Day 184: The Meeting Had Already Started
At dinner in Guadalajara, a mother (A) asks her daughter (B) about her first week at a software company in Zapopan.
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
¿Y qué tal tu primera semana, mija? ¿Ya te acostumbraste a la oficina?
So how was your first week, honey? Have you gotten used to the office yet?
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B
Más o menos. El lunes llegué a mi primera junta y ya habÃa empezado.
So-so. On Monday I got to my first meeting and it had already started.
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A
¿Cómo crees? ¿No era a las diez?
You're kidding! Wasn't it at ten?
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B
SÃ, pero la habÃan pasado a las nueve, y se me olvidó revisar el horario nuevo.
Yes, but they'd moved it to nine, and I forgot to check the new schedule.
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A
Ay, mija, ¿y qué dijo tu jefa? ¿Se enojó?
Oh, honey, and what did your boss say? Was she mad?
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B
No, pero ahà estaban todos esperándome. ¡Era mi junta de bienvenida!
No, but they were all sitting there waiting for me. It was my welcome meeting!
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