Learning verbs with Jaimito… Spanish jokes about verbal tenses. Posted by Magda on May 23, 2014 in Learning, Spanish Grammar
¡Hola a todos! ¿Conocéis a Jaimito? Es un niño muy famoso aquí en España, posiblemente el personaje más conocido de nuestros chistes. Jaimito es un chiquillo pequeño y bastante travieso que siempre está planteando preguntas embarazosas, o haciendo trastadas.
Siendo un niño pequeño, tiene que ir al cole e intentar aprender cómo conjugar los verbos. Veamos qué tal se le dan los verbos españoles…
Conjugaciones:
Los niños están aprendiendo a conjugar los verbos, así que la profesora pregunta a Jaimito:
– Jaimito, dime el presente simple del verbo nadar.
Y Jaimito dice gritando:
– YO NADO, TÚ NADAS…
Así que la profesora le dice:
-Jaimito, ¡más bajito por favor!
Y el chico continúa:
– Yo buceo, tú buceas…
Al día siguiente, para comprobar si los ha repasado, la profe le pregunta:
– Jaimito, ¿podrías decirme el verbo andar en presente, por favor?
-Yoooo …. aaaaando ….. , tuuuu aaaaandas ….. , eeeel aaaaanda , …..
La profesora, desesperada por la lentitud, le dice:
-¡¡Más rápido Jaimito!!
-Yo corro, tu corres, el corre,…
– ¡No, no, no! Vamos a probar con uno diferente: verbo comer en presente Jaimito.
– Yo como, Tú comes, Él come, Nosotros comemos, Vosotros coméis… ¡Ellos pagan!
Hablando del pasado y el futuro:
Jaimito está en la escuela cuando la profesora le pregunta:
– Jaimito, dime el futuro del verbo bostezar.
– Dormiré.
Desanimada, le da otra oportunidad:
– Vale, vamos a probar esto. Si digo “fui rica” estoy usando el pasado. Si digo “soy hermosa”, ¿qué es Jaimito?
– ¡Exceso de imaginación, señorita!
Hi all! Do you know Jaimito? He is a very famous kid here in Spain, probably the most renowned character of our jokes. Jaimito is a small and quite naughty boy who is always asking embarrassing questions, and doing mischief.
Being a boy, he has to go to school and try to learn how to conjugate verbs. Let’s see how Spanish verbs work for him…
Conjugations:
The children are learning how to conjugate verbs, so the teacher asks Jaimito:
– Jaimito, tell me the present simple of swim.
Jaimito answers almost shouting:
– I SWIM, YOU SWIM…
So the teacher tells him:
– Jaimito, lower please!
And the boy continues:
– I dive, you dive, he dives…
Next day, just to check if he has reviewed them, the teacher asks him:
– Jaimito, can you please tell me the verb to walk in present tense?
– I waaaalk….. yooouuuu waaaaallllkkk…… heeee waaaaaaaaallllkkssss….
His teacher, desperate by his sluggishness, tells him:
– ¡¡Quicker Jaimito!!
– I run, you run, he runs….
– No, no, no! Let’s try a different one: verb to eat in present simple Jaimito.
– I eat, You eat, He eats, She eats, It eats, We eat, You eat… ¡They pay!
Talking about the past and the future:
Jaimito is at school when the teacher asks him:
-Jaimito, tell me the future of the verb to yawn.
– I’ll sleep.
Frustrated, she gives him one more chance:
– Ok, let’s try this. If I say “I was rich” I’m using past tense. If I say “I’m beautiful”… what is it Jaimito?
-Excess of imagination, teacher!
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About the Author: Magda
Hi all! I’m Magda, a Spanish native speaker writing the culture posts in the Transparent Language Spanish blog. I have a Bachelor’s in English Philology and a Master’s in Linguistics and Literature from the University of Granada, in Spain. I have also completed a Postgraduate Certificate in Education, and then worked as an English teacher in several schools and academies for several years. Last year was my first at university level. In addition, I work as a private tutor, teaching English and Spanish as a foreign language to students and adults. In my free time, I’m an avid reader and writer, editing and collaborating in several literary blogs. I have published my first poetry book recently. And last but not least, I love photography!