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Spanish dialogue with translation · B2 · 18 lines

La inauguración del piso The housewarming party

Comic · 18 panels

Panel 1 of 18 for “The housewarming party”: “The housewarming at last! I love the doormat: "The cat's the boss here"! Where's Coco?”
  1. Lucía

    ¡Por fin la inauguración! ¡Cómo mola el felpudo: «Aquí manda el gato»! ¿Dónde está Coco?

    The housewarming at last! I love the doormat: "The cat's the boss here"! Where's Coco?

Panel 2 of 18 for “The housewarming party”: “Under the bed. He'll come out when you sit down and stop shouting. Come in, come in! (to several people)”
  1. Ana

    Debajo de la cama. Saldrá cuando os sentéis y dejéis de gritar. ¡Pasad, pasad!

    Under the bed. He'll come out when you sit down and stop shouting. Come in, come in! (to several people)

Panel 3 of 18 for “The housewarming party”: “We brought cava, chocolates and a bouquet of flowers. I picked the bouquet: if it were up to Dani, we'd always show up empty-handed.”
  1. Noelia

    Traemos cava, bombones y un ramo de flores. El ramo lo he elegido yo: si fuera por Dani, vendríamos siempre con las manos vacías.

    We brought cava, chocolates and a bouquet of flowers. I picked the bouquet: if it were up to Dani, we'd always show up empty-handed.

Panel 4 of 18 for “The housewarming party”: “It's beautiful! But you didn't have to bring anything: I'm glad you're all here (to several people).”
  1. Ana

    ¡Es precioso! Pero no hacía falta que trajerais nada: me alegra que estéis todos aquí.

    It's beautiful! But you didn't have to bring anything: I'm glad you're all here (to several people).

Panel 5 of 18 for “The housewarming party”: “I've made croquettes, dear. I didn't know how many of you there would be, so I've brought forty (to several people).”
  1. Doña Concha

    Yo he hecho croquetas, hija. No sabía cuántos seríais, así que he traído cuarenta.

    I've made croquettes, dear. I didn't know how many of you there would be, so I've brought forty (to several people).

Panel 6 of 18 for “The housewarming party”: “Forty? If I'd known, I'd be hungrier now: I had dinner before coming.”
  1. Dani

    ¿Cuarenta? De haberlo sabido, ahora tendría más hambre: he cenado antes de venir.

    Forty? If I'd known, I'd be hungrier now: I had dinner before coming.

Panel 7 of 18 for “The housewarming party”: “Where do you keep the corkscrew? I want to uncork the red before Pablo starts his speech.”
  1. Sergio

    ¿Dónde tienes el sacacorchos? Quiero descorchar el tinto antes de que Pablo empiece con su discurso.

    Where do you keep the corkscrew? I want to uncork the red before Pablo starts his speech.

Panel 8 of 18 for “The housewarming party”: “In the drawer, with the silverware. And grab some napkins (to several people): there are cold cuts, olives and a portion of tortilla.”
  1. Ana

    En el cajón, con los cubiertos. Y coged servilletas: hay embutido, aceitunas y una ración de tortilla.

    In the drawer, with the silverware. And grab some napkins (to several people): there are cold cuts, olives and a portion of tortilla.

Panel 9 of 18 for “The housewarming party”: “I'm not planning to give any speech, unless you ask me to (to several people). By the way, your decor turned out magnificent.”
  1. Pablo

    Yo no pienso dar ningún discurso, a no ser que me lo pidáis. Por cierto, la decoración te ha quedado magnífica.

    I'm not planning to give any speech, unless you ask me to (to several people). By the way, your decor turned out magnificent.

Panel 10 of 18 for “The housewarming party”: “I'll take care of the aperitif. Doña Concha, would you like a vermouth? (formal)”
  1. Diego

    Yo me encargo del aperitivo. Doña Concha, ¿le apetecería un vermut?

    I'll take care of the aperitif. Doña Concha, would you like a vermouth? (formal)

Panel 11 of 18 for “The housewarming party”: “A small one, dear, thanks. Ana, what a nice guy your Diego is!”
  1. Doña Concha

    Uno pequeño, hijo, gracias. Ana, ¡qué majo es tu Diego!

    A small one, dear, thanks. Ana, what a nice guy your Diego is!

Panel 12 of 18 for “The housewarming party”: “What tasty croquettes!”
  1. Noelia

    ¡Qué croquetas tan sabrosas!

    What tasty croquettes!

Panel 13 of 18 for “The housewarming party”: “Tasty? They're exquisite, finger-licking good. Doña Concha, if you gave me the recipe, I'd be the happiest woman in Valencia (formal).”
  1. Lucía

    ¿Sabrosas? Están exquisitas, para chuparse los dedos. Doña Concha, si me diera la receta, sería la mujer más feliz de Valencia.

    Tasty? They're exquisite, finger-licking good. Doña Concha, if you gave me the recipe, I'd be the happiest woman in Valencia (formal).

Panel 14 of 18 for “The housewarming party”: “A recipe isn't given away, dear: it's taught. Come over one Sunday and we'll make them together.”
  1. Doña Concha

    La receta no se da, hija: se enseña. Ven un domingo y las hacemos juntas.

    A recipe isn't given away, dear: it's taught. Come over one Sunday and we'll make them together.

Panel 15 of 18 for “The housewarming party”: “OK, let the team leader speak! Whatever the speech is, we promise to clap.”
  1. Sergio

    Bueno, ¡que hable la jefa de equipo! Sea cual sea el discurso, prometemos aplaudir.

    OK, let the team leader speak! Whatever the speech is, we promise to clap.

Panel 16 of 18 for “The housewarming party”: “OK, but short: three years ago I arrived with two suitcases and only knew Lucía and Pablo. Today we can't fit in the living room.”
  1. Ana

    Vale, pero corto: hace tres años llegué con dos maletas y solo conocía a Lucía y a Pablo. Hoy no cabemos en el salón.

    OK, but short: three years ago I arrived with two suitcases and only knew Lucía and Pablo. Today we can't fit in the living room.

Panel 17 of 18 for “The housewarming party”: “To Ana, who by now is more local than I am! And I hope we get together in this house many more times.”
  1. Pablo

    ¡Por Ana, que a estas alturas es más de aquí que yo! Y ojalá nos juntemos en esta casa muchas veces más.

    To Ana, who by now is more local than I am! And I hope we get together in this house many more times.

Panel 18 of 18 for “The housewarming party”: “Look who's come out (to several people)! Coco, buddy, what a reunion! Noelia, don't burst out laughing again, you'll scare him.”
  1. Dani

    ¡Mirad quién ha salido! Coco, colega, ¡qué reencuentro! Noelia, no sueltes otra carcajada, que lo asustas.

    Look who's come out (to several people)! Coco, buddy, what a reunion! Noelia, don't burst out laughing again, you'll scare him.

Grammar for this text

All the forms of the level around one table.

  • Saldrá cuando os sentéis — the guests haven't sat down yet: after cuando about the future, the subjunctive.
  • No hacía falta que trajerais nada — the main part is in the past, so the imperfect subjunctive.
  • Si fuera por Dani, vendríamos…, si me diera la receta, sería… — an unreal "if": after si the imperfect subjunctive, in the main part the conditional.
  • No sabía cuántos seríais — the future seen from the past takes the conditional. ¿Le apetecería un vermut? — the polite conditional.
  • antes de que Pablo empiece, a no ser que me lo pidáis — these connectors always take the subjunctive.

Set phrases, the rule comes later: de haberlo sabido — "if I'd known"; sea cual sea — "whatever it is".

¡Que hable! — "let her speak!": que + subjunctive. Everyone speaks to doña Concha with usted (si me diera), and she uses tú with everyone.

Words and grammar of the unit: Celebrate a housewarming with friends.

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