Day 179: Sleepless in Cuernavaca
At a health food store in Cuernavaca, MartÃn (A), a young man who can't sleep, asks the salesclerk, Lilia (B), for help.
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
Buenas tardes, ¿tiene algo natural para dormir? Casi no duermo.
Good afternoon, do you have anything natural to help me sleep? I hardly sleep at all.
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B
Tengo este té de valeriana. Pero dÃgame, ¿toma café en la noche?
I've got this valerian tea. But tell me, do you drink coffee in the evening?
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A
Nada más uno, como a las nueve, mientras reviso el celular.
Just one, at about nine, while I check my phone.
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B
Con razón. Hay que dejar el café después de las seis.
No wonder. You need to stop drinking coffee after six.
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A
Órale. ¿No tiene un té que funcione con el celular prendido?
OK. Don't you have a tea that works with the phone turned on?
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B
Ese todavÃa no existe, joven. Hay que dejar el celular fuera de la recámara.
That one doesn't exist yet. You have to leave your phone outside the bedroom.
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