Missed Flight — Spanish Phrases Conversation
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| Tatiana | llegamos a Miami | We arrived in Miami |
| y tuvimos un problema en Miami | and we had a problem in Miami | |
| porque teníamos que pasar otra vez por… | because we had to go again through… | |
| Antonina | Migración. | Immigration. |
| Tatiana | Por migración. | Through immigration. |
| Entonces migración es donde todas las personas, | So immigration is where all the people | |
| sean americanas, sean latinas, | whether they be American, whether they be Latin, | |
| Sean de cualquier raza o cultura, | whether they be from any race or culture, | |
| tienen que pasar para ser otra vez… | they have to go through to again be... | |
| como tienen que ver tus documentos y todo eso. | like they have to see your documents and all that. | |
| Nosotros venimos aquí con un documento que es el "E-veinte", | We came here with a document that is the "E-20", | |
| que es porque somos estudiantes internacionales. | which is because we are international students. | |
| Pero cuando llegamos acá, | But when we got here, | |
| tienes una pequeña entrevista en Miami, quiero decir. | you have a small interview in Miami, I mean. | |
| Tuvimos una pequeña entrevista. | We had a small interview. | |
| Y mientras teníamos la entrevista | And while we had the interview | |
| y estábamos esperando por la entrevista, | and we were waiting for the interview, | |
| perdimos el vuelo. | we missed the flight. | |
| Antonina | ¿Te acuerdas? | Do you remember? |
| [Sí] Tuvimos que rogar el azafata para que nos cambie de vuelo. | [Yes] We had to beg the attendant to switch us flights. | |
| Tatiana | Y tuvimos que rogarle en inglés. | And we had to beg him in English. |
| Yo no sabía nada de inglés | I didn't know any English | |
| y yo era la hermana mayor. | and I was the older sister. | |
| Estábamos tan asustadas y solamente yo le dije, | We were so startled and I just told her, | |
| "Nina, tú agarra las maletas y quédate aquí | Nina, you grab the bags and stay here | |
| y después yo voy a ir a hablar, | and then I´m going to go talk, | |
| y yo te voy a avisar." | and I´ll let you know. | |
| Entonces yo fui y solamente me acuerdo de que, ah, | So I went and I only remember that, uh, | |
| que oré y dije, "por favor, Padre, | that I prayed and I said, "please, Father, | |
| ayúdame para que me pueda… | help me so that I can... | |
| para que pueda hablar inglés, | so that I can speak English, | |
| para que ellos me puedan entender." | so that they can understand me." | |
| Porque ya habíamos perdido el vuelo. | Because we had already missed the flight. | |
| Antonina | Y fue un milagro porque tuvimos… | And it was a miracle because we had... |
| no esperamos mucho tiempo | we didn't wait very long | |
| que otro vuelo ya estaba saliendo a Dallas | when another flight was already leaving to Dallas | |
| que era nuestra conexión para ir a Utah. | that was our connection to go to Utah. | |
| Y nos subimos al vuelo con nuestras seis maletas. | And we got on the flight with our six bags. | |
| Llegamos a Utah | We got to Utah | |
| y todas las personas que nos estaban esperando, | and all the people that were waiting for us, | |
| nosotros habíamos teni… | we had had... | |
| nos habíamos retrasado por seis horas, | we had gotten behind by six hours, | |
| entonces no había nadie en el aeropuerto para esperarnos. | so there wasn't anyone in the airport to wait for us. | |
| Estábamos totalmente confundidas de lo que iba a pasar | We were totally confused, about what was going to happen | |
| inesperadas las cosas que pasaron, | the unexpected things that happened, | |
| pero mientras caminábamos, encontramos a una pareja | but while we were walking, we found a couple | |
| que no conocíamos que tenían nuestros nombres | that we didn't know that had our names | |
| en un pedazo de papel. | on a piece of paper. | |
| Y fue como un milagro para nosotras. | And it was like a miracle for us |
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