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Igualito al mío
Exactly Like Mine. A short story in everyday Spanish, read aloud sentence by sentence. Tap any sentence for the English, keep the words you didn't know, and practice them below.
Igualito al mío
Exactly Like Mine · 34 sentences · about 2 minutes of audio
El sábado en la mañana fui de compras a un supermercado muy grande. Salí al estacionamiento con tres bolsas y busqué mi carro.
Mi carro es gris, pequeño y un poco viejo. Tiene un rayón pequeño en la puerta. Y en el espejo hay un perro de juguete.
Encontré mi carro rápido, en la segunda fila, cerca de la entrada. Pero la llave no abrió la puerta. Probé otra vez, y otra vez, y nada.
Pasaron diez minutos. Hacía calor, y las bolsas pesaban mucho.
«Ay, carrito, ¿qué te pasa hoy?»
Entonces llegó un señor mayor con una bolsa de pan. Primero me miró a mí, y después al carro.
«Oiga, señora, ese es mi carro.»
«¿Cómo que es su carro?»
«Mire, aquí está el rayón de mi puerta.»
«Sí, y ahí está mi perro en el espejo.»
Sacó su llave y abrió la puerta a la primera. Miré adentro del carro. En el asiento de atrás vi un sombrero de hombre y un periódico.
«Ay, perdón, pensé que era mi carro.»
«Es igualito al mío.»
«No se preocupe, a mí también me pasa.»
Nos reímos los dos un buen rato, ahí en medio del estacionamiento.
«¿Usted dónde se estacionó?»
«Pues, a ver, creo que por aquí.»
«Bueno, se me olvidó la leche, ahorita regreso.»
Dejó su pan en el carro y regresó al supermercado. Yo caminé entre los carros con mis bolsas, fila por fila. Por fin, dos filas atrás, encontré mi carro gris.
Y junto a mi puerta vi al mismo señor, con su leche. Probó su llave una y otra vez. Entonces me vio y se puso rojo.
«Ay, señora, perdón, pensé que era mi carro.»
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Because it isn't her car. It's an identical gray car that belongs to an older man — hers is parked two rows back. And at the end, he makes the same mistake with hers.
Words and phrases from this story
| Spanish | English |
|---|---|
| estacionamiento | parking lot |
| llave | key |
| rayón | scratch |
| igualito | exactly like |
| ahorita regreso | I'll be right back |
| cómo que | what do you mean |
| a la primera | on the first try |
| un buen rato | a good while |
| a ver | let's see |
| se puso rojo | turned red |
Little words with big feelings: -ito
Spanish often adds -ito or -ita to a word. Sometimes it means “small”, but just as often it adds feeling.
- «Ay, carrito, ¿qué te pasa hoy?» — Isabel isn't saying her car is small. She's talking to it the way you'd talk to a pet: “Oh, little car, what's wrong with you today?”
- «Es igualito al mío.» — igual means “the same”; igualito makes it stronger: “It's exactly like mine.”
Also useful from this story: «¿Cómo que es su carro?» — ¿Cómo que…? is how you say “What do you mean…?” when you can't believe what you just heard.
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On Saturday morning I went shopping at a very big supermarket. I went out to the parking lot with three bags and looked for my car.
My car is gray, small, and a little old. It has a small scratch on the door. And there's a toy dog hanging from the mirror.
I found my car fast, in the second row, near the entrance. But the key didn't open the door. I tried again, and again, and nothing.
Ten minutes went by. It was hot, and the bags were very heavy.
“Oh, little car, what's wrong with you today?”
Then an older man came over with a bag of bread. First he looked at me, and then at the car.
“Excuse me, ma'am, that's my car.”
“What do you mean, it's your car?”
“Look, here's the scratch on my door.”
“Yes, and there's my dog hanging from the mirror.”
He took out his key and opened the door on the first try. I looked inside the car. On the back seat I saw a man's hat and a newspaper.
“Oh, sorry, I thought it was my car.”
“It's exactly like mine.”
“Don't worry, it happens to me too.”
We both laughed for a good while, right there in the middle of the parking lot.
“Where did you park?”
“Well, let's see, I think around here.”
“Okay, I forgot the milk, I'll be right back.”
He left his bread in the car and went back to the supermarket. I walked between the cars with my bags, row by row. Finally, two rows back, I found my gray car.
And next to my door I saw the same man, with his milk. He tried his key again and again. Then he saw me and turned red.
“Oh, ma'am, sorry, I thought it was my car.”
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