Day 118: Grandma's Advice for Real de Catorce
At her grandmother's house in San Luis PotosÃ, Yaretzi (A) tells her grandmother, Ernestina (B), about her weekend trip to Real de Catorce, an old mining town high up in the mountains.
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
¡Abuela, voy a Real de Catorce!
Grandma, I'm going to Real de Catorce!
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B
¡Yo iba de niña! Suele hacer frÃo en la noche.
I used to go as a girl! It's usually cold at night.
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A
¿FrÃo? Solo llevo vestidos.
Cold? I'm only taking dresses.
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B
Hay que llevar suéter y zapatos cómodos.
You need to take a sweater and comfortable shoes.
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