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🇪🇸 Spanish · Fluency Level 1

PART 2 · LESSON 13 OF 30 · 40 MINUTES

The Envelope

Lucia and Pablo come to dinner with a secret they've kept for a week. They've got a date - a Wednesday in June, at Saint Anne's - and Julian discovers that a Spanish wedding works very differently from a Mexican one, starting with the present, which comes in an envelope. Say we've got a date!, it falls on a Wednesday, a gift list, what your place costs plus a bit, that would be rude, we want you to be our witnesses, and what Encarna says when she hears shouting on the stairs.

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THE STORY

It's Thursday, March 22nd, 2029, nine at night, in Sarah and Julian's kitchen. Sarah has the night off. Lucia and Pablo have come for dinner, with a bottle of wine and a secret they've been keeping for a week. Before they've even sat down, Lucia can't hold it in any longer. Ten minutes later, Encarna comes up the stairs, because she heard shouting. This is the conversation you'll be able to say by the end of the lesson.

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¡Ya tenemos fecha!yah teh-NEH-mohs FEH-chahWe've got a date!
el veinte de junioehl BEH-een-teh deh HOO-nee-ohJune 20th
¿Y desde cuándo lo sabéis?ee DEHS-deh KWAHN-doh loh sah-BEH-eesAnd how long have you known? To a couple, in Spain.
desde hace una semanaDEHS-deh AH-seh OO-nah seh-MAH-nahfor a week, word for word since it makes a week
íbamos aEE-bah-mohs ahwe were going to
Íbamos a decirlo el lunes.EE-bah-mohs ah deh-SEER-loh ehl LOO-nehsWe were going to say it on Monday.
Y el bar, cerrado.ee ehl bahr seh-RRAH-dohAnd the bar was closed.
cae enKAH-eh ehnit falls on, of a date
Eso cae en miércoles.EH-soh KAH-eh ehn mee-EHR-koh-lehsThat falls on a Wednesday.
dentro de dos añosDEHN-troh deh dohs AH-nyohsin two years' time

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