I've loved whenever wherever since forever, how did I not know it was originally a Spanish song. I'm blown away the lyrics are great in English but in Spanish, they're even better.
I am learning Spanish. I am fascinated by the language. I would like to have some Spanish speaking friends so that I understand the Spanish language as well as the culture of Spain properly.
Have you listened to "La oreja de van Gogh"? A great band from Spain, their most popular song is "la playa (translates to the beach)", it's good and metaphorical. "Alex Ubago" is another good Spanish artist.
I don't speak Spanish but according to this translation, the meaning of these lyrics are definitely superior to the English version's. Appreciate that they aren't exactly the same meaning
I don't speak enough to offer my own translation or commentary on all of it, but for as far as I can translate it seems accurate to me. The problem is pretty much any song translated from its original language is going to have better meaning foreign language version, and I struggle to think of any exceptions. It's hard to find words with close enough meaning that will fit the flow and original.
I've been learning Spanish recently and the ways this language allows you to express yourself is so unbelievably beautiful. I always cry listening to this because English just doesn't have these expressions and thoughts, and this openness that comes from that.
I'm pretty sure everything sounds significantly better when sung in a different language because when you translate it directly it doesn't sound nearly as good.
It's very difficult to translate a song. I'm a translator myself. Translating a song requires a superb skill. You have to translate the song without sounding very literal but also sounding as poetic as the original. The translation in this video is super bad because they're literally direct translation and no creativity or poetry was put into it.
@@Miumiu0404 I agree. I always say that computer (any application) can't translate, only a human being can do it. It requires very good knowledge and sense of the language plus poetic skills. It happens because the right part of our brain is responsible for translation, not the left one. Abstract thinking is required and computer just CAN'T do this job. This is why this translation is super bad.
So true, if you mean things sound better in their original form! I adore Shakira's Spanish music. The translated is still good, but it loses something in translation. I'm also a huge fan of Rammstein who sing almost exclusively in German, and even as a huge fan I don't really enjoy their English stuff. Even though I'm English.
At 0:12 it says "make fun of distance" that's not correct. The verb "burlar" in that context means to "overcome". So for her, distance is not an obstacle that keeps them apart, because they can easily "overcome distance" to get to each other. I hope it makes sense, and I'm sorry if I made any mistake. I'm native Spanish speaker and I'm learning English.
@@pink7099 I did some research and "burlar" does really mean "make fun of" or "mock" and to me it makes perfect sense and it makes sense in the context of the song. "Burlar" also means "outwit" or "outsmart," not "overcome."
Well, I'm from Colombia and in this context it can't mean "to make fun of". She's saying that they can get passed through it, I chose overcome, but I think outsmart could work too.
I am learning spanish through duolingo because you can't find a spanish class anywhere in our country and they mostly focus on french and chinese. 8 months later I know some basic spanish and I cannot fully understand this lyrics but I will come back later to check what I learned.
I had 3 years of Spanish and 4 years of French. 6 years later dated a girl from Chile that spoke little english for about 6 months. She said that she "liked the way I spoke spanish..." which I took as a compliment until I heard the rest of her sentence, "...because you sound like a little boy". Which was true as my words were rudimentary but she meant it with a good heart and I took it that way but I don't speak much spanish anymore. However, I was traveling on a ski trip with my 12 year old son through Germany many years back & needed to use spanish to get directions in an airport late one night when only a few people were working. I had no German education and the employees at that time only spoke German so when I found a Spanish lady, I was able to get guidance. My boy was taking it all in and at the end said... "Wait a minute! Did you just get directions in Spanish to help us figure out where to go in GERMANY?" I said, of course, what's the problem? LOL
A lot of learning Spanish is easy, but you will have to work to learn to conjugate the verbs. When you get that done, it is well worth it though. Prepositions are also a little bit of a challenge, those are the usually short words that show relationships, with, at, by, etc. because you can't substitute one for one. Sometimes different cultures see such relationships differently. But you can pick that up Play just paying attention to which one's people use for which circumstances.
Hello everyone form LearnSpanishWithMusic. I think that what you do is perfect for learning languages considering how mind learns and absorbs information and you have my sincere gratitude :D. Can you please please upload a document somewhere with Spanish lyrics and English translation side by side so i can print it of. I thing that would really help and support the learning process. I wold do it myself if i was sure it is correct but i just started learning. Thank you very much.
Thanks! I write the translations in text for many songs on my website, so you can copy and paste them from there if you'd like! www.learnlanguageswithmusic.com
You mean: "cuando (without accent mark, it only has accent mark when beginning questions) estás APRENDIENDO español con Shakira"... in english: "When you are learning spanish with Shakira"
@@jacf522 Good mention, but it is also good to know that in informal Spanish, accents are hardly used. What she wanted to put is: Cuando estas aprendiendo Español con Shakira 😅🙏
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jajaja yo que soy latino no le entendí algunas frases, Si no es por el subtítulo na sabría que decía ..ahora me imagino los anglosajones tratando de entender completa la canción.. q´ ironía.
thanks to the comment on Joel's video about shakira's strange translated lyrics, it's interesting how much the meaning can get lost through translation and all context gets lost
From my childhood i have been listening to this song but i would not understand the meaning of it but nowadays i can understand the meaning because i am learning Portuguese . ❤❤❤.
It's a great idea to have a channel like this one, but the songs are too fast sometimes to even try them in class. Maybe adding some classics from the 80s, or 90s and not so globalize could show other kind of ways of rythems, music and ways of singing in a less mainstream way, I think you know what I mean by that different kind of seeing and feeling the world . Could you please add some less famous but better to the purpose of learning Spanish? if you need some advise let me know. Thanks anyway for your channel great work!!
@@froGabriel hey friend there are good classic music in spanish You could to listen to : Cristian Castro, Luis Miguel, Ricardo Montaner, Ricardo Arjona, Chayane, Franco de Vita, etc. so there are two singers from Italia Laura Pausini and Roberto Carlos from Brasil. Sorry for some mistakes.
Am I the only one upset that the chorus is completely different? I speak Spanish, sure the sentiment may be similar but they are not the same meaning or words at all. Don't get me wrong the song is still awesome.
came here after i completed lesson 2 in Duolingo
oh wow! I am learning from duolingo too. Please can i get your snap or something. 🥺
LOL SAME
THIS COMMENT LMAOOO
Same here😀
I am also learning but not getting a single word understand😉😉😉
I've loved whenever wherever since forever, how did I not know it was originally a Spanish song. I'm blown away the lyrics are great in English but in Spanish, they're even better.
So true!
Everything Shakira is better in Spanish
@@isoseismicI Agree. I prefer Spanish songs from Shakira
À it z5😅 are a
Shakira rocks in any language!
Of course she rocks the Spanish version
She’s Colombian
I am learning Spanish. I am fascinated by the language. I would like to have some Spanish speaking friends so that I understand the Spanish language as well as the culture of Spain properly.
👏 👏
Have you listened to "La oreja de van Gogh"? A great band from Spain, their most popular song is "la playa (translates to the beach)", it's good and metaphorical. "Alex Ubago" is another good Spanish artist.
Illanjana Bhadra oh, bien yo se español
@@petriiaa18 yo tambien ablo espanol (por supuesto!) y ingles! I also speak Spanish (and English duh) fluently!
Illanjana Bhadra I live in Texas a lot of the ppl I around speak the language
Spanish version is stronger than English version .... And very sweetable to listen
"Sweetable to listen?"
That's not even a real word.
@@LataraMashups I mean we know what they were trying to say, does it matter?
@@LataraMashupsnow it is
WHAT
@@aellawest2699meanwhile integrated UA-cam translator: 🗿🗿🗿
I don't speak Spanish but according to this translation, the meaning of these lyrics are definitely superior to the English version's. Appreciate that they aren't exactly the same meaning
I don't speak enough to offer my own translation or commentary on all of it, but for as far as I can translate it seems accurate to me.
The problem is pretty much any song translated from its original language is going to have better meaning foreign language version, and I struggle to think of any exceptions. It's hard to find words with close enough meaning that will fit the flow and original.
Yeah, rhyming "vida" with "vida" three times in a row is lyrical genius.....
Which app can i use like to get lyrics from song transalte guys.
"If you're thinking what I'm thinking, I want you to join me." I love that line.
I've been learning Spanish recently and the ways this language allows you to express yourself is so unbelievably beautiful. I always cry listening to this because English just doesn't have these expressions and thoughts, and this openness that comes from that.
oh i love to know more such kind of things about spanish
there's always more words to express yourself in your own mother tongue than in one you're learning . brother what are you talking about 💀
@@sugarforfree 确实如此，但我不知道该说什么
（我用我的母语说话，但我实际上在使用翻译，因为我说得不流利）
I'm pretty sure everything sounds significantly better when sung in a different language because when you translate it directly it doesn't sound nearly as good.
In there own language
I mean translations always sound shitty? if i translate a song from english to my language it would also suck cos it wasnt written for that way
It's very difficult to translate a song. I'm a translator myself. Translating a song requires a superb skill. You have to translate the song without sounding very literal but also sounding as poetic as the original. The translation in this video is super bad because they're literally direct translation and no creativity or poetry was put into it.
@@Miumiu0404 I agree. I always say that computer (any application) can't translate, only a human being can do it. It requires very good knowledge and sense of the language plus poetic skills. It happens because the right part of our brain is responsible for translation, not the left one. Abstract thinking is required and computer just CAN'T do this job. This is why this translation is super bad.
So true, if you mean things sound better in their original form!
I adore Shakira's Spanish music. The translated is still good, but it loses something in translation. I'm also a huge fan of Rammstein who sing almost exclusively in German, and even as a huge fan I don't really enjoy their English stuff. Even though I'm English.
At 0:12 it says "make fun of distance" that's not correct. The verb "burlar" in that context means to "overcome". So for her, distance is not an obstacle that keeps them apart, because they can easily "overcome distance" to get to each other.
I hope it makes sense, and I'm sorry if I made any mistake. I'm native Spanish speaker and I'm learning English.
"burlar" does mean "make fun of"
@@Fernanda-fp3pf but not in the context of the song-
@@pink7099 I did some research and "burlar" does really mean "make fun of" or "mock" and to me it makes perfect sense and it makes sense in the context of the song. "Burlar" also means "outwit" or "outsmart," not "overcome."
I think most important way of looking at it is, as a Colombian person from her region what’s the most common use of that word and judge from there.
Well, I'm from Colombia and in this context it can't mean "to make fun of". She's saying that they can get passed through it, I chose overcome, but I think outsmart could work too.
Hearing this at the superbowl brought the biggest smile on my face forgot how much I love this song I actually think I prefer the Spanish version
Love the Spanish Version. Amazing and beautiful!
Soy de Marruecos 🇲🇦 y estoy aprendiendo español porque amo Colombia 🇨🇴 y el idioma español ❤
Que bien!!!😉
@@adrinette.186 Gracias ❤
@@hunterxhunterlover De nada...😉😃
Y gracias por amar nuestro idioma☺️
Soy otro estudiante de español y me alegro mucho de poder entenderte sin muchos problemas.
It's too helpful.I've been dying to study the Spanish Version... Without this video it couldn't have been possible 🤗
I am learning spanish through duolingo because you can't find a spanish class anywhere in our country and they mostly focus on french and chinese. 8 months later I know some basic spanish and I cannot fully understand this lyrics but I will come back later to check what I learned.
Now done Espanol?
@@HarryPotter-n2u pretty much yeah :D
How's life like now?
@@AdorbsxAriel divertida 🥲
@@HarryPotter-n2u glad to know! btw divertida means fun??
I love how everyone in the comments wants to make it clear they can speak spanish 😂
¿Hablas español?
I had 3 years of Spanish and 4 years of French. 6 years later dated a girl from Chile that spoke little english for about 6 months. She said that she "liked the way I spoke spanish..." which I took as a compliment until I heard the rest of her sentence, "...because you sound like a little boy". Which was true as my words were rudimentary but she meant it with a good heart and I took it that way but I don't speak much spanish anymore. However, I was traveling on a ski trip with my 12 year old son through Germany many years back & needed to use spanish to get directions in an airport late one night when only a few people were working. I had no German education and the employees at that time only spoke German so when I found a Spanish lady, I was able to get guidance. My boy was taking it all in and at the end said... "Wait a minute! Did you just get directions in Spanish to help us figure out where to go in GERMANY?" I said, of course, what's the problem? LOL
Like this? ¿Tú hablo español? 😂
😂
Haha true
i first read "You know I am your feet" and I was so cunfused, haha
Sabes que soy tu pie. Jajajaja
I'M ON YOUR FEET, NOT I AM YOUR FEET, HA HA HA HA...
I'm at your feet. As in she is worshipping him. Just a we bend over to pray to gods.
Great! Thank you. I'm watching your shakira vids almost every day
The Spanish version is better
The Spanish version actually brought tears to my eyes. Everything about it is better.
spb wbscb, always the original language of a song sounds better, it sounds less natural in english or another language
Hell yes
I agree
I like it~~!!!
I dont care what language she in, she has a great voice
Spanish is beautiful language that is why i wanna learn it , it seems easy
A lot of learning Spanish is easy, but you will have to work to learn to conjugate the verbs. When you get that done, it is well worth it though. Prepositions are also a little bit of a challenge, those are the usually short words that show relationships, with, at, by, etc. because you can't substitute one for one. Sometimes different cultures see such relationships differently. But you can pick that up Play just paying attention to which one's people use for which circumstances.
It's a little complicated but it isn't as hard as my native language.
OMG!!!!!!!!!!!! I listened that song when I was 13...extreme times...many memories.
No puedo esperar sentir algo así para alguien otra vez🥰
Wow, that helped a lot and what great and beautiful lyrics.
this is my favorite song 😍 thank u so much
Yo hablo español I also speak English btw this is my favorite song tysm😍
Sounds even better 😍❤️❤️❤️Shakiraaaaaa💋
I’ve been a shakira fan for many many years and I couldn’t be happier I love you baby forever Brian 😝
I like this better.the English version is good too.
I am sure that Spanish people likes the English version better.
John Lewis no i like the Spanish version way better as well
@@JL-pv9vz Haha there's no way any of us would prefer the english version over the Spanish one
Im bilingual i agree the spanish version is better
@@JL-pv9vz😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Contigo, mi vida, quiero vivir la vida 💃🌊
Hi. I'm from malaysia. First time listen to this song, I fall in love.
1:16. Jajajaj esto me da chistes
1:16 hahahahha this gave me the laughs
Chistes means jokes
You probably wanted to mean "risas"
My favourite song by Shakira
*I know wrong song but Shakira make a lady wanna learn Spanish*
I'm learning Spanish and I thought it would be a good idea to listen to her in Spanish
I know the lyrics, and I sing the song in the shower
Hello everyone form LearnSpanishWithMusic. I think that what you do is perfect for learning languages considering how mind learns and absorbs information and you have my sincere gratitude :D. Can you please please upload a document somewhere with Spanish lyrics and English translation side by side so i can print it of. I thing that would really help and support the learning process. I wold do it myself if i was sure it is correct but i just started learning. Thank you very much.
Thanks! I write the translations in text for many songs on my website, so you can copy and paste them from there if you'd like! www.learnlanguageswithmusic.com
Really it's my Colombia
Full of passion and love .
Learning spanish for my platonic wife (bestie), but instructions are now unclear as this is now one of my favorite songs???
Me gusta esa cancion👍👌💞😊😊😄😍
Hello i need help with English lyrics for the songs of Carlos Vivos
such a good voice
Cuándo estás a aprender el Español con Shakira 😅🙏
You mean: "cuando (without accent mark, it only has accent mark when beginning questions) estás APRENDIENDO español con Shakira"... in english: "When you are learning spanish with Shakira"
@@jacf522 Good mention, but it is also good to know that in informal Spanish, accents are hardly used. What she wanted to put is:
Cuando estas aprendiendo Español con Shakira 😅🙏
Muchas gracias
i just googled the meaning of the song and learned there is an spanish version...love it well a lil late but good ^^
La versión original es en español...
The spanish version is the original lmao
I come froma Mexican family raised american and let me just say, Spanish version hits so much harder 🎶 🎵 🎼 ❤
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I like these music put more
Thanks! I will!
will memorize the song ❤
que hermoso y fabuloso
me encanta el buscar es fantastico
I love this song, I want to sing 🎶 this one to my “jevo”🙏🏻💋
This is superior than english one
Falo português e entendo perfeitamente o Espanhol
woww
It would be awesome if they put other songs from Shakira's contemporaries as well. Si Tu Te Vas, by Paulina Rubio comes to mind.
thanks for translate
Suerte, muy bien ❤️🩹🎉🎉
Awesome awesome
Amor❤❤❤
In this context, "suerte" is an idiom which translates to "I'm lucky [that...]" rather than "luck".
Mil gracias☺️
Love from srilanka ❤️🎉🇱🇰
Honestly I understand the Spanish better than the English one, bravissima donna bella!!!
Parli italiano?
Escucharla en español y tratar de cantarla en inglés es un reto
❤❤❤❤❤soo true
jajaja yo que soy latino no le entendí algunas frases, Si no es por el subtítulo na sabría que decía ..ahora me imagino los anglosajones tratando de entender completa la canción.. q´ ironía.
No todos tenemos tus deficiencias auditivas.
@@JairoOrtizT lit
Good 👍 job
spanish version will always sound better & hotter no matter the original song is, idk why...
Shakira 🌸
Shakira 🌸
Shakira 🌸
Good luck 👍👍
Grasias !
2020. Still here and still don't know shiz about the language. Love the song though. It's better in spanish.
I love this song!!!!!!
Duolingo is rocking bro🤣🤣
1:19 ayo TMI😂
thanks to the comment on Joel's video about shakira's strange translated lyrics, it's interesting how much the meaning can get lost through translation and all context gets lost
From my childhood i have been listening to this song but i would not understand the meaning of it but nowadays i can understand the meaning because i am learning Portuguese . ❤❤❤.
there is a spanish version of lara fabian's " i will love again"(otro amor vendra) ,also great...
Came here after completed my basics in spanish... :)
I love you shakira
Me after successfully ordering chips and salsa at chipotle
you can be a good singer
Im learning spanish
SI 🎯🎯🎯
It's a great idea to have a channel like this one, but the songs are too fast sometimes to even try them in class. Maybe adding some classics from the 80s, or 90s and not so globalize could show other kind of ways of rythems, music and ways of singing in a less mainstream way, I think you know what I mean by that different kind of seeing and feeling the world
. Could you please add some less famous but better to the purpose of learning Spanish? if you need some advise let me know. Thanks anyway for your channel great work!!
I don't learn if the music is boring ;) because we want to understand music we LOVE
It is true, because I learn english with ballads and classic music in english. Sorry for my english
@@froGabriel hey friend there are good classic music in spanish You could to listen to : Cristian Castro, Luis Miguel, Ricardo Montaner, Ricardo Arjona, Chayane, Franco de Vita, etc. so there are two singers from Italia Laura Pausini and Roberto Carlos from Brasil. Sorry for some mistakes.
0:16
0:25
0:42
1:11
1:20
1:38
2:04
2:24
Suerte que mis pechos sean pequenos y no los confundas con montanas! Aaay que ricooooooo!!
Did anyone else see the lyrics to despacito at the beginning
if there are any ghosts out here tonight-- can you tell me, does the sound like Shakira? LE RO LO LE LO LE LE RO LO LE LO LEEEEEE
The thing is I know how to read Spanish but don't know the meaning of them, just some...😊👍
Hi!!👋🏻 I’m from…🎉🎉2027😅❤
La oreja de Van Gogh, Alex Ubajo,Alex, Melendi, Pablo Alborán,Rio Roma ,Morat , etc etc
Music Romantic in Spanish .
💕💕💕
I honestly think this song sounds better in Spanish.
와 대박이네 여전히
Help me to learn Spanish.
Everybody listening??.🌧🖤🦋😎
What app was used to create the lyrics on the screen ?
Am I the only one upset that the chorus is completely different? I speak Spanish, sure the sentiment may be similar but they are not the same meaning or words at all. Don't get me wrong the song is still awesome.
Are... are you binge watching nostalgisa?