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🇪🇸 Spanish · Advanced Level 2

PART 3 · LESSON 27 OF 30 · 40 MINUTES

Not Even If They Paid Me

On the Friday night of the April Fair, Encarna decides it's Sarah's father's turn to dance, and he has a lot of ways of saying no. Say no way, not even if they paid me, as if it were so hard!, as if it were my last dance, that's blackmail, if you film it, I'll disinherit you, and that doesn't count, and find out whether blackmail works in Seville.

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THE STORY

It's Friday May 5th, the sixth night of the April Fair, eleven o'clock. The tent is packed, the guitarist has started a new set of Seville dances, and Sarah's mother has already danced three with Julian. Sarah's father is sitting in the corner with a plate of ham, hoping nobody notices him. Encarna notices him. Then comes the dance, the applause, a message from his mother in Boston at two in the morning, and what happened the last time he danced, at a wedding in 1985. This is the conversation you'll be able to say by the end of the lesson.

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te toca bailarteh TOH-kah bah-ee-LAHRit's your turn to dance
Ni loco.nee LOH-kohNo way.
¡Ni que fuera tan difícil!nee keh FWEH-rah tahn dee-FEE-seelAs if it were so hard!
ni aunque me paguennee OWN-keh meh PAH-gehnnot even if they paid me
Ya he bailado tres.yah eh bah-ee-LAH-doh trehsI've already danced three.
Tú llevas el traje de Encarna.too YEH-bahs ehl TRAH-heh deh ehn-KAHR-nahYou're wearing Encarna's dress.
Baila solo.BAH-ee-lah SOH-lohIt dances by itself.
te lo pidoteh loh PEE-dohI'm asking you
como si fuera mi último baileKOH-moh see FWEH-rah mee OOL-tee-moh BAH-ee-lehas if it were my last dance
Eso es chantaje.EH-soh ehs chahn-TAH-hehThat's blackmail.

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