Day 31: Cover My Sunday Shift in Chicago
In the kitchen of a restaurant in Chicago, Rubén (A), a young cook from Guanajuato, asks his fellow cook Christopher (B) for a favor.
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.
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A
Oye, necesito que me cubras el turno del domingo.
Listen, I need you to cover my Sunday shift.
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B
¿El domingo? Es el único dÃa en el que descanso, carnal.
Sunday? That's the only day I get off, bro.
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A
Es que acaba de llegar mi hermana, de la que te platiqué. Llevo seis años sin verla.
The thing is, my sister's just arrived, the one I told you about. I haven't seen her in six years.
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B
Va, pero cobro en especie. ¿Qué te trajo de Guanajuato?
OK, but I charge in kind. What did she bring you from Guanajuato?
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A
Cajeta de Celaya. Te doy la mitad si el gerente dice que sÃ.
Goat's milk caramel from Celaya. I'll give you half if the manager says yes.
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B
Hecho. Ojalá que diga que sÃ, que ya se me antojó.
Done. I hope he says yes, because now I'm craving it.
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