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🇪🇸 Spanish · Fluency Level 1

PART 3 · LESSON 28 OF 30 · 39 MINUTES

I Do, and Without Crutches

Lucia and Pablo marry at Saint Anne's in Triana, with Sarah and Julian as witnesses, Encarna singing, the bride twenty minutes late and the groom on a walking stick he has painted silver. Speak the language of a Spanish wedding - what if she doesn't come, the bride is always late, do you take, I do, I now pronounce you, you may kiss the bride, the witnesses sign here, throw the rice, long live the bride and groom.

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THE STORY

It's Wednesday, June 20th, 2029, twenty past twelve, at Saint Anne's, the oldest church in Triana. It's thirty-eight degrees outside and not much less inside, and every fan in the church is waving. The ceremony was meant to start at twelve. Pablo waits at the altar, with a walking stick he has painted silver, so it will match. Julian, one of the two witnesses, has the rings in his pocket. Lucia is on her way, on her father's arm, in a dress she has hidden from everyone for six months. After the vows, the guests wait outside with rice. This is the conversation you'll be able to say by the end of the lesson.

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¿Y si no viene?ee see noh bee-EH-nehWhat if she doesn't come?
La novia siempre llega tarde.lah NOH-bee-ah see-EHM-preh YEH-gah TAHR-dehThe bride is always late.
es tradiciónehs trah-dee-see-OHNit's tradition
yo penséyoh pehn-SEHI thought
Yo pensé lo mismo.yoh pehn-SEH loh MEES-mohI thought the same thing.
un bastónoon bahs-TOHNa walking stick
como esposoKOH-moh ehs-POH-sohas husband
¿Quieres a Pablo como esposo?kee-EH-rehs ah PAH-bloh KOH-moh ehs-POH-sohDo you take Pablo as your husband?
como esposaKOH-moh ehs-POH-sahas your wife
Sí, quiero.see kee-EH-rohI do.

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