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🇪🇸 Spanish · Fluency Level 3

PART 2 · LESSON 18 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Worth the Wait

It's Holy Wednesday, April 17th, on the terrace in Triana. Nerea's parents have come down from Bilbao for Holy Week, and Julian pays the last mole he owes, black mole from his mother's recipe. Nerea's father eats in silence, his eyes watering, and then makes a speech of two sentences. Give a present - I've brought you another smoked cheese - keep a promise - I said by Holy Week and it's Holy Week, this time no problem, I don't owe you anything now - say how hot it is - this is fiendishly hot, this isn't hot at all - blame your tears on the chilli - and say it was worth the wait, in the perfect, the way Spain talks about today.

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THE STORY

It's Holy Wednesday, April 17th, 2030, nine at night, on the terrace in Triana. Nerea's parents have come down from Bilbao for Holy Week. Last August, at a cider house in the north, Julian promised them a mole, and tonight he pays, with his mother's recipe and paste he brought back from Oaxaca. Encarna is there, and Nerea's mother has brought her another smoked cheese. Nerea's father eats in silence. Then he speaks. This is the conversation you'll be able to say by the end of the lesson.

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otro queso ahumadoOH-troh KEH-soh ah-oo-MAH-dohanother smoked cheese
Le he traído otro queso ahumado.leh eh trah-EE-doh OH-troh KEH-soh ah-oo-MAH-dohI've brought you another smoked cheese. Politely.
Dije para Semana Santa, y es Semana Santa.DEE-heh PAH-rah seh-MAH-nah SAHN-tah ee ehs seh-MAH-nah SAHN-tahI said by Holy Week, and it's Holy Week.
Esta vez, sin problema.EHS-tah behs seen proh-BLEH-mahThis time, no problem.
Esto pica que rabia.EHS-toh PEE-kah keh RRAH-bee-ahThis is fiendishly hot.
Esto no pica nada.EHS-toh noh PEE-kah NAH-dahThis isn't hot at all.
¿Yo? Es el chile.YOH ehs ehl CHEE-lehMe? It's the chilli.
Y ha repetido.ee ah rreh-peh-TEE-dohAnd he's had seconds.
ha valido la penaah bah-LEE-doh lah PEH-nahit was worth it
Ha valido la pena esperar.ah bah-LEE-doh lah PEH-nah ehs-peh-RAHRIt was worth the wait.

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