Day 63 of 185

Day 63: Soccer Instead of the Violin

In Cocula, a town in Jalisco famous for its mariachi music, Juliana (A), a young girl, tells her grandfather Jacinto (B), a retired mariachi violinist, something she hasn't told her parents.

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.

Keys: E hide English · ← → previous / next day · point at a word to see its meaning

  1. A

    Abuelo, ¿me guardas un secreto? Ya no quiero ir a violín: quiero jugar futbol.

    Grandpa, can you keep a secret? I don't want to go to violin anymore: I want to play soccer.

  2. B

    ¿Cómo que ya no? En esta familia el violín se hereda.

    What do you mean, not anymore? In this family the violin gets handed down.

  3. A

    Por eso. Mi papá ya lo había decidido antes de que yo naciera.

    That's the point. Dad had already decided before I was even born.

  4. B

    Si yo tuviera tu edad, estaría en la cancha. A mí nadie me preguntó.

    If I were your age, I'd be out on the field. Nobody ever asked me.

  5. A

    ¿En serio? Si se lo dijeras tú, seguro te haría caso.

    Really? If you told him, I'm sure he'd listen to you.

  6. B

    Hoy le hablo. Eso sí, a tu primer partido llevo el violín para echarte porras.

    I'll talk to him today. But I'm bringing my violin to your first game to cheer you on.

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