A traditional Spanish song
Sorry, something went wrongCheck your connection, refresh the page and try again. is a traditional Spanish song about a mother hen caring for her chicks.
You can learn the words in Spanish with this fun video:
Download the English translation of this traditional Spanish song here.
Key words and phrases
The 鈥榣l鈥 grapheme
In Spanish a double 鈥榣l鈥 sound is pronounced as a 'y'.
Here are some examples of how this sound is used in the song:
Sorry, something went wrongCheck your connection, refresh the page and try again. - the chicks
Sorry, something went wrongCheck your connection, refresh the page and try again. - the hen
What did you hear?
You might have recognised some key words and phrases in the song.
Now see how many you can remember from the table below:
Spanish | English |
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Sorry, something went wrongCheck your connection, refresh the page and try again. | they are cold |
Sorry, something went wrongCheck your connection, refresh the page and try again. | they are hungry |
Sorry, something went wrongCheck your connection, refresh the page and try again. | to find |
Sorry, something went wrongCheck your connection, refresh the page and try again. | food |
Sorry, something went wrongCheck your connection, refresh the page and try again. | another day |
Feminine and masculine nouns
In Spanish there are feminine and masculine nouns.
You may have spotted that the article that comes before the noun is determined by the noun itself.
For example, if a noun ends with a, eg la gallina, it's feminine so we use Sorry, something went wrongCheck your connection, refresh the page and try again..
Masculine nouns normally end in an o or an e, eg Sorry, something went wrongCheck your connection, refresh the page and try again..
Remember the plural for Sorry, something went wrongCheck your connection, refresh the page and try again. is Sorry, something went wrongCheck your connection, refresh the page and try again. and the plural for la is Sorry, something went wrongCheck your connection, refresh the page and try again..
Check out these examples of nouns from the song and see if you can decide whether they are masculine or feminine:
Sorry, something went wrongCheck your connection, refresh the page and try again. - the chicks
Sorry, something went wrongCheck your connection, refresh the page and try again. - the wheat
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