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.