Chapter 19 Flashcards
Coronel, excuse us for not arriving on time.
Coronel, perdone que no llegáramos a
tiempo
Don’t give it a thought. What happened?
No se preocupen. ¿Que les pasó?
It got late on us and we couldn’t get in touch
with you,
one,two
se nos hizo tarde y no pudimos comunicarnos con usted.
We called but the line was busy
Llamamos pero la UD.a estaba ocupada.
I was nearly an hour talking with the Air Attaché.
Estuve como Una hora hablando con el
Agregado A&reo.
This building here ** Does it belong to the
American Mission?
Este edificio, ¿pertenece a la Mision
Americana?
No. It belongs to the War Department of this country.
one
No, es del Ministerio de Gaerra de este
pale.
Look at that C-47 coming in
Mira ese C.4 7 que está aterrizando
Isn’t it the’same one that was taking off when
we were coming?
one,two,three
No es el mismo que despegaba cuando
veníamos?
yes They’re testing the engines.
Sí, están probando los motores.
afterwards I’ll introduce you to the base commander.
one,two
Después les presento al jefe de la base.
1 worked (for a time) at the Embassy.
Trabajé en la Embajada.
1 was working (at that time) at the
Embassy.
Trabajaba en la Embajada.
2 1 went down (once) in tbe elevator.
1 went down (customarily) in the elevator.
Bajé en el ascensor.
Bajaba en el ascensor.
6 1 drank beer (an day).
1 drank beer (every day).
one,two,three
Tomé cerveza.
Tomaba cerveza.
3 I Couldn’t find the house.
I didn’t find the house.
No encontraba la casa.
No encontré la casa.
4 1 left late (that time).
I was leaving late
one,two,three,four,five,six
Salí tarde.
Salia tarde.
1 wrote very little (that time).
1 wrote very little (as a rule).
Escribi muy poco.
Escribia muy poco.
8 1 ate chops (once).
1 ate chops (regularly).
Comi chuletas.
Comía chuletas.
9 1 rented the house (that time).
1 was renting the house (at that time).
Alquilé la casa.
Alquilaba la casa.
1 When 1 arrived, he wasn’t there.
one,two,three
Cuando llegué, él no estaba ahi.
3 1 met a lady who was a friend of his.
1,2,3,4,5,6
Conoci a una senora que era amiga de él.
2 1 saw an apartment that didn’t have (any)
furniture.
Vi un apartamento que no tenía muebles.
4 1 spoke to the girl that 1 wanted to meet.
Hablé con la muchacha que quería conocer.
5 She swept the room that was dirty.
Barrió el cuarto que estaba sucio.
6 I went out with a girl that didn’t speak
English.
Salí con una muchacha que no hablaba
inglés
We saw that lady that wanted to buy the
house.
Vimos a la senora que queria comprar la
casa.
8 He bought a car that didn’t cost mucho
Compro un auto que no costaba mucho.
9 1 opened a trunk that wasn’t mine.
Abri un baúl que no era mío.
10 We cleaned the windows because they
were dirty.
Limpiamos las ventanas porque estaban
sucias.
11 We repeated the sentence because he
didn’t understand it.
Repetimos la frase porque él no la en-
tendía.
.
12 While 1 was having lunch, Juan wrote
the letter.
Mientras yo almorzaba, Juan escribio
la carta.
13 While I was there, nobody went out.
Mientras yo estaba allí no salio nadie.
1 We arrived from Cuba two years ago.
Llegamos de Cuba hace dos años.
2 When we lived there, we didn’t speak
Spanish.
Cuando viviamos allí no hablábamos
español
Every week we went to parties.
Todas las semanas íbamos a fiestas.
4 We used to have lots of fun.
one,two,three,four,five
Nos divertíamos mucho.
5 At that time we had only one child.
entonces teníamos un hijo solamente.
6 We had a girl that took care of him.
one,two,three
Teníamos una muchacha que lo atendía.
7 When we arrived in Cuba, we bought a
house.
Cuando llegamos a Cuba compramos una
casa.
8 It was very large.
one
Era muy grande.