Anyone fancy a language questions thread where we put our language/culture/language resource questions to native speakers?

[Petisa]

I'm not sure if this will work because obviously there are so many languages that we could ask about, but here goes...

My questions are about SPANISH -

Could Spanish speakers tell me what they say to their toddlers when they fall over? "Upalele!" Something similar? DP says "Upalalunga!" What do you say when you pick your toddler/baby up? Like "Up you come" in English?

How do you say "All done/all gone/all finished"? "Ya esta"? (apols for lack of accents)

Do you know of any finger game type songs like "Round and round the garden" or "This little piggy" in Spanish? Do they exist in Spanish?

Thanks, and everyone feel free to post your language/culture questions/doubts on here if you wish!

Oh and another cheeky question

What are your favourite "action" songs in Spanish? Which in your opinion are the best?

this little piggy does exist...it's about tortilla and breaking eggs. will ask dh and for full version this afternoon and post this pm. Tthere's also one similar to round and round the garden....will be back later. xx

"aupa" means "get up". I am not sure it is a proper word, but we do use it with children when they fall down.

Right these are the ones DH does: as with little piggy:
este fue por huevos, este lo rompió, este lo batió, este hizó la tortilla, y este gordo so lo comió.....cue much tickling.

The other one is a bit like round and round the garden....
You pretend to slice their arm, moving up and up towards shoulder/chin and then tickling....el carnicero me dijó que cortara por aqui, por aqui, por aqui, por aqui...

Also "cinco lobitos tiene la loba"

Cinco lobitos tiene la loba
blancos y negros detrás de la escoba.
Cinco crió, cinco cuidó*
y a todos los cinco
tetita les dio.
Nice positive bfing message there too. Look on youtube for the song.

DS' granny sings "Hola Don Pepito, Hola Don Jose..." quite a lot too.

Look for videos/songs by Miliki lots of old fashioned kids songs. All soft play places/kids parties involve Miliki music. If I see a CD I'll send you one.

xx

oops "se lo comió"

Thanks pipoca that's great! xo

No probs...
Cinco lobitos involves hand signals, it's on youtube and that'll give you the tune too.
There's the action(ish) one about kitchen utensils...can't remember it now...."soy una taza, una tetera, una cuchara y un cucharón..."

been to too many kiddie parties and soft plays of late...