Day 18 of 185

Day 18: Grandma's First Tax Return

At the kitchen table in Morelia, Gisela (B) and her teenage son Emilio (C) help Gisela's mother, Enriqueta (A), file her first tax return on the website of the SAT, the tax authority, for the rent she gets from a small store.

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

    ¿No hay un botón que haga todo esto solito?

    Isn't there a button that does all this on its own?

  2. B

    Ojalá, mamá. Primero necesitamos una contraseña que sí funcione.

    I wish, Mom. First we need a password that actually works.

  3. C

    Ya quedó, abuela. Ahora dígame cuánto le pagan al mes por el local.

    Done, Grandma. Now tell me how much they pay you a month for the store.

  4. A

    Ocho mil pesos. ¡Ay, si alguien me hubiera dicho que tenía que declararlo!

    Eight thousand pesos. Oh, if only someone had told me I had to declare it!

  5. B

    No se apure, mamá. Si hubiéramos sabido, la habríamos ayudado hace años.

    Don't worry, Mom. If we'd known, we'd have helped you years ago.

  6. C

    Listo, ya se envió. Oiga, abuela, ¿y mis honorarios?

    That's it, it's gone. So, Grandma, what about my fee?

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