Day 69: A Friend Who Moved to Tijuana
At the Universidad de Sonora in Hermosillo, Mariela (A), a student, stays behind after class to talk to her professor, Leticia Moreno (B).
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, maestra, ando muy distraída. Es que extraño a mi mejor amiga.
Sorry, I've been really distracted. It's just that I miss my best friend.
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B
¿Y eso? ¿Se pelearon?
How come? Did you two have a fight?
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A
No, se mudó a Tijuana. Solíamos platicar cada noche, pero empezó a contestarme menos.
No, she moved to Tijuana. We used to talk every night, but she's started answering me less.
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B
¿Por qué no le manda una carta de verdad?
Why don't you send her a real letter?
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A
¿Una carta? Ya nadie escribe cartas, maestra.
A letter? Nobody writes letters anymore.
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B
Por eso mismo. Una carta no se contesta con un emoji.
That's exactly why. You don't answer a letter with an emoji.
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