Day 112: The Wedding Question at Sunday Lunch
In the car on the way home from the family's Sunday lunch in Aguascalientes, Constanza (A) tells her older sister Catalina (B) what happened at the table while Catalina was in the kitchen.
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
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A
Estabas en la cocina cuando la tía Hermelinda volvió a preguntar por tu boda.
You were in the kitchen when Aunt Hermelinda asked about your wedding again.
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B
¿Otra vez? Por eso se callaron todos cuando llegué con el café.
Again? So that's why everyone went quiet when I came in with the coffee.
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A
Y eso no es lo peor: lo peor fue lo que contestó mi mamá.
And that's not the worst of it: the worst part was Mom's answer.
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B
Ay, no, ¿qué dijo? ¿Que se me iba a ir el tren?
Oh no, what did she say? That I was going to miss the boat?
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A
Al contrario: anunció que la boda sería en diciembre y que ya estaba viendo salones.
Quite the opposite: she announced that the wedding would be in December and that she was already looking at venues.
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B
¿Diciembre? Lo raro es que anoche me comprometí con Lucas y no le he dicho a nadie.
December? The odd thing is that Lucas and I got engaged last night and I haven't told anyone.
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A
¿Neta? Con razón estaba tan nervioso cuando habló con mi mamá el jueves.
Seriously? No wonder he was so nervous when he talked to Mom on Thursday.
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