Happy Birthday — Conversation
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| Daniel | Hola Cristina, ¿cómo estás? | Hello Cristina, how are you? |
| Cristina | Ah pues muy bien, | Oh well very good, |
| ¿y tú Daniel? | and you Daniel? | |
| ¿Cómo está su familia? | How is your family? | |
| Daniel | Muy bien. | Very good (well). |
| Todos están muy bien gracias. | Everybody is very well, thank you. | |
| Sabes mi hija cumplió años ayer. | You know my daughter had her birthday yesterday. | |
| Cristina | Ah, ¿la mayor? | Oh, the oldest? |
| Daniel | Sí Ana. | Yes, Ana. |
| Cristina | Ay, ella es tan linda. | Oh, she's so cute. |
| Y ¿cuántos años tiene ahora? | So, how old is she now? | |
| Daniel | Acaba de cumplir cuatro años. | She just turned four years old. |
| Está creciendo. | She's getting bigger. | |
| Cristina | Ay ¡qué bonito! | Oh, how cute! |
| ¿Le hicieron una fiesta grande? | Did you throw (do) her a huge party? | |
| Daniel | Sí claro, hicimos una fiesta | Yes of course, we threw a party |
| con todos sus amiguitos del barrio | with all her little friends from the neighborhood | |
| y sus abuelitos | and her grandparents | |
| y la - muchos familiares. | and the - lots of relatives. | |
| Cristina | Ah, ¿se la pasaron bien? | Oh, did you have a good time? |
| Daniel | Sí nos la pasamos muy bien. | Yeah we had a very good time |
| Cristina | Y ¿qué hicieron? | And, what did you do? |
| Daniel | Ah, le hicimos un pastel, | Oh, we made her a cake |
| le hicimos unos juegos, | we did some games, | |
| cantamos, | we sang, | |
| hasta contratamos un payaso | we even hired a clown | |
| para venir y entretenerlos. | to come and entertain them. | |
| Cristina | Oh, ¿a poco sí? | Oh, really? |
| ¿En verdad contrataron a un payaso? | Did you really hire a clown? | |
| Daniel | Sí fue muy chistoso | Yes, he was very funny |
| (a) los niños les encantó. | the kids loved him. | |
| Cristina | Ay ¡qué padre! | Oh, that's cool! |
| Y ¿se la pasó bien tu hija entonces? | So, your daughter had a good time then? | |
| Daniel | Claro, nos - todos nos la pasamos muy bien. | Sure, we - all of us had a very good time. |
| Pero, fue mucho trabajo también. | But it was a lot of work as well. | |
| Cristina | Me imagino, con tantos niños. | I imagine, with all those kids. |
| Oye, pero ¡qué bonito! | Hey, but how cute! | |
| Cristina | Eres muy bueno con tus hijos. | You're really good with your kids. |
| Daniel | Sí, pero nada más, solamente cuando | Yes, but just, only when |
| están portándose bien. | they're behaving themselves (well). | |
| Cristina | Ay, ¡no te creo! | Oh, I don't believe you! |
| Y comoquiera, | And anyway, | |
| tus hijos son unos angelitos. | your kids are a couple of little angels. | |
| Daniel | Creo que no los conoces muy bien. | I don't think you know them very well. |
| A veces son como diablitos. | Sometimes they are like little devils. | |
| Cristina | Ah, ¡no es cierto, Daniel! | Oh, that's not true, Daniel! |
| Daniel | Sí d - es cierto. | Yeah re - it's true. |
| Obviamente no los conoces. | Obviously you don't know them well. | |
| Cristina | Pues comoquiera, | Well, anyway, |
| debes disfrutarlos | you should enjoy them | |
| mientras estén chiquitos todavía. | while they're young still. | |
| Acaba de cumplir los cuatro, ¿verdad? | She just turned four, right? | |
| Daniel | Sí, acaba de cumplir cuatro años. | Yes, she just turned four years old. |
| Cristina | Y ya verás, dentro de un año | And you'll see, within a year |
| ya estará en el jardín de niños. | she'll be in kindergarten. | |
| Daniel | Sí es cierto. | Yes, that's true. |
| De hecho, va a entrar en agosto. | In fact, she's to start (enter) in August. | |
| Ay, ¡que - qué rápido crecen los niños! | Wow, how...how quickly kids grow up! |
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