Day 138: Borrowing a Book from the Café
At a café in the Roma neighborhood of Mexico City with shelves full of books, Zoé (A), a customer, asks Tristán (B), the waiter, about one of the books.
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
Joven, ¿me podría prestar este libro?
Excuse me, could you lend me this book?
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B
Nunca nadie me ha pedido eso. Le pregunto a la dueña.
Nobody's ever asked me that. I'll ask the owner.
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A
¡Gracias! Lo devuelvo el lunes.
Thank you! I'll bring it back on Monday.
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B
Dice que sí, pero ¿podría dejarnos algún libro?
She says yes, but could you leave us a book?
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A
¡Claro! Tengo este... ¡ay, no, es de la biblioteca!
Of course! I've got this one... oh no, it's from the library!
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