Day 78: The DJ Who Hates Slang
In an apartment building in Mazatlán, Minerva (A), who hosts the morning show on a youth radio station, knocks on the door of her neighbor Lidia (B), a devoted listener who has the show playing loudly.
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
Perdone, vecina, pero mi programa se oye hasta el pasillo, y tras cuatro horas al aire no me aguanto ni yo.
Sorry, but my show can be heard all the way out in the hallway, and after four hours on air I can't stand the sound of myself.
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B
¿Su programa? ¡No me diga que usted es Minerva, la de “Despierta, banda”! No me pierdo ni uno.
Your show? Don't tell me you're Minerva from “Wake Up, Crew”! I never miss a single one.
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A
La misma, para servirle. Y en confianza: detesto cada muletilla de moda que digo al aire.
The very same, at your service. And between ourselves: I loathe every trendy pet phrase I say on air.
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B
¡No puede ser! Si usted dice “qué oso” y “está bien random” mejor que mi sobrina. ¿Entonces por qué?
It can't be! You say “how embarrassing” and “that's so random” better than my niece does. So why?
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A
Por contrato. Apenas hube firmado, como dirĂan las novelas, me entregaron una lista de anglicismos y modismos obligatorios, con cuota diaria.
Because of my contract. No sooner had I signed, as the novels would say, than they handed me a list of compulsory anglicisms and slang, with a daily quota.
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B
ÂżCon cuota y todo? Entonces explĂqueme quĂ© es estar “funado”, porque mi sobrina lo dice de medio mundo.
Quota and all? Then explain to me what being “canceled” is, because my niece says it about just about everybody.
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A
Que lo cancelaron en redes: apenas hubo abierto la boca, le retiraron el saludo. Yo ya me habrĂa funado a mĂ misma.
That they've been canceled online: no sooner had they opened their mouth than people stopped speaking to them. I'd have canceled myself by now.
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B
ÂżY “me dejĂł en visto”? ÂżY “está en su prime”? Yo creĂa que “prime” era la carne cara del sĂşper.
And “he left me on read”? And “she's in her prime”? I thought “prime” was the expensive beef at the supermarket.
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A
Dejar en visto es leer y no contestar; estar en su prime, vivir su mejor momento. No hay nadie de mi edad que hable asĂ sin hacer el ridĂculo.
Leaving someone on read is reading and not replying; being in your prime, living your best moment. There isn't anyone my age who can talk like that without making a fool of themselves.
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B
Pues mi hijo, que va en la prepa, dice que no conoce a ningĂşn chavo que todavĂa diga “random”.
Well, my son, who's in high school, says he doesn't know a single kid who still says “random.”
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A
¿Ya nadie lo dice? ¡Bendito muchacho! Tráigamelo a la cabina: con su testimonio, a lo mejor me quitan la cuota.
Nobody says it anymore? Bless that boy! Bring him to the studio: with his testimony, they might drop my quota.
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B
Con gusto, pero ya la tiene calada: dice que suena como tĂa en posada queriendo caerles bien a los sobrinos.
Happy to, but he's got you figured out: he says you sound like an aunt at a Christmas posada trying to win over her nephews and nieces.
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