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Spanish dialogue with translation · B1 · 17 lines

Llamo por tercera vez I'm calling for the third time

Comic · 17 panels

Panel 1 of 17 for “I'm calling for the third time”: “Welcome to Telenaranja. If you're calling about a breakdown, dial one (formal).”
  1. Contestador

    Bienvenido a Telenaranja. Si llama por una avería, marque el uno.

    Welcome to Telenaranja. If you're calling about a breakdown, dial one (formal).

Panel 2 of 17 for “I'm calling for the third time”: “Telenaranja, good morning. You're speaking with Jaime. How can I help you? (formal)”
  1. Agente

    Telenaranja, buenos días. Le atiende Jaime, ¿en qué puedo ayudarle?

    Telenaranja, good morning. You're speaking with Jaime. How can I help you? (formal)

Panel 3 of 17 for “I'm calling for the third time”: “Good morning, Jaime. I'm calling for the third time about the same problem: I've been without internet for three weeks.”
  1. Ana

    Buenos días, Jaime. Llamo por tercera vez por el mismo problema: llevo tres semanas sin internet.

    Good morning, Jaime. I'm calling for the third time about the same problem: I've been without internet for three weeks.

Panel 4 of 17 for “I'm calling for the third time”: “I'm very sorry. Let's see... I can see your line here, and it says the issue has been solved (formal).”
  1. Agente

    Lo siento mucho. A ver… Aquí veo su línea, y dice que la incidencia está solucionada.

    I'm very sorry. Let's see... I can see your line here, and it says the issue has been solved (formal).

Panel 5 of 17 for “I'm calling for the third time”: “Solved? The router has a red light, and I can't connect to the Wi-Fi.”
  1. Ana

    ¿Solucionada? El router tiene una luz roja y no puedo conectarme a la wifi.

    Solved? The router has a red light, and I can't connect to the Wi-Fi.

Panel 6 of 17 for “I'm calling for the third time”: “Have you restarted it? Turn it off, wait a minute and turn it back on (formal).”
  1. Agente

    ¿Lo ha reiniciado? Apáguelo, espere un minuto y vuelva a encenderlo.

    Have you restarted it? Turn it off, wait a minute and turn it back on (formal).

Panel 7 of 17 for “I'm calling for the third time”: “I've restarted it a thousand times, twice on the phone with your colleagues. In my opinion, the problem isn't in my home (formal).”
  1. Ana

    Lo he reiniciado mil veces, dos de ellas por teléfono con sus compañeros. Para mí, el problema no está en mi casa.

    I've restarted it a thousand times, twice on the phone with your colleagues. In my opinion, the problem isn't in my home (formal).

Panel 8 of 17 for “I'm calling for the third time”: “I understand. One moment, I'll put you through to a technician (formal).”
  1. Agente

    Entiendo. Un momento, le paso con un técnico.

    I understand. One moment, I'll put you through to a technician (formal).

Panel 9 of 17 for “I'm calling for the third time”: “No, please! Last time they put me on hold for twenty minutes, and the call got cut off.”
  1. Ana

    ¡No, por favor! La última vez me pusieron en espera veinte minutos y se cortó la llamada.

    No, please! Last time they put me on hold for twenty minutes, and the call got cut off.

Panel 10 of 17 for “I'm calling for the third time”: “You're right, I'm sorry. Now I see it: my colleague closed the ticket by mistake, and nobody went to your home (formal).”
  1. Agente

    Tiene razón, perdone. Ya lo veo: mi compañero cerró la incidencia por error y nadie fue a su casa.

    You're right, I'm sorry. Now I see it: my colleague closed the ticket by mistake, and nobody went to your home (formal).

Panel 11 of 17 for “I'm calling for the third time”: “By mistake? I pay a monthly rate of thirty euros for fiber, and I've been using my phone's data for three weeks.”
  1. Ana

    ¿Por error? Pago una tarifa mensual de treinta euros por la fibra y llevo tres semanas usando los datos del móvil.

    By mistake? I pay a monthly rate of thirty euros for fiber, and I've been using my phone's data for three weeks.

Panel 12 of 17 for “I'm calling for the third time”: “Sorry for the trouble. A technician will come tomorrow morning, and everything will be fixed by Friday (formal).”
  1. Agente

    Perdone por las molestias. Mañana por la mañana irá un técnico, y para el viernes estará todo solucionado.

    Sorry for the trouble. A technician will come tomorrow morning, and everything will be fixed by Friday (formal).

Panel 13 of 17 for “I'm calling for the third time”: “I hope so. Also, I want compensation for these three weeks, and I want it in writing.”
  1. Ana

    Eso espero. Además, quiero una compensación por estas tres semanas, y la quiero por escrito.

    I hope so. Also, I want compensation for these three weeks, and I want it in writing.

Panel 14 of 17 for “I'm calling for the third time”: “Of course, I'll send it to you by email right now. You won't pay anything this month: the fiber will be free (formal).”
  1. Agente

    Por supuesto, ahora mismo se lo envío por correo. Este mes no pagará nada: la fibra será gratis.

    Of course, I'll send it to you by email right now. You won't pay anything this month: the fiber will be free (formal).

Panel 15 of 17 for “I'm calling for the third time”: “Thank you for helping me, Jaime. You're the first one who listens to me (formal).”
  1. Ana

    Gracias por atenderme, Jaime. Es usted el primero que me escucha.

    Thank you for helping me, Jaime. You're the first one who listens to me (formal).

Panel 16 of 17 for “I'm calling for the third time”: “That's what we're here for. By the way, for a foreigner, you speak Spanish very well (to a woman, formal).”
  1. Agente

    Para eso estamos. Por cierto, para ser extranjera, habla usted muy bien español.

    That's what we're here for. By the way, for a foreigner, you speak Spanish very well (to a woman, formal).

Panel 17 of 17 for “I'm calling for the third time”: “Thank you. I've talked on the phone a lot these three weeks.”
  1. Ana

    Gracias. He hablado mucho por teléfono estas tres semanas.

    Thank you. I've talked on the phone a lot these three weeks.

Grammar for this text

This text brings together the new uses of por and para.

  • Means: por teléfono, por correo, por escrito — by phone, by mail (here: by email), in writing. Por tercera vez — for the third time.
  • In exchange for: pago… por la fibra, una compensación por estas tres semanas, gracias por atenderme, perdone por las molestias.
  • Cause: llama por una avería, por error — because of a breakdown, by mistake.
  • Deadline: para el viernes — by Friday. Opinion: para mí — in my opinion. "Considering": para ser extranjera — for a foreigner.

Phone phrases: le atiende Jaime — "you're speaking with Jaime", le paso con… — "I'll put you through to...", me pusieron en espera — "they put me on hold".

Apáguelo is a polite usted command with the pronoun attached at the end (unit 12). Se lo envío — "I'll send it to you": le before lo becomes se (unit 10). Para eso estamos — "that's what we're here for".

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