Day 167: Borrowing the Department's Old Desk
At the Universidad Veracruzana in Xalapa, Gemma (A), a student who is moving into a rented room, asks her professor, Yolanda Rebolledo (B), about an old desk that nobody in the department uses.
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
Maestra, ¿podrÃa prestarme el escritorio viejo para mi cuarto?
Could you lend me the old desk for my room?
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B
SÃ, lléveselo. Pero le falta una silla, ¿no?
Yes, take it. But you need a chair, don't you?
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A
¿Y no le sobra una?
And don't you have a spare one?
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B
Solo la mÃa. ¡Y esa no se la presto!
Only mine. And I'm not lending you that one!
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