Spanish dialogue with translation · B1 · 17 lines

¡Ni te lo imaginas! You have no idea!

Comic · 17 panels

Panel 1 of 17 for “You have no idea!”: “Ana, you have no idea! Do you know what happened on Saturday at Pablo's dinner?”

Lucía
Ana, ¡ni te lo imaginas! ¿Sabes qué pasó el sábado en la cena de Pablo?
Ana, you have no idea! Do you know what happened on Saturday at Pablo's dinner?

Panel 2 of 17 for “You have no idea!”: “No idea. I couldn't go: I had to work. Tell me, tell me!”

Ana
Ni idea. Yo no pude ir: tuve que trabajar. ¡Cuenta, cuenta!
No idea. I couldn't go: I had to work. Tell me, tell me!

Panel 3 of 17 for “You have no idea!”: “Well, Nacho came, his best friend, with his girlfriend Alba. They brought wine and a dessert.”

Lucía
Pues vino Nacho, su mejor amigo, con su novia Alba. Trajeron vino y un postre.
Well, Nacho came, his best friend, with his girlfriend Alba. They brought wine and a dessert.

Panel 4 of 17 for “You have no idea!”: “How nice of them. And what happened?”

Ana
Qué majos. ¿Y qué pasó?
How nice of them. And what happened?

Panel 5 of 17 for “You have no idea!”: “Pablo put his tortilla on the table and said, "It's my grandmother's recipe." Nacho tried it and burst out laughing.”

Lucía
Pablo puso su tortilla en la mesa y dijo: «Es la receta de mi abuela». Nacho la probó y se puso a reír.
Pablo put his tortilla on the table and said, "It's my grandmother's recipe." Nacho tried it and burst out laughing.

Panel 6 of 17 for “You have no idea!”: “He burst out laughing? Why?”

Ana
¿Se puso a reír? ¿Por qué?
He burst out laughing? Why?

Panel 7 of 17 for “You have no idea!”: “Because it was made without onion. He said out loud, "Liar! Your grandmother makes it with onion."”

Lucía
Porque era sin cebolla. Dijo en voz alta: «¡Mentiroso! Tu abuela la hace con cebolla».
Because it was made without onion. He said out loud, "Liar! Your grandmother makes it with onion."

Panel 8 of 17 for “You have no idea!”: “No way! And did Pablo get angry?”

Ana
¡Qué fuerte! ¿Y Pablo se enfadó?
No way! And did Pablo get angry?

Panel 9 of 17 for “You have no idea!”: “Obviously. He denied it: "I swear, my grandmother makes it without onion." And he told Nacho, "You're so rude."”

Lucía
Obviamente. Lo negó: «Te lo juro, mi abuela la hace sin cebolla». Y a Nacho le dijo: «Eres un maleducado».
Obviously. He denied it: "I swear, my grandmother makes it without onion." And he told Nacho, "You're so rude."

Panel 10 of 17 for “You have no idea!”: “He insulted him? Over a silly comment?”

Ana
¿Lo insultó? ¿Por un comentario tonto?
He insulted him? Over a silly comment?

Panel 11 of 17 for “You have no idea!”: “Yes, girl, I was shocked. They started arguing, a glass fell on the floor, and the neighbors heard everything.”

Lucía
Sí, tía, yo flipé. Se pusieron a discutir, una copa se cayó al suelo y los vecinos lo oyeron todo.
Yes, girl, I was shocked. They started arguing, a glass fell on the floor, and the neighbors heard everything.

Panel 12 of 17 for “You have no idea!”: “What a scandal! And how did it end?”

Ana
¡Qué escándalo! ¿Y cómo acabó?
What a scandal! And how did it end?

Panel 13 of 17 for “You have no idea!”: “Sergio tried to change the subject, but he couldn't. In the end, Nacho left and didn't even say goodbye.”

Lucía
Sergio quiso cambiar de tema, pero no pudo. Al final Nacho se fue y ni siquiera se despidió.
Sergio tried to change the subject, but he couldn't. In the end, Nacho left and didn't even say goodbye.

Panel 14 of 17 for “You have no idea!”: “Hold on: Nacho drank wine, right? Was he drunk?”

Ana
Un momento: Nacho bebió vino, ¿no? ¿Estaba borracho?
Hold on: Nacho drank wine, right? Was he drunk?

Panel 15 of 17 for “You have no idea!”: “Not at all. Apparently, he only drank one glass. Alba drove back and didn't say a word.”

Lucía
Qué va. Por lo visto, bebió solo una copa. Alba condujo de vuelta y no dijo ni una palabra.
Not at all. Apparently, he only drank one glass. Alba drove back and didn't say a word.

Panel 16 of 17 for “You have no idea!”: “No way! And how's poor Pablo?”

Ana
¡Qué fuerte! ¿Y cómo está el pobre Pablo?
No way! And how's poor Pablo?

Panel 17 of 17 for “You have no idea!”: “Very quiet. He says he's not angry, but he didn't sleep all night. What a shame!”

Lucía
Muy callado. Dice que no está enfadado, pero no durmió en toda la noche. ¡Qué pena!
Very quiet. He says he's not angry, but he didn't sleep all night. What a shame!

Grammar for this text

New preterite forms. No pude ir — "I couldn't go", trajeron — "they brought", puso — "he put", dijo — "he said", quiso… pero no pudo — "he tried… but couldn't", lo oyeron todo — "they heard everything", se despidió — "he said goodbye", no durmió — "he didn't sleep".

Condujo. Alba condujo de vuelta — "Alba drove back". Verbs ending in -ducir are a trap: the regular rule would give ✗ condució, but that form doesn't exist; the right one is condujo. Just memorize these verbs.

Vino and vino. Vino Nacho — "Nacho came", trajeron vino — "they brought wine".

Se puso a reír, se pusieron a discutir — "he burst out laughing", "they started arguing".

Set phrases. Learn ni te lo imaginas and te lo juro as whole phrases: two pronouns together (te lo) come later, in unit 10. Por lo visto — "apparently": the speaker knows it from someone else and isn't sure.

Colloquial words. Flipé — "I was shocked", tía — what you call a female friend, like "girl": only with people you're close to. The tortilla here is a thick Spanish potato omelet, and the argument about it — with or without onion — is a real one in Spain.

Words and grammar of the unit: Tell the story of a fight and making up.

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