Day 95: The Lost Girl Who Took Charge
At the Feria de San Marcos, the big spring fair in Aguascalientes, a young woman (A) spots a girl (B) standing on her own by a churro stand.
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
Oye, chiquita, ¿estás bien? Llevas un buen rato sola junto a los churros.
Hey, sweetheart, are you all right? You've been on your own by the churros for ages.
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B
Estoy perfectamente, señorita. Ha de saber usted que los perdidos son mis papás: se esfumaron hace media hora.
I'm perfectly fine, miss. I'll have you know it's my parents who are lost: they vanished into thin air half an hour ago.
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A
¿Tus papás? Mira, tú sabrás muy bien dónde estás, pero ellos no. Vamos al módulo de niños extraviados, aquí a la vuelta.
Your parents? Look, you may know exactly where you are, but they don't. Let's go to the lost children's desk, just around the corner.
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B
Extraviada no estoy. Y antes de ir con usted, dígame: ¿no ha visto a un señor de bigote con cachucha de los Rieleros?
I am not lost. And before I go anywhere with you, tell me: haven't you seen a man with a mustache in a Rieleros baseball cap?
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A
Haces bien en desconfiar. Pero, corazón, en la Feria de San Marcos hay más cachuchas de los Rieleros que churros.
You're right not to trust strangers. But, sweetheart, at the Feria de San Marcos there are more Rieleros caps than churros.
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B
Anote más señas: lo acompaña una señora que no suelta el celular. Cualquier dato sobre su paradero me lo ha de reportar a mí.
Take down more details: he's with a lady who never lets go of her phone. Any information on their whereabouts is to be reported to me.
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A
Anotado, detective. Pero esta averiguación la resuelve más rápido el altavoz. ¿Te sabes el número de tu papá?
Noted, detective. But the loudspeaker will crack this case faster. Do you know your dad's number?
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B
De memoria, pero no contesta. Ha de traer el celular en silencio, a pesar de que mi mamá se lo ha dicho mil veces.
By heart, but he doesn't answer. He must have his phone on silent, even though my mom has told him a thousand times.
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A
Ya llegamos. Dime cómo se llama, y el oficial del módulo lo anuncia por toda la feria.
Here we are. Tell me his name, and the officer at the desk will announce it all over the fair.
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B
Uriel Medina. Pero que no diga “niña perdida”: que diga “se busca a dos adultos extraviados”.
Uriel Medina. But he mustn't say “lost girl”: he should say “we are looking for two lost adults.”
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A
Listo, ya lo anunciaron. Y mira: ahí viene corriendo un señor de bigote, pálido del susto. ¿Es él?
OK, they've announced it. And look: there's a man with a mustache running this way, white as a sheet. Is that him?
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B
¡Es él! Por más que se lo digo, nunca se queda donde lo dejo. Gracias por su colaboración, señorita: caso cerrado.
It's him! However many times I tell him, he never stays where I leave him. Thank you for your cooperation, miss: case closed.
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