Day 163: Chair Exercises at the Day Center
At a day center for older people in Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Román (A), a young volunteer, leads the chair exercises and turns to Doña Rosaura (B), one of the older women.
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.
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A
Doña Rosaura, ¿no puede levantar la pierna?
Doña Rosaura, can't you lift your leg?
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B
Ay, mijo, me duele la rodilla.
Oh, honey, my knee hurts.
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A
Tranquila, no tiene que hacer nada con esa pierna.
Don't worry, you don't have to do anything with that leg.
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B
¿Nada? ¡Qué bueno, porque a mi edad me duele todo!
Nothing? Good, because at my age everything hurts!
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A
Ándele, algo sí puede mover: ¡los brazos!
Come on, there's something you can move: your arms!
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