Muevete
Lyrics:
[English]
JUANES: [SINGING]
There's three little words that I'd like you to know.
And once you have learned them, we're ready to go.
They're manos, cabeza, pies.
That's hands, head, and feet.
Manos, cabeza, pies.
Repeat!
ALL: Manos, cabeza, pies.
It's manos, cabeza, pies!
JUANES: That's hands--
ROSITA: Head--
ELMO: And feet.
JUANES: Now I want you to start moving
them all to the beat.
Here we go!
ALL: Muevete, muevete.
JUANES: Move your hands and head and feet.
ALL: Muevete, muevete.
JUANES: Move them all around to the sound of the beat.
Mueve las manos, mueve los pies.
Mueve la cabeza, [INAUDIBLE].
Move your hands and head and feet.
Move yourself around to the sound of the beat.
ALL: Manos, cabeza, pies.
Manos, cabeza, pies.
JUANES: Yes, moving around you can never go wrong.
But now I have come to the end of my song.
ALL: Muevete!
Vocabulary in this song:
Vocabulary | Meanings |
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move /muːv/ A1 |
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hands /hændz/ A1 |
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head /hed/ A1 |
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feet /fiːt/ A1 |
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beat /biːt/ A2 |
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sound /saʊnd/ A2 |
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moving /ˈmuːvɪŋ/ A2 |
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wrong /rɒŋ/ A2 |
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repeat /rɪˈpiːt/ B1 |
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start /stɑːrt/ A1 |
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around /əˈraʊnd/ A1 |
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Grammar:
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There's three little words that I'd like you to know.
➔ Contraction 'There's' (There is), Conditional 'I'd like' (I would like), Relative clause with 'that'
➔ The contraction "There's" simplifies "There is". "I'd like" is a polite way of saying "I would like," expressing a wish. The clause "that I'd like you to know" modifies "three little words."
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And once you have learned them, we're ready to go.
➔ Present Perfect tense ('have learned'), Adverbial clause of time ('once'), Contraction 'we're' (we are)
➔ "Have learned" indicates an action completed before now. "Once" introduces a condition related to time. "We're" is a shortened version of "we are."
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Now I want you to start moving them all to the beat.
➔ Causative 'want you to start', Gerund 'moving'
➔ "Want you to start" expresses the speaker's desire for someone else to begin an action. "Moving" functions as a gerund, acting as a noun representing the action of moving.
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Mueve las manos, mueve los pies.
➔ Imperative mood (mueve), Definite articles (las manos, los pies)
➔ "Mueve" is the imperative form of the verb "mover" (to move), giving a direct command. "Las manos" and "los pies" use definite articles to specify which hands and feet are being referred to.
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Move yourself around to the sound of the beat.
➔ Reflexive pronoun ('yourself'), Prepositional phrase ('to the sound of the beat')
➔ "Yourself" is a reflexive pronoun, indicating that the subject is performing the action on itself. "To the sound of the beat" is a prepositional phrase that modifies the verb "move", specifying where the movement should be directed.
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Yes, moving around you can never go wrong.
➔ Adverb 'never', Modal verb 'can'
➔ "Never" is an adverb indicating that something will not happen at any time. "Can" is a modal verb expressing ability or possibility, in this case suggesting that there's no possibility of a negative outcome.
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But now I have come to the end of my song.
➔ Present perfect ('have come'), Prepositional phrase ('to the end of my song')
➔ "Have come" is in the present perfect tense, indicating an action that started in the past and has relevance to the present. "To the end of my song" is a prepositional phrase specifying the location or destination reached.