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🇲🇽 Spanish · Intermediate Level 3

PART 1 · LESSON 8 OF 30 · 40 MINUTES

I Wanted Everything to Be Perfect

Valeria and Diego are married in the cathedral of Guadalajara. Diego says his vows by heart, Julian hands over the rings from the right pocket, and Sarah drops the cord. On the steps, under the rice, everyone has something to confess, and in the photo, the two aunts who haven't spoken for twenty years are told to smile. Say what someone wanted, asked or told others to do, all in the past, say nobody noticed and I didn't mind, and describe a Mexican church wedding, from the vows to the kiss.

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THE STORY

It's Saturday, the nineteenth of December. The cathedral of Guadalajara is full of white flowers, and the mass has begun. Diego stands at the altar with his hands empty, no ink on them. Julian has the rings, and Sarah has the cord. A little after seven, the bells ring, and Valeria and Diego come out onto the steps, married, under a shower of rice. Sarah's eyes are red, and Valeria runs straight to her. This is the conversation you'll be able to say by the end of the lesson.

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después de mídehs-PWEHS deh MEEafter me
Repita después de mí.rreh-PEE-tah dehs-PWEHS deh MEERepeat after me. To be polite.
de memoriadeh meh-MOH-ree-ahby heart
Me los sé de memoria.meh lohs SEH deh meh-MOH-ree-ahI know them by heart.
no hace faltanoh AH-seh FAHL-tahthere's no need
la madrina de lazolah mah-DREE-nah deh LAH-sohthe sponsor of the cord, a woman
A Sarah se le cayó el lazo.ah SAH-rah seh leh kah-YOH ehl LAH-sohSarah dropped the cord.
recógelorreh-KOH-heh-lohpick it up
antes de que el padre terminaraAHN-tehs deh keh ehl PAH-dreh tehr-mee-NAH-rahbefore the priest had finished
besarbeh-SAHRto kiss

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