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🇲🇽 Spanish · Beginner Level 1

PART 1 · LESSON 6 OF 30 · 40 MINUTES

It's Hot Today, Isn't It?

Back from the taco stand, Sarah meets an older woman watering the plants in the courtyard, and asks her the question she has asked everyone, the polite way. This time the answer is yes. Learn the polite way to say "you", talk about the weather, and say where you're going.

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THE STORY

Sarah comes back from the taco stand to the courtyard of Casa Carmen, full of plants. An older woman is watering them, and she already knows Sarah's name. Since arriving, Sarah has been trying to find Carmen. Today she asks the question a new way. Then she goes out to the park, and Diego would like to go too. This is the conversation you'll be able to say by the end of the lesson.

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ustedoos-TEHDyou, to be polite
¿Cómo está usted?KOH-moh ehs-TAH oos-TEHDHow are you? To be polite.
señoraseh-NYOH-rahma'am
calorkah-LOHRheat
Hace calor.AH-seh kah-LOHRIt's hot.
¿verdad?behr-DAHDisn't it?
hoy, ¿verdad?oy behr-DAHDtoday, isn't it?
Hace calor hoy, ¿verdad?AH-seh kah-LOHR oy behr-DAHDIt's hot today, isn't it?
Hace mucho calor.AH-seh MOO-choh kah-LOHRIt's very hot.
Hace frío.AH-seh FREE-ohIt's cold.

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