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Spanish dialogue with translation · A2 · 16 lines

¿Qué tal el sábado? How was Saturday?

Comic · 15 panels

Panel 1 of 15 for “How was Saturday?”: “Good morning, Dani. You look terrible! What's wrong?”
  1. Ana

    Buenos días, Dani. ¡Qué mala cara! ¿Qué te pasa?

    Good morning, Dani. You look terrible! What's wrong?

Panel 2 of 15 for “How was Saturday?”: “Hi, Ana. I feel awful. The day before yesterday I met up with my group of friends and… what a wild night!”
  1. Dani

    Hola, Ana. Estoy fatal. Anteayer quedé con mi grupo de amigos y… ¡qué juerga!

    Hi, Ana. I feel awful. The day before yesterday I met up with my group of friends and… what a wild night!

Panel 3 of 15 for “How was Saturday?”: “Juerga? I don't know that word.”
  1. Ana

    ¿Juerga? No conozco esa palabra.

    Juerga? I don't know that word.

Panel 4 of 15 for “How was Saturday?”: “It's a long party with friends. We had dinner at a bar, had a few drinks, and then off to the club on the beach.”
  1. Dani

    Es una fiesta larga con amigos. Cenamos en un bar, tomamos unas copas y luego, a la discoteca de la playa.

    It's a long party with friends. We had dinner at a bar, had a few drinks, and then off to the club on the beach.

Panel 5 of 15 for “How was Saturday?”: “The one on the beach? I walked past it the other day. What a line!” “Yes, we waited in line for an hour, but we finally got in.”
  1. Ana

    ¿La de la playa? El otro día pasé por allí. ¡Qué cola!

    The one on the beach? I walked past it the other day. What a line!

  2. Dani

    Sí, esperamos una hora en la cola, pero al fin entramos.

    Yes, we waited in line for an hour, but we finally got in.

Panel 6 of 15 for “How was Saturday?”: “An hour? You're crazy! And how was the atmosphere? (to several people)”
  1. Ana

    ¿Una hora? ¡Estáis locos! ¿Y qué tal el ambiente?

    An hour? You're crazy! And how was the atmosphere? (to several people)

Panel 7 of 15 for “How was Saturday?”: “Great. A band from Valencia celebrated its anniversary: twenty years on stage! The singer (female) sang my favorite song.”
  1. Dani

    Genial. Un grupo de Valencia celebró su aniversario: ¡veinte años en el escenario! La cantante cantó mi canción favorita.

    Great. A band from Valencia celebrated its anniversary: twenty years on stage! The singer (female) sang my favorite song.

Panel 8 of 15 for “How was Saturday?”: “And did you dance a lot? (to several people)”
  1. Ana

    ¿Y bailasteis mucho?

    And did you dance a lot? (to several people)

Panel 9 of 15 for “How was Saturday?”: “To the max! The concert lasted two hours, and then we danced on the dance floor until five in the morning.”
  1. Dani

    ¡A tope! El concierto duró dos horas y después bailamos en la pista hasta las cinco de la madrugada.

    To the max! The concert lasted two hours, and then we danced on the dance floor until five in the morning.

Panel 10 of 15 for “How was Saturday?”: “Until five? Are you kidding? And what time did you get home?”
  1. Ana

    ¿Hasta las cinco? ¿Bromeas? ¿Y a qué hora llegaste a casa?

    Until five? Are you kidding? And what time did you get home?

Panel 11 of 15 for “How was Saturday?”: “At six. And yesterday I got up at three in the afternoon, with a hangover.”
  1. Dani

    A las seis. Y ayer me levanté a las tres de la tarde, con resaca.

    At six. And yesterday I got up at three in the afternoon, with a hangover.

Panel 12 of 15 for “How was Saturday?”: “Resaca? What does it mean?”
  1. Ana

    ¿Resaca? ¿Qué significa?

    Resaca? What does it mean?

Panel 13 of 15 for “How was Saturday?”: “You have too many drinks at night, and then your head hurts all day.”
  1. Dani

    Tomas demasiadas copas por la noche y después te duele la cabeza todo el día.

    You have too many drinks at night, and then your head hurts all day.

Panel 14 of 15 for “How was Saturday?”: “Now I get it. A wild night on Saturday, and on Monday you still feel awful.”
  1. Ana

    Ya entiendo. Una juerga el sábado noche, y el lunes todavía estás fatal.

    Now I get it. A wild night on Saturday, and on Monday you still feel awful.

Panel 15 of 15 for “How was Saturday?”: “Are you laughing? Last night I went to bed at nine. My plan for today is the same: coffee, water and off to bed.”
  1. Dani

    ¿Te ríes? Anoche me acosté a las nueve. Mi plan para hoy es el mismo: café, agua y a la cama.

    Are you laughing? Last night I went to bed at nine. My plan for today is the same: coffee, water and off to bed.

Grammar for this text

The preterite of -ar verbs. Monday morning. Dani, Ana's roommate, talks about Saturday. That day is over, so the verbs are in the preterite: quedé — I met up, celebró — celebrated, duró — lasted, me levanté — I got up. The nosotros form looks like the present: cenamos, tomamos, bailamos. The word anteayer shows that it's the past.

Questions about the past. ¿Bailasteis mucho? — "did you dance a lot?" to several people (ending -asteis). ¿A qué hora llegaste? — "what time did you get home?" (ending -aste).

Time words. anteayer — the day before yesterday, ayer — yesterday, anoche — last night, el otro día — the other day. el sábado noche is a casual way to say el sábado por la noche — Saturday night.

Quedé con mi grupo de amigos — "I met up with my group of friends": quedar con means to arrange to meet someone and meet them.

No verb. Luego, a la discoteca de la playa and café, agua y a la cama have no verb "go", just like English "then, off to the club" and "and off to bed".

Te ríes. ¿Te ríes? — "are you laughing?": this is reírse (to laugh), an irregular verb. The e of the stem changes to i and gets a written accent: reírse → te ríes.

Casual words, only with friends: juerga — a wild night out, a tope — to the max, estoy fatal — I feel awful, resaca — hangover. Al fin means the same as por fin — finally.

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