La Invitación: My Very First Spanish Song
Published onApr 12, 2015 • • ViewMusic Videoblog posts
In 2007, I wrote my very first educational Spanish song.
It was about a boy who likes a girl. He asks her to go fishing. She says no.
He asks her to go shopping. She says no.
He asks her to go to the movies. And... well, you can probably guess where this is going.
That's La Invitación.
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The result is probably the most elementary-school-friendly video I've ever made. Not because I set out to make something for younger students. It's just where the story took me.
A lot of Spanish from very little Spanish
What I love about La Invitación is how much useful beginner Spanish is packed into such a simple story.
There's conmigo vs. contigo (with me vs. with you), poder + infinitive (¿Puedes ir de pesca conmigo?), and querer + infinitive (Yo quiero ir al cine).
And, of course, some classic Spanish 1 activities: ir de pesca, ir de compras, and ir al cine.
All of it gets repeated naturally because the boy keeps changing his invitation, and the girl keeps giving him essentially the same answer.
Sometimes simple is enough.
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