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Spanish dialogue with translation · B1 · 18 lines

Llamaré yo al número de mi tarjeta I'll call the number on my card myself

Comic · 18 panels

Panel 1 of 18 for “I'll call the number on my card myself”: “Good evening. Am I speaking with Ana Lind?”
  1. Rodrigo

    Buenas noches. ¿Hablo con Ana Lind?

    Good evening. Am I speaking with Ana Lind?

Panel 2 of 18 for “I'll call the number on my card myself”: “Yes, it's me. Who's calling?”
  1. Ana

    Sí, soy yo. ¿Quién llama?

    Yes, it's me. Who's calling?

Panel 3 of 18 for “I'll call the number on my card myself”: “This is Rodrigo, from your bank's security department. Someone is taking money out of your account right now. (formal)”
  1. Rodrigo

    Soy Rodrigo, del servicio de seguridad de su banco. Alguien está sacando dinero de su cuenta ahora mismo.

    This is Rodrigo, from your bank's security department. Someone is taking money out of your account right now. (formal)

Panel 4 of 18 for “I'll call the number on my card myself”: “Right now? Which bank are you talking about? I have accounts at two. (formal)”
  1. Ana

    ¿Ahora mismo? ¿De qué banco me habla? Tengo cuentas en dos.

    Right now? Which bank are you talking about? I have accounts at two. (formal)

Panel 5 of 18 for “I'll call the number on my card myself”: “Your bank, ma'am. I've sent you a message with a code. Tell it to me and I'll block the card. (formal)”
  1. Rodrigo

    De su banco, señora. Le he mandado un mensaje con un código. Dígamelo y yo bloqueo la tarjeta.

    Your bank, ma'am. I've sent you a message with a code. Tell it to me and I'll block the card. (formal)

Panel 6 of 18 for “I'll call the number on my card myself”: “Yes, I got it. But the bank's app is showing me a different message: "Never give this code to anyone." (formal)”
  1. Ana

    Sí, me ha llegado. Pero la app del banco me muestra otro mensaje: «Nunca dé este código a nadie».

    Yes, I got it. But the bank's app is showing me a different message: "Never give this code to anyone." (formal)

Panel 7 of 18 for “I'll call the number on my card myself”: “It's an automatic message, ma'am. There's no way to block the card without the code, and we're running out of time.”
  1. Rodrigo

    Es un mensaje automático, señora. No hay manera de bloquear la tarjeta sin el código, y se nos hace tarde.

    It's an automatic message, ma'am. There's no way to block the card without the code, and we're running out of time.

Panel 8 of 18 for “I'll call the number on my card myself”: “That's strange. If you're from the bank, you already have my details. What do you need the code for? (formal)”
  1. Ana

    Es raro. Si usted es del banco, ya tiene mis datos. ¿Para qué necesita el código?

    That's strange. If you're from the bank, you already have my details. What do you need the code for? (formal)

Panel 9 of 18 for “I'll call the number on my card myself”: “To update your account's security. I don't want to rush you, but the money is disappearing. (formal)”
  1. Rodrigo

    Para actualizar la seguridad de su cuenta. No quiero meterle prisa, pero el dinero está desapareciendo.

    To update your account's security. I don't want to rush you, but the money is disappearing. (formal)

Panel 10 of 18 for “I'll call the number on my card myself”: “Well, you are rushing me. When a real bank calls, it isn't in such a hurry. (formal)”
  1. Ana

    Pues me está metiendo prisa. Cuando llama un banco de verdad, no tiene tanta prisa.

    Well, you are rushing me. When a real bank calls, it isn't in such a hurry. (formal)

Panel 11 of 18 for “I'll call the number on my card myself”: “You want to protect your money too, right? (formal)”
  1. Rodrigo

    Usted también quiere proteger su dinero, ¿a que sí?

    You want to protect your money too, right? (formal)

Panel 12 of 18 for “I'll call the number on my card myself”: “Of course. That's why I'm going to hang up.”
  1. Ana

    Claro. Por eso voy a colgar.

    Of course. That's why I'm going to hang up.

Panel 13 of 18 for “I'll call the number on my card myself”: “Don't hang up, ma'am. Let me offer you another solution: just tell me the first three numbers of the code. (formal)”
  1. Rodrigo

    No cuelgue, señora. Le ofrezco otra solución: dígame solo los tres primeros números del código.

    Don't hang up, ma'am. Let me offer you another solution: just tell me the first three numbers of the code. (formal)

Panel 14 of 18 for “I'll call the number on my card myself”: “I don't care if it's three or six. When I hang up, I'll call the number on my card myself.”
  1. Ana

    Me da lo mismo si son tres o seis. Cuando cuelgue, llamaré yo al número de mi tarjeta.

    I don't care if it's three or six. When I hang up, I'll call the number on my card myself.

Panel 15 of 18 for “I'll call the number on my card myself”: “You're very distrustful, ma'am. (formal)”
  1. Rodrigo

    Es usted muy desconfiada, señora.

    You're very distrustful, ma'am. (formal)

Panel 16 of 18 for “I'll call the number on my card myself”: “Yes, and that's why I still have my money. You're pretending to be my bank, and I don't find that funny. (formal)”
  1. Ana

    Sí, y por eso todavía tengo mi dinero. Usted se hace pasar por mi banco, y a mí eso no me hace gracia.

    Yes, and that's why I still have my money. You're pretending to be my bank, and I don't find that funny. (formal)

Panel 17 of 18 for “I'll call the number on my card myself”: “Ma'am, you're offending me! I don't want to scam you, I want to help you. (formal)”
  1. Rodrigo

    ¡Señora, me ofende! Yo no quiero estafarla, quiero ayudarla.

    Ma'am, you're offending me! I don't want to scam you, I want to help you. (formal)

Panel 18 of 18 for “I'll call the number on my card myself”: “I appreciate it, but this is a scam. Tell your boss to correct the script. Good night. (formal)”
  1. Ana

    Se lo agradezco, pero esto es una estafa. Dígale a su jefe que corrija el guion. Buenas noches.

    I appreciate it, but this is a scam. Tell your boss to correct the script. Good night. (formal)

Grammar for this text

Cuando cuelgue, llamaré yo al número de mi tarjeta: after cuando about the future, Spanish uses the subjunctive, cuelgue (from colgar: o → ue, g → gu). English uses the present here: "when I hang up". The second half is the normal future, llamaré (unit 21).

No cuelgue and Nunca dé este código a nadie: negative commands for usted. They use the subjunctive, just like negative tú commands (unit 16). Dé comes from dar; the written accent tells it apart from the preposition de.

Dígamelo means "tell it to me": an usted command with two pronouns attached, me + lo (units 10 and 12). Dígale a su jefe que corrija el guion means "tell your boss to correct the script": after que comes the subjunctive (unit 18); corrija is from corregir (e → i, g → j).

No quiero meterle prisa: meter prisa means "to rush someone", and le is Ana, the person being rushed. Se nos hace tarde: "it's getting late, we're running out of time". No hay manera de bloquear la tarjeta: "there's no way to block the card". Me da lo mismo: "I don't care" (the same as me da igual).

A mí eso no me hace gracia: "I don't find that funny". Hacer gracia works like gustar, and the person is me. ¿A que sí?: "right?", and the speaker expects a yes. Me ofende: "you're offending me"; the subject (usted) isn't said.

Words and grammar of the unit: Spot a scammer.

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