La testigo (The witness)
Duolingo Spanish Podcast
Duolingo
4.5 • 14.9K Ratings
🗓️ 15 November 2018
⏱️ 21 minutes
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Summary
When Andrea Krichmar was a girl, she spent an afternoon at her friend’s dad’s house. This was during the dictatorship in Argentina, and that afternoon, without knowing it, Andrea witnessed a scene that would change her life and make her key to the country’s historic return to democracy.
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| 0:00.0 | When Andrea Kirchmar was in elementary school, Argentina was in the first years of a brutal |
| 0:06.5 | dictatorship, but she was only 11 years old, so she was mostly oblivious to it. |
| 0:13.4 | The most important thing for me was to play with my friends from school, especially |
| 0:20.0 | with one that was called Verenis. |
| 0:24.8 | We were best friends. |
| 0:27.7 | One day in 1976, Verenis invited Andrea to play at her father's house. |
| 0:33.7 | What occurred that afternoon would follow Andrea for years and would convert her into a key |
| 0:39.8 | witness in proving the atrocities committed in her country. |
| 0:46.5 | Bienvenidos and welcome back to a new season of the Duolingo Spanish podcast. |
| 0:51.3 | I'm Martina Castro. |
| 0:53.2 | Every episode we bring you fascinating, true stories to help you improve your Spanish |
| 0:57.5 | listening and to gain new perspectives on the world. |
| 1:00.4 | The storyteller will be using intermediate Spanish and I'll be chiming in for context |
| 1:04.5 | in English. |
| 1:06.1 | If you miss something, you can always skip back and listen again. |
| 1:09.4 | And we also offer full transcripts at podcast.duolingo.com. |
| 1:15.4 | Today's story comes from Buenos Aires, Argentina. |
| 1:18.8 | It's called La Tistiga, or The Witness, told by Andrea Kirchmar and written by Tally Goldman. |
| 1:26.5 | Please note that you'll be hearing Andrea speak in an Argentine accent. |
| 1:30.1 | They pronounce their double elves and wise with a shuss sound, as in Asher or Cache, instead |
| 1:37.2 | of Ayed or Caillet. |
| 1:39.8 | El juego preferido mío y de Verenis era actuar como los personajes de nuestra serie favorita |
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