Souvenir Store I — Spanish Phrases Conversation
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| María | Señorita, | Miss |
| ¿Le puedo ayudar? | Can I help you? | |
| Chantelle | Mmm, claro. | Mmm, of course. |
| Estoy buscando algunos recuerdos, | I’m looking for some souvenirs, | |
| alguna ropa para llevar a mi país. | some clothes to take to my country. | |
| Yo soy de EEUU. | I’m from the United States | |
| María | Oh, guau. | Oh, wow. |
| ¿Cuál es su nombre? | What is your name? | |
| Chantelle | Yo me llamo Chantelle. | I call myself (My name is) Chantelle. |
| Chantelle. ¿Cómo—cómo está? | Chantelle. How—how are you? | |
| María | Mi nombre es María. | My name is Maria. |
| Chantelle | Oh, María. | Oh, Maria. |
| Claro que me puedes ayudar. | Of course you can help me. | |
| ¿Qué me aconsejas que puedo llevar? | What do you suggest that I take? | |
| María | Si estás yendo a EEUU, | If you’re going to the United States, |
| puedes llevar gorritos, | you can take caps, | |
| puedes llevar chalinas para el cuello, | you can take scarves for the (your) neck, | |
| guantes. | gloves. | |
| María | Creo que hace mucho frío señorita, allá, ¿verdad? | I think it’s very cold, Miss, there, right? |
| Chantelle | Sí. Hace bastante frio. | Yes. It’s rather cold. |
| Tenemos mucha nieve. | We have a lot of snow. | |
| Y sí, necesito guantes, | And yes, I need gloves, | |
| necesito una chompa. | I need a sweater. | |
| María | Tenemos una chompa | We have a sweater |
| que le va a gustar mucho. | that you will like a lot. | |
| Tenemos chompas, | We have sweaters, | |
| tenemos unas poleras | we have some T-shirts | |
| que dice también aquí adelante, “Bolivia.” | that say also here in front, “Bolivia.” | |
| Tenemos relojes. | We have clocks. | |
| Chantelle | Oh, ¿me puede mostrar? | Oh, can you show me? |
| María | Sí, mire. | Yes, look. |
| Tenemos este que es más chiquito | We have this one that is smaller | |
| que vale 10 dólares. | that is worth (costs) 10 dollars. | |
| María | Tenemos este que es más grande | We have this one that is bigger |
| y que vale 15 | and that costs 15 | |
| pero tenemos este más grande | but we have this bigger one | |
| que lo puede poner en su pared | that you can put on your wall | |
| que vale 25 | that costs 25. | |
| Y eso es un recuerdo bien bonito, | And that is a very beautiful souvenir, | |
| y a tu familia les va a gustar mucho. | and your family will like it a lot. | |
| Chantelle | Oh sí. ¿Aquí está el dibujo de una llama? | Oh yes. Here is the picture of a llama? |
| ¿Cómo la llaman? | How (What) do they call it? | |
| María | Es llama. Mm-hmm. | It’s llama. Mm-hmm. |
| Chantelle | ¿Y qué es una llama? | And what is a llama? |
| María | Es un animal típico de Bolivia | It’s an animal typical of Bolivia |
| que vive en el altiplano. | that lives in the high plains. | |
| Chantelle | Oh, he visto que ustedes tienen esa figura | Oh, I’ve seen that you have that image |
| en todas sus ropas. | on all your clothes. |
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