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Spanish dialogue with translation · B2 · 14 lines

¿Qué te ha pasado en el pie? What happened to your foot?

Comic · 14 panels

Panel 1 of 14 for “What happened to your foot?”: “Girl, why are you walking like that? What happened to your foot?”
  1. Lucía

    Tía, ¿por qué andas así? ¿Qué te ha pasado en el pie?

    Girl, why are you walking like that? What happened to your foot?

Panel 2 of 14 for “What happened to your foot?”: “Didn't I tell you? The night of the flood, I slipped in the hallway and twisted my ankle.”
  1. Ana

    ¿No te lo conté? La noche de la inundación resbalé en el pasillo y me torcí el tobillo.

    Didn't I tell you? The night of the flood, I slipped in the hallway and twisted my ankle.

Panel 3 of 14 for “What happened to your foot?”: “No way! And did you break anything?”
  1. Lucía

    ¡Qué fuerte! ¿Y te has roto algo?

    No way! And did you break anything?

Panel 4 of 14 for “What happened to your foot?”: “Not a single bone, don't worry. At the ER they told me there was no fracture: it's something minor (to a woman).”
  1. Ana

    Ningún hueso, tranquila. En urgencias me dijeron que no había fractura: es algo leve.

    Not a single bone, don't worry. At the ER they told me there was no fracture: it's something minor (to a woman).

Panel 5 of 14 for “What happened to your foot?”: “Thank goodness. I could already picture you in a cast for a month.”
  1. Lucía

    Menos mal. Yo ya te veía un mes con escayola.

    Thank goodness. I could already picture you in a cast for a month.

Panel 6 of 14 for “What happened to your foot?”: “Oh no, of course not. I just have a huge bruise, in every color.”
  1. Ana

    No, mujer. Solo tengo un moratón enorme, de todos los colores.

    Oh no, of course not. I just have a huge bruise, in every color.

Panel 7 of 14 for “What happened to your foot?”: “And how did you fall? It was probably all dark, right?”
  1. Lucía

    ¿Y cómo te caíste? Estaría todo oscuro, ¿no?

    And how did you fall? It was probably all dark, right?

Panel 8 of 14 for “What happened to your foot?”: “No, the power was still on. But I was probably half asleep (woman speaking), and on top of that I wasn't wearing slippers.”
  1. Ana

    No, todavía había luz. Pero yo estaría medio dormida, y además iba sin zapatillas.

    No, the power was still on. But I was probably half asleep (woman speaking), and on top of that I wasn't wearing slippers.

Panel 9 of 14 for “What happened to your foot?”: “Girl, with a blow like that you can end up unconscious.”
  1. Lucía

    Tía, con un golpe así te puedes quedar inconsciente.

    Girl, with a blow like that you can end up unconscious.

Panel 10 of 14 for “What happened to your foot?”: “Not unconscious, but I almost fainted from the pain. And I screamed, of course... in my own language: in my panic, I forgot my Spanish.”
  1. Ana

    Inconsciente no, pero casi me desmayo del dolor. Y grité, claro… en mi idioma: con el pánico se me olvidó el español.

    Not unconscious, but I almost fainted from the pain. And I screamed, of course... in my own language: in my panic, I forgot my Spanish.

Panel 11 of 14 for “What happened to your foot?”: “And nobody came?”
  1. Lucía

    ¿Y no vino nadie?

    And nobody came?

Panel 12 of 14 for “What happened to your foot?”: “Not at first. The neighbors must have thought I was watching a foreign movie.”
  1. Ana

    Al principio, no. Los vecinos debieron de pensar que estaba viendo una película extranjera.

    Not at first. The neighbors must have thought I was watching a foreign movie.

Panel 13 of 14 for “What happened to your foot?”: “Next time, yell "¡socorro!", because the whole building understands that.”
  1. Lucía

    La próxima vez grita «¡socorro!», que eso lo entiende todo el edificio.

    Next time, yell "¡socorro!", because the whole building understands that.

Panel 14 of 14 for “What happened to your foot?”: “I'll keep that in mind. Although I hope there won't be a next time.”
  1. Ana

    Tomo nota. Aunque espero que no haya próxima vez.

    I'll keep that in mind. Although I hope there won't be a next time.

Grammar for this text

Guesses in everyday speech. estaría todo oscuro, ¿no? — it was probably all dark, right?; yo estaría medio dormida — I was probably half asleep: you can use the conditional to guess even about yourself. Debieron de pensar que... — they must have thought that...: debieron is the ellos form, and an infinitive follows it.

Familiar from unit 1: casi me desmayo — I almost fainted (casi + the present tense, even though it's about the past); se me olvidó el español — I forgot my Spanish (it slipped my mind).

Two ways to say the same thing. A doctor writes fractura, but to a friend you say romperse un hueso; in conversation a bruise is a moratón. Leve — minor, about an injury. Quedarse inconsciente — to pass out, to lose consciousness.

Tía, qué fuerte, no, mujer — colloquial, only with people you're close to; in English, "girl", "no way!" and "oh no, of course not". Espero que no haya próxima vez — haya comes from hay: "I hope there won't be a next time".

Yo ya te veía un mes con escayola — "I could already picture you in a cast for a month": veía is the imperfect of ver; people say this when they imagine a picture in their head.

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