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 - 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 4

¿Qué le gusta al mono?

Episode 4:

Episode 4 with pop-ups:

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!