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 12

¿Quién quiere comer los plátanos con el mono marrón?

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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?

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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?

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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 5

¿Adónde va el mono?

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Additional follow-up questions:

1. What happens to some of the colors when they describe, "la llama"?

• el mono marrón ---- la llama marrón
• el mono rosado ---- la llama rosada
• el mono blanco ---- la llama blanca
• el mono negro ---- la llama negra
• el mono azul ---- la llama azul

2. Why do you think they change like that?

3. Where do the colors (and many descriptions) go in Spanish?

4. How do you ask, "How are you [feeling]?"

5. How would you say, "There is a white llama in the mountains"?

6. How would you say, "There is a black elephant in the house"?

7. How would you say, "There is a pink house on the island?"

story 2 - episode 7

¿Por qué no quiere comer los plátanos con el mono la llama blanca?

Episode 7:

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Additional follow-up questions:

1. What do "quieres" (you want) and "estás" (you are) have in common?

2. What letter do you think we will add to the end of most actions to say "you"?

3. What would, "Quiere comer los platanos la llama?" mean?

            Is there a word in the question for "does" in Spanish?

4. What would, "¿Quieres comer conmigo?" mean?

5. What would "¿Quiere vivir con un mono?" mean?

6. What would "¿Estás a dieta?" mean?

story 2 - episode 6

¿La llama blanca quiere comer los plátanos con el mono en las montañas?

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Additional follow-up questions:

1. What does "estoy triste" mean?  How is this similar to / different from "está triste"

2. Why does the monkey say, "estoy triste" and not "está triste"?

3. What would, "Estoy contento" mean?

4. What would, "Estoy en la selva" mean?

5. What would, "Estoy en las montañas" mean?

6. What would, "Estoy a dieta" mean?

story 2 - episode 4

¿El mono quiere comer los plátanos con el león?

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Additional follow-up questions:

1. What does "le gusta" mean in the sentence, "Al mono le gustan los plátanos"?

2. What does "te gusta" mean in the question, "¿Te gusta el helado?"

3. What does "me gusta" mean in the statement, "No me gustan los plátanos"?

4. In the examples below, why does "gusta" sometimes end with "n"?

• Al mono le gustan los plátanos
• Al mono no le gustan los cocos
• Al mono le gusta el helado
• Al mono le gusta la selva
• Al mono no le gusta la isla
• Al león le gustan los monos.
• Al león no le gusta la fruta.

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?

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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:

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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 9

¿Por qué no está contento el mono marrón?

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Additional follow-up questions:

1. What does "porque" mean in the sentence, "El mono no está contento porque no hay plátanos en Antártica"?

2. How would you say, "The penguin is happy".

3. How would you say "There is ice cream in Antarctica"?

4. How would you say "The penguin is happy because there is ice cream in Antarctica"?

5. How would you say, "The blue elephant is happy because there are coconuts in the jungle"?

story 1 - episode 8

¿Al mono le gusta el helado?

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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:

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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!

story 1 - episode 5

¿Hay un problema?

Episode 5:

Episode 5 with pop-ups:

Additional follow-up questions:

1. What does "hay" mean in the sentence "hay un mono"?

2. What does "hay" mean in the sentence "hay cuatro cocos"

3. Why does the translation of "hay" change between number 1 and number 2?

4. If "hay" means "there is" and "there are", how would I say, "there isn't" or "there aren't" ?

5. What would the phrase "Hay cuatro cocos en la isla" mean?

6. What would the phrase, "Hay plátanos en la casa" mean? 

story 1 - episode 4

¿Qué le gusta al mono?

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Additional follow-up questions:

1. What does "le gusta" mean? Do you have an association for it to help you remember?*

2. What does the phrase "Al mono marrón le gustan los plátanos" mean?

3. What does the phrase, "Al mono marrón no le gustan los cocos" mean?

4. How do we make a sentence negative in Spanish? (what word do we add, where do we add it?)

5. What would the phrase "A los plátanos les gusta el mono marrón" mean?

6. What would the phrase, "A tres casas les gustan las islas" mean?

*"Le gusta" sounds like "lay goose tah" and I think that "Tah, the goose, likes to lay eggs".

Do you have a better association to help you remember "le gusta"?  Does it look like something or sound like something to you?

Let me know below in the comments section!