Day 175: Studying Zapata and Villa
At the kitchen table in Cuernavaca, Rigoberto (A) is helping his young daughter Rosalía (B) study for a history test on the Mexican Revolution.
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
A ver, mija, ¿qué has estudiado para el examen de historia?
Let's see, sweetie, what have you studied for the history test?
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B
Todo lo de la Revolución. Pregúntame lo que quieras, papá.
Everything about the Revolution. Ask me whatever you like, Dad.
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A
Mmm... Zapata peleaba en el norte, ¿no? ¿Como Villa?
Hmm... Zapata fought in the north, didn't he? Like Villa?
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B
No, papá, Zapata peleaba aquí, en Morelos. El del norte era Villa.
No, Dad, Zapata fought here, in Morelos. Villa was the one in the north.
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A
Oye, sabes más que yo. Cuando iba a la escuela, era malísimo para la historia.
Hey, you know more than I do. When I was in school, I was terrible at history.
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B
Ya me di cuenta, papá. Mejor ahora yo te pregunto a ti.
I'd noticed, Dad. Maybe now I should be the one testing you.
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