Day 86: Mom Met Dad in a Bookstore
At home in Oaxaca, Isabel (A), a young girl, asks her mother, Gabriela (B), how her parents met.
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, nunca me has contado cómo conociste a mi papá.
Mom, you've never told me how you met Dad.
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B
Pues yo trabajaba en una librería cuando él entró a buscar un libro.
Well, I was working in a bookstore when he came in looking for a book.
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A
¿Qué libro? ¿Uno de amor?
What book? A love story?
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B
No, uno de cocina. Tu papá no sabía ni freír un huevo.
No, a cookbook. Your dad couldn't even fry an egg.
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A
¿Mi papá? ¡Pero si cocina riquísimo!
Dad? But his cooking is delicious!
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B
¡Claro, mija! ¿Quién crees que le enseñó?
Of course, sweetheart! Who do you think taught him?
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