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Desde el segundo capítulo es otra serie From the second episode on, it's a different series

Comic · 8 panels

Panel 1 of 8 for “From the second episode on, it's a different series”: My coworker Sonia had been talking about "Queen of the Market" for weeks. "It's the best series of the year," she kept saying. I thought: a series…

  1. Mi compañera Sonia llevaba semanas hablando de «La reina del mercado». «Es la mejor serie del año», decía.

    My coworker Sonia had been talking about "Queen of the Market" for weeks. "It's the best series of the year," she kept saying.

  2. Yo pensaba: ¿una serie sobre una tienda de pescado? No, gracias.

    I thought: a series about a fish shop? No, thanks.

Panel 2 of 8 for “From the second episode on, it's a different series”: But on Sunday it was raining really hard, I didn't have any plans, and I put on the first episode. It seemed really weak to me: slow, with little…

  1. Pero el domingo llovía muchísimo, no tenía planes y puse el primer capítulo.

    But on Sunday it was raining really hard, I didn't have any plans, and I put on the first episode.

  2. Me pareció flojísimo: lento, con poca acción. Estuve a punto de apagar la tele.

    It seemed really weak to me: slow, with little action. I was about to turn off the TV.

Panel 3 of 8 for “From the second episode on, it's a different series”: Thank goodness I didn't. From the second episode on, it's a different series. The main character, Maite, has the oldest fish shop in the Central…

  1. Menos mal que no lo hice. Desde el segundo capítulo es otra serie.

    Thank goodness I didn't. From the second episode on, it's a different series.

  2. La protagonista, Maite, tiene la tienda de pescado más antigua del Mercado Central de Valencia. Todos la llaman «la reina».

    The main character, Maite, has the oldest fish shop in the Central Market in Valencia. Everyone calls her "the queen."

Panel 4 of 8 for “From the second episode on, it's a different series”: One day a huge company wants to buy the market to open a supermarket, and Maite decides to fight. It's not a story about good guys and bad guys…

  1. Un día una empresa enorme quiere comprar el mercado para abrir un supermercado, y Maite decide luchar.

    One day a huge company wants to buy the market to open a supermarket, and Maite decides to fight.

  2. No es una historia de buenos y malos, sino de gente normal, como mis vecinos.

    It's not a story about good guys and bad guys, but about ordinary people, like my neighbors.

Panel 5 of 8 for “From the second episode on, it's a different series”: I don't know what genre it is, either: it starts like a comedy and ends like the saddest drama in the world. The main actress is really good; for…

  1. Tampoco sé de qué género es: empieza como una comedia y acaba como el drama más triste del mundo.

    I don't know what genre it is, either: it starts like a comedy and ends like the saddest drama in the world.

  2. La actriz principal es buenísima; para mí, la mejor de España ahora mismo. En cambio, el actor que hace de su hijo es bastante flojo.

    The main actress is really good; for me, the best in Spain right now. The actor who plays her son, on the other hand, is pretty weak.

Panel 6 of 8 for “From the second episode on, it's a different series”: I love the director's style: few words, no sad music. And Valencia looks gorgeous. Not all the episodes are equally good: the fifth one is the…

  1. Me encanta el estilo del director: pocas palabras, nada de música triste. Y Valencia sale guapísima.

    I love the director's style: few words, no sad music. And Valencia looks gorgeous.

  2. No todos los capítulos son igual de buenos: el quinto es el peor. Pero la serie es entretenidísima.

    Not all the episodes are equally good: the fifth one is the worst. But the series is really entertaining.

Panel 7 of 8 for “From the second episode on, it's a different series”: That day I watched all eight episodes. On Monday I got to the office really sleepy. "You were right," I told Sonia. "It's really good."

  1. Ese día vi los ocho capítulos. El lunes llegué a la oficina con muchísimo sueño.

    That day I watched all eight episodes. On Monday I got to the office really sleepy.

  2. «Tenías razón», le dije a Sonia. «Es buenísima».

    "You were right," I told Sonia. "It's really good."

Panel 8 of 8 for “From the second episode on, it's a different series”: Sonia laughed: "I already knew it. And they say the second season is even better." My rating: an eight. It's worth it. And on Saturday I'm going…

  1. Sonia se rio: «Ya lo sabía. Y dicen que la segunda temporada es todavía mejor».

    Sonia laughed: "I already knew it. And they say the second season is even better."

  2. Mi nota: un ocho. Merece la pena. Y el sábado voy al Mercado Central a comprar pescado. A lo mejor veo a la reina.

    My rating: an eight. It's worth it. And on Saturday I'm going to the Central Market to buy fish. Maybe I'll see the queen.

Grammar for this text

"The most". La tienda de pescado más antigua del Mercado Central means "the oldest fish shop in the Central Market". El drama más triste del mundo means "the saddest drama in the world". La mejor de España, el quinto es el peor: mejor and peor with an article mean "the best" and "the worst".

-ísimo. Flojísimo, buenísima, guapísima, entretenidísima, muchísimo mean "very, very".

Igual de. No todos los capítulos son igual de buenos means "not all the episodes are equally good".

Opinions. Me pareció flojísimo means "it seemed really weak to me": it's me parece in the past. No es una historia de buenos y malos, sino de gente normal means "it's not a story about good guys and bad guys, but about ordinary people".

What else came up. Llevaba semanas hablando means "she had been talking for weeks" (unit 1). Valencia sale guapísima: salir about photos and movies means "to come out, to look (on screen)". Se rio means "she laughed", from reírse.

Words and grammar of the unit: Argue about a movie.

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