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🇪🇸 Spanish · Fluency Level 1

PART 2 · LESSON 18 OF 30 · 40 MINUTES

In My Day

Rosario comes up from Cadiz for the day, sees her old ward and meets Nerea at last - the student who has been keeping an eye on Sarah on her orders. Compare then and now the way two generations do - in my day, things have changed a lot, some for the better and some for the worse, that hasn't changed at all, it's not like it used to be - and see a teacher off at the station.

Audio instruction: English

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THE STORY

It's Wednesday, April 11th, 2029, eleven in the morning, in the hospital cafe. Rosario has come up from Cadiz on the train for the day, in her best coat, to see her old ward, and, she says, to check up on everyone. Sarah has the night off. Nerea is on the morning shift, on her break. She has never met Rosario, but she has had eleven messages from her. They sit down with three coffees from the machine. At six, Julian comes to the station to see Rosario off. This is the conversation you'll be able to say by the end of the lesson.

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Así que tú eres la queah-SEE keh too EH-rehs lah kehSo you're the one
vigila a Sarahbee-HEE-lah ah SAH-rahkeeping an eye on Sarah
la mismalah MEES-mahthat's me, word for word the same one
Y ella me vigila a mí.ee EH-yah meh bee-HEE-lah ah meeAnd she keeps an eye on me.
más bajitamahs bah-HEE-tahshorter, a little short, to a woman
Te imaginaba más bajita.teh ee-mah-hee-NAH-bah mahs bah-HEE-tahI imagined you shorter. To a woman.
En mis tiemposehn mees tee-EHM-pohsIn my day
las alumnaslahs ah-LOOM-nahsstudents, women
nos dejabannohs deh-HAH-bahnthey used to let us
a las alumnas no nos dejaban ni tocar a una madreah lahs ah-LOOM-nahs noh nohs deh-HAH-bahn nee toh-KAHR ah OO-nah MAH-drehthey didn't even let students touch a mother

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