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Spanish dialogue with translation · B1 · 18 lines

¿Qué harás este año? What will you do this year?

Comic · 18 panels

Panel 1 of 18 for “What will you do this year?”: “So, Ana, your second year in Valencia is starting. Do you have a resolution?”
  1. Lucía

    Bueno, Ana, empieza tu segundo año en Valencia. ¿Tienes algún propósito?

    So, Ana, your second year in Valencia is starting. Do you have a resolution?

Panel 2 of 18 for “What will you do this year?”: “Yes, and a very serious one: this year I'll pass the DELE, the B2 level exam.”
  1. Ana

    Sí, y muy serio: este año aprobaré el DELE, el examen de nivel B2.

    Yes, and a very serious one: this year I'll pass the DELE, the B2 level exam.

Panel 3 of 18 for “What will you do this year?”: “The B2? That's crazy, girl! And what if you fail?”
  1. Pablo

    ¿El B2? ¡Qué locura, tía! ¿Y si suspendes?

    The B2? That's crazy, girl! And what if you fail?

Panel 4 of 18 for “What will you do this year?”: “Well, I'll do it again in a few months. Sooner or later I'll pass.”
  1. Ana

    Pues lo haré otra vez dentro de unos meses. Tarde o temprano aprobaré.

    Well, I'll do it again in a few months. Sooner or later I'll pass.

Panel 5 of 18 for “What will you do this year?”: “Without a doubt. You're very capable; you just need a little effort. Come on!”
  1. Lucía

    Sin duda. Eres muy capaz, solo necesitas un poco de esfuerzo. ¡Ánimo!

    Without a doubt. You're very capable; you just need a little effort. Come on!

Panel 6 of 18 for “What will you do this year?”: “What about you, Pablo? What will you do this year?”
  1. Ana

    ¿Y tú, Pablo? ¿Qué harás este año?

    What about you, Pablo? What will you do this year?

Panel 7 of 18 for “What will you do this year?”: “I'll quit smoking and lose five kilos. Starting Monday, I'll go running every morning.”
  1. Pablo

    Yo dejaré de fumar y adelgazaré cinco kilos. A partir del lunes saldré a correr todas las mañanas.

    I'll quit smoking and lose five kilos. Starting Monday, I'll go running every morning.

Panel 8 of 18 for “What will you do this year?”: “You make that promise every year and you never keep it.”
  1. Lucía

    Esa promesa la haces todos los años y nunca la cumples.

    You make that promise every year and you never keep it.

Panel 9 of 18 for “What will you do this year?”: “This year is different. I've joined a club: on Sundays we run along the river.”
  1. Pablo

    Este año es diferente. Me he apuntado a un club: los domingos corremos por el río.

    This year is different. I've joined a club: on Sundays we run along the river.

Panel 10 of 18 for “What will you do this year?”: “You, on a Sunday at eight in the morning? Impossible. You won't feel like getting up.”
  1. Lucía

    ¿Tú, un domingo a las ocho de la mañana? Imposible. Te dará pereza levantarte.

    You, on a Sunday at eight in the morning? Impossible. You won't feel like getting up.

Panel 11 of 18 for “What will you do this year?”: “It's not laziness. It's just that I don't have any energy in the morning.”
  1. Pablo

    No es pereza. Es que por la mañana no tengo energía.

    It's not laziness. It's just that I don't have any energy in the morning.

Panel 12 of 18 for “What will you do this year?”: “That's an excuse. On Sunday I'll go with you: I'll call you at seven.”
  1. Ana

    Eso es una excusa. El domingo iré contigo: te llamaré a las siete.

    That's an excuse. On Sunday I'll go with you: I'll call you at seven.

Panel 13 of 18 for “What will you do this year?”: “OK… But after running we'll be able to have a sandwich, right?”
  1. Pablo

    Vale… Pero después de correr podremos tomar un bocadillo, ¿no?

    OK… But after running we'll be able to have a sandwich, right?

Panel 14 of 18 for “What will you do this year?”: “You'll never lose weight like that! What about you, Lucía? What will you do?”
  1. Ana

    ¡Así no adelgazarás nunca! ¿Y tú, Lucía? ¿Qué harás tú?

    You'll never lose weight like that! What about you, Lucía? What will you do?

Panel 15 of 18 for “What will you do this year?”: “I don't make promises. Most people make them at Christmas, and in February they don't remember anymore.”
  1. Lucía

    Yo no hago promesas. La mayoría de la gente las hace en Navidad y en febrero ya no se acuerda.

    I don't make promises. Most people make them at Christmas, and in February they don't remember anymore.

Panel 16 of 18 for “What will you do this year?”: “Not even one plan?”
  1. Pablo

    ¿Ni un plan?

    Not even one plan?

Panel 17 of 18 for “What will you do this year?”: “Well, I do have one. Someday I'll have my own business: a small café with books.”
  1. Lucía

    Bueno, uno sí. Algún día tendré mi propio negocio: un café pequeño con libros.

    Well, I do have one. Someday I'll have my own business: a small café with books.

Panel 18 of 18 for “What will you do this year?”: “How cool! I'll be your first customer. Come on, a toast: to our resolutions! (woman speaking)”
  1. Ana

    ¡Qué guay! Yo seré tu primera clienta. Venga, un brindis: ¡por nuestros propósitos!

    How cool! I'll be your first customer. Come on, a toast: to our resolutions! (woman speaking)

Grammar for this text

The future tense for promises and plans. Aprobaré (I'll pass), dejaré de fumar (I'll quit smoking), te llamaré (I'll call you): the ending is added to the whole infinitive. Irregular: harás (from hacer), saldré (salir), podremos (poder), tendré (tener).

¿Y si suspendes? (And what if you fail?) After si (if), Spanish uses the present tense, not the future, just like English: "if you fail", not "if you will fail".

Te dará pereza levantarte (you won't feel like getting up). Dar pereza works like gustar: me da pereza, te dará pereza.

Esa promesa la haces… When the object comes at the start of the sentence, Spanish repeats it with a pronoun: la (it) (A2, unit 5). In English that would sound odd, but in Spanish it's normal.

Small things. Dentro de unos meses — in a few months. DELE — the official Spanish language exam. Corremos por el río (we run along the river): in Valencia, "the river" is the park in the old riverbed of the Turia. There's no water, but half the city goes running there. Venga — come on, OK then; tía — dude, girl: that's how you talk to friends.

Words and grammar of the unit: Share your plans for the year.

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