Day 73 of 135

Day 73: Handing Over the Big Bedroom

At home in Chilpancingo, Guerrero, Martín (A) has to persuade his nine-year-old daughter Miranda (B) to give up her big bedroom to her newborn twin brothers, Liam and Santino.

How to study this lesson 3 steps
  1. Read the situation under the title. It says who is talking and how they know each other, which decides how politely they speak.
  2. 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.
  3. 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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  1. A

    Miranda, vengo a ofrecerte un trato: la recámara del fondo, cuya ventana da al guayabo, va a ser toda tuya.

    Miranda, I've come to offer you a deal: the room at the back, whose window looks onto the guava tree, is going to be all yours.

  2. B

    ¿El cuarto de la plancha? Ahí no cabe ni la plancha, pa. Ya sé: quieren meter las cunas en mi recámara.

    The ironing room? Not even the iron fits in there, Dad. I know: you want to put the cribs in my room.

  3. A

    Pero piénsalo: tus hermanos van a llorar cada dos horas, lo cual, desde el fondo del pasillo, ni vas a oír.

    But think about it: your brothers are going to cry every two hours, which, from the end of the hall, you won't even hear.

  4. B

    Está bien, pero hay condiciones. Pintada la pared de morado, empiezo a sacar mis cosas; antes, ni un calcetín.

    OK, but there are conditions. Once the wall's painted purple, I'll start moving my things out; before that, not one sock.

  5. A

    Morado, concedido. Aunque tu mamá quería ese cuarto para su máquina de coser, lo cual te pido que no le recuerdes.

    Purple, granted. Although your mom wanted that room for her sewing machine, which I'd ask you not to remind her of.

  6. B

    Segunda condición: terminada la mudanza, quiero un escritorio con cajones y cortinas que no huelan a ropa planchada.

    Second condition: once the move is over, I want a desk with drawers and curtains that don't smell of ironing.

  7. A

    El escritorio, hecho. ¿Y las cortinas no las podemos lavar nomás? Tu papá no es cajero automático, mija.

    The desk, done. And the curtains, can't we just wash them? Your dad isn't an ATM, honey.

  8. B

    Entonces me quedo con mi cuarto, y que Liam y Santino duerman en el de la plancha, cuya ventana, por cierto, da al guayabo.

    Then I'm keeping my room, and Liam and Santino can sleep in the ironing room, whose window, by the way, looks onto the guava tree.

  9. A

    Ay, qué chantajista me saliste. Ándale pues, cortinas nuevas. ¿Algo más, o ya le digo a tu mamá que tenemos trato?

    Oh, you little blackmailer. All right then, new curtains. Anything else, or should I tell your mom we've got a deal?

  10. B

    Una última cosa: todo eso me lo escribes en la pared antes de pintarla, para que quede debajo del morado para siempre.

    One last thing: you write all of that on the wall for me before you paint it, so it stays under the purple forever.

  11. A

    Trato hecho. Y escrita la promesa, te pongo estrellas fosforescentes en el techo. Oye, ¿eso quién lo pidió?

    Deal. And once the promise is written, I'll put glow-in-the-dark stars on your ceiling. Hang on, who asked for that?

  12. B

    Nadie, pa, pero ya lo dijiste. Anótalo también, abajito de lo de las cortinas.

    Nobody, Dad, but you've said it now. Write that down too, just under the part about the curtains.

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