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🇪🇸 Spanish · Fluency Level 2

PART 1 · LESSON 7 OF 30 · 40 MINUTES

It Doesn't Wet You

Sarah and Julian get off the train in Bilbao, in August, in the rain, and spend their first weekend in the north at Nerea's family's. Speak the language of the north - hi there, welcome to the north, this isn't rain, it doesn't wet you but it soaks you to the bone, I'm soaked, this is another planet, I told you so, it's a bit big on me, it's raining buckets - meet a man of very few words, and pick up a few words of the other language spoken there.

Audio instruction: English

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THE STORY

It's Saturday, August 25th, 2029, six in the evening, at Abando, the main station in Bilbao, in the Basque Country, in the north of Spain. Sarah and Julian left Seville at eight this morning, when it was already thirty-one degrees, and changed trains in Madrid. Outside the station it's eighteen degrees, the sky is grey, and the air is full of a fine rain that doesn't seem to fall so much as float. Nerea is waiting under an umbrella with her mother, who has brought two more umbrellas and a bag of jumpers, just in case. At eleven that night, in the family's flat, Julian is on the sofa under a blanket, and Nerea's father, a man of very few words, comes in with a jumper. This is the conversation you'll be able to say by the end of the lesson.

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¡Aupa, Sarah!OW-pah SAH-rahHi there, Sarah! The Bilbao way.
¡Bienvenidos al norte!byehn-beh-NEE-dohs ahl NOHR-tehWelcome to the north!
¿Eso qué es?EH-soh keh ehsWhat is it?
Aquí es como decir hola.ah-KEE ehs KOH-moh deh-SEER OH-lahHere, it's like saying hello.
Y también ánimo.ee tahm-bee-EHN AH-nee-mohAnd also, come on.
Está lloviendo.ehs-TAH yoh-bee-EHN-dohIt's raining.
más o menosmahs oh MEH-nohsmore or less
Esto no es lluvia.EHS-toh noh ehs YOO-bee-ahThis isn't rain.
Es sirimiri.ehs see-ree-MEE-reeIt's Bilbao drizzle.
No moja.noh MOH-hahIt doesn't wet you.

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