46b. (2/2) Mi Primer Casting (Line by Line Breakdown)

We break down each line from the episode 46a. Mi Primer Casting (My First Casting), first in English and then in Spanish. After we say the line in English, say the line out loud in Spanish to practice your speaking, and then we’ll tell you the correct response in Spanish.

A full transcript of this episode is available at https://icanspeakspanish.com/46b-2-2-mi-primer-casting-line-by-line-breakdown/

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[00:54] And I said, "Woah, this is going to be complicated,

[01:03] Y yo dije “Wow, esto va a estar complicado,

[01:12] Y yo dije “Wow, esto va a estar complicado,

[01:20] because if they have to choose between

[01:27] porque si tienen que elegir entre

[01:32] porque si tienen que elegir entre

[01:38] a Mexican girl who is fashionable

[01:44] una chica mexicana que esté a la moda

[01:51] una chica mexicana que esté a la moda

[01:57] and a foreign girl who has other idioms,

[02:05] y una chica extranjera que tenga otros modismos,

[02:13] y una chica extranjera que tenga otros modismos,

[02:21] who has another sense of humor, who is so different,

[02:30] que tenga otro sentido del humor, que sea tan diferente,

[02:39] que tenga otro sentido del humor, que sea tan diferente,

[02:48] then I would say that they are going to lean towards what people already know."

[03:00] pues yo diría que se van a inclinar hacia lo que la gente ya conoce".

[03:09] pues yo diría que se van a inclinar hacia lo que la gente ya conoce".

[03:18] But since I was the first to finish

[03:24] Pero como fui la primera en terminar

[03:30] Pero como fui la primera en terminar

[03:36] the sheet with the questions we had been given,

[03:44] la hoja con las preguntas que nos habían dado,

[03:51] la hoja con las preguntas que nos habían dado,

[03:57] even though the girls were already there when I arrived.

[04:07] a pesar de que las chicas ya estaban ahí cuando yo llegué.

[04:10] a pesar de que las chica...