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🇲🇽 Spanish · Intermediate Level 2

PART 3 · LESSON 26 OF 30 · 40 MINUTES

I Wish I'd Come Sooner

A year to the day since Sarah decided to stay in Mexico, she and Julian climb a hill above Oaxaca at sunset and look back. Say a year ago today, say what would have happened if you hadn't come, say I wish I had and I wish you had, ask if someone regrets anything, and talk about the best and the hardest moments of a year.

Audio instruction: English

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THE STORY

It's Monday, the thirty-first of August, the last day of Julian's holidays. At sunset, Sarah and Julian have climbed the long stairway of the Fortin hill, above the city. Below them, Oaxaca is turning gold, then pink, then blue. Sarah has been quiet all the way up. Today is an anniversary, and only she knows it. This is the conversation you'll be able to say by the end of the lesson.

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calladakah-YAH-dahquiet, of a woman
Estás muy callada.ehs-TAHS mooy kah-YAH-dahYou're very quiet. To a woman.
Solo yo lo sé.SOH-loh yoh loh SEHOnly I know.
principiospreen-SEE-pyohsthe beginnings
a principios de agostoah preen-SEE-pyohs deh ah-GOHS-tohat the start of August
Hoy hace un año que llegué a México.oy AH-seh oon AH-nyoh keh yeh-GEH ah MEH-hee-kohA year ago today, I arrived in Mexico.
Hoy hace un año que decidí quedarme.oy AH-seh oon AH-nyoh keh deh-see-DEE keh-DAHR-mehA year ago today, I decided to stay.
no me subínoh meh soo-BEEI didn't get on
¿Qué habría pasado?keh ah-BREE-ah pah-SAH-dohWhat would have happened?
si no hubieras venidosee noh oo-bee-EH-rahs beh-NEE-dohif you hadn't come

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