Grammar Practice: Tengo dos manos
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¡Hola! I've recently started self-studying Spanish, and this is my first attempt at writing a Spanish paragraph. It's an attempt at translating a popular children's song. Your feedback and instruction are very much appreciated. 
Tengo dos manos,
La izquierda y la derecha.
Las levanto alto.
¡Muy limpias y muy lucientes!
Las palmeo tiernamente.
Uno, dos, tres.
Unas manos limpias pequeñas son un bien espectáculo.
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updated Apr 4, 2012
edited by boysenpriest
posted by boysenpriest
This is the original song: I have two hands, the left and the right. Hold them up high, so clean and bright! Clap them softly: one, two, three. Clean little hands are good to see. - boysenpriest, Apr 3, 2012
Welcome to the forum. =) Good job! - NikkiLR, Apr 3, 2012
Thanks! :) - boysenpriest, Apr 3, 2012
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Hard to tell if its translated correctly without the original text, however it does have sense and it sound like a children's song in Spanish, the only thing I would change is:
Unas manos limpias y pequeñas son un buen espectáculo
updated Apr 4, 2012
posted by saratoga
Hi, saratoga. Thanks for the feedback. I posted the original song. The original last line is "Clean little hands are good to see." - boysenpriest, Apr 3, 2012
if thats the case then Ill translate it as: "es bueno ver esas manitas tan limpias", sounds better IMO, although I understand why you translated it like that, sometimes its better to change the whole sentence instead of translating word by word :) - saratoga, Apr 3, 2012
