story 2 - episode 8

¿Por qué está triste en las montañas el mono?

Episode 8:

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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 6

¿Cómo está el mono?

Episode 6:

Episode 6 with pop-ups:

Additional follow-up questions:

1. What does "triste" mean in the sentence "El mono marrón está triste"?

2. What does "contento" mean in the sentence "El mono marrón no está contento"?

3. Why do you think we use "es" in the phrase "Es marrón" and "está" in the phrase "está triste?

4. If "está triste" means "he is [feeling] sad", how would you say, "he isn't [feeling] sad"?

5. What would the phrase "La casa azul está triste" mean?

6. What would the phrase, "Diez plátanos rosados están tristes en una casa" mean?

7. How can we remember that "está triste" means "s/he is sad"?  Do you have an association?*

*I remember "triste" means "sad" because "triste" sounds like "tree stay" and if you tell a tree to say, he will be sad.

Do you have a better association? Does "está triste" look like anything or sound like anything that helps you remember what it means?

Write it in the comments section below!

story 1 - episode 3

¿Dónde vive el mono?

Episode 3:

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Additional follow-up questions:

1. What does "vive" mean?  Do you have an association to help you remember?*

2. What does the phrase "El mono vive en una isla" mean?

3. What would the phrase "Una isla vive en un mono" mean?

4. What would the phrase "Un mono azul vive en una casa" mean?

5. What would the phrase, "Una casa azul vive en una isla marrón" mean?

*I think "vive" sounds kind of like "baby" only with the syllables switched. "bee-bay" instead of "bay-bee".  And babies live with their families.

Did you think of a better association for "vive"?  Does it look like something or sound like something that can help you remember, "s/he lives"?  

Write it in the comment section below!

story 1 - episode 2

¿Qué hay?

Episode 2:

Episode 2 with pop-ups:

Additional follow-up questions:

1. What does "marrón" mean?

2. What does the phrase "El mono es marrón" mean?

3. What would the phrase "Hay un mono marrón" mean?

4. Where does the description normally go in Spanish?