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Spanish dialogue with translation · B2 · 18 lines

A lo mejor solo está liado Maybe he's just busy

Comic · 18 panels

Panel 1 of 18 for “Maybe he's just busy”: “Look, Lucía. I wrote to Diego on Monday and he answered today: "All good, we'll talk."”
  1. Ana

    Mira, Lucía. Le escribí a Diego el lunes y me ha contestado hoy: «Todo bien, ya hablaremos».

    Look, Lucía. I wrote to Diego on Monday and he answered today: "All good, we'll talk."

Panel 2 of 18 for “Maybe he's just busy”: “Maybe he's just busy, girl. Didn't he have a ton of work this month?”
  1. Lucía

    A lo mejor solo está liado, tía. ¿No tenía mogollón de trabajo este mes?

    Maybe he's just busy, girl. Didn't he have a ton of work this month?

Panel 3 of 18 for “Maybe he's just busy”: “That might be it. But before, busy or not, he used to send me a silly video every night.”
  1. Ana

    Puede que sea eso. Pero antes, liado o no, me mandaba un vídeo tonto cada noche.

    That might be it. But before, busy or not, he used to send me a silly video every night.

Panel 4 of 18 for “Maybe he's just busy”: “Maybe he's tired. Or maybe his phone broke and he isn't getting the notifications.”
  1. Lucía

    Quizá esté cansado. O igual se le ha roto el móvil y no le llegan las notificaciones.

    Maybe he's tired. Or maybe his phone broke and he isn't getting the notifications.

Panel 5 of 18 for “Maybe he's just busy”: “It's unlikely it broke: yesterday he changed his profile picture. Right after reading my message.”
  1. Ana

    Es improbable que se le haya roto: ayer cambió la foto de perfil. Justo después de leer mi mensaje.

    It's unlikely it broke: yesterday he changed his profile picture. Right after reading my message.

Panel 6 of 18 for “Maybe he's just busy”: “That's a coincidence, not a sign of anything. And don't obsess over his profile, come on.”
  1. Lucía

    Eso es una coincidencia, no un indicio de nada. Y no te obsesiones con su perfil, anda.

    That's a coincidence, not a sign of anything. And don't obsess over his profile, come on.

Panel 7 of 18 for “Maybe he's just busy”: “I know. But I keep overthinking: I analyze every message, every pause, every period.”
  1. Ana

    Ya lo sé. Pero me como la cabeza: analizo cada mensaje, cada pausa, cada punto.

    I know. But I keep overthinking: I analyze every message, every pause, every period.

Panel 8 of 18 for “Maybe he's just busy”: “And stop assuming the worst. Has he actually told you he doesn't want to see you?”
  1. Lucía

    Y deja de ponerte en lo peor. ¿Acaso te ha dicho que no quiere verte?

    And stop assuming the worst. Has he actually told you he doesn't want to see you?

Panel 9 of 18 for “Maybe he's just busy”: “No. In principle, we were going to see each other on Saturday, but he hasn't said anything since. I have a strange feeling.”
  1. Ana

    No. En principio, íbamos a vernos el sábado, pero no ha vuelto a decir nada. Tengo un presentimiento raro.

    No. In principle, we were going to see each other on Saturday, but he hasn't said anything since. I have a strange feeling.

Panel 10 of 18 for “Maybe he's just busy”: “Your intuition fails more often than the Wi-Fi at my place. You're drawing conclusions without context.”
  1. Lucía

    Tu intuición falla más que el wifi de mi casa. Estás sacando conclusiones sin contexto.

    Your intuition fails more often than the Wi-Fi at my place. You're drawing conclusions without context.

Panel 11 of 18 for “Maybe he's just busy”: “It's just that his messages are so ambiguous... "We'll talk." About what? When?”
  1. Ana

    Es que sus mensajes son tan ambiguos... «Ya hablaremos». ¿De qué? ¿Cuándo?

    It's just that his messages are so ambiguous... "We'll talk." About what? When?

Panel 12 of 18 for “Maybe he's just busy”: “Maybe it means exactly that: that you two will talk. Don't assume it's something bad.”
  1. Lucía

    Tal vez signifique justo eso: que ya hablaréis. No des por hecho que es algo malo.

    Maybe it means exactly that: that you two will talk. Don't assume it's something bad.

Panel 13 of 18 for “Maybe he's just busy”: “What if I've said something and he's misinterpreted it? He might be angry with me.”
  1. Ana

    ¿Y si he dicho algo y lo ha malinterpretado? Puede que esté enfadado conmigo.

    What if I've said something and he's misinterpreted it? He might be angry with me.

Panel 14 of 18 for “Maybe he's just busy”: “It's possible he's angry, and it's also possible he's not. You won't figure it out by looking at your phone: ask him.”
  1. Lucía

    Es posible que esté enfadado, y también es posible que no. Mirando el móvil no lo vas a adivinar: pregúntaselo.

    It's possible he's angry, and it's also possible he's not. You won't figure it out by looking at your phone: ask him.

Panel 15 of 18 for “Maybe he's just busy”: “It's just that I'm afraid he'll tell me something I don't want to hear.”
  1. Ana

    Es que me da miedo que me conteste algo que no quiero oír.

    It's just that I'm afraid he'll tell me something I don't want to hear.

Panel 16 of 18 for “Maybe he's just busy”: “He'll probably tell you he's had a horrible week. And if not, at least you'll know for sure.”
  1. Lucía

    Seguramente te dirá que ha tenido una semana horrible. Y si no, por lo menos lo sabrás con certeza.

    He'll probably tell you he's had a horrible week. And if not, at least you'll know for sure.

Panel 17 of 18 for “Maybe he's just busy”: “OK, I'll write to him tonight. Or maybe tomorrow, when I'm calmer...”
  1. Ana

    Vale, le escribo esta noche. O quizá mañana, con más calma...

    OK, I'll write to him tonight. Or maybe tomorrow, when I'm calmer...

Panel 18 of 18 for “Maybe he's just busy”: “Ana! Don't be indecisive: tonight. And don't exaggerate, it's just a message.”
  1. Lucía

    ¡Ana! No seas indecisa: esta noche. Y no exageres, que solo es un mensaje.

    Ana! Don't be indecisive: tonight. And don't exaggerate, it's just a message.

Grammar for this text

All the "maybes" in one conversation. Look at the verb form after each word:

  • a lo mejor solo está liado, igual se le ha roto el móvil, seguramente te dirá — the normal form (indicative);
  • puede que sea eso, es improbable que se le haya roto, es posible que esté enfadado — the subjunctive, always;
  • quizá esté cansado, tal vez signifique — also the subjunctive: Lucía is guessing and doesn't know herself.

Se le ha roto — "his (phone) broke" (unit 1). After que the same phrase becomes se le haya roto (unit 9).

¿Acaso te ha dicho…? — "has he actually told you…?": a reproachful question, and the expected answer is "no". En principio — "that was the plan, unless something changes". Liado, comerse la cabeza, mogollón (a ton) and tía (girl, a friendly way to address a woman) are words for friends only.

Words and grammar of the unit: Say how likely something is.

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