Articles about 'Spanish'
March 20th, 2013
Ed wrote asking for help with a Cuban Kids Song. Here’s his letter:
Dear Mama Lisa,
As a child I heard my father sing a song that he said was sung by Cuban children when he lived there in the 1930’s.
The refrain was “Curi, Curi Canga, malamalamalanga” and, ultimately, was the only part of the song that...
February 4th, 2013
The other day I was adding the Spanish hand clapping rhyme "Chocolate" to our collection, and my daughter heard me play this video of it below…
My daughter pointed out that it has the same "tune" as the American handclapping rhyme "Double Double This This". You can hear that one in the video below…
In both versions...
February 2nd, 2013
Andrea Garrido shared with us an early childhood memory of the Spanish lullaby called "La loba". She’s from Montevideo, Uruguay. Here’s what she wrote:
Since I was young, I heard "The She-Wolf" as a lullaby sung in my family. My grandmother sang it to me at night when I stayed at her home overnight. She would...
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June 19th, 2012
It can be difficult to roll your R’s when speaking in Spanish. This video gives some great tips to get those R’s a-rolling!
Enjoy!
Mama Lisa
May 9th, 2012
Here’s a video of a Mother’s Day Song in Spanish. It’s called "Mamá te quiero mucho" – I Love You Mommy. You can find the lyrics and translation here.
Thanks to Sara Quintanar (the author and singer of this song) for sharing this video with us!
Happy Mother’s Day!
Mama Lisa
February 21st, 2012
We were sent these two songs from Mexico but can’t find any information about them. We’re wondering if anyone knows anything about them such as:
Do they have an author or are they anonymously written? Approximately how old are they?
Any info about these songs would be very helpful. Please comment below if you can help.
Thanks in...
February 17th, 2012
Open Culture has a page of free language learning links covering 40 languages.
Here are some of the languages you can find links for…
Arabic, English, Chinese, French, Spanish, Bulgarian, Catalan, Danish, Dutch, Esperanto, Finnish, Gaelic, German, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Irish, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latin, Lithuanian, Luxembourgish, Maori, Norwegian, Portuguese, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Swahili,...
December 12th, 2011
Sabriana wrote asking, "May you please tell me what songs [people in] Colombia like to listen to during Christmas?"
If anyone can help, please comment below.
Thanks!
Mama Lisa
November 23rd, 2011
Here’s a song for kids in Spanish and English for Thanksgiving. You can watch the video and follow along with the lyrics below…
DÍA DE ACCIÓN DE GRACIAS / THANKSGIVING
Spanish Lyrics
Doy gracias por mis amigos por que me gusta jugar. Doy gracias por la musica por que me gusta cantar ...
November 3rd, 2011
A teacher in Spain has taken a well-known Spanish kids song called Saco una manita and turned it into a Hello Song. You can hear her version below. After the video you’ll find the Spanish lyrics with an English translation. Enjoy! –Mama Lisa
Saco una manita (Buenos días) (Spanish)
Saco...
October 20th, 2011
Amanecer de otoño (Autumn Dawn) is a Spanish poem written by Antonio Machado (1875 – 1939). Here you’ll find the original text with an mp3 recording followed by an English translation…
MP3 of Amanecer de otono
Amanecer de otoño
Una larga carretera entre grises peñascales, y alguna...
September 20th, 2011
Sara Quintanar was kind enough to share with us a Spanish song she wrote and sang with some of her students. It’s called Mamá te quiero mucho (I Love You Mommy).
This is a wonderful song for Mother’s Day, Valentine’s Day or really any day at all. What mother wouldn’t love to hear their children singing...
September 12th, 2011
Yesterday, we posted a request for information about the Mexican song "Bate bate chocolate". Today, we found a slightly different version that may refer to a recipe. Here it is:
Bate bate chocolate (Spanish Lyrics)
Bate bate chocolate, con arroz y con tomate ...
September 11th, 2011
David Kramer posted the following question on Mama Lisa’s World’s Facebook Wall asking about the Mexican song "Bate bate chocolate". Here’s what he wrote:
"El Chocolate – does anyone know definitively whether Jose Luis Orozco has the rights to this song? (Uno dos tres, cho, uno dos tres, cho … Bate Bate Chocolate.) I thought for...
July 26th, 2011
A lagniappe is a small gift a merchant gives a customer… for example, you buy 12 doughnuts and they give you a 13th one free. It’s a little unexpected gift from the merchant.
The word is pronounced "lanyap" and comes from Louisiana French.
Mark Twain refers to it back in 1883 in his book "Life on Mississippi: ...
July 6th, 2011
Here’s a poem fitting for the Day of the Dead. It’s called A una calavera (To a skull) and was written by Lope de Vega (1562 – 1635), a Spanish poet and playwright.
A una calavera by Lope de Vega
Esta cabeza, cuando viva, tuvo ...
May 24th, 2011
What are the names for ladybugs in your language?
Ladybugs belong to the Coccinellidae family, from a Latin word meaning "scarlet". But they also have many other names: in English, they’ve been called ladybug, ladybird, lady beetle, lady clock, lady cow and lady fly.
The name ladybird was originally "Our Lady’s bird" in England. This name...
January 26th, 2011
Calaveras literally means "skulls". Calaveras are poems recited for the Day of the Dead (All Souls Day) in Mexico. They’re satirical poems that poke fun at people in a way that suggests they’re dead, even though they’re alive. Often the people being satirized are politicians and other people in power or in the public...
January 5th, 2011
Today we received 17 new recordings of Spanish and Catalan childrens songs!
We added mp3’s of the following Spanish kids songs on Mama Lisa’s World, Songs from Spain:
- Al corro de la patata
- Arre borriquito
- El barquito chiquitito (coming soon)
- El cocherito
- El patio de mi casa
- Chocolate, molinillo
- Debajo un botón
- Jugando al escondite
-...
November 29th, 2010
Noche de paz is the Spanish version of Silent Night. This Christmas Carol was originally written in German in 1816 by Joseph Mohr. It was called Stille Nacht.
Below you can listen to Noche de paz, read the Spanish lyrics and then a literal English translation of the Spanish version.
MP3 Recording of...
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