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The Three Bears: Learn Spanish through a Spanglish Story

April 25, 2018 By jon

Reading Time : 7 minutes

Los Tres Osos馃惢馃惢 (1/7)

Close路to un forest beautiful lived tres osos. These osos eran[were] muy good y friendly. They had construido una casa comfortable with just una door y una window. Uno de los osos era muy[very] peque帽o[little], uno de size mediano* y el other era muy grande.

Ten铆an[They had] en[in] la casa all they needed. Ten铆an un plato peque帽o for el oso[bear] peque帽o, un plato mediano[medium] for el oso mediano, y un plato grande for el oso grande. Ten铆an[They had] una chair peque帽a for el oso peque帽o, una chair mediana for el oso mediano, y una chair grande for el oso馃惢馃惢 grande. Ten铆an una bed peque帽a[little] for el oso peque帽o, una bed mediana for el oso mediano, y una bed grande[big] for el oso grande. Y this era[was] all.

*characteristics: it’s common to路attach characteristics to nouns with just “de” + the trait (without an article), as shown here.

Los Tres Osos (2/7)

Una morning ten铆an[they had] sopa for el lunch. They dished out la sopa馃崪 en los platos. But la sopa estaba[I was] so hot that no they could touch路it with la tongue*. Los osos, as you know, no emplean either spoons, nor knives, nor forks. Los platos de sopa estaban en[on] el floor, because los osos no emplean tables.

-Let’s go a take un walk, -said el oso grande;- y when we come back we can drink la sopa.

Los osos馃惢馃惢 ten铆an hunger, mucha hunger, but eran[they were] muy pacientes y everybody left a take un walk through el forest; first el oso grande, then el oso mediano[medium] y finally el oso peque帽o.

*when referring to a single body part that all in a group share, the singular is often used; when it is clear who is the owner of that body part, the article is used instead of the possessive pronoun.

LOS TRES OSOS (3/7)

Afterward, entr贸 una girl en el forest. She saw la peque帽a casa pero[but] no knew de whom era[it was]. She thought que[that] la casa era muy beautiful y quer铆a[wanted] entrar in order to路see路it. Like so, she knocked a la door.

No one respondi贸. She thought que all las personas de la casa estaban[were] asleep. She knocked another time, pero[but] no one respondi贸. Now thought la girl que[that] no one estaba en la casa. She opened la door y entr贸. Everything appeared so comfortable que quer铆a[she wanted] to路stay there some minutos. Estaba[She was] muy tired y quer铆a to路rest.

Saw la girl los tres platos en el floor. Ten铆a mucha hunger y quer铆a probar[probe/prove> to try] la sopa. Prob贸 la sopa[soup] que estaba en el plato grande[big]. Estaba muy[very] cold. Then prob贸[she tried] la sopa que[that] estaba en el plato mediano; pero estaba[it was] muy hot. Then prob贸 la sopa que estaba en el plato peque帽o y estaba so delicioso que she drank it whole.

LOS TRES OSOS (4/7)

Al other side del room estaban[were] las tres sillas馃捄馃捄. La girl quer铆a[wanted] to路rest before going a casa*.

First prob贸[she tried] la silla grande; pero[but] era muy tall. Afterward, prob贸 la silla[chair] mediana; pero era[it was] muy wide. Finally prob贸 la silla peque帽a[little]; pero al** seating herself en it, she broke it.

Then she saw las camas馃洀馃洀 en la bedroom, y quer铆a to路sleep la siesta before going a casa.

First prob贸[she tried] la cama grande; pero era too soft. Afterward, prob贸 la cama[bed] mediana; pero era too hard. Finally prob贸 la cama peque帽a y as era muy comfortable, Herself she threw en it y slept.

*a casa: in this sense, “casa” means “home”
**al: literally “at the” or “to the”, the best translation of “al” is sometimes “upon”

LOS TRES OSOS (5/7)

While she was sleeping, los tres osos came back a casa. Ten铆an hunger after su[their] walk y quer铆an to路drink la sopa. El oso grande lifted su[his] plato y bellowed:

-Someone ha[has] probado[tasted] mi sopa!

Then el oso mediano lifted su[her] plato y growled:

-Alguien[Someone] ha probado mi sopa also!

Finally el oso peque帽o lifted su[its] plato y shouted:

-Alguien ha[has] probado mi sopa y ha drunk it whole!

LOS TRES OSOS (6/7)

Then went everybody al other side del room a seat themselves en sus[their] sillas. First el oso grande prob贸 su silla馃捄 y bellowed:

-Alguien[Someone] themself ha seated en mi silla!

Then el oso mediano prob贸[tested] su silla y growled:

-Alguien themself ha[has] seated en mi silla also!

Then el oso peque帽o prob贸 su[his] silla y shouted:

-Alguien themself ha seated en mi silla y ha broken it!

Afterward, entraron* everybody en la bedroom. El oso馃惢馃惢 grande was el first que[that] saw su cama y bellowed:

-Alguien[Someone] ha slept en mi cama馃洀!

Then el oso mediano saw su cama y growled:

-Alguien ha slept en mi cama also!

Finally saw su cama el oso peque帽o y it shouted with voice sharp**:

-Alguien ha slept en mi cama y here she is!

*preterite, third person, plural form of “entrar”[they entered] **articles are not always used in Spanish when they would be in English and vice-versa

LOS TRES OSOS (7/7)

This noise woke a la girl*. When she opened los eyes y saw a los osos, estaba muy scared. Herself she raised y fled de la casa. Los tres osos went a la door in order to路look after her. They saw que she was running through el forest toward su casa. No la persiguieron, because eran good y friendly. Y that is all it que I know about la girl y los tres osos que lived en el beautiful forest en la peque帽a casa with only una window y una door.

*personal a: an “a”[at/to] is always required before people when they are objects in the sentence

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