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Sing along: A traditional Spanish song

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is a traditional Spanish song about a mother hen caring for her chicks.

You can learn the words in Spanish with this fun video:

Sing along: A traditional Spanish song

the English translation of this traditional Spanish song here.

Sing along!

The ‘ll’ grapheme

In Spanish a double ‘ll’ sound is pronounced as a 'y'.

Here are some examples of how this sound is used in the song:

  • - the chicks

  • - the hen

What did you hear?

You might have recognised some key words and phrases in the song.

Now see how many you can from the table below:

SpanishEnglish
they are cold
they are hungry
to find
food
another day
Two chicks.

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 .

Masculine nouns normally end in an o or an e, eg .

the plural for is and the plural for la is .

Check out these examples of nouns from the song and see if you can decide whether they are masculine or feminine:

  • - the chicks

  • - the wheat

Two chicks.
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