Fruits / Frutas!

Eat Your Spanish: A Spanish Learning Podcast for Kids and Families!

The episode begins with an announcement regarding new virtual Spanish lessons offered by the Eat Your Spanish program for all ages. Hosts Evan and

Key takeaways

Vanessa explains that in Ecuador, larger bananas are often called 'platanos' or plantains.
The word for banana is highlighted as a cognate because it sounds similar in both English and Spanish.
The four primary fruits taught in this lesson are manzana (apple), banana (banana), fresa (strawberry), and naranja (orange).
The hosts use 'la canciÃ³n de fruta' to reinforce vocabulary through repetitive singing.
A story segment features Mr. Mouse and Mrs. Elephant picking strawberries and oranges at a fruit farm.

Main topics

Spanish fruit vocabulary
Regional variations of banana names
Spanish language songs

Notable quotes

Manzana, banana, fresa y naranja. These are fruits that I love to eat.

Conclusion

This episode provides an engaging, multi-sensory approach to learning

Transcript preview

Speaker 5 (0:00) Hola amigos! Are you looking for a way to practice even more Spanish and improve your Spanish fluency? Speaker 4 (0:06) Well, we're so excited to announce that Eat Your Spanish is now offering virtual Spanish Speaker 5 (0:12) lessons! Speaker 5 (0:19) Our virtual lessons are given by one of our amazing Eat Your Spanish teachers and are available to children of all ages and adults. Lessons can be one-on-one, with siblings, or even with family friends. Members of our virtual lesson program will also receive free downloads of every song and activity for each episode of the podcast, as well as an invitation to join Evan and me for our monthly Eat Your Spanish virtual get-together. where we sing, tell stories, talk, and hang out all together. If you're interested in finding out more information or signing up, you can write us at evanandvanessa at gmail.com or visit us at www.eatyourspanish.com and send us a message. We hope to hear from you soon. Now on with the show. Speaker 4 (1:23) To Speaker 3 (1:23) be with you Speaker 4 (1:25) I started Speaker 3 (1:30) To sing and Speaker 4 (1:34) kazan With Speaker 3 (1:59) Evan And Speaker 4 (2:00) Vanessa Speaker 5 (2:08) Hello Speaker 3 (2:09) friends, me llamo Evan. My name's Evan. Y Speaker 5 (2:12) yo me llamo Vanessa. And my name's Vanessa. Welcome to lesson 9 of Eat Your Spanish, where we'll be learning the names of some of our favorite fruits, or frutas in Spanish. I'm going to name four frutas right now, and you can raise your hand if one of these fruits is your favorite. So today we've got apples, bananas, strawberries, and oranges. Is your hand up? If so, then you're in luck, because those are the four fruits we'll be learning today in Spanish. Speaker 3 (2:42) Um, Vanessa, my hand isn't up, because my favorite fruit is actually mangoes. Speaker 5 (2:47) Oh, well, don't worry, Evan, because this is only our first episode about fruits. Next season, we'll have more episodes with even more fruits. That Speaker 3 (2:56) sounds great. Okay, so today we'll learn how to say those four fruits in Spanish, and then we'll sing a special fruit song together. And last but not least, we'll get to spend some time with a couple of our good amigos. Speaker 5 (3:07) We hope you all are ready to have some fun! Here we go! Speaker 3 (3:23) So Vanessa, how do you say apple, banana, strawberry, and orange in Spanish? Speaker 5 (3:29) Great question, Evan. First, before we do that, I want to explain a little something about the word for banana in Spanish. It can be a little tricky since there are so many types of bananas in Spanish-speaking countries, and not only that, but in some countries, other native languages are used to say banana. There Speaker 4 (3:46) are really yummy bananas Speaker 5 (3:47) in Ecuador where I grew up called platanos, or plantains in English. And they are much larger than the bananas we usually eat in the United States. They're usually eaten salted, fried, and squished, and those are called patacones. Mmm, Speaker 4 (4:01) so Speaker 5 (4:01) good. There are also other small bananas that are very sweet and delicious that I've heard people calling guineos. But for today, we'll use the word that is commonly used in many countries around the world. Speaker 3 (4:13) Sounds good. Thanks for explaining that to us. Speaker 5 (4:16) My pleasure. Now let's learn how to say the names of the fruits. Apple in Spanish is manzana. Banana is actually a cognate, so that means it sounds almost the same in two different languages. So