One thing that will make learning a language easier is to remember that languages generally only come in three forms - SVO, VSO and OSV. Those letters stand for Subject, Object and Verb. Once you know which branch of linguistics the language is, you can start to plug and play pretty quickly, especially if the structure is consstent and better yet, close to your native language structure. English and Spanish are both SVO languages. For example - I like pie. "I" is the subject, "like" is the verb, and "pie" is the object (what the verb acts on). In Espanol, this would be "Me gusta la tarta". "Me" is the subject, "gusta" is the verb, and "(la) tarta" is the object. Once you have this tool, the rest becomes so much easier. Choose the 20-30 verbs you personally use the most in every day conversation, Learn some basic subjects while learning to conjugate those verbs in simple past, present and future tenses, and the top 50 or so objects (things you normally interact with or are interested in), and within about 100-200 words, you can have basic conversation skills. This takes very little time, and gives you a solid foundation to start with. After that, immersion will help immensely. Try not to think in your own language. Talk to yourself in your head using Spanish, even if you have to do it with a dictionary handy for a while. Talk to your cat the same way.
THIS, is such an important point. I only found out about this when I get to the intermediate level in Spanish. But I must say (and this is my opinion only, kinda like a trick), thinking in OV(S) form could be helpful specifically for reflexive verbs (which is where I struggle the most lol) in which the reflexive pronouns (me te se nos os se) comes before the conjugated verb. Such as your example; me gusta. 'me' is not only the Subject but also the Object, hence the word Reflexive as the action reflects back to the subject. This is personally helpful for me coz then I have to think for the receiver of the action first before I conjugate the verb. This could be challenging for native English speakers as they're used to the common SVO structure. But this again is a trick, Spanish is still SVO for the most part.
You are so right! I have been super busy for about the past year and instead of actively practicing my speaking I spent a lot of time listening passively. My listening comprehension skyrocketed and sometimes when I speak now, I say things in a way that I didn’t learn but it “sounds right“!
@@languagelearningdabbler that's awesome! Yeah it's the only real way to learn a language. Unfortunately, it takes a lot of time. But if someone can do it, it's 1000% worth it.
@@languagelearningdabblerit's because language is patterns. Your brain is basically a pattern recognition machine. You're listening a lot until it becomes ingrained. Then it starts to just come out naturally. All you need is speaking practice. But you need a lot of listening to speak well. Be able to hear all the sounds clearly and parce the sounds.
Learning from videos such as this is so important, especially from a Spanish speaker who has been learning English for years. We learned simple sentences back in kindergarten when we were first starting to read - we weren't reading in full sentences; rather just learning language structure and words. "See Jane run", or "We play outside". Watching Learning Spanish for Kids videos helped me tremendously - "No lo toques" (Don't touch it), "Nuestra casa" (Our house), "Sube las escalaras" (go up the stairs). Listening to the vids repeatedly really helped increase my Spanish vocabulary and language structure. Also learned not to try to make Spanish fit the English language. For example, in English we say our age as "I am 55 years old", but in Spanish it's, "Tengo cincuenta y cinco años" (I have 55 years), or "tengo hambre / tengo sed" (I have hunger or I have thirst, as opposed to the English "I am hungry"). Lastly, if going to a Spanish speaking country, ensure you know a few basic survival words such as "ayúdame" (help me). I feel like I'm still very much in the infancy of my Spanish learning journey, and we all learn differently, but hope any of this helps someone :)
I really appreciate your comments, learning a second language is a very interesting journey, specially when you are open to culture exchange, you realize that you are not only learning a "code" but also to think in a different way, you learn to take perspectives and your vision of the world changes, it is amazing!
@@darlinglysette9549 It is an interesting way to learn, I remember when I was interested in learning Japanese, I was told to do the same...I watched Sazae san stories
Hi Mike, I really love your content. How did you learn English and how long did you take you to reach a decent command on English? Thank you for your tips 🎉
@@dylanvalencia349 Hi, I'm glad you like it, well, I started studying by the age of 13, back then we didn't have as many resources as we do now, but I loved to mirror movies, songs and I had a penpal in the USA. Everything helped, specially my will to learn and my love to the American culture. I think it has been a gradual process, just like what happens with your native tongue. But the "milestoness" during my process were: 1- Meeting my penpal, that gave me an insight into the way real people communicate, it was written, but it certainly helped a lot 2- Traveling to USA, when I was 31, once I stepped into the country I started talking to everybody, so it was an immersive journey 3- My job at a call center, 2 years later, it skyrocketed my skills, and it was when I felt I started thinking in English for real, all due to the over exposure to the language on the phones. 4- Teaching, it has taken my knowledge of the language to a higer level. I have an accent, of course, but I try to speak the best I can and communicate my ideas properly and clearly. Summarizing all this, I could say that being able to read and write in a "decent" way took me 1 year (with the limitation of vocabulary and some advanced grammar concepts, back then of course), understanding (listening) could've taken 2 years, by the age of 15 I was able to understand movies and songs, the most part of them, but there was no way to measure my speaking skills, not until I got into the states, I was 31 by then, but I certainly was able to do it. Hope this story helps!
Gracias Mike. I've been trying to figure out how to think in Espanol instead of translating. Substituting spanish words I already know in everyday sentences (like Madre, casa etc) is the most helpful tip I've learned yet. I will make use of all seven tips and I'm going to subscribe to learn more.
I think if you have a chance to speak to a spanish speaker then learning phrases like "what is he doing" or "what do you call this" is very important because you can point and use body language
You may want to skip to the part you might be interested in: 00:00 Intro 00:15 The way our brain works 02:57 What happens when we learn a new language 05:58 The idea behind thinking in a second language 07:27 Step 1: Learn the structures 09:09 Step 2: Vocabulary 12:00 Step 3: Expressions & Idioms 14:12 Step 4: Daily descriptions 15:30 Step 5: Writing 16:14 Step 6: Chat! 17:23 Step 7: Exposure to the language 19:32 Final thoughts 21:11 Outro
Currently, I am focused on acquiring some of the building blocks of expressions. I call them semi-expressions. They don't express a whole idea by themselves, but they are used all the time like expressions, and native speakers tend to say them really fast. Examples: "me doy cuenta de que" (I realize that ...), or "tiene que ver con ..." (it has to do with ...). These semi-expressions don't form a whole idea, but they will be the first part of a whole idea. There are enough syllables there to really confuse the mind if you can't automatically recognize the patterns.
Just yesterday I was trying to find an article, a video, a Reddit post, ANYTHING about this! I didn’t know what to call it, so I didn’t end up finding anything. A video on these “semi-expressions” would be so so helpful! @@spanishwithmike
Just subscribed. I hit a gold mine of thought. I've heard of this process before. I don't think it can be explained, but you did it. It's a very bizarre process for me to grasp, and yet, I've done it countless times. Perfect example, I say adios all the time. I never say good-bye. For me, good-bye sounds too permanent. I say adios without even thinking. I "own" the word. This is what that is all about. Again, thanks for the video.
You’re so awesome! I’ve just started for about a month and I was about to give up because I just didn’t know where to start and how to cover the language. This helps TREMENDOUSLY! Thank you so much!
You are a genius. I was wish you had a million likes. This changed everything for me. What a brilliant idea when I say sombrero or hat don’t go back and forth translating just picture a hat . Wow I wish I had a lot of money to give you, because genius’s should be paid.
I have Mexican indigenous heritage so I want to converse in Spanish. When my father was teaching me as a child I learned basics but I need to learn verbs and gender and a whole lot more words. Thankyou for your good advice
Hi, thanks for commenting, I have a series of videos in which I explain verb conjugation, for regular and irregular verbs, check them out! ua-cam.com/play/PLbDiOoOWRw_UZyY7xZ0rKIx4_Gn7iXKYq.html ua-cam.com/play/PLbDiOoOWRw_XKxSH7uhhWYkSasiVTCerK.html
Brilliant advice, I need to learn to directly connect spanish words with concepts to cut out the translation and treat it like the independent tool it is.
I have watched many Spanish videos and this one was the most helpful in learning to speak easier. I will follow your advise. Especially, the Steps - use the Spanish word in place of the English word and immerse yourself in it to trick the brain. I never thought about it that way; but, you are absolutely correct. That makes total sense!!! The only thing I would change is I would make Step One, Step Two. It was helpful for me to first learn 100 words in Spanish (20 everyday verbos y conjucaciones), some pronombres and muchos sustantivos primero. Then I started learning sentence structures to takes these 100 words or so and do something with them. Learning grammatical structure before have some basic vocabulary was not useful to me. But, everything else that you said is what I have been doing and it really helpful! But, my English speaking friends think I am trying to show off by using random Spanish words. Lol. I am just trying to learn. Of well
I'm glad to be helpful, I'm working on more videos, we have a premiere on Tuesday 19:30 COT (-5GMT), the ultimate guide to conjugating regular verbs in Spanish, check it out, more videos coming!!!!!
Love your suggestions on learning Spanish ❤ I wanted to learn about 6 months ago but didn’t make much progress. Your suggestions are great and I will give them a try.
This was good. Im in Houston, Texas at young age I knew I wanted to be a hairdresser and I wanted to cut all types of hair and be able to converse in Spanish so I took it in up in high school and also a class after I got my license for hairstyling. I got discouraged when I realized it was various dialects of Spanish. I Thank You for laying some things I can do to build on the foundation that's already been laid. I'm grateful that right now I can read it a whole lot better than I can speak in complete sentences. Thanks Again for being a Language GPS for Me🙏
Muchas gracias por las instrucciones! You got me at the title! I’ve been learning but always get stuck on the transition of translating inglés a español y español a inglés
I found videos of singer José Feliciano when he sings in Spanish. I catch a few words here and there. I have lots of teaching Spanish videos. I like the he children ones. And I’m starting to understand the questions they ask. I learn with pictures and games. Like one video learning my colors the video asked me to find everything in that color and the question was asked in Spanish. No English is used. And I understood. And when the video asked if the animal was a certain color which was wrong I understood and named the right color and I remembered the name of the animal in Spanish because it was given to me in Spanish both verbally and written. I learned my alphabet, again no English. I was forced to associate the letters in Spanish. Now I can see letters and know them all in Spanish. One Spanish baby video taught things in Spanish and American sign language. So I know that sign in both English and Spanish. Not a conversation makes, but any kind of teaching helps me. Then when my head gets too full I take a day to process it so when I see it again I know it instantly in Spanish. I’m a small chunk of learning type. I even said good morning to my cats. They both looked at me strange but did it anyway.
Hola, ¿Como esta usted?, OG, Mike!!! I do want to get serious getting fluent in Spanish. My brain is already trying to work its Spanish magic after watching your video. Gracias!!! Doing things in Spanish daily I never thought of. Great video. Hopefully I can type paragraphs directly in Spanish next time I come here. I've been exposed to the language my whole life. But haven't been able to get fluent. Your tips were great!!!
Hi, thanks for your commenting and welcome to the channel, I'm going to start live classes this week and I'm currently woking on more videos, so make sure to subscribe and to set the notifications, that's gonna keep you posted about updates and the live classes 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
New here but I have been studying Spanish for years now and still do everyday (#3 #4 #7). I do what interests me such as podcasts, videos, reading along with the audio, researching grammar points and using Anki for daily review. I’m a grammar geek that enjoys learning how the language works (#1 #2). I will tell you the one thing that didn’t work for me; writing in Spanish, because I didn’t like not knowing if what I wrote was right (#5). Great if you have a teacher to review with. I still talk to myself in Spanish but I don’t know if I said it right but I accept that just saying it out loud gets me using my Spanish tongue for exercise and pronunciation. I tried chatting on the internet (#6) but being older than most other participants I didn’t enjoy the chats so I gave up. I’ve traveled to Spain and Mexico for Spanish classes as well as full immersion live-in learning. I’d love to live in Mexico or Spain for a year but it has to be a place that allows English speakers to practice Spanish. I’ve been to places that are less than eager or patient enough to let one practice. If you know of a place please let me know. I tried group classes and solo classes online. The group classes that I used to do were affordable but the program got axed and I found it of limited value based on the teaching style and size of the class. Solo classes certainly have value if you find the right teacher with enough teaching knowledge for adults and flexibility to work with you. Now what I’ve added to my toolbox is Chat GPT. It’s a program that is still learning but I spot mistakes especially regarding grammar at perhaps a more advanced level. I correct Chat GPT and sometimes it gets it and other times not. The key for me is learning the language with input and output plus using both passive and active learning techniques. I enjoyed your video and I took notes to see how it matches up to my experience. Thanks.
Hi, I really appreciate you for taking the time to share your thoughts. As for the writing part, yeah, it can be disappointing not to be able to get feedback in order to make sure we are doing things correctly, bot sure if you may want to try ChatGPT for checking spelling and grammar mistakes, as well as use of idioms or expressions. Also chatting might become a pain in the back unless you can find groups or people who are interested in the same subjects as you are. A friend of mine had the opportunity (almost 17 years ago) to live for a while in a place in Mexico where he went to study and practice, I can't recall if it was at a home or a school, I'll check with him and I'll try to get back to you with additional info. I'll have a whatsapp line available soon for interacting with the subscribers of this channel, stay tuned so we might have a chat from time to time, it'd be a pleasure!
Hola Mike, I've been learning Spanish for about 2 weeks with Duolingo because I want to give my brain an exposure of a new language. I chose Spanish because it's easier for me as an Indonesian to pronounce than French or German (those are much more popular in Indonesia). It's easier but I have to work hard on the accent to be more natural. The structure is also similar to Indonesian. We say: Selada tomat, Nasi Ayam In Spanish: Ensalada de tomato, Arroz con pollo While in English: Tomato salad, Chicken Rice So no confusion here 😁 And, we grew up listening Spanish songs like Volare (mi esposo can sing it well without knowing the meaning, not a single word 😂), Guantanamera, Besamé mucho, Quizás Quizás Quizás. So Spanish is not that unfamiliar to Indonesian. And now you know that I'm as young as you 😀. Muchas gracias for creating this channel, I think your explanation is brilliante. I'm going to diligently learn from your channel as one of my resources. I'm so excited 😀
Hi, thanks for commenting. It´s nice to know you are looking forward to learning a second language, and it's wise to try with a language that can be easier for us to speak, pronunciation wise. Regarding that, focus on the pronunciation, don't worry about the accent (unless it's so thick that keeps you from pronunciating correctly). It is nice to learn songs, even though we don't know what they say, because it helps with the sounds of the language, yes, we are young 😀. Thanks for your kind words, welcome to the channel and looking forward to being helpful in your process!!!
Hola, I'm also learning spanish with duolingo for two years now (nearly every day) and it works really fine for me. I hope you also enjoy it, greetings from Austria!
@@zizi_strizi001 hola, may I ask what's your first language? Spanish is exciting for me, after a month I began to think in Spanish and speak Spanish to mi marido y mi hijos and left him speechless because he has no idea what I'm talking about 😂😂 I've been spending about 1-2 hours a day in Duolingo for 34 days plus I've been watching Spanish serials on Netflix 😁. How about you? And I wonder how far are you after 2 years? Thanks for commenting ❤️🙏🏼
I think 🤔 💭 in both English and Spanish a lot. My first languages were both English and Spanish at the same time. My dad 👨 was Latino and My mom was white. My dad taught me Spanish because he said it was important for me too learn. I miss my Dad a lot 😞 and I am glad he taught me when he was here. Thank you Dad Garcias Dad. R.I.P. dad 👨. I love ❤ you. I think 🤔 💭 this video 📹 is cool 😎 and gets you really thinking thanks 😊 for making and sharing it with us here on You Tube. I wish you all the best 👍 👌 with teaching Spanish and with the rest of your videos 📹 here on You tube take care. ✌ ☮ 🕊It is so funny when all your friends in school speak English 🏫 then wanna know what The students that speak Spanish said and come to you and ask you what did they say?? 😆 🤣 😂 translate plz. Even the teachers do this?? Lol 😆 🤣 😂 😹
Thank you I come across you by accident I am unable to work for health reasons I've always wanted to learn Spanish I have tried in the past how long time ago to listen to Spanish but sounded they was talking so fast I couldn't tell when one word ended another one started because I had a stroke when I was 18 months I unfortunately learn slower than the average person because I can't Google digest a large amount of information all at once but I enjoy this video and I shall be looking out for your next one thank you
Awesome tips! One little corrective (I only speak English, so feels nitpicky): exposure is the word in English you want. Exposition is a public show of products or information. You want daily exposure to Spanish.
Hi Mark, I'm glad you liked it, yes, almost immediately after posting the video I was told about that, thanks for bringing that to my attention, you will notice that I'm no longer using that word in further videos 😉👍
Welcome to the channel!!!! SxTx In this case we don't use sombrero, we use GORRA and in some regiosn here in Colombia people say CACHUCHA, sombrero is used for 360° brim
@@spanishwithmike thank you. Traveling from Australia to see ST at the No Values festival then spend the next 2months in Mexico, Costa Rica & Peru. Will have to buy a Gorra
Great video! PlutoTV, which has 358 free streaming channels, includes about 40 in Spanish, and at least one music video channel in Spanish. I'm 77 days into DuoLingo, and I'm also trying to watch some Spanish-speaking TV most days. I still have a long ways to go. But, on an interesting note, I was driving home from work about 2 weeks ago and I thought to myself "Estoy manejando", and then I realized "Estoy manejando!".
When i think cat or even sombrero in relation to trying to learn spamish i still see a drawing from a flash card just like when i learned them for English when i was a little kid😁
Thank you for this video! Very helpful! Also, the word you are looking for is “exposure” not “exposition”. Exposition is different. Hope this helps! 🙂 muchas gracias!
Hi, yes, I got that feedback from another viewer, thanks, I'll try not to make the same mistake again, I really appreciate you helping me to improve my language skills! 🙂 🙂 🙂
In Colombia it is, any kind of hat hat has a full brim, 360°, we also say GORRO or GORRA, but they are definitely different than a SOMBRERO, the idea behind the word SOMBRERO is that it provides a full shade SOMBRA. Indiana Jones wears a hat, I wear a cap, Indy luce un sombrero, yo una gorra😉
Ideally first without subs, then with subs in Spanish, specially for matching sounds, try not to worry about translating at first but understanding the words and their sounds
@@yolanda9730 Don't worry, yes, first to try and see if you can understand (recognize) the words in Spanish, then subs just to let your brain match the sounds with the words
I tried that simple writing in Spanish to an AI language model. Next thing I knew it answered in Spanish that I didn’t understand and I had to have it explain what’s that word in English. I mostly ask grammar questions. In English so it doesn’t answer using grammar I don’t know in Spanish. Grammar concepts I need in simple language so I can remember. For instance soy and estoy. I don’t know which and when to use for I am.
Don't worry, the key to that is to write the right prompts, in the meantime take a look at my videos about SER and ESTAR ua-cam.com/video/HkK7_hOSXws/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/video/iZhuNym58kU/v-deo.html
One thing I've wanted but never have found is literal translations. I would like to get the literal translations to Spanish phrases so I can become used to the grammatical structure and get used to translating grammatical structure at the same time as the vocabulary. Even with idioms, I would like both literal translations and the "meaning" translations.
That's something I do on my other channel, @inglesfacilconmike, I take American English idioms, do the literal translation and then explain the real meaning, same thing with phrasal verbs, I'll do the same in this cannel in future videos
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Learning Spanish with a dude wearing a Suicidal Tendencies hat? Yes and yes. Subscribed.
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One thing that will make learning a language easier is to remember that languages generally only come in three forms - SVO, VSO and OSV. Those letters stand for Subject, Object and Verb. Once you know which branch of linguistics the language is, you can start to plug and play pretty quickly, especially if the structure is consstent and better yet, close to your native language structure. English and Spanish are both SVO languages. For example - I like pie. "I" is the subject, "like" is the verb, and "pie" is the object (what the verb acts on). In Espanol, this would be "Me gusta la tarta". "Me" is the subject, "gusta" is the verb, and "(la) tarta" is the object.
Once you have this tool, the rest becomes so much easier. Choose the 20-30 verbs you personally use the most in every day conversation, Learn some basic subjects while learning to conjugate those verbs in simple past, present and future tenses, and the top 50 or so objects (things you normally interact with or are interested in), and within about 100-200 words, you can have basic conversation skills. This takes very little time, and gives you a solid foundation to start with.
After that, immersion will help immensely. Try not to think in your own language. Talk to yourself in your head using Spanish, even if you have to do it with a dictionary handy for a while. Talk to your cat the same way.
Thanks for sharing!
THIS, is such an important point. I only found out about this when I get to the intermediate level in Spanish. But I must say (and this is my opinion only, kinda like a trick), thinking in OV(S) form could be helpful specifically for reflexive verbs (which is where I struggle the most lol) in which the reflexive pronouns (me te se nos os se) comes before the conjugated verb. Such as your example; me gusta. 'me' is not only the Subject but also the Object, hence the word Reflexive as the action reflects back to the subject. This is personally helpful for me coz then I have to think for the receiver of the action first before I conjugate the verb. This could be challenging for native English speakers as they're used to the common SVO structure. But this again is a trick, Spanish is still SVO for the most part.
@@deandre4542 Yeah, reflexive verbs can be tricky, thanks for sharing!
I believe the subject is pie. You would literally translate that sentence as pie pleases me.
Thank you, needed to know that
This is really good. I am trying to learn spanish at 77 years old. Progress has been slow.
Is never too late for starting and age is not really an obstacle, keep on learning!!!!! 👍👍👍👍
My biggest tip for this is input input input. The more hours you listen to a language, the more it becomes natural to you.
Agree!
You are so right! I have been super busy for about the past year and instead of actively practicing my speaking I spent a lot of time listening passively. My listening comprehension skyrocketed and sometimes when I speak now, I say things in a way that I didn’t learn but it “sounds right“!
@@languagelearningdabbler that's awesome, thanks for sharing!!!!
@@languagelearningdabbler that's awesome! Yeah it's the only real way to learn a language. Unfortunately, it takes a lot of time. But if someone can do it, it's 1000% worth it.
@@languagelearningdabblerit's because language is patterns. Your brain is basically a pattern recognition machine. You're listening a lot until it becomes ingrained. Then it starts to just come out naturally. All you need is speaking practice. But you need a lot of listening to speak well. Be able to hear all the sounds clearly and parce the sounds.
I was just telling myself that I need to start thinking in Spanish. Then boom, here you are.
I hope I helped!
Learning from videos such as this is so important, especially from a Spanish speaker who has been learning English for years. We learned simple sentences back in kindergarten when we were first starting to read - we weren't reading in full sentences; rather just learning language structure and words. "See Jane run", or "We play outside". Watching Learning Spanish for Kids videos helped me tremendously - "No lo toques" (Don't touch it), "Nuestra casa" (Our house), "Sube las escalaras" (go up the stairs). Listening to the vids repeatedly really helped increase my Spanish vocabulary and language structure.
Also learned not to try to make Spanish fit the English language. For example, in English we say our age as "I am 55 years old", but in Spanish it's, "Tengo cincuenta y cinco años" (I have 55 years), or "tengo hambre / tengo sed" (I have hunger or I have thirst, as opposed to the English "I am hungry").
Lastly, if going to a Spanish speaking country, ensure you know a few basic survival words such as "ayúdame" (help me).
I feel like I'm still very much in the infancy of my Spanish learning journey, and we all learn differently, but hope any of this helps someone :)
I really appreciate your comments, learning a second language is a very interesting journey, specially when you are open to culture exchange, you realize that you are not only learning a "code" but also to think in a different way, you learn to take perspectives and your vision of the world changes, it is amazing!
I thought I was the only one watching programs para niños to learn Spanish 😂
@@darlinglysette9549 It is an interesting way to learn, I remember when I was interested in learning Japanese, I was told to do the same...I watched Sazae san stories
Hi Mike, I really love your content. How did you learn English and how long did you take you to reach a decent command on English?
Thank you for your tips 🎉
@@dylanvalencia349 Hi, I'm glad you like it, well, I started studying by the age of 13, back then we didn't have as many resources as we do now, but I loved to mirror movies, songs and I had a penpal in the USA. Everything helped, specially my will to learn and my love to the American culture. I think it has been a gradual process, just like what happens with your native tongue. But the "milestoness" during my process were:
1- Meeting my penpal, that gave me an insight into the way real people communicate, it was written, but it certainly helped a lot
2- Traveling to USA, when I was 31, once I stepped into the country I started talking to everybody, so it was an immersive journey
3- My job at a call center, 2 years later, it skyrocketed my skills, and it was when I felt I started thinking in English for real, all due to the over exposure to the language on the phones.
4- Teaching, it has taken my knowledge of the language to a higer level.
I have an accent, of course, but I try to speak the best I can and communicate my ideas properly and clearly.
Summarizing all this, I could say that being able to read and write in a "decent" way took me 1 year (with the limitation of vocabulary and some advanced grammar concepts, back then of course), understanding (listening) could've taken 2 years, by the age of 15 I was able to understand movies and songs, the most part of them, but there was no way to measure my speaking skills, not until I got into the states, I was 31 by then, but I certainly was able to do it.
Hope this story helps!
Who needs one of the language learning apps when there is this channel?! Muchas gracias mi amigo🙏🙏👍🏻✌🏻🤙🏻
Thanks for your kind words! Siempre un placer poder ayudar!!!
Gracias Mike. I've been trying to figure out how to think in Espanol instead of translating. Substituting spanish words I already know in everyday sentences (like Madre, casa etc) is the most helpful tip I've learned yet. I will make use of all seven tips and I'm going to subscribe to learn more.
Thanks for subscribing. It's a matter of practice and exposure to the language, step by step, you'll get there!
Cómo son las cosas yo inglés y tu español. Pero el inglés es más fácil según veo
@@user-zv7cj7mx2n Sí, el inglés es menos complicado que el español
@@spanishwithmike absolutamente hermanooo no es fácil entendernos. Pero con esfuerzo c logra
@@user-zv7cj7mx2n Así es!
I think if you have a chance to speak to a spanish speaker then learning phrases like "what is he doing" or "what do you call this" is very important because you can point and use body language
The 2nd man I met to have common sense in how to learn Spanish right,props to you
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You may want to skip to the part you might be interested in:
00:00 Intro
00:15 The way our brain works
02:57 What happens when we learn a new language
05:58 The idea behind thinking in a second language
07:27 Step 1: Learn the structures
09:09 Step 2: Vocabulary
12:00 Step 3: Expressions & Idioms
14:12 Step 4: Daily descriptions
15:30 Step 5: Writing
16:14 Step 6: Chat!
17:23 Step 7: Exposure to the language
19:32 Final thoughts
21:11 Outro
Thank you.
@@art.martin my pleasure!
Great ideas!
@@slickwilly8180 Thanks, hope you'll be able to get the best out of it!
Thank you!
Good point
Currently, I am focused on acquiring some of the building blocks of expressions. I call them semi-expressions. They don't express a whole idea by themselves, but they are used all the time like expressions, and native speakers tend to say them really fast. Examples: "me doy cuenta de que" (I realize that ...), or "tiene que ver con ..." (it has to do with ...). These semi-expressions don't form a whole idea, but they will be the first part of a whole idea. There are enough syllables there to really confuse the mind if you can't automatically recognize the patterns.
That's great, I'l try to make a video about that
Just yesterday I was trying to find an article, a video, a Reddit post, ANYTHING about this! I didn’t know what to call it, so I didn’t end up finding anything. A video on these “semi-expressions” would be so so helpful! @@spanishwithmike
Thanks Mike. Great tips. Looking forward to more lessons!
Always a pleasure! More videos coming!!!!!!
These are some great tips. I’ve been working on learning the structure/ grammar and will add that passive listening tip on board. ❤
👍👍👍
Thanks Mike for this practical and useful lesson. Very helpful for me.
Thanks Dave for your kind words, looking forward to making more videos like this one!
Just subscribed. I hit a gold mine of thought. I've heard of this process before. I don't think it can be explained, but you did it. It's a very bizarre process for me to grasp, and yet, I've done it countless times. Perfect example, I say adios all the time. I never say good-bye. For me, good-bye sounds too permanent. I say adios without even thinking. I "own" the word. This is what that is all about. Again, thanks for the video.
Always a pleasure, more videos coming and also live streaming classes!
This is SO HELPFUL!!! thank you so much!❤
Glad you liked it!
I'm glad I stumbled upon your video. Thank you for this lesson.
Always a pleasure, more videos coming!
Thanks! Awesome tecniques. I will be using them going forward
Good, let me know how it goes
Me encanta tu video... ¡gracias por las sabias estrategias!
Gracias por tus palabras!
Muchas Gracias
Siempre un placer!
Gracias. I do these things.
Great!!!!!!
Muchísimas gracias
Siempre un placer!
Mil gracias
Gracias a ti por visitar mi canal y ver mis contenidos!
I appreciate this video, thank you
My pleasure, more videos coming soon!
Gracias Mike
Es un placer!
Gracias!! ✨✨✨
con gusto!
Muchas gracias!! 🙏😀
Siempre a la orden!
@@spanishwithmike tu eres excellente! 😍✌
@@kutekatzen ! 😍✌
You’re so awesome! I’ve just started for about a month and I was about to give up because I just didn’t know where to start and how to cover the language. This helps TREMENDOUSLY! Thank you so much!
I am so glad to be helpful!!!! don't give up, go at your own pace, be patient!
Thank you.
Anytime!
Such great tips!
Glad you liked it!
gracias para ayuda
Always a pleasure, siempre un placer!!! More videos coming soon, vienen más videos!!!!
Hi Mike, Thank you for sharing -- great suggestions!
Glad you liked it, let me know how it goes!!!!
Gracias
Es un placer!
Gracias Mike! Este es muy bien!
Me alegra que te guste!
Thank you
my pleasure!!!!!
This is great. I subscribed. I think "¿como así?" translates pretty well actually. Kind of like, "how's that?" or "how so?"
Welcome to the channel!
Thanks this was so helpful 🙌🏽
Always a pleasure!
ok good point
Muchas gracias por el video! It was so helpful and very engaging! You can tell that you have a real passion for teaching! Lo aprecio mucho!! ❤
I'm glad you liked it, thanks for commenting!!!!!
Gracias!
Awesome tips thanks
Me alegra que te hayan gustado!
Gracias ❗️
Siempre un placer!
You are a genius. I was wish you had a million likes. This changed everything for me. What a brilliant idea when I say sombrero or hat don’t go back and forth translating just picture a hat . Wow I wish I had a lot of money to give you, because genius’s should be paid.
Glad you liked it!!!!!!
I have Mexican indigenous heritage so I want to converse in Spanish. When my father was teaching me as a child I learned basics but I need to learn verbs and gender and a whole lot more words. Thankyou for your good advice
Hi, thanks for commenting, I have a series of videos in which I explain verb conjugation, for regular and irregular verbs, check them out!
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Just subscribed dude awesome help thank you these tips helped loads 👊🏻🇬🇧👊🏻
Welcome to the channel!
Brilliant advice, I need to learn to directly connect spanish words with concepts to cut out the translation and treat it like the independent tool it is.
Over exposure, little by little, start by over using/exposing to sentences, basic sentences! Go for it! Ánimo!!!!
I have watched many Spanish videos and this one was the most helpful in learning to speak easier. I will follow your advise. Especially, the Steps - use the Spanish word in place of the English word and immerse yourself in it to trick the brain. I never thought about it that way; but, you are absolutely correct. That makes total sense!!! The only thing I would change is I would make Step One, Step Two. It was helpful for me to first learn 100 words in Spanish (20 everyday verbos y conjucaciones), some pronombres and muchos sustantivos primero. Then I started learning sentence structures to takes these 100 words or so and do something with them. Learning grammatical structure before have some basic vocabulary was not useful to me. But, everything else that you said is what I have been doing and it really helpful! But, my English speaking friends think I am trying to show off by using random Spanish words. Lol. I am just trying to learn. Of well
I'm glad to be helpful, I'm working on more videos, we have a premiere on Tuesday 19:30 COT (-5GMT), the ultimate guide to conjugating regular verbs in Spanish, check it out, more videos coming!!!!!
Love your suggestions on learning Spanish ❤ I wanted to learn about 6 months ago but didn’t make much progress. Your suggestions are great and I will give them a try.
Nice to hear about that, give it a try and let me know how it goes! welcome to the channel!
Thank you for the video! I already knew i have to do everything you said but i guess i just needed someone to tell me 😂 Starting right now!
Sometimes we need a little help and that's it, go for it!
Hola.muchas gracias.💯
Siempre un placer!!!!
this was very helpful advice
Hope it helps!
Love your ST hat!🤘I saw them and it was so rowdy and badass!🙌
SxTxOxGx!!!!
Thank you for this video.. I am a beginner in learning Spanish, and I need some good tools..this helps alot
Glad to be helpful, more videos and a podcast coming soon!
First thought, I’m excited.
YOU ARE SOLID !
thanks!
Had to subscribe. Thanx
Welcome to the channel!
Glad I found you 👍
Glad to be helpful!
I love that you’re speaking Spanish while explaining. That helps so much, and some videos do not do that.
Check my podcast, lots of Spanish there! ua-cam.com/play/PLbDiOoOWRw_V-9vKT94sHuUh6cE7mn3tb.html
This was good. Im in Houston, Texas at young age I knew I wanted to be a hairdresser and I wanted to cut all types of hair and be able to converse in Spanish so I took it in up in high school and also a class after I got my license for hairstyling. I got discouraged when I realized it was various dialects of Spanish. I Thank You for laying some things I can do to build on the foundation that's already been laid. I'm grateful that right now I can read it a whole lot better than I can speak in complete sentences. Thanks Again for being a Language GPS for Me🙏
Thanks for your kind words, I'm glad to be helpful, keep on learning!
thank you so much for helping me speak spanish
My pleasure!!!!!!!!
Muchas gracias por las instrucciones! You got me at the title! I’ve been learning but always get stuck on the transition of translating inglés a español y español a inglés
Glad to be helpful!!!!
I found videos of singer José Feliciano when he sings in Spanish. I catch a few words here and there. I have lots of teaching Spanish videos. I like the he children ones. And I’m starting to understand the questions they ask. I learn with pictures and games. Like one video learning my colors the video asked me to find everything in that color and the question was asked in Spanish. No English is used. And I understood. And when the video asked if the animal was a certain color which was wrong I understood and named the right color and I remembered the name of the animal in Spanish because it was given to me in Spanish both verbally and written. I learned my alphabet, again no English. I was forced to associate the letters in Spanish. Now I can see letters and know them all in Spanish. One Spanish baby video taught things in Spanish and American sign language. So I know that sign in both English and Spanish. Not a conversation makes, but any kind of teaching helps me. Then when my head gets too full I take a day to process it so when I see it again I know it instantly in Spanish. I’m a small chunk of learning type. I even said good morning to my cats. They both looked at me strange but did it anyway.
This is a great way
It is! Enjoy!
The Netflix idea is so good will do thanks man
Anytime!
Sombrero Hat ...Nepali words Topi ....i m lisyening from Nepal ...love your Tranalte teach
Hey, thanks for commenting, greetings from Colombia!!!!!
Fantastico ❤😊
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All the ideas of necessary but to add chat GPT gives you a tool on another level. I don't know why I never thought of that. Thanks🙏
It does, awesome tool ua-cam.com/video/CNw3zq5sh90/v-deo.html
Hola, ¿Como esta usted?, OG, Mike!!! I do want to get serious getting fluent in Spanish. My brain is already trying to work its Spanish magic after watching your video. Gracias!!! Doing things in Spanish daily I never thought of. Great video. Hopefully I can type paragraphs directly in Spanish next time I come here. I've been exposed to the language my whole life. But haven't been able to get fluent. Your tips were great!!!
Hi, thanks for your commenting and welcome to the channel, I'm going to start live classes this week and I'm currently woking on more videos, so make sure to subscribe and to set the notifications, that's gonna keep you posted about updates and the live classes 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
New here but I have been studying Spanish for years now and still do everyday (#3 #4 #7). I do what interests me such as podcasts, videos, reading along with the audio, researching grammar points and using Anki for daily review.
I’m a grammar geek that enjoys learning how the language works (#1 #2). I will tell you the one thing that didn’t work for me; writing in Spanish, because I didn’t like not knowing if what I wrote was right (#5). Great if you have a teacher to review with. I still talk to myself in Spanish but I don’t know if I said it right but I accept that just saying it out loud gets me using my Spanish tongue for exercise and pronunciation.
I tried chatting on the internet (#6) but being older than most other participants I didn’t enjoy the chats so I gave up. I’ve traveled to Spain and Mexico for Spanish classes as well as full immersion live-in learning. I’d love to live in Mexico or Spain for a year but it has to be a place that allows English speakers to practice Spanish. I’ve been to places that are less than eager or patient enough to let one practice. If you know of a place please let me know. I tried group classes and solo classes online. The group classes that I used to do were affordable but the program got axed and I found it of limited value based on the teaching style and size of the class. Solo classes certainly have value if you find the right teacher with enough teaching knowledge for adults and flexibility to work with you.
Now what I’ve added to my toolbox is Chat GPT. It’s a program that is still learning but I spot mistakes especially regarding grammar at perhaps a more advanced level. I correct Chat GPT and sometimes it gets it and other times not. The key for me is learning the language with input and output plus using both passive and active learning techniques.
I enjoyed your video and I took notes to see how it matches up to my experience. Thanks.
Hi, I really appreciate you for taking the time to share your thoughts.
As for the writing part, yeah, it can be disappointing not to be able to get feedback in order to make sure we are doing things correctly, bot sure if you may want to try ChatGPT for checking spelling and grammar mistakes, as well as use of idioms or expressions.
Also chatting might become a pain in the back unless you can find groups or people who are interested in the same subjects as you are.
A friend of mine had the opportunity (almost 17 years ago) to live for a while in a place in Mexico where he went to study and practice, I can't recall if it was at a home or a school, I'll check with him and I'll try to get back to you with additional info.
I'll have a whatsapp line available soon for interacting with the subscribers of this channel, stay tuned so we might have a chat from time to time, it'd be a pleasure!
Hola Mike, I've been learning Spanish for about 2 weeks with Duolingo because I want to give my brain an exposure of a new language. I chose Spanish because it's easier for me as an Indonesian to pronounce than French or German (those are much more popular in Indonesia). It's easier but I have to work hard on the accent to be more natural.
The structure is also similar to Indonesian.
We say: Selada tomat, Nasi Ayam
In Spanish: Ensalada de tomato, Arroz con pollo
While in English: Tomato salad, Chicken Rice
So no confusion here 😁
And, we grew up listening Spanish songs like Volare (mi esposo can sing it well without knowing the meaning, not a single word 😂), Guantanamera, Besamé mucho, Quizás Quizás Quizás. So Spanish is not that unfamiliar to Indonesian. And now you know that I'm as young as you 😀.
Muchas gracias for creating this channel, I think your explanation is brilliante. I'm going to diligently learn from your channel as one of my resources. I'm so excited 😀
Hi, thanks for commenting. It´s nice to know you are looking forward to learning a second language, and it's wise to try with a language that can be easier for us to speak, pronunciation wise. Regarding that, focus on the pronunciation, don't worry about the accent (unless it's so thick that keeps you from pronunciating correctly).
It is nice to learn songs, even though we don't know what they say, because it helps with the sounds of the language, yes, we are young 😀.
Thanks for your kind words, welcome to the channel and looking forward to being helpful in your process!!!
I’m using Duolingo too and it’s very helpful!
@@sandybradshaw1879 👍👍👍
Hola, I'm also learning spanish with duolingo for two years now (nearly every day) and it works really fine for me. I hope you also enjoy it, greetings from Austria!
@@zizi_strizi001 hola, may I ask what's your first language? Spanish is exciting for me, after a month I began to think in Spanish and speak Spanish to mi marido y mi hijos and left him speechless because he has no idea what I'm talking about 😂😂
I've been spending about 1-2 hours a day in Duolingo for 34 days plus I've been watching Spanish serials on Netflix 😁.
How about you? And I wonder how far are you after 2 years? Thanks for commenting ❤️🙏🏼
Wow, I love the idea of watching a movie in Spanish that I know! I'm sure most of us have some movies that we know every line to.
I have a lot of movies I loved to repeat by heart every single line...and it was back when I was a kid!
So repetition is KEY!
Gato 🐈
And over exposure
cool hat , one of my favorite bands back in my teenage years
Still Cyco After All These Years
Right? I subbed before the video even started cuz this guy looks awesome! 😄
I really appreciate it, welcome to the channel, hope you'll like the videos 👍👍👍👍
@@spanishwithmike thank you! I started at the beginning and from what I've seen so far you are an excellent teacher. 👍
Happy to hear that, stay tuned, I'll try to do a live streaming class this weekend!@@spiritualaesthetic
@@spanishwithmike notifications on! 😁
Hola. Buenos días maestro Miguel. A mi me gusta su manera de ser. Nos vemos. Gracias. Dios te bendiga
Gracias por tus palabras, bienvenido al canal 😊😊😊
I think 🤔 💭 in both English and Spanish a lot. My first languages were both English and Spanish at the same time. My dad 👨 was Latino and My mom was white. My dad taught me Spanish because he said it was important for me too learn. I miss my Dad a lot 😞 and I am glad he taught me when he was here. Thank you Dad Garcias Dad. R.I.P. dad 👨. I love ❤ you. I think 🤔 💭 this video 📹 is cool 😎 and gets you really thinking thanks 😊 for making and sharing it with us here on You Tube. I wish you all the best 👍 👌 with teaching Spanish and with the rest of your videos 📹 here on You tube take care. ✌ ☮ 🕊It is so funny when all your friends in school speak English 🏫 then wanna know what The students that speak Spanish said and come to you and ask you what did they say?? 😆 🤣 😂 translate plz. Even the teachers do this?? Lol 😆 🤣 😂 😹
Thanks for sharing your story, it's nice to be bilingual! Welcome to the channel!
Thank you I come across you by accident I am unable to work for health reasons I've always wanted to learn Spanish I have tried in the past how long time ago to listen to Spanish but sounded they was talking so fast I couldn't tell when one word ended another one started because I had a stroke when I was 18 months I unfortunately learn slower than the average person because I can't Google digest a large amount of information all at once but I enjoy this video and I shall be looking out for your next one thank you
Thanks for commenting and sharing your experience, I'm glad to be helpful, looking forward to creating more learning resources that can be useful!
Awesome tips! One little corrective (I only speak English, so feels nitpicky): exposure is the word in English you want. Exposition is a public show of products or information. You want daily exposure to Spanish.
Hi Mark, I'm glad you liked it, yes, almost immediately after posting the video I was told about that, thanks for bringing that to my attention, you will notice that I'm no longer using that word in further videos 😉👍
Awesome hat!
Thanks!
Love the ST sombrero. Subscribed
Welcome to the channel!!!! SxTx
In this case we don't use sombrero, we use GORRA and in some regiosn here in Colombia people say CACHUCHA, sombrero is used for 360° brim
@@spanishwithmike thank you. Traveling from Australia to see ST at the No Values festival then spend the next 2months in Mexico, Costa Rica & Peru. Will have to buy a Gorra
@@TheJaff666 that's awesome, I wish I was there, have a blast! SxTx
Great video! PlutoTV, which has 358 free streaming channels, includes about 40 in Spanish, and at least one music video channel in Spanish. I'm 77 days into DuoLingo, and I'm also trying to watch some Spanish-speaking TV most days. I still have a long ways to go. But, on an interesting note, I was driving home from work about 2 weeks ago and I thought to myself "Estoy manejando", and then I realized "Estoy manejando!".
Great!!!! You are on the right path!
Bien chingóna la gorra mi profe!!!
Gracias!
Se pone interesante en el minuto 6
This helps, I drive a school bus. Thanks.
Anytime!
When i think cat or even sombrero in relation to trying to learn spamish i still see a drawing from a flash card just like when i learned them for English when i was a little kid😁
Cool! You've got a direct connection between the word and the idea or experience!
This is very good way of leaning fast in Spanish 🎉❤
it is indeed!
@@spanishwithmikeI have learned a different way to learn verbs than conjugation charts but I also think that writing is definitely the part of this
Thank you for this video! Very helpful! Also, the word you are looking for is “exposure” not “exposition”. Exposition is different. Hope this helps! 🙂 muchas gracias!
Hi, yes, I got that feedback from another viewer, thanks, I'll try not to make the same mistake again, I really appreciate you helping me to improve my language skills! 🙂 🙂 🙂
@@spanishwithmike that's very gracious of you! I'm glad it helps.
I loved. I'm trying learn English with your videos teaching to think in Spanish.
By the way, are you from Mexico teacher?
Thanks, I'm glad to be helpful...no, I'm from Colombia, the coffee zone
@@spanishwithmike
Wow me sorprende leer eso, tiene un acento muy neutro. Realmente no me di cuenta que usted es colombiano. 😅🇨🇴
Si, del norte del valle, una zona influenciada por varias culturas colombianas@@desconocido3520
I see your video in my UA-cam suggestions. Thank you for sharing this helpful video. 14sept23
My pleasure! Glad you liked it!
Thanks, Mike, good, helpful video. Daily exposition? Perhaps you meant daily exposure?
Yeah, exposure, thanks, my mistake 😁
Can sombrero be any kind of hat? I always think of the traditional Mexican decorated hat
In Colombia it is, any kind of hat hat has a full brim, 360°, we also say GORRO or GORRA, but they are definitely different than a SOMBRERO, the idea behind the word SOMBRERO is that it provides a full shade SOMBRA. Indiana Jones wears a hat, I wear a cap, Indy luce un sombrero, yo una gorra😉
@@spanishwithmike thank you for explaining the difference 🥰
@@reniesboutique always a pleasure to be helpful!!!!
Do we watch the movie in Spanish with English Subtitles or English with Spanish subtitles? Thank you so much.
Ideally first without subs, then with subs in Spanish, specially for matching sounds, try not to worry about translating at first but understanding the words and their sounds
@@spanishwithmike So, watch a Spanish show no subtitles then watch that same show with Spanish subtitles? Sorry, got a little confused
@@yolanda9730 Don't worry, yes, first to try and see if you can understand (recognize) the words in Spanish, then subs just to let your brain match the sounds with the words
I tried that simple writing in Spanish to an AI language model. Next thing I knew it answered in Spanish that I didn’t understand and I had to have it explain what’s that word in English. I mostly ask grammar questions. In English so it doesn’t answer using grammar I don’t know in Spanish. Grammar concepts I need in simple language so I can remember. For instance soy and estoy. I don’t know which and when to use for I am.
Don't worry, the key to that is to write the right prompts, in the meantime take a look at my videos about SER and ESTAR
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One thing I've wanted but never have found is literal translations. I would like to get the literal translations to Spanish phrases so I can become used to the grammatical structure and get used to translating grammatical structure at the same time as the vocabulary. Even with idioms, I would like both literal translations and the "meaning" translations.
That's something I do on my other channel, @inglesfacilconmike, I take American English idioms, do the literal translation and then explain the real meaning, same thing with phrasal verbs, I'll do the same in this cannel in future videos
Thank you this is frustrating 😢
What do you find frustrating?😢
Esta es muy interesante muchas gracias
Siempre un placer! Gracias por comentar
Creo que pasos #s2 y 4 son posibilidades para mi
You getting philosophical now!
Am I?
When you talk about the image connected to the word and how essentially words create thoughts, etc.@@spanishwithmike
well, not really, language works that way, we link ideas to labels in our language basically@@nash_6908
I was taught, imagine a cat eating a gateaux.Gato.
Cow, imagine a cow with a vacuum cleaner.Vaca.
Dog, imagine a dog doing pirouette. Perro
Cool!