Day 32: Stairs, Not the Escalator
At Pino Suárez station on the Mexico City Metro, Cornelio (A), an older man, stops Karina (B), a young woman, to ask for directions.
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.
Keys: E hide English · ← → previous / next day · point at a word to see its meaning
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A
Disculpe, señorita, ¿dónde están las escaleras normales?
Excuse me, where are the regular stairs?
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B
Allá, junto a las eléctricas. ¿No se cansa, señor?
Over there, next to the escalators. Don't you get tired, sir?
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A
Para nada. Subo a pie para que mis rodillas sigan fuertes.
Not at all. I walk up so that my knees stay strong.
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B
¡Qué disciplina! ¿PodrÃa decirme qué más hace?
What discipline! Could you tell me what else you do?
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A
Camino diario. Usted deberÃa empezar ya, antes de que sea tarde.
I walk every day. You should start now, before it's too late.
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