Day 25: Holding Out for a Better Offer
In the empty house they have inherited in Tlaxcala, Rebeca (A) and her husband Bernardo (B) go over a buyer's offer for it before calling him back.
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
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A
Dos millones cien mil por la casa de tu tĂa Domitila: nos está viendo la cara.
Two million one hundred thousand for your Aunt Domitila's house: he's taking us for fools.
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B
Yo firmarĂa hoy. No hay quien busque casa en Tlaxcala, que segĂşn internet ni existe.
I'd sign today. Nobody's looking for a house in Tlaxcala, which according to the internet doesn't even exist.
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A
Pues ese señor, que tampoco existe, viene llamando cada semana desde marzo.
Well, that man, who doesn't exist either, has been calling every week since March.
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B
Y anda haciendo ofertas en todo el barrio: si otro le dice que sĂ, nos quedamos con la herencia y las goteras.
And he's going around making offers all over the neighborhood: if someone else says yes, we're stuck with the inheritance and the leaks.
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A
Que ofrezca lo que quiera: no hay otra casa junto a la plaza que tenga capulĂn en el patio.
Let him offer what he likes: there's no other house by the square with a cherry tree in the courtyard.
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B
Mira lo que me escribió: “Si no me contestan hoy, compro la de los Pérez, que la andan rematando”.
Look what he sent me: “If you don't answer today, I'll buy the Pérez place, they're trying to sell it off cheap.”
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A
ÂżLa de los PĂ©rez? Puro blof: no hay nadie que haya visto esas grietas y todavĂa quiera comprarla.
The PĂ©rez place? Pure bluff: there's nobody who's seen those cracks and still wants to buy it.
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B
Blof o no, vengo durmiendo mal desde marzo. Pongamos un lĂmite y le hablamos antes de que se arrepienta.
Bluff or not, I've been sleeping badly since March. Let's set a limit and call him before he changes his mind.
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A
Pedimos dos cuatrocientos y de dos trescientos no bajamos. De pilĂłn va el comedor de tu tĂa, que ni cabe por la puerta.
We ask two point four million and don't go below two point three. Your aunt's dining set goes in for free, since it won't even fit through the door.
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B
Sale, pero le hablas tĂş. No conozco a nadie que regatee como tĂş, ni en el tianguis.
Deal, but you're calling him. I don't know anyone who haggles like you, not even at the street market.
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