — so you're not scared: para + infinitive, and no goes before the infinitive. es para ti — it's for you.
Por. mirar por la ventanilla — to look out the window, literally "through the window": your eyes go through it, so this is the por of route. por ejemplo is a set phrase.
La instead of a noun. no la facturo, la llevo — here la is la maleta; no la han anunciado — here it's la puerta de embarque. It works like English "it", but it goes before the verb.
Están embarcando — estar + gerund (present progressive): they're boarding right now.
Words and grammar of the unit: Ask about platforms and transfers.
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