Thanks for your excellent presentations of topics of Spanish grammar. I am a pensioner, retired doctor, from Malta, named Salvador Pisani, and now that I have a lot of free time in my hand I am revising some of the subjects I did in the spring of my life, nella primavera della mia vita. I like Spanish grammar a lot and I really appreciate your lessons. They are absolutely excellent. I can also speak Italan and am very careful not to mix up the two languages for both are foreign to me, both very similar but at the same time with a lot of differences. So thanks again and Gd Bless! I am 74 years old incidentally and love studying things I used to hate studying at school. So Muchas Gracias y Hasta Luego y Que' el Buen Dio's Le bendiga, sen'or Profesor! La vida es muy hermosa pero desafortunadamente demasiado corta y tenemos gozar lo que el Buen Dio's nos envie de vez en cuando! Muchos saludos de Malta!
Professor Jason's videos for Spanish and Portuguese intermediate and advanced learners are probably the best such videos on UA-cam. As someone whose Spanish knowledge is more or less fairly advanced (for example, I understand practically everything I read in the Spanish-language Reader's Digest magazine and newspapers in Spanish, etc.), from time to time I watch and listen to the professor's videos to maintain and improve my knowledge of the language. His Portuguese videos, too, are simply the best, and I also use them to improve my knowledge of Portuguese! Thank you so much for your immense kindness and altruism, Professor Jason. I wish you all the very best.
So sorry, Tyler Ann and Caroline, but it is really me that is Professor Jason's number one fan. I love studying Spanish grammar. He is far and away this best at explaining this topic succinctly and in a very approachable manner. GRACIAS GRACIAS GRACIAS Pofesor J.
Thanks very much for your very instructive lectures Prof. Jason. I really enjoy them. I do them over and over again and I am never tired of them. I am a retired doctor and enjoy going over things I used to do when I was in the spring of my life. So thanks again and God Bless! Greetings from Malta.
Profe Jason, soy colombiano, me gustan sus videos porque me hacen repasar nuestra gramática, porque a pesar de que la manejamos automáticamente, se nos olvida el nombre lo tiempos verbales. Gracias por su trabajo y compartirlo.
Please make more videos!! Maybe some comprehension practice? Your teaching style reminds me of my high school Spanish teacher - 20 years later and I still remember his lessons
Welcome back Profesor!.....I too thought you had stopped making videos so it's great to see you again. As always, a clear presentation which helps to explain the mysteries of the Spanish Subjunctive, a subject which seems to cause most problems to Spanish students....especially me.
Professor Jason, thank you so much for the video. It is my first time wtaching your video, and immediately I subscribed. It is really helpful and I love your white board technique.
Oooh I just saw your video in my subscription list - I thought you had stopped making videos - so yay that you're back! As always, this is so thorough and well thought out and super helpful! You put a lot of effort and time into these lessons and I appreciate it so very much. Take care and thanks!
cosmetica529 My pace has just slowed WAY down and I've been doing a series of video lessons on Portuguese. But I'll always be posting new content. Thanks for the feedback! ;-)
muchas gracias profesor por la leccion. extraño mi clase pasado jueves. mi professora enseñó sobre el presente perfecto de subjuntivo. yo he hecho mi tarea pero fui confusiado. esta leccion me dio un mejor comprender.
Me gusta mucho su manera de enseñar Español. Me gustaria preguntar sobre el ejemplo (19.25 minutos) 'Es improbable que Caroline haya abierto el paquete.' Si esta oracion es correcto, entonces, si la oración commence con 'Es probable que....' el siguiente es con indicativo como 'Es posible que' Perdoneme mi Español ! Gracias por su repuesta.
Dear Prof Jason, Your videos are more helpful than any spanish classes. Just wanted to know if we could use 'lo siento que'....instead oh 'siento mucho que...' in the practice exercises of friend at the airport. Thanks again for your efforts. They are truely helpful for us
Hi Jason, I love your channel, your lesson are very helpful. A quick question: If the present perfect subjunctive can be used to say 'I hope they studied a lot' (as you illustrate in minute 5:14) , is it then in effect interchangeable with the imperfect subjunctive, allowing us to use 'espero que estudiaran mucho'? Are these two forms equivalent in some cases?
Thanks! Maybe a future lesson on 'esperé que estudiaran' would be helpful, highlighting why the past form of espero is used in this case. Keep up the great work.
Hey Prof. Thanks for the vid. Looking up both verb types in my 501 Verbs, neither is referred to using Pretérito. What's interesting to me, though, is that pretérito does reflect a more accurate aspect of the verbal meaning; something started in the past.
Espero can also be replaced with the word Ojalá in the sentence "Ojalá que ellos no hayan esperado mucho tiempo" in order to avoid being redundant. "Espero que ellos no hayan esperado..." is not something that we would say in Mexico. Saludos.
New subscriber here Jason. These are a great help. Question and maybe it’s how your translating. Don’t know but ex. A ellos no les gusta que el banco haya cerrado temprano. Now u don’t say that the bank may have closed early. Could we also say que el banco había cerrado temprano. Or is that a whole different path. In the book 501 Spanish verbs it says the pp sub is always I may have eaten,you may have eaten,he-she May have eaten. just curious.
Thank you so much for this video! I'm taking an accelerated Spanish course this summer and this topic had me so confused. Now I sort of feel like I might understand it a little.
sorry to be so off topic but does anyone know of a tool to log back into an instagram account? I somehow forgot the login password. I appreciate any assistance you can offer me!
Siegfried Braun no, but remember that gustar will agree with tge subject and not the person to whom something is pleasing, so just as we'd say, ?No te gusta esa pelicula? We'd also say: Es increíble que no te haya gustado esa película. The subject in both cases is movie.
Professor Jason- I have a question for you, please. If you wanted to say “I doubt that they called her before they left,“ would it be correct to say, “Dudo que le llamaran a ella antes de irse?” In the video regarding the past perfect subjunctive, you say that it’s not necessary to use the past perfect form of haber unless you’re speaking about something that “had happened,” which males sense. In this video I understand you to say that it is always necessary to use the present form of haber if you are speaking in the present tense, but that doesn’t seem to make sense in a sentence like this. The problem I’m having is that if if you don’t use the present subjunctive form of haber, it seems that the only choice of a subjunctive verb (which is necessary because the sentence begins with “I doubt that…“) is to use the imperfect subjunctive form of llamar. I hope my question is clear. I appreciate your time, and your thoughts!
Hi Matt. The sequence of tenses you propose would be acceptable to most native speakers. The grammar police would probably rather see: Dudo que la hayan llamado antes de que ella saliera (or se fuera). Technically if the main clause verb is in the present tense the verb in the dependent clause should be too, which yields hayan (present of haber) llamado. In your example, there's a third clause: before she left, which would be in the past subjunctive: antes de que ella saliera/se fuera.
Professor Jason Thank you so much for your prompt, gracious, and interesting response! If I understand you correctly, and I think I do, what you say in the video is accurate, which is that to be grammatically correct, if you’re speaking in the present tense, you would have to use the present subjunctive form of haber, although to my ear that sounds strange in the context of the sentence I proposed. I didn’t even realize that it was necessary to conjugate the last part of that sentence in the subjunctive also! Now you’ve given me something else to think about!! I truly enjoy all of your Spanish-speaking videos, and I thank you for them. The six advanced ones in particular I’ve watched many times. Thank you again for taking the time to respond to my question so thoughtfully. I really appreciate it!
Porque he notado que con todos se puede usar asi espero que hayas peliado i hope that you have fought , i hope that you fought ,, pero con had no veo que nadies dise asi espero que hayan tenido buen tiempo , i hope they have had good time pero siempre veo que es asi i hope that they had good time , osea siempre ponen el had sin nada mas no como con los de mas verbos, yo aprendo ingles desde aqui.
Thanks for your excellent presentations of topics of Spanish grammar. I am a pensioner, retired doctor, from Malta, named Salvador Pisani, and now that I have a lot of free time in my hand I am revising some of the subjects I did in the spring of my life, nella primavera della mia vita. I like Spanish grammar a lot and I really appreciate your lessons. They are absolutely excellent. I can also speak Italan and am very careful not to mix up the two languages for both are foreign to me, both very similar but at the same time with a lot of differences. So thanks again and Gd Bless! I am 74 years old incidentally and love studying things I used to hate studying at school. So Muchas Gracias y Hasta Luego y Que' el Buen Dio's Le bendiga, sen'or Profesor! La vida es muy hermosa pero desafortunadamente demasiado corta y tenemos gozar lo que el Buen Dio's nos envie de vez en cuando! Muchos saludos de Malta!
Professor Jason's videos for Spanish and Portuguese intermediate and advanced learners are probably the best such videos on UA-cam. As someone whose Spanish knowledge is more or less fairly advanced (for example, I understand practically everything I read in the Spanish-language Reader's Digest magazine and newspapers in Spanish, etc.), from time to time I watch and listen to the professor's videos to maintain and improve my knowledge of the language. His Portuguese videos, too, are simply the best, and I also use them to improve my knowledge of Portuguese! Thank you so much for your immense kindness and altruism, Professor Jason. I wish you all the very best.
So sorry, Tyler Ann and Caroline, but it is really me that is Professor Jason's number one fan. I love studying Spanish grammar. He is far and away this best at explaining this topic succinctly and in a very approachable manner. GRACIAS GRACIAS GRACIAS Pofesor J.
He’s right when he says you’ve just got to keep going over examples until it “clicks.” These exercises really help with that.
¡Excelente, Profesor Jason! ¡Espero que siga hacer estos videos!
Thanks very much for your very instructive lectures Prof. Jason. I really enjoy them. I do them over and over again and I am never tired of them. I am a retired doctor and enjoy going over things I used to do when I was in the spring of my life. So thanks again and God Bless! Greetings from Malta.
Thanks I have learned Spanish grammar because of you
Alegro que haya encontrado este video.Gracias.
Profe Jason, soy colombiano, me gustan sus videos porque me hacen repasar nuestra gramática, porque a pesar de que la manejamos automáticamente, se nos olvida el nombre lo tiempos verbales. Gracias por su trabajo y compartirlo.
I wish I could give more than just one thumbs up for this lecture! You are super intelligent, super gifted Teacher! Thank you very much!
Muchas gracias! Saber conjugar verbos es muy importante para se aprender un nuevo idioma. Soy brasileño de Jundiaí/SP. Um grande abraço a todos.
Thanks a lot Mr. Jason
You're very welcome! Gracias por ver mis videos y por tus comentarios!
Please make more videos!! Maybe some comprehension practice? Your teaching style reminds me of my high school Spanish teacher - 20 years later and I still remember his lessons
Welcome back Profesor!.....I too thought you had stopped making videos so it's great to see you again.
As always, a clear presentation which helps to explain the mysteries of the Spanish Subjunctive, a subject which seems to cause most problems to Spanish students....especially me.
Emlyn Griffith Thanks for the feedback and encouragement. Glad you liked it!
Excelente video, la explicacion de esta forma verbal es fenomenal y muy facil de entender! Gracias.
Professor Jason, thank you so much for the video. It is my first time wtaching your video, and immediately I subscribed. It is really helpful and I love your white board technique.
¡Estamos aprendiendo este tema en la universidad! ¡Gracias por compartir! ¡Eres la leche!
JosephM6961 Muchas gracias, Joseph, y mucha suerte!
great! - a wonderful step by step breakdown of the grammar, very helpful. Thanks for taking the time to make it and for sharing it with us.
Professor Jason thank you so much for teaching me spanish. god bless
Bravo! So helpful. This really helped me understand the past perfect subjunctive. Thanks for your good work.
Muchos gracias Senor. Me gusta mucho tus lecciones Usted me ayudo mucho.
Keivan Tayeb Gracias!
thank you very much for your videos! I' from Germany and thanks to your videos I'm learning Spanish and English at the same time! Muchas gracias!
Oooh I just saw your video in my subscription list - I thought you had stopped making videos - so yay that you're back! As always, this is so thorough and well thought out and super helpful! You put a lot of effort and time into these lessons and I appreciate it so very much. Take care and thanks!
cosmetica529 My pace has just slowed WAY down and I've been doing a series of video lessons on Portuguese. But I'll always be posting new content. Thanks for the feedback! ;-)
Muy bien profesor entiendo todo perfectamente, mucha gracias
muchas gracias profesor por la leccion. extraño mi clase pasado jueves. mi professora enseñó sobre el presente perfecto de subjuntivo. yo he hecho mi tarea pero fui confusiado. esta leccion me dio un mejor comprender.
Me gusta mucho su manera de enseñar Español. Me gustaria preguntar sobre el ejemplo (19.25 minutos) 'Es improbable que Caroline haya abierto el paquete.' Si esta oracion es correcto, entonces, si la oración commence con 'Es probable que....' el siguiente es con indicativo como 'Es posible que'
Perdoneme mi Español !
Gracias por su repuesta.
Love your vids on spanish, prof jason. Any chance of uploading more in near future?
very useful as always. your way of teaching makes things very easy to learn-thanks a lot
Muschas gracias. Espero que continúe publicando ustedes sus videos.
Excellent teaching techniques.
¡Excelente! Muchísimas gracias.
Muchas gracias por grabe eso video! Fue muy útil!
Dear Prof Jason,
Your videos are more helpful than any spanish classes. Just wanted to know if we could use 'lo siento que'....instead oh 'siento mucho que...' in the practice exercises of friend at the airport. Thanks again for your efforts. They are truely helpful for us
¡Muchas gracias mi estimado Profesor Jason! Su video es muy claro. Susie
Prof... eres terrifico!!
Thanks prof. Fantastic presentation
Hi Jason, I love your channel, your lesson are very helpful. A quick question:
If the present perfect subjunctive can be used to say 'I hope they studied a lot' (as you illustrate in minute 5:14) , is it then in effect interchangeable with the imperfect subjunctive, allowing us to use 'espero que estudiaran mucho'? Are these two forms equivalent in some cases?
Darren Streff thanks. espero que estudien, espero que hayan estudiado, or esperé que estudiaran
Thanks! Maybe a future lesson on 'esperé que estudiaran' would be helpful, highlighting why the past form of espero is used in this case. Keep up the great work.
Great video. Thanks, Professor Jason!
Great lesson! Excellent pronunciation. You really know your stuff!
Hey Prof. Thanks for the vid. Looking up both verb types in my 501 Verbs, neither is referred to using Pretérito. What's interesting to me, though, is that pretérito does reflect a more accurate aspect of the verbal meaning; something started in the past.
Thank you sir.Can I use lamento que I ...sorry that!!
Thanks as always Professor. Excellent lesson/explanation
Muchas gracias por esta Video!
Espero can also be replaced with the word Ojalá in the sentence "Ojalá que ellos no hayan esperado mucho tiempo" in order to avoid being redundant. "Espero que ellos no hayan esperado..." is not something that we would say in Mexico. Saludos.
Muchas Gracias Prof. Jason; espero que me ya haya aprendido preterito perfecto subjuntivo a traves de (por) sus video. ) Cheers.
New subscriber here Jason. These are a great help. Question and maybe it’s how your translating. Don’t know but ex.
A ellos no les gusta que el banco haya cerrado temprano. Now u don’t say that the bank may have closed early. Could we also say que el banco había cerrado temprano. Or is that a whole different path. In the book 501 Spanish verbs it says the pp sub is always I may have eaten,you may have eaten,he-she May have eaten. just curious.
Thank you so much for this video! I'm taking an accelerated Spanish course this summer and this topic had me so confused. Now I sort of feel like I might understand it a little.
sorry to be so off topic but does anyone know of a tool to log back into an instagram account?
I somehow forgot the login password. I appreciate any assistance you can offer me!
Thank you for making this, atleast for me, confusing topic a little bit clearer.
Best wishes
Great video.
Really helpful, thank you! Just wondering if there's something about 'gustar' that changes 'haber' in the you form to 'haya', instead of 'hayas'?
Siegfried Braun no, but remember that gustar will agree with tge subject and not the person to whom something is pleasing, so just as we'd say, ?No te gusta esa pelicula? We'd also say: Es increíble que no te haya gustado esa película. The subject in both cases is movie.
Thanks.Very helpful
It was really good thank you so much
Well done. Hate to be pedantic, but: pretérito is pronounced Accent on the 2nd syllable.
Very informative and orderly... Thank you!
teev7 Thank YOU!
Like learning E=MC^2 made simple, thank you !!!
Professor Jason- I have a question for you, please. If you wanted to say “I doubt that they called her before they left,“ would it be correct to say, “Dudo que le llamaran a ella antes de irse?” In the video regarding the past perfect subjunctive, you say that it’s not necessary to use the past perfect form of haber unless you’re speaking about something that “had happened,” which males sense. In this video I understand you to say that it is always necessary to use the present form of haber if you are speaking in the present tense, but that doesn’t seem to make sense in a sentence like this. The problem I’m having is that if if you don’t use the present subjunctive form of haber, it seems that the only choice of a subjunctive verb (which is necessary because the sentence begins with “I doubt that…“) is to use the imperfect subjunctive form of llamar. I hope my question is clear. I appreciate your time, and your thoughts!
Makes sense!
Hi Matt. The sequence of tenses you propose would be acceptable to most native speakers. The grammar police would probably rather see: Dudo que la hayan llamado antes de que ella saliera (or se fuera). Technically if the main clause verb is in the present tense the verb in the dependent clause should be too, which yields hayan (present of haber) llamado. In your example, there's a third clause: before she left, which would be in the past subjunctive: antes de que ella saliera/se fuera.
Professor Jason Thank you so much for your prompt, gracious, and interesting response! If I understand you correctly, and I think I do, what you say in the video is accurate, which is that to be grammatically correct, if you’re speaking in the present tense, you would have to use the present subjunctive form of haber, although to my ear that sounds strange in the context of the sentence I proposed. I didn’t even realize that it was necessary to conjugate the last part of that sentence in the subjunctive also! Now you’ve given me something else to think about!! I truly enjoy all of your Spanish-speaking videos, and I thank you for them. The six advanced ones in particular I’ve watched many times. Thank you again for taking the time to respond to my question so thoughtfully. I really appreciate it!
Yay this was great....my head is spinning a bit but the fact that I'm studying at almost midnight means you won over TV!!!!! Hahahahaha!
marvellous thank you so much you're great!
Professor este vídeo é muito bom
Good Video - Thanks!
Andrew Turk Welcome!
Around 10:38, last sentence, an extra "que" in sentence. Confused me a bit, I always pause frames, read them, then listen. Still, a great vid.
Porque he notado que con todos se puede usar asi espero que hayas peliado i hope that you have fought , i hope that you fought ,, pero con had no veo que nadies dise asi espero que hayan tenido buen tiempo , i hope they have had good time pero siempre veo que es asi i hope that they had good time , osea siempre ponen el had sin nada mas no como con los de mas verbos, yo aprendo ingles desde aqui.
Oops lo siento Jason. Hemos y habíamos no son subjuntivos. Yikes
Screen shots on a BLUE background NOT good for printing ECONOMY !!!
Por favor, no confundas la palabra hayas con "haigas" en tu video. La palabra "haigas" no existe.