Story 4 - episode 5

¿Qué ve en la selva el mono?

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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?

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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?

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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?

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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 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 2 - episode 11

¿Qué tiene el elefante azul?

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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.

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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?

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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 2 - episode 3

¿Qué hay en la selva con el mono?

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Additional follow-up questions:

1. What does "quiere comer" mean?

2. What would "quiere vivir" mean?

3. What letter do we see on the end of "comer" and "vivir"?  Why do you think we add that letter onto the end?

4. What does "otro" mean in the phrase "El mono quiere comer los plátanos con otro animal"?

5. What would "El león quiere comer otros animales" mean?

6. What would "El mono quiere vivir donde hay plátanos y otros animales" mean?