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Un Día En Español 4: Meeting My Sister For The First Time
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Episode 4: Meeting My Sister For The First Time
Melina from Peru has a younger sister she’s never met, but this is about to change on a family trip to Cuzco (or as some people spell it, Cusco), the old capital of the Inca empire. Listen to Melina’s story about the very special day where she met her sister for the first time. Will the pair have anything in common?
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Key Vocabulary
| el abuelo, la abuela | grandfather, grandmother |
| desde | since |
| el esposo, la esposa | husband, wife |
| estar divorciado/a | to be divorced |
| el hijo, la hija | son, daughter |
| lejos | far |
| el hermano, la hermana | brother, sister |
| conocer | to meet |
| el avión | the plane |
| por fin | finally |
| saludarse | to greet |
| el vuelo | the flight |
| el grupo | the band |
| la canción | the song |
| sobre todo | above all, most of all, especially |
| amable | kind, nice |
Dynamic Transcript
Show Notes
Un día en español is produced by the language experts at Babbel. The show is hosted by Sebastian Escobar. Editing and sound design by Iván Simonovis Pertiñez. Our producers are Elin Asklöv, Carmela López, Dylan Lyons, Andy Nielsen and Madeleine Townsend-Clark. Our executive producers are Jen Jordan and Daniel Meehan. Special thanks to Melina Molero for sharing her story on this episode.
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