[boat engine revs]
- Whoa!
[exciting music]
[yelling]
How did I ever get into this mess?
I'm Noah.
I'm staying with my grandmother,
and where she lives, nobody speaks English...
all: Hola, Noah!
- Except for Nell, who's a lot like me.
- Hello, Noah!
- Together, we're meeting new friends
and trying to speak their language,
but that's when the trouble starts.
[lion roars]
[stick snaps]
[hawk screeches]
[gentle music]
- Oh...
- Ooh!
[splat]
- Oh!
[sizzling]
[both gasping]
[corn popping]
- Ay!
- [gasping and wheezing]
[ice clinking]
- Noah, Nell.
- Aw, thanks, Grandma.
I mean, gracias, Abuela!
- Gracias, Señora.
- Ay! Hace calor!
- "Hace calor"? What does that mean?
[phone beeping]
- It's hot.
- Yeah, I know.
But what does "Hace calor" mean?
- It means "It's hot."
- Hace calor.
- Oh.
[gulping]
Ahh!
Need any help, Pequeño?
- [wheezing]
Ta-da!
[chuckles]
[air whistling]
Whoa!
- Noah! Nell!
Vamos a la piscina!
- Oh, yeah! You bet, Brisa!
Uh, well...
What does "piscina" mean?
- The pool!
- The pool? The "pool" pool?
The swimming pool pool?
- Yeah! Come on, Noah. It'll be fun!
- [sighs and murmurs]
Oh! Hey!
Here we go! [laughing]
[babbling]
Yah-hoo! Ooh!
[laughs]
- Here we are. The pool.
I mean, la piscina.
[chuckles]
- Uh...
- Hola, Noah!
- Hola, Coco.
- Look out, everyone.
Here I come!
Cannonball!
- [laughing]
- Vamos, Noah! Hace calor!
- Oh, um--I, uh--
I don't have a towel. [chuckles]
- That's okay.
I have an extra one in my bag.
- Come on! Vamos, Noah!
- Oh, uh, okay...
Uh, you know, this water,
it really isn't cooling me off.
I have a better idea.
There we go.
Oh, yeah! Oh, this is gonna be great.
A sunny day, a nice breeze...
[shrieks]
[crashing]
Well, that didn't work.
But I have an even better idea.
[grunting]
There we go.
That's it.
[gasps]
A snow machine. Oh!
[melodic harp scales playing]
This will really beat the heat.
[machine whirs]
Ahh...
There's nothing cooler than...
[clanking]
Huh?
Snow.
- [giggles]
- [shivering]
- [babbling]
- [shivers]
- Noah, what's going on?
- I... I can't swim.
- [loudly] You can't swim?
- [babbling]
- Shh! Shh! No!
I've been traveling with my parents so much,
I never had the time to learn.
- Well, you're living here with your abuela
for a whole year, right?
- Yeah.
- Well, that's plenty of time to learn how to swim.
- You know what, Nell?
You're right. So where do I go?
- Um...
There!
Excuse me, Señor.
He needs swimming lessons.
- No hablo inglés.
- Uh... Swimming lessons?
- Perdón. No comprendo.
- He doesn't understand.
I better go get my phone.
- Swimming. You know?
[imitating bubbles]
Yeah! Yeah!
Swimming!
Swimming! Whoo!
In the water, swimming?
[spluttering]
- Ah!
Aquí!
- Great. Thanks--
I mean, gracias!
- Okay, "swimming lessons" is...
- Clases de natación.
- Got it?
- It's okay, Nell.
He understood me perfectly.
- Really?
[upbeat music]
- I can't believe
I'm gonna finally learn to swim!
Wait.
How do you say "I can swim" in Spanish?
[phone beeping]
- Puedo nadar.
- Puedo nadar!
Eee! Puedo nadar!
Puedo nadar!
[lively music]
- [singing] Vamos! Let's go!
Vamos! Get set!
Noah, you're about to get all wet
You'll learn a few moves
And practice away
Then before you know it
You'll be able to say
Hey, I can swim!
[singing] Puedo nadar
both: [singing] Puedo nadar
Puedo nadar
I can swim
- Like, what kind of moves, Nell?
- [singing] First you'll learn to float
As if you were a boat
- [singing] First I'll learn to float
As if I were a boat
- Then another simple trick
You point your feet and kick
- Then another simple trick
I point my feet and kick
- Move your arms too
Like you're paddling a canoe
- Move my arms too
Like I'm paddling a canoe
- Blow some bubbles underwater
Like a fish or an otter
- Blow some bubbles underwater
Like a fish or an otter
- You put it all together
And practice away
Then before you know it
You'll be able to say
Hey!
[singing] Puedo nadar
both: [singing] Puedo nadar
Puedo nadar
I can swim
Puedo nadar
Puedo nadar, puedo nadar
I can swim!
[ship horn blaring]
- Uh... Maybe he didn't understand you.
We don't want to go fishing.
- Yeah... Wait. Over there.
That must be the swimming class.
- Oh.
- Ah, bueno! Está aquí!
- Uh, yes. Sí! Sí!
I'm here for the swimming class.
[engine turns over]
Uh, this is great and all,
but before we go waterskiing,
shouldn't we learn to--
- [gasps]
- Swim!
[shrieking]
- Noah!
He--he didn't want to go waterskiing!
He wanted swimming lessons!
- Que?
- [yelling]
- [shrieking]
- Hey, guys!
I don't think this is the swimming class!
- No comprendo! - No comprendo.
- No comprendo. - No comprendo!
- No comprendo!
- Uh-oh!
How do you say "I can't swim" in Spanish?
Oh, no! No! No!
Oops, sorry!
I mean, perdón!
Perdón. Perdón.
Perdón. Perdón.
[yelling]
Oof!
[exciting music]
- [babbling]
- Perdón. No comprendo.
- [groans]
- Huh?
Oh!
[yelling]
How did I ever get into this mess?
Hey!
I think I'm starting to get the hang of this!
Huh?
[screaming]
Think, think!
If "puedo nadar" means "I can swim,"
how do you say "I can't swim"?
"I can swim" is "puedo nadar,"
so "I can't swim" must be--
[screams]
No puedo nadar!
all: No puede nadar?
[engine revving]
- Whoa! Whoa! Whoa!
Oh! Whoa!
Whew!
- Yay! Noah!
[cheers and applause]
[cheers and applause]
Noah, are you okay?
- I--I think so.
But I really need to learn to swim.
Hey!
Could you guys give me swimming lessons?
- Clases de natación.
- Clases de natación?
all: Sí!
[lively flute music]
both: [singing] Puedo nadar
Puedo nadar, puedo nadar
I can swim
- Wah-hoo!
both: [singing] Puedo nadar
Puedo nadar, puedo nadar
I can swim!
[all cheering]
- Ta-da!
- Puedo nadar!
- [laughs]
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01x14 - Making a Splash
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A curious, twelve year-old boy learns new Spanish words each day while visiting his grandmother in Mexico.
A curious, twelve year-old boy learns new Spanish words each day while visiting his grandmother in Mexico.