Day 81: Agua de Jamaica, Not Soda
At lunch at home in Monterrey, Julia (A), a young girl, asks her mother, Karen (B), why there are no soda on the table anymore.
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
Mamá, ¿por qué ya no compramos refresco?
Mom, why don't we buy soda anymore?
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B
Porque empezamos a tomar agua natural, mi amor.
Because we've started drinking plain water, sweetheart.
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A
Pero en casa de mi abuelita siempre hay refresco.
But there's always soda at Granny's.
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B
Sí, allá suelen tomar mucho. Pero hay que evitar las caries.
Yes, they usually drink a lot of it there. But we have to watch out for tooth decay.
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A
¿Y los domingos agua de jamaica? Es de flor, es sana.
What about agua de jamaica on Sundays? It's made from a flower, so it's healthy.
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B
Ándale pues, pero con poquita azúcar, ¿eh?
All right, then, but with just a little sugar, OK?
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