Day 164: Walking Around the Plaza on Sunday
On a Sunday evening in Jerez, a town in Zacatecas, Thiago (A), a boy visiting from Texas, sits on a bench in the plaza with his grandmother, Adelina (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
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A
Abuelita, ¿por qué todos le dan vueltas a la plaza?
Grandma, why is everyone walking around and around the plaza?
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B
Es la costumbre de los domingos en el pueblo, mijo.
It's the Sunday custom in this town, sweetheart.
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A
¿Nomás para caminar? ¿Y usted también venÃa cuando era joven?
Just to walk? And did you use to come too when you were young?
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B
Claro. Las muchachas iban para un lado y los muchachos para el otro.
Of course. The girls went one way and the boys the other.
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A
¿Y para qué? ¿No era más fácil caminar juntos?
But what for? Wouldn't it have been easier to walk together?
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B
Para vernos de frente en cada vuelta. Asà conocà a tu abuelo.
So we'd see each other face to face on every lap. That's how I met your grandpa.
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