Beginner · Spanish reading practice

Conociendo a Zik

At night a girl meets a small alien beside his crashed spaceship. Practise introducing yourself (soy, me llamo, mi nombre es) and saying how you feel.

A page from La llegada, in the El visitante collection — an original Comigo comic, voiced line by line.

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A night-time comic page: a girl in pyjamas holding a toy rabbit meets a small alien in a spacesuit beside a crashed, smoking spaceship; they tell each other their names, and the alien, looking sad, says he feels very bad.
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Transcript and translation

  1. Soy una chicaI am a girl.
  2. Soy Mía.I am Mía.
  3. Mi nombre es Mía.My name is Mía.
  4. Me llamo Zik.My name is Zik.
  5. Mal…Bad…
  6. Muy mal...Very bad...

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