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Illustration for “Lucía Calls”

Spanish dialogue with translation · B2 · 14 lines

Lucía llama Lucía Calls

Comic · 14 panels

Panel 1 of 14 for “Lucía Calls”: “Ana, I just read your letter. I almost cried on the bus!”
  1. Lucía

    Ana, acabo de leer tu carta. ¡Casi lloro en el autobús!

    Ana, I just read your letter. I almost cried on the bus!

Panel 2 of 14 for “Lucía Calls”: “Oh, how embarrassing. Sorry, I was feeling really nostalgic last night (woman speaking).”
  1. Ana

    Ay, qué vergüenza. Perdona, anoche estaba muy nostálgica.

    Oh, how embarrassing. Sorry, I was feeling really nostalgic last night (woman speaking).

Panel 3 of 14 for “Lucía Calls”: “Don't apologize. It makes me mad that you apologize for being sad.”
  1. Lucía

    No pidas perdón. Me da rabia que pidas perdón por estar triste.

    Don't apologize. It makes me mad that you apologize for being sad.

Panel 4 of 14 for “Lucía Calls”: “It's just that I feel like I'm a pain with my problems (woman speaking).”
  1. Ana

    Es que siento que soy una pesada con mis problemas.

    It's just that I feel like I'm a pain with my problems (woman speaking).

Panel 5 of 14 for “Lucía Calls”: “Well, I'm sorry you think that. You don't bother anyone, and me least of all.”
  1. Lucía

    Pues yo siento que pienses eso. A nadie le molestas, y a mí menos.

    Well, I'm sorry you think that. You don't bother anyone, and me least of all.

Panel 6 of 14 for “Lucía Calls”: “Thanks. It's just a feeling, I know: it'll pass.”
  1. Ana

    Gracias. Es solo una sensación, ya lo sé: se me pasará.

    Thanks. It's just a feeling, I know: it'll pass.

Panel 7 of 14 for “Lucía Calls”: “That's what I'm here for. So tell me, have you slept at all? You sound upset (to a woman).”
  1. Lucía

    Para eso estoy. Y dime, ¿has dormido algo? Te noto apenada.

    That's what I'm here for. So tell me, have you slept at all? You sound upset (to a woman).

Panel 8 of 14 for “Lucía Calls”: “Not much. I woke up at five with a strange feeling of distress and couldn't get back to sleep.”
  1. Ana

    Poco. Me he despertado a las cinco con una angustia rara y ya no he podido dormir.

    Not much. I woke up at five with a strange feeling of distress and couldn't get back to sleep.

Panel 9 of 14 for “Lucía Calls”: “That's anxiety about the move. The same thing happened to me when I moved in with Sergio.”
  1. Lucía

    Eso es la ansiedad de la mudanza. A mí me pasó lo mismo cuando me fui a vivir con Sergio.

    That's anxiety about the move. The same thing happened to me when I moved in with Sergio.

Panel 10 of 14 for “Lucía Calls”: “I'm not telling you this so you'll feel sorry for me, OK? I don't want pity.”
  1. Ana

    No te lo cuento para darte pena, ¿vale? No quiero compasión.

    I'm not telling you this so you'll feel sorry for me, OK? I don't want pity.

Panel 11 of 14 for “Lucía Calls”: “It's not pity, silly, it's affection. You're very sensitive, and that's what I like most about you (to a woman).”
  1. Lucía

    No es compasión, tonta, es cariño. Tienes mucha sensibilidad, y eso es lo que más me gusta de ti.

    It's not pity, silly, it's affection. You're very sensitive, and that's what I like most about you (to a woman).

Panel 12 of 14 for “Lucía Calls”: “Thanks, really. I'm glad you're telling me this.”
  1. Ana

    Gracias, de verdad. Me alegra que me lo digas.

    Thanks, really. I'm glad you're telling me this.

Panel 13 of 14 for “Lucía Calls”: “And don't be afraid that everything will change: I'm not going anywhere. On Saturday Sergio and I are coming to help you with the boxes.”
  1. Lucía

    Y no tengas miedo de que todo cambie: yo no me voy a ninguna parte. El sábado vamos Sergio y yo a ayudarte con las cajas.

    And don't be afraid that everything will change: I'm not going anywhere. On Saturday Sergio and I are coming to help you with the boxes.

Panel 14 of 14 for “Lucía Calls”: “Great! Then Coco and I will make dinner.”
  1. Ana

    ¡Qué bien! Entonces Coco y yo ponemos la cena.

    Great! Then Coco and I will make dinner.

Grammar for this text

Sentir que: two meanings in back-to-back lines. Ana: siento que soy una pesada — "I feel like I'm a pain" (normal form). Lucía: siento que pienses eso — "I'm sorry you think that" (subjunctive). The verb form after que is the clue.

Feelings: me da rabia que pidas perdón, me alegra que me lo digas, no tengas miedo de que todo cambie.

Casi lloro — "I almost cried": casi + present tense about something that nearly happened (unit 1).

Te noto apenada — "you sound upset": notar + adjective. Darte pena — to make you feel sorry for me. Ser un pesado — to be a pain, to be annoying.

Words and grammar of the unit: Say how sad you are to see someone go.

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