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You Sir, are a brilliant teacher !😀🤝

@QrooSpanish

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for the find words.

@Philosopearl

Жыл бұрын

Yep - gifted. 💐

@MiaCruz

Жыл бұрын

Tienes razón

@alishacuarenta5443

7 ай бұрын

He is!!

@dlewis1645

6 ай бұрын

Yes - I fully agree. I’ve just started my spanish-learning journey 10 months ago and I’m 44 years old. You have an amazing tendency to address the inherent questions a native English speaker has when trying to put some of these words/phrases into practice - the do’s and don’ts that would not be obvious to us. A lot of times I’d ask a native spanish speaker a question of “why” and they would be unable to tell me with precision why something is, in comparison to the English way of saying it, which I already know. You always make these comparisons which GREATLY HELPS me understand and mentally correlate the new learned spanish to the ‘cemented’ english in my head. Thank you! I will be periodically buying you coffees! Daniel

When I moved to Lake Chapala 13 years ago, I could speak pretty well already from having had an employee the previous 10 years who only spoke Spanish. To get better aural comprehension I found XEAD FM 101.9 "ciento uno punto nueve, la buena onda, su onda de alegría." I had it on in the car all the time as there were two DJ's, a guy and a gal who bantered but spoke very clearly and fast enough but not machine gun fast or clipping off ends of their words. After about 5-6 months of just having their babble in the background and not actually trying to understand much, all of a sudden I realized I was understanding 95% of it. I still listen to them now years later.

Buscaba a alguien en quien pudiera contar. Te encontré y dejé de buscar !! Siga con su siempre interesante trabajo. No hay necesidad de buscar en otro lado. Los que dicen lo contrario te cuentan tonterías. Bueno, me voy porque tengo que buscar a mi hijo a la escuela.

Couldn’t agree more with the comment regarding your Spanish teaching brilliance…cheers!

You're a good teacher Paul. I really have learned a fair amount from you. Thak you for sharing your ideas with us other mere mortals

@QrooSpanish

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Paul. I appreciate the positive feedback.

Your videos are packed with information. I especially like the extras: “ ah, moments such as the use of “ historia” vs. “cuento “. Thank you! 🌻🌈

@QrooSpanish

Жыл бұрын

I appreciate that. Some people complain that I pack too much into them...lol

@jamiestephens2662

Жыл бұрын

Yes! I never knew that!

Dude, I’m really cracking up at the not knowing how to count from 1 to 10 in Mayan line! 😅 Great delivery with your “No”! 😅

Gracias por todo lo que haces por nosotros. Tu forma de explicar los temas tiene mucho sentido para mí.

@alambara5042

Жыл бұрын

puedes decir, "tus videos me ayudan la hostia!" or " eres la hostia Qroo! " I thing is the mos slang way to appreciate sth to sb in spanish

I like “Dejame en paz!

These videos coming out now are a blessing to improve my skills 😍 perfect timing ❣️

@QrooSpanish

Жыл бұрын

So glad to hear that. :)

Another video I must watch MANY times! :) and by the way... YOU are the motivational speaker! I did love that suggestion near the end of this video by using the vocab at hand. GRACIAS!

@QrooSpanish

Жыл бұрын

Thank you. :)

Thanks un mil veces

You and Butterfly Spanish are my favourite online teachers!

@QrooSpanish

Жыл бұрын

Awesome! Thanks!

Hi Paul , l have recently found your channel and just wanted to tell you l find it really helpful , keep them coming, your a natural teacher, thank you

@splendiforous265

11 ай бұрын

....you're a natural teacher

These are great…I’ve always wondered how to translate things like “are you coming to pick me up?” Never would’ve thought to grab buscar for that…your insight into the language and how it works from an English point of view is priceless thanks for doing what you do!!!

@alambara5042

Жыл бұрын

you can also say vienes a recogerme? or " ya estas viniendo? "

Outstanding !

Siempre tus vídeos me cambian la vida. Muchas gracias, Paul!

@QrooSpanish

Жыл бұрын

Es un placer. Gracias por verlos. Un saludo :)

another good video Paul.the sentence "El hotel cuenta con .....always threw me off. i got it now.see it on FB all the time.

SO helpful Paul. Muchísimas gracias por tus enseñanzas…

Great video, thanks as always Paul!

@QrooSpanish

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching. Take care.

Tengo que buscar a mi amigo en la estación de tren a las diez. (BUSCAR = pick up.) 🎯 Gracias Qroo Paul, no sabía este significado. Siempre aprendo algo util cuando veo tus vídeos.👍

Me gustó mucho y tenías razón aunque conozco estos verbos bien, aprendí algo! Gracias Paul

Really good video-content and usefulness are excellent-keep them coming!!!!

?Que haces? Practicar mi espanol!! gracias de nuevo por otra gran lección!

This is one of my favorite Qroo videos.

@QrooSpanish

Жыл бұрын

Awesome! Happy to hear that!

Una lección muy útil! Gracias 🙏

I'm familiar with "Cuéntame los chismes" for "Tell (give) me the gossip"; and also, the word "Cuentista" (someone who tells stories) which can be used as a soft way of calling someone a liar such as with children, or for someone who "pulls people's legs" which is akin to someone joking.

Absolutely perfect! Thank you so much! Somehow I lost the video when I got towards the end of it and I had to go back again. Don’t think that somebody cut you off towards the end. It was me accidentally hitting something end ending up another video.

@QrooSpanish

Жыл бұрын

I appreciate your commitment to supporting the channel. :)

¡Gracias por otro buen video! Fue muy útil. No me voy a rendir aprender español.

Your videos are really easy to understand. Thank you, always appreciate the lessons!

@QrooSpanish

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching. :)

gracias por orta grand video..hasta luego

Brilliant lesson as always sir!

@QrooSpanish

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! I'm.glad ypu enjoyed it.

Thanks!

@QrooSpanish

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!

Wow, great lesson so much useful information, I need to watch again as the pace is quite rapid. Thank you! The coffee is on it's way and you have a new subscriber!

@QrooSpanish

Жыл бұрын

Glad you like it!

Excellent

I agree

Thanks, Paul !!!🤠

@QrooSpanish

Жыл бұрын

Hi Phil. Nice to see you're still watching my videos.

Normally I only watch those Spanish video lessons (eg. "How to Spanish" ) if the presenters are native speakers AND there is almost zero English used to translate or explain grammatical points etc. BUT, the one exception I make is for the excellent video lessons made by Qroo Paul. It is as if Paul finds the lacunae in the standard textbook explanations of Spanish usage and proceeds to repair the "damage". I never fail to learn something amazing from Paul's presentations. Por cierto, qué le pasa a tu brazo? Hablabas demasiado por los codos?

great class on buscar , contar y dejar 😍

@QrooSpanish

Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Sus videos son fantásticos y muy útiles. Para los de nivel más avanzado sería estupendo que hubiera videos completamente en español sin inglés. Gracias por tenerlo en cuenta!

@alambara5042

Жыл бұрын

I look for have exchange conversations in english and spanish, send me and email and we can talk a bit, si te animas podemos hablar un rato en español y luego en ingles asi tambien puedo practicar yo; pero desde luego en español te puedo ayudar muy facilmente como puedes comprobar jaja

Hi Paul. Thank you for the lesson. Great as usual. A question came up on the language tutor and I wondered if Linda might have an answer. The word “ moist” in English is often thought to be a yucky description of something. Are there any words that native Spanish speakers think are odious.? Thank you 😊

@QrooSpanish

Жыл бұрын

I asked her and she couldn't think of any. That's a shame because what an awesome video that would have been. :)

It is more correct to say: ¿Vas a ir a buscarme? Are you coming to pick me up? Or ¿Puedes venir a buscarme (a la fiesta/ al metro/ al aeropuerto)? Regardless, you are a truly clear teacher. I wish you taught other languages as well.

@QrooSpanish

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Paula. I am sure that I have picked up some bad habits over the years. It has always been common for us to say something like, "Estoy listo. ¿Vienes a recogerme?" "Sí, ya voy." Thanks for the compliment about my teaching style. I appreciate it. I have enjoyed sharing what I have learned with people via KZread. It is a fun retirement hobby. Have a great week. :)

Hi Qroo Paul, im enjoying the lessons, thank you very much, however I don't understand something. With the subjunctive, its mainly about doubt or something that hasn't occurred yet,, right? But in the sentence. Los maestros dejan que los niños jueguen afuera todo el día. In this sentence I don't see the doubt. Please help me with this, thank you.

You are so funny. Linda when I come to visit can I help Paul with the things you want done? Not that he has not done everything but find something for us to do while he is teaching me Spanish.

@QrooSpanish

10 ай бұрын

Haha

Thanks for the videos. Maybe I missed it when you were talking about present indicative vs present progressive for action oriented verbs, but in informal Latin American Spanish, when is present progressive used regularly vs. the present indicative? I've already learned present progressive conjugations, but just wondering now if I will ever use them. What about the other tenses in progressive mood? Will I use them or not?

@QrooSpanish

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the super thanks! I appreciate it. The present progressive is commonly used in Latin America. No worries there. You will get a feel for when to use it. For example, it would work well in a sentence like: No te puedo hablar ahora. Estoy trabajando. - I can't talk to you now. I'm working. If someone asks - ¿Qué haces? - what are you doing? Many times that present progressive will fit nicely. Estoy viendo la tele - Im watching TV. And if you go to a store and the person working there asks if he or she can help you, you can say, estoy buscando....whatever. It is correct. Those IENDO and ANDO endings are useful for other verbs too. One of my favorites is seguir + gerund (ING) - to keep doing something. Sigo trabajando. I keep working.

Great class but I believe I need to go back a little. It's too overwhelming.

@QrooSpanish

9 ай бұрын

I cover a lot of material in my videos because I expect people to pause the videos and/or watch them more than once.

A different word for sandwich everywhere in the Spanish speaking word? True. Jeje. Fridge too

@zerepam9852

5 ай бұрын

Sandwich= emparedado is the correct translatiom but it is mostly used on tv. Fridge: Refrigerador, refri is most commonly used.

Great video! Are you going to continue the subjunctive series?

@QrooSpanish

Жыл бұрын

Yes, I just got sidetracked a bit on direct an indirect object pronouns.

Hi Paul , as always great stuff. I notice in word reference, under buscar, they use ing for present tense. Estoy buscando las llaves y no las encuentro, I'm looking for the keys and I can't find them. Is the way you're teaching the way people speak and the Word reference the proper dictionary etiquette?

@QrooSpanish

11 ай бұрын

If you are actively searching at that very moment estoy buscando (present progressive) is common. If someone asks what you are looking for you may hear either that or the present tense: ¿Qué buscas? The latter being quite common. If we're looking for something but not literally looking for it at that moment, the present tense is common. Buscamos una casa que tenga dos recámeras (we're looking for a house that has two bedrooms). If you use buscar + infinitive to mean "to look to do something" the present tense is by far the most common: Mexico busca reforzar su alianza con Colombia (Mexico seeks to strengthen its alliance with Colombia). I hope that answers your question.

Support! Saludos!

@QrooSpanish

Жыл бұрын

Gracias. Saludos.

Hi, I love your teaching method, was wondering, how close is the Spanish that you teach to European Spanish? Gracias!

@QrooSpanish

Жыл бұрын

There are some differences in vocabulary; however, the main verbs and constructions apply there as well. I don't use vosotros but I have started mentioning it in later episodes. One significant difference between European Spanish and Latin American Spanish is to express the recent past. I use the preterite and European Spanish uses the present perfect. Just subtle things like that really.

@kipstl

Жыл бұрын

Gracias

Paul, in the sentence that you use conte to describe “told”. Couldn’t you have used “Le dije a Maria lo qué pasó ayer”. If so, what is the preferred way to use I told? I guess this is also true for cuéntame. You could have use dime, right? Thanks

@QrooSpanish

Жыл бұрын

You can use decir but it is more common to use contar when telling a longer story or account. Think of it as narrating. Decir is great for telling people what to do (Le dije que se fuera) or sharing information or facts (Le dije dónde vive Juan).

@michaelwallace4043

Жыл бұрын

@@QrooSpanish Thanks Paul

Hi Qroo Paul, also with this sentence, mi mujer deja que los perros duerman en la cama, i don't understand why we are using the subjunctive. Thank you

12:10 is there a reason we would use dejar + que+ sub. formula vs dejar + inf.? or is it a stylistic choice?

@QrooSpanish

Жыл бұрын

Shorter sentences you can go either way but longer more complex sentences will most often be dejar+que.

@daniellean5769

Жыл бұрын

@@QrooSpanish thank you for the explanation 🙏.

Watched this video months ago and I’m still laughing at the “NO” associated with counting to 10 in Maya.

I learned to say "Para de" to mean "stop doing (something). Is there s difference between "para de" and "deja de"?

@QrooSpanish

Жыл бұрын

That's fine too: parar+de+infinitive

So sentences with let’s will alway use subjunctive verbs? 🤔

@QrooSpanish

Жыл бұрын

No, not really. It really depends on the construction. It helps to look for subjunctive triggers.

No te dejes dejes is subjunctive, a negative command takes the subjunctive.

Can you not say "tengo que recoger a mi hijo en la escuela" is 'buscar' in Mexico used for 'pick up'?

@QrooSpanish

Жыл бұрын

Recoger is the verb I tend to use but "buscar" is widely used in this context as well.

Tengo que recoger a mi hijo de la escuela. Tengo que buscar mi hijo de la rscuela. Is the second sentence wrong?

@QrooSpanish

Жыл бұрын

You can say Tengo que buscar a mi hijo de la escuela. It is one of the common uses of buscar.

I don't know why nobody teaches buscar like this... but it's worth translating as 'to seek'. I'm seeking the keys. (we don't need 'for' with the verb to seek).

@cmanpatrick

Жыл бұрын

and so when learning the language you just tell yourself 'where i use look for, they use Seek'.

@QrooSpanish

Жыл бұрын

That's a good way to do it. I never thought of it that way.

@cmanpatrick

Жыл бұрын

@@QrooSpanish Btw i should have started my comment positively - your videos are super helpful for me thanks :) But yes, whilst everyone says 'you shouldnt translate to learn a language' i disagree. i've sort of made my own version of english inside my head that's structured the way spanish people speak. Its easier to learn another english, than another language entirely. And that makes it easy to quickly rememeber structures. Eventually the spanish becomes embedded just as through any other method, if you practice enough.

@QrooSpanish

Жыл бұрын

I didn't take it in a negative way at all. No worries. I have done the same thing when it comes to learning Spanish. I twist my English in my head to remember Spanish constructions etc. That method has worked great for me. After some time, it was no longer necessary to do that. The words just started coming out much easier. I guess it is all part of the process.

Gracias... I owe you a beer

@QrooSpanish

Жыл бұрын

Great! I love beer!

I was just trying to understand my friend using buscar mis Hilo’s en la escuela

@QrooSpanish

Жыл бұрын

Now you know what they meant.

I would have no hope of learning Spanish from a Spanish person. We are all individuals and have individual needs. Luckily we have the Internet and a mountain of choices

@QrooSpanish

11 ай бұрын

There are certainly more than enough free resources online to assist anyone in learning Spanish.

I always use dejar command in subjunctive. Amigos dejenme que lo haga...you all let me do it. Juana dejame que lo haga...Juana let me do it. This is a stronger contruction: yo no debería haberles dejado a los niños que comieran los dulces...or...yo no debería haberles dejado que los niños comieran los dulces. yo no debería haberle dejado que el bebé comiera eso.

@QrooSpanish

Жыл бұрын

I prefer that construction too unless it's a very short sentence like "Déjame hacerlo" or something like that. Thanks for watching the videos, by the way. I don't think they are much benefit to you but I do appreciate the support. :)

@kcorpora1

Жыл бұрын

@@QrooSpanish Paul you know why your videos and others are useful and helpful to me, because it keeps me on my toes. I do sometimes have to re check myself since the only time I truly speak spanish to others is when I go on vacation to the Dominican Republic for vacation in which I am on my way there now while I am writing you. Other times I am just practicing with myself. Also I love participation and contributing. Also I like challenging because I could be wrong. Since I am a gringo I never stop learning and any good source I will use. Good stuff Qroo

@QrooSpanish

Жыл бұрын

Have a great time in the DR!

@kcorpora1

Жыл бұрын

@@QrooSpanish Thanks Paul. I will be checking out your videos from there!

Primero!

@QrooSpanish

Жыл бұрын

Gracias por verlo. :)

Shouldn’t it be “le dejé”?

@QrooSpanish

Жыл бұрын

Yes, I missed the accent mark. I hate typos. :)

Have you done a Basic Beginners Spanish lesson? I'm 215 days into doulingo and getting lost, big Grammer titles are losing me. Suggest a basic spanish?

@QrooSpanish

Жыл бұрын

Try this series. There are only seven lessons there but they cover a lot of material: kzread.info/dash/bejne/aoOuyI-mg9Ozds4.html

What happened to your arm?

@QrooSpanish

Жыл бұрын

I gave blood just before I filmed this.

Soy nativo de español pero algunos son incorrectos

Got the impression that you are so fast for some (unknown) reasons ~particularly today's video 😢~😮~

@QrooSpanish

Жыл бұрын

Sorry about that. I was a bit rushed in my filming. You can always slow the video speed on KZread. Hit the gear icon.

Te deje un sándwich… no accent?

@QrooSpanish

Жыл бұрын

Should be an accent on the second e in deje

Super weird how this channel uses commercials for students of English! Possibly because I'm in Mexico now, but it's really stupid considering how this channel is focused on Spanish

Thanks!

@QrooSpanish

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!!!!!!