Day 111 of 185

Day 111: Seven Moles, One Suitcase

At a market stall selling mole pastes in Oaxaca, a city famous for its seven moles, Natalia (A) and her older sister Romina (B), on vacation from Tijuana, do their last shopping before their flight home.

How to study this lesson 3 steps
  1. Read the situation under the title. It says who is talking and how they know each other, which decides how politely they speak.
  2. 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.
  3. 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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  1. A

    Quiero un kilo de cada mole. Desde que probé el chichilo, me volví fan.

    I want a kilo of every mole. Ever since I tried the chichilo, I've been a fan.

  2. B

    ¿Los siete? La maleta ya va en veintidós kilos, y el límite es veinticinco.

    All seven? The suitcase is already at twenty-two kilos, and the limit is twenty-five.

  3. A

    Pues saco mis tenis, que ni usé. Oye, ¿por qué te pusiste roja?

    Well, I'll take out my sneakers, which I didn't even wear. Hey, why are you turning red?

  4. B

    Te confieso algo: la razón por la cual pesa tanto soy yo. Traigo tres kilos de negro.

    I have a confession: the reason it's so heavy is me. I've got three kilos of mole negro in there.

  5. A

    ¿Tres kilos? ¡Y yo que me sentía culpable!

    Three kilos? And there I was feeling guilty!

  6. B

    Esos no se negocian: son para la familia. Tú, medio kilo de cada uno.

    Those aren't up for negotiation: they're for the family. You can have half a kilo of each.

  7. A

    ¡Sale! Seño, medio kilo de cada uno, por favor, y un chocolatito, que casi no pesa.

    Deal! Half a kilo of each, please, and a little bar of chocolate, which hardly weighs a thing.

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