Day 12 of 160

Day 12: The Doctor's Verdict on Grandma's Sugar

At home in Oaxaca, back from a check-up at her IMSS (social security) clinic, Ernestina (A) plays down her new diagnosis of type 2 diabetes in front of her daughter Delia (B) and Delia's teenage son Dylan (C).

How to study this lesson 3 steps
  1. Read the situation under the title. It says who is talking and how they know each other, which decides how politely they speak.
  2. 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.
  3. 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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  1. A

    Ya, no me miren así. Con un tecito de canela se me quita.

    Come on, don't look at me like that. A nice cup of cinnamon tea and it'll go away.

  2. B

    Mamá, habla de la diabetes como si fuera una gripa. El doctor le pidió que dejara el refresco.

    Mom, you're talking about diabetes as if it were a cold. The doctor asked you to give up soda.

  3. A

    ¡Ni que me fuera a morir mañana! Llevo setenta años tomando refresco y aquí sigo.

    Anyone would think I was about to die tomorrow! I've been drinking soda for seventy years and I'm still here.

  4. C

    Abuelita, su azúcar salió en doscientos ochenta; lo normal es menos de cien.

    Grandma, your blood sugar came out at two hundred and eighty; normal is under a hundred.

  5. B

    No sea necia, mamá: el doctor dijo que caminara diario y empezara hoy con las pastillas.

    Don't be stubborn, Mom: the doctor said to walk every day and start the pills today.

  6. A

    Bueno, me las tomo, pero ya ven cómo ando de la memoria.

    All right, I'll take them, but you know what my memory's like.

  7. C

    Para eso estoy yo: le pongo recordatorios en su celular, y si no los apaga, le marco.

    That's what I'm here for: I'll set reminders on your phone, and if you don't switch them off, I'll call you.

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