Story 3 - episode 9

¿El mono y el pollo corren del elefante azul?

Episode 9:

Episode 9 with pop-ups:

Additional follow-up questions:

1.  Why does the monkey ask the lion, "Vives" and "estás visitando" instead of "vive" and "está visitando"?  What do you think the "s" on the end means of the actions: "vive" & "está"?

2. Why does the lion respond, "Estoy visitando" instead of "está visitando"?  What would "estoy" mean in that phrase?

3. Why does the lion say, "quiero" in the phrases: "No quiero una conversación" and "quiero comer" instead of "quiere"?  What would "quiero" mean?

4. What does the phrase "corren del" mean?  How can we remember that it has to do with running?*

5. What would the following mean in English (even if the translation is silly):

• Los elefantes corren de la cama.
• Las camas corren de los plátanos.
• Los plátanos corren del mono.
• El helado rosado corre del pingüino marrón en la selva azul.
• Tres monos corren de la calle en la casa blanca.

*I remember that "corren de" means "they run from" or has to do with running because "corren" sounds like "corn" and lots of people often "run" through "corn mazes" in the harvest festival!

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Story 3 - episode 8

¿Por qué necesitan una cama el mono, el pollo y el elefante?

Episode 8:

Episode 8 with pop-ups:

Additional follow-up questions:

1.  If "necesita" is "he/she needs" and "necesitan" means "they need", what do you think the elephant means when he tells the monkey, "necesitamos"?

2.  What will I see at the end of an action to say "we ___"?

3. What would "Vamos" mean then?

4. When the elephant says, "Vuelvo", why does he say "Vuelvo" and not "vuelve" if "vuelve" means "he/she comes/goes back"?

Story 3 - episode 7

¿Quién tiene un plan excelente?

Episode 7:

Episode 7 with pop-ups:

Additional follow-up questions:

1. If "El pollo tiene un plan" means "The chicken has a plan", how would I say, "The chicken doesn't have a plan"?

2. Why does it say in one of the last sentences in the video, "Tienen una cama" instead of "tiene una cama"?  What does that "n" mean at the end of the action?

3. What would the following translate to, remembering what the "n" means on the end of an action:*

• quieren
• necesitan
• tienen
• saltan
• quieren saltar
• viven
• van a la selva
• vuelven
• comen
• le dicen
• están contentos

4. How would I make the above actions negative?  Where would I put the "no"?

*"le gustan" will be an exception to this general rule since it's actually a backwards translation.

Story 3 - episode 6

¿Qué necesitan el mono, el pollo y el elefante en la selva?

Episode 6:

Episode 6 with pop-ups:

Additional follow-up questions:

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

2. What does "no necesitan" mean?

3. Why do you think that in some of the following sentences "necesita" ends in "n" and in some it doesn't?

• El león necesita comer al mono.
• El mono, el elefante y el pollo necesitan un plan.
• El mono necesita comer los plátanos.
• El pollo necesita escapar del león.
• Tres pingüinos necesitan helado rosado.
• Un pingüino necesita una familia.

4. What do you think the following would mean in English?

• La calle necesita tres casas.
• Los plátanos necesitan una familia.
• La isla necesita muchos cocos.
• El elefante necesita saltar en la cama.
• El pollo necesita amigos.
• La cama no necesita que el elefante salte.

*I remember "necesita(n)" has to do with "needs" because it looks like "necessary" and if something is "necessary", you need it.

Story 3 - episode 5

¿Qué quiere comer el león en la selva?

Episode 5:

Episode 5 with pop-ups:

Additional follow-up questions:

1. What would "el león quiere comer" mean?

2. What would the following mean in English?

• El león no quiere comer helado azul.
• El león quiere comer dos animales.
• El mono quiere comer los plátanos.
• El mono y el pollo quieren comer los plátanos.
• El mono y el pollo no quieren* comer al elefante.
• El elefante azul no quiere comer los plátanos.
• Los plátanos no quieren* comer animales.

3. How would you say the following in Spanish? (Do your best even if it isn't perfect)

• The lion wants to eat the monkey and the chicken.
• The monkey wants to eat with the chicken.
• The elephant wants to eat the house with the coconuts.
• The white bananas want to eat the pink chicken on the bed.
• The brown beds want to eat coconuts in the beds.

*These end in "n" because more than one person/thing performs the action. The "n" at the end means "they [do something]"

Story 3 - episode 4

¿Cuántos animales en total tienen hambre?

Episode 4:

Episode 4 with pop-ups:

Additional follow-up questions:

1. Why does the monkey say "tengo hambre" instead of "estoy hambre" if "estoy" means "I am"?

2. How could the chicken have said, "I am hungry too/also" in Spanish?

3. Look at the following examples and see if you can figure out why there is an "n" on the end of "tiene" (*Hint, count the number of people/animals in most of them before the action: tiene)

• El mono tiene hambre.
• El mono y el pollo tienen hambre.
• El elefante tiene un pollo.
• El león tiene hambre.
• El mono tiene dos amigos.
• El elefante y el pollo tienen una cama en la calle.
• El león tiene una familia en la selva.
• Tres animales tienen hambre.
• ¿Tienen hambre cinco animales?

Story 3 - episode 3

¿Adónde vuelve el mono: la isla o la selva?

Episode 3:

Episode 3 with pop-ups:

Additional follow-up questions:

1. What does "vuelve" mean? How could we remember that it means that?

2. How are "vuelve" and "va a" similar/different in meaning?

3. What would "El elefante blanco vuelve a la casa azul" mean?

4. What would "El elefante rosado vuelve a cuatro casas también" mean?

*I hear the word "well" in "Vuelve".  In some places, people have to dig up a "well" to access water and they always have to go back to the well for more water.

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