Havana

• By: Camila Cabello, Daddy Yankee

Lyrics:

Vocabulary in this song:

Vocabulary	Meanings
heart /hɑːrt/ A1	noun - a hollow muscular organ that pumps the blood through the circulatory system by rhythmic contraction and dilation.
walk /wɔːk/ A1	verb - to move at a regular pace by lifting and setting down each foot in turn.
tell /tel/ A1	verb - to communicate information to someone in spoken or written words.
go /ɡoʊ/ A1	verb - move from one place to another; travel.
met /met/ A1	verb - past tense of meet, to encounter someone.
say /seɪ/ A1	verb - to utter words so as to express something to someone.
streets /striːts/ A2	noun - a public road in a city or town.
room /ruːm/ A2	noun - a space that is separated from other spaces by walls.
summer /ˈsʌmər/ A2	noun - the warmest season of the year, in the northern hemisphere from June to August and in the southern hemisphere from December to February.
night /naɪt/ A1	noun - the period from sunset to sunrise in each twenty-four hours.
girls /ɡɜːrlz/ A1	noun - a female child or young woman.
love /lʌv/ A1	verb - have a strong feeling of affection for (someone). noun - an intense feeling of affection.
daddy /ˈdædi/ A1	noun - father
manners /ˈmænərz/ B1	noun - a person's outward bearing or way of behaving towards others.
welcome /ˈwelkʌm/ A2	verb - greet (someone) in a polite or friendly way.

Grammar:

• Half of my heart is in Havana, ooh na-na

  ➔ Present Simple Tense

  ➔ The phrase uses the present simple tense to express a current state or fact, indicated by the verb 'is'.

• He took me back to East Atlanta, na-na-na, ah

  ➔ Past Simple Tense

  ➔ The phrase uses the past simple tense to describe an action that has already happened, indicated by the verb 'took'.

• I knew him forever in a minute

  ➔ Past Simple Tense

  ➔ The phrase uses the past simple tense to indicate a completed action in the past, shown by the verb 'knew'.

• I had to tell him, I had to go

  ➔ Past Simple Tense with Modal Verb

  ➔ The phrase combines the past simple tense with the modal verb 'had to' to express necessity in the past.

• He said there's a lot of girls I can do with

  ➔ Reported Speech

  ➔ The phrase uses reported speech to convey what someone else has said, indicated by 'He said'.

• There's somethin' 'bout his manners

  ➔ Contraction and Informal Language

  ➔ The phrase uses a contraction 'There's' for 'There is', which is common in informal speech.

• And this is the part that my daddy told me

  ➔ Relative Clause

  ➔ The phrase includes a relative clause 'that my daddy told me' to provide more information about 'the part'.