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Cleer y Lía - A mamá

Difficulty: Beginner

Colombia

Lía, la hija de Cleer, le recita un hermoso poema de Mogollón y Solano titulado "A mamá".

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Víctor en España - Gabriel García Márquez - Part 2

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Venezuela

Victor tells us more about the life of young García Márquez, his beginnings as a writer and the origin of one of his most famous novels: One Hundred Years of Solicitude.

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Caption 68 [es]: Él se voltea, eh... extrañado que su mamá la... la... lo fue a buscar,
Caption 68 [en]: He turns around, um... surprised that his mom, she... she... went to look for him,

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Estampas argentinas - El Ateneo Grand Splendid - Part 2

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Argentina, Venezuela

Let's hear some anecdotes and learn a bit more about the history of the Ateneo Grand Splendid, Buenos Aires' most breathtaking and famous bookstore.

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Caption 19 [es]: venía con mi mamá al cine y... -Wow.
Caption 19 [en]: I used to come with my mom to the movies, and... -Wow.

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Otavalo - Vestimenta indígena

Difficulty: Intermediate

Ecuador

From Otavalo, Ecuador, Blanquita Arias shows us the different components of the indigenous clothing from her community, which is most typically worn to attend weddings.

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Caption 21 [es]: que le llamamos mama chumbi.
Caption 21 [en]: which we call the "mama chumbi."

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Guillermina y Candelario - Un Dia de Pesca - Part 2

Difficulty: Beginner

Colombia

On a fishing excursion, Guillermina and Candelario are confused when their grandfather decides to toss back a fish they catch.

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Caption 45 [es]: ¡Es una mamá pez vela!
Caption 45 [en]: It's a mama sailfish.

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Jose Quinchuqui, a craftsman from Otavalo, Ecuador, fills us in about some of the details of his work, the different materials he employs, and the various ways in which he and his siblings contribute to the family business.

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Caption 3 [es]: mi mamá, mi papá y... ocho... ocho hermanos.
Caption 3 [en]: my mom, my dad, and... eight... eight siblings.

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Cleer - La gramática del cuento "El patito feo" - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

Colombia

Let's learn how to conjugate some regular and irregular verbs in past continuous with Cleer!

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Caption 32 [es]: ... una mamá pata estaba empollando sus siete huevos.
Caption 32 [en]: ...a mama duck was hatching her seven eggs.

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Cleer - El patito feo

Difficulty: Intermediate

Colombia

Cleer reads us the classic tale, "The Ugly Duckling," by Danish writer, Hans Christian Andersen. The well-known moral of this story is: "Don't judge a book by its cover."

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Caption 5 [es]: una mamá pata estaba empollando sus siete huevos
Caption 5 [en]: a mama duck was brooding her seven eggs

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Guillermina y Candelario - Mi Amiga la Sirena

Difficulty: Beginner

Colombia

Guillermina makes an extraordinary discovery at the beach and shares all the "mythical" details with Candelario and her grandfather.

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Caption 44 [es]: Su mamá y su papá.
Caption 44 [en]: Her mom and her dad.

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Guillermina y Candelario - El Rey de la Selva

Difficulty: Beginner

Colombia

Guillermina and Candelario experience yet another adventurous outing in the jungle, where they play "King of the Jungle," a game in which they include their grandpa upon their return.

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Caption 13 [es]: y se las quería regalar a mi mamá.
Caption 13 [en]: and I wanted to give them to my mom.

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Yolimar Gimón - sobre el concurso Mrs. Venezuela - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

Venezuela

Yolimar Gimon, one of the ten finalists in the "Mrs. Venezuela" contest in 2012, tells us a bit about how the contest gives the chance to a bit more mature women to prove their abilities outside of the home as well as what her participation in the contest meant to her.

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Caption 57 [es]: mi familia, tú, hija, mi mamá...
Caption 57 [en]: my family, you, Daughter, my mom...

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Guillermo el chamán - La cosmología de los mayas

Difficulty: Intermediate

Colombia, Mexico

Guillermo the shaman, an expert in Mayan cosmology, explains the origin of and symbolism behind the Mayan word "chamamán" as well as some other interesting aspects of their belief system.

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Caption 11 [es]: Por eso cuando decimos "mamá",
Caption 11 [en]: That's why when we say "mama,"

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Carlos comenta - Confidencial - Jerga típica colombiana

Difficulty: Beginner

Colombia

Carlos enlightens us regarding some typical Colombian slang that shows up in part three of the first episode of "Confidencial."

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Caption 46 [es]: cuando la usamos para referirnos a una mamá o a una esposa de una cierta edad,
Caption 46 [en]: when we use it to refer to a mom or a wife of a certain age,

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Guillermina y Candelario - Carrera de Relevos

Difficulty: Beginner

Colombia

Guillermina and Candelario tell their grandfather about their strange encounter with pelicans one day while racing their paper boats.

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Caption 44 [es]: ¡No! La mamá pelícano cobijó a sus hijos con el papel.
Caption 44 [en]: No! The the mother pelican tucked her children in with the paper.

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Otavalo - La fiesta Inti Raymi

Difficulty: Intermediate

Ecuador

Residents of Otavalo, Ecuador, explain to us how they celebrate "Inti Raymi," an Inca Empire celebration in honor of the sun god, "Inti," and how it helps them to preserve their culture.

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Caption 46 [es]: De niño siempre veía cómo mi mamá prepara lo que es el mote,
Caption 46 [en]: As a child I always saw how my mom prepared the mote [boiled corn dish],

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