"Elefantes" (
Spanish
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**Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many Latin American countries
**Spanish cuisine
Other places
* Spanish, Ontario, Can ...
for "Elephants") is a popular
Hispanic
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children's song similar to the
American song "
99 Bottles of Beer
"99 Bottles of Beer" or "100 Bottles of Pop on the Wall" is a song dating to the mid-20th century. It is a traditional reverse counting song in both the United States and Canada. It is popular to sing on road trips, as it has a very repetitive ...
".
In American education
Many students in
Spanish
Spanish might refer to:
* Items from or related to Spain:
**Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain
**Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many Latin American countries
**Spanish cuisine
Other places
* Spanish, Ontario, Can ...
I and II classes learn this song to help with their vocabulary and grammar. In Spanish I, the counting part of the song may help. In the case of the words ''veía'', ''araña'', and ''resistía'', the tildes (accent marks) help the students with their accents and how to pronounce the words when they are present. The verbs ''ir'' and ''caber'' are irregular in the preterite tense, so the teacher may tell the students to sing the song as if it happened last week. Many young
ESL
English as a second or foreign language is the use of English by speakers with different native languages. Language education for people learning English may be known as English as a second language (ESL), English as a foreign language (EFL ...
students, or even grown immigrants, learn the song to help with their English.{{cn, date=June 2021
In popular culture
There is a popular commercial shown on Latin American television (primarily
Telemundo
Telemundo (; formerly NetSpan) is an American Spanish-language terrestrial television network owned by NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises, a division of NBCUniversal, which in turn is owned by Comcast. It provides content nationally with pr ...
) for the
Ford Focus
The Ford Focus is a compact car (C-segment in Europe) manufactured by Ford Motor Company since 1998. It was created under Alexander Trotman's Ford 2000 plan, which aimed to globalize model development and sell one compact vehicle worldwide. The ...
that shows some men dressed in elephant suits in the car singing the song. When they arrive at a party, they realize that the invitation said ''elegante'' and not ''elefante''.
See also
*
Nursery rhyme
External links
* A website with an interactive lyrics section and musi
Englishhttp://www.juegosycanciones.com/elefantes/ele.html Spanish]
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