Day 75: Danzón at Nine in Veracruz
At a restaurant on the zócalo in Veracruz, Elena (A), a young customer, asks the waiter, Eleazar (B), about the danzón, the ballroom dancing held in the square in the evening.
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
¿A qué hora es el danzón?
What time's the danzón?
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B
A las nueve, señorita.
At nine.
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A
¿Y usted baila?
And do you dance?
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B
Sí, voy a la plaza después.
Yes, I'm going to the square later.
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