Day 95: The Same Blender Twice
In Colima, Patricia (A) and Hortensia (B), two neighbors, are chatting about the wedding of another neighbor's daughter.
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
Oiga, ¿y usted qué les regaló a los novios?
Tell me, what did you give the bride and groom?
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B
Iba a ser una licuadora, pero no se la di.
It was going to be a blender, but I didn't give it to them.
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A
¿Por qué? ¿No estaba en la mesa de regalos?
Why not? Wasn't it on their registry?
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B
SÃ, pero fÃjese que estaba pagando cuando vi que ya se la habÃan comprado.
It was, but I was paying for it when I saw someone had already bought it for them.
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A
¡Ay, vecina, qué pena! Fui yo.
Oh dear, how embarrassing! That was me.
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B
¿Usted? ¡Pues por poco les llegan dos iguales!
You? Well, they nearly ended up with two identical ones!
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