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🇲🇽 Spanish · Intermediate Level 1

PART 1 · LESSON 9 OF 30 · 40 MINUTES

Just a Coffee

Sarah meets Julian, Elena's shy colleague, for a coffee on the main square, and one coffee turns into two coffees and a museum. Express doubt and possibility - I don't think that, I doubt that, maybe, it's possible that - and get to know someone - what do you teach?, have you always lived here?, are you going to stay?

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THE STORY

On Saturday the thirty-first of January, the main square of Oaxaca is full of balloon sellers and brass bands. Sarah sits at a cafe under the arches, ten minutes early. At exactly five o'clock, a tall man with glasses and a guitar case on his back looks around nervously. Two coffees later they are still talking, and that night Elena is waiting at the kitchen table with her questions. This is the conversation you'll be able to say by the end of the lesson.

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¿Tú eres Sarah?too EH-rehs SAH-rahAre you Sarah? To a friend.
Elena me habló mucho de ti.eh-LEH-nah meh ah-BLOH MOO-choh deh teeElena told me a lot about you.
no creo quenoh KREH-oh kehI don't think that
No creo que todo sea verdad.noh KREH-oh keh TOH-doh SEH-ah behr-DAHDI don't think it's all true.
¿Qué enseñas?keh ehn-SEH-nyahsWhat do you teach?
historia de Méxicoees-TOH-ryah deh MEH-hee-kohMexican history
a chicos de quince añosah CHEE-kohs deh KEEN-seh AH-nyohsto fifteen-year-olds
has vividoahs bee-BEE-dohyou've lived, to a friend
¿Siempre has vivido aquí?SYEHM-preh ahs bee-BEE-doh ah-KEEHave you always lived here?
dudo queDOO-doh kehI doubt that

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