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Spanish story with translation · A2 · 12 lines

Perdidos en la montaña Lost on the mountain

Comic · 8 panels

Panel 1 of 8 for “Lost on the mountain”: On Sunday Pablo, Lucía and I got up really early: at five in the morning!

  1. El domingo Pablo, Lucía y yo madrugamos mucho: ¡a las cinco de la mañana!

    On Sunday Pablo, Lucía and I got up really early: at five in the morning!

Panel 2 of 8 for “Lost on the mountain”: We left Valencia by car, and at dawn we got to Montgó, a mountain by the sea.

  1. Salimos de Valencia en coche y al amanecer llegamos al Montgó, una montaña al lado del mar.

    We left Valencia by car, and at dawn we got to Montgó, a mountain by the sea.

Panel 3 of 8 for “Lost on the mountain”: We chose the shortest route: three hours to the top. Lucía, always first. Me, behind, with the backpack and the water.

  1. Elegimos la ruta más corta: tres horas hasta la cima.

    We chose the shortest route: three hours to the top.

  2. Lucía, siempre la primera. Yo, detrás, con la mochila y el agua.

    Lucía, always first. Me, behind, with the backpack and the water.

Panel 4 of 8 for “Lost on the mountain”: An hour later we lost the trail. Pablo looked at his phone: "There's no signal. I think we're lost."

  1. Una hora después perdimos el sendero.

    An hour later we lost the trail.

  2. Pablo miró el móvil: «No hay señal. Creo que estamos perdidos».

    Pablo looked at his phone: "There's no signal. I think we're lost."

Panel 5 of 8 for “Lost on the mountain”: We went back and, luckily, found a sign: "Summit, one hour".

  1. Volvimos atrás y, por suerte, encontramos una señal: «Cima, una hora».

    We went back and, luckily, found a sign: "Summit, one hour".

Panel 6 of 8 for “Lost on the mountain”: We climbed slowly, and at eleven we got to the top. There we ate some sandwiches and drank a lot of water.

  1. Subimos despacio y a las once llegamos arriba.

    We climbed slowly, and at eleven we got to the top.

  2. Allí comimos unos bocadillos y bebimos mucha agua.

    There we ate some sandwiches and drank a lot of water.

Panel 7 of 8 for “Lost on the mountain”: What a view! The sea, the coast and, very far away, an island: Ibiza.

  1. ¡Qué vista! El mar, la costa y, muy lejos, una isla: Ibiza.

    What a view! The sea, the coast and, very far away, an island: Ibiza.

Panel 8 of 8 for “Lost on the mountain”: My friends went back to the car very tired. Me too, but happy. We've already decided: next month, another summit.

  1. Mis amigos volvieron al coche muy cansados. Yo también, pero feliz.

    My friends went back to the car very tired. Me too, but happy.

  2. Ya lo hemos decidido: el mes próximo, otra cima.

    We've already decided: next month, another summit.

Grammar for this text

The preterite in the nosotros form. The friends do everything together, so almost all the verbs end in -mos: madrugamos, llegamos, encontramos (-ar verbs), perdimos, volvimos, comimos, bebimos (-er verbs), salimos, subimos, elegimos (-ir verbs). For -ar and -ir verbs this form is the same as in the present tense; words like el domingo and una hora después show that it's the past.

The ellos form: mis amigos volvieron — the ending is -ieron.

Señal has two meanings in one text: no hay señal — there's no signal (no cell service), encontramos una señal — we found a sign.

Estamos perdidos — estar + perdido: we're lost.

Lo hemos decidido — we've (already) decided: the result matters now, so it's the present perfect from unit 2.

Montgó is a mountain by the sea near the town of Dénia. On a clear day you can see Ibiza from the top.

Words and grammar of the unit: Talk about a trip.

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