This is a very famous band from Colombia. Today we are
going to work on one of their most successful hits: A
Dios Le Pido
A Dios Le Pido -
Juanes -
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EJERCICIO #1
Mira el video musical al menos dos veces y fíjate si
puedes reconocer algunas frases o palabras claves.
EJERCICIO #2
Escucha la canción nuevamente y lee la
letra (the lyrics)
A DIOS LE PIDO
Por Juanes
Que mis ojos
se despierten con la luz de tu mirada yo
a Dios le pido
Que mi madre no se muera
y que mi padre me recuerde
a Dios le pido Que te quedes a mi
lado y que nunca te me vayas
mi vida
a Dios le pido
Que mi alma no descanse
cuando de amarte se trate
mi cielo
a Dios le pido
Por los días que me quedan y las noches que aun no
llegan yo
a Dios le pido
Por los hijos de mis hijos y los hijos de tus hijos
a Dios le pido
Que mi pueblo no derrame
tanta sangre y se levante
mi gente
a Dios le pido
Que mi alma no descanse cuando de amarte se trate mi
cielo
a Dios le pido
Un segundo mas de vida para darte y mi
corazón
entero entregarte
Un segundo más de vida para darte
y a tu lado para
siempre yo quedarme
Un segundo más de vida yo
a Dios le pido
que si me muero sea de amor
y si me enamoro sea de vos
y que de tu voz sea este corazón
todos los dias a Dios le pido
que si me muero sea de amor
y si me enamoro sea de vos
y que de tu voz sea este corazón
todos los dias a Dios le pido
A Dios le pido.
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EJERCICIO
#4
Vocabulario
Analiza la
letra de la canción y encuentra frases con el siguiente
significado:
look,
glance
to die
to remember
to remain
to rest
when it comes to
loving you...
my love, my
darling
to
spill, to shed
to rise up
to hand over
by your side
to fall in love
GRAMÁTICA
Note:
this song is an excellent opportunity to learn how the
subjunctive works in Spanish:
You may
probably have noticed that we highlighted some verb phrases in blue throughout the lyrics.
These are typical occurrences
of the Spanish Present Subjunctive form
Examples:
recordar --- to
remember
I ask God that my father
remembers me.
A Dios le pido QUE mi
padre me recuerde.
quedarse --- to
stay
I ask God that you stay by my
side / stay with me.
A Dios le pido QUE te quedes
a mi lado.
EJERCICIO
#5
Understanding how to form these
two tenses.
Go to our
online conjugator at the following link:
Afterwards, compare the endings,
analyze them and create a rule explaining how verbs are
conjugated in Present Subjunctive.
Please do NOT
proceed to the next exercise until you have finished working
on exercise #5.
EJERCICIO #6
After analysing
the conjugations, complete the following rules:
The
Present Subjunctive
We form the Present Subjunctive tense by
dropping the -ar, -er, or -ir of the infinitive form.
For verbs ending in -ar, we add...
to the root fo the verb.
For verbs ending in -er
or -ir, we add...
to the root fo the verb.
EJERCICIO #7
Uso Gramatical
If you have
studied the subjunctive before, you were probably overwhelmed
with rules and more rules on how and when to use it.
Did you know
that all of those rules boil down to two simple concepts?
Let's find out!
Ejemplo:
A Dios le pido
que mi madre
no se muera.
A Dios le
pido que mi padre me recuerde.
We use the Subjunctive
when there is a possibility that the action about which you
are speaking has not or may not take
place (this plus the word QUE usually trigger the
subjunctive)
As you can in
these examples we are not 100% certain that our wishes will
be granted. We do not know for certain that this will occur.
Consequently, we use the subjunctive form.
EJERCICIO #8
Look at the
following sentences taken from the lyrics. Without looking
at the original lyrics, conjugate the verbs in the
subjunctive form.
Que mis ojos se
con la luz de tu mirada yo
a Dios le pido
Que mi madre no se
y que mi padre me
a Dios le pido
Que te
a mi lado y que nunca te me
mi vida, a Dios le pido
Que mi alma no
cuando de amarte se
mi cielo , a Dios le pido
Que mi pueblo no
tanta sangre y se
mi gente, a Dios le pido...
Note:
There are many more structures that
could be taught from these lyrics. Of course, we have
focused on one of the uses of the subjunctive as it is impossible to cover every single one of
them in just one lesson.
Some suggested structures to
deal with:
The
Subjunctive: detailed use.
Here is a link to an awesome
file created by Jan Hepworth for the Aukland Grammar School.
Reflexive Verbs and Reflexive Pronouns
Cultural Differences: El VOSEO
These activities have been created by Julio Foppoli
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