Spanish–English parallel text
El dal de mi madre
My Mother’s Dal
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Sándwiches
Sandwiches
Priya vive en Londres. Tiene veintisiete años. Es de Bombay, en la India.
Priya lives in London. She is twenty-seven. She is from Mumbai, in India.
Tiene un trabajo nuevo en una oficina grande. Tiene un piso pequeño con una cocina muy pequeña.
She has a new job in a big office. She has a small apartment with a very small kitchen.
Todos los días a la una, Priya come un sándwich en su mesa. Un sándwich de queso. Un sándwich de huevo. Un sándwich de pollo.
Every day at one o’clock, Priya eats a sandwich at her desk. A cheese sandwich. An egg sandwich. A chicken sandwich.
«Londres es genial», piensa. «¿Pero un sándwich todos los días? Echo de menos mi casa».
“London is great,” she thinks. “But a sandwich every day? I miss home.”
Por la tarde, llama a su madre por vídeo. La cara de su madre está en la pantalla del teléfono.
In the evening, she calls her mother on video. Her mother’s face is on the phone screen.
«¡Priya! ¿Estás comiendo?», pregunta su madre.
“Priya! Are you eating?” asks her mother.
«Sí, mamá. Como un sándwich todos los días».
“Yes, Mum. I eat a sandwich every day.”
«¿Un sándwich? Eso no es comida. Eso es pan».
“A sandwich? That is not food. That is bread.”
Priya ríe. «Es comida en Londres, mamá».
Priya laughs. “It is food in London, Mum.”
«¿Qué quieres para cenar? Dime».
“What do you want for dinner? Tell me.”
Priya piensa. «Tu dal, mamá. Quiero tu dal».
Priya thinks. “Your dal, Mum. I want your dal.”
Su madre sonríe. «Mi dal es fácil. Puedes cocinarlo».
Her mother smiles. “My dal is easy. You can make it.”
«¿Puedo?».
“Can I?”
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