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🇲🇽 Spanish · Intermediate Level 3

PART 2 · LESSON 20 OF 30 · 40 MINUTES

Busy Hands

On the night of February 1st, Sarah makes fifty tamales in Dona Chayo's kitchen, while Julian checks his email every five minutes. Say you can't stop doing something, tell a friend to get started, say how many are done and how many are left, and look back over the whole second part of this level, from the balcony in December to the interview in January.

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THE STORY

It's Monday, February 1st, at night. Tomorrow is Candlemas, and Sarah has to bring fifty tamales to the clinic. Dona Chayo's kitchen is full of steam, with corn husks soaking in a bowl, a mountain of dough, and a pot of red mole. Sarah has dough up to her elbows. Julian sits at the table with his phone, which hasn't left his hand for three days. This is the conversation you'll be able to say by the end of the lesson.

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la masalah MAH-sahthe dough
La masa se unta.lah MAH-sah seh OON-tahYou spread the dough.
no se avientanoh seh ah-bee-EHN-tahyou don't throw it
Estoy distraída.ehs-TOY dees-trah-EE-dahI'm distracted. A woman.
el comitéehl koh-mee-TEHthe committee
El comité decide esta semana.ehl koh-mee-TEH deh-SEE-deh EHS-tah seh-MAH-nahThe committee decides this week.
revisarrreh-bee-SAHRto check
Acabo de revisar el correo.ah-KAH-boh deh rreh-bee-SAHR ehl koh-RREH-ohI've just checked my email.
cada cinco minutosKAH-dah SEEN-koh mee-NOO-tohsevery five minutes
No puedo dejar de revisarlo.noh PWEH-doh deh-HAHR deh rreh-bee-SAHR-lohI can't stop checking it.

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