Story 4 - episode 5

¿Qué ve en la selva el mono?

Episode 5:

Episode 5 with pop-ups:

Additional follow-up questions:

1. Why does it say, "El mono camina por la selva" and not just "El mono camina la selva".

2. What would, "El mono corre por la selva" mean?

3. What would, "El mono no corre por la selva" mean?

4. What would "La selva corre por las montañas" mean? Is it gibberish?

5. What does "niño" mean in the phrase, "el niño gordo"?  How can we remember it?*

6. What does "gordo" mean in the phrase, "el niño gordo"?  How can we remember it?**

*"niño" kind of looks like "nine" and a "9-year old boy" is a child or a kid.

**"gordo" kind of sounds like "gorge" and if you "gorge" yourself on food it might make you "gordo"

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Story 4 - episode 4

¿Por dónde camina el mono?

Episode 4:

Episode 4 with pop-ups:

Additional follow-up questions:

1. What does "camina" mean? * Do you have an association to remember it?

2. What does "por" mean? ** Do you have an association to remember it?

3. So what does "El mono camina por la selva" mean?

4. What would the following mean (no matter how silly):

• El mono camina por la selva.
• El león corre por la selva.
• El elefante salta por la selva.
• Los pingüinos caminan por el helado.
• El autobús va por la calle.
• Las personas caminana por la calle.
• La vaca come por las montañas.

*I hear "mean" in "camina". And a "mean" person needs to "walk" away from me.

**"Por" sounds like "pore" and sweat and oil leave your body through your pores.

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Story 4 - episode 3

¿Qué necesita el mono?

Episode 3:

Episode 3 with pop-ups:

Additional follow-up questions:

1. What does "sabe" mean? How can we remember it?*

2. How would we say, "He doesn't know".

3. What would the following be in English?

• El mono sabe dónde está el pollo.
• El mono sabe dónde está el elefante azul.
• El mono no sabe dónde está el león.
• El mono no sabe dónde hay leche morada.
• El mono sabe dónde hay plátanos.
• El mono sabe dónde hay una cama.
• El pollo sabe dónde está el mono.
• El pollo no sabe dónde está su familia.

*"Sabe" looks like "saber". And only a jedi "knows" how to use a lightsaber.**

**A lightsaber is a reference to "Star Wars"

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Story 4 - episode 2

¿Por qué no come los plátanos el pollo?

Episode 2:

Episode 2 with pop-ups:

Additional follow-up questions:

1. What does "sabe" mean? How can we remember it?*

2. How would we say, "He doesn't know".

3. What would the following be in English?

• El mono sabe hablar mono.
• El pollo no sabe hablar mono.
• El elefante sabe hablar mono.
• El elefante sabe hablar pollo.
• El elefante sabe comer.
• El elefante sabe saltar.
• El elefante no sabe correr.
• Las camas no saben hablar.

3. If "sabe" means "s/he knows", how would I say, "I know" and "You know"

*"Sabe" looks like "saber". And only a jedi "knows" how to use a lightsaber.**

**A lightsaber is a reference to "Star Wars"

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Story 4 - episode 1

¿Por qué está confundido el mono?

Episode 1:

Episode 1 with pop-ups:

Additional follow-up questions:

1. What does "ve" mean? How can we remember it?*

2. What would the following translate to in English:

• El mono ve un león rosado.
• El mono no ve un león negro.
• El mono ve que (that) un pingüino azul salta.
• El mono ve que dos pingüinos blancos comen un árbol.
• El mono ve que un león come una familia de pingüinos.
• El coco no ve porque es un coco y los cocos no ven.
• Los plátanos ven un mono y están nerviosos.

3. By now we have learned some different ways to describe emotions/feelings, can you remember them all so far?

• está contento
• está triste
• tiene hambre*
• está confundido
• ¿Cómo estás?
• Estoy triste.

Why is "tiene hambre" different from the others?  What does it actually translate to?

4. What does "¿Qué?" mean in the question, "¿Qué ve el mono?"
What does "que" mean in the phrase "el mono ve que el pollo no come"?  How can we remember the difference between "¿qué...?" and "que"?

*Since the "v" in Spanish at the beginning of a word sounds like "b", "ve" really sounds like "bay" or "bae".  And boys and girls alike want to "see" their bae.

("Bae" in the US, is a term for boyfriend or girlfriend as of late 2014-2015)

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Story 3 - Quizzes

How are you doing so far in the story?

Test your understanding on these QUIZZES!

If they are a little bit difficult for you, feel free to re-watch the story again!  Repetition never hurts when learning a language!

Story 3 - Quiz 1:

Story 3 - Quiz 2:

Story 3 - episode 15

¿El león come al mono y al pollo por fin?

Episode 15:

Episode 15 with pop-ups:

Additional follow-up questions:

1. When the monkey says, "Vamos a comer", notice that "vamos a" is like saying, "let's [do something]".  With that in mind, what would the following mean?*

• ¡Vamos a saltar!
• ¡Vamos a correr!
• ¡Vamos a vivir en una casa!
• ¡Vamos a visitar la selva!
• ¡Vamos a volver!
• ¡Vamos a tener un mono!

2. If "va" means "he/she goes" and "vamos" means "we go", what do we add on the end of most verbs to mean "we"?

3. So what would the following mean in English then?

• Saltamos
• Corremos
• Vivimos
• Tenemos
• Queremos
• Vamos
• Volvemos
• le decimos
• nos gusta**

*It literally translates to "we go" or "we are going".  In some it might make more since as, "We're going to ___"

** Notice that "nos gusta" (we like) doesn't follow the formula.

Story 3 - episode 14

¿Qué necesita hacer el mono?

Episode 14:

Episode 14 with pop-ups:

Additional follow-up questions:

1. Look at the following phrases:

• El mono y el pollo corren del león.
• El mono necesita saltar en la cama.
• El mono necesita saltar de la cama.
• El elefante salta del árbol.

Why does the third one say "necesita saltar de"?  Why does the fourth one say "salta del árbol"? 

What do you think "de" and "del" mean there?

2. If "necesita saltar de la cama" means "s/he needs to jump off the bed", why does the elephant say , "Necesitas saltar de la cama" to the monkey?  Why is there an "s" on the end of "necesita"?

Story 3 - episode 13

¿Qué necesita hacer el mono?

Episode 13:

Episode 13 with pop-ups:

Additional follow-up questions:

1. Look at the following phrases:

• El elefante salta en un árbol.
• El mono y el león saltan en la cama.

Why do you think there is an "n" on after "salta" in the second sentence (hint, look at the part before the verb/action: saltan and compare it to the sentence above it.)

2.What does the elephant mean when he tells the monkey, "Necesitas saltar de la cama"?

3. What would the following mean (Translate no matter how strange):

• Necesitas saltar en el árbol.
• Necesitas saltar en la calle.
• Necesitas saltar en la casa blanca.
• Necesitas correr del león.
• Necesitas correr de los cocos tristes.
• No necesitas tener* hambre.
• No necesitas tener* plátanos marrones.
• No necesitas tener* casas azules y rosadas en una isla.
• Necesitas volver* a la casa en la calle en la selva en la isla.

4. Why does the second verb/action have "r" on the end after the first verb/action in #3? (What do you think that "r" means on the end of the verb/action?)

*'tener" is similar to "tiene" (s/he has) and "volver" is similar to "vuelve" (s/he goes back)

Story 3 - episode 12

¿El mono salta en el león?

Episode 12:

Episode 12 with pop-ups:

Additional follow-up questions:

1.  What do "quiero" (I want) and "tengo" (I have) have in common in Spanish in their spelling?

2. What would the following mean in English, if the "o" at the end usually means "I [do action]" in the present tense in Spanish?

• salto
• corro
• tengo
• vivo
• quiero
• tengo
• me gustan* los cocos
• estoy* contento
• voy* a la casa

3. What would "Tengo un coco negro" mean?

4. What would, "Quiero un coco azul" mean?

5. What would "Salto en un coco marrón" mean?

6. What would, "Corro de un coco rosado" mean?

*Notice that "me gusta" "estoy", and "voy" are exceptions to the rule, which is why we say "normally"

Story 3 - episode 11

¿El elefante corre en un árbol o salta en un árbol?

Episode 11:

Episode 11 with pop-ups:

Additional follow-up questions:

1.  What does "árbol" mean? Can you think of a way to remember it?*

2. What does "El elefante salta en un árbol" mean?  

3. What does "El mono y el pollo corren del león" mean?

4. What would "El elefante salta del árbol" mean?

*I remember it because "árbol" looks like "arbor" and in the US, we celebrate "Arbor Day" where people celebrate it by planting trees.

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Story 3 - episode 10

¿Con qué vuelve el elefante?

Episode 10:

Episode 10 with pop-ups:

Additional follow-up questions:

1.  How are the phrases "tiene hambre" and "tiene una bomba" similar and different?

2. What does "con" mean in the phrase, "El elefante vuelve a la selva con la cama"?

3. What would the following mean in English (Even if they are silly, translate them):

• El pollo vuelve con la selva a la cama.
• El helado vuelve al pingüino con una montaña.
• El elefante rosado vuelve a la casa con un elefante blanco y negro.
• El mono triste vuelve a la isla con hambre.
• Los pingüinos vuelven a Antártica con mucho helado de chocolate.