Advanced - Villancico: Rin, Rin (roll your R challenge) (E0290) ´ va una burra, rin, rin Hacia Belen The donkey goes toward Bethlehem.
´ yo me Yo me la remendaba, yo me la remende, ´ eche´ un remiendo, yo me lo quite. I was mending it, I mended it, I attempted to mend it, I let it be.
Cargada de chocolate. Loaded with chocolate.
Lleva su chocolatera rin, rin, su molinillo y su anafre. It carries its chocolate maker, its grinder and its portable stove.
Mar´ıa, Mar´ıa, ven aca´ corriendo, que el choco´ comiendo. latillo se lo estan Mar´ıa, Mar´ıa, come running, they are eating all the chocolate.
´ rin, rin, han entrado los En el Portal de Belen, ratones. At the Gate of Bethlehem, the rats have entered.
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Y al bueno de San Jose´ rin, rin, le han ro´ıdo los calzones. And good St. Joseph, they have gnawed at his underpants.
Mar´ıa, Mar´ıa, ven aca´ corriendo, que los calzon´ royendo. cillos los estan Mar´ıa, Mar´ıa, come running, they are gnawing at his underpants.
´ rin, rin, gitanillos han enEn el Portal de Belen, trado. At the Gate of Bethlehem, gypsies have entered.
˜ que esta´ en la cuna rin, rin, los panales ˜ Y al Nino le han robado. And the Child in the cradle, they have stolen his diapers.
˜ Mar´ıa, Mar´ıa, ven aca´ volando, que los panalillos ´ llevando. los estan Mar´ıa, Mar´ıa, come running, they’re making off with the diapers. Key Vocabulary
el burro
Noun (f )
donkey
el remiendo
Noun (m)
mend
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remendar
Verb
to mend
el molinillo
Noun (m)
grinder
la cuna
Noun (f )
cradle
´ el calzon
Noun (f )
shorts
roer
Verb
to gnaw
correr
Verb
to run
arreglar
Verb
to fix
el roedor
Noun (m)
rodent
el barrote
Noun (m)
crosspiece
deprisa
Adverb
fast
el arado
Noun (m)
plow
Supplementary Vocabulary
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