Yo tengo un elefante...

This is a video of us ( some of the Huia 1 students) singing " Yo tengo un elefante..." It means " I have an elephant..." It is a song sung by young children in Argentina. The teachers at the Step school in Paraná gave Mrs Vincent a CD of children's songs and this is on it. Mrs Vincent also filmed a group of students at Step and the CAE school singing this song. We used those to help us pronounce the words and get our accent correct.





Lyrics:

Yo tengo un elefante
que se llama Trompita
que mueve las orejas
llamando a su mamita
Y su mamá le dice,
i Portate bien, Trompita!
Sinó te voy a dar
... un chas chas en la colita.

It means (loosely):

I have an elephant
His name is Trumpet
He moves his ears
He called to his mother
His mother said to him,
"Behave yourself, Trumpet,
or I will give you a little
smack on the ....bottom."

In New Zealand, we can't be like Trompita's mother because it is illegal to smack children.


Feel free to sing along with the video.
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By Nikeeta