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🇲🇽 Spanish · Intermediate Level 3

PART 2 · LESSON 19 OF 30 · 40 MINUTES

As Soon As the Committee Decides

Julian has his interview for the grant, on a video call with a professor in Seville, and Sarah hears the Spanish of Spain for the first time. Say as soon as and once, about things that haven't happened yet; answer interview questions; and notice what changes between Mexico and Spain, from the polite and friendly you to the words for car, phone, juice and OK.

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THE STORY

It's Thursday, January 28th, eight in the morning in Oaxaca and three in the afternoon in Seville. Julian sits at his desk in a shirt and tie, and pyjama bottoms. Sarah sits beside him, just out of view of the camera. On the screen, an old man with a white beard and a bookcase behind him. It's Professor Ortega, from the University of Seville, and this is the interview for the grant. This is the conversation you'll be able to say by the end of the lesson.

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perfectamentepehr-fehk-tah-MEHN-tehperfectly
Porque las cartas están ahí.POHR-keh lahs KAHR-tahs ehs-TAHN ah-EEBecause the letters are there.
Nadie las ha leído en trescientos años.NAH-dee-eh lahs ah leh-EE-doh ehn treh-see-EHN-tohs AH-nyohsNobody has read them in three hundred years.
en cuantoehn KWAHN-tohas soon as
el año escolarehl AH-nyoh ehs-koh-LAHRthe school year
En cuanto termine el año escolar.ehn KWAHN-toh tehr-MEE-neh ehl AH-nyoh ehs-koh-LAHRAs soon as the school year ends.
una vez queOO-nah behs kehonce
la visalah BEE-sahthe visa, in Mexico
Una vez que tenga la becaOO-nah behs keh TEHN-gah lah BEH-kahOnce I have the grant
¿Cuándo voy a saber la respuesta?KWAHN-doh boy ah sah-BEHR lah rrehs-PWEHS-tahWhen will I know the answer?

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