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🇪🇸 Spanish · Fluency Level 2

PART 3 · LESSON 27 OF 30 · 40 MINUTES

Two Halves

Christmas Eve at Encarna's long table. Sarah and Julian lend Encarna back her own wedding tablecloth for the night, Julian's mole arrives at last, and Elena's kitchen in Oaxaca is on a laptop between the bread and the wine. Speak the language of Christmas on two sides of the ocean - what are you having for dinner, it's three in the afternoon here, we have dinner at midnight, same fish different holiday, do you remember last year, half here and half there, let's toast to both halves.

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THE STORY

It's Monday, December 24th, 2029, Christmas Eve, ten at night in Seville and three in the afternoon in Oaxaca. Encarna gave her wedding tablecloth to Sarah and Julian last week, and tonight they bring it downstairs to lend it to her table. Julian brings something too, a pot of black mole, months late. There are prawns, lamb, and a tray of Christmas sweets. Emily, Curro, Manolo, Lucia and Pablo are there. Between the bread and the wine, a laptop is open, and on the screen is Elena's kitchen, where nobody has even started dinner. This is the conversation you'll be able to say by the end of the lesson.

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te lo prestamosteh loh prehs-TAH-mohswe lend it to you
Esta noche, te lo prestamos.EHS-tah NOH-cheh teh loh prehs-TAH-mohsTonight, we're lending it to you.
Lo que se da, no se quita.loh keh seh DAH noh seh KEE-tahWhat's given can't be taken back.
prestadoprehs-TAH-dohon loan
Dije para Navidad, y es Navidad.DEE-heh PAH-rah nah-bee-DAHD ee ehs nah-bee-DAHDI said for Christmas, and it's Christmas.
¡Feliz Nochebuena!feh-LEES noh-cheh-BWEH-nahMerry Christmas Eve!
¿Qué estáis cenando?keh ehs-TAH-ees seh-NAHN-dohWhat are you having for dinner? To a group.
¡Si aquí son las tres de la tarde!see ah-KEE sohn lahs TREHS deh lah TAHR-dehBut it's three in the afternoon here!
Cenamos a medianoche.seh-NAH-mohs ah meh-dee-ah-NOH-chehWe have dinner at midnight.
Langostinos, cordero y turrón.lahn-gohs-TEE-nohs kohr-DEH-roh ee too-RROHNPrawns, lamb and nougat.

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