Day 6: The Upstairs Washing Machine
In an apartment in Colonia Narvarte, Mexico City, Adriana (A) calls her landlord, Don Arturo (B), at midnight ('don' is a respectful title used with a first name).
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
Disculpe la hora, don Arturo. El vecino de arriba puso la lavadora.
Sorry to call so late, Don Arturo. The neighbor upstairs started the washing machine.
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B
¿A medianoche? ¿Y hace mucho ruido?
At midnight? And is it making a lot of noise?
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A
Muchísimo. Antes aquí era muy tranquilo, no se oía nada.
A ton. It used to be so quiet here, you never heard a thing.
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B
Es que el muchacho trabaja de noche, ¿sabe?
The thing is, the kid works nights, you know.
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A
¿Podría hablar con él? Se lo agradecería mucho.
Could you talk to him? I'd be very grateful.
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