Day 211: A Rooster Next Door at Four
In an office in Querétaro, Mayela (A), the department head, can't stop yawning in front of Nataly (B), a new colleague.
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
¡Perdón por los bostezos! El gallo del vecino cantó otra vez a las cuatro.
Sorry about all the yawning! My neighbor's rooster crowed at four again.
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B
¿Otra vez? ¿Y ya habló con su vecino, licenciada?
Again? And have you talked to your neighbor yet?
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A
Sí, pero dice que el gallo es suyo y canta cuando quiere.
Yes, but he says the rooster's his and it crows whenever it likes.
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B
Mañana le traigo unos tapones de oídos, para que duerma hasta que suene su alarma.
Tomorrow I'll bring you some earplugs, so you can sleep until your alarm goes off.
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A
¡Qué buena idea! ¿Y a ti sí te funcionan?
What a good idea! And do they really work for you?
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B
Fíjese que un vecino mío tiene cinco gallos, y yo duermo como bebé.
Believe it or not, a neighbor of mine has five roosters, and I sleep like a baby.
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