Day 45: Second Try at the UNAM Exam
At home in Nezahualcóyotl, Luciana (A) tells her older sister, Ivonne (B), how she did in the entrance exam for the UNAM, Mexico's National Autonomous University.
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
Ya salieron los resultados del examen de admisión a la UNAM, y no me quedé.
The results of the UNAM entrance exam are out, and I didn't get in.
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B
Ay, Luci. Mi mamá dice que no pasa nada, que hay otro en unos meses.
Oh, Luci. Mom says it's no big deal, there's another one in a few months.
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A
Eso dice ella, pero todas mis amigas sí se quedaron.
That's what she says, but all my friends got in.
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B
¿Sabías que yo lo había reprobado dos veces antes de quedarme?
Did you know I'd failed it twice before I got in?
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A
¿Tú? ¡Pero si siempre fuiste la matada de la casa!
You? But you were always the nerd of the family!
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B
Y la tercera fue la vencida. Esta vez estudiamos juntas, ¿va?
And it was third time lucky. This time we'll study together, OK?
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