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🇲🇽 Spanish · Intermediate Level 3

PART 2 · LESSON 13 OF 30 · 40 MINUTES

For Me, or As Far As I'm Concerned

On Christmas Eve, Sarah spends the night with Julian's family in his village, Teotitlan. She brings the blue plate for his mother, Julian tells his parents and his grandmother about Seville, and at midnight it's Sarah who lays the baby Jesus in the nativity scene. Use the two words for "for" - thanks for, for you, for a year, by the time, as far as I'm concerned, in my eyes - and share a Mexican Christmas Eve.

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THE STORY

It's Christmas Eve in Julian's village, half an hour from Oaxaca. The village smells of woodsmoke and wet wool, and there are candles in every window. Julian's family live in a house of adobe and wood, with a loom in the courtyard and a nativity scene that takes up half the living room. His mother opens the door in her best embroidered blouse. Later, Julian has news to tell, and at midnight, someone has to lay the baby Jesus in the nativity scene. This is the conversation you'll be able to say by the end of the lesson.

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Esta es tu casa.EHS-tah ehs too KAH-sahThis is your house. To a friend.
Gracias por invitarme.GRAH-see-ahs pohr een-bee-TAHR-mehThank you for inviting me.
Traje esto para ustedes.TRAH-heh EHS-toh PAH-rah oos-TEH-dehsI brought this for you. To a group.
como te gustaKOH-moh teh GOOS-tahthe way you like it
Julián nos habló de Sevilla.hoo-lee-AHN nohs ah-BLOH deh seh-BEE-yahJulian told us about Seville.
Por mípohr meeAs far as I'm concerned
que se vayakeh seh BAH-yahhe should go
Un año es mucho tiempo.oon AH-nyoh ehs MOO-choh tee-EHM-pohA year is a long time.
para cuando lo sepasPAH-rah KWAHN-doh loh SEH-pahsby the time you know
Pasen a la mesa.PAH-sehn ah lah MEH-sahCome to the table. To a group.

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