Day 145: Whose Ladder Is It Anyway
Outside a house in Chihuahua, Rolando (A) asks Gaspar (B), his neighbor of twenty years, about the ladder leaning against Gaspar's wall ('don' is a respectful title used with a first name).
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
Don Gaspar, ¿podrÃa devolverme la escalera que le presté en marzo?
Don Gaspar, could you give me back the ladder I lent you in March?
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B
¿La escalera? Pero si esa es mÃa, don Rolando.
The ladder? But that one's mine, Don Rolando.
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A
Perdone, pero la mÃa es azul, con mi nombre en una pata.
Sorry, but mine is blue, with my name on one of the legs.
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B
Pues sÃ, aquà dice Rolando. ¿Entonces dónde estará la mÃa?
Well, yes, it does say Rolando here. So where can mine be?
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A
¿La suya es gris? En mi cochera hay una gris desde diciembre.
Is yours gray? There's been a gray one in my garage since December.
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B
¡Esa es la mÃa! Las cambiamos y quedamos a mano, ¿no?
That's mine! Let's swap them back and call it even, OK?
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