COMBO a collaborative animation by Blu and David Ellis (2 times loop)

Ok, so there’s nothing really to help you learn Spanish on this video but we wanted to share it with you because we think it’s great!

FYI
Some words in English look very similar to their translation in Spanish (Cognates)
For example:
animated video would be video animado
animation – animacií³n
painting – pintura
art – arte (the e is pronounced)
combo – combo
combination – combinacií³n
design – diseño
graphic design – diseño grí¡fico
photography – fotografí­a
director – director
producer – productor

This phrase is used in a sketch about a badly translated English-Hungarian phrasebook from the British TV comedy show, Monty Python’s Flying Circus.

Here’s a video of the sketch:

My hovercraft is full of eels in Spanish would be Mi aerodeslizador estí¡ lleno de anguilas. Find more translations at the Omniglot site and read a transcription here!

The best thing about this app is that I can practice Spanish anywhere. There’s nothing like this in the market, I’ve found some translation tools but nothing with the content of Bueno, entonces. There’s a story going on between the characters so it makes you feel you are in a one to one class. I’m learning real life Spanish and not just a list of boring vocabulary words! I’m on class 15 now – and I thought everyone should know how great these classes really are. Can’t wait to see what comes next!

-studio + 5

Being a beginner Spanish speaker living in a foreign country, this app has greatly helped me assimilate into the local culture and language. Super user friendly and fun, this app lets me study and have fun whatever my travels may take me! I highly recommend this app. Thanks BE, hope there is more to come!!

-Mimisan80

I typically do not write reviews of anything, however I feel inclined to mention that Bueno Entonces is the first language learning resource I have used that does not put me to sleep, after having tried many. I am not learning Spanish as a hobby or to go backpacking for a couple of weeks, I have to speak to it run a business, so the time I put into it must have a positive return. This method has a strong grammatical foundation with a smart and interesting way of transmitting the lessons that keeps you interested and motivates you to achieve. I hope that other academic institutions look at this app and apply this teaching style to other subjects in an effort to make academics a little less boring. Good job.

-M. ab

WHILE HER SINGLE, “MANOS AL AIRE” CONTINUES TO LOCK DOWN THE #1 POSITION ON RADIO IN THE U.S. AND PUERTO RICO FOR THE THIRD CONSECUTIVE WEEK… NELLY FURTADO’S NEW ALBUM, MI PLAN IS RELEASED WORLDWIDE Mi Plan is Nelly’s fourth studio album and first completely in Spanish.

Multi-awarded Canadian-Portuguese singer songwriter, Nelly Furtado releases her fourth studio album and first completely done in Spanish, Mi Plan, which will be available worldwide on CD, Digital and Mobile formats.

“Manos Al Aire”, the first single off the album, continues to lead radio charts around the world. In the US, the song is NUMBER ONE for the THIRD CONSECUTIVE WEEK on Billboard’s Hot Latin Songs chart, while continuing to dominate charts in Germany, Italy, Colombia, Chile, Argentina, Mexico, Spain and all of Central America. Nelly Furtado has reached Platinum in 31 countries, and sold over 18 million copies of her past albums, “Whoa, Nelly”, “Folklore”, and “Loose”, and now has reinvented herself, while maintaining her musical trademark.

After 10 years of making albums in English, and having collaborated in Spanish with artists such as Juanes, Wisin & Yandel and Calle 13, Nelly has accomplished her dream of recording an entire album fully in Spanish.

Read full note in Nelly Furtado’s blog. Here’s an excerpt from her interview with Fox News:

We gave away a trip to Buenos Aires, Argentina through our Facebook Fan Page. Vibeke won the trip and she’s now blogging about it. You can read more about it in her blog: BE adventures in BA

If you’re not a fan already you should ’cause we’re giving cool prizes all the time!!!

Nos vemos!

Learning Spanish has been a personal goal of mine for about 10 years. I have been trying to learn Spanish since high school. I have tried everything from Rosetta Stone to generic CD’s that I listen to in my car. By far Buenos Entonces has been the best language program that I have ever used. I have learned more in 30 lessons than I did in three years of high school Spanish. I am now in the process of watching Buenos Entonces for the second time. This time I am picking up even more words. I have alot of hispanic friends and now when they talk to each other or when they talk to their family I am starting to understand.

I especially like the story line and the interactions between Jimena and David. Its makes the experience entertaining and easy to stick with. David is hilarious and Jimena’s accent is so great to listen to. The fact that the english translation is right on the bottom allowed me to understand and learn the language. Also being able to have the lessons on my iPod was fantastic. I became addicted and I would watch the lessons while I was on my lunch break. I also took Buenos Entonces on summer vacations as they are great for waiting in the airport and passing time for the entire plane ride.

- Tiffanie

“Oye, esto es pa’ que …
Hey, this is so …
veas que yo tambien …
you know that I
escribo cosas bonitas”
write pretty things too

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Yo quiero caminar por encima de tu pelo,
I want to walk on top of your hair,
hasta llegar al ombligo de tu oreja,
until I get to the navel of your earlobe,
y recitarte un poquito de cosquillas,
and recite you a bit of tickling,
y regalarte una sabana de almejas,
and bestow upon you sheets made of clams,
darte un beso de desayuno,
give you a kiss for breakfast,
pa’ irnos volando hasta neptuno,
so the two of us can go flying all the way to Neptune,
si hace frio te caliento con una sopa de amapola,
if it’s cold, I’ll warm you up with poppy soup,
y con un fricase de acerola,
and with some azarole fricassee,
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Tu eres un panal de dulce, fruta fresca,
You are a sweet honeycomb, fresh fruit,
tu tienes una mirada demasia’o pintoresca,
you have a smile that is so picturesque,
una mirada color infinito, tu me pones el estomago blandito,
a look the color of infinity; you make my stomach soft,
vamo’ pasito a pasito siguiendonos la huella,
let’s go little by little followed by our footprints,
caminando en una tombola de estrellas,
walking on a tombola of stars,
un trayecto con clima perfecto,
a journey with perfect weather,
regalame una sonrisita con sabor a viento
bestow upon me a little smile with the taste of wind
tu eres mi vitamina del pecho mi fibra
you are my vitamin; the fiber of my chest
tu eres todo lo que me equilibra,
you are everything that balances me,
un balance, lo que me conplementa
a counterbalance which complements me
un masajito con sabor a menta,
a little minty flavored massage,

Tu tienes una cosita que brilla que sobresale
You have a little something that shines and stands out
por eso yo quiero que tu me regales treinta carnavales
that’s why I want you to give me thirty carnivals
cuatrocientos mil cuentos, una cajita pa’ guardar los momentos
four hundred thousand stories, a little box to keep mementos
vamos hacer burbujas dentro del cafe,
let’s go make bubbles in the coffee,
vamos a tener cien bebe y dejar los fliche pa’ otro dia
let’s go have a hundred babies and leave the (fliche) for another day
tu me hicistes brujeria, bruja
you cast witchcraft spells on me, witch
vamonos pa’ Cuba, cien millas patinando por las antillas,
let’s go to Cuba, a hundred miles skating around the West Indies,
vamos hacer un compromiso sin capilla,
let’s make a commitment without the chapel,
con una siembra de trigo y con la luna de testigo
with a seed of wheat and the moon as witnesses
enrollaito usando el mismo abrigo,
wrapped up in the same coat,

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Quiero caminar por encima de tu pelo,
I want to walk on top of your hair,
hasta llegar al ombligo de tu oreja,
until I get to the navel of your earlobe,
y recitarte un poquito de cosquillas,
and recite you a bit of tickling,
y regalarte una sabana de almejas,
and bestow upon you sheets made of clams,
darte un beso de desayuno,
give you a kiss for breakfast,
pa’ irnos volando hasta neptuno,
so the two of us can go flying all the way to Neptune,
si hace frio te caliento con una sopa de amapola,
if it’s cold, I’ll warm you up with poppy soup,
y con un fricase de acerola,
and with some azarole fricassee,
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Tu eres todo un evento, una pintura en movimiento
You’re an all out event, a painting in movement
un arbol que respira, tu eres una diosa calima
a breathing tree; you’re a mist goddess
tu rima conmigo tu ¿combina?, que tal
you rhyme with me; you mesh; how’s that
Si yo me inyecto el pulgar en la boca
If I stick my thumb in my mouth
y me inflo como un globo
and inflate like a balloon
nos estacionamos en un arbol de algarrobo
we can park under a carob tree
vamonos que el tiempo es oro,
let’s go ’cause time is golden,
la noche a da’o un estiron
the night has given a tug
y tengo el oceano de chaperon
and I have the ocean as my chaperone
mis piernas se convirtieron en algodon
my legs turned into cotton
porque estar contigo se siente cabron
because being with you feels like the sh-t

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Quiero caminar por encima de tu pelo,
I want to walk on top of your hair,
hasta llegar al ombligo de tu oreja,
until I get to the navel of your earlobe,
y recitarte un poquito de cosquillas,
and recite you a bit of tickling,
y regalarte una sabana de almejas,
and bestow upon you sheets made of clams,
darte un beso de desayuno,
give you a kiss for breakfast,
pa’ irnos volando hasta neptuno,
so the two of us can go flying all the way to Neptune,
si hace frio te caliento con una sopa de amapola,
if it’s cold, I’ll warm you up with poppy soup,
y con un fricase de acerola,
and with some azarole fricassee,
—————————— x2

Thanks Martin from areatres workplace.

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