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🇪🇸 Spanish · Fluency Level 1

PART 2 · LESSON 16 OF 30 · 40 MINUTES

For Both of Us

In the early hours of Good Friday, the Hope of Triana comes down Pureza Street, and one of the bearers who comes out from underneath for his turn of rest is Julian - carrying her for Encarna, and for Paco. Twelve hours later she comes home to her chapel. Say I've got no words, you say it all, he'd be proud, I'm proud for both of us, you kept that very quiet, we owed you, and talk about Holy Week from underneath.

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THE STORY

It's the early hours of Good Friday, March 30th, 2029, a little after two in the morning, in Pureza Street. The Hope of Triana has just come out of her chapel. Encarna is on her balcony in her mantilla, as she has been for fifty years, with Sarah and Lucia beside her. Nobody has told Encarna anything. The float stops right below them, and the foreman knocks for a change of bearers. A man in a white sack and a black shirt comes out from underneath, wiping his face. Twelve hours later, the Hope comes home to her chapel, and Encarna is waiting at the door. This is the conversation you'll be able to say by the end of the lesson.

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¿Ese no es Julián?EH-seh noh ehs hoo-lee-AHNIsn't that Julian?
de debajo del pasodeh deh-BAH-hoh dehl PAH-sohfrom under the float
el que sale de debajo del pasoehl keh SAH-leh deh deh-BAH-hoh dehl PAH-sohthe one coming out from under the float
Es él. Es él de verdad.ehs ehl ehs ehl deh behr-DAHDIt's him. It's really him.
el relevoehl rreh-LEH-bohthe relief, the change of bearers
le tocaba el relevo en la calle Purezaleh toh-KAH-bah ehl rreh-LEH-boh ehn lah KAH-yeh poo-REH-sahhis turn ended in Pureza Street
Lo pidió él.loh pee-dee-OH ehlHe asked for it.
¿Y no me habíais dicho nada?ee noh meh ah-BEE-ah-ees DEE-choh NAH-dahAnd you hadn't told me anything? To a couple.
Era una sorpresa.EH-rah OO-nah sohr-PREH-sahIt was a surprise.
Paco la llevó veinte años.PAH-koh lah yeh-BOH BEH-een-teh AH-nyohsPaco carried her for twenty years.

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