story 2 - episode 12

¿Quién quiere comer los plátanos con el mono marrón?

Episode 12:

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Additional follow-up questions:

1. What does "Quiere comer" mean?

2. What would, "El pollo quiere comer los plátanos con el mono" mean?

3. What would, "Los dos animales quieren comer los plátanos" mean?

4. If "le gusta" means "s/he likes", what do "me gusta" and "te gusta" mean?

5. What would, "Al elefante le gusta vivir en la calle" mean?

6. What would, "Al pollo le gustan las camas" mean?

7. What would the question, "¿Te gustan los cocos negros" mean?

story 2 - episode 11

¿Qué tiene el elefante azul?

Episode 11:

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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!