{"id":7779,"date":"2014-02-23T14:48:24","date_gmt":"2014-02-23T19:48:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/?p=7779"},"modified":"2014-02-23T14:48:24","modified_gmt":"2014-02-23T19:48:24","slug":"practice-the-past-tense-with-songs-me-dedique-a-perderte","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/practice-the-past-tense-with-songs-me-dedique-a-perderte\/","title":{"rendered":"Practice The Past Tense With Songs: Me Dediqu\u00e9 a Perderte"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hey, there!<\/p>\n<p>I use songs in my classes all the time. Why? First, because I love music and also because music brings people together and it&#8217;s a fun way to learn.<\/p>\n<p>I chose a song by Mexican singer Leonel Garc\u00eda, featuring Thal\u00eda. This song has lots of verbs in Simple Past and the Imperfect tense.<\/p>\n<p>So enjoy!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Leonel Garci\u0301a Ft. Thalia - Me Dedique A Perderte\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CXAgVTHTugw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Me Dediqu\u00e9 a Perderte &#8211; Leonel Garc\u00eda feat. Thal\u00eda<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Por qu\u00e9 no te bes\u00e9 en el alma<br \/>\n<em>Why didn&#8217;t I kiss you in the soul<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Cuando a\u00fan pod\u00eda<br \/>\n<em>When I still could<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Por qu\u00e9 no te abrac\u00e9 la vida<br \/>\n<em>Why didn&#8217;t I hug life for you<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Cuando la ten\u00eda<br \/>\n<em>When I still had it<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Y yo que no me daba cuenta<br \/>\n<em>And I didn&#8217;t realize<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Cuanto te dol\u00eda<br \/>\n<em>How much that hurt you<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Y yo que no sab\u00eda<br \/>\n<em>And I didn&#8217;t know<\/em><\/p>\n<p>El da\u00f1o que me hac\u00eda<br \/>\n<em>How much it was hurting me<\/em><\/p>\n<p>C\u00f3mo es que nunca me fij\u00e9<br \/>\n<em>However did I not realize<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Que ya no sonre\u00edas<br \/>\n<em>That you were not smiling anymore<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Y que antes de apagar la luz<br \/>\n<em>And that before turning off the light<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Ya nada me dec\u00edas<br \/>\n<em>You wouldn&#8217;t tell me anything<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Que aquel amor se te escap\u00f3<br \/>\n<em>That that love that slipped through your fingers<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Que hab\u00eda llegado el d\u00eda<br \/>\n<em>That the day had come<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Que ya no me sent\u00edas<br \/>\n<em>That you didn&#8217;t feel me anymore<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Que ya ni te dol\u00eda<br \/>\n<em>That you didn&#8217;t feel a thing anymore<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Me dediqu\u00e9 a perderte<br \/>\n<em>I was determined to losing you<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Y me ausent\u00e9 en momentos<br \/>\n<em>And I was absent in moments<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Que se han ido para siempre<br \/>\n<em>That are gone forever<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Me dediqu\u00e9 a no verte<br \/>\n<em>I was determined to not seeing you<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Y me encerr\u00e9 en mi mundo y<br \/>\n<em>And I closed myself in my world and<\/em><\/p>\n<p>No pudiste detenerme<br \/>\n<em>You couldn&#8217;t stop me<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Y me alej\u00e9 mil veces<br \/>\n<em>And I moved away a thousand times<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Y cuando regres\u00e9<br \/>\n<em>And when I came back<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Te hab\u00eda perdido para siempre<br \/>\n<em>I had lost your forever<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Y quise detenerte<br \/>\n<em>And I wanted to stop you<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Entonces descubr\u00ed<br \/>\n<em>Then I found out<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Que ya mirabas diferente<br \/>\n<em>That you were looking at me differently<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Me dediqu\u00e9 a perderte<br \/>\n<em>I was determined to losing you<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Me dediqu\u00e9 a perderte<br \/>\n<em>I was determined to losing you<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Por qu\u00e9 no te llen\u00e9 de m\u00ed<br \/>\n<em>Why didn&#8217;t I fill myself with you<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Cuando a\u00fan hab\u00eda tiempo<br \/>\n<em>When there was still time<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Por qu\u00e9 no pude comprender<br \/>\n<em>Why couldn&#8217;t I understand<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Lo que hasta ahora entiendo<br \/>\n<em>What I understand now<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Que fuiste todo para m\u00ed<br \/>\n<em>That you were everything to me<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Y que yo estaba ciego<br \/>\n<em>And that I was blind<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Te dej\u00e9 para luego<br \/>\n<em>I left you for afterwards<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Este maldito ego<br \/>\n<em>This damned ego<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Me dediqu\u00e9 a perderte&#8230;<br \/>\n<em>I was determined to losing you&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Want more free resources to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.transparent.com\/learn-spanish\/\">learn Spanish<\/a>? 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