Here's our third recording with Mom and Dad. This was planned to see how my "What's this? What's that?" lesson strategy worked with them. It worked remarkably well, especially with Mom. We did a lot of extra talking and laughing, which isn't efficient, but it was fun. When set up well, the lesson 'forces' one's left, logical mind to shutdown and you just repeat what you hear for a few minutes, getting the pronunciation correct, then answer super simple questions with simple answers. The early repetition gets you doing it physically, and you're then able to answer 'physically' without knowing for sure and with your mind kind of in neutral.
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Esto es una manzana. This is an apple.
Esto es una manzana.
Esto es una mandarina.
This is a mandarin orange.
Esto es un plátano. This is a banana.
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Esto es un tomate. This is a tomato.
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rojo red
amarillo yellow
naranja orange
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Es un plátano. It's a banana.
Un plátano. (A banana.)
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dos manzanas two apples
dos mandarinas two mandarin oranges
dos plátanos two bananas
dos tomates two tomatoes
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Tres. Three.
Dos. Two.
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Un. dos. tres. One, two, three.
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¿Cuántas manzanas hay?
How many apples are there?
.. Una.
¿Una que? One what?
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Hay una manzana. There's one apple.
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¿Cuántas mandarinas hay?
How many oranges are there?
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Tres. Three.
¿Cuántos plátanos hay?
How many bananas are there?
Dos. Two.
¿Qué es esto? What's this?
Es un tomate. It's a tomato.
.. [ Is a tomato. ] ( Es = Is )
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Jim, ¿Qué es esto?
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Platano.
Estos son plátanos. (These are bananas.)
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z (th)
manzana apple
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una mandarina
dos mandarinas
un tomate / dos tomates
manzana / dos manzanas / una manzana
.. (still saying plantano, from plantation)
¿Qué es esto? What's this?
.. Es una manzana.
So, Jim, ¿Qué es esto?
.. Es una mandarina.
¿Cuántas mandarinas (hay)?
How many oranges are there?
Dos. ; Muy bien. ..
Two. ; Very good. ; Keep it simple.
.. Keep it simple.
.. una manzana / es un tomate / es un platano ..
.. again said 'plantano' ..
¿Qué es esto?. Brian. What's this, Brian?
Es una mandarina. (Is a mandarin.)
¿Qué es esto?. Jim. What's this, Jim?
.. Es un platano. ..
¿Qué es esto?, Laurena.
Es una manzana.
¿Cuántas mandarinas (hay)?
How many oranges (are there)?
Tres. Three.
¿Cuántos plátanos (hay)?
How many bananas (are there)?
Dos. Two.
¿Cuántos tomates hay?
How many tomatoes are there?
Dos. Two.
¿Cuántas manzanas hay?
How many apples are there?
Una. One.
¿Qué es esto?. Laurena. What's this, Laurena?
¿Una? One?
Es una mandarina. It's an orange.
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¿Qué es esto?, Jim.
.. Es un tomate. ..
.. 5 minutes, 3x per day ..
.. still messing up platano ..
.. tres mandarinas ..
.. dos tomates ..
.. dos platanos ..
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.. almost forget 5-6x, then not forget ..
.. physical learned so won't forget ..
.. still works for old brains ..
.. learning to tell time, etc is very difficult ..
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¿Qué es esto?
No lo sé. I don't know.
No sé. Dunno.
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Lo he olvidado. I forget. / I have forgotten.
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Lo olvidé. I forgot.
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