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The giant cake

La tarta gigante

Scene from “The giant cake”: a cartoon still from the Spanish story on Calle del Pez

Part 8 of the Lexayo story in Spanish. The episode opens with “Monday: a big idea” and follows Nuria and her neighbours scene by scene.

Scenes

  1. Lunes: una idea grande Monday: a big idea
  2. Los carteles de la fiesta The festival posters
  3. La receta secreta The secret recipe
  4. Miércoles: los ingredientes Wednesday: the ingredients
  5. Mamá tiene una opinión Mum has an opinion
  6. Ramón se entrena Ramón trains
  7. Jueves: las cuentas Thursday: the accounts
  8. Viernes: la noche del horno Friday: oven night
  9. Sábado: la torre Saturday: the tower
  10. Sábado: la fiesta del barrio Saturday: the neighbourhood festival
  11. La una: el desastre One o'clock: the disaster
  12. Las dos: la mesa de todos Two o'clock: everyone's table
  13. Las tres: el concurso de tortillas Three o'clock: the omelette contest
  14. Las ocho: el baile Eight o'clock: the dance
  15. Fin de fiesta The end of the party
  16. Domingo: los pedidos Sunday: the orders

Sample dialogue

The opening lines, with the English translation underneath.

  • NarratorLunes por la mañana. Reunión de ideas en Pixel.Monday morning. An ideas meeting at Pixel.
  • LucasBueno, equipo. Segundo vídeo. La pastelería de Rocío.Right, team. Second video. Rocío's cake shop.
  • LucasSoy el director. Necesito ideas grandes.I'm the director. I need big ideas.
  • Nuria¿Grandes? ¿Cómo de grandes?Big? How big?
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  • LucasMuy grandes. Enormes. Gigantes.Very big. Enormous. Giant.
  • Javi¿Una tarta gigante?A giant cake?
  • Lucas¡Eso! ¡Una tarta gigante! ¡Javi, eres un genio!That's it! A giant cake! Javi, you're a genius!
  • JaviEra una broma, Lucas.It was a joke, Lucas.

Key words

  • una tarta gigantea giant cake
  • la receta de mi abuelamy grandmother's recipe
  • los ingredientesthe ingredients
  • doscientos gramos de harinatwo hundred grams of flour
  • rompe los huevoscrack the eggs
  • mezcla el azúcarmix the sugar
  • al horno, treinta minutosinto the oven, thirty minutes
  • la fiesta del barriothe neighbourhood festival
  • el concurso de tortillasthe omelette contest
  • ¡cuidado!careful!
  • es culpa míait's my fault
  • no es culpa de nadieit's nobody's fault
  • una macedoniaa fruit salad
  • cada uno trae un postreeveryone brings a dessert
  • una gran familiaone big family
  • veinte mil visitastwenty thousand views

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