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🇲🇽 Spanish · Intermediate Level 3

PART 2 · LESSON 14 OF 30 · 40 MINUTES

He Says to Ask You

On Christmas Day, back in Oaxaca, Sarah and Julian make a video call to her family in Boston, where it's snowing, and Sarah ends up passing messages in every direction. Her family already know about Seville, and Sarah never told them. Pass on questions and requests - he says to ask you whether, tell him that, she wants to know if, my mom told me to - and talk about snow, presents and news that travels fast.

Audio instruction: English

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THE STORY

It's Christmas Day. In Oaxaca, it's twenty-five degrees and sunny. In Boston, it's minus five, and snowing. Sarah and Julian sit on her balcony with a laptop. On the screen, her mother, her father in a Mexico football shirt, and her sister Emily, all squeezed onto one sofa, all talking at once. And someone has already told them Julian's news. This is the conversation you'll be able to say by the end of the lesson.

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¡Aquí está nevando!ah-KEE ehs-TAH neh-BAHN-dohIt's snowing here!
Dice que te pregunteDEE-seh keh teh preh-GOON-tehHe says to ask you
si recibiste su regalosee rreh-see-BEES-teh soo rreh-GAH-lohwhether you got his present
Dile que me encantó.DEE-leh keh meh ehn-kahn-TOHTell him I loved it.
Quiero saber sikee-EH-roh sah-BEHR seeI want to know if
lo de Sevillaloh deh seh-BEE-yahthe thing about Seville
¿Quién te dijo eso?kee-EHN teh DEE-hoh EH-sohWho told you that?
Nos preguntó si ya sabíamos.nohs preh-goon-TOH see yah sah-BEE-ah-mohsShe asked us if we already knew.
No quería decir nada hasta que fuera seguro.noh keh-REE-ah deh-SEER NAH-dah AHS-tah keh FWEH-rah seh-GOO-rohI didn't want to say anything until it was certain.
Todavía no es seguro.toh-dah-BEE-ah noh ehs seh-GOO-rohIt's not certain yet.

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