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🇪🇸 Spanish · Fluency Level 1

PART 3 · LESSON 26 OF 30 · 40 MINUTES

Your Turn to Be the Guests

Elena and Don Roberto fly in from Oaxaca for Lucia and Pablo's wedding, and for the first time Sarah is the one opening her door to them. Speak the language of a host - welcome, let me look at you, make yourselves at home, now it's your turn to be the guests - refuse a guest's help, and hear where Spain and Mexico say things differently.

Audio instruction: English

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THE STORY

It's Thursday, June 14th, 2029, two in the afternoon, at Seville airport. Outside, it's forty degrees. Elena and Don Roberto, who welcomed Sarah into their family in Oaxaca, have flown all night, changed planes in Madrid, and come out through the sliding doors with three suitcases, one of which, Elena says, is only for presents. They've come for a week, for Lucia and Pablo's wedding. Six months ago, in Oaxaca, they were the hosts. Now it's Sarah's turn. She has been waiting for an hour, with a sign she made herself. At six, in the flat in Pureza Street, Elena wants to help with dinner, and Sarah won't let her. This is the conversation you'll be able to say by the end of the lesson.

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¡Bienvenidos a Sevilla!byehn-beh-NEE-dohs ah seh-BEE-yahWelcome to Seville!
mijaMEE-hahsweetheart, word for word my daughter, in Mexico
Déjame verte.DEH-hah-meh BEHR-tehLet me look at you.
Estás guapísima.ehs-TAHS gwah-PEE-see-mahYou look gorgeous.
Esto es peor que Oaxaca.EHS-toh ehs peh-OHR keh wah-HAH-kahThis is worse than Oaxaca.
Y esto no es nada.ee EHS-toh noh ehs NAH-dahAnd this is nothing.
Espere a agosto.ehs-PEH-reh ah ah-GOHS-tohWait until August.
¿Dónde nos vamos a quedar?DOHN-deh nohs BAH-mohs ah keh-DAHRWhere are we going to stay?
los invitadoslohs een-bee-TAH-dohsthe guests
Ahora os toca a vosotros ser los invitados.ah-OH-rah ohs TOH-kah ah boh-SOH-trohs sehr lohs een-bee-TAH-dohsNow it's your turn to be the guests.

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