Day 182: Lost in San Juan de Dios
At the San Juan de Dios market in Guadalajara, a young woman (A) finds a little girl (B) crying on her own between the stalls.
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
Mi amor, ¿por qué lloras? ¿Dónde está tu mamá?
Sweetheart, why are you crying? Where's your mom?
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B
Estaba viendo unos tenis, y cuando volteé ya no estaba.
I was looking at some sneakers, and when I turned around she wasn't there.
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A
A ver, ¿hay alguien en estos puestos que conozca a tu mamá?
Let's see, is there anyone at these stalls who knows your mom?
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B
No. Pero mi mamá dice que si me pierdo, no me mueva.
No. But my mom says that if I get lost, I should stay where I am.
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A
Muy bien. Pero hay que avisarle a seguridad, para que la llamen por altavoz.
Good girl. But we need to tell security, so they can call her over the loudspeaker.
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B
¿Y si regresa y no me encuentra? ¿Le avisamos al señor de los tenis?
And what if she comes back and can't find me? Should we tell the man with the sneakers?
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