Day 124: An Expired INE at the Pharmacy
At a pharmacy in Chihuahua, Cleotilde (A), a retired woman, hands her prescription and her INE card, Mexico's voter ID, to Nahúm (B), the young pharmacist.
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
Joven, vengo por esta medicina. Aquí está mi credencial.
Young man, I've come for this medicine. Here's my ID card.
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B
Señora, su credencial ya venció. Para esta medicina se necesita una vigente.
I'm afraid your card has expired, ma'am. For this medicine you need a valid one.
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A
¿Ya venció? ¿Y ahora qué hago?
It's expired? So what do I do now?
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B
Hay que sacar cita en el INE para renovarla. Luego tendrá que regresar por la nueva.
You have to make an appointment at the INE to renew it. Then you'll have to go back for the new one.
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A
¿Y mi medicina? Oiga, ¿no le sirve mi tarjeta del INAPAM?
And my medicine? Wait, won't my INAPAM senior citizen card work?
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