Dialogues

Beginner Dialogue: Describing people

A short beginner dialogue, featuring descriptions of people
  • descriptions
Luis

Luis

Colombiano

Ana

Ana

Colombiana

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Luis

[00:00:00]
Es muy linda tu foto de perfil de Facebook. ¿Es tu familia?
Translation

Your Facebook profile picture is very nice. Is it your family?

Ana

[00:00:03]
En serio means 'really?', or 'honestly'
¿En serio? Muchas gracias. Sí, es mi familia. Pero es
Foto is a feminine noun in Spanish, so it's la/una foto
una foto vieja.
Translation

Really? Thank you very much. Yes, it is my family. But it's an old photo.

Luis

[00:00:09]
Hay personas que no conozco.
Translation

There are people I don't know.

Ana

[00:00:11]
Claro. Algunos no viven en Bogotá.
Translation

Of course there are. Some of them don't live in Bogotá.

Luis

[00:00:14]
Ah,
Ya entiendo - 'now I get it'. Using ya emphasises that you didn't understand before, but now you do
ya entiendo.
Translation

Oh, I get it.

Ana

[00:00:16]
Pues mira. La niña de
pelo largo y crespo - 'long, curly hair'. Unlike in English, there is no specific order that adjectives need to go in
pelo largo y crespo es mi sobrina, Ana. La chica que tiene gafas, que es morena y delgada es mi hermana Sandra. El chico más joven, gordito, que tiene barba es mi hermano Christian. Y Jorge, mi papá, es el señor de pelo corto, con
canas - 'grey hairs'
canas, que tiene bigote.
Translation

Well, look. The girl with the long, frizzy hair is my niece, Ana. The girl with the glasses, who is dark-haired and thin, is my sister Sandra. The younger, chubby boy with the beard is my brother Christian. And Jorge, my dad, is the short-haired man with grey hair and a moustache.

Luis

[00:00:39]
Es una familia muy pequeña.
Translation

It's a very small family.

Ana

[00:00:41]
Sí, pero mi hermana y mi hermano viven en Barranquilla ahora y yo vivo con mi mamá y mis abuelos.
Translation

Yes, but my sister and brother live in Barranquilla now and I live with my mum and grandparents.

Luis

[00:00:47]
Qué bueno que vives con ellos.
Translation

It's good that you live with them.

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