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A Funeral in Basic Spanish 🪦 · Spanish for Beginners with Marco

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  Speaker 1: When somebody gets called by Saint Peter, a funeral takes place.
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  Speaker 1: But how do you talk about funerals in Spanish? And
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  Speaker 1: more importantly, how do you express your condolences? That's what
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  Speaker 1: you'll learn in this episode of Spanish for Beginners with Marco.
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  Speaker 1: You'll first listen to a short audio in Espanol describing
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  Speaker 1: a funeral ceremony. And then we'll break down the key
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  Speaker 1: vocabulary together. As you listen, try to answer these three questions.¿
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  Speaker 1: Qué es?¿ Un velorio? What is a velorio? Next up.¿
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  Speaker 1: Cómo se dice my condolences en español? How do you
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  Speaker 1: say my condolences in Spanish? And finally.¿ Dónde se celebra
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  Speaker 1: un funeral? Where does a funeral take place?¿ Listos?¡ Sí, señor!¡ Sí, señor!¡ Vamos!
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  Speaker 1: Un funeral. Es una ceremonia para despedir y honrar a
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  Speaker 1: una persona fallecida. Antes del funeral, normalmente hay un velorio,
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  Speaker 1: en una funeraria o en la casa de la familia.
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  Speaker 1: Durante el velorio, los familiares y amigos pueden ver el
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  Speaker 1: cuerpo de la persona en el ataúd y decir su
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  Speaker 1: último nombre. Es un momento tranquilo donde las personas acompañan
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  Speaker 1: a la familia. Una expresión común en esta situación es
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  Speaker 1: mis condolencias. Después del velorio viene el funeral. Es una
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  Speaker 1: ceremonia formal que puede ser en una iglesia, una capilla
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  Speaker 1: o o en otro lugar especial. Durante el funeral, las
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  Speaker 1: personas recuerdan al fallecido y dicen algunas palabras de despedida.
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  Speaker 1: Descansa en paz. Too difficult? The transcript of this lesson
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  Speaker 1: is available on my blog at latinle.com. You'll find the
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  Speaker 1: link in the show notes. Let's break it down. I
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  Speaker 1: begin by saying, un funeral es una ceremonia para despedir
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  Speaker 1: y honrar a una persona fallecida. A funeral is a
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  Speaker 1: ceremony to say goodbye. Despedir means to say goodbye. Despedir.
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  Speaker 1: And honrar means to honor. Honrar. And una persona fallecida
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  Speaker 1: is funeral. A deceased person. Una persona fallecida. Spanish speakers
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  Speaker 1: often prefer this word over muerto. Both are correct. Fallecido
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  Speaker 1: or muerto mean dead. But fallecido sounds softer and more
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  Speaker 1: respectful in this context. I also mention a velorio. Did
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  Speaker 1: you catch what a velorio is? I'll give you a
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  Speaker 1: few seconds to think of your answer. Got it? Un
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  Speaker 1: velorio is a funeral wake. Un velorio. The word comes
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  Speaker 1: from the Latin root related to staying awake or keeping what? Vigil.
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  Speaker 1: Although these days people don't necessarily stay awake all night.
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  Speaker 1: And what happens during a¿ Ve el Oreo? The Oreo says,
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  Speaker 1: las personas acompañan a la familia. They support the family.
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  Speaker 1: And dicen su último adiós. They say their final goodbye.
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  Speaker 1: The verbs here are acompañar, acompañar a la familia. And decir,
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  Speaker 1: decir su último adiós. Now, did you catch how to
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  Speaker 1: say my condolences? It's mis condolencias. Let's say it together
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  Speaker 1: one more time. Mis condolencias. Good. And after the velorio
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  Speaker 1: comes the funeral, which in Spanish we say funeral. Un
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  Speaker 1: funeral is the formal ceremony before the burial.¿ Dónde se
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  Speaker 1: celebra un funeral? Did you catch that? Well, depending on
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  Speaker 1: the tradition, it can be en una iglesia, in a church,
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  Speaker 1: en una capilla, in a chapel, or al aire libre, outdoors,
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  Speaker 1: among many other options. So the option mentions in the
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  Speaker 1: audio are en una iglesia, en una capilla, or al
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  Speaker 1: aire libre. And during the funeral, people remember the life
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  Speaker 1: of the deceased. Recuerdan la vida del fallecido. And they
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  Speaker 1: often say farewell words. Palabras de despedida. A common expression
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  Speaker 1: on this occasion is descansa en paz. Rest in peace.
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  Speaker 1: Descansa en paz. Let's say it together. Descansa en paz. Good.
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  Speaker 1: And now that you know the vocabulary, let's listen to
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  Speaker 1: the orio one more time. Here we go. Un funeral
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  Speaker 1: es una ceremonia para despedir y honrar a una persona fallecida.
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  Speaker 1: Antes del funeral, normalmente hay un velorio en una funeraria
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  Speaker 1: o en la casa de la familia. Durante el velorio,
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  Speaker 1: los familiares y amigos pueden ver el cuerpo de la
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  Speaker 1: persona en el ataúd y decir su último adiós. Es
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  Speaker 1: un momento tranquilo donde las personas acompañan a la familia.
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  Speaker 1: Una expresión común en esta situación es mis condolencias. viene
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  Speaker 1: el funeral. Es una ceremonia formal que puede ser en
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  Speaker 1: una iglesia, una capilla o en otro lugar especial. Durante
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  Speaker 1: el funeral, las personas recuerdan al fallecido y dicen algunas
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  Speaker 1: palabras de despedida. Descansa en paz. If it's still difficult,
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  Speaker 1: you can study along the transcript at latinele.com. There, you'll
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  Speaker 1: also find the key vocabulary and a side-by-side English translation
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  Speaker 1: of the audio. And that's all for today. Gracias por
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  Speaker 1: the show notes. Soy Marco Fierro. Hasta la próxima. Chao, chao.