Counting Syllables/Transcript

(colorful wave transition)

(we see Joji play a ukulele)

Joji: ♫ Something soon ♫

Yeah, that's-

(writes down lyrics)

Joji: ♫ Da, da, da ♫ Hello there! How are you? You know, I felt so happy today, so I thought of writing a song. You want to hear it? Check this out!

♫ This is a happy song, hope you could sing along- ♫

(Marj jumps on the couch)

Marj: Hi, Joji.

Joji: Oh, hi, Marj.

Marj: What are you singing? It sounds...happy!

Joji: Well, it's a song that I wrote.

Marj: You made a song? Why?

Joji: Well, sometimes, when we're very happy, we-we want to do something! Maybe, we want to draw, or write a story, or make a song.

Marj: Oh, okay!

Joji: What about you, Marj? What do you do when you're very happy?

Marj: When I'm happy, I dance!

Joji: Now, I can tell that you're really happy.

Marj: I am. Joji, can I listen to the song you wrote?

Joji: Well, it's not quite done yet, but...so far, this is what I've got.

♫ ''This is a happy song, hope you could sing along. Clap and dance with me...'' ♫

I-I need another line. Do you have any suggestions?

Marj: 'Come clap and dance with me'. Um, 'don't forget to smile and show the world that you're happy!'

Joji: Uh, Marj, I get what you're trying to say, but for this song, that line is too long.

Marj: How about 'Come clap and dance with me'. Um, 'and be free!'

Joji: Mmm, now that's too short!

Marj: Oh, okay.

Joji: Well, I think it will be better if all of the words had the same number of syllables.

Marj: Syllables?

Joji: Syllables.

(the word 'syllables' pops up in blue)

Joji: Every word has at least one syllable. A single beat, a single sound. 'Happy' has two syllables,

(the word 'happy' pops up in blue, which gets separated by a red dash)

Joji: 'hap' and 'py', while 'colorful' has three syllables,

(the word 'colorful' pops in blue, which gets separated by two red dashes)

Joji: 'col', 'or', and 'ful', and 'sad'...

(the word 'sad' pops up in blue)

Marj: has only one syllable. 'Marj' also has one syllable.

(the word 'Marj' pops up in blue)

Marj: 'Jo-ji', your name, has two.

(the word 'Joji' pops up in blue, which gets separated by a red dash)

Marj: 'Og-ot'. Ogot's name has two syllables as well.

(the word 'Ogot' pops up in blue, which gets separated by a red dash)

Marj: 'Ne-ne'. Her name has two!

(the word 'Nene' pops up in blue, which gets separated by a red dash)

Joji: Well, it looks like Marj is having fun counting syllables! What about you? How many syllables are in your name?

(colorful wave transition)

(we see several vegetables falling down to a box)

Joji: Do you know your vegetables?

(the sentence pops up in blue, except for 'vegetables?', which is green)

(three similar boxes show up)

Joji: Let's see. I will say the name of the vegetable, and you tell me which one it is. Ready? Which one is kangkong? That's right! (highlights second box) That is kangkong.

(the word 'kangkong' pop us up in red)

Joji: The other two are yam and potato.

(the words 'yam' and 'potato' pop up in their respective boxes in purple)

Joji: Which one is spinach? Yes! (highlights first box) That is spinach!

(the word 'spinach' pop us up in red)

Joji: While this is zucchini, and these are beans.

(the words 'zucchini' and 'beans' pop up in their respective boxes in purple)

Joji: Which one is lettuce? (highlights first box) That's lettuce!

(the word 'lettuce' pop us up in red)

Joji: The other two are parsley and soybeans.

(the words 'parsley' and 'soybeans' pop up in their respective boxes in purple)

Joji: Now, which one is broccoli? (highlights third box) Correct! That's the one!

(the word 'broccoli' pop us up in red)

Joji: The other two are peas and cauliflower.

(the words 'peas' and 'cauliflower' pop up in their respective boxes in purple)

Joji: Now that you know them all, it's time to eat those vegetables!

(colorful wave transition)

(we see a chef in his kitchen)

Chef Ling: Ah, ciao, ciao! I am zhef Lingua-Linguahe. Zhef Ling for zhort. And today, we will be having fun with...zyllables!

(the word 'syllables' pops up in blue)

Chef Ling: Zyl-la-bles.

(the syllables in 'syllables' turn red)

Chef Ling: Hi! Hi! Hi! You zee each utenzils, vegetables, and fruitz in front of you? Well, I will be azking you zomething about zeir zyllables! Hi! Hi! Hi! Are you ready? Let'z begin! Now here, look for an item that haz two zyllables: fork, bowl, blender. Blend-er.

(the blender shines, followed by the word 'blend-er' in red)

(all the items are stored away)

Chef Ling: Blender has two zyllables!

Chef Ling: Zpoon, zpatula, oven. Now, here, look for an item that has three zyllables.

(the spatula shines, followed by the word 'spat-u-la' in red)

Chef Ling: Zpatula! Zpat-u-la! It haz three zyllables. Did you get that right?

(all the items are stored away)

Chef Ling: Kangkong, cabbage, potatoez. Which one has three zyllables?

(the potatoes shine, followed by the word 'po-ta-toes' in red)

Chef Ling: Potatoez! Potatoez has three zyllables. Po-ta-toes.

(all the vegetables are stored away)

Chef Ling: Cauliflower, carrotz, pechay. This time, find the vegetable that has four zyllabes. Go, go, go!

(the cauliflower shines, followed by the word 'cau-li-flow-er' in red)

Chef Ling: And ze answer is cauliflower! It has four zyllabes. Cau-li-flow-er. Cauliflower!

(all the vegetables are stored away)

Chef Ling: Apple, mango, banana. Let'z look at the fruits this time. Tell me which has three syllables.

(the banana shines, followed by the word 'ba-nan-a' in red)

Chef Ling: Banana! Banana has three zyllables. Ba-nan-a. Banana!

(all the fruits are stored away)

Chef Ling: Avocado, melon, orange. Which fruitz have four zyllables?

(the avocado and watermelon shine, followed by the words 'av-o-ca-do' and 'wa-ter-mel-on' in red)

Chef Ling: Avocado and watermelon have four sylllables! Av-o-ca-do. Avocado! Wa-ter-mel-on. Watermelon!

(all the fruits are stored away)

Chef Ling: Last, but not ze least! Can you find a two zyllable zhef in zis kitchen! Two zyllables. I give you a clue! He is a great chef! Yez, indeed! You know it very well. Of course it's me! Zhef Ling. Si, si, si! I'll see you next time! Ciao!

(colorful wave transition)

(we see James Lez Read in an H-Store)

James: Oh, hey, yo, what's up! It's James Lez Read here! And there are so many things that make me happy! And today, I'm going to show you all the H things that make me happy! And these are the thing that start with the letter...H! Huh! Huh! Huh! H! I am happy because I have a house.

(we see a picture of a house)

James: I am happy whenever I see my lola. Her name is Helen.

(we see her grandmother)

James: I am happy when I get hugs, from my family and friends,

(we see a picture of him hugging his family and friends)

James: and I am happy whenever I eat hopia and haluhalo!

(we see a picture of hopia and haluhalo)

James: My h-h-h house.

(the sound 'h-h-h' pops up in red, followed by his house)

James: h-h-h-g hugs.

(the sound 'h-h-h' pops up in red, followed by his pictures of him hugging others)

James: lola h-h-h Helen,

(the sound 'h-h-h' pops up in red, followed by a picture of Lola Helen)

James: h-h-h hopia,

(the sound 'h-h-h' pops up in red, followed by a picture of hopia)

James: h-h-h haluhalo.

(the sound 'h-h-h' pops up in red, followed by a picture of haluhalo)

James: These H things make me happy! What about you? What makes you happy?

(colorful wave transition)

James: Here at the H-Store, we got all the H things you need. We sell things that start with the letter H.

(we see the letter H on the billboard)

James: Yeah! The letter that gives us the h-h-h sound! Tell me, which one starts with the h-h-h sound? Nails, hammer, or drills? We don't sell nails and drills!

(the nails and drills disappear)

James: We sell h-h-h hammers!

(the hammer glows, followed by the word 'hammers' in green)

James: Other than hammers, we also sell hook, saw, screw! Which one starts with the 'h' sound?

(the saw and screw disappear)

James: Hook! h-h hook!

(the hook glows, followed by the word 'hook' in green)

James: Correct. Need to listen to some music? Which one starts with a 'h' sound? Speakers, headphones, microphone?

(the speakers and microphone disappear)

James: We sell headphones! h-h headphones!!

(the headphones glows, followed by the word 'headphones' in green)

James: Here at the H-Store, we sell hats, shirts, pants.

(the shirts and pants disappear)

James: Yes! We have h-h-h hats!

(the hats glows, followed by the word 'hats' in green)

James: We also sell animal paintings here. Here, we have a painting of a horse, carabao, cow.

(the carabao and cow paintings disappear)

James: Horse! That starts with the letter H! H-h-h horse!

(the horse painting glows, followed by the word 'horse' in green)

James: Here, you can also find a painting of a duck, a hen, a pig.

(the hen and pig paintings disappear)

James: Hen.

(the hen painting glows, followed by the word 'hen' in green)

James: We also sell cute pictures of hamsters, rabbits, turtles.

(the rabbits and turtles paintings disappear)

James: Hamster!

(the hamster painting glows, followed by the word 'hamster' in green)

James: Hungry? We also sell food here! Milk, egg, honey.

(the milk and egg paintings disappear)

James: Honey!

(the honey painting glows, followed by the word 'honey' in green)

James: Sandwich, hotdog, water.

(sandwich and water disappear)

James: Hotdog!

(the hotdog painting glows, followed by the word 'hot dog' in green)

James: And lastly, we have chees, ham, bread.

(the cheese and bread disappear)

James: Ham!

(the ham painting glows, followed by the word 'ham' in green)

(colorful wave transitoin)

James: Thank you for helping me fix the store. We sell other H things here, so drop by and shop here!

(colorful wave transition)

Joji: Oh, hello there! Marj is helping me write a song.

Marj: So, in this line, 'this is a happy song.'

(the sentence 'This is a happy song' pops up in blue, separated by five red dashes)

Marj: We have this-is-a-hap-py-song. Six syllables! And the next line, 'hope-you-could-sing-a-long'

(the sentence 'hope-you-could-sing-a-long' pops up in blue, separated by five red dashes)

Marj: also has six syllables!

Joji: The same number of syllables as the third line. So, I think it would be nice if we also have six syllables here.

Marj: Hmm, let me think.

Joji: Can you help us? Can you think of a line that has six syllables?

Marj: Aha! How about this, Joji? 'Come clap and dance with me'.

(the sentence 'come clap and dance with me' pops up in blue, separated by five red dashes)

Marj: Wear a smile and be free.

(the sentence pops up in blue)

Joji: Hmm, does 'wear a smile and be free' have six syllables?

(the sentence gets separated by five red dashes)

Joji: Wear-a-smile-and-be-free. That's right! It has six syllables! Wow, Marj, this line is very nice, and it looks like our song is ready

♫ ''This is a happy song, hope you could sing along. ♫''

♫ Come clap and dance with me, wear a smile and be free. ♫

(laughs) Hey, thank you for being with us today. We'll see you again next time. Remember, my room is your room.

Marj: Goodbye!

Joji: Goodbye!