Day 188: The Biggest Wave in Mazatlán
On the first day back at an elementary school in Aguascalientes, a girl (A) runs up to her teacher (B) to tell her about her summer vacation.
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
Maestra, ¿sabe qué? En Mazatlán vi la ola más grande del mundo.
Miss, guess what? In Mazatlán I saw the biggest wave in the world.
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B
¿La más grande del mundo? ¿Qué tan grande era?
The biggest in the world? How big was it?
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A
Era más alta que mi papá, ¡y se llevó sus lentes!
It was taller than my dad, and it took his glasses!
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B
¡No me digas! ¿Y sí los encontraron?
You're kidding! And did you find them?
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A
Sí, al otro día en la arena, ¡con el cangrejo más chiquito de la playa encima!
Yes, the next day on the sand, with the tiniest crab on the beach sitting on them!
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B
¡Qué aventura! Escríbela en tu cuaderno: seguro es la mejor historia del salón.
What an adventure! Write it in your notebook: I bet it's the best story in the class.
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