Tiahuanaco Photo — Spanish Phrases List
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| Turista | ¡Disculpe, disculpe! | Excuse me, excuse me! |
| ¿Está…ya que está pasando por aquí, | Are you…since you are passing by here, | |
| me puede sacar una foto? | can you take a picture for me? | |
| Paola | Claro. | Of course. |
| Turista | Aquí estoy con mi familia. | I'm here with my family. |
| Paola | Ok, un poco más a la derecha. | Ok, a little more to the right. |
| Turista | Muy bien. ¿Allí está bien? | Alright. Is there good? |
| Paola | Sí. Una, dos, tres. [clic] | Yes. One, two, three. [click] |
| Turista | Perfecto. Muchas gracias. | Perfect. Thank you. |
| ¿Cuál es su nombre? | What is your name? | |
| Paola | Yo me llamo Paola. | My name is Paola. |
| ¿Y usted, de dónde es? | And you, where are you from? | |
| Turista | Nosotros somos de Estados Uninos…Estados Unidos, | We are from the United States…United States, |
| llegamos hace dos días | we arrived two days ago | |
| y alguien nos dijo que esto es Tihuana… ¿Tihuanaco? | and someone told us that this is Tihuana… Tihuanaco? | |
| Paola | Tiahuanaco. | Tiahuanaco. |
| Turista | Oh, ¿Tiahuanaco? | Oh, Tiahuanaco? |
| Paola | Sí. Oh, tiene una familia muy grande. | Yes. Oh, you have a very big family. |
| Turista | Sí, vine con mi esposo y mis seis hijos. | Yes, I came with my husband and my six children. |
| Paola | ¡Guau! Es una familia muy grande. | Wow! It´s a very big family. |
| Turista | Mi esposo se llama Matt. | My husband is named Matt. |
| Y mis hijos se llaman | And my children are named | |
| Matt, Nate, Shawn, Jamie, Carli, and Joan. | Matt, Nate, Shawn, Jamie, Carli, and Joan. | |
| ¡Casi me olvido del último, | I almost forget the last one, | |
| es que son tantos! | it's just that there are so many! | |
| Paola | Oh, ¿y ellos hablan español? | Oh, and do they speak Spanish? |
| Turista | Ellos hablan casi nada, | They speak almost none, |
| mi esposo no entiende mucho, | my husband doesn't understand much, | |
| entonces yo tengo que explicarles en inglés, | so I have to explain to them in English, | |
| pero está bien. | but it's fine. | |
| ¿Usted me puede mostrar que es Tiahuanaco? | Can you show me what Tiahuanaco is? | |
| Paola | Claro, y sus hijos también pueden venir. | Of course, and your children can come also. |
| Tiahuanaco es una ciudad antigua. | Tihuanaco is an ancient city. | |
| Es de…más de diez mil años. | It's from…more than ten thousand years (ago). | |
| Turista | Guau, ¿entonces es vieja? | Wow, so it is old? |
| ¿Y cómo ellos pueden hacer que estas cosas sean tan bonitas? | And how can they make these things be so nice? | |
| Paola | Porque las preservamos. | Because we preserve them. |
| Actualmente el ochenta por ciento de la ciudad | Currently eighty percent of the city | |
| está bajo la tierra. | is under the ground. | |
| Pero, no sólo puede ver Tiahuanaco, | But, we can't Tiahuanaco, | |
| hay muchos lugares para ver acá. | there are many places to see here. | |
| Turista | En serio, mis hijos están tan emocionados, | Seriously, my chilrend are so excited, |
| ellos quieren ir a conocer todas las ¿ruinas? | they want to go to see all the ruins? | |
| ¿Les dicen ruinas? | Do you call them ruins? | |
| Paola | Sí. Son ruinas. | Yes. They are ruins. |
| Paola | Y allí…aquí no solamente Tiahuanaco, | And there…here not only Tiahuanaco, |
| hay una ciudad que se llama Copacabana | there is a city that is called Copacabana | |
| y hay muchas islas. | and there are lots of islands. | |
| ¿Sabía usted que tenemos | Did you know that we have | |
| uno de los lagos más altos del mundo? | one of the highest lakes in the world? | |
| Turista | Creo que sí. | I think so. |
| Eso me estaba diciendo mi esposo. | My husband was telling me that. | |
| Paola | Exactamente, y se llama Titicaca. | Exactly, and it´s called Titicaca. |
| Turista | Titicaca, guau, qué difícil nombre | Titicaca, wow, what a difficult name. |
| Paola | sí, es un nombre bastante chistoso. | Ok, yes, it´s quite a funny name. |
| Pero, es un lago, es un lago… | But, it´s a lake, it´s a lake... | |
| uno de los lagos más profundos que hay. | one of the deepest lakes that there is. | |
| Y usted puede ir en bote a una de las islas. | And you can go by boat to one of the islands. | |
| Hay la Isla de la Luna | There is the Island of the Moon | |
| y la Isla del Sol. | and the Island of the Sun. | |
| Turista | ¿Cuánto tenemos que pagar? | How much do we have to pay? |
| Paola | Bueno, no es muy caro | Well, it´s not very expensive. |
| Y espero que su visita aquí sea placentera. | I hope that your visit here is pleasant. | |
| Turista | Muchas gracias. | Thank you. |
| Paola | Qué tenga un buen viaje. | Have a good trip. |
| Turista | Gracias, igualmente. | Thanks, likewise. |
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