Perez Mouse I — Spanish Phrases Conversation
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| Lola | Hola Jeff. | Hello Jeff. |
| ¿Cómo está tu día de trabajo hoy? | How is your work day today? | |
| Jeff | Bueno, no está muy mal. | Well, it's not very bad. |
| Tengo muchas cosas que hacer. | I have many things to do. | |
| Pero por lo menos hoy es viernes | But at least today is Friday | |
| y tenemos el sábado y domingo | and we have Saturday and Sunday | |
| para poder descansar. | to be able to rest. | |
| ¿Tú tienes algún plan? | Do you have any plan? | |
| Lola | Pues, el plan que tengo es tengo que ir hoy | Well, the plan that I have is I have to go today |
| a comprar algunas chucherías a mi hijo pequeño | to buy some knickknacks for my little boy. | |
| porque se le ha caído su primer diente. | because his first tooth has fallen out. | |
| Jeff | ¿Y qué haces con eso? | And what do you do with that? |
| ¿Para que te hacen falta las chucherías? | Why do you need knickknacks? | |
| Lola | Pues, le voy a hacer a Lucas, | Well, I´m going to make Lucas, |
| le voy a hacer una bolsita, | I´m going to make him a little bag, | |
| y le voy a poner algunas chucherías dentro. | and I´m going to put some knickknacks inside. | |
| Y esta noche cuando esté durmiendo, | And tonight when he is sleeping, | |
| se las voy a poner debajo de la almohada. | I´m going to put them underneath his pillow. | |
| Jeff | Ah, o sea, a Lucas se le ha caído un diente | Ah, so you mean, Lucas´ tooth has fallen out. |
| y va a venir el "tooth-fairy", | and the "tooth-fairy" is going to come, | |
| el hada de los dientes. | the tooth fairy. | |
| Lola | ¿El "tooth-fairy"? [Sí] | The "tooth-fairy"? |
| ¿Qué es eso? | What is that? | |
| Jeff | ¿No se ha oído hablar del "tooth-fairy"? | Haven't you heard (talk) about the "tooth-fairy"? |
| Lola | No. | No. |
| Jeff | ¿No? Aquí en Estados Unidos, | No? Here in the United States, |
| cuando a un niño se le cae un diente, | when a child's tooth falls out, | |
| lo que hacemos es poner el diente debajo de la almohada | what we do is put the tooth underneath the pillow | |
| para que el hada de los dientes venga y le deje dinero. | so that the tooth-fairy will come and leave him money. | |
| Lola | ¡Anda! Jeff, | Wow! Jeff, |
| ¿tú sabes como le llamamos a eso nosotros? | Do you know what we call that? | |
| Jeff | No. | No. |
| Lola | Le decimos que va a venir el Ratoncito Pérez. | We tell him that Perez Mouse is going to come. |
| Jeff | ¿El Ratoncito Pérez? | Perez Mouse? |
| Lola | ¡Sí! | Yes! |
| Jeff | Eso es muy extraño. | That is very strange. |
| ¿Un ratón? | A mouse? | |
| Lola | En España, siempre que a un niño se le cae un diente, | In Spain, always when a child's tooth falls out, |
| le decimos que lo ponga debajo de la almohada | we tell him to put it underneath the pillow | |
| porque va a venir Ratoncito Pérez. | because Perez Mouse is going to come. | |
| Y es el que pone la bolsita | And he is the one that puts the bag | |
| y el dinero debajo de su almohada. | and the money underneath his pillow. |
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