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🇲🇽 Spanish · Intermediate Level 1

PART 1 · LESSON 7 OF 30 · 40 MINUTES

The Vaccination Day

In the mountain village of San Miguel, the clinic team vaccinates a hundred and twelve children in one day, with Elena's tamales for lunch and Doctor Ruiz at the wheel. Say how long you've been doing something - I've been working here for three weeks - ask how long someone has been somewhere, and calm a frightened child.

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THE STORY

It's Wednesday, the twenty-eighth of January. San Miguel is two hours up a mountain road from Oaxaca, and by eight in the morning there's a long line of mothers and children outside the village school, where the clinic team has set up two tables, a cooler full of vaccines and a box of lollipops. At two they eat Elena's tamales in the school yard, and at six Doctor Ruiz drives everyone back down the mountain. This is the conversation you'll be able to say by the end of the lesson.

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las vacunaslahs bah-KOO-nahsthe vaccines
¿Aquí ponen las vacunas?ah-KEE POH-nehn lahs bah-KOO-nahsIs this where you give the vaccines?
Hagan fila, por favor.AH-gahn FEE-lah pohr fah-BOHRLine up, please. To a group.
¿Me va a doler?meh bah ah doh-LEHRIs it going to hurt?
No te va a doler.noh teh bah ah doh-LEHRIt's not going to hurt. To a child.
el brazoehl BRAH-sohthe arm
No la conozco.noh lah koh-NOHS-kohI don't know you. To a woman, politely.
llevoYEH-bohI've been, word for word I carry
Llevo tres semanas trabajando en la clínica.YEH-boh trehs seh-MAH-nahs trah-bah-HAHN-doh ehn lah KLEE-nee-kahI've been working at the clinic for three weeks.
¿Cuánto tiempo lleva en México?KWAHN-toh TYEHM-poh YEH-bah ehn MEH-hee-kohHow long have you been in Mexico? To be polite.

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