Day 212: Cochinita Tips on the Tren Maya
On the Tren Maya from Mérida to Campeche, Doroteo (A), an older man, sees that the young woman next to him (B) is watching a video recipe for cochinita pibil, a pork dish from Yucatán.
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
Disculpe, señorita, ¿es una receta de cochinita pibil?
Excuse me, miss, is that a recipe for cochinita pibil?
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B
SÃ. La mÃa nunca queda como la de mi abuela.
Yes. Mine never turns out like my grandma's.
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A
Para hacerla bien, hay que cocinarla despacio toda la noche.
To do it properly, you have to cook it slowly all night.
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B
¿Toda la noche? ¡Seguramente mi abuela no dormÃa!
All night? My grandma can't have slept!
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A
Claro que dormÃa. La cochinita se cocina sola.
Of course she slept. Cochinita cooks itself.
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