Day 143 of 215

Day 143: The Baby Downstairs Can't Sleep

Late on a Friday night in an apartment building in Guadalajara, Ramiro (A), who lives downstairs, knocks at the door of Yazmín (B), a young woman he has never met, in the middle of her party.

How to study this lesson 3 steps
  1. Read the situation under the title. It says who is talking and how they know each other, which decides how politely they speak.
  2. 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.
  3. 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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  1. A

    Buenas noches, señorita. Perdón que la moleste, vivo aquí abajo.

    Good evening. Sorry to bother you, I live just downstairs.

  2. B

    Ay, ¿está muy fuerte la música? Es que es mi cumpleaños.

    Oh, is the music too loud? It's my birthday, you see.

  3. A

    ¡Felicidades! Nomás quería saber a qué hora acaban, porque mi bebé no se duerme.

    Happy birthday! I just wanted to know what time you'll finish, because my baby won't go to sleep.

  4. B

    ¡Pobrecito! Nada más hay que partir el pastel y terminamos.

    Oh, poor thing! We just have to cut the cake, and then we're done.

  5. A

    Se lo agradezco. ¿Le podrían bajar tantito mientras tanto?

    Thank you. Could you turn it down a bit in the meantime?

  6. B

    Claro. Y cuando se duerma, suba por un pedazo de pastel.

    Of course. And when the baby's asleep, come up for a slice of cake.

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