Sesame Street - La letra O

[jeopardy60611]

These Spanish clips fascinate me because they would go over my head when I was a kid, as I didn't grow up in a bilingual home, but I like to see them now since I had a year of college Spanish and can understand some of the narration.

When I was a kid, I thought "Ofelia" was a term for some kind of woman, like "babe" or something, rather than her name.

I actually had to read the translation, as I'm not fluent enough in Spanish to get it all from the oral narration, but I'm glad I found this.

[rambam1204]

¿Por qué tira el hombre la cuerda que causa que el orquestra descenda en el suelo?

[rambam1204]

Three of the words—oeste (west), ojos (eyes), and ocho (eight)—would have to be eliminated or altered for this segment to be in English.

[PandaMishima]

No wonder they never did this one in English!

For the record, there were a few English ones that were modified into Spanish.

[ISNorden]

One of my first memories of an all-Spanish clip on Sesame Street...many thanks for uploading a classic I've hunted down for years!

[tpirman1982]

That was crazy how he deliberately pulled that trap door rope and deliberately fell in the hole.

[diesfaustus]

Translation:

Today I'm showing you a letter as round as this. It's the letter O. It sounds like "o" in opera. O is also found in "oeste" (west). Ophelia, I feel proud to offer you an orchid. And with two O's, we make "ojos" (eyes) and "ocho" (eight). Well, how about we create an orchestra of orangutans?

[jonnytbirdzback]

Thanks.

[tpirman1982]

Wow! I'm might impressed you've managed to translate that to english.

[rambam1204]

I can also translate it into Portuguese (I have a Brazilian brother-in-law) and all the words still begin with o:

Hoja presento-lhes uma letra tão redonda como isto. É a letra o. Sonora como o de "ópera." (Canta.) Também é a o de oeste (pum pum!).

Ofélia! Sento-me orgulhoso de ofrecer-lhe uma orquídea.

Com dois o's formamos os olhos e o oito.

Bom! Qué parece-lhes sim formamos uma orquestra de orangutanos?

[rambam1204]

That word "orgulloso" could have also been translated as "orgulous" (though we rarely use that word; it occurs in Shakespeare). That way it would still have begun with "o."

[PandaMishima]

Oo-ooh... Ooooops!

[diesfaustus]

Hoy les presento una letra tan rotunda como esto. Es la letra O. Sonora como o de "opera". También es la O de "oeste". Ofelia, me siento orgulloso de ofrecerte una orquídea. Y con dos OO, formamos los ojos y el ocho. Bueno, ¿qué les parece si formamos una orquesta de orangutanes?

[cjdunn]

I remember this cartoon, I always get a kick out of his little laugh after he sings the opera.

[uofmrules1]

I remember this, and how bad I felt when the orchaestra of orangutans falls into the pit and he loses it and falls in with them.

[rambam1204]

A mí me gusta mejor cuando, para demostrar la palabra "oeste," se hace vaquero y dispara una pístola. ¡Pum pum!

[tpirman1982]

First to comment!

I remember this clip.