Day 116: Surfboards at Zicatela
On Zicatela beach in Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca, Lorenzo (A), who learned to surf there years ago, wants to rent surfboards with his close friend Noé (B).
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
Mira, ahí está la tienda donde aprendí a surfear. ¿Rentamos tablas?
Look, there's the shop where I learned to surf. Should we rent some boards?
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B
¿Con esas olas? Mejor vamos a la playa en la que nadamos ayer.
With those waves? Let's go to the beach we swam at yesterday instead.
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A
Tranquilo. El chavo que me enseñó sigue ahí.
Relax. The guy who taught me is still there.
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B
¿Ese de ahí? Está guardando todas las tablas.
That one there? He's putting all the boards away.
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A
Si él no se mete, yo tampoco. Ándale, vamos a tu playa.
If he's not going in, I'm not either. Come on, let's go to your beach.
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