Day 156: Green Pozole for a New Vegan
At a pozole restaurant in Chilpancingo on a Thursday, the day people in Guerrero traditionally eat pozole, Álvaro (A) has news for his girlfriend Tatiana (B); Reynaldo (C) owns the restaurant.
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
No te rías, pero ya me convencí: desde el lunes soy vegano. Ya ni queso como.
Don't laugh, but I've made up my mind: I've been vegan since Monday. I don't even eat cheese anymore.
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B
¿Y me traes a una pozolería? Aquí todo lleva puerco, hasta el verde.
And you bring me to a pozole place? Everything here has pork in it, even the green one.
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A
Ni modo, hoy hago una excepción. Señor, ¿me trae un verde, por favor?
Oh well, today I'll make an exception. Excuse me, could I have a green one, please?
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C
Si quiere, se lo preparo con hongos. Mi hija tampoco come carne y, sin embargo, no se pierde un jueves.
If you like, I'll make it for you with mushrooms. My daughter doesn't eat meat either, and yet she never misses a Thursday.
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B
¿Con hongos? Y tú que estabas a punto de rendirte en tu primer jueves.
With mushrooms? And there you were, about to give up on your very first Thursday.
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A
Ese, por favor. Y no le haga caso, que se echó a reír en cuanto le conté.
That one, please. And don't mind her, she burst out laughing the moment I told her.
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