Day 70: Chapulines on the Field Trip
On a field trip to a market in Oaxaca City, Juan Pablo (A) sees that his classmate MarÃa José (B) has bought a bag of chapulines, the toasted grasshoppers Oaxacans eat as a snack.
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
¿Esos son chapulines? ¡Guácala, tienen patas!
Are those chapulines? Yuck, they've got legs!
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B
¿Nunca los habÃas probado? Con limón y chile saben riquÃsimos.
You'd never tried them before? With lime and chili they taste amazing.
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A
Nunca, y no pienso probarlos. ¡Ni loco!
Never, and I'm not going to try them. No way!
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B
Si pruebas uno, te compro una nieve de tuna.
If you try one, I'll buy you a prickly pear ice cream.
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A
Órale, uno chiquito. ¡No manches, nunca habÃa probado algo tan rico!
All right, a tiny one. No way, I'd never tasted anything so good!
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B
¿Ves? Pero si te acabas mi bolsa, la nieve la pagas tú.
See? But if you finish my bag, you're paying for the ice cream.
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