03x13 - Give Me a Little Sign

[bunniefuu]

♪ It's Maya ♪

♪ It's Maya ♪

♪ And Miguel ♪

♪ And Miguel ♪

♪ What they will do next ♪

♪ You never can tell ♪

♪ It's Maya ♪

♪ It's Maya ♪

♪ And Miguel ♪

♪ And Miguel ♪

♪ Brother and sister ♪

♪ And best friends as well ♪

♪ With each misadventure,
they're put to the test ♪

♪ Working together
is what they do best ♪

♪ Helping their
family and friends,
that's a start ♪

♪ They make a great team
as they each do their part ♪

♪ It's Maya ♪

♪ It's Maya ♪

♪ And Miguel ♪

♪ And Miguel ♪

♪ What they will do next
you never can tell ♪

♪ It's Maya ♪

♪ It's Maya ♪

♪ And Miguel ♪

♪ And Miguel ♪

♪ Brother and sister ♪

♪ And best friends as well ♪

♪ Brother and sister ♪

♪ Maya and Miguel ♪

Awk!

Hi.

[Chirps]

Be careful with
that hamster, Tito.

He's frisky.

Frisky?
What does frisky mean?

It means playful.

He might try to
jump--

Out of the ca--whoa!

¡Oye! Come back!

Hey, you little hamster.

You have to come back
in your cage!

¡No te preocupes,
Tio Santiago!

I get him!

Aah!

Awk! Uh-oh!

Aye carumba!

Bye-bye!

We got him now!

[Chirping]

Ohh! Got you!

Oh, there.
Thanks. Si.

[Pbbt]

¡Gracias!

What is your name?

Huh? I don't under--

Oh.

Hi. I'm Marco's mom.

I am Tito.

Nice to meet you,
Tito.

Why he can't hear?

"I am deaf."

¿Tu?
You are deaf?

No, Marco is deaf.

You see, I am interpreting
what he is saying

with his hands,

but it's really Marco
who is talking.

O, Marco esta
hablando usando senas.

Yes. Marco speaks by using
"American Sign Language."

Hmm. American
Sign Language?

Yes, so even though
you hear my voice,

you should talk
to Marco, OK?

Ok! What is your name?

"Marco."

I am Tito!

Hey! You want to
see the fish?

"Sure!"

Ooh!

Fish!

[Growling]

Tiger fish!

Tiger fish!

"I'm new
in the neighborhood.

Do you want to hang out?"

Yes!

"How old are you?"

Seven.

"I'm seven!"

"What school do you go to?"

I go to
Watson Elementary.

"That's where I'm going!

Who's your teacher?"

Ms. Lim.

"That is my new teacher!"

All right!

Marco is deaf.

But he can read lips,
and he communicates

by using American
Sign Language.

This is his interpreter,
Ms. Hasting.

"Hello. I am deaf,
and I can teach
you how to sign,

if anyone is interested."

Yes, Veronica?

Can Marco hear
at all?

You should ask
Marco directly.

Even though you hear
Ms. Hasting's voice,

it is really
Marco talking.

My...name...is
Veronica...

and...I...just
want...to...say...

"Hi,"
and, "Welcome!"

"Thanks."

Actually, it doesn't help
to over-enunciate

or speak loudly.

It's better
to speak normally.

It's easier to read
your lips that way.

Uh-huh.

Veronica?

Marco, can you
hear at all?

"No, I can't."

But there are
some people

who can hear a little.

My uncle has hearing loss,
but he uses hearing aids,

and he sometimes
has trouble

if the room is
too noisy.

MS. LIM: Exactly!

Hi, guys!

This is my
new friend Marco.

¡El no puede oir
porque es sordo!

Marco habla
con sus manos.

He talks
with his hands.

He taught me
how to say, "Fish."

Hi...there!

Hi...Marco!

Hey...Marco!
How...you...doing?

Hi...Marco!
Nice...to...
meet...you!

[All shouting at once]

Guys! Do not scream!

He cannot hear you,

even if you speak
very loud!

Oh. OK.

"Do any
of you sign?"

I actually know
a little ASL.

What?

Huh?

American
Sign Language!

But I'm
a little rusty.

[cr*ck]

My name is Theo.

"Hi, Theo!"

Hey, that was great!

ANDY: Can you teach
me ASL, Marco?

Amazing!

Hold on!

You have to speak one
at a time

so that I can interpret
for Marco clearly.

Otherwise Marco won't know
what you're trying to say.

Oh, my gosh.
Sorry.

Oops!

Sorry.

Got it.

My bad.

Hey, can I do sign
language with one hand?

"Yes, you can sign using
only one hand,

"but some words might be

a little hard
to understand."

Cool!

"Cool!"

Over here!
Over here!

Come on, guys!

Give me the ball!

You're open!
sh**t! sh**t!

Nice sh*t! Whoo!

[Arf arf]

Dog.

Dog!

Awk! Dog!

Bird.

Bird!

Beautiful bird! Awk!

Awk!

Fish!

Feech!

Not feech!
Feech!

Awk! I don't know.

They sound
the same to me.

Shoe!

"Good job!"

T-a-ble!

Ay! I have trouble
between "b" and "d."

"b"

"d"

"Don't worry.
It takes practice!"

What is the sign
for this food?

"I don't know, uh, yucky?"

I have an exciting
announcement!

We are going to have
an contraption convention.

All of you are welcome
to present your
very own invention!

Cool!

Right on!

That's fantastic!

You can make any invention
you think would be fun.

It can be simple
or complicated,

big or small--
whatever you can imagine.

Cool!

Right on!

There is a sign-up sheet
on the bulletin board.

If you want to participate,
put your name on the list.

You want to invent
something good?

No! I want it
to be great!

You know what
would be cool?

A remote control
soccer ball!

And it could score goals
all by itself!

COMPUTERIZED VOICE:
Manual control initiated.

Swerve right.

Swerve right.

Ohh.

Score goal, score goal,
score goal!

Goooallllllll!

Hey! Err!

¡Un robot!

I'd invent a robot that
could do all my chores

in the pet shop!

Hey, RX-11, you missed
a spot on the cage there!

Oh, and can you feed
the man-eating piranhas
while you're at it?

We don't sell
man-eating piranhas!

Hey, I let you
have your fantasy.

There's one thing
I am worry about.

What's that, Tito?

My friend Marco.

He wants to do
invention, too.

Won't he have
trouble if he
can't speak?

I don't know.
He seems like
he communicates

just as well
as anyone else.

Yo se, pero.
What if he have trouble?

¡Eso es! That's it!

Why don't you
and Marco present your
invention together?

Buena idea, Maya!

[Bell ringing]

You want to present
an invention together?

"I thought
you'd never ask!"

Yes!

[Mumbling]

There! Look!

Ha ha!

OK, class, Veronica
would like to practice

her presentation for
the contraption convention.

Cool!

Right on!

That's fantastic!

Huh?

VERONICA: My invention is
called a "color mixer."

You can mix any colors
to see what new colors
they make.

[Sighs]

These are
the primary colors.

You pick any colors
and see what they make

when you mix them.

Tito, will you pick
two colors, please?

Red and jellow.

Red and...

Jellow.

Jellow?
Oh, yellow!

Yes, jellow. ¡Ay, ay!

[Sighs]

I have to go get
a drink of water.

Oh, oops.

"Why did you leave
the room, Tito?"

My English
is not so good.

Sometimes I not say
the words right

because I have accent,

and Veronica did
not understand me.

"You have an accent?

I've never noticed."

Hey, guys!
What's up?

How's the invention
coming along?

¿Tito, que te pasa?

Hold on.
Let me get Theo.

Theo, come here!

What's up?

"Tito...

"feels bad...

"because...

"he...makes...
mistakes with...

"E-n-g-l-i-s--
English!

"Tito is feeling bad
because sometimes

he makes mistakes
with English!"

All right!

I mean, sorry.

You do, Tito?

Yes, my English
is no good!

I no want to present
an invention

because maybe I will
say something wrong

and no one
will understand.

[Groans]

Thees ball is grrreen,

and thees ball
is jellow!

Huh?

Huh?

What are you
saying, Tito?

No one can
understand you.

I said, jellow!

[Echoing] Jellow! Jellow!
Jellow! Jellow! Jellow!

Aah!

Lo siento, Marco.

You find
another partner

for the contraption
convention.

THEO: He says no.
He wants you.

Feech.

Feeeech.

Feee...

Huh? Huh?

Hey, there, jellow feech!
I need scuba gear!

Oh, nice. Thanks.

What kind of fish
are you?

A great red herring
fish?

I'm not a feech.

A rude fish?

I'm not a feech!

A ribbity robbety
rubbity fish?

I said I'm not--

a feech.

[Paco humming]

Hmm.

Perfecto, Paco.

Buenos dias, hijo.

Buenos dias, Abuelita.

Que estas haciendo?

I am making tamales.

Mmm. Mmm.

¡Que rico!

Can I help?

[Squawk] No! No!
He can't fold properly.

¡Si, como no!

You can help Paco fold.

Ay, ay, ay!

[Squawk]
Abuelita!

He didn't
do it right. Oh.

Beginners.
Ay, ay, ay.

Give him a chance, Paco.

He's just learning.

No te preocupes, Tito.

It takes practice,
that's all.

Can you pass me
that jellow cup?

Abuelita, ¿que
color dijiste?

Jellow.

Abuelita, you talk
kind of like me!

Jes, I do, Tito!

And everybody
loves you, Abuelita!

¡Si!
I think they do.

And nobody cares
about your accent!

No es gran cosa, Tito.

My accent is just
part of who I am.

Abuela, are you
never ashamed to talk

because you have
an accent?

No, hijo, I have too many
things to say and do to worry

about my accent.

¡Ademas, con mi acento me
hace sonar interesante!

But what if people
no understand you?

Then I just try my best,
and that is all that matters!

Good fold. Good fold.
That's it, Tito.

You see?
It just takes practice!

Practice!
Practice!

Perdoneme joven,
no le entiendo.

¿Que?

Hmm.

Hey, that's
my friend Marco.

Can we go in?

No le entiendo.

What do you need?

P-a-i-n-t.

Paint!

Quiere pintura,
por favor.

Ah. ¿Pintura?

What color
do you want?

R-e-d.

Rojo!

And yellow!
And yellow.

Y amarillo, por favor.

Ah, bueno. Un momento.

Hey, I just said yellow!

Yellow, yellow, yellow,
yellow, yellow, yellow...

yellow, yellow!

Marco, I'm back!

Tito, it was so nice of
you to help Marco.

Gracias.

It's great that you speak

both English and Spanish!

Uh-huh, and now
sign language!

Yes, I am trilingual!

"I don't know
what I would have done

without you, Tito."

You just keep
trying--right?

"We have to present our

invention together!"

PACO: Welcome to
the contraption convention.

[Squawk] Step right up.
Step right up.

Come see my contraption.
Ta da!

Hmm.

Check this out.

Pretty bird. Pretty bird.

Ooh, candy!

TITO: Come to the ASL
interpreting machine!

Tiger.

[Gasps]

Wow!

Wow.

Ooh.

Butterfly.

Wow!

[Gasp]

F-f-f-feech.

F-f-f-f...

Huh?

Huh?

F-f-f-fish!

I said it.
It's fish!

Fish, fish, fish, fish,
fish, fish, fish, fish.

Whoo hoo!

And the prize for the most
creative invention goes to

Marco Rodriguez
and Tito Chavez!

Yes!

[Whistles]

Thanks.

Yeah!

"I want to say
thank you to
my partner...

Tito."

[Cheering]

"I want to
teach you all
one more word--

a very
important word."

"Friend."

Friend.

Amigo!

MAYA, VOICE-OVER:
So Tito figured out that

when someone has trouble
communicating,

they just have
to keep trying,

and he also made a new friend.

Oh, uh, make that
two new friends.

Can you show me

how to say friend
in sign language?

Ha ha!

Friend.

How do you say it
in Spanish?

Amigo.

Amigo.

Or amiga,

if it is a girl.

Amiga. Ha ha!

I like that.

[Laughter]

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