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Spanish dialogue with translation · A2 · 16 lines

¿Qué me recomiendas? What do you recommend?

Comic · 15 panels

Panel 1 of 15 for “What do you recommend?”: “Hi. Are you staying at this guesthouse too?”
  1. Iker

    Hola. ¿Tú también te alojas en este hostal?

    Hi. Are you staying at this guesthouse too?

Panel 2 of 15 for “What do you recommend?”: “Yes, I arrived yesterday afternoon. I'm Ana.”
  1. Ana

    Sí, llegué ayer por la tarde. Soy Ana.

    Yes, I arrived yesterday afternoon. I'm Ana.

Panel 3 of 15 for “What do you recommend?”: “I'm Iker, from Bilbao. Are you only carrying that backpack?” “Yes, it's all my luggage. And you? When did you arrive?”
  1. Iker

    Yo soy Iker, de Bilbao. ¿Solo llevas esa mochila?

    I'm Iker, from Bilbao. Are you only carrying that backpack?

  2. Ana

    Sí, es todo mi equipaje. ¿Y tú? ¿Cuándo llegaste?

    Yes, it's all my luggage. And you? When did you arrive?

Panel 4 of 15 for “What do you recommend?”: “Three days ago. I chose this place to stay because it's cheap and central.”
  1. Iker

    Hace tres días. Elegí este alojamiento porque es barato y céntrico.

    Three days ago. I chose this place to stay because it's cheap and central.

Panel 5 of 15 for “What do you recommend?”: “Me too. Today I went around the old town with a guide: so much history!”
  1. Ana

    Yo también. Hoy he recorrido el casco antiguo con una guía: ¡cuánta historia!

    Me too. Today I went around the old town with a guide: so much history!

Panel 6 of 15 for “What do you recommend?”: “And the castle? Have you visited it yet?”
  1. Iker

    ¿Y el castillo? ¿Ya lo has visitado?

    And the castle? Have you visited it yet?

Panel 7 of 15 for “What do you recommend?”: “Not yet. Yesterday I only visited the cathedral, and then I got lost in the alleys.”
  1. Ana

    Todavía no. Ayer solo visité la catedral y luego me perdí en los callejones.

    Not yet. Yesterday I only visited the cathedral, and then I got lost in the alleys.

Panel 8 of 15 for “What do you recommend?”: “Don't worry, I got lost on the first day too (to a woman).”
  1. Iker

    Tranquila, yo también me perdí el primer día.

    Don't worry, I got lost on the first day too (to a woman).

Panel 9 of 15 for “What do you recommend?”: “In Segovia there are too many monuments for two days. What do you recommend?”
  1. Ana

    En Segovia hay demasiados monumentos para dos días. ¿Qué me recomiendas?

    In Segovia there are too many monuments for two days. What do you recommend?

Panel 10 of 15 for “What do you recommend?”: “The viewpoint. I went up there yesterday at sunset and... what a view of the city wall!”
  1. Iker

    El mirador. Ayer subí al atardecer y… ¡qué vista de la muralla!

    The viewpoint. I went up there yesterday at sunset and... what a view of the city wall!

Panel 11 of 15 for “What do you recommend?”: “How cool! And what are you doing tomorrow?”
  1. Ana

    ¡Qué guay! ¿Y mañana qué haces?

    How cool! And what are you doing tomorrow?

Panel 12 of 15 for “What do you recommend?”: “Tomorrow there's a trip to Pedraza, a village with a castle. Are you coming?”
  1. Iker

    Mañana hay una excursión a Pedraza, un pueblo con castillo. ¿Vienes?

    Tomorrow there's a trip to Pedraza, a village with a castle. Are you coming?

Panel 13 of 15 for “What do you recommend?”: “OK! You travel a lot, right?”
  1. Ana

    ¡Vale! Viajas mucho, ¿verdad?

    OK! You travel a lot, right?

Panel 14 of 15 for “What do you recommend?”: “Quite a lot. Two years ago I traveled around Portugal with this backpack. I got to the border on foot!”
  1. Iker

    Bastante. Hace dos años recorrí Portugal con esta mochila. ¡Llegué a la frontera a pie!

    Quite a lot. Two years ago I traveled around Portugal with this backpack. I got to the border on foot!

Panel 15 of 15 for “What do you recommend?”: “No way! I arrived in Valencia five months ago, and I still know almost nothing of Spain.”
  1. Ana

    ¡Qué fuerte! Yo llegué a Valencia hace cinco meses y todavía no conozco casi nada de España.

    No way! I arrived in Valencia five months ago, and I still know almost nothing of Spain.

Grammar for this text

Two past tenses in one conversation. For today and with ya / todavía no, the characters use the present perfect (unit 2): hoy he recorrido, ¿ya lo has visitado? For yesterday and earlier they use the preterite: llegué ayer, ayer subí.

-er and -ir verbs. The endings are -í, -iste, -ió…: elegí (elegir), subí (subir), recorrí (recorrer), me perdí (perderse; me goes before the verb, just like in the present tense).

Llegué. In the yo form, llegar is spelled with gu to keep the hard g sound. The other forms are normal: ¿cuándo llegaste?

Hace + time — "... ago". hace tres días — three days ago, hace dos años — two years ago, hace cinco meses — five months ago.

Lo has visitado. lo replaces el castillo (unit 5).

Pedraza is a medieval village with a castle not far from Segovia; people go there for the day.

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

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