A2 · Episode 8 · 2:35
Clap Your Hands, Little Windmill
This is a traditional French children's song that uses repetitive verbs and onomatopoeic phrases to teach young learners actions associated with hands, a windmill, a little bird, and a small fish.
Source：La Petite Souris des Dents · License：CC BY 3.0
Transcript
Tape, tape, petite main, Tourne, tourne, petit moulin,
Clap, clap, little hands,
Vole, vole, petit oiseau, Nage, nage, petit poisson, Petite.
Spin, spin, little windmill; fly, fly, little bird; swim, swim, little fish; little one.
on bien tapé petit moulin a bien tourné
We clapped well,
Petit oiseau a bien volé,
the little windmill spun well,
petit poisson a bien nagé.
and the little fish swam well.
Tape, tape, petite main.
Clap, clap, little hands.
Petit moulin, vole, vole petit oiseau, nage, nage.
Little windmill; fly, fly, little bird; swim, swim, little fish.
petit poisson, petites mains
Little fish, little hands,
vont bien taper.
are all clapping well.
petit moulin à bien.
The little windmill spun really...
Petit oiseau a bien volé,
The little bird flew well,
petit poisson a bien nagé.
and the little fish swam well.
Tape, tape, petites mains, tourne, tourne, petit moulin.
Clap, clap, little hands; spin, spin, little windmill.
Vole, vole, petit oiseau, nage, nage, petit poisson, petite.
Fly, fly, little bird; swim, swim, little fish; little one.
On vient taper, petit moulin a
We’re clapping now—the little windmill has already
bien tourné. Petit oiseau a bien volé
spun perfectly. The little bird flew perfectly,
Petit poisson a bien nagé.
and the little fish swam perfectly.
Tape, tape, petite main,
Clap, clap, little hands,
Tourne, tourne, petit moulin,
spin, spin, little windmill,
Vole, vole, petit oiseau, Nage, nage, petit poisson, Petite.
fly, fly, little bird; swim, swim, little fish; little one.
Petit moulin a bien tourné,
The little windmill spun perfectly,
petit oiseau a bien.
the little bird flew...
Petit poisson a bien nagé.
and the little fish swam perfectly.
Petit moulin a bien tourné, Petit oiseau a bien volé.
The little windmill spun perfectly; the little bird flew perfectly.
Petit poisson, à bien nager.
The little fish swam perfectly.