Day 84: Bike or Camión to Campus?
At a bus stop outside the Universidad de Guadalajara, Felipe (A), a first-year student, gets talking to Alejandro (B), an older student, about his long rides on the camión, as Mexicans call the city bus.
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
Uf, hago dos horas diarias de camión. ¡Llego cansadísimo!
Phew, I spend two hours a day on the bus. I'm exhausted by the time I get here!
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B
¿Dos horas? Yo que tú compraría una bici.
Two hours? If I were you, I'd buy a bike.
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A
¿Una bici? Me saldría carísimo, con casco y todo.
A bike? That would cost me a fortune, with a helmet and everything.
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B
Una usada no tanto. Y por la ciclovía llegarías rapidísimo.
Not a used one. And you'd get here in no time in the bike lane.
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A
¿Y entonces tú por qué esperas el camión?
So why are you waiting for the bus, then?
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B
Porque me robaron la mía. Así que cómprate un buen candado, ¿eh?
Because someone stole mine. So get yourself a good lock, OK?
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