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🇲🇽 Spanish · Intermediate Level 3

PART 3 · LESSON 28 OF 30 · 40 MINUTES

I'll Keep It

Five days before the flight, Sarah empties her flat in Oaxaca, and her friends and neighbours come to choose. Say I'll keep it, I have to get rid of almost everything, I'm giving it to you, keep it, throw it away, it's coming with me and what do I do with this?, pack two suitcases, get a bed down the stairs, and say goodbye to an empty flat.

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THE STORY

It's Saturday, August 28th, five days before the flight. Sarah's flat is full of boxes. The table and chairs from the market, the bed, the plants, and the famous crooked bookcase that Julian never quite managed to fix. Dona Chayo has come down from upstairs, Andres has come with his truck, and Julian is labelling boxes. At the back of the wardrobe, there's a shoebox full of memories. This is the conversation you'll be able to say by the end of the lesson.

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tus mueblestoos MWEH-blehsyour furniture
Qué vas a hacer conkeh bahs ah ah-SEHR kohnWhat are you going to do with
deshacerse dedehs-ah-SEHR-seh dehto get rid of
Me tengo que deshacer de casi todo.meh TEHN-goh keh dehs-ah-SEHR deh KAH-see TOH-dohI have to get rid of almost everything.
el librero chuecoehl lee-BREH-roh CHWEH-kohthe crooked bookcase
Es suyo.ehs SOO-yohIt's yours. To be polite.
quedarse conkeh-DAHR-seh kohnto keep
Me quedo con él.meh KEH-doh kohn ehlI'll keep it.
Lleva año y medio chueco.YEH-bah AH-nyoh ee MEH-dee-oh CHWEH-kohIt's been crooked for a year and a half.
Ya es parte de su personalidad.yah ehs PAHR-teh deh soo pehr-soh-nah-lee-DAHDIt's part of its personality now.

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