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🇪🇸 Spanish · Advanced Level 1

PART 1 · LESSON 9 OF 30 · 40 MINUTES

The Same, But Different

Elena calls from Oaxaca, and Sarah tries to explain how Spain is the same, but different. Then Julian takes the phone, and Encarna comes up the stairs with a plate. Compare two countries - here they say, there we say, here they call it, it seems to them - talk about getting used to a new place, say you miss someone, both ways, and hear two mothers agree about food.

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THE STORY

It's Sunday, September 26th, eight in the evening in Seville and noon in Oaxaca. Sarah sits on the little balcony over Pureza Street with her phone. The bells of a church are ringing, and the swifts are screaming over the rooftops. On the screen, Elena is in her kitchen, with flour on her hands. A little later Julian comes out and takes the phone, and then Encarna comes up the stairs with a plate. This is the conversation you'll be able to say by the end of the lesson.

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¿Ya te acostumbraste?yah teh ah-kohs-toom-BRAHS-tehHave you got used to it? In Mexico.
¿Ya te has acostumbrado?yah teh ahs ah-kohs-toom-BRAH-dohHave you got used to it? In Spain.
Más o menos.mahs oh MEH-nohsMore or less.
me estoy acostumbrandomeh ehs-TOY ah-kohs-toom-BRAHN-dohI'm getting used to it
igual, pero diferenteee-GWAHL PEH-roh dee-feh-REHN-tehthe same, but different
¿Cómo que diferente?KOH-moh keh dee-feh-REHN-tehWhat do you mean, different?
Aquí dicenah-KEE DEE-sehnHere they say
y allá decimosee ah-YAH deh-SEE-mohsand there we say
le dicenleh DEE-sehnthey call it, word for word they say to it
aquí al pastel le dicenah-KEE ahl pahs-TEHL leh DEE-sehnhere they call a cake

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