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🇲🇽 Spanish · Intermediate Level 3

PART 3 · LESSON 22 OF 30 · 40 MINUTES

If I Went, If I Stayed

Sarah reads the notice about an exchange with a school of midwives in Seville, and on Sunday evening, in the garden of Santo Domingo, she tells Julian. Read a notice, ask how long someone has known, weigh up two futures, if I went, if I stayed, mix the ifs, if I hadn't met you, I wouldn't have to choose, and say what you're afraid of.

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THE STORY

On Tuesday afternoon, Ivan shows Sarah the notice at her school. An exchange with a school of midwives in Seville, from September. On Sunday evening, after lunch with Julian's family in his village, Sarah and Julian sit on a bench in the garden in front of the old monastery of Santo Domingo, among the agaves. Sarah's notebook is open on her knees. On one page, she's written "If I go". On the other, "If I stay". This is the conversation you'll be able to say by the end of the lesson.

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el anuncioehl ah-NOON-see-ohthe notice
de segundo añodeh seh-GOON-doh AH-nyohsecond-year
a partir de septiembreah pahr-TEER deh sehp-tee-EHM-brehfrom September
Solo hay dos lugares.SOH-loh eye dohs loo-GAH-rehsThere are only two places.
la fecha límitelah FEH-chah LEE-mee-tehthe deadline
¿Desde cuándo lo sabes?DEHS-deh KWAHN-doh loh SAH-behsHow long have you known? To a friend.
Quería pensarlo sola primero.keh-REE-ah pehn-SAHR-loh SOH-lah pree-MEH-rohI wanted to think about it on my own first. A woman.
Si me fuera contigosee meh FWEH-rah kohn-TEE-gohIf I went with you
Tendría que dejar la clínica.tehn-DREE-ah keh deh-HAHR lah KLEE-nee-kahI'd have to leave the clinic.
si te quedarassee teh keh-DAH-rahsif you stayed

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