Day 45: A Posada in Chicago
One December evening in their apartment in Chicago, Edith (A) and her husband Heriberto (B), a couple from Puebla, are planning a posada, the Christmas party where guests sing at the door asking for shelter and then break a piñata.
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
¿Invitamos a los vecinos a la posada?
Should we invite the neighbors to the posada?
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B
No creo que se sepan las canciones.
I don't think they know the songs.
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A
Les imprimo la letra. Al vecino que vive abajo le fascinan las piñatas.
I'll print out the words for them. The neighbor who lives downstairs loves piñatas.
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B
Sí, pero dudo que salgan a cantar con este frío.
Yes, but I doubt they'll go outside to sing in this cold.
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A
Pues cantamos en el pasillo, donde hay calefacción.
Then we'll sing in the hallway, where there's heat.
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