Day 56 of 185

Day 56: Cochinita Pibil for the School Fair

At an elementary school in Campeche, Alexa (A), a student, tells her teacher, Judith (B), what she is bringing to the regional food fair; cochinita pibil is slow-cooked pork from the Yucatán peninsula, and pibil means cooked in a pib, an earth oven.

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

    Maestra, para la feria de mañana voy a traer cochinita pibil.

    Miss, I'm going to bring cochinita pibil to tomorrow's fair.

  2. B

    ¡Qué rico! Pero no la traigas muy picante, que también vienen los de primero.

    Yum! But don't make it too spicy, the first graders are coming too.

  3. A

    No pica, maestra. El habanero va aparte, en las cebollitas moradas.

    It isn't spicy, Miss. The habanero goes on the side, in the red onions.

  4. B

    ¿Y la hace tu abuela? Ya la habrá puesto a marinar desde anoche.

    And is your grandma making it? She'll have had it marinating since last night.

  5. A

    Sí, y esta noche la va a enterrar en un hoyo del patio.

    Yes, and tonight she's going to bury it in a pit in the yard.

  6. B

    ¡En pib, como debe ser! Entonces a mí no me vayas a traer nomás una probadita, ¿eh?

    In a pib, the proper way! Then don't you go bringing me just a little taste, OK?

  7. A

    No se preocupe, maestra: mi abuela ya le apartó un plato entero.

    Don't worry, Miss: my grandma has already put a whole plate aside for you.

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