Hola Jordan. I started learning Spanish when my daughter started Spanish in school. It's fun because I use your videos with others on the internet (Yours for the most part. They are the best I've found.) and she's learning the conventional way. I showed her your videos and things became so much easier for her to understand. Entertaining and informative keeps it enjoyable to watch. Around 5:55 you explain about eres and es being different. The way I remembered the conjugation was that these two didn't start with "s" but they were the ones slightly resembling the English conjugation. You ARE. Tu EREs. Ere resembles "are" and add the "s" that the tu forms have = eres. Not a perfect match but close enough to jog the memory. Same deal with es. He/she is. El/ella es. Pretty close. Maybe this will help some to remember these two. Anyway, Thanks for the videos. Love the ones from your trips. By the way, just became a Gringo Forever this week!
Dude, I´m a native speaker, I don´t if you have ever done this, but I think it would be a very interesting thing if you make a video describing the differences between Peninsular Spanish and Latin American Spanish (I say this because I´m not used to say vosotros, I always say ustedes) Hope you take this in mind. Great videos
Soy profesora de español. Siempre los enseño juntos. De hecho creo que se enseñan juntos cuando se dan los verbos irregulares: estar, ser e ir. Me encanta tu canal. Bravo!!!!!
Ese momento en el que te das cuenta de que hay personas como tu a las que les gusta el español, tanto como a algunos latinos o hispano parlantes les gusta el Inglés, felicidades por tu trabajo..
+marianin Gs Ni el español de América ni el de Canarias (a lo mejor de ahí tienen ustedes la influencia) usa el pronombre "vosotros" sino el "ustedes", pero lo bueno es que se conjuga igual que la forma verbal de "ellos" (menos mal, si no, pobres estudiantes de español)
Hey I'm from Germany but your Videos help me a lot during spanish learning, thats the best (free) spanishlearnig Videos I found on the web. I just want to say thank you, keep uop the great work .
The difference between "ser" and "estar" is perhaps the most frequent question every English speaking person asks to us Spanish... and I think it's the most difficult thing to learn for every person studying Spanish as a second language. Your videos are great, otherwise I don't know how come a native Spanish is watching this at 2:51 AM on a working day. Greetings from Gran Canaria (that's in the Canaries XD )
Pues para los hispanohablante es muy sencillo: "ser" se refiere a un estado permanente: "Ella es guapa" (siempre lo es). "Estar" se refiere a un estado temporal: "ella está guapa" (hoy está especialmente guapa, más que otras veces). Un saludo desde España.
Para complementar la explicación It's easier on this way . Ser : to describe or give details about your personal information such as your name or who are you -Yo soy Juan profession -yo soy un cantante - , how do I look like yo soy guapo -how am I like yo soy amable -Nationality label Yo soy de Narnia Estár : To describe feelings and in which place are you in the moment. - Yo estoy triste -yo estoy feliz Place : -Yo estoy en el parque -To describe myself in the highest level que guapo estoy
yo soy Christian = ser = i'm Christian yo estoy en la cafeteria = estar = i'm at the cafeteria. it's almost the same as English with some minor differences.
Paula, permite desmentirte. Ser es la esencia, lo que se es, no importa si es permanente o no. Estar, por el otro lado, sí representa estados temporales. Ella es guapa, pero cuando envejeció dejó de serlo. Juan Carlos de Borbon era rey, pero ya no lo es. Ni eso es permanente. Los estudiantes son jóvenes, pero en unos años ni estudiantes ni jóvenes. Ser representa lo que hay, lo que existe, las características que definen. Además ser y estar describen naturalezas diferentes, por eso no son los dos valores de una misma variable, y por eso mismo se pueden usar con el mismo adjetivo para decir diferentes cosas: ser verde vs estar verde, ser cómodo vs. estar cómodo, ser seguro vs. estar seguro, por solo mencionar algunas. La diferencia en realidad es muy compleja ya que los verbos a veces funcionan como copulativos, a veces como auxiliares y a veces funcionan de forma diferente. Decir que ESTAR es para cosas no permanentes es más cercano a la verdad que asegurar que SER es para algo permanente. Hace unas semanas vi una serie de TV con una artista que era BELLISIMA. Ahora es una mujer elegante y de buen ver, pero a sus más de 65 años puedo afirmar que con toda mi admiración, la belleza NO es permanente. Ella era guapa, fue la mujer más bella de la TV mexicana, pero la vida nos cambia, y la belleza está entre esos atributos que se van y no regresan. Saludos cordiales y disculpa el arrebato, pero desde hace unos meses he decidido luchar contra todo argumento que diga que ser es permanente (al estar lo dejo en paz).
Mi espanol techaer always show us your videos i understand it much better i never under no teacher was able to explain it to me better then u so thank you.
Thank you! Seeing these three together is much more easier to learn then by learning them one at a time how my professor introduced them. I have more confidence conjugating them now.
Julie Horvath I'm so glad to hear that! The story I told in the video is totally true. It gets a little more confusing in the past tense since ser and ir both conjugate the same sometimes. I did an AHA! when I saw them all together, all in one place. I'm glad this helped you. Thanks for telling me.
Querido amigo. I love all your videos! I am a Spanish girl and I live in Madrid. I don't really need this lessons, but I love them. I love the way you teach the spanish to others and the methods you use: They're so funny and well explained! I'm starting to realize how difficult is the language I speak so naturally, because it is my native language. And I think that it is a real feat that people like you are interested in learn more about it, even when it's very difficult (actually for us too)! Thanks for doing this! Oh! I nearly forgot! In minute 4:35 you wrote "VAMANOS" which is incorrect. The correct form is "VÁMONOS"....And if you add the "tildes" to estáis, estás, etc... use it too in "VÁIS". Have a good day ;)
Hola gringo, I really enjoy watching your videos, although I'm a native Spanish speaker and I am studying Spanish as my career in college they're fun to watch. However, I think you made a mistake by saying that "Estar" and "Ir" have exactly the same endings because they DON'T. I mean they look like they have the same letters at the end and it's true but you're missing a very important part about Spanish grammar, accents. Accents are essential when learning Spanish. If you don't know how to use them you're going to end up mispronounsing words. So for example, if you don't put the accent on Estás and Está you would end up saying "These and This" (Estas and Esta). So, don't forget to tell them that yes they might have the same use of letters but accents are essential.
Just the same with mama and mamá, wich the first one is to suck and the second one means mom. hahaha or bebé and bebe, first one being baby and the second one to drink.
Los acentos de "esta" son mis favoritos. Está = verbo. ¿Dónde está mi zapato? Where IS my shoe? Esta = adjetivo. ¿Quieres esta manzana? Do you want THIS apple? Ésta= pronombre. Ésta es mi blusa. THIS is my shirt. Ha sido una de las que más me cuestan pero la amo.
thank you, thank you, thank you. I have always thought it was weird also that these three are not taught together! helps it become clearer for me that i can have it all in one place! (hallelujah music) Muchisimas Gracias
Zlata Kopřivová I agree. He's very funny and I think his method would be great if his pronunciation was better. I'm Spaniard and I can barely understand him. He sounds like a guiri asking for "paela" and "sangruia". Anyway, I love the t-shirts he wears ^_^
We are headed to Puerto Rico before long to volunteer, but it’s been MANY years (ok, 2+ decades LOL) since I did very well in 4 college courses in Spanish. Hmmmm I am way past rusty. Thanks for this clip, SER may cause insanity 😫
Hello. I’ve recently found your podcast and UA-cam channel. I am new to learning Spanish and you’ve been a great help. I’ve been trying to download some study sheets from older episodes and it gives me an error. Is there any other way I can get this information? And again thank you!!
Gringo is spanish your mothertonque? I can hear there strong English accent. I'm starting to learn Spanish and I'm not an expert but Spanish pronounciation is quite close to Polish (I'm Pole) and there are: hard "R", straight vowels etc. and I can hear a soft "r" or "ou" from you. Is that good?
correct. you're the first comment that addressed that. It's not pronounced "no-so-CHROS" but more like "no-so-TODOS" The R is pronounced more like a D in spanish, and the V is more like a B.
In Spanish, verbs don't have male/female conjugations. The gender is in the subject pronoun. Your example with "is" is tricky, there are multiple ways to say "is". But "he is" would be "él es" or "él está". Then "she is" is "ella es" or "ella está". Simpler example w/ comer (to eat): Él come (he eats). Ella come (she eats). Another thing that might be confusing you, subject pronouns don't have to be used in Spanish usually (even though that's where the gender is!) There are lot of things going on in this video. Check these other videos to better understand this one: spanishdude.com/quickies/subject-pronouns/ spanishdude.com/quickies/pronouns-optional/ spanishdude.com/quickies/ar-present/ Good luck!
Okay great lessons but, in which instance do you use the words in? Tú hablas? How do you know which sentence has the respective word with conjugation? I have a test and I am still stuck
1. Ser is mostly to be. Ser hermosa. To be beautiful. Yo soy una persona. I am a person. Can you "to be" a person? Can you replace it with "to be"? It's ser. If not, go to the next verb. 2. Estar is an inmediate action to the person. It may also be explained as a state of being. Say, you are always a girl, that is ser. But tonight you are a beautiful girl, then it's estar. Yo estoy en mi casa. I am home. Is it permanent? Then it's ser. CN it change? Then it's estar. 3. Ir must have a place. To ir, you must have a place to move to from a place. Iré a la playa. I'll go to the beach. If it doesn't say the place you must ask "where?" Would it have an answer then? Yo iré mañana. I'll go tomorrow. I'll go where? If you're still in doubt, say "I will be tomorrow" (ser) it makes sense, but isn't likely. Move on. "I will be tomorrow" (estar) is the same as previously but it is more of a state of being. Will you be "tomorrow" the next day? Probably not. So, it's ir.
Dudes, as someone who's first language is French, who then learnt English & Chinese, I'm in my 2nd week into Spanish now & I can tell you Spanish is practically French & I guarantee in 6 months I'll have mastered reasonable Intermediate Spanish however, the first thing that caught my eyes with Spanish is the exceptionally arcane complexity of IR, SER & ESTAR tenses. IR gets nastier in the subjunctive form from the present Vaya, Haya ido, Fuera-Fuese, Hubiera hido, Hubiese hido, Fuere, Hibiere ido, Yendo & ido but hey, big deal if you're French or Italian, Spanish is not a new language - just a conversion or a walk in the park.
+Franck Yan Spanish is my first language. I started to learn french like 2 months ago and you are right, our languages are pretty similar, and knowing already english makes it even easier due to all the similar words between french and english.
Franck Yan by definition, it is not arcane. I can say however that it's definitely weird and doesn't follow a logical approach when it comes to certain tenses. A LOT of adult native Spanish speakers still speak or write those forms incorrectly which just goes to show how (like you said) complex and bizarre it is.
Cindy Watson I knoooooow. This was one of my first ones. I never imagined in a million years teachers would be watching my videos, let alone showing them to students. I NEVER swear now. And I'll go back and redo these ones without the swearing. Only a few of the 43 videos I've made have any in the first place. But I don't swear anymore at all. Give me another chance =)
Gringo Español just a detail. should say vamonos and not vamanos. probably a mistake. but in practice the reason that is difficult is because is very formal. is more useful to use "nos vamos" instead of "vamonos", except on some specific paragraph.
¡Hola! I'm a Spanish Teacher in Southern CA, and I'm always looking for fun little vignettes to share with my students--Thank you for your humor, your content, your strong "teacher voice" and your engaging personality. I think you really make it "come together" for the students, grammatically speaking, and in a very entertaining way. I think they'll be hooked when I show them some of your videos. :) Keep 'em comin' --¡Gracias!
My literature (literatura because I live in a spanish speaking country) teachers always have them! There are tons of them in spanish. They're funny too. PS Try to not say your location. Say "in the US" or "in the northern/southern/western/easter US" or something rather general. It's quite easy to look you up and people might try to hurt you.
Hi mr jorden, l'm Egyptien man who likes stadying languages. I've been watching your vedios and l want to ask you about something. I know that the (V) in spanish is pronounced as (B) in English but you , ser pronounced it (V). I got confused so can you tell me what is correct?🤔😟
Ok. Here is what I don't get about "ir". i've been learning that "voy, vas, va, vamos, vais, y van" all mean that I/you/we/etc. is going to do something. it is used like a future tense but, it is really present tense (according to the spanish dictionary) so how do i say "I go to the gym" because from what i've learned it seems "voy al gimnasio" would mean "i am going to gym" or "i will go to the gym"
it's present tense and you got it right " voy al gimnasio" is I go to the gym, but to say I'm going to the gym will be " voy a ir al gimnasio" that is future tense and " ire al gimnasio" will be in English "I will go to the gym".
malmpz ok. so it becomes future tense when you put it in front of another verb? in a sense? like "voy a hacerlo" "i'm going to do it" "voy a comer una manzana" "i'm going to eat an apple"
+umidontno040394 The thing is that "Ir a + verbo" has future time reference, althouh the form is present. "Voy a ir al gimnasio" means that you have planned to go to the gym in the near future and it translates as "I'm going to go to the gym". Just like English uses the present continuous for future reference: "I'm going to the gym" in english can mean both that I am going at this moment (present) or that I have planned to go in the near future (tomorrow, for example, but not now= future time reference).
My 7th graders loved this video, and I have found your explanations to be very helpful when teaching grammar. However, is the bleeped out curse word really necessary?
Thank you! I'm glad they love it. I totally messed up with the cursing. But this video is from the very beginning. The second I knew that real students in real classes were watching my videos, I stopped swearing, not beeped out, not anything. I went back and made clean versions of all the videos with bleeps. Here's the clean version of this video: ua-cam.com/video/yPMomnt6xTU/v-deo.html But in the future you can count on me 100% to not swear. I'm sorry. And thank you so much for showing my videos and leaving this polite comment.
Thanks God, English is my second language, Spanish is so difficult even for native speakers, "Ir" is not only "vamos" it is also: Yo iré, Él/Ella irá, Nosotros iremos and Ellos/as irán, we dont use the "vosotros" pronoun, nobody does! just in spain is used. Instead, we use "nosotros" even to refer to 2 people :D
Vladimir Castillo Chaval Vosotros doesn't mean nosotros it means USTEDES , that in English means You, hehe and you are right the Spanish is an interesting language because even native spackers have problems with it.
Vladimir Castillo yeah but "yo iré", El "Irá" Nosotros "iremos" and so on well its future tense, we use voy in present tense. its true we dont use vosotros though, nobody speaks like that XD.. only in Spain. but we use Ustedes. Yo soy Tu eres El/ Ella es Nosotros somos Ustedes son / Vosotros soís(this is never used NEVER like never ever, only in old books like bible and such) ellos son
Vladimir Castillo Seguramente ya te dijeron, pero "vosotros" y "nosotros" no es lo mismo. "Vosotros" es "USTEDES". "Nosotros" es "nosotros" aquí y en España. Ah, y como comentario personal, no creo que sea menos importante aunque sólo se use allá. Si amas el español, lo amas en todas sus formas, si no, sólo amas tu acento, lo cual te haría muy nacionalista.
This video is very helpful! Thank you! I would love to see one that talks about Por Vs Para in a similar way, I am really struggling to find a way to make the different uses stick. Pointers would be greatly appreciated.
Tu metodología es simple y fácil, muy buen video, creo que deberías enseñar también acerca de los verbos irregulares en español que son bastante complicados para quienes quieren aprender, saludos.
I would say as a Spanish native speaker both "fue" and "era" mean the same to you in English, in the Spanish vocabulary we use it in different situations that's all
"Ella fue mi amiga" is a very unusual sentence in Spanish. For it to make sense you need to add more information, for example, "ella fue mi amiga hasta que cumplí los dieciocho..." or something like that. The second sentence is different because it doesn't need any complement. "Ella era mi amiga" is the form in Spanish for the typical English sentence starting with "she used to be my..." It means, expressing that not any longer she is your friend.
+Albert Rendón I hadn't thought of it that way but you've got a point and it makes total sense. Maybe it's just that we are so use to the Spanish language that sometimes you just can't see there are actually differences in the words we use
Albert Rendón with "fue" you have to use more information, because "fue" is typically used to describe events, rather than providing inherent characteristics (in this case era would be better). Como te fue hoy? (correct you want a description of the event) Como te era hoy? (completely incorrect).
+Eli B you are misunderstanding how we use "fue" and "era". Those 2 examples have nothing to do with one another. Como te fue hoy? Is like saying how did your day go? For us "fue" in Spanish means GO and BE in past tense so fue and era in that sentence DON'T mean the same. Like Ella fue = she went or she was ... The way we differentiate is: Ella fue al parque - she went to the park Ella fue/era mi Amiga - she was my friend Hope it helps
I don't know if you have done it already but...a video only for the verb HACER would be also veeeery useful for learners. Almost all of the complex conjugations use this verb so I think it'll be very helpful. A recommendation from a Spanish native ;)
Hacer means to do, to make. Hacer tareas. Do homework. It's a ver basic word mostly looked down upon because of it's varied used. Hacer comida, hacer la limpieza. To cook, to clean. But you could also say cocinar and limpiar. Those would be best. Spanish has loads of verbs you can use instead of hacer, so I recommend trying to find a lot instead of focusing on this one that is hard for you.
Otra cosa confusa es que el pasado de "ser" y de "ir" son iguales osea "fui", por ejemplo: yo fui a la playa= I went to beach. Yo fui un buen amigo= I was a good friend.
That's crazy talk!!! So you know the past tense conjugations right? That's where it gets really crazy. "I went" is "fui" but "I was" is "fui" (with ser). HUH? This stuff HAS TO be taught together. I can't believe neither of us have seen it before!
Hey Spanish Dude, can you make a video about changing the adjective to the comparative and superlative forms plz. Gracias and keep up the great work :)
idk what i'm doing here 'cause i'm a spanish speaker, anyways i wanted to say that "vosotros" is commonly used in Spain in Latinoamerica we use "Ustedes"
+JustAnother Voice Yeah... The interesting thing is that to use the imperative in second person plural (vosotros) is somehow harder than with our second person plural (ustedes). If you see the conjugations it is quite different XD
In spain we use also ustedes , like the plural of usted . And vosotros as the plural of tú . In both usted and ustedes go whith the third person of the verb, and tu and vosotros whit the second person. There is not such a difference . You only use allways ustedes in plural , it, s not a big deal . And for learning makes more sense than use second person in singular and third in plural , I think .
as a someone who has to study English, I've got the inverse process to learn verbs, times and pronouns. basically we use a table for regular an irregular verbs. it's easy with the regulars verbs and later goes for the irregular. later come with the past and future times.we use the pronoun table and later applies the time. even when get complicated could use 2 Technics, use a synonymous or use a comparative between two o more possible word to think which one is the correct.
Buen vídeo, pero en español no pronunciamos el sonido "v", lo hemos perdido. Pronunciamos la "v" igual que la "b". Así que en realidad decimos /boi/, /bas/, /ba, /bamos/...
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"Yo soy una persona que esta apunto de irse a dormir" So, there you go with your sentence with the "3 Enemigos" is not that difficult you know.-. (Well at least for me 'cause I speak spanish and I learned english since Kindergartner *not bragging just trying to help * ) Btw I love that you're trying to teach spanish is so awesome!!
Te faltaron dos enemigos mas: haber y tener. we have it hard too in grammar, but once you know, spanish is wonderful! Ah, y la conjugacion para los pronombres formales Usted y Ustedes, mas usados en Latinoamerica. (lo siento, este teclado no me deja poner acentos)
Sí. Vámonos = it's in comand form and would mean = we're leaving. ( in a sort of commanding way. ) and there's "ya nos vamos" "We're leaving" subtle. Esperémonos _ we''re waiting.
It's funny how you pronounce "Nosotros" and "Vosotros" :)) Nawsawtraws and Vawsawtraws :P Muchas grracias por esos lecciones amigo. I learned much from your channel
Hola Jordan. I started learning Spanish when my daughter started Spanish in school. It's fun because I use your videos with others on the internet (Yours for the most part. They are the best I've found.) and she's learning the conventional way. I showed her your videos and things became so much easier for her to understand. Entertaining and informative keeps it enjoyable to watch. Around 5:55 you explain about eres and es being different. The way I remembered the conjugation was that these two didn't start with "s" but they were the ones slightly resembling the English conjugation. You ARE. Tu EREs. Ere resembles "are" and add the "s" that the tu forms have = eres. Not a perfect match but close enough to jog the memory. Same deal with es. He/she is. El/ella es. Pretty close. Maybe this will help some to remember these two. Anyway, Thanks for the videos. Love the ones from your trips. By the way, just became a Gringo Forever this week!
This video actually changed my life! Why has this info not been presented together before now?! Thanks, you've unlocked my Spanish!!
Dude, I´m a native speaker, I don´t if you have ever done this, but I think it would be a very interesting thing if you make a video describing the differences between Peninsular Spanish and Latin American Spanish (I say this because I´m not used to say vosotros, I always say ustedes) Hope you take this in mind. Great videos
That's exactly what I was thinking
He did mention in a another video Latin Americans say usted over tu and ustedes but don't usually say vosotros
Soy profesora de español. Siempre los enseño juntos. De hecho creo que se enseñan juntos cuando se dan los verbos irregulares: estar, ser e ir. Me encanta tu canal. Bravo!!!!!
Ese momento en el que te das cuenta de que hay personas como tu a las que les gusta el español, tanto como a algunos latinos o hispano parlantes les gusta el Inglés, felicidades por tu trabajo..
+Cristian Alan Carranza Alcantar Me encanta! Gracias!
I just found your videos today and I am completely impressed! I'm a Spanish tutor and I'm going to recommend you to all my students!
VERY Helpful! Saving my life in Spanish class, seriously.
+spiralstarekase Awesome! I'm glad to hear it! That's the point =) Thank you for letting me know!
+marianin Gs solo en España es vaís porque hablan con el 'vosotros' pero los latinos usan el 'ustedes'
+marianin Gs Ni el español de América ni el de Canarias (a lo mejor de ahí tienen ustedes la influencia) usa el pronombre "vosotros" sino el "ustedes", pero lo bueno es que se conjuga igual que la forma verbal de "ellos" (menos mal, si no, pobres estudiantes de español)
Hey I'm from Germany but your Videos help me a lot during spanish learning, thats the best (free) spanishlearnig Videos I found on the web.
I just want to say thank you, keep uop the great work .
Your videos are awesome I swear learning Spanish has been so confusing prior to watching your stuff!! Thank you!
"You can gain from my pain" I dont know y but i found this so funny
The difference between "ser" and "estar" is perhaps the most frequent question every English speaking person asks to us Spanish... and I think it's the most difficult thing to learn for every person studying Spanish as a second language.
Your videos are great, otherwise I don't know how come a native Spanish is watching this at 2:51 AM on a working day. Greetings from Gran Canaria (that's in the Canaries XD )
+Lorna Cole Thank you!!! You are right, very difficult. There's no one way to figure it out. Saludos desde Florida!
Pues para los hispanohablante es muy sencillo: "ser" se refiere a un estado permanente: "Ella es guapa" (siempre lo es). "Estar" se refiere a un estado temporal: "ella está guapa" (hoy está especialmente guapa, más que otras veces). Un saludo desde España.
Para complementar la explicación
It's easier on this way .
Ser : to describe or give details about your personal information such as your name or who are you
-Yo soy Juan
profession
-yo soy un cantante
- , how do I look like
yo soy guapo
-how am I like
yo soy amable
-Nationality label
Yo soy de Narnia
Estár : To describe feelings and in which place are you in the moment.
- Yo estoy triste
-yo estoy feliz
Place :
-Yo estoy en el parque
-To describe myself in the highest level
que guapo estoy
yo soy Christian = ser = i'm Christian
yo estoy en la cafeteria = estar = i'm at the cafeteria.
it's almost the same as English with some minor differences.
Paula, permite desmentirte. Ser es la esencia, lo que se es, no importa si es permanente o no. Estar, por el otro lado, sí representa estados temporales. Ella es guapa, pero cuando envejeció dejó de serlo. Juan Carlos de Borbon era rey, pero ya no lo es. Ni eso es permanente. Los estudiantes son jóvenes, pero en unos años ni estudiantes ni jóvenes.
Ser representa lo que hay, lo que existe, las características que definen. Además ser y estar describen naturalezas diferentes, por eso no son los dos valores de una misma variable, y por eso mismo se pueden usar con el mismo adjetivo para decir diferentes cosas: ser verde vs estar verde, ser cómodo vs. estar cómodo, ser seguro vs. estar seguro, por solo mencionar algunas. La diferencia en realidad es muy compleja ya que los verbos a veces funcionan como copulativos, a veces como auxiliares y a veces funcionan de forma diferente. Decir que ESTAR es para cosas no permanentes es más cercano a la verdad que asegurar que SER es para algo permanente. Hace unas semanas vi una serie de TV con una artista que era BELLISIMA. Ahora es una mujer elegante y de buen ver, pero a sus más de 65 años puedo afirmar que con toda mi admiración, la belleza NO es permanente. Ella era guapa, fue la mujer más bella de la TV mexicana, pero la vida nos cambia, y la belleza está entre esos atributos que se van y no regresan. Saludos cordiales y disculpa el arrebato, pero desde hace unos meses he decidido luchar contra todo argumento que diga que ser es permanente (al estar lo dejo en paz).
This is very awesome and helpful. Making studying much easier and clearer! Spanish final, one week away. Please don't stop what you are doing.
You are better than my Spanish teacher !
Thank you!
Mi espanol techaer always show us your videos i understand it much better i never under no teacher was able to explain it to me better then u so thank you.
Caitlin Kerr My pleasure! Thanks so much for writing this comment. Makes my day.
Thank you! Seeing these three together is much more easier to learn then by learning them one at a time how my professor introduced them. I have more confidence conjugating them now.
Julie Horvath I'm so glad to hear that! The story I told in the video is totally true. It gets a little more confusing in the past tense since ser and ir both conjugate the same sometimes. I did an AHA! when I saw them all together, all in one place. I'm glad this helped you. Thanks for telling me.
Querido amigo. I love all your videos! I am a Spanish girl and I live in Madrid. I don't really need this lessons, but I love them. I love the way you teach the spanish to others and the methods you use: They're so funny and well explained! I'm starting to realize how difficult is the language I speak so naturally, because it is my native language. And I think that it is a real feat that people like you are interested in learn more about it, even when it's very difficult (actually for us too)! Thanks for doing this!
Oh! I nearly forgot! In minute 4:35 you wrote "VAMANOS" which is incorrect. The correct form is "VÁMONOS"....And if you add the "tildes" to estáis, estás, etc... use it too in "VÁIS". Have a good day ;)
Jeniffer Loor García vais is without tilde , it is monosilabic . I also love his lessons.
Sorry but it's not vamanos it's vámonos.
Sara Gómez Gracias!
Hey Sarah Gomez, you were that commenter who disliked my views on sexualized women on that Nicki Minaj Fine Bros video -small world.
Kylie Coleen T Yes, i remember you
Estoy de acuerdo.
shennaine riley accent placement is at all levels, it's a part of the word
Hola gringo, I really enjoy watching your videos, although I'm a native Spanish speaker and I am studying Spanish as my career in college they're fun to watch. However, I think you made a mistake by saying that "Estar" and "Ir" have exactly the same endings because they DON'T. I mean they look like they have the same letters at the end and it's true but you're missing a very important part about Spanish grammar, accents. Accents are essential when learning Spanish. If you don't know how to use them you're going to end up mispronounsing words. So for example, if you don't put the accent on Estás and Está you would end up saying "These and This" (Estas and Esta). So, don't forget to tell them that yes they might have the same use of letters but accents are essential.
Just the same with mama and mamá, wich the first one is to suck and the second one means mom. hahaha or bebé and bebe, first one being baby and the second one to drink.
Los acentos de "esta" son mis favoritos.
Está = verbo. ¿Dónde está mi zapato? Where IS my shoe?
Esta = adjetivo. ¿Quieres esta manzana? Do you want THIS apple?
Ésta= pronombre. Ésta es mi blusa. THIS is my shirt.
Ha sido una de las que más me cuestan pero la amo.
randomgirl013 glad to know you love our language
Dionicio Baca I'm a native speaker.... But sure. Glad we love our language!
+randomgirl013 ya no es necesario el uso de los acentos en estas palabras sino en caso de ambiguedad debido al contexto.
🤯my Spanish teacher told me I need to conjugate! omg this is a rabbit hole ♡ thanks 4 the help
You are amazing! Love your work. 😎
hello, thx for your videos, a question apart the Spanish lessons, what is the name of the music you use at the beginning of your video?
thank you, thank you, thank you. I have always thought it was weird also that these three are not taught together! helps it become clearer for me that i can have it all in one place! (hallelujah music) Muchisimas Gracias
Glad it's taken in the right spirit. Look forward to learning more español.
U explain it very well, tho ur accent and pronunciation are not Spanish at all. Ask your friend to correct u too :)
Zlata Kopřivová I agree. He's very funny and I think his method would be great if his pronunciation was better. I'm Spaniard and I can barely understand him. He sounds like a guiri asking for "paela" and "sangruia". Anyway, I love the t-shirts he wears ^_^
He's pronouncing it this way to help beginners to better understand .
@@ampnicole this is correct
. Nicole and that’ll lead to a hell lot of misunderstanding
At least this guy is trying to help out. If you can do better start your own channel!!!
We are headed to Puerto Rico before long to volunteer, but it’s been MANY years (ok, 2+ decades LOL) since I did very well in 4 college courses in Spanish. Hmmmm I am way past rusty. Thanks for this clip, SER may cause insanity 😫
Hello. I’ve recently found your podcast and UA-cam channel. I am new to learning Spanish and you’ve been a great help. I’ve been trying to download some study sheets from older episodes and it gives me an error. Is there any other way I can get this information? And again thank you!!
could you provide us with that sentence you spoke about with ser, estar and ir all included, please?
Most helpful video ever
Great!! lol... great video. Un fuerte abrazo desde España
I'm a native spanish speaker. I just watch because I think you're funny.
I love you for this!!
Gringo is spanish your mothertonque? I can hear there strong English accent. I'm starting to learn Spanish and I'm not an expert but Spanish pronounciation is quite close to Polish (I'm Pole) and there are: hard "R", straight vowels etc. and I can hear a soft "r" or "ou" from you. Is that good?
correct. you're the first comment that addressed that. It's not pronounced "no-so-CHROS" but more like "no-so-TODOS" The R is pronounced more like a D in spanish, and the V is more like a B.
I dont understand how there's only a female conjugation for some verbs ...how would we say "he is" then ?
In Spanish, verbs don't have male/female conjugations. The gender is in the subject pronoun.
Your example with "is" is tricky, there are multiple ways to say "is".
But "he is" would be "él es" or "él está". Then "she is" is "ella es" or "ella está".
Simpler example w/ comer (to eat):
Él come (he eats). Ella come (she eats).
Another thing that might be confusing you, subject pronouns don't have to be used in Spanish usually (even though that's where the gender is!)
There are lot of things going on in this video. Check these other videos to better understand this one:
spanishdude.com/quickies/subject-pronouns/
spanishdude.com/quickies/pronouns-optional/
spanishdude.com/quickies/ar-present/
Good luck!
Thank you !
At last an explanation I understand gracias
Okay great lessons but, in which instance do you use the words in? Tú hablas? How do you know which sentence has the respective word with conjugation? I have a test and I am still stuck
1. Ser is mostly to be. Ser hermosa. To be beautiful. Yo soy una persona. I am a person. Can you "to be" a person? Can you replace it with "to be"? It's ser. If not, go to the next verb.
2. Estar is an inmediate action to the person. It may also be explained as a state of being. Say, you are always a girl, that is ser. But tonight you are a beautiful girl, then it's estar. Yo estoy en mi casa. I am home. Is it permanent? Then it's ser. CN it change? Then it's estar.
3. Ir must have a place. To ir, you must have a place to move to from a place. Iré a la playa. I'll go to the beach. If it doesn't say the place you must ask "where?" Would it have an answer then? Yo iré mañana. I'll go tomorrow. I'll go where? If you're still in doubt, say "I will be tomorrow" (ser) it makes sense, but isn't likely. Move on. "I will be tomorrow" (estar) is the same as previously but it is more of a state of being. Will you be "tomorrow" the next day? Probably not. So, it's ir.
Dude I love you, thank you so much for making this!!! Helped alot
Thank you for the kind words! I'm glad you found it helpful.
Wow thanks, now I have a better understanding about "ser"
Dudes, as someone who's first language is French, who then learnt English & Chinese, I'm in my 2nd week into Spanish now & I can tell you Spanish is practically French & I guarantee in 6 months I'll have mastered reasonable Intermediate Spanish however, the first thing that caught my eyes with Spanish is the exceptionally arcane complexity of IR, SER & ESTAR tenses. IR gets nastier in the subjunctive form from the present Vaya, Haya ido, Fuera-Fuese, Hubiera hido, Hubiese hido, Fuere, Hibiere ido, Yendo & ido but hey, big deal if you're French or Italian, Spanish is not a new language - just a conversion or a walk in the park.
+Franck Yan Spanish is my first language. I started to learn french like 2 months ago and you are right, our languages are pretty similar, and knowing already english makes it even easier due to all the similar words between french and english.
It's because the origin of both languages is from Latin, so Portuguese and Italian
Franck Yan by definition, it is not arcane. I can say however that it's definitely weird and doesn't follow a logical approach when it comes to certain tenses. A LOT of adult native Spanish speakers still speak or write those forms incorrectly which just goes to show how (like you said) complex and bizarre it is.
I thought the v in the conjugations it makes the B sound not the V sound.
usted habla mejor español que yo, muy buenas explicaciones. saludos desde Colombia
If I'm only interested in Latin American Spanish, do I need to learn the vosotros form?
no, just be careful because you will never have to use it but if you go to spain it will be said a lot
Jacob Miller Thank you for letting me know. I appreciate the help.
I like the concept but that one word at the beginning (even bleeped out) would get me in MAJOR trouble in my school. What are you thinking??
Cindy Watson I knoooooow. This was one of my first ones. I never imagined in a million years teachers would be watching my videos, let alone showing them to students. I NEVER swear now. And I'll go back and redo these ones without the swearing. Only a few of the 43 videos I've made have any in the first place. But I don't swear anymore at all. Give me another chance =)
Gringo Español just a detail. should say vamonos and not vamanos. probably a mistake. but in practice the reason that is difficult is because is very formal. is more useful to use "nos vamos" instead of "vamonos", except on some specific paragraph.
She is not beautiful, she is beautiful! - Doesn´t make sense in english, but in spanish it does! : Ella no está hermosa, ella es hermosa! (siempre)
+Nelson Conde Lobo Martins I like it! Good addition. Thanks!
+Nelson Conde Lobo Martins No entendi que quiso decir
Ella no está hermosa means she is not beautiful at the moment. Ella no es hermosa means she isn't beautiful in general.
randomgirl013 YOU ARE RIGHT !
+Gringo Español make me a shout out !!!
hazme un grito !!!
¡Hola! I'm a Spanish Teacher in Southern CA, and I'm always looking for fun little vignettes to share with my students--Thank you for your humor, your content, your strong "teacher voice" and your engaging personality. I think you really make it "come together" for the students, grammatically speaking, and in a very entertaining way. I think they'll be hooked when I show them some of your videos. :) Keep 'em comin' --¡Gracias!
My literature (literatura because I live in a spanish speaking country) teachers always have them! There are tons of them in spanish. They're funny too.
PS Try to not say your location. Say "in the US" or "in the northern/southern/western/easter US" or something rather general. It's quite easy to look you up and people might try to hurt you.
Hi mr jorden, l'm Egyptien man who likes stadying languages.
I've been watching your vedios and l want to ask you about something.
I know that the (V) in spanish is pronounced as (B) in English but you , ser pronounced it (V).
I got confused so can you tell me what is correct?🤔😟
V in latin america pronunce how B , in spain V pronunce how V
@@_Balrog_ ok thanks
Ok. Here is what I don't get about "ir". i've been learning that "voy, vas, va, vamos, vais, y van" all mean that I/you/we/etc. is going to do something. it is used like a future tense but, it is really present tense (according to the spanish dictionary)
so how do i say "I go to the gym" because from what i've learned it seems "voy al gimnasio" would mean "i am going to gym" or "i will go to the gym"
it's present tense and you got it right " voy al gimnasio" is I go to the gym, but to say I'm going to the gym will be " voy a ir al gimnasio" that is future tense and " ire al gimnasio" will be in English "I will go to the gym".
malmpz ok. so it becomes future tense when you put it in front of another verb? in a sense? like "voy a hacerlo" "i'm going to do it" "voy a comer una manzana" "i'm going to eat an apple"
+umidontno040394 yes, I think you are understanding Spanish very well, good luck to you, keep up the good work; ).
malmpz ok thanks!
+umidontno040394 The thing is that "Ir a + verbo" has future time reference, althouh the form is present. "Voy a ir al gimnasio" means that you have planned to go to the gym in the near future and it translates as "I'm going to go to the gym". Just like English uses the present continuous for future reference: "I'm going to the gym" in english can mean both that I am going at this moment (present) or that I have planned to go in the near future (tomorrow, for example, but not now= future time reference).
You just earned a sub especially since I'm barely passing sp2
I get you Jordan.
Deberías explicar cómo se usan las comas y los otros signos de puntuación. Se hace de una manera diferente en español.
do you record every phrase separately
I love your style. How do I give back?
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Aunque no me gusta tu pronunciación, me gusta tu contenido en tus vídeos.
omg! spanish is a beautiful language!
Andi Bleu It really is! I love it!
Why do you post the time stamp on the thumbnail when we already can see how long the video is
When he says "estar" it sounds like "star" and "Yo" sounds pretty much like the English word "yo"
My 7th graders loved this video, and I have found your explanations to be very helpful when teaching grammar. However, is the bleeped out curse word really necessary?
Thank you! I'm glad they love it. I totally messed up with the cursing. But this video is from the very beginning. The second I knew that real students in real classes were watching my videos, I stopped swearing, not beeped out, not anything.
I went back and made clean versions of all the videos with bleeps. Here's the clean version of this video: ua-cam.com/video/yPMomnt6xTU/v-deo.html
But in the future you can count on me 100% to not swear. I'm sorry. And thank you so much for showing my videos and leaving this polite comment.
YOU ARE A LIFE SAVER THAAANK YOUUUU!!!!!
Ahi va una Jordan: soy un hombre y estoy atontado; me vas a volver loco! Buen trabajo! Thanks
Las lecciones son muy instructivas, Very good!! ^^
Thanks God, English is my second language, Spanish is so difficult even for native speakers, "Ir" is not only "vamos" it is also: Yo iré, Él/Ella irá, Nosotros iremos and Ellos/as irán, we dont use the "vosotros" pronoun, nobody does! just in spain is used. Instead, we use "nosotros" even to refer to 2 people :D
Vladimir Castillo "Vosotros" (you, plural) in Spain, "Ustedes" (you, plural) in The Americas, not "Nosotros" (we).
Vladimir Castillo Chaval Vosotros doesn't mean nosotros it means USTEDES , that in English means You, hehe and you are right the Spanish is an interesting language because even native spackers have problems with it.
Vladimir Castillo yeah but "yo iré", El "Irá" Nosotros "iremos" and so on well its future tense, we use voy in present tense. its true we dont use vosotros though, nobody speaks like that XD.. only in Spain. but we use Ustedes.
Yo soy
Tu eres
El/ Ella es
Nosotros somos
Ustedes son / Vosotros soís(this is never used NEVER like never ever, only in old books like bible and such)
ellos son
Vladimir Castillo Seguramente ya te dijeron, pero "vosotros" y "nosotros" no es lo mismo. "Vosotros" es "USTEDES". "Nosotros" es "nosotros" aquí y en España. Ah, y como comentario personal, no creo que sea menos importante aunque sólo se use allá. Si amas el español, lo amas en todas sus formas, si no, sólo amas tu acento, lo cual te haría muy nacionalista.
This video is very helpful! Thank you! I would love to see one that talks about Por Vs Para in a similar way, I am really struggling to find a way to make the different uses stick. Pointers would be greatly appreciated.
Tomorrow I'm releasing "Por Vs. Para"!! The most requested video ever! Make sure you're subscribed.
The Spanish Dude Thank you!
Do you actually pronounce that way or you do it so it's easier for English speakers?
Love it - catchy for my 4th and 5th graders! :)
El video dice Vamanos y es Vamonos, supongo fue error de dedo, pero para quienes estan aprendiendo es muy importante.
The Spanish "V" is pronounced "buh" not "vuh".
Tu metodología es simple y fácil, muy buen video, creo que deberías enseñar también acerca de los verbos irregulares en español que son bastante complicados para quienes quieren aprender, saludos.
4:33 "VAMANOS" is totally wrong, "Vámonos" is correct.
AMAZING!
Okay but that's a pretty badass intro my dood
Talking about the three enemies, think about this, what's the difference between Ella fue mi amiga and Ella era mi amiga.
I would say as a Spanish native speaker both "fue" and "era" mean the same to you in English, in the Spanish vocabulary we use it in different situations that's all
"Ella fue mi amiga" is a very unusual sentence in Spanish. For it to make sense you need to add more information, for example, "ella fue mi amiga hasta que cumplí los dieciocho..." or something like that. The second sentence is different because it doesn't need any complement. "Ella era mi amiga" is the form in Spanish for the typical English sentence starting with "she used to be my..." It means, expressing that not any longer she is your friend.
+Albert Rendón I hadn't thought of it that way but you've got a point and it makes total sense. Maybe it's just that we are so use to the Spanish language that sometimes you just can't see there are actually differences in the words we use
Albert Rendón with "fue" you have to use more information, because "fue" is typically used to describe events, rather than providing inherent characteristics (in this case era would be better). Como te fue hoy? (correct you want a description of the event) Como te era hoy? (completely incorrect).
+Eli B you are misunderstanding how we use "fue" and "era". Those 2 examples have nothing to do with one another.
Como te fue hoy? Is like saying how did your day go?
For us "fue" in Spanish means GO and BE in past tense so fue and era in that sentence DON'T mean the same.
Like
Ella fue = she went or she was ... The way we differentiate is:
Ella fue al parque - she went to the park
Ella fue/era mi Amiga - she was my friend
Hope it helps
wow !! youre brilliant, this is very helpfulll
Hey you should try to pronounce the words they way the language is spoken, so as to not confuse people...
I had exactly the same problem! thanks for the vid, you're funny :D if teachers at school were like you it would be so much easier to learn!!!
I don't know if you have done it already but...a video only for the verb HACER would be also veeeery useful for learners. Almost all of the complex conjugations use this verb so I think it'll be very helpful. A recommendation from a Spanish native ;)
Hacer means to do, to make.
Hacer tareas. Do homework. It's a ver basic word mostly looked down upon because of it's varied used. Hacer comida, hacer la limpieza. To cook, to clean. But you could also say cocinar and limpiar. Those would be best. Spanish has loads of verbs you can use instead of hacer, so I recommend trying to find a lot instead of focusing on this one that is hard for you.
Otra cosa confusa es que el pasado de "ser" y de "ir" son iguales osea "fui", por ejemplo: yo fui a la playa= I went to beach. Yo fui un buen amigo= I was a good friend.
MrKarn3x Eso es pasado. pero es verdad que en pasado usan la misma conjugación.
Estoy de acuerdo.
ahhh! gave really bad nosebleed jaja.. been studying spanish for 2 years, never heard of this. i just learned each word at different times.
That's crazy talk!!! So you know the past tense conjugations right? That's where it gets really crazy. "I went" is "fui" but "I was" is "fui" (with ser). HUH? This stuff HAS TO be taught together. I can't believe neither of us have seen it before!
at 4:38 "vamanos" should say "vamonos"
"vamanos" doesn't exist. trust me I'm native spanish speaker
Roberto Gabriel Puga Franco Oh I trust you. I made a mistake. Thanks !
Hey Spanish Dude, can you make a video about changing the adjective to the comparative and superlative forms plz. Gracias and keep up the great work :)
idk what i'm doing here 'cause i'm a spanish speaker, anyways i wanted to say that "vosotros" is commonly used in Spain in Latinoamerica we use "Ustedes"
+JustAnother Voice Yeah... The interesting thing is that to use the imperative in second person plural (vosotros) is somehow harder than with our second person plural (ustedes). If you see the conjugations it is quite different XD
In spain we use also ustedes , like the plural of usted . And vosotros as the plural of tú . In both usted and ustedes go whith the third person of the verb, and tu and vosotros whit the second person. There is not such a difference . You only use allways ustedes in plural , it, s not a big deal . And for learning makes more sense than use second person in singular and third in plural , I think .
He mentioned that in a previous video
Thank you soooooo much that helped me a lot. Gracias
Love your videos!!!
“V” is pronounced “B” in Spanish. Sorry!
as a someone who has to study English, I've got the inverse process to learn verbs, times and pronouns. basically we use a table for regular an irregular verbs. it's easy with the regulars verbs and later goes for the irregular. later come with the past and future times.we use the pronoun table and later applies the time. even when get complicated could use 2 Technics, use a synonymous or use a comparative between two o more possible word to think which one is the correct.
Lo explicas bastante bien, y entiendo que para un extranjero es muy raro aprenderlo xD. Saludos
adria moa Muchas gracias!
Buen vídeo, pero en español no pronunciamos el sonido "v", lo hemos perdido. Pronunciamos la "v" igual que la "b". Así que en realidad decimos /boi/, /bas/, /ba, /bamos/...
Just a little mistake, it is not ''vamanos'' it is ''vamonos''.
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"Yo soy una persona que esta apunto de irse a dormir" So, there you go with your sentence with the "3 Enemigos" is not that difficult you know.-. (Well at least for me 'cause I speak spanish and I learned english since Kindergartner *not bragging just trying to help * ) Btw I love that you're trying to teach spanish is so awesome!!
Brilliant video ,, Are you a teacher ?? 🤔
You have this clever way of giving information .
Te faltaron dos enemigos mas: haber y tener. we have it hard too in grammar, but once you know, spanish is wonderful!
Ah, y la conjugacion para los pronombres formales Usted y Ustedes, mas usados en Latinoamerica. (lo siento, este teclado no me deja poner acentos)
Sí. Vámonos = it's in comand form and would mean = we're leaving. ( in a sort of commanding way. ) and there's "ya nos vamos" "We're leaving" subtle. Esperémonos _ we''re waiting.
Good work Dude
I'm a spanish native, ''Vais'' ''Vosotros'' ''Sois'' ''Estais''. They're conjugations that be use with more often in spain, not in latam :)
In spanish we pronounce the letters v and b the same way, like b sounds in English
It's funny how you pronounce "Nosotros" and "Vosotros" :)) Nawsawtraws and Vawsawtraws :P
Muchas grracias por esos lecciones amigo.
I learned much from your channel
Luka The whole thing is funny to me!
Ever stop and thinker does think to help none speakers
Simplemente adorable :3
+Rafael Martínez Hernández Hahahaha. Gracias!
+Gringo Español Funny thing, "hahaha" noise in spanish it's "jajaja". :D
I want Manual
Nice but you forgot to add ustedes which the majority of Latin - Hispanics use. Remember that vosotros/as only in Spain. :(
Where is The English Dude
This video help me to stop pulling my hair out lol
Excellent! Glad it helped you!
Nope didn't help me