Day 32: Splitting Up the Food Truck
In Tijuana, Christopher (A) and Alondra (B), friends who started a birria food truck (a troca, as northern Mexicans say) together three years ago without ever signing anything, meet to talk about the business.
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
Alondra, llevo meses dándole vueltas: me voy del negocio. Me contrataron en San Diego.
Alondra, I've been turning it over for months: I'm leaving the business. I've been hired in San Diego.
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B
¿Así nomás? Llevamos tres años trabajando en esta troca, ¿y ahora la partimos a la mitad?
Just like that? We've been working on this truck for three years, and now we cut it in half?
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A
No, pero la troca la pagué yo: o me la pagas, o la vendo.
No, but I paid for the truck: either you pay me for it, or I sell it.
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B
¿Y las recetas? Sin la birria de mi abuela, tu troca es un cascarón con ruedas.
And the recipes? Without my grandmother's birria, your truck is an empty shell on wheels.
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A
Ya sé. Si hubiéramos puesto todo por escrito, no habríamos terminado peleando como exnovios.
I know. If we'd put everything in writing, we wouldn't have ended up fighting like exes.
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B
Pues ahora sí firmamos: me quedo con todo y te pago la troca en doce mensualidades.
Well, this time we're signing: I keep everything and pay you for the truck in twelve monthly installments.
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A
Sale, pero agrégale una cláusula: quesabirrias gratis de por vida.
Deal, but add a clause: free quesabirrias for life.
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