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Spanish dialogue with translation · B2 · 14 lines

No hace falta ser millonario You don't have to be a millionaire

Comic · 14 panels

Panel 1 of 14 for “You don't have to be a millionaire”: “I keep thinking about last night's drawing. If I had money, I'd be looking for flights to Africa right now.”
  1. Pablo

    Sigo pensando en el sorteo de anoche. Si tuviera dinero, ahora mismo estaría buscando vuelos a África.

    I keep thinking about last night's drawing. If I had money, I'd be looking for flights to Africa right now.

Panel 2 of 14 for “You don't have to be a millionaire”: “To see lions from the car?”
  1. Ana

    ¿Para ver leones desde el coche?

    To see lions from the car?

Panel 3 of 14 for “You don't have to be a millionaire”: “Lions, monkeys… And then the desert: sleeping on the sand and looking at the stars.”
  1. Pablo

    Leones, monos… Y después, el desierto: dormir en la arena y mirar las estrellas.

    Lions, monkeys… And then the desert: sleeping on the sand and looking at the stars.

Panel 4 of 14 for “You don't have to be a millionaire”: “Sounds great, but for now it's a dream. You know what I'd do if we had three days off?”
  1. Ana

    Suena genial, pero de momento es un sueño. ¿Sabes qué haría yo si tuviéramos tres días libres?

    Sounds great, but for now it's a dream. You know what I'd do if we had three days off?

Panel 5 of 14 for “You don't have to be a millionaire”: “Go on, tell me.”
  1. Pablo

    A ver, dime.

    Go on, tell me.

Panel 6 of 14 for “You don't have to be a millionaire”: “I'd go up north, to Asturias. There are real wild bears there, and wolves still live in the mountains.”
  1. Ana

    Me iría al norte, a Asturias. Allí hay osos salvajes de verdad, y en las montañas todavía viven lobos.

    I'd go up north, to Asturias. There are real wild bears there, and wolves still live in the mountains.

Panel 7 of 14 for “You don't have to be a millionaire”: “Bears? In Spain? Come on!”
  1. Pablo

    ¿Osos? ¿En España? ¡Anda ya!

    Bears? In Spain? Come on!

Panel 8 of 14 for “You don't have to be a millionaire”: “Yes, really, I saw it in a documentary. You climb a hill at dawn, sit down on the grass and wait in silence.”
  1. Ana

    Que sí, lo vi en un documental. Subes a una colina al amanecer, te sientas en la hierba y esperas en silencio.

    Yes, really, I saw it in a documentary. You climb a hill at dawn, sit down on the grass and wait in silence.

Panel 9 of 14 for “You don't have to be a millionaire”: “And what if no bear shows up?”
  1. Pablo

    ¿Y si no aparece ningún oso?

    And what if no bear shows up?

Panel 10 of 14 for “You don't have to be a millionaire”: “Then you have a whole green valley all to yourself. And then, off to the coast: little beaches between the rocks, almost no people (to a man).”
  1. Ana

    Pues tienes un valle verde entero para ti solo. Y luego, a la costa: playas pequeñas entre rocas, casi sin gente.

    Then you have a whole green valley all to yourself. And then, off to the coast: little beaches between the rocks, almost no people (to a man).

Panel 11 of 14 for “You don't have to be a millionaire”: “OK, you've convinced me. But if we saw a bear up close, what would we do?”
  1. Pablo

    Vale, me has convencido. Pero si viéramos un oso de cerca, ¿qué haríamos?

    OK, you've convinced me. But if we saw a bear up close, what would we do?

Panel 12 of 14 for “You don't have to be a millionaire”: “Not run, that's for sure. They said that in the documentary too.”
  1. Ana

    Correr, no. Eso también lo decían en el documental.

    Not run, that's for sure. They said that in the documentary too.

Panel 13 of 14 for “You don't have to be a millionaire”: “Well, that's very reassuring. Come on, shall we look at tickets? (man speaking)”
  1. Pablo

    Qué tranquilo me dejas. Venga, ¿miramos billetes?

    Well, that's very reassuring. Come on, shall we look at tickets? (man speaking)

Panel 14 of 14 for “You don't have to be a millionaire”: “Let's look. And the lions can wait until we win the lottery.”
  1. Ana

    Miramos. Y los leones, para cuando nos toque la lotería.

    Let's look. And the lions can wait until we win the lottery.

Grammar for this text

Two kinds of "if" in one conversation. The dream: si tuviera dinero, ahora mismo estaría buscando vuelos; si tuviéramos tres días libres…; si viéramos un oso de cerca, ¿qué haríamos? — the -ra form and "would". In the nosotros form the stress falls on the third-to-last syllable, so it gets a written accent: tuviéramos, viéramos. A real question: ¿y si no aparece ningún oso? — this could easily happen, so it's the present tense.

Cuando nos toque la lotería — "when we win the lottery": cuando + present subjunctive about the future (B1). Ana is joking: she says "when", as if winning were a sure thing.

"You" meaning anyone: subes a una colina al amanecer, te sientas en la hierba — "you climb a hill at dawn, you sit down on the grass". This is how you explain how something is done, just like in English.

Colloquial. ¡Anda ya! — "come on!", "no way!". Que sí — "yes, really, I'm telling you". Me has convencido — "you've convinced me".

Words and grammar of the unit: Dream about winning the lottery.

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