Day 137: Salsa Labels by a Nine-Year-Old
In their kitchen in Orizaba, Veracruz, Eugenia (A) and her husband Ulises (B), who have started selling their homemade salsa macha, a chili oil with garlic and peanuts, online, check their orders with their nine-year-old daughter (C).
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.
Keys: E hide English · ← → previous / next day · point at a word to see its meaning
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A
¡Ulises, ya tenemos nuestro primer pedido! Tres frascos de salsa macha para Xalapa.
Ulises, we've got our first order! Three jars of salsa macha for Xalapa.
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B
¡Órale! ¿Y a qué hora llegó, si revisé la página como a las diez?
Wow! So when did it come in? I checked the site at about ten.
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A
Serían las once: a esa hora me vibró el celular, pero estaba friendo chiles.
It must have been about eleven: my phone buzzed then, but I was frying chiles.
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C
Las etiquetas están bien feas. ¿Me dejan dibujar las nuevas?
The labels are really ugly. Will you let me draw the new ones?
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B
¿Feas? Si las hice yo con mucho cariño.
Ugly? But I made them with so much love.
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A
Pues estarías muy desvelado, porque el chile parece una zanahoria.
Well, you must have been half asleep, because the chili pepper looks like a carrot.
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B
Ni modo, mija: tú dibujas las etiquetas, y cuando tengas vacaciones, nos ayudas a empacar.
Oh well, sweetie: you draw the labels, and when you're on vacation, you can help us pack.
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