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Spanish dialogue with translation · B1 · 18 lines

¡Por fin de vuelta! Back at last!

Comic · 18 panels

Panel 1 of 18 for “Back at last!”: “Ana! Welcome back! I haven't seen you for a month! Come here, give me a hug.”
  1. Pablo

    ¡Ana! ¡Bienvenida! ¡Llevo un mes sin verte! Ven aquí, dame un abrazo.

    Ana! Welcome back! I haven't seen you for a month! Come here, give me a hug.

Panel 2 of 18 for “Back at last!”: “Pablo! It's so good to see you! Yes, I'm back now. I landed on Sunday and I'm still sleepy.”
  1. Ana

    ¡Pablo! ¡Qué bien verte! Sí, ya estoy de vuelta. Aterricé el domingo y sigo teniendo sueño.

    Pablo! It's so good to see you! Yes, I'm back now. I landed on Sunday and I'm still sleepy.

Panel 3 of 18 for “Back at last!”: “No wonder, girl. Come on, tell me: we have to catch up. How are things back home?”
  1. Pablo

    Normal, tía. Venga, cuenta: tenemos que ponernos al día. ¿Qué tal por casa?

    No wonder, girl. Come on, tell me: we have to catch up. How are things back home?

Panel 4 of 18 for “Back at last!”: “Great. I saw my family, I ate a ton and I barely spoke any Spanish. Do you notice the difference?”
  1. Ana

    Estupendo. Vi a mi familia, comí un montón y apenas hablé español. ¿Notas la diferencia?

    Great. I saw my family, I ate a ton and I barely spoke any Spanish. Do you notice the difference?

Panel 5 of 18 for “Back at last!”: “No way! You still speak great. You've been here for more than a year: a month's absence is nothing.”
  1. Pablo

    ¡Qué va! Sigues hablando genial. Llevas más de un año aquí: un mes de ausencia no es nada.

    No way! You still speak great. You've been here for more than a year: a month's absence is nothing.

Panel 6 of 18 for “Back at last!”: “Thank goodness. What about you guys? Any news? I've been without news for a month, except for your beach photos.”
  1. Ana

    Menos mal. ¿Y vosotros? ¿Alguna novedad? Llevo un mes sin noticias, excepto tus fotos de la playa.

    Thank goodness. What about you guys? Any news? I've been without news for a month, except for your beach photos.

Panel 7 of 18 for “Back at last!”: “Everything goes on more or less the same. Lucía still works a ton and Sergio still cooks terribly.”
  1. Pablo

    Todo continúa más o menos igual. Lucía sigue trabajando un montón y Sergio sigue cocinando fatal.

    Everything goes on more or less the same. Lucía still works a ton and Sergio still cooks terribly.

Panel 8 of 18 for “Back at last!”: “What about you? Are you still working at the same office?”
  1. Ana

    ¿Y tú? ¿Sigues trabajando en la misma oficina?

    What about you? Are you still working at the same office?

Panel 9 of 18 for “Back at last!”: “Yes, I've been there for six years and I still have the same boss. But I have some fantastic news: I've stopped driving to work!”
  1. Pablo

    Sí, llevo seis años allí y sigo teniendo el mismo jefe. Pero tengo una noticia fantástica: ¡he dejado de ir en coche al trabajo!

    Yes, I've been there for six years and I still have the same boss. But I have some fantastic news: I've stopped driving to work!

Panel 10 of 18 for “Back at last!”: “Really? You, without a car? Wow!”
  1. Ana

    ¿En serio? ¿Tú, sin coche? ¡Qué fuerte!

    Really? You, without a car? Wow!

Panel 11 of 18 for “Back at last!”: “Seriously. I haven't touched the car in three weeks: lately I go everywhere by bike.”
  1. Pablo

    En serio. Llevo tres semanas sin tocar el coche: últimamente voy en bici a todas partes.

    Seriously. I haven't touched the car in three weeks: lately I go everywhere by bike.

Panel 12 of 18 for “Back at last!”: “Well, in the meantime, I've completely stopped exercising. At home I only ate and slept.”
  1. Ana

    Pues yo, mientras tanto, he dejado de hacer deporte completamente. En casa solo comía y dormía.

    Well, in the meantime, I've completely stopped exercising. At home I only ate and slept.

Panel 13 of 18 for “Back at last!”: “Don't worry. On Saturday we're going for a bike ride along the Turia, OK? (to a woman)”
  1. Pablo

    Tranquila. El sábado damos una vuelta en bici por el Turia, ¿vale?

    Don't worry. On Saturday we're going for a bike ride along the Turia, OK? (to a woman)

Panel 14 of 18 for “Back at last!”: “OK, but slowly. Tomorrow I'm going back to my routine, and I have a ton of unread emails.”
  1. Ana

    Vale, pero despacio. Mañana vuelvo a la rutina y tengo un montón de correos sin leer.

    OK, but slowly. Tomorrow I'm going back to my routine, and I have a ton of unread emails.

Panel 15 of 18 for “Back at last!”: “And your family? Was the goodbye hard?”
  1. Pablo

    ¿Y tu familia? ¿Fue dura la despedida?

    And your family? Was the goodbye hard?

Panel 16 of 18 for “Back at last!”: “A little. But we keep in touch: we talk very often. And my mom has been trying to learn Spanish for a year.”
  1. Ana

    Un poco. Pero mantenemos el contacto: hablamos muy a menudo. Y mi madre lleva un año intentando aprender español.

    A little. But we keep in touch: we talk very often. And my mom has been trying to learn Spanish for a year.

Panel 17 of 18 for “Back at last!”: “She's so nice! Hey, changing the subject: Lucía wants to host a dinner on Friday to celebrate your return.”
  1. Pablo

    ¡Qué maja! Oye, cambiando de tema: Lucía quiere hacer una cena el viernes para celebrar tu vuelta.

    She's so nice! Hey, changing the subject: Lucía wants to host a dinner on Friday to celebrate your return.

Panel 18 of 18 for “Back at last!”: “Great! I've been dreaming about her tortilla for a month. And today it's my treat.”
  1. Ana

    ¡Genial! Llevo un mes soñando con su tortilla. Y hoy invito yo.

    Great! I've been dreaming about her tortilla for a month. And today it's my treat.

Grammar for this text

Three verbs for meeting again. Llevar + time — "for so long now": llevo un mes sin verte — "I haven't seen you for a month", llevo seis años allí — "I've been there for six years", lleva un año intentando aprender — "she's been trying to learn for a year". Seguir + gerund — "still": ¿sigues trabajando…?, sigo teniendo sueño. Dejar de + infinitive — "to stop": he dejado de ir en coche.

Sin + infinitive — "without doing": tres semanas sin tocar el coche; correos sin leer — "unread emails".

Colloquial. ¡Qué va! — "no way, not at all!". Normal on its own — "no wonder, of course". Cambiando de tema — "changing the subject". El sábado damos una vuelta en bici — "on Saturday we're going for a bike ride": dar una vuelta — "to go for a walk or a ride", and the present tense here is for a plan that's already decided. Hoy invito yo — "today it's my treat".

El Turia — the old riverbed in Valencia. Now it's a long park with bike lanes across the whole city — the one with the "bridges without a river".

Words and grammar of the unit: Talk about what has changed in a year.

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