Day 135: The Washing Machine Starts Shaking
At home in Puebla, Raquel (A) calls her husband Eliseo (B) when their washing machine starts acting up in the middle of a load.
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
¡Eliseo, ven! La lavadora empezó a brincar y a hacer ruido.
Eliseo, come here! The washing machine started jumping around and banging.
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B
Tranquila, suele pasar con las lavadoras viejas. Ahorita busco un video.
Calm down, that often happens with old washing machines. I'll look up a video right now.
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A
¿Un video? Mejor le hablamos al técnico.
A video? Let's just call the repairman.
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B
Mira, aquà dice que se puede arreglar nivelando las patas.
Look, it says here you can fix it by leveling the feet.
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A
Eso mismo dijiste del lavabo, y se inundó el baño.
That's exactly what you said about the sink, and the bathroom flooded.
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B
Bueno, bueno, tú ganas. ¿Me pasas el número del técnico?
All right, all right, you win. Can you pass me the repairman's number?
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