Story 4 - episode 5

¿Qué ve en la selva el mono?

Episode 5:

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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:

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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:

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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:

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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 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 2 - episode 2

¿Por qué no come los plátanos en la selva el mono?

Episode 2:

Episode 2 with pop-ups:

Additional follow-up questions:

1. What does "quiere" mean?  How can we remember it?*

2. What does the phrase "quiere comer" mean?

3. In the question, "¿No quiere comer los plátanos solo el mono?:

      do I have to add additional words to questions in Spanish like "does" or "do" to the beginning?

How does it look different from a statement: "El mono no quiere comer los plátanos solo" ?

4. What would the phrase, "El mono rosado y azul quiere comer pingüinos" mean?

*I think "quiere" looks like "query" and when you make a search query on google, it's because you want information on a topic.

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story 2 - episode 1

¿Por fin come los plátanos el mono en la selva?

Episode 1:

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Additional follow-up questions:

1. What does "come" mean?  How can you remember it means that?*

2. How would I say, "The monkey eats"?

3. How would I say, "The monkey doesn't eat"?

3. What would the phrase, "El pollo azul no come monos en la selva" mean?

4. What would the phrase, "Al elefante marrón no le gusta comer selvas" mean?

5. How would I say, "The island doesn't eat the blue ice cream in the house"?

6. How would I say, "The brown monkey doesn't want to eat coconuts on the island"?

*I remember that "come" means "s/he eats" because it sounds like "comb" and a "comb" has teeth which you use to "eat" your food.

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