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@loriagriffith

11 күн бұрын

😊😊

@loriagriffith

11 күн бұрын

😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊

No kidding, I learned more from this lesson than I have in 1033 days in a row of Duo Lingo! Learning the why instead of purely trying to memorize has flipped a switch for me! Thank you and keep up the great videos!

@QrooSpanish

2 жыл бұрын

I think you'll like this course, Heather. You will still be able to incorporate the vocabulary that you learned from the app.

@ivanivke

Жыл бұрын

I can say the same although I had “only” 436 days in a row! 😉

@unshapingtheearth7916

Жыл бұрын

Duolingo is for people who know badic Spanish i think, this kind of stuff you learn in hs Spanish

@Goldman_Bernstein

Жыл бұрын

I've used Duolingo for 5 years for French, Spanish and Japanese! It's a good app for building vocabulary, but it's not good if you're trying to become fluent in speaking! In Duolingo, I get frustrated when I type out a 15 word answer and get it wrong, because I forgot an "s" in one of the words... I mean, in conversation, nobody cares if you've forgotten a single letter lol.

@DarcyWhyte

Жыл бұрын

The trick with Duolingo is it doesn't stand by itself. For me I'm doing the following: 1) Duolingo, I got a paid subscription and do it quite regularly. 2) Using @Spanish with Qroo Paul (this channel) to understand theory, this video is great and I'm going to work through the whole series. 3) Also in youtube, studying the alphabet, numbers, telling time. 4) I got a tutor. 5) Starting to watch youtube videos that are in Spanish. 6) Learning the lyrics of spanish songs I happen to like (I'm into salsa dancing). 7) Soon I'll be practicing face to face at meetups...

OMG, as someone who has studied Spanish for 5 years (through apps, websites, KZread), I think I've learned more core basics in this 36 minutes! Thank you so much!

@QrooSpanish

Жыл бұрын

Glad to hear that!

@rahayudarmo77

7 ай бұрын

Thank you ❤

@Hear_God_Speak

7 ай бұрын

Mee too!

@sandrapalmer7967

2 ай бұрын

This is fantastic!!!!

This is possibly the best video I have ever seen to teach Spanish.

New subscriber here year 2024. I'm glad I found ur video😊

WOW! I am age 73 and your lesson have help me by improving my Spanish by 80% within 36 minutes! Thank you for your very informative and enlightening video! Gracias a ti. ASE!

@QrooSpanish

2 ай бұрын

Happy to help!

You should be very proud of what you’ve created here. I’m sure our brains are all wired differently and receive information differently but this is the single-most effective instruction to Spanish learning I’ve ever seen. Really excited to dive into more.

This is the absolute best!!! Why don’t they start out teaching this everywhere!

Despite having a number of years of Spanish I picked up on a few tidbits. The bigger picture you present is to look for commonalities and patterns. I love learning Spanish because for me it's like a puzzle. I enjoy the challenge of figuring out how the sentence fits together in context. I believe there is a certain amount of memorizing and learning proper grammar required (typical language teachers focus on this aspect). I've never been taught Spanish by a native english speaker. The fact that you have on the ground experience is a huge benefit. Thanks for your efforts.

@QrooSpanish

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching, Rosemary. These early lessons will be a bit too basic for you at your level; however, I will be working in the subjunctive and more difficult constructions by lesson 10 or so.

@vicki2575

3 ай бұрын

​@@QrooSpanishwonderful instruction; thank you! Please help us to understand when preocuparse gets changed around to se preocupa, or me levanto to levantarme. Gracias!

Excellent! I love the way you have organized things and explain them. You give us English speakers what we need to know. Thank you!

@QrooSpanish

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Rick. I failed at learning Spanish until I started comparing it to my English. That changed everything and I became conversational quickly and later reached fluency. As a result, that's how I teach it now. I should have the third lesson out tomorrow.

Having “studied” Spanish off and on since I was in third grade, ( a hundred years ago, lol ), your lessons have taught me more than 360 days straight of Duolingo and as I’m getting ready for my 3rd trip to Ecuador soon, there are proving to be priceless…also, as a former Deputy Sheriff myself, Thankyou also for your service!

I love how your mind thinks and how you explain this! It’s MAGIC! Thank you

@QrooSpanish

Жыл бұрын

Wow, thank you!

2 years of Duolingo could not teach me what he taught me in 1 hour. 😮

@sandras1524

7 күн бұрын

I was going to say the same EXACT thing. I've learned a lot on Duo but still couldn't put together sentences. This method is the missing link to put all those words together in order to actually communicate in Spanish. Brilliant 😂

So far, this is the most underrated course on any topic on the internet! Thank you so much; this cleared up a lot of things for me! ¡Muchas gracias!

@QrooSpanish

9 ай бұрын

Wow, thanks!

First I have to say you are doing a great job to help English speakers to learn Spanish, sometimes it is an advantage to come from own experience as a learner than from university with an academic approach to teach people. At the age of 65 I started to learn Spanish just for fun. One of the first things I discovered were the many similarities between English and Spanish. Even for a German native, it makes absolute sense to learn Spanish from English instead of learning from German. Only when it comes to pronunciation it is an advantage to be a German native speaker, we use a lot of similar sounds like the Spanish and even the pronunciation rules are often similar, even when the writings are different. Beside the similarities for the endings .. al and the change from ..tion to ..ción I discovered another one, the change form ..ty to ..dad for many words like society->sociedad, university->universidad and another good thing is, the ..dad endings like the ..ción endings are always female, "La conversación en la universidad era muy formal."

@dilemmablue2494

6 ай бұрын

Thanks for the sharing! This is a good tip

Feel lucky finding this guy on Day 3 of my Learning Spanish journey

@QrooSpanish

8 ай бұрын

Welcome to the channel!

This chap is the best I’ve had a few Spanish lesson but his method is the best.

@QrooSpanish

11 ай бұрын

Thank you so much! I'm glad you are enjoying the lessons :-)

I cannot believe they were not popular, they are so very well done. We are enjoying them as a predecessor to a mission trip to Maneadero, Baja.

@jeffnoble1218

Жыл бұрын

I also can't believe they were not very popular. Then again, I have noticed that his main channel has gone the way of the Kinetic Kennons, where everything seems to be some kind of endorsement or outright sponsorship. I used to trust his videos completely, but now I take them all with a grain of salt.

@klharndt

Жыл бұрын

I’ve never understood the problem people have with sponsored videos. The creators provide this information to you for free, in large part. But, they need to make a living just like you are. If you’ve only been watching Paul’s videos for a short time, and you’re skeptical about sponsored videos (welcome to social media!) then maybe you haven’t come to know him and to trust that what he’s recommending is well thought out and is what he believes in. But if like me, you’ve been watching him for a long time, then that’s a harsh judgment.

@Forestgump12able

10 ай бұрын

VA CON DIOS E CON SR. QROO

Hi Paul. I paid for a course that convinced me to ' acquire' the language through story reading. I have done a lot of that, reading the story, listening to the story, reading and listening at the same time. It has its benefits, developing an ear for the language. However, I just thought there was something missing. They focus little on the grammar. Discovering you on youtube was the missing link I have been looking for! Thanks. You are a heck of a guy.

Hola, Am just learning Spanish for the first time in my life, am happy isaw this video first because it has built my interests. Muchas gracias 🙏

El algoritmo es amable porque por fin estas recibiendo el reconocimiento que mereces. De verdad es uno de los mejores maestros que he encontrado en KZread.

@QrooSpanish

Жыл бұрын

Gracias :)

@nicolasmoya3787

Жыл бұрын

raro es que el algoritmo traiga a latinos

@kblongespee9225

5 ай бұрын

By the end of this video we should be able to translate this comment. If not, we weren’t paying attention enough 😜

You are really a wonderful teacher - understanding extremely well how to teach adults. Your breakdown of Spanish - English makes learning the language quite fun for quick success.

@QrooSpanish

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much. :)

I am so grateful to have found your channel! I have tried to learn Spanish so many times, but the grammar drills and memorization with no context... well, has not worked out so well! And I just moved to Ecuador on a tight budget (tutor unlikely!), your "tricks" and way of teaching are such a relief for me. Muchas gracias!

@QrooSpanish

2 жыл бұрын

Happy to help. Enjoy Ecuador. :)

@cluckygirl792

5 ай бұрын

I agree absolutely with your comments- I have been learning Russian in a similar way (contextual) because at age 60, memorising just doesn’t work for me. Today is day 1 of learning Spanish from absolutely nothing and your approach is excellent. THANK YOU 🙏

FYI, this course was recommended in a book called 'The Move To Mexico Bible'.

@QrooSpanish

Жыл бұрын

I didn't know that. Thanks for letting me know.

After living for 7 years in Central and South America, I was finally learning Spanish from your first 2 videos. Can't wait to finish the rest. And I hope by that time, you have come to your senses and published Episode 8!

@QrooSpanish

Жыл бұрын

That's great to hear!

@annettemcnabb3033

Жыл бұрын

Yes, i couldn't agree more!!! Loving this 🙂

@danielsmith2447

Жыл бұрын

Holy Mackerel, you have lived in Spanish speaking countries for 7 years and it took these videos for you to start learning Spanish?

@sansouza80

11 ай бұрын

😊🎉caramba! Não consigo acreditar que este professor seja americano com essa fluência e sotaque mais que perfeito em Espanôl😮😮😮😮😮 estou aprendendo muito ! Muchas gracias 🇧🇷

@jthymesthree602

7 ай бұрын

@@danielsmith2447Must not be assimilating much if that’s the case

Although I've been learning Spanish for over five years, and have been living in Mexico for almost four, this video was an excellent refresher, thanks Paul - Anne

@QrooSpanish

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching, Anne. These lessons will be getting progressively more complex.

I have been speaking and learning Spanish since I was a teenager...I am now 60 and I truly appreciate the way you introduce the sounds!

@QrooSpanish

Жыл бұрын

I'm glad that you like the lessons. That's great. :)

Cognates have always driven me nuts. Nobody ever presented me with the simple idea that many (but not all) English words that end in "AL" are cognates. Thank you (even a year after you created the video)!

Thanks thanks thanks! Please do not discontinue the lessons, they are awesome.

As a beginner, I find your method of teaching very effective and relaxing. Gracias.

@QrooSpanish

Жыл бұрын

Happy to hear that!

This course an incredible easy course. It surprises me how fast I felt good and progresive in learning Spanish. So grateful I found you.

@QrooSpanish

Жыл бұрын

So glad to hear that. You made my day. :)

I keep coming back to this series after being state side for very long because I my opportunities to speak Spanish with anyone over here are minimal and I feel clumsy trying.. Just want to say I appreciate you leaving this series up as it's great!! Gracias!

@QrooSpanish

Ай бұрын

I'm glad you like it! Thanks for taking the time to leave feedback.

Crazy good. This guy made Spanish make sense!!

I think you need to continue teaching. This is the best course around. Maybe it just took time to take off? Keep making the courses!! Good job.

Thank you for sharing these teachings. It's my first time speaking Spanish and this first lesson already has built my confidence.

@QrooSpanish

Жыл бұрын

You're very welcome!

This was the best teaching I have ever experienced!!! Teachers should teach students this way instead of the traditional memorization method!!!

@QrooSpanish

7 ай бұрын

That's great to hear!

This was so well done

Thank you so much, you are an amazing teacher. Ive just found your channel and your lessons are brilliant. Thank you so much for taking the time to post these. They are super helpful. Love and all the best from Scotland ❤️🙏🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Well done, Paul. Thank you so much. You are a very talented hombre !

@QrooSpanish

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching Phil. I am excited about this project. I think you will enjoy the future videos as well.

Literally the best lesson I’ve ever had !!

I've learned so much in this lesson and I can't wait to learn more progressively. You're gifted, please, never stop teaching.

Sir, you are a wonderful Spanish language instructor because you teach English speakers to grasp the heart of the Spanish language learning experience intuitively from an English perspective, which creates a manageable mental transition in accepting the learning process instead of the botched language trauma in the school system. Thank you so very much!!!!

This was extremely helpful. You made this seem so easy and it definitely was. I will be reviewing this lesson and looking forward to many more. Thanks Paul 😊

This guy is legit! Thank you. Having a blast learning it!

I'm so grateful that I came across your channel, simple yet perfect.

Brilliant! This first lesson contained far more informacion* about Spanish than my first 10 Babbel lessons. The organización* is clear and well thought out and the presenter’s outline ingeniously anticipates the PRACTICAL needs of an English-speaking beginner trying to learn Spanish. ThisQroo Paul fella is an excellent communicator as well as an inspired teacher and has given me back my expat sparkle for attempting to learn a new language. One tip (or perhaps, warning). If this single video were a meal, it would be considered a large feast. Albeit only about a half hour long, it is VERY calorie dense - linguistically. So you may need to take small bites, pause, and chew on what you have learned at various points. And you may not be able to finish it all in one sitting. I myself plan to return to the lesson as I would a favorite restaurant. It’s that good. *I learn this “ación” trick of converting English words to Spanish in this first lesson!

@QrooSpanish

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the feedback. I realized a bit too late that these lessons were a bit too calorie intensive for most folks. Statistically speaking, the series performed poorly so I stopped after 7 lessons. Now I make much shorter lessons. :)

@brittneygunter8165

10 ай бұрын

I agree! It's super dense! I am so so so happy to have found this though. It's exactly what I was looking for when I came to youtube to see it i could learn more Spanish beyond a formal greeting! Fabulous job!!!🎉

Great to see this video back on ! Thanks

Excellent, gracias por la leccion

You are absolutely the best spanish teacher out there. You have helped me so much. Thanks!

Love your approach!! I'm excited to learn because I've finally found a good teacher! Great stuff!

Want to thank me? Buy me a coffee www.buymeacoffee.com/qroo The Book That Propelled my Spanish amzn.to/3yOpO95

@siniatauiliili4469

Жыл бұрын

80p00😊😊😊😊😊 ×

@johnjhayden641

10 ай бұрын

Do you do Spanish translation to English?

@johnjhayden641

10 ай бұрын

You have a very clear voice and you pronounce the words very clearly for I can understand

Thank you for your help, I already started my lesson.

I’m not a beginner but your system to learn phrases ‘formula’ works for me. Thank you

@QrooSpanish

Жыл бұрын

I'm glad you like it. :)

This is excellent Paul, thank you so much! You break it down very easily making it super easy to learn. Love it!

@QrooSpanish

2 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful! :)

Great lesson! I learned much more in 36 minutes than in a comparable amount of time on any of the language apps. I'm looking forward to more lessons!

You have an amazing ability to present calmly and clearly these lessons. They are so informative and useful.

Simply wow. Nearly 200 consecutive days on Duolingo blown away by less than 37 minutes of Qroo Paul KZread video. Thanks ! I'm hooked.

@QrooSpanish

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

yipee, more lessons, very helpful, after watching a lot of your lessons this past year I really have greatly improved with my Spanish. Thanks!

@QrooSpanish

2 жыл бұрын

That's great to hear, Maria. This course will be the best I have done yet.

Hello Paul, my profession is teaching language and from this one lesson I am looking forward to taking your whole course! This is great. My Spanish is intermediate level, but it has been a while since I've really used it very much, so I am starting at the beginning for a review. I am so grateful I found you for both the information about Mexico and for this course. Thank you!

@QrooSpanish

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much, Debra. I am slowly adding to this latest course in between keeping up with my other hobbies and traveling. :)

As a spaniard May I say that the soft "c" only sounds "s" in latin america and the south of spain. The neutral castillian pronounciation is "z" . So, depends in wich country you are. Magnificent lesson. I have serious dificulty with english "r" and vowels 😂

Muchas gracias por tus lecciones!

I am finding this very helpful. I will be moving to Mexico later this year and I have tried learning different ways , but I find your instruction very helpful especially with pronunciation.

@QrooSpanish

2 жыл бұрын

I think you will like the course. The emphasis is on Mexican Spanish and being able to communicate during common situations: shopping, eating out, banking, medical needs etc.

This a huge step for me in learning Spanish ❤🎉 I'm getting better in Spanish ❤🥳

@QrooSpanish

Жыл бұрын

That's great to hear!

Thank you for your very clear and confidence-building way to learn Spanish - it's great. FYI...re your comment about the double consonants in English, for example in 'recommendation', there is, in fact, a grammar rule called the 'double the consonant' rule, which ties in with a rule called the 'vowel-consonant-vowel' rule. This states that if you have a word like 'tap' (with a short 'a' sound) and you want to make it continuous, you have to double the consonant to make it 'tapping'... otherwise it would become 'taping'. .. and tape is a vowel/consonant/vowel word (with a long vowel sound). Therefore, as the letter 'o' in the word 'recommendation' is a short vowel, it's necessary to double the 'm' after it to keep it sounding short. I hope that's clear...and yes, I am an English Teacher...! 😀

Excellent lesson, thanks very much.

Just started my Spanish journey with you and I'm loving it. So clear and structured. I feel so motivated, thank you :) Jonny

Ty! Hopefully I can go from zero to conversational with the help of you!

@QrooSpanish

2 жыл бұрын

Sounds good. More lessons to come soon.

Thank you so much for this lesson series! This is EXACTLY what my brain needed to make Spanish make sense! I will be working my way through this material for weeks

Love your lessons. It’s been four years here and it’s helped me a lot. Thanks.

Que padre, Paul! Me gusta mucho esta hack para aprender español! Usualmente, yo uso Duolingo para gramatica, y otros KZread videos y películas para comprehensible input y escuchando. Este es uno más tool en mi toolbelt! (Ahora necesito buscar estas palabras no lo sé...) Muchas gracias! 👍

@KerriKannan

9 ай бұрын

Hey! Thanks for writing that in Spanish, I am surprised(I thought I totally lost my ability to understand Spanish before watching Paul’s video) I was able to translate it while reading it.

Thanks a lot! Your video is really helpful! You are simply the best!

very easy to understand. great tips

You have a new subscriber! Wow, I can’t believe how simple you made learning Spanish. I have struggled with memorizing vocabulary and forming sentences for months. This video made learning Spanish a bit easier for me.

@QrooSpanish

2 жыл бұрын

WelcomeQ I think you will find this method more useful because I really focus on your English to help you learn Spanish.

I liked this one again! I guess my old like got wiped out when you reposted. My Qroo Paul Word list has 104 words on it now! These are a list of all the words used in the first two episodes of your new series. Like I said last time I was really surprised how few of the cognates were on the "1000 basic words" list. This number does not count all the definite and indefinite articles you introduced. On the TV Spanish News program I watched last night has the word "invitar" but I checked and "invasion" in English, which I learned is spelled with a "s" and not a "t" is "invasión" in Spanish. These videos look fantastic production wise. One thing is that I noticed that for much of the time your hands are below the frame and we can't see them. You have to take a year of language to get a degree here at Sacramento State. I took a crash summer school class in ASL, (American Sign Language) which is the hand sign language used by deaf people. I also took some classes in railroad operations where I learned a little about the railroad hand signals that rail road folks use. My point is that your hand movements and facial expression carry meaning. But if your hands are out of the frame we can't see them. I thought that it might be from your years of police work that you keep your hand gestures close to your belt line just in case you need to use your service weapons. You are so perfectly framed in these shots that I don't want to suggest pulling the camera back and making you smaller. Maybe if you thought about it you could make your hand gestures higher. It is cool that even now you raise your hands up into the frame to emphasize an important point. My guess is that just me making you aware of how your viewers see or don't see your hands will help you to keep your hands in the shot frame when you want them there. Here is a quick question. At the taco stand that I frequent on weekends I get a burrito and a Spanish lesson every night. They are trying to teach me how to say mild as in not spicy. I was hearing "Pesoso" but I checked and this isn't a Spanish word. I am starting to think they were saying "picoso" as in "un poco picoso". The other theory I had at first was that I was hearing "soso" which is on my basic word list as "bland". Well anyway any incite you can give me on what I was hearing would be great. These videos are great Paul, keep up the good work.

@QrooSpanish

2 жыл бұрын

I've never thought about the importance of showing my hands. I already thought I was waving them around too much as it is...lol. As far as the taco stand, they normally say no picoso o poco picoso for a little spicy.

Wow this has been a revelation 🎉muchas gracias!

You make learning spanish easy..thank you

@QrooSpanish

8 ай бұрын

You're welcome 😊

Excellent! You are an amazing teacher. Thank you!

@QrooSpanish

8 ай бұрын

Thank you very much!

Fabuloso….muchas gracias…will be continuing with all your videos. So glad I found you!!

I have learned more in this video than I have in a whole year of Duolingo. This was amazing. Really boosted my confidence.

@QrooSpanish

10 ай бұрын

That's great to hear!

Thank you for your clear explanation. I love the cognate tricks and your pronunciation!

As a French language speaker, learning Spanish is even much more easier due to many grammatic and phonetic resemblance. Big thank to you for your strategic methods in teaching Spanish and making it more accessible and appealing for the English speakers.

Very thorough and professional. Thank you!

@QrooSpanish

3 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

Perfect! You're not giving me the fish but teaching greatly how to catch myself. Love it! Gracias

Paul, you are a gifted teacher. Learning conversational Spanish has been something I've been interested in for years, but each attempt left me feeling overwhelmed until I found your excellent videos. Your approach is so logical and "approachable." Thank you!

Yes!! Spanish for adults, formulating useful sentences during the first lesson! So encouraging. Thank you!

This is a great video Paul, spot on, and easy to understand.

Watching on my Lunch break at work. I’ll have to watch again a home and do the exercises out loud. I’m thrilled to of found your channel! You have made the most sense so far out of every program I’ve tried.

I took Spanish for a semester in high school and have tried to learn it through idk how many books plus have been practicing on Duo Lingo for over a year. I have learned more in the first 2 videos of this series than all of those put together

That was super helpful, muy Gracias.

You are genius man . That's a vert nice way of teaching Spanish. Well done 👏

Great lesson, master presentation!

I learnt more from this video in 30 minutes than I have from loads of books, videos and courses in the last 60 years

@QrooSpanish

4 ай бұрын

That's great to hear!

I learned more in this video then my 4 years of high school spanish. Its all about the approach. You're a genius!

Excellent. I am blown away by what I have learned in just one lesson.

Great video. Thank you for all the helpful tricks!

@QrooSpanish

Ай бұрын

My pleasure!

You're speaking directly to me, a beginner. Count me in. 🌴

@QrooSpanish

2 жыл бұрын

You're in!

I found your channel today and I honestly can't thank you enough! This video in particular was a great recap for me of so many things I have learnt over my first few months of studying Spanish, but I had several lightbulb moments throughout. I can't wait to explore the rest of your videos. SO helpful! :)

Absolutely the best method I have used.

@QrooSpanish

6 ай бұрын

Great to hear!

Brilliant course. None better.

This is so incredibly helpful. Thank you a thousand times over❤❤❤

@QrooSpanish

Ай бұрын

You're so welcome!