Day 179: Hot Chocolate the Oaxacan Way
At a chocolate stall in the 20 de Noviembre market in Oaxaca, Sonia (A), a customer, buys chocolate for her family from RosalÃa (B), the young woman working at the stall.
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
Quisiera chocolate para tomar, por favor.
I'd like some drinking chocolate, please.
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B
¿Lo prepara con agua, como aquà en Oaxaca?
Do you make it with water, like we do here in Oaxaca?
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A
Con leche. ¿Cómo lo hago con agua?
With milk. How do I make it with water?
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B
Hierva el agua y ponga el chocolate. Mientras hierve, muévalo.
Boil the water and put the chocolate in. Stir it while it boils.
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A
Entonces, después de hervir el agua... ¿le pongo leche?
So, after I've boiled the water... do I add milk?
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