More nouns

Question 1

Lugar (plural?)

Answer 1

Place
– Lugares (plural; places)

*In Joel’s atlas, he marks all of the special places he’s been by drawing a blue car on them. He calls these places lugares (blue cars).

Question 2

Mundo (2)

Answer 2

Earth, world

• Todo el mundo = All the world/Everybody in the world.

Question 3

Gente

Answer 3

People (HEN-tay)

–La gente = The people

*There is a picture of a hen that Joel writes peoples names on. The panda asks what the picture of the hen is, and Joel says that they are all of the people that he’s met.

Question 4

Mujer

Answer 4

Woman

*On the left side of the room, there is a person that he can’t make out, but he can tell that it’s a women because it has more hair [mujer] than a man.

Question 5

Papá (formal?)

Answer 5

Dad

– Padre; father (formal)

Question 6

Mamá

Answer 6

Mom

– Madre; mother (formal)

Question 7

Hijo

Answer 7

Son

*His parents don’t recognize him, so Joel says, “It’s me, he who [hijo] lived with you for the first 20 years of my life.”

Question 8

Espera (gender?)

Answer 8

The wait –La espera (fem.)

*The sparrow waits for days to be let out. The chef asks Joel when the sparrow can be let out.
• Joel says that the sparrow will have to have a very long wait; the wait [la espera (f)] will be very long.

Question 9

Problema (2; gender?)

Answer 9

Problem, difficulty (masc.)

• El problema

Question 10

Acuerdo (2; gender?)

Answer 10

Agree, agreement
• El acuerdo (masc.)

*The chef and Joel agree [acuerdo] that they are both weirdos.

Question 11

Tipo (2)

Answer 11

1. Type, kind, sort
2. Guy, dude

*Joel asks what type [tipo] of tea is in the teapot today.

Question 12

Trabajo (2)

Answer 12

Work, job
“Para el trabajo” → “For the work (for my job)”

*The chef asks if Joel would like to do some of the work, but Joel says “Bah [trabajo], I don’t want to do any work!”

Question 13

Amigo/Amiga

Answer 13

Friend

Question 14

Razón

Answer 14

Reason – La razón (fem.)

“Ésta es la razón por la que muchas personas van a la ciudad.”
– This is the reason why a lot of people go to the city.

“Yo freno sin ninguna razón.”
– I brake for no apparent reason.

“Por qué razón?”
– For what reason?

*Joel puts a sparrow in the fridge. The chef asks what is Joel’s reason for this, and Joel says the reason [Razón] is that he wants to know how long a sparrow can last if it is not in the sun.