Day 76: Forty Years in the Same Apartment
On the Mexico City Metro, Eusebio (A), an older man, notices that Nicole (B), the young woman next to him, is scrolling through listings for apartments.
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
Disculpe, señorita, no pude evitar ver su celular. ¿Busca departamento?
Excuse me, miss, I couldn't help seeing your phone. Are you looking for an apartment?
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B
Sí, pero todo está carísimo. Llevo tres meses buscando y nada.
Yes, but everything's so expensive. I've been looking for three months, and nothing.
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A
Yo llevo cuarenta años rentando el mismo departamento, en la calle de Regina.
I've been renting the same apartment for forty years, on Regina Street.
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B
¡Cuarenta años! En ese entonces costaría casi nada, ¿no?
Forty years! It must have cost next to nothing back then, didn't it?
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A
¡No crea! Cuando llegué, las rentas ya se habían duplicado en un año.
Don't be so sure! When I moved in, rents had already doubled in a year.
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B
¿Y este anuncio? También está en Regina, y la renta parece razonable.
What about this listing? It's on Regina too, and the rent looks reasonable.
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A
¡Si es el de arriba del mío! Se lo recomiendo, aunque mi perico canta desde las seis.
Why, that's the one above mine! I'd recommend it, although my parrot starts singing at six.
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