Day 94: Only Salt on Sonoran Carne Asada
At a family carne asada, a barbecue, in Hermosillo, Faustino (A) is at the grill with his grandson Eduardo (B), who lives in Mexico City; in this family the grandchildren say usted to their grandparents.
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
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A
Ya está listo el carbón, mijo. ¿Y eso qué es, cerveza con limón?
The coals are ready, son. And what's that, beer and lime?
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B
La estoy marinando, abuelo. ¿A poco nunca la ha probado así?
I'm marinating it, Grandpa. Are you telling me you've never had it like this?
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A
No le pongas nada. Si la carne es buena, basta con sal de grano.
Don't put anything on it. If the meat's good, coarse salt is all it needs.
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B
¿Pura sal? Se va a quedar dura como suela de zapato.
Just salt? It'll come out as tough as shoe leather.
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A
Solo si la volteas a cada rato. Y no la vuelvas a picar con el tenedor.
Only if you keep turning it over. And don't stab it with the fork again.
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B
Usted manda. Nomás que esta la compré en oferta en el súper.
You're the boss. Thing is, I bought this one on sale at the supermarket.
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A
¿En oferta? Ah, pues a esa sí échale toda la cerveza que quieras.
On sale? Ah, well, pour as much beer as you like on that one.
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