Dialogues

Professions and occupations

Un juego de adivinanzas entre dos amigos

A guessing game between two friends

Camila

Camila

Colombiana

Sebastián

Sebastián

Colombiano

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Transcript

[00:00:00]
Translation

Hi, Diana. How's it going?

[00:00:02]
One way to express 'Not so good!'
Ahí, nada especial.
Translation

There, nothing special.

[00:00:04]
From verb verse, to look. 'You look + adjective': Te ves + adjective
Te ves
como aburrida. ¿Te pasa algo?
Translation

You look kind of bored. Something wrong?

[00:00:07]
No, nada serio.
Meaning 'don't worry', from verb descuidar
Descuida.
Es que no hay nada que hacer en este lugar. Entonces
Reflexive verb: to get bored.
me aburro
un poco a veces.
Translation

No, nothing serious. Don't worry about it. There's just nothing to do in this place. Then I get a bit bored sometimes.

[00:00:14]
Translation

Well, if you have nothing to do, you can help me with this guessing game I haven't been able to finish. What do you think?

[00:00:21]
Claro que sí. ¿De qué
Tratarse is also used to speak about the plot of a movie, for example: La película se trata de la Segunda Guerra Mundial: 'The movie is about World War 2.'
se trata
el juego?
Translation

Of course I do. What's the game about?

[00:00:24]
Translation

As you can see, there are a series of definitions on each of these cards. The idea is to place them on the corresponding image on this board. In this case the theme is professions. It is easy. You just need enough vocabulary in English.

[00:00:40]
Translation

OK. Read the first one, please.

[00:00:43]
Translation

OK. It says a person who works in an observatory and uses a telescope to study the universe.

[00:00:50]
Use qué with a stress mark and an adjective to intensify the meaning. ¡Qué cierto! means 'How true!'
Qué fácil.
Un astrónomo. Aquí esta la imagen.
Translation

That's easy. An astronomer. Here's the picture.

[00:00:55]
Translation

Okay, the next one, it says someone who works in a hospital and helps the doctors with their patients. He's in charge of giving the pills on the schedule set by the doctor. She also gives injections and helps bathe the patients.

[00:01:10]
Obviamente es una enfermera. Mira la
Imagen is a feminine verb, despite ending in a consonant
imagen
acá.
Translation

She is obviously a nurse. See the picture here.

[00:01:14]
Translation

The next one says someone who does the accounting for a firm or company.

[00:01:20]
Eso está
Expression meaning 'that's very easy', literally 'that's gifted'. From verb regalar, meaning 'to gift'
regalado.
Es un contador o contadora. Lee una difícil.
Translation

That's a gift. That's an accountant. Read a tough one.

[00:01:26]
Translation

Let's see, someone who handles legal processes and deals with legal matters.

[00:01:33]
Translation

Oops, I'm not sure. Ummm. I don't know if it's a judge or a lawyer.

[00:01:39]
Translation

I think a judge is in charge of giving rulings, so it must be a lawyer. More like, next. A person who designs the plans for a construction project.

[00:01:51]
Translation

Not fair. The description is ambiguous. It can be an architect or an engineer.

[00:01:57]
Translation

Yes, but technically, the engineer is the one who calculates, not the one who designs the construction.

[00:02:03]
Translation

I don't know. I still think the description is a bit ambiguous. Anyway.

[00:02:08]
Translation

Well, no problem. Let's do the last one. Person in charge of maintaining public order.

[00:02:15]
Translation

And let's get back to the ambiguities. It can be a policeman, a traffic officer, a soldier, even a mayor. I don't like this game any more. If the definition is not specific, several answers are possible.

[00:02:31]
Tienes razón.
Más bien, meaning 'more likely', or 'rather'
Más bien
vamos a tomar algo. Yo invito.
Translation

You are right. Let's go for a drink instead. My treat.

[00:02:36]
Translation

I'll buy. Thank you. By the way, what do you call the person who serves us at the table? Waiter, waitress, waiter, waiter or bartender?

[00:02:46]
Translation

Oh, Diana, you're so intense.

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