| "Querido sobrino, aquí estamos todos muy bien y te echamos de menos; techamos de menos, porque se nos acabaron las tejas, el mes próximo terminaremos de techar. | "Dear nephew, here we are all well and missing you; also missing the roofing target, because weve run out of tiles; next month well finish the roofing. |
| "Sus casas blancas de tejados puntiagudos... con tejas rojas, se extienden por la ladera de una colina..." | "in it's white houses with their pointed roofs... of red tile, spread over the hillside..." |
| "¡Los tejados de Francia!" chilló un techador al reconocer las tejas. | "The roofs of France!" cried a roofer as he spotted the tiles. |
| # Y una gran casa con tejas # | And a big tiled house. |
| - Oh, ¿se llaman tejas? | - Oh, is called tiles? - Yes. |
| Esa teja inglesa la trajo el bisabuelo de mi primo hace cien años. | My cousin's great-great father brought that tiles a hundred years ago. |
| Todo techo obliga a la viga Toda viga obliga a la teja | Every ceiling has lath Every lath has tiles |
