Activities for Arre Borriquito

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Practice some of the vocabulary from this song and its irregular verbs using these flashcards, games and exercises.

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Activities

Vocabulary Excercises

We have chosen 15 words and phrases out of this song to form our vocabulary list, which can be found below. You can use the following activities to learn and practice this vocabulary.

Vocabulary Flashcards – Learn the vocabulary from this song with our sets of Spanish to English and English to Spanish flashcards, then test yourself with our interactive flashcards.

Vocabulary Games – Practice the vocabulary for this song using our memory and matching games and our word search puzzle.

Vocabulary Exercises – Fill in the missing vocabulary with drag and drop and fill in the blanks exercises.

Grammar Exercises

This song didn’t provide much of anything to practice, so we’ll use the handful of irregular present tense verbs. Full conjugations of these verbs can be found below.

You can use the following activities to learn and practice these verbs:

Irregular Verb Flashcards – Practice the irregular verbs in this song with our sets of Spanish to English and English to Spanish flashcards, then test yourself with our interactive flashcards.

Irregular Verb Games – Practice the irregular verbs in this song using our memory and matching games.

Irregular Exercises – Practice the irregular verbs in this song using our drag and drop, fill in, and highlighting exercises.

Resources

Vocabulary List

TermMeaningP os SContext
alegrehappy, cheerful; brightadjalegres
burrodonkeymasc nounburro
caminoroad; way, path; journey, tripmasc nouncamino
de prisain a hurryde prisa
estrellastarfem nounestrella
fiestapartyfem nounfiesta
humildadhumility, humbleness, modesty; poverty, meeknessfem nounhumildad
nacimientobirth; origin, start, beginning; nativitymasc nounnacimiento
Niño Diosbaby Jesusmasc nounNiño Dios
palaciopalace; mansionmasc nounpalacio
pastorshepherd; pastormasc nounpastores
portalvestibule, hallway, entrance hall; nativity scene, stable at Bethlehemmasc nounportal
Reyes MagosThree Wise Men, Three Kings, Magimasc nounReyes Magos
rincóncornermasc nounrincón
soldadosoldiermasc nounsoldados

Conjugations

Following are the full present tense conjugations of the irregular verbs that appear in this song.

tener: to have – yo
SingularPlural
1st Person(yo) tengo(nosotros) tenemos
2nd Person(tú) tienes(vosotros) tenéis
3rd Personél/ella/usted tieneellos/ellas/ustedes tienen

estar: to be – ellos, ellas, Uds
SingularPlural
1st Person(yo) estoy(nosotros) estamos
2nd Person(tú) estás(vosotros) estáis
3rd Personél/ella/usted estáellos/ellas/ustedes están

ir: to go – nosotros
SingularPlural
1st Person(yo) voy(nosotros) vamos
2nd Person(tú) vas(vosotros) vais
3rd Personél/ella/usted vaellos/ellas/ustedes van

ser: to be – él, ella, Ud
SingularPlural
1st Person(yo) soy(nosotros) somos
2nd Person(tú) eres(vosotros) sois
3rd Personél/ella/usted esellos/ellas/ustedes son

haber: to have
SingularPlural
1st Person(yo) he(nosotros) hemos
2nd Person(tú) has(vosotros) habéis
3rd Personél/ella/usted ha (impersonal hay)ellos/ellas/ustedes han

salir: leave; come from – él, ella, Ud
SingularPlural
1st Person(yo) salgo(nosotros) salimos
2nd Person(tú) sales(vosotros) salís
3rd Personél/ella/usted saleellos/ellas/ustedes salen

irse: to leave – ellos, ellas, Uds
SingularPlural
1st Person(yo) me voy(nosotros) nos vamos
2nd Person(tú) te vas(vosotros) vos vais
3rd Personél/ella/usted se vaellos/ellas/ustedes se van