Iam not a native speaker but I have been trying to learn Spanish for years. You make it easier for me. I was a 3/5 with "Tengo que" I put the sentence together just fine. Tengo que ir al mercado comprar tomatoes, lechuga y pan. Great concept for me.
What an excellent video! Concise and useful suggestions. I have several areas to choose from where my knowledge of various concepts and phrases is between 0 and 3. Keep up the fantastic work. This is an EXCELLENT channel!
The point of this video was good, but now I am confused now by the use of the phrase "tengo que"...I thought the verb tener (tengo) was normally used for describing possession (i.e. I have something....) whereas the verb haber is used to say I have to do something. I will have to search for your video on the topic of tener vs. haber.
I'm learning Spanish and was confused by two things. At 5:18 your graphic is missing "que" "...tenía que ir..." but you say it correctly. Also, why is it "tenía que" instead of "tuvo que"? His going to the bank does not seem like a habitual or ongoing action. It seems like an action that was completed yesterday. Does "ayer" invoke the time and date use of the imperfect tense or is there another reason to use the imperfect tense?
The last part is so true. i explain grammar to my friends when i learn something new and they aren’t even learning spanish but they listen cause they get a better understanding of how it works and know it helps me. Plus i do it to my self i pretend i’m explaining stuff to someone when i’m not
Mil gracias, yo soy maestra de Español para extranjeros, y estoy aprendiendo mucho de tus videos pues tienes una forma muy eficaz de explicar estrategias para aprender un idioma tan extenso como lo es el Español. Felicidades, eres genial. 🙂
I love your videos!! They're super helpful! I was wondering if you could make a video on "por vs para"? That's something I've been struggling with and if anyone can help me understand it it's you!! Thank you!!
Watching Netflix helps a LOT. I remember watching Mexican Television shows on Netflix and here are some of the phrases I learnt: - Ahí nos vidrios - Se me cayó el viente - Se me hace que
5:18 Why is it “tenía ir” instead of “tenía que ir” here? Is the latter wrong? Or maybe you just drop “que” to avoid too many “que” in the same sentence, while still making sense? Edit: Sounds like you said the 2nd “que” out loud, anyway 😅
Sweetie pie, spanish is so much closer to French than English .... Why are you teaching this? Spanish is a latin language like French and not at all a germanic language.... I find it so funny when you mentioned spanish is like English..... baby...
Very helpful. Thank you. At 5:19, the caption says "Ayer me dijo que tenia ir al banco," omitting the "que" between "tenia" and "ir" although you say it correctly. Not nice to confuse students!
Thanks Allise. You know I must have spent around 40 hours working on this video and I think I watched it maybe 15 times to check for errors. And I had another person watch the video to look for errors. And neither of us saw this. I'm so annoyed that I can't fix it because UA-cam doesn't allow a video to be edited once it is uploaded.
@@realfastspanish No te preocupes. It happens. Anyone paying attention will notice the difference between what is said and written, and realize there was a slip. Not a big dael.
@@realfastspanish I noticed that as well, but wrote it off as a slip. I know from personal experience when editing my own writing, I can get so familiar with the content that I "fill in the blanks" without even realizing it. As Matt P. said, Not a big deal.
@@patrickpaulsen6401 An editor once told me, when you're done with your review, read the entire article backwards to make sure you're not skipping over something.
Super helpful to see the spaced repetition across a while -- this is excellent. I've seen "spaced repetition" a zillion times without fully understanding how often I needed to "check on it" to make sure it stays in my memory.
This is not a Spanish lesson! How lovely it would be to find language instruction videos that omit redundant explanations of the obvious, and avoid falling back on cliché mechanistic inapplicable breakdowns of how memory works or doesn't work, and instead would simply stick to precise, concrete expanations of how the target language functions, trusting that the student will pay attention and catch on. This is a rant, yes.
Hi, it's been a ive came across you videos . Really finding it helpful and interesting in the way you go about teaching. I really need to crack the conversation 😩 so keep the great videos coming please. Are you on twitter ?
If you say "no puedo encontro este", this in English is "I cannot I find this". We need to say "encontrar" which is either "find" or "to find" in English.
E. L. Thorndike, the father of educational, said that practice makes perfect...and he was so right. Thank you for another excellent lesson in Spanish. Everything that you say is always "spot-on" and correct. To learn a foreign language, mathematics, or anything, the student must realize that there is always a price to be paid...time!
I agree with your concept of always a price to be paid. We all get 24 hours a day of time … no charge. The catch is you can’t get time back once it passes. So maybe the price is whatever the alternative use of the time was? It is a wonderful time to be alive. We are unburdened from survival in our daily lives and have choices. Espero que tengas un buen día amigo.
OMG OMG OMG! Literally for 6 weeks I’ve been trying to get THIS EXACT ADVICE. I came across your videos, listening to the whole list as I’m showering(random fact) then I HEAR THE INTRO and literally shout… FU**ing FINALLY!!!!! someone gets it!!!!! Thank you so much for this . Amazing !!!!!
Thank you very much for your awsome videos🤗 I am a non-native English speaker ( Actually I didn't have to speak so far, I can not speak well most likely) your viseos improve not only my Spanish but also my English. 😊😊🌸🌸
Tengo setenta años .. soy viejo lol. So back to English so it does not take all day. At 66 I became a serious student of Spanish. I see and experience the forgetting curve daily as I take my morning walk and drill on sections of a 5,000 word vocabulary course to begin my 3 more hours of focused study. . So while I can’t disagree with the basic principles your excellent video provides I think there are several other memory setting techniques that the “Spanish language teaching Industry” misses. I .don’t know the names so I will give them my own names. 1. Daily review of pronunciation fundamentals, that is, the sounds of vowels, diphthongs, and combinations (por ejemplo bra bre bri bro bru). Now see, hear, and feel these sounds as you pronounce all of them as you practice “en voz Alta”. 2. Practice everything out loud and when you can’t recall then get mad and channel that energy into paying better attention to your studies. 3. Spend time each day “studying ahead”. For example find an advanced lesson and challenge yourself to review what you already know and to struggle with what you don’t. Then repeat that lesson the net day and the next until it is no longer a struggle. I could go on but you are the teacher and I the student. Anyone can learn anything. They just have to do whatever it takes. Thank you for all of you great lessons. I am a fan.
I find your advice very helpful and applicable. I have been keeping your tips through the newsletters. I tried visiting your page to register for a class. I don't know how can I determine which level do I belong? I had been doing self-study with Spanish. Do you have any admission test to identify who qualifies for a levels 1, 2, or 3?
Remembering my vocabulary is my main problem. I cant remember the new VOCABULARY I learn and it makes learning very frustrating. Any tips on how I CAN improve my memory ?
A general comment for you (positive) Your videos are not too long. There is a very, distractingly, pretty female Spanish utuber who tends to pick a subject and the explanations are too long to maintain full attention! Yours are bite size so you embark on them in the first place, and continue with full concentration to the end. Excellent stuff….
REQUEST: It is good to see you making new youtube content. You have a few really good videos but I would like to see more. As a suggestion for I topic I would like to see a video on a complete listing of all the conjugations of the verb haber including the indicative mood present, preterate, imperfect, future, and conditional tenses. In addition the two subjunctive mood congugations present and past. That would make a total of 7 charts. With each of the seven charts and congugations it would be nice to include what compound tense the conjugation is used for. For example present conjugation of haber is for "present perfect tense" Thanks, and this is just a suggestion keep those videos coming you are doing great.
I like to memorize longer sentences that can be used in a wide variety of situations, and practice saying them quickly to myself, until it all just flows naturally, for example: "Todo lo que puedo hacer en estas situaciones es reírme."
I do the same…you get more bang for your buck that way..I practiced “donde puedo encontrar las toallas para la piscina..?” Before going to Mexico so many times I can break it out at full speed at any moment…plug and play
I really hate phrases. Why can't we just translate word to word and make same sentences in Spanish? Surprisingly Spanish have a ton of phrases like these and it's inevitable. If someone says a phrase and you never heard of it, you will get a completely different meaning.
How well have you mastered your phrase? What was your score out of 5?
Oops... @5:18 you missed the key word 'que' in the subtitle/caption (but you do say it)
Iam not a native speaker but I have been trying to learn Spanish for years. You make it easier for me. I was a 3/5 with "Tengo que" I put the sentence together just fine. Tengo que ir al mercado comprar tomatoes, lechuga y pan. Great concept for me.
02/11/2022 Your explanations are clear and your videos help in learning Spanish. Muchas gracias.
Such a great teacher! Thank you
What an excellent video. Thank you so much. 👍
Wondering why you used the imperfect ‘tenía’ with ayer instead of the pretérito in the first example?
Gracias por su buen presentación.
De nada :)
What an excellent video! Concise and useful suggestions. I have several areas to choose from where my knowledge of various concepts and phrases is between 0 and 3. Keep up the fantastic work. This is an EXCELLENT channel!
Thanks for the kind words Warren!
Totally agree with Warren. Andrew is the best, especially for non-Americans
Es genial, gracias, muy util.
Muy bien, tengo que ver más de tus videos. Mi nivel de "tengo que" es 5 pero, me doy cuenta de que tengo que hacer más trabajar con las otras frases.
¡Gracias Bail! Muy bien 😊
Your channel is criminally under subscribed
At 5:20 there is a graphic on the screen with a word missing.
The point of this video was good, but now I am confused now by the use of the phrase "tengo que"...I thought the verb tener (tengo) was normally used for describing possession (i.e. I have something....) whereas the verb haber is used to say I have to do something. I will have to search for your video on the topic of tener vs. haber.
I'm learning Spanish and was confused by two things. At 5:18 your graphic is missing "que" "...tenía que ir..." but you say it correctly. Also, why is it "tenía que" instead of "tuvo que"? His going to the bank does not seem like a habitual or ongoing action. It seems like an action that was completed yesterday. Does "ayer" invoke the time and date use of the imperfect tense or is there another reason to use the imperfect tense?
Yes, this is complicated, and I may do a video on this in the future.
I'm a native spanish speaker, and your videos have helped me a lot for my english classes. Thanks 😁😁
The last part is so true. i explain grammar to my friends when i learn something new and they aren’t even learning spanish but they listen cause they get a better understanding of how it works and know it helps me. Plus i do it to my self i pretend i’m explaining stuff to someone when i’m not
Mil gracias, yo soy maestra de Español para extranjeros, y estoy aprendiendo mucho de tus videos pues tienes una forma muy eficaz de explicar estrategias para aprender un idioma tan extenso como lo es el Español. Felicidades, eres genial. 🙂
I love your videos!! They're super helpful! I was wondering if you could make a video on "por vs para"? That's something I've been struggling with and if anyone can help me understand it it's you!! Thank you!!
Watching Netflix helps a LOT. I remember watching Mexican Television shows on Netflix and here are some of the phrases I learnt:
- Ahí nos vidrios
- Se me cayó el viente
- Se me hace que
Ahí nos *vemos*
Se me callo el *diente*
Amazing...trying to learn something with that damned music in the background. TURN THE MUSIC OFF.
At 5:19 minutes in, you're missing a "que" in the phrase "Ayer me dijo que tenIa QUE ir al banco."
5:18 Why is it “tenía ir” instead of “tenía que ir” here?
Is the latter wrong? Or maybe you just drop “que” to avoid too many “que” in the same sentence, while still making sense?
Edit: Sounds like you said the 2nd “que” out loud, anyway 😅
Sweetie pie, spanish is so much closer to French than English .... Why are you teaching this? Spanish is a latin language like French and not at all a germanic language.... I find it so funny when you mentioned spanish is like English..... baby...
Please consider having NO background music - my brain is struggling to hear the sounds of a new language while subtracting the sounds of the music
Good video y info!!!! gracias
Very helpful. Thank you. At 5:19, the caption says "Ayer me dijo que tenia ir al banco," omitting the "que" between "tenia" and "ir" although you say it correctly. Not nice to confuse students!
Thanks Allise. You know I must have spent around 40 hours working on this video and I think I watched it maybe 15 times to check for errors. And I had another person watch the video to look for errors. And neither of us saw this. I'm so annoyed that I can't fix it because UA-cam doesn't allow a video to be edited once it is uploaded.
@@realfastspanish No te preocupes. It happens. Anyone paying attention will notice the difference between what is said and written, and realize there was a slip. Not a big dael.
@@realfastspanish I noticed that as well, but wrote it off as a slip. I know from personal experience when editing my own writing, I can get so familiar with the content that I "fill in the blanks" without even realizing it. As Matt P. said, Not a big deal.
@@patrickpaulsen6401 An editor once told me, when you're done with your review, read the entire article backwards to make sure you're not skipping over something.
@@drummershort Yes, I have used that technique as well - it works very well.
Super helpful to see the spaced repetition across a while -- this is excellent. I've seen "spaced repetition" a zillion times without fully understanding how often I needed to "check on it" to make sure it stays in my memory.
That's great feedback! I'm so pleased you made that connection!
Make more viddeeeooos
They’re so good :)
Your enthusiasm is contagious. Can't get enough. Thankyou sooo much. Repetition, repetition and keep watching your videos.
This is not a Spanish lesson! How lovely it would be to find language instruction videos that omit redundant explanations of the obvious, and avoid falling back on cliché mechanistic inapplicable breakdowns of how memory works or doesn't work, and instead would simply stick to precise, concrete expanations of how the target language functions, trusting that the student will pay attention and catch on.
This is a rant, yes.
What a great lesson! I’m going to take your advice as of today. Muchas gracias !
Excellent
Excellent!...as usual!! It's a pleasure listening to this teacher present Spanish.
Hi, it's been a ive came across you videos . Really finding it helpful and interesting in the way you go about teaching. I really need to crack the conversation 😩 so keep the great videos coming please. Are you on twitter ?
Hmmm you really sold this im convinced😊
This is really an excellent video, it gave me the straight up idea how to work strategically on my loose strings. ¡Gracias!
Question: Why literally use "I cannot to find this" in Spanish like "No puedo encontrar este" instead of "No puedo encontro este"?
In English "cannot/can " is not a verb...!
If you say "no puedo encontro este", this in English is "I cannot I find this". We need to say "encontrar" which is either "find" or "to find" in English.
too much blah blah blah in english
E. L. Thorndike, the father of educational, said that practice makes perfect...and he was so right.
Thank you for another excellent lesson in Spanish. Everything that you say is always "spot-on" and correct. To learn a foreign language, mathematics, or anything, the student must realize that there is always a price to be paid...time!
I agree with your concept of always a price to be paid. We all get 24 hours a day of time … no charge. The catch is you can’t get time back once it passes. So maybe the price is whatever the alternative use of the time was? It is a wonderful time to be alive. We are unburdened from survival in our daily lives and have choices. Espero que tengas un buen día amigo.
@@harrywensel8456 Igualmente
tenia que ir al banco?
OMG OMG OMG! Literally for 6 weeks I’ve been trying to get THIS EXACT ADVICE. I came across your videos, listening to the whole list as I’m showering(random fact) then I HEAR THE INTRO and literally shout… FU**ing FINALLY!!!!! someone gets it!!!!! Thank you so much for this . Amazing !!!!!
De todos ellos
Thank you very much for your awsome videos🤗 I am a non-native English speaker ( Actually I didn't have to speak so far, I can not speak well most likely) your viseos improve not only my Spanish but also my English. 😊😊🌸🌸
Tengo setenta años .. soy viejo lol. So back to English so it does not take all day. At 66 I became a serious student of Spanish. I see and experience the forgetting curve daily as I take my morning walk and drill on sections of a 5,000 word vocabulary course to begin my 3 more hours of focused study. . So while I can’t disagree with the basic principles your excellent video provides I think there are several other memory setting techniques that the “Spanish language teaching Industry” misses. I .don’t know the names so I will give them my own names. 1. Daily review of pronunciation fundamentals, that is, the sounds of vowels, diphthongs, and combinations (por ejemplo bra bre bri bro bru). Now see, hear, and feel these sounds as you pronounce all of them as you practice “en voz Alta”. 2. Practice everything out loud and when you can’t recall then get mad and channel that energy into paying better attention to your studies. 3. Spend time each day “studying ahead”. For example find an advanced lesson and challenge yourself to review what you already know and to struggle with what you don’t. Then repeat that lesson the net day and the next until it is no longer a struggle. I could go on but you are the teacher and I the student. Anyone can learn anything. They just have to do whatever it takes. Thank you for all of you great lessons. I am a fan.
I find your advice very helpful and applicable. I have been keeping your tips through the newsletters. I tried visiting your page to register for a class. I don't know how can I determine which level do I belong? I had been doing self-study with Spanish. Do you have any admission test to identify who qualifies for a levels 1, 2, or 3?
Yes, we have a placement test, just look for the link on the signup page to schedule your admission test.
Very clear explanation, thanks
Excellent lesson - thank you.
Great information thankyou
Wow
Remembering my vocabulary is my main problem. I cant remember the new VOCABULARY I learn and it makes learning very frustrating. Any tips on how I CAN improve my memory ?
Great channel. Tu eres uno maestro bueno. Gracias por Clases ( because of!?)
A general comment for you (positive)
Your videos are not too long. There is a very, distractingly, pretty female Spanish utuber who tends to pick a subject and the explanations are too long to maintain full attention! Yours are bite size so you embark on them in the first place, and continue with full concentration to the end. Excellent stuff….
Thank you for your hard work. It shows!
I used to teach, and would suggest to my fellow instructors that the best way to master you subject was to teach it. Repetition of a thought.
What an excellent video!! Thank you so much!
REQUEST: It is good to see you making new youtube content. You have a few really good videos but I would like to see more.
As a suggestion for I topic I would like to see a video on a complete listing of all the conjugations of the verb haber including the indicative mood present, preterate, imperfect, future, and conditional tenses. In addition the two subjunctive mood congugations present and past. That would make a total of 7 charts. With each of the seven charts and congugations it would be nice to include what compound tense the conjugation is used for. For example present conjugation of haber is for "present perfect tense"
Thanks, and this is just a suggestion keep those videos coming you are doing great.
Thanks for the suggestion Eric, I will keep it in mind!
Easy to follow your presentation.
These videos are great. Subscribed.
it do take nerve to flatten the (memory) curve!
very helpful advise thank you.
Thanks, that was really helpful!
cuando sacaras uno nuevo
You're a good teacher
The teacher is very fast.
Excellent Andrew
Super video. Muchas gracias 🙏
¡Gracias Lisa!
Oh I like that graph. Got some confidence in continuing my learning of Spanish. Thanks!
Please stop background music it diverts from attention.
I like to memorize longer sentences that can be used in a wide variety of situations, and practice saying them quickly to myself, until it all just flows naturally, for example:
"Todo lo que puedo hacer en estas situaciones es reírme."
I do the same…you get more bang for your buck that way..I practiced “donde puedo encontrar las toallas para la piscina..?” Before going to Mexico so many times I can break it out at full speed at any moment…plug and play
I really hate phrases. Why can't we just translate word to word and make same sentences in Spanish? Surprisingly Spanish have a ton of phrases like these and it's inevitable. If someone says a phrase and you never heard of it, you will get a completely different meaning.