In the past tense, it would translate to English as 'to used to' e.g. Solía jugar fútbol cada viernes = I used to play football every Friday But there's not present tense verb in English 'to use to'. It doesn't exist. You could never say 'I use to play football every Friday' - if you said this, someone would think you've made a mistake and would think that you're speaking about the past. You would have to say 'I usually play football every Friday'
13 years living here. 1st time I found out about this verb. I learned basic stuff from lessons but am too lazy to pick up my books. My best one. An old one with grammar explanations in English, ive just lent to a friend. I learned my Spanish at intercambio sessions. So speaking and listening fair. Vocab good. Grammar appalling. Cheers. Must now look it up.
Hola Helena, dónde vives exactamente? Definitely a useful verb to know and be able to use! Can allow you to form lots of sentences without having to remember how to form lots of different Spanish verbs (which is why it's especially useful for beginners)
Thank you! This is a word that isn’t taught very early in Duolingo and other apps that I think should be taught earlier because I always hear ‘suelo’ y ‘solia’ in Paraguay and usually am relatively confused. Thanks for the video to explain! Super simple after the explanation.
Thanks, I'm glad you like the videos! I always try to make sure I teach Spanish as clearly as possible - while also trying to make it enjoyable at the same time!
That's great to know that I'm covering stuff that's not been covered by other people, but also not great that there's not more content on it out there as it's such a useful Spanish verb! You're welcome - and thanks!
Hey Rosemarie, great question Nope, you can use either of those options interchangeably! E.g. De niño, solía creer que los dragones eran reales Or De niño, creía que los dragones eran reales Hope that helps! Let me know if you have any other questions
I'm glad you found it helpful! I do have a course actually made up of reading materials, videos, listening practice and quizzes! You can find it here - you'll also find a resources library there, which has recommendations of films, books, shows and playlists to help you improve your Spanish: espeak.thinkific.com/collections
I agree with @diegomastro5681. A slight nuance I would say though is that if you've already asked someone if they play backgammon and they've said yes, if you then want to ask if they usually play on Sundays as opposed to Mondays, Wednesdays etc, a follow up question of '¿Sueles jugar backgammon los domingos?' sounds better to me than just '¿Juegas backgammon los domingos?' I guess the nuance is that in the first of those questions, you're asking if the day the person usually plays on is Sunday. Whereas in the second one, you're asking if they play AT ALL (EVER) on Sundays Hope that makes sense
Maybe acostumbrar is for things that a person gets used to doing, rather than The rain used to fall in spring, you wouldn't say the rain is accustomed to falling in the spring.
I've never actually heard 'acostumbrar' used so not sure if it's only used in certain countries/regions but it seems to work exactly the same as soler and in the same contexts!
Hey Ryan, could you give me an example of what you mean, please? You would never use 'Soler' in the preterite - since it's a verb that refers to things that happen or used to happen regularly, it's only really used in the imperfect or the present. And 'Soler' would never replace a verb in the preterite - because the preterite refers to a one-off action in the past, rather than a regular activity But in terms of the imperfect, yes you can often use the imperfect tense of a verb instead of using 'Soler' in the imperfect + an infinitive E.g. Solía jugar tenis cada día Or Jugaba tenis cada día There's no difference between these two sentences Hope that's helpful! Let me know if anything still isn't clear
As a native spanish speaker, I always translate 'Soler' with 'Use to'
In the past tense, it would translate to English as 'to used to' e.g. Solía jugar fútbol cada viernes = I used to play football every Friday
But there's not present tense verb in English 'to use to'. It doesn't exist. You could never say 'I use to play football every Friday' - if you said this, someone would think you've made a mistake and would think that you're speaking about the past. You would have to say 'I usually play football every Friday'
@@letstalkspanishnow Yeah, I meant in the past tense. Sorry for not explaning myself. And I agree you can just say "I usually..." in the present tense
@@letstalkspanishnow o jugaba fútbol cada viernes.
13 years living here. 1st time I found out about this verb. I learned basic stuff from lessons but am too lazy to pick up my books.
My best one. An old one with grammar explanations in English, ive just lent to a friend.
I learned my Spanish at intercambio sessions. So speaking and listening fair. Vocab good. Grammar appalling.
Cheers. Must now look it up.
Hola Helena, dónde vives exactamente?
Definitely a useful verb to know and be able to use! Can allow you to form lots of sentences without having to remember how to form lots of different Spanish verbs (which is why it's especially useful for beginners)
Thank you! This is a word that isn’t taught very early in Duolingo and other apps that I think should be taught earlier because I always hear ‘suelo’ y ‘solia’ in Paraguay and usually am relatively confused. Thanks for the video to explain! Super simple after the explanation.
It's a really useful verb! Definitely should be learned early on, glad the video was so helpful 😊
I agree!!!
Love the clarity of your explanations. Thank you.
Thanks, I'm glad you like the videos! I always try to make sure I teach Spanish as clearly as possible - while also trying to make it enjoyable at the same time!
Thank you to our host. Had no idea. Learned a lot from this presentation
Very glad to hear it and I'm happy it helped! 🙏🏾
You're the first person I've seen explain this verb inside or outside of the classroom. Well done. Cheers, mate.
That's great to know that I'm covering stuff that's not been covered by other people, but also not great that there's not more content on it out there as it's such a useful Spanish verb!
You're welcome - and thanks!
This was a very helpful video. Thank you.
Very glad you think so! Thanks for sharing 😊
I had acustombrado in my vocabulary, this seems like a very similar verb.
Yep that's right, you would have to say 'estoy acostumbrado a' though, so there's a lot more that goes into it than just saying 'suelo'
thx@@letstalkspanishnow
Muchísimas gracias.
Tus videos son utilísimos.
No hay de qué! Te lo agradezco mucho 😊
Suelo aprender español todo días.
Muy bien! Y cómo sueles aprender español - qué recursos usas?
You made it so simple, thanks!
That's the aim so very glad you think so! Appreciate the comment
Does it matter whether you use, for example:
Solía creer que o Creía que ?
Hey Rosemarie, great question
Nope, you can use either of those options interchangeably!
E.g.
De niño, solía creer que los dragones eran reales
Or
De niño, creía que los dragones eran reales
Hope that helps! Let me know if you have any other questions
Legend. Great channel, sir.
Thanks so much! Appreciate that a lot 🙌🏾 how did you find my channel?
Gracias señor
es un placer! 🙏🏾 cómo te va el aprendizaje de español?
Thank you :)
Very happy to help!
Thanks for the helpful video...I appreciate it
Thanks very much! I'm glad you found it helpful, let me know if I can help with anything with your Spanish learning at all
V. Helpful.thank you
Very happy to have been able to help 😊😊
Wonderful. Do you have a course I can purchase. Thanks Leslie
I'm glad you found it helpful!
I do have a course actually made up of reading materials, videos, listening practice and quizzes! You can find it here - you'll also find a resources library there, which has recommendations of films, books, shows and playlists to help you improve your Spanish: espeak.thinkific.com/collections
Muchas gracias, excelente 🙂
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very helpful thank you
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Thank you very much!! ♥️
Any time!
Thanks. Can I use soler and make it a question or is it just for statements? ¿Sueles jugar backgammon en los domingos?
We understand it but sounds unnatural. Maybe just ask directly. Jugás/juegas backgammon los domingos?
I agree with @diegomastro5681. A slight nuance I would say though is that if you've already asked someone if they play backgammon and they've said yes, if you then want to ask if they usually play on Sundays as opposed to Mondays, Wednesdays etc, a follow up question of '¿Sueles jugar backgammon los domingos?' sounds better to me than just '¿Juegas backgammon los domingos?'
I guess the nuance is that in the first of those questions, you're asking if the day the person usually plays on is Sunday. Whereas in the second one, you're asking if they play AT ALL (EVER) on Sundays
Hope that makes sense
whats the difference between soler and acostumbrar
Maybe acostumbrar is for things that a person gets used to doing, rather than The rain used to fall in spring, you wouldn't say the rain is accustomed to falling in the spring.
I've never actually heard 'acostumbrar' used so not sure if it's only used in certain countries/regions but it seems to work exactly the same as soler and in the same contexts!
Acostumbrar(se) is to be used to (accustomed) to doing something. Soler is to insinuate you do something often (usually)
Would you choose to use soler over the preterite or imperfect of the verb you're using with it in certain situations?
Hey Ryan, could you give me an example of what you mean, please?
You would never use 'Soler' in the preterite - since it's a verb that refers to things that happen or used to happen regularly, it's only really used in the imperfect or the present. And 'Soler' would never replace a verb in the preterite - because the preterite refers to a one-off action in the past, rather than a regular activity
But in terms of the imperfect, yes you can often use the imperfect tense of a verb instead of using 'Soler' in the imperfect + an infinitive
E.g.
Solía jugar tenis cada día
Or
Jugaba tenis cada día
There's no difference between these two sentences
Hope that's helpful! Let me know if anything still isn't clear
Does anyone else hear the cat purring at minute 1:55?
Aha I don't have a cat so not sure what that was!
are used to
No suelen ser tan groseros O no suelan ser tan groseros?
No suelen ser tan groseros! The verb is 'Soler'
Por qué preguntas?
Thanks
You're welcome!