Day 59: UNAM Entrance Exam on Saturday
At home in Mexico City, Diego (A), who is seventeen, gets ready with his father, Eduardo (B), for the entrance exam of the UNAM, Mexico's national university, on Saturday.
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
Pa, ¿qué hay que llevar el sábado? ¿Solo lápiz?
Dad, what do I need to take on Saturday? Just a pencil?
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B
Lápiz, goma y una identificación. Y hay que llegar temprano.
A pencil, an eraser and some ID. And you have to get there early.
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A
¿Y el comprobante? Hay que imprimirlo y no tenemos tinta.
What about the exam pass? It has to be printed, and we don't have any ink.
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B
Ya te lo imprimà en la oficina. Aquà está.
I've already printed it for you at the office. Here it is.
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A
¡Gracias, pa! Mejor guárdamelo tú hasta el sábado.
Thanks, Dad! You'd better keep it for me until Saturday.
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B
Sale, te lo guardo. Pero el examen lo presentas tú.
Fine, I'll keep it for you. But you're the one taking the exam.
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