Day 88: Old Letters in the Moving Boxes
In Veracruz, Florentino (A) and his wife Herminia (B), an older couple, are packing up their house to move in with their daughter in Xalapa.
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
Mira, ¿y estas cartas? Estaban en una caja vieja.
Look, what are these letters? They were in an old box.
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B
Son tuyas. Me las mandabas desde las plataformas.
They're yours. You used to send them to me from the oil rigs.
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A
¡Es cierto! Vivías con tus papás cuando te pedí matrimonio por carta.
That's right! You were living with your parents when I proposed to you by letter.
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B
Y esta es la mía: la respuesta que nunca te mandé.
And this one's mine: the answer I never sent you.
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A
¿Nunca me la mandaste? ¿Y qué decía?
You never sent it? So what did it say?
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B
Que sí. Pero preferí decírtelo en persona.
It said yes. But I decided to tell you in person.
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