Day 183: Condesa Rents Are Sky-High
At home in Mexico City, a father (A) asks his daughter (B), who has just started a new job in Condesa, how her apartment hunting is going.
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
¿Cómo te fue, mija? ¿Ya encontraste departamento cerca del trabajo?
How did it go, sweetie? Have you found an apartment near work yet?
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B
Ni de chiste. En la Condesa todo está carísimo: 20,000 por un estudio chiquitito.
Not a chance. Everything in Condesa is ridiculously expensive: 20,000 for a tiny little studio.
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A
¡Veinte mil! Tus compañeros ganarán muchísimo, ¿no?
Twenty thousand! Your colleagues must be earning a fortune, then.
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B
¡Para nada! Casi todos viven lejísimos y hacen una hora en Metro.
Not at all! Nearly all of them live miles away and it takes them an hour on the Metro.
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A
Pues búscale más lejos, sobre la misma línea. Costará la mitad, y en el Metro hasta lees.
Well, look further out on the same line. I bet it'll be half the price, and you'll even get some reading done on the Metro.
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