We No Speak Americano – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Yolanda Be Cool, DCUP

Lyrics & Translation

[Spanish]

[English]

Comme te po' capì chi te vò bene

How can you understand who loves you?

Si tu le parle 'mmiezzo americano?

If you speak in American?

Quando se fa l'ammore sotto 'a luna

When love is made under the moon

Come te vene 'capa e dì: "I love you!"

How does it come to your mind to say: "I love you!"

Pa pa l' americano

Pa pa the American

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Pa pa l' americano

Pa pa the American

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Pa pa l' americano

Pa pa the American

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Pa l' americano

For the American

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Pa pa l' americano

Pa pa the American

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Pa pa l' americano

Pa pa the American

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Pa pa l' americano

Pa pa the American

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Whisky, soda and rock and roll

Whisky, soda and rock and roll

Whisky, soda and rock and roll

Whisky, soda and rock and roll

Whisky, soda and rock and roll

Whisky, soda and rock and roll

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
capì /kaˈpi/ B1	verb - to understand
bene /ˈbeːne/ A2	adverb - well
parlare /parˈlaːre/ B2	verb - to speak
americano /ameˈriːkano/ A2	noun - American adjective - American
fa /fa/ A1	verb - to do, to make
l'ammore /laˈmːore/ B1	noun - love
capa /ˈkaːpa/ B1	noun - head
vene /ˈveːne/ B1	verb - to come
love /lʌv/ A2	noun - a feeling of deep affection verb - to feel deep affection
pa /pa/ A1	preposition - for
soda /ˈsoːda/ A1	noun - soda, soft drink
whisky /ˈwɪski/ A2	noun - a distilled alcoholic beverage made from grain
rock /rɒk/ A2	noun - a genre of popular music
roll /roʊl/ A2	noun - a type of music or dance style

Key Grammar Structures

• Come te po' capì chi te vò bene

  ➔ Use of modal verb 'po'' (può) for possibility/ability in the past or present

  ➔ 'Po'' is a colloquial form derived from 'può', meaning 'can' or 'be able to'.

• Si tu le parle 'mmiezzo americano?

  ➔ Use of 'si' as a conditional conjunction meaning 'if'

  ➔ 'Si' introduces a conditional clause meaning 'if'.

• Quando se fa l'ammore sotto 'a luna

  ➔ Use of 'quando' for 'when' to introduce a temporal clause

  ➔ 'Quando' means 'when' and introduces a temporal clause describing the time of an action.

• Come te vene 'capa e dì: "I love you!"

  ➔ Use of direct speech within quotation marks

  ➔ Quotation marks enclose direct speech or a quote, indicating someone's exact words.

• Whisky, soda and rock and roll

  ➔ Use of coordinating conjunction 'and' to connect similar elements

  ➔ 'And' is a coordinating conjunction used to link words or phrases of equal grammatical rank.

• 'Whisky, soda and rock and roll'

  ➔ Repetition for rhythm and emphasis

  ➔ Repetition of phrases can create rhythm and highlight key elements in the song.