Day 113: The Doctor Says Six Weeks
In the schoolyard in Mérida, Ciro (A) sees his classmate Mariana (B) with her arm in a cast; she went to the IMSS clinic, run by Mexico's social security institute, with her mother.
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
Mariana, ¿qué te pasó en el brazo? ¿Te duele?
Mariana, what happened to your arm? Does it hurt?
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B
Poquito. Me caà en el entrenamiento, y el doctor dice que está roto.
A bit. I fell at soccer practice, and the doctor says it's broken.
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A
¡HÃjole! ¿Y cuándo vas a volver a jugar?
Oh no! And when are you going to play again?
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B
Mi mamá dice que en seis semanas. ¡Seis semanas sin futbol!
My mom says in six weeks. Six weeks without soccer!
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A
Oye, mi mamá pregunta si vas a venir a mi fiesta. ¡Va a haber brincolÃn!
Hey, my mom's asking if you're coming to my party. There's going to be a bounce house!
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B
¡Sà voy! El doctor no dijo nada de brincolines.
I'm coming! The doctor didn't say anything about bounce houses.
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