Day 125: Grandma Steals the Comedy Sketch
In Celaya, Guanajuato, Alexander (C), a teenager, is filming a comedy video with his grandmother Eulalia (A), while his mother Aracely (B), Eulalia's daughter, tries to keep them to the script.
How to study this lesson 3 steps
- Read the situation under the title. It says who is talking and how they know each other, which decides how politely they speak.
- Read the dialogue line by line with its translation, until every line makes sense. Point at (or tap) a Spanish word to see what it means.
- Spend at least 30 minutes listening to native Spanish, for example from the Resources page. It doesn't matter if you don't understand it yet.
Dialogue
Audio recordings are on the way. For now, each lesson is the dialogue with its English translation.
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A
¿Ya están grabando? Espérense tantito, que una actriz no sale a cuadro sin labial. A ver, ¿qué dice mi personaje en esta escena?
Are you recording yet? Hold on a moment, an actress doesn't go on camera without her lipstick. OK, what does my character say in this scene?
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B
Una sola línea, mamá, que se nos va la luz de la ventana: se asoma por la puerta y le dice a Alexander “Mijo, ¿otra vez con el celular?”.
Just one line, Mom, because we're losing the light from the window: you poke your head around the door and say to Alexander, “Honey, on that phone again?”
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C
Y yo pongo cara de susto, abuela, así que dígalo tal cual, sin adornos. ¡Acción!
And I put on a scared face, Grandma, so just say it as it is, no frills. Action!
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A
Alexander, nieto de mis entrañas, ¿otra vez con ese aparato? Así se perdió tu abuelo: apenas hubo comprado su primer radio, se olvidó de que tenía esposa.
Alexander, grandson of my very soul, on that contraption again? That's how your grandfather went astray: no sooner had he bought his first radio than he forgot he had a wife.
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C
¡Abuela, eso no viene en el guion! Aunque, la verdad, quedó igualito a una telenovela de las nueve... siga, siga, que sigo grabando.
Grandma, that's not in the script! Although, to be honest, it came out just like a prime-time telenovela... keep going, keep going, I'm still recording.
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B
¿Cómo que siga? Mamá, apéguese al guion, que luego la chismosa de la vecina anda diciendo que en esta casa sacamos los trapitos al sol.
What do you mean, keep going? Mom, stick to the script, or that gossip next door will go around saying we air our dirty laundry in public in this house.
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A
¿La vecina? Esa viene diciendo lo mismo desde que llegó a la cuadra. Que se entere Celaya entera: tu madre, Alexander, no es quien dice ser.
The neighbor? She's been saying the same thing ever since she moved onto the block. Let all of Celaya know: your mother, Alexander, is not who she claims to be.
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B
¡Mamá, por Dios, no invente! Ahora resulta que soy la villana. Alexander, apaga eso ahorita mismo.
Mom, for heaven's sake, don't make things up! So now I'm the villain. Alexander, turn that off this minute.
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C
Ni loco, mamá: esto ya es contenido. Abuela, ¿entonces quién es mi mamá? No nos deje con el Jesús en la boca.
No way, Mom: this is content now. Grandma, so who is my mom, then? Don't leave us with our hearts in our mouths.
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A
La verdad, mijo, es que esa pérfida a la que llamas madre... ¡ay, mi corazón! Y apenas hubo dicho esto, la abuela se desmayó sobre el sillón de terciopelo.
The truth, honey, is that that treacherous woman you call your mother... oh, my heart! And no sooner had she said this than the grandmother fainted onto the velvet sofa.
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B
¡Mamá, no se me desmaye ahorita! Alexander, tú sigue grabando: yo también quiero saber quién soy.
Mom, don't you faint on me now! Alexander, you keep recording: I want to know who I am too.
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