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Jul 2022
16m 26s

Amor en México

SMALL TOWN SPANISH TEACHER
About this episode
This sixth season of Simple Stories in Spanish is inspired by requests from my listeners. Julius didn’t know when he left Germany to study in France that he would fall in love with a girl from Mexico. Now he has a reason to learn Spanish and visit this incredible country. This story is told in the past tense. Repeated words and phrases include “Alemania” ( ... Show More
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