Day 119: Deposit Held Over Faded Paint
In Cholula, Puebla, roommates Sabrina (A) and Paulina (B), who are moving out, hand back the keys to their landlord, Don Rogelio (C; don is a respectful title).
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
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A
Don Rogelio, aquí tiene las llaves. ¿Cuándo nos devuelve el depósito?
Don Rogelio, here are the keys. When will you give us our deposit back?
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B
Y si se puede hoy, mejor: el lunes tenemos que dar el depósito del departamento nuevo.
And today would be better, if possible: on Monday we have to pay the deposit on the new apartment.
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C
Lo siento, señoritas: voy a descontar la pintura, que está toda deslavada, y la mancha de la alfombra.
I'm sorry, ladies: I'm deducting for the paint, which is all faded, and for the stain on the carpet.
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A
¿La pintura? Si ya estaba vieja cuando llegamos, y en dos años el sol la terminó de deslavar.
The paint? But it was already old when we moved in, and two years of sun finished fading it.
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C
Ustedes firmaron un contrato cuya cláusula novena es clarísima: el inmueble se entrega en las condiciones en que se recibió.
You signed a contract whose ninth clause is perfectly clear: the property is handed back in the condition in which it was received.
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B
Siga leyendo, por favor: “salvo el deterioro por el uso normal”, lo cual incluye la pintura, ¿no cree?
Keep reading, please: “except for deterioration from normal use,” which covers the paint, don't you think?
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C
Bueno, la pintura la pago yo. Pero esa mancha de vino no la hizo el sol, a no ser que también tome.
All right, I'll pay for the paint. But the sun didn't make that wine stain, unless it drinks as well.
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A
Ahí sí nos agarró, Paulina: esa copa se nos cayó en tu cumpleaños y la mancha nunca salió.
He's got us there, Paulina: we knocked that glass over on your birthday, and the stain never came out.
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B
Está bien, descuente el lavado. Y en caso de que le cobren menos, nos regresa la diferencia.
All right, deduct the cleaning. And if they charge you less, you give us back the difference.
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