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🇪🇸 Spanish · Advanced Level 3

PART 1 · LESSON 6 OF 30 · 40 MINUTES

Something Borrowed

Sarah goes back to the dress shop in Triana to have her wedding dress made, and Encarna comes along with a parcel and an offer. Say I want it made, it's made to measure, it takes three months, how many fittings are needed?, something borrowed and they don't make these any more, choose the dress, and on the way home say what it feels like now that it's real.

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THE STORY

It's Tuesday, June 27th, ten in the morning, before the heat. Sarah goes back to the little dress shop in Triana where she bought her flamenco dress in April. The shop assistant, with the tape measure round her neck, recognises her straight away. Encarna has come too, with a parcel wrapped in tissue paper under her arm. At noon the two of them walk home in the shade, and Sarah has gone very quiet. This is the conversation you'll be able to say by the end of the lesson.

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la de los lunareslah deh lohs loo-NAH-rehsthe polka-dot girl
¿Qué te trae por aquí?keh teh TRAH-eh pohr ah-KEEWhat brings you here?
que me hagankeh meh AH-gahnthat they make me
Quiero que me hagan el vestido aquí.kee-EH-roh keh meh AH-gahn ehl behs-TEE-doh ah-KEEI want my dress made here.
un vestido de noviaoon behs-TEE-doh deh NOH-bee-aha wedding dress
a medidaah meh-DEE-dahto measure
se hace a medidaseh AH-seh ah meh-DEE-dahit's made to measure
Se tarda tres meses.seh TAHR-dah trehs MEH-sehsIt takes three months.
una pruebaOO-nah PRWEH-baha fitting
¿Cuántas pruebas hacen falta?KWAHN-tahs PRWEH-bahs AH-sehn FAHL-tahHow many fittings are needed?

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