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🇪🇸 Spanish · Fluency Level 3

PART 2 · LESSON 19 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

One of Us

It's the early hours of Good Friday, in Pureza Street. The Hope of Triana stops under Encarna's balcony, and this year Encarna knows who is underneath. Nerea's parents see their first Holy Week in Seville, and Sarah tries to explain what can't be explained. Explain a tradition - the bearers, the knocker, the relief, you have to live it - put the little word on the end of the verb - how do they know when to lift her, look after them for me - hear an arrow song made for two men, and welcome someone in for good - that place is yours, you're one of us now, as long as your neck holds out.

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THE STORY

It's Good Friday, April 19th, 2030, about two in the morning, in Pureza Street in Triana. The Hope of Triana has just come out of her chapel. On her balcony, in her black mantilla, Encarna waits with Sarah, Nerea, and Nerea's parents, down from Bilbao for their first Holy Week in Seville. Last year, Encarna didn't know that Julian was under the float. This year, she does. Sarah tries to explain to the Basques what can't be explained, and when the float stops below the balcony, Encarna sings. This is the conversation you'll be able to say by the end of the lesson.

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Este año, yo sé quién va debajo.EHS-teh AH-nyoh yoh SEH kee-EHN bah deh-BAH-hohThis year, I know who's underneath.
levantarlaleh-bahn-TAHR-lahto lift her
¿Y cómo saben cuándo levantarla?ee KOH-moh SAH-behn KWAHN-doh leh-bahn-TAHR-lahAnd how do they know when to lift her?
el llamadorehl yah-mah-DOHRthe knocker
Esto hay que vivirlo.EHS-toh AY keh bee-BEER-lohYou have to live it.
Los de dentro salen, y los de fuera entran.lohs deh DEHN-troh SAH-lehn ee lohs deh FWEH-rah EHN-trahnThe ones inside come out, and the ones outside go in.
Esta va por los dos.EHS-tah bah pohr lohs DOHSThis one's for the two of them.
en vidaehn BEE-dahin his lifetime
Mi Paco te llevó en vida.mee PAH-koh teh yeh-BOH ehn BEE-dahMy Paco carried you in his lifetime.
¡Cuídamelos, Madre mía!KWEE-dah-meh-lohs MAH-dreh MEE-ahLook after them for me, Mother!

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