Day 254: Tacos de Canasta from a Bicycle
Outside a university in Mexico City, ThalÃa (A), a student, stops at the bicycle of a young man (B) who sells tacos de canasta, soft tacos kept warm in a basket.
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
¿Me da cuatro de papa?
Can I have four potato ones?
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B
Tenga, sÃrvase la salsa verde.
Here you are, help yourself to the green salsa.
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A
¡Pero ya no hay salsa!
But there's no salsa left!
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B
Espere tantito, aquà tengo más.
Hang on a moment, I've got more here.
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