Day 26: Asleep at the Cineteca
Leaving the Cineteca Nacional, Mexico City's national film theater, after a slow black-and-white Mexican movie, Denisse (A) asks her boyfriend Emilio (B) what he thought of it.
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
¿Qué te pareció? Yo sigo pensando en ese plano larguísimo del río.
What did you think? I'm still thinking about that incredibly long shot of the river.
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B
¿Cuál río? Te confieso que me dormí a la mitad y desperté con los créditos.
What river? I have to confess I fell asleep halfway through and woke up at the credits.
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A
¡Emilio! Los silencios son lo mejor: te obligan a vivir el tiempo como los personajes.
Emilio! The silences are the best part: they make you live time the way the characters do.
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B
Pues a mí me arrullaron. Si durara una hora menos, hasta me gustaría.
Well, they lulled me to sleep. If it were an hour shorter, I might even like it.
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A
La crítica la puso por las nubes; no creo que todos se hayan equivocado.
The critics praised it to the skies; I don't think they all got it wrong.
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B
Los críticos la habrán elogiado nomás por aburrida: nadie se atreve a confesar que se durmió.
The critics will have praised it just for being boring: nobody dares admit they fell asleep.
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A
Pues la señora de al lado no la habrá disfrutado mucho: te calló dos veces por roncar.
Well, the lady next to us can't have enjoyed it much: she shushed you twice for snoring.
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