Monday, May 25, 2020

El pescador: presente simple y perífrasis ir + gerundio

Colombia is a country with numerous music genders. I am sure many of you have heard of Shakira, Juanes or Maluma.  But in this post I would like to show you a  folksinger called Totó la Momposina. Her songs are examples of the mixed race exiting in Colombia because you can see and hear the mixed of afro-colombian and indigenous rhythm. The song I have selected is quite easy to understand ,so it´s very useful for listening comprehension and you can study simple present and periphrasis ir + gerundio 
Let´s take a look to the lyrics. 

El pescador - Totó la Momposina.

Puerto de Turbo. Foto: SSClasespañol

                                           Va subiendo la corriente                                               
                               Con chinchorro y atarraya                               
                La canoa de bareque                     
                                    Para llegar a la playa                                    
Va subiendo la corriente
Con chinchorro* y atarraya*
La canoa de bareque*
Para llegar a la playa
Habla con la luna
(El pescador) Habla con la playa
(El pescador) No tiene fortuna
Solo su atarraya
Habla con la luna
(El pescador) Habla con la playa
(El pescador) No tiene fortuna
Solo su atarraya
Habla con la luna
(El pescador) Habla con la playa
(El pescador) No tiene fortuna
Solo su atarraya
Regresan los pescadores
Con su carga pa' vender
Al puerto de sus amores
Donde tienen su querer
Regresan los pescadores
Con su carga pa' vender
Al puerto de sus amores
Donde tienen su querer
Habla con la luna
(El pescador) Habla con la playa
(El pescador) No tiene fortuna...
Would you like to watch the video. Please, click here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wN5YcDTx0Y
Let´s start with the simple present. As you can see  in the lyrics appear verbs hablar (to speak)- Habla con la playa and regresar (to return) - Regresan los pescadores. You probably already know in Spanish we have three types of verbs according to the ending : AR, ER, IR. Well, this song shows good examples of verbs that belongs to the first category. 
 
 PRESENTE SIMPLE- VERBOS REGULARES TERMINADOS EN AR: CONJUGACIÓN 


Yo

regreso

regresas

Usted

regresa

Él/ella

regresa

Nosotros/as

regresamos

Ustedes

regresan

Ellos/as

regresan


In this song you can find a good example of periphrasis too. Periphrasis is a combination of two verbs. Usually the original meaning of the first verb can change or modified a little bit.  The singer repeats:  Va subiendo la corriente (the fisherman is going up the current). Why do you think she doesn´t just say: va por la corriente o sube la corriente? any idea? any hypothesis?  
PERIFRASIS VERBAL
IR  + GERUNDIO  

Yo     voy 

hablando tonterías

Tú      vas

comiendo por la calle

Usted va

remando su canoa

Él/ella va

subiendo la corriente

Nosotros/as vamos

caminando por la plaza

Ustedes van

diciendo mentiras

Ellos/as van

corriendo a la escuela

In Spanish when you want to emphasis that the action implies movement you need to use this periphrasis. That is the reason the singer didn´t say : "va por la corriente o sube la corriente" saying that you can´t picture in your head the fisherman  rowing his canoe. But if you say in Spanish : " Va subiendo la corriente" actually you can picture the fisherman in his hard job rowing his canoe until he finds a good place to fish.
 
Vocabulario: 
Chinchorro*: another way to say  Hamaca-hammock
Atarraya* : another way to say red de pesca - fishing net
La canoa de bareque* : it´s a canoe built with reeds.

Would you like to know more about Totó la Momposina? click there 
Totó la Momposina


Remember. Read newspapers, magazines in Spanish. Listen music or watch TV in Spanish . You will learn a more realistic Spanish. 
#learnspanish #spanishtutoring #spanishlanguage #perifrasisverbales

NOTE: English is not my native language, please if you find any mistake, please let me know and I will correct it. Thanks.

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