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¿Dónde está el paraguas?

Where is the umbrella?

Your goalI can say what the weather is like and say what I must or needn't take.

Tuesday, a bright, warm morning. You come down in a T-shirt. Elvira stands at the door with an umbrella. "You must take it." Michi doesn't want to go out, and that means rain: the best forecast in town. Clara says Ona is always right. Almost always.

Tap a word to see what it means.

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Elvira
Buenos días. ¿Adónde va sin paraguas?
Good morning. Where are you going without an umbrella?
Al trabajo. ¡Hace un día estupendo! Sol y veinte grados.
To work. It is a lovely day! Sun and twenty degrees.
Al trabajo. ¡Hace un día estupendo! Sol y veinte grados.
To work. It is a lovely day! Sun and twenty degrees.
Elvira
Hoy lleve el paraguas.
Take your umbrella today.
¡Pero no hay nubes! ¡Ni viento!
But there are no clouds! Or wind!
¡Pero no hay nubes! ¡Ni viento!
But there are no clouds! Or wind!
Elvira
Michi se queda en casa. Entonces va a llover.
Michi is staying at home. So it is going to rain.
¿Michi es su hombre del tiempo?
Is Michi your weather forecaster?
¿Michi es su hombre del tiempo?
Is Michi your weather forecaster?
Elvira
Exactamente. Casi siempre acierta.
Exactly. He is nearly always right.
Gracias, pero hoy no necesito paraguas.
Thank you, but I do not need an umbrella today.
Gracias, pero hoy no necesito paraguas.
Thank you, but I do not need an umbrella today.
Elvira
Como quiera.
As you wish.
Morning sun. Clara carries a small café table out onto the pavement. Two chairs already stand in the sun.
Clara
¡Buenos días! ¡Qué calor!
Good morning! It is so hot!
Sí. Pero la señora Martín dice que lleve el paraguas.
Yes. But Mrs Martín says I should take my umbrella.
Sí. Pero la señora Martín dice que lleve el paraguas.
Yes. But Mrs Martín says I should take my umbrella.
Clara
Elvira siempre tiene razón. Bueno, casi siempre.
Elvira is always right. Well, nearly always.
Clara
¿Dónde está Michi? Su sitio en la ventana está vacío.
Where is Michi? His place in the window is empty.
Hoy se queda en casa.
He is staying home today.
Hoy se queda en casa.
He is staying home today.
Clara
Ah. Entonces, mejor con paraguas.
Ah. Then you had better take an umbrella.
Half past five, pouring rain. Frau Martín waits in the open door, dry, with a big towel over her arm.
Tiene razón, señora Martín. Llueve. ¡Y estoy completamente mojado!
You are right, Mrs Martín. It is raining. And I am completely wet!
Tiene razón, señora Martín. Llueve. ¡Y estoy completamente mojada!
You are right, Mrs Martín. It is raining. And I am completely wet!
Elvira
Ya lo veo. Tome, una toalla.
I can see that. Here, a towel.
Gracias. Mañana llevo el paraguas.
Thank you. Tomorrow I will take my umbrella.
Gracias. Mañana llevo el paraguas.
Thank you. Tomorrow I will take my umbrella.
Elvira
Mañana no hace falta. Hay sol.
You do not need it tomorrow. It will be sunny.
¿Y cómo lo sabe?
And how do you know?
¿Y cómo lo sabe?
And how do you know?
Evening. Michi sits on the landing windowsill, dry, and watches the last rain on the glass.
Elvira
Michi.
Michi.

You don't take it. At half past five you come home soaked, and she is at the door with a towel. "I know." Tomorrow: sun, says Michi. Next morning you take the umbrella, and the sun shines. Michi follows you all the way to the office.