Conversación #3

Hombre: ¿Qué tal tu día?

Mujer: Terrible, estuve muy ocupada.

Hombre: Ah, qué mal.

Mujer: Así es, estuvimos ocupadísimos en el almuerzo. Una persona llamó que se enfermó, así que estuvimos con falta de personal.

Hombre: Eso no es bueno, ¿cómo lo solucionaron?

Mujer: Vinieron y nos ayudaron.

Lesson Summary

Summary:
The man asks the woman about her day, and she responds that it was terrible because she was very busy. She explains that they were extremely busy during lunch since one person called in sick, leaving them short-staffed. The man sympathizes, asking how they handled it, and the woman says that others came to help.

📌 Key Expressions:

¿Qué tal tu día? → How was your day?
Terrible, estuve muy ocupada. → Terrible, I was very busy.
Ah, qué mal. → Oh, that’s too bad.
Así es, estuvimos ocupadísimos en el almuerzo. → That’s right, we were extremely busy at lunch.
Una persona llamó que se enfermó. → Someone called in sick.
Así que estuvimos con falta de personal. → So we were short-staffed.
Eso no es bueno. → That’s not good.
¿Cómo lo solucionaron? → How did you solve it?
Vinieron y nos ayudaron. → They came and helped us.

🗂️ Important Vocabulary:

Ocupado/a → Busy
Almuerzo → Lunch
Llamar → To call
Enfermarse → To get sick
Falta de personal → Short-staffed
Solucionar → To solve
Ayudar → To help

⭐ Key Grammar Points:

Past tense (pretérito) for completed actions:
"Estuve muy ocupada." → "I was very busy."
"Una persona llamó que se enfermó." → "Someone called in sick."
"Estuvimos con falta de personal." → "We were short-staffed."

Superlative "-ísimo/a" for emphasis:
"Estuvimos ocupadísimos." → "We were extremely busy."

This conversation is great for talking about work challenges and dealing with unexpected situations! 📞💼🍽️