¡Hola a todos! If your goal this year or sooner is to achieve Spanish Fluency, then the absolute best thing that you can do is to purchase Paul's course. It is superior to all language courses on the market and I'll actually give you my personal and I think to a great degree, some objective reasons why it is the best course out there - period. First, Paul's course is a complete course. Other courses out there ( most of the "Big Brand" name course out there) only give you part of the picture. Paul starts off with an incremental and intuitive approach. Within the first couple of lessons, you can actually start speaking " Authentic Spanish" sentences with confidence. Paul's subsequent lessons build on the previous lessons, thus giving you a solid foundation from which to build your Spanish Lexicon. Paul uses an intuitive approach, by this, I mean that the methodology that he employs encourages the student to think it out for themselves. This process fosters true learning because you don't memorize anything, you actually lean the material. Once you learn the material, it's with you forever. Paul uses a review technique after each substantial body of learning material that truly gauges your progress through the course and gives you gentle guidance if you need it. Another great feature is that Paul is always available to you. He is eager to help, gives clear and easily comprehensible explanations and takes great pleasure when his students succeed. Personally, when I reached Paul's modules on the Subjunctive tense, I was blown away. After dozens of courses and lame explanations that still left me wondering, after the first go-round, I was speaking to native Spanish-speakers with total confidence. I was even able to crack jokes with them and make them laugh. Paul's course gave me such confidence in my ability that every chance I get, I'll strike up a conversation with an Hablante nativo de español and at times, keep the conversation going for hours. I'm writing a un-solicited endorsement of Paul's course because I want everyone out there to have the same experience that I had during and after Paul's excellent course. It is truly a magical experience when you enage in conversation with a native Spanish Speaker and reply back not having to translate the response in your head first. I want you to closely watch the transformation that occurs on a person's face when you are able to speak to them in their native language - you can see the warmth in their hearts reflected by the glow on their faces. Thanks, Paul - ¡Qué maravilloso curso! Saludos, Craig
Wow Craig thank you! I never expected to see such a huge course review as a comment on this video. It's great to hear that your Spanish has been moving forward and that you've grown a lot in confidence as well. That's awesome.
Agree totally! My ex-wife is Mexican, my current wife is Ecuadorian. I lived in Mexico for a year and a half, and now have lived in Quito, Ecuador for the same length of time. I have paid for - and used - Rosetta Stone and 30 Day Spanish. I am a TESOL certified ESL teacher. But I have mastered - really mastered - more truly usable Spanish in the two months since discovering Spanish with Paul than I had learned in all of my previous experiences! Bravo, Paul!
Craig M. Stram I agree,I love the course. He gives so much useful information in his free videos, but it does not compare to the full course. If you're serious about learning Spanish, you have to take the full course. It is much better than any other coarse I've taken.
He really is a good teacher, I just realize why, he’s a native English speaker and he teaches Spanish from a totally different point of view from a native Spanish speaker.
My ex-wife is Mexican, my current wife is Ecuadorian. I lived in Mexico for a year and a half, and now have lived in Quito, Ecuador for the same length of time. I have paid for - and used - the Rosetta Stone and 30 Day Spanish courses. I am a TESOL certified ESL teacher. But I have mastered - really mastered - more truly usable Spanish in the two months since discovering Spanish with Paul than I had learned in all of my previous experiences! Bravo, Paul!
NOW that I am paid member, I FINALLY realize how important it was to QUIT WRITING and Start LISTENING and PAUSING /ANSWERING and PRACTICING. Gee, after all these years too. I can't learn Spanish as I learned history etc., where notes and note taking were so important. Thanks Paul -- from the Yanqui Gringo !
Love the way you go back to the most common verbs in each lesson! And love this obscure little word! I really feel closer to achieving fluency with each Monday lesson and I look forward to each one. Muchisimas gracias! 😊
This is my first month studying Spanish! I found this on UA-cam and becomes my favorite channel. Very clear voice both English and Spanish! Thank you Paul! Muchas gracias!
Greetigs de Lithaunia. Me gusta mucho tomar un café por la mañana y escuchar tu lección. Eres un súper maestro🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗 Es un gran placer escuchar su voz tranquila y sentir que el idioma español se acerca cada día más.
Omg! I have searched and searched all the internet all the apps for anything that can actually help me learn spanish. Paul your videos are the only thing that has actually helped me. I live your videos and i am so beyond greatful for your lessons please keep them comming. Can you do a lesson on how to use words in sentences and depending on whom you are talking about the word changes . .. example .. no Hablo espanol vs tu hablar espanol? Ummmm i dont speak spanish..do you speak spanish ... does he speak spanish .. hablar..hablo...hablamos etc i know the words change depending on who is talking and who one is talking about .. i hope this makes sense.
Paul actually goes over that in depth in his full course. It's a bit outside the scope of these mini-lessons. However, you are correct that Spanish verbs change according to person and number. So to use your example, it would be (yo) hablo español, (tú) hablas español, (él/ella/usted) habla español, (nosotros/nosotras) hablamos español, (vosotros/vosotras) habláis español, (ellos/ellas/ustedes) hablan español. I put the subject pronouns in parentheses because those are optional in Spanish, since the verb endings already tell us who the subject of the verb is. Subject pronouns are only required in Spanish when it is not clear who the subject is or when an emphasis or a contrast is desired. And vosotros/vosotras is only used in Spain. Everywhere else, ustedes is used as the plural of tú.
Whar Nisbet I would suggest taking his full course. You will learn all of that and much more. It's very reasonabley priced and very worth it if you want to learn Spanish.
I am from Cuba. Spanish is my native language. If I say in spanish....... yo hablo Español....... Tú hablas Español........Ella habla Español and so on with all the different singular and plural pronouns but If I wanted to make a question for example.... Do you speak Spanish ?I left the sentence in the same order as in an affirmative sentences ,I only change the intonation....Tu hablas Español?We only change the intonation.
I've been following you all the time & I really love your teachings. Thanks very much. But I still have a problem saying things like I have been sleeping..., I've been working..., I've been using... etc. Lots of my friends are also in problem So we would be very grateful if you give us a helping hand.
_Have been_ translates directly as _haber estado_ Just conjugate _haber_ + _estado_ + gerund form so you get, respectively: _He estado durmiendo_ _He estado trabajando_ _He estado usando_ And so on...
Wonderful, engaging lesson, as always. Slight error - "direccion, not direcion." Many thanks for revolutionizing my Spanish learning curve! Ni siquiera puedo decir cuan beneficiosas son tus lecciones para mi..........
Andrey Kuleshov Todas las palabras agudas( las palabras que la fuerza de pronunciación cae en la última sílaba)se les pone el acento cuando terminan en N, S o vocal........ dirección, después y mejoró, just to write some examples.👍That’s a grammar rule for Palabras Agudas.
Is this a phrase best used with people you are well acquainted with or can it be used with strangers as well? In the US if someone asks you a question and you reply with I don’t even know and less you’re well acquainted with that person it may seem like you were being rude
Hi! Would it also be correct to say: ni siquera quiero verlo a él let’s say if you want to clarify who you’re talking about. i’ve seen this reemphasis with direct indirect pronoun use through saying “a ella” or like “a madre.” thank you so so much for your help. as a teacher with five non english speaking students, i have spent a great deal on your channel lately! also i rarely subscribe to anyone because it confuses me, but i am immediately subscribing to you! cheers
Just add the pronoun you need and conjugate the verb in their respective form: You don't even know - (tú) Ni siquiera sabes; He/She/It doesn't even find them - (él/ella/eso) Ni siquiera los encuentra; We don't even were walking - (nosotros) Ni siquiera íbamos caminando; Y'all/ They don't even will taste - (ustedes/ellos) Ni siquiera probarán...
I have enjoyed all the lessons but I am twisted up with the sentence "ni siquiera puedo hablar con ella" the logic goes over my head here. Can someone help me make sense of this sentence IN ENGLISH please. It seems to translate " I don't even can't talk with her. Is this one of the phrases that will only make sense in Spanish?
I know what you mean - for me the confusion comes from hearing 'siquiera' as if it's a verb, whereas it's an adverb meaning something more like 'not even'. So the whole sentence is something like: Ni siquiera [Not even] puedo [I am able] hablar con ella [to talk to her]. I'm always forgetting to put the verb afterwards and I'm having to force myself to hear it this way.
Ni siquiera can be translated as don't even or can't even but with the verb poder it's can't even. so the sentence "ni siquiera puedo hablar con ella" is saying I can't even speak with her or I can't even talk to her. hope this helps :)
"Siquiera" is pretty accepted as "even". To give the "even" an adverbial use, it needs a helper... Hence poder means "has the ability to..." and conjugated to "puedo" is "I can". "Ni" means "not", but so does "No". Putting a "not" in an adverbial use, one uses "ni". "Siquiera puedo" means "I can even", like "I can even jump higher (if needed)". "Ni siquiera puedo" means "I cannot even". "No puedo" means "I can't. Using "siquiera" is for emphasis (hopefully on the correct syllable! jajaja).
¡Hola a todos!
If your goal this year or sooner is to achieve Spanish Fluency, then the absolute best thing that you can do is to purchase Paul's course. It is superior to all language courses on the market and I'll actually give you my personal and I think to a great degree, some objective reasons why it is the best course out there - period. First, Paul's course is a complete course. Other courses out there ( most of the "Big Brand" name course out there) only give you part of the picture. Paul starts off with an incremental and intuitive approach. Within the first couple of lessons, you can actually start speaking " Authentic Spanish" sentences with confidence. Paul's subsequent lessons build on the previous lessons, thus giving you a solid foundation from which to build your Spanish Lexicon. Paul uses an intuitive approach, by this, I mean that the methodology that he employs encourages the student to think it out for themselves. This process fosters true learning because you don't memorize anything, you actually lean the material. Once you learn the material, it's with you forever. Paul uses a review technique after each substantial body of learning material that truly gauges your progress through the course and gives you gentle guidance if you need it. Another great feature is that Paul is always available to you. He is eager to help, gives clear and easily comprehensible explanations and takes great pleasure when his students succeed. Personally, when I reached Paul's modules on the Subjunctive tense, I was blown away. After dozens of courses and lame explanations that still left me wondering, after the first go-round, I was speaking to native Spanish-speakers with total confidence. I was even able to crack jokes with them and make them laugh. Paul's course gave me such confidence in my ability that every chance I get, I'll strike up a conversation with an Hablante nativo de español and at times, keep the conversation going for hours. I'm writing a un-solicited endorsement of Paul's course because I want everyone out there to have the same experience that I had during and after Paul's excellent course. It is truly a magical experience when you enage in conversation with a native Spanish Speaker and reply back not having to translate the response in your head first. I want you to closely watch the transformation that occurs on a person's face when you are able to speak to them in their native language - you can see the warmth in their hearts reflected by the glow on their faces. Thanks, Paul - ¡Qué maravilloso curso!
Saludos,
Craig
Wow Craig thank you! I never expected to see such a huge course review as a comment on this video. It's great to hear that your Spanish has been moving forward and that you've grown a lot in confidence as well. That's awesome.
Craig M. Stram *I agree entirely!!*
Agree totally! My ex-wife is Mexican, my current wife is Ecuadorian. I lived in Mexico for a year and a half, and now have lived in Quito, Ecuador for the same length of time. I have paid for - and used - Rosetta Stone and 30 Day Spanish. I am a TESOL certified ESL teacher. But I have mastered - really mastered - more truly usable Spanish in the two months since discovering Spanish with Paul than I had learned in all of my previous experiences! Bravo, Paul!
Craig M. Stram Thank you for writing your opinion and your advice. I' ve starded six weeks ago with the mini course, and learned a lot...
Craig M. Stram I agree,I love the course. He gives so much useful information in his free videos, but it does not compare to the full course. If you're serious about learning Spanish, you have to take the full course. It is much better than any other coarse I've taken.
Whoever agrees with me that Paul is just an amazing teacher can we just say thumbs up on this as a show gratitude and thanks for the good job?
He really is a good teacher, I just realize why, he’s a native English speaker and he teaches Spanish from a totally different point of view from a native Spanish speaker.
My ex-wife is Mexican, my current wife is Ecuadorian. I lived in Mexico for a year and a half, and now have lived in Quito, Ecuador for the same length of time. I have paid for - and used - the Rosetta Stone and 30 Day Spanish courses. I am a TESOL certified ESL teacher. But I have mastered - really mastered - more truly usable Spanish in the two months since discovering Spanish with Paul than I had learned in all of my previous experiences! Bravo, Paul!
That's awesome Michael, thank you!
NOW that I am paid member, I FINALLY realize how important it was to QUIT WRITING and Start LISTENING and PAUSING /ANSWERING and PRACTICING. Gee, after all these years too. I can't learn Spanish as I learned history etc., where notes and note taking were so important. Thanks Paul -- from the Yanqui Gringo !
Ni siquiera sé cómo agradecerte 🙏
Love the way you go back to the most common verbs in each lesson! And love this obscure little word! I really feel closer to achieving fluency with each Monday lesson and I look forward to each one. Muchisimas gracias! 😊
Your videos are always so fascinating. Easy to understand 🙏🏵️🙏
One of my favorite Spanish with Paul videos so far ... and I enjoy them all!
This is my first month studying Spanish! I found this on UA-cam and becomes my favorite channel. Very clear voice both English and Spanish!
Thank you Paul! Muchas gracias!
¡Gracias paul sigue así! saludos desde Filipinas😊👏
Greetigs de Lithaunia. Me gusta mucho tomar un café por la mañana y escuchar tu lección. Eres un súper maestro🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗 Es un gran placer escuchar su voz tranquila y sentir que el idioma español se acerca cada día más.
A mi tambien ^(*-*)^
Te agradezco, señor Paul
Omg! I have searched and searched all the internet all the apps for anything that can actually help me learn spanish. Paul your videos are the only thing that has actually helped me. I live your videos and i am so beyond greatful for your lessons please keep them comming. Can you do a lesson on how to use words in sentences and depending on whom you are talking about the word changes . .. example .. no Hablo espanol vs tu hablar espanol? Ummmm i dont speak spanish..do you speak spanish ... does he speak spanish .. hablar..hablo...hablamos etc i know the words change depending on who is talking and who one is talking about .. i hope this makes sense.
Paul actually goes over that in depth in his full course. It's a bit outside the scope of these mini-lessons.
However, you are correct that Spanish verbs change according to person and number. So to use your example, it would be (yo) hablo español, (tú) hablas español, (él/ella/usted) habla español, (nosotros/nosotras) hablamos español, (vosotros/vosotras) habláis español, (ellos/ellas/ustedes) hablan español.
I put the subject pronouns in parentheses because those are optional in Spanish, since the verb endings already tell us who the subject of the verb is. Subject pronouns are only required in Spanish when it is not clear who the subject is or when an emphasis or a contrast is desired. And vosotros/vosotras is only used in Spain. Everywhere else, ustedes is used as the plural of tú.
Whar Nisbet I would suggest taking his full course. You will learn all of that and much more. It's very reasonabley priced and very worth it if you want to learn Spanish.
I am from Cuba. Spanish is my native language. If I say in spanish....... yo hablo Español....... Tú hablas Español........Ella habla Español and so on with all the different singular and plural pronouns but If I wanted to make a question for example.... Do you speak Spanish ?I left the sentence in the same order as in an affirmative sentences ,I only change the intonation....Tu hablas Español?We only change the intonation.
Agree! These are the best! I listen and take a page of notes every night! ♥
Ni siquiera saber que se poderia aprender espanol tan pronto y tan facilamente ! Gracias Paul !!
*No/Ni siquiera* *sabía* que se *podía* aprender español tan pronto y *tan fácil/facilmente* ¡Gracias, Paul!
An extremely useful phrase. Gracias y salud Paul!
These are excellent Spanish lessons...best on youtube....great job Paul!!
Thank you Paul I learned a lot
Thank you very much, I really needed that expresión the dictionary never got what I was looking for!
Thank you! You're the best. Let's learn next Monday "Despasito", really love this song)
I've been following you all the time & I really love your teachings.
Thanks very much.
But I still have a problem saying things like
I have been sleeping..., I've been working..., I've been using... etc.
Lots of my friends are also in problem
So we would be very grateful if you give us a helping hand.
_Have been_ translates directly as _haber estado_
Just conjugate _haber_ + _estado_ + gerund form so you get, respectively:
_He estado durmiendo_
_He estado trabajando_
_He estado usando_
And so on...
I get so engrossed in your videos that I'm sad when they end. Thanks for another great video.
Muchas Gracias Paul. Te Amo
This was very good thank you.
Como estas Paul ? Te extrano mucho porque hace mucho tiempo que te vi en youtube. Saludos desde Irak.
Great lecture as usual thanks you're the best.
El senor Paul holla, tu eres un maestro de espanol simpatico . Gracias odios
Ni siquiera quiero está enfrente de mi computadora y aprender el lección contigo pero ni siquiera puedo encontrar nada mejor tan tu.
Excelente video Paúl!
thank you , you are really the best
Muchas gracias, Paul!
Paul do More lessons with phrases, maybe even slang… 🙏
gracias Paul
Muy muy bien lecciónes español !
Gracias, muchas bien.
Does this work as a question?
Example:
¿Ni siquiera quieres estar aquí?
Do you even want to be here?
Me encanta lunes!
mikebtko Me encanta el* lunes
muchas gracias
Vamos paul gracias
Great job !! You are the best and I will purchase your collection. So when I purchase it , does it come in cd or just the download?
Wonderful, engaging lesson, as always. Slight error - "direccion, not direcion." Many thanks for revolutionizing my Spanish learning curve! Ni siquiera puedo decir cuan beneficiosas son tus lecciones para mi..........
dirección (con acento)
Andrey Kuleshov Todas las palabras agudas( las palabras que la fuerza de pronunciación cae en la última sílaba)se les pone el acento cuando terminan en N, S o vocal........ dirección, después y mejoró, just to write some examples.👍That’s a grammar rule for Palabras Agudas.
@@andreykuleshov1d1fg _Cuán_ always is has an accent mark if used as an interrogation or exclamation sense.
How much you charge for a complete lesson and do you teach by self daily or just send material daily.is there any certificate and exam after that
Is this a phrase best used with people you are well acquainted with or can it be used with strangers as well? In the US if someone asks you a question and you reply with I don’t even know and less you’re well acquainted with that person it may seem like you were being rude
Hi! Would it also be correct to say: ni siquera quiero verlo a él
let’s say if you want to clarify who you’re talking about. i’ve seen this reemphasis with direct indirect pronoun use through saying “a ella” or like “a madre.”
thank you so so much for your help. as a teacher with five non english speaking students, i have spent a great deal on your channel lately!
also i rarely subscribe to anyone because it confuses me, but i am immediately subscribing to you!
cheers
Maybe only...no siquiera quiero lo ver
Great lesson again. But you only show . "I don't even" how does it alter for you, he them etc? Gracias mi amigo.
Just add the pronoun you need and conjugate the verb in their respective form:
You don't even know - (tú) Ni siquiera sabes;
He/She/It doesn't even find them - (él/ella/eso) Ni siquiera los encuentra;
We don't even were walking - (nosotros) Ni siquiera íbamos caminando;
Y'all/ They don't even will taste - (ustedes/ellos) Ni siquiera probarán...
10:09
But I thought Dónde estámeans four things.
Where it is, where he is, where she is, and where you are (formal you)
Sir, here to ask what if we change to another subject pronouns the structure still remains the same for I don't even?
Thanks
Same structure, but always have to correspond the pronoun with the conjugation.
I have enjoyed all the lessons but I am twisted up with the sentence "ni siquiera puedo hablar con ella" the logic goes over my head here. Can someone help me make sense of this sentence IN ENGLISH please. It seems to translate " I don't even can't talk with her. Is this one of the phrases that will only make sense in Spanish?
I don't get where the PUEDO pops in sentences out of no where! Everything else was perfect lol
I know what you mean - for me the confusion comes from hearing 'siquiera' as if it's a verb, whereas it's an adverb meaning something more like 'not even'. So the whole sentence is something like: Ni siquiera [Not even] puedo [I am able] hablar con ella [to talk to her]. I'm always forgetting to put the verb afterwards and I'm having to force myself to hear it this way.
Ni siquiera can be translated as don't even or can't even but with the verb poder it's can't even. so the sentence "ni siquiera puedo hablar con ella" is saying I can't even speak with her or I can't even talk to her.
hope this helps :)
"Siquiera" is pretty accepted as "even". To give the "even" an adverbial use, it needs a helper... Hence poder means "has the ability to..." and conjugated to "puedo" is "I can". "Ni" means "not", but so does "No". Putting a "not" in an adverbial use, one uses "ni". "Siquiera puedo" means "I can even", like "I can even jump higher (if needed)". "Ni siquiera puedo" means "I cannot even". "No puedo" means "I can't. Using "siquiera" is for emphasis (hopefully on the correct syllable! jajaja).
Awesome lesson ty
4.13.19 sunday
To find. And to discover = discubrir
Am i wrong?
IamVikas you are right (I'm spanish xD)
Yes thats gopd
Sí esta bien
*IamVikas* - You're right! But "To find" It's more like "Encontrar" or "Hallar".
To Find = Encontrar / Hallar (Synonymous)
To discover = Descubrir
We love u paul
Can’t see this lesson
This thing is a mouthful ! :(
Ni siquieria peudo decirte grasies
you best to explen how to things