story 2 - Quiz!

How are you doing so far in the story?

Test your understanding on this QUIZ!

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

story 2 - episode 11

¿Qué tiene el elefante azul?

Episode 11:

Episode 11 with pop-ups:

Additional follow-up questions:

1. What does "tiene" mean in the sentence, "El elefante azul tiene un pollo"?

2. Can you think of an association for "tiene" (s/he has)?*

3. What would, "El pollo tiene cuatro camas" mean?

4. What would, "El pollo blanco tiene cocos" mean?

5. What would, "El pollo negro tiene tres casas" mean?

*One possible association is that "tiene" looks like "ten" because people "have" ten fingers.

Have a better association idea? 

 Share it in the comments section!

story 2 - episode 10

¿Qué le dice el mono al elefante azul?

Episode 10:

Episode 10 with pop-ups:

Additional follow-up questions:

1. Why does the monkey ask the elephant, "¿Cómo estás?"

2. Why does the elephant respond, 'Estoy contento" and not "Estás contento"?

3. How is the question "¿Cómo está el mono" different from the statement, "El mono está triste"?

4. How would I ask, "How is [feeling] the white llama"?

5. How would I ask, "How is [feeling] the black elephant"?

6. How would I ask, "How is [feeling] the lion"?

7. How would I say, "I not am [feeling] happy"?

story 2 - episode 9

¿Qué hay en la calle?

Episode 9:

Episode 9 with pop-ups:

Additional follow-up questions:

1. Why do we say, "elefante azul" and not "azul elefante" in Spanish?

2. If "salta" means "s/he jumps" and "saltar" means "to jump", what letter on the end of the action means "to"?

3. What would, "Dos elefantes azules saltan en la cama" mean?

4. What would, "Tres monos marrones saltan en el elefante" mean?

5. What would "Diez camas rosadas tristes saltan en la calle" mean?

6. If "salta" means "s/he jumps", how would you say, "s/he doesn't jump"?

7. If "Hay una llama blanca" means "There is a white llama", how would you say, "There is a white bed"?

8. How can we remember that "salta' means "s/he jumps"?*

* "Salta' reminds me of "assault".  When someone jumps a person in an alley, it is assault.

Have a better association for "salta"?  Does it look like something or sound like something else to you that helps you remember?

Share it below in the comments section!

story 2 - episode 8

¿Por qué está triste en las montañas el mono?

Episode 8:

Episode 8 with pop-ups:

Additional follow-up questions:

1. What is the difference between, "¿Por qué" and "porque"?  How will you be able to tell the difference?

2. What does "saltar" mean in the phrase, "El mono no quiere saltar en los plátanos"?

3. What would, "La llama negra quiere saltar en el mono blanco" mean?

4. What would, "La llama negra quiere saltar en el mono blanco" mean?

5. How would I say, "The house doesn't want to jump in the jungle"?

story 1 - Quiz

Let's see how you're doing so far in your Spanish with a QUIZ!

Do your best! If you don't do that well, you might re-watch the first monkey story.

Don't worry, repetition never hurts in learning a language!

story 1 - episode 11

¿Dónde está el mono marrón?

Episode 11:

Episode 11 with pop-ups:

Additional follow-up questions:

1. What do you think "está" means in the phrase, "El mono está en la selva"?

2. How would I make the sentence above negative? (what would I add, where would I add it?)

3. What would the phrase, "El mono marrón no está en la isla" mean?

4. What would the phrase, "La isla no está en el mono marrón" mean?

5. What would the phrase, "El mono está en la selva porque hay plátanos en la selva y le gustan los plátanos" mean?

6. How would I say, "The blue monkey isn't in two pink houses"?

7. How would I say, "The ice cream is sad in the jungle"?

story 1 - episode 10

¿Adónde va el mono marrón: a una casa o a la selva?

Episode 10:

Episode 10 with pop-ups:

Additional follow-up questions:

1. If "va a" means "s/he goes to", what does "va" mean by itself?

2. If I want to ask a question in Spanish, like "does he go", do I have to add more words like in English or does "va" stay "va"?

3. What would the phrase, "El mono marrón no va a la isla." mean?

4. What would the phrase, "La isla no va a Antártica" mean?

5. What would the phrase, "El mono va a la selva porque posiblemente hay plátanos en la selva" mean?

6. How would I say, "The monkey doesn't go to the house"?

story 1 - episode 8

¿Al mono le gusta el helado?

Episode 8:

Episode 8 with pop-ups:

Additional follow-up questions:

1. How would you say, "The monkey doesn't like ice cream".

2. How would you say "The monkey doesn't like Antarctica"?

3. How would you say "The ice cream likes Antarctica"?

story 1 - episode 7

¿Adónde va el mono?

Episode 7:

Episode 7 with pop-ups:

Additional follow-up questions:

1. What does "va a" mean?  How can we remember it means that?*

2. What does the phrase "El mono va a Antártica" mean?

3. What does the phrase, "El mono no va a Canadá" mean?

5. What would the phrase "Cuatro elefantes azules van a París" mean?

6. What would the phrase, "Al mono no le gusta Canadá" mean?

7. What would the phrase, "Los pingüinos viven en Antártica".

8. How would you say, "There aren't any bananas in Antarctica"?

9. How would you say, "There aren't any pink monkeys in Canada"?

*"va a" kind of sounds like the sound a sheep makes "ba-a-a-a-a".  And so if you can remember that a sheep goes ba-a, you can remember "va a" means "s/he goes".

Do you have a better association for "va a"? Let me know in the comments section below!