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July 13, 2006
I Need Some More Toys
If you are sickened or roll your eyes at tales of children making funny malapropisms, don't continue reading this entry. It's sickening. Truly.
When Clara Jane was a wee tot, I bought a Dan Zanes CD for her. Well, for me. The former lead singer of '80s alternative Boston band the Del Fuegos, doing kids music with the likes of Loudon Wainwright III and Debbie Harry? Sign me up, Mister!
It's only been recently that Clara Jane's decided she likes this CD. And she likes it with a vigor usually reserved for, say, Candy Day - a day where we eat nothing but candy! Not that we've ever done that, but you get what I'm saying.
One of her favorite songs is "Malti", which is sung in Spanish:
malti, malti ya es verano
¿por qué no levantamos temprano?
nunca repetimos hoy
lleno del sol y viento soy
nunca repetimos hoy
lleno del sol y viento soy
Translation:
Malti, Malti already is summer
so that we did not raise early?
we never repeated today
plenty of the sun and wind I am
we never repeated today
plenty of the sun and wind I am
Um, sure. Thanks, Google Translate!
Now, for the cute malapropism. Avert your eyes, if necessary.
Clara Jane sings along, which in and of itself is entertaining. It's pretty much gibberish as she tries to phoenetically match the lyrics, until she gets to the "lleno del sol y viento soy" line, which she translates as "I need some more toys! I need some more toys!"
Hey. It's not much worse than Google's translation, is it?
Posted by Robin at July 13, 2006 04:31 PM
Comments
Perfectly adorable.
Here's a better (looser) translation if you like:
Malti, Malti it's already Summer
Why don't we get up early?
We will never have this day again (note: more literally it's we will never repeat this day)
I am full of the sun and wind
We will never have this day again
I am full of the sun and wind
Posted by: Monica at July 14, 2006 12:18 AM
Stewart Zanes, Dan's little brother, was a good friend of one of my old roommates. I spent many a night drinking with him. Does that make me hip?
And we all need some more toys! Like a coffee shop next door!
Posted by: allison at July 14, 2006 07:32 AM
"I need some more toys" -- heh. Clever girl. :-)
Posted by: Nancy at July 14, 2006 08:02 AM
Well don't we all need more toys?? ;)
Posted by: Debbie at July 14, 2006 10:14 AM
We have ended up getting all of the Dan Zanes CDs because it's music we can both listen to and I don't have to remember to skip the drug songs or whatever. We recently discovered that there is a DVD which makes my child insane with dance fever. Doesn't matter if it's a mellow song or not, Bean goes for it.
Posted by: liz at July 14, 2006 12:20 PM
