So today I was reading to my grade 2's a story set in Mexico. The author throws in Spanish words here and there and then double dashes the translation (Padre--father). He used the word casita to describe the family's home and I explained to my students that casa means house in Spanish and the author has added -ita to the end to tell us that it was a little house.
Later in the story a burro--donkey--is mentioned. Without missing a beat, Christopher piped up and said, "I know what a little donkey is in Spanish...
A burrito."
5 comments:
That is hilarious!!
That's too funny!
I know, hey? The crazy thing is that he was actually right. A small burro ACTUALLY would be a burrito...but he was just trying to be funny!
That is sooo funnyc
Dude's a linguist and he's just a wee tot. That's impressive.
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