Day 49: WhatsApp Lessons for Gorditas
Spending the summer at his grandmother Jovita's (B) house in a village in Zacatecas, Gael (A) offers to help her keep in touch with her children in the United States; gorditas are thick corn cakes with a filling.
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
Abuelita, ¿le enseño a hacer videollamadas por WhatsApp? Así puede ver a mis tíos de Dallas cuando quiera.
Grandma, want me to teach you to make video calls on WhatsApp? Then you can see my aunts and uncles in Dallas whenever you like.
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B
Ay, mijo, llevo años batallando con ese aparato. Nomás sé contestar cuando me marca tu mamá.
Oh, honey, I've been battling with that thing for years. All I can do is answer when your mom calls.
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A
Es facilísimo, se lo juro. Con tal de que haya señal, en dos días usted solita les marca.
It's super easy, I promise. As long as there's a signal, in two days you'll be calling them on your own.
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B
Órale, pero con una condición: yo aprendo, siempre y cuando tú aprendas a hacer mis gorditas.
All right, but on one condition: I'll learn, as long as you learn to make my gorditas.
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A
¿Gorditas? ¿Y para qué, si usted siempre me las hace?
Gorditas? What for, when you always make them for me?
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B
Porque no voy a durar para siempre, mijo, y a menos que alguien aprenda, mi sazón se va conmigo.
Because I won't be around forever, sweetie, and unless somebody learns, my cooking goes with me.
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A
No diga eso, abuelita. ¿Y si en la primera videollamada mis tíos me ven echando gorditas?
Don't say that, Grandma. What if, on the first video call, my aunts and uncles see me making gorditas?
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B
Ándale. Ponte el mandil, que la primera siempre sale chueca y tus tíos van a soltar la carcajada.
Go on, then. Put your apron on, because the first one always comes out wonky and your aunts and uncles will burst out laughing.
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