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This clicked perfectly in my head! Instead of memorizing countless conjugations. Memorizing phrases indirectly teaches you how to conjugate, while increasing your conversation at the same time! Thank you!!

@QrooSpanish

22 күн бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

I really like the idea of learning the literal English translations - i.e., “I have heat.” It makes it a lot easier to learn to speak like a native. I wish there was a book in English that told the story in a literal translation way, so I could learn how Spanish speakers form sentences.

@larrysulky7614

6 ай бұрын

I find that having the literal English stored "in parallel" with the Spanish phrases really helps me remember them, and also make better guesses at related or similar phrases. And there's no danger of confusing myself as to what the correct English is... I hope!

@MaineiacSean

4 ай бұрын

I hate how in my audio programs they won't just say the literal translation of what they want me to say . Why won't the program just say ...... "how do you say 'No is romantic" ? Instead .... No .... the program says ..... how do you say "it's not romantic" "No est romantico ....." See.... the instructor set me up! They asked me to say "est no romantico" .... then Said I was wrong because I translated literally what they asked.

@ghenulo

3 ай бұрын

"I have heat" is a bit less weird than German's "Mir ist heiß" ("Me is hot").

Hello mate. Could you PLEASE please please make a complete guide video to ‘was’ in Spanish? Fue vs Era vs Estaba vs Estuvo… I’ve been trying to get this concept down now for a little while but I can’t seem to find someone who explains it as concisely as you explain things in your videos, and I’m sure a video from you on the topic would really help!

@Philosopearl

Жыл бұрын

Yes, please!

@QrooSpanish

Жыл бұрын

Great video topic idea.

@canadianbrotv1303

11 ай бұрын

Yes i need this

@rowanmulvey8632

11 ай бұрын

I will find that useful as well.

@jjfekkweeir

11 ай бұрын

@@rowanmulvey8632 I’m still hoping lol

When I first moved to Spain I would always say 'Puedo hacer una cita' in the barbers or the dentist, until I was told that it sounds weird to them and it sounds like I'm asking them out on a date. 😅 A natural way to ask here is 'me puedes dar una cita. Another good one is 'me pones' when asking for something in a cafe. 'Can you PUT me a coffee', for example. It's a great 'in the middle' way of asking for things because it's not as formal as quisiera/me gustaria, nor is it as informal as dame. I think a lot of these things you can really only learn by living in a Spanish speaking country. And so much of it will change between regions and countries. The more Spanish I learn, the more I realise that you can never learn it naturally unless you stop thinking in English.

This is very helpful. I find myself trying to speak in phrases in Spanish that are literal to English instead of how they should be.

So true-verb usage does not match English word for word !!!!

Imagine yourself pausing the video at 0:35 and coming up with your own translated responses to these statements. You then pause again at 1:06 to cope with the fact that your responses were all wrong.. 😂 Well done sir.... you have earned your subscription... I must learn the correct way...

I've been studying Spanish for 2 years (counting in massive breaks i took) but this channel gave me so much new information and so many 'shortcuts'. I am so surprised no one out of all the people that I watch talked about this

Tienes mucha razon … aprende asi al principio para no andar confundida. Muchas veces tenemos la tendencia de traducir literalmente

Wow, I'm blown away by your approach to Spanish, and absolutely love it. You've referred to your word lists, and since you seem like a very organized guy, I'm wondering if you can share very concrete ways of how you organize word lists and notes. I've accumulated a mountain of notes, very disorganized, and therefore not easy to access. Thanks for any info you can share.

Something that’s really helped me along the way was to always keep in mind that Spanish (or any other language) isn’t just English coded word for word. It has its own syntax, set phrases, rules, patterns etc. The faster you accept this the better.

@QrooSpanish

10 ай бұрын

That's a good way to look at it. I often compare languages to musical instruments. They all share similarities but you cant expect a piano to fit in a violin case.

For DAR I have two favorite. "Me DA igual", I don't care, and "No DA igual", it doesn't matter. But I am finding not used in all areas of Mexico. But I like them, even if I am still only a rookie Spanish speaker after all these years. Super valuable video.

@wardm4

Жыл бұрын

Also, me di cuenta.

@jhonyermo

Жыл бұрын

@@wardm4 thanks much

If you ever decide to sell a flash card set with your 'mega verbs', I'm in for a pack.

@QrooSpanish

11 ай бұрын

Thanks for the idea. I'll give that some thought.

Hola. Puedes usar era o fue (interchangeably) para describir algo que ya ocurrió en el pasado. Por ejemplo ella fue /era una buena amiga. Ten cuidado porque fue también es del verbo ir (ella fue al supermercado ayer .She went to the super market yesterday). La palabra "estaba" por su parte, la puedes usar para describir una situación de un momento puntual del pasado (ella estaba muy triste esa noche). "Estuvo" en cambio,se refiere más a algo que pasó during a period of time.Por ejemplo:Ella estuvo triste por muchos días y lloró mucho. I hope it helps mate . Regards from Chile.

Poner huevos was an adjustment for me. My puerto rican neighbor helped me out on that.

Una vez más, muchísimas gracias, Paul. Me siento muy afortunada de haberte encontrado.

@QrooSpanish

Жыл бұрын

Me alegra que te gusten los videos. Gracias por seguir el canal. :)

This is super helpful sir! Thank you!

Excellent lesson!

Thanks for this incredible lesson Paul.

Gracias hermano. 🙏🏽😇

Thanks for this video, Paul! Wow, you’re amazing! So much useful information packed into a short video, yet explained very clearly.

You really dropped some gems today! Muchas gracias por tu ayuda. I cant wait for the video using formal and informal commands.😊

Oh My Gosh another excellent video with great tips on organizing my verb lists. I’m off to work on those lists! I am definitely sharing with my Spanish Homework group. Thank you Paul!

Awesome thanks!! Very helpful.

so I've gotten fluent in Russian learning it since i was 15 and going to russia 9 times. now I decided to learn spanish and have been getting confused on some things. (learning on my own). this video helped a lot so just wanted to express my appreciation. I'll be checking out your channel now for sure as this is the first video I've seen from you. muchas gracias!

Definitely ignored echar (the only one I knew was "echar de menos") & definitely need to learn those. Great tips! Tiene sentido aprender así nuevos vocabularios.🙌

Yeah, I need to be learning verbs usages like "echar de menos" or "echar una siesta", not the Spanish words for "carburetor" or "marionette".

I am going to say something possibly controversial but please hear me out. With this guy I just realized what I should have known years ago. If you are a native English speaker, this guy is a better teacher than many Native Spanish speakers. Why? Because a basic native Spanish teacher teaches what he instinctively knows and an advanced Spanish speaker teaches the theory that he has mastered but neither one of them KNOW the weak points and stumbling blocks of a native English speaking student. It's almost as if I had a PhD in human biology, teaching a class about childbirth. I know the subject well but only a woman knows FIRSTHAND the practical issues associated with it. I am embarrassed to admit that I have learned so much from this guy even though I am already multilingual and learning languages is nothing knew to me. I am humbled and at the same time invigorated. Thanks to this channel I will be able to polish up my Spanish to a miiror shine. Thank you, deputy, for your contribution to the mankind.

@QrooSpanish

11 ай бұрын

Wow, thank you so much for your very kind words! I really appreciate it and hope my lessons will continue to be helpful to you :-)

Thank you Paul for another excellent video. I love your concise and common sense approach.

Thanks Paul! This is great!

I really appreciate your unique approach to learning Spanish. Very helpful and useful to adult English speaker trying to learn to speak sentences, not just know vocabulary. Please keep it up! Also, would love to see those word phrases with the MEGA verbs. Much thanks! Cheers!!

I love your intelligent approach!👍Thanks a lot for all the great lessons & I will keep going through all your videos daily!🙏❤️

Great lesson! thank you

Great video

Great to find you!!! Love this so far!! thanks

@QrooSpanish

10 ай бұрын

Awesome! Thank you!

Gracias Paul, otro excelente video.

Thank you. Your teaching style is very useful .

I've been studying Spanish for a loooong time and did not know some of these constructions. Thank you, again!

Yes, please! Do a video with just the verb phrases of dar!

Good advise for learning any language. Grazie mille!

Good clip, thanks for the valuable tips.

Excellent. Thanks

@QrooSpanish

10 ай бұрын

Glad you liked it!

These videos are really helpful. I speak Spanish as a second language quite fluently I think, but going back and reviewing this stuff is very helpful because I still slip up.

WONDERFUL lesson as usual. Muchisimas gracias!

Excelente...gracias.

Thanks, Paul! I'm really glad I found your channel. Your videos are super helpful, especially since I just started learning Spanish last week. Appreciate you sharing all this useful content!

Super interesting, thank you

@QrooSpanish

9 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

many many thanks!

@QrooSpanish

9 ай бұрын

You are welcome!

Once again, such useful information. Thanks, Paul.

@QrooSpanish

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for continuing to follow the channel.

another great video, thanks paul !

@QrooSpanish

11 ай бұрын

Thanks!

One I remember with tener is "how old are you?" is like saying how many years you have "cuántos años tienes?"

Spanish has the most complicated verb system of any language I've studied; on the rare occasion that I'm writing something in Spanish, I generally have to look up the verb conjugation (instead of just instinctively knowing how to conjugate a verb). Even Turkish is easier. So in Turkish: "gelmek" ("to come"), "gelirim" ("I come"), "gelirsin" ("you come"), "geldim" ("I came"), "geldin" ("you came"), "geleceğim" ("I will come"), "geleceksin" ("you will come"), etc. Of course, in Turkish, there's really no way to say "to have"; instead of saying "I have something", the Turkish construct is "My something exists" ("Bir şeyim var"). There's also no equivalent to "to be"; the closest is "olmak" ("to become").

Yeah I’ve been running into these a lot since I’ve been studying the B level. I never really thought about it but we do it too. Like “Take a walk” for example, the verb changes its original meaning.

Tiene sentido aprender así. Gracias por presentarme este método eficaz.👍

You are literally the best man this is the kind perspective I needed

@QrooSpanish

10 ай бұрын

Thank you. I'm glad you like it.

I have noticed something odd to me as a Spaniard. The use of words like "afuera"/"adentro". Let me explain: I don't know how do they work in American Spanish but in European Spanish I think we use the words combined with the preposition "a" when there is movement and their counterparts without "a" for situations whith no movement. Thus, I would say: "He dejado la comida fuera" = "I've left the food outside" as it is the place where the food happens to be (without movement). However, I would say "He sacado la comida afuera" = "I've taken the food outside" (the food has been moved up until that position). The same would apply to other pairs of words: Fuera/afuera Dentro/adentro Delante/alante Detrás/atrás Debajo/abajo Encima/arriba

I vote yes to the "dar" phrases video 👍🏼

Thank you so much! You have helped me so much! This one is one of my top 20! There have been so many good ones!!!

@QrooSpanish

Жыл бұрын

Awesome! I'm glad you enjoyed it.

Always very helpful! Can you do a video on construction of a good word list or make a recommendation?

So helpful!! Thanks

Love your videos dude. At my level these videos are starting get me to turn the corner. Thank you

@QrooSpanish

11 ай бұрын

That's great to hear!

I'm taking a Spanish class at college and I'm really enjoying it. I love your videos man. You have an awesome skill said that people can benefit from.

I loved all these verb phrases! I'm over here making notes. :-D

Greatly reliable and useful :)

@QrooSpanish

8 ай бұрын

Thanks! I'm glad you liked it.

Really enjoyed the insight here.

@QrooSpanish

2 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

Another great video. Your teaching style makes so much sense to me. TY!

@QrooSpanish

8 ай бұрын

Thanks!

Muchas gracias

Se te da muy bien enseñar. There is a 'dar' phrase that is quite different that the english was of thinking. "Teaching, It gives itself to you well" something like that literally.

OMG another fantastic video Paul. I am taking copious notes and reviewing them. You are an amazing teacher! You seem to be the only Spanish teacher whose videos I look forward to. Thank you so much Paul!

@QrooSpanish

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for continuing to follow the channel. I appreciate it. :)

Ps - Sr. Paul explains it so well that I thank God every day that I found this teacher! Mary Jean

Wow I spent some time trying to actually mirror the English translation in Spanish and this video helped so much in trying to study mainly phrases instead of verbs and vocabulary only. Thank you

I like the way you teach, very informative and fun at the same time. God bless you Paul

@QrooSpanish

Ай бұрын

Thank you.

Muchas gracias, me gusta el video 🌻

@QrooSpanish

9 ай бұрын

Me alegra que te guste el video. Un saludo.

Excelente video. Can you make a video on the Spanish R? Your R’s are perfect. Many of us struggle with the Spanish R.

Great info! More please! It seems to me that learning verb PHRASES is more efficient and reduces the frustration of hearing native speakers who don't (of course) use English syntax/constructions. Any more on your list will be greatly appreciated.

Really helpful. Thank you! Do you have a video on idioms/modismos in Spanish?

another goldmine of info! You're right, beginning students don't know about echar. Thank you so much for including that & the other examples.

@QrooSpanish

11 ай бұрын

You are so welcome!

😅😅 This was a very helpful lesson, thanks1

@QrooSpanish

11 ай бұрын

I'm glad you liked it. Thanks for watching.

Hola Many thanks for this, the word lists are great. I went through quite a spell of trying to relate some strange Spanish verb usages to English, like these. My experience is that sometimes you can see a correlation between English and Spanish e.g. Echar to 'throw (say) take a look' and liken it to the English 'cast (throw) a view / glance' but that doesn't get you passed "to miss / spoil" etc. So your advice on creating specific word lists for study is the absolute answer to ensure permanent recall. Thanks again. Steve

Gracias, me gusta mucho la información muy práctica.

LOVE your videos. Would you consider slowing down and spending more time on new things with many examples so we can work on it in real time?

great video. thank you! keep'm coming.

@QrooSpanish

2 ай бұрын

Thanks, will do!

Specific videos for verbs like dar, tener, tomar, poner... would be veeeery helpful.

Muy disfruta Muchas Gracias. I did it twice today. You’ll see two partial watches. I put it on landscape and I got to watch your wonderful video without further interruption🙂

@QrooSpanish

Жыл бұрын

Thank you. :)

These videos are great I just found you recently I'm definitely a new subscriber 💪🏾💪🏾

@QrooSpanish

Жыл бұрын

Welcome to the channel. I appreciate the sub.

I am a beginner working my way through your videos. You're a fantastic teacher!! I'd love more on verb phrases and in some kind of order to really nail a full understanding of the most common verbs and how they are used and not used. Very difficult to gather comprehensive information. It's all piecemeal and will for sure leave many holes in my learning. I'd buy a program if you offered one!!

The book, 501 Spanish Verbs, not only shows conjugations, but usually it shows different uses like Sr. Paul is teaching. Mary Jean

@QrooSpanish

6 ай бұрын

That is a great book! Here is a link if anyone is interested: amzn.to/46NsYcC

Fantastic. Keep it up.

Thanks!

@QrooSpanish

11 ай бұрын

Thank ypu very much!

@Richtfking

11 ай бұрын

@@QrooSpanish I really appreciate your videos. Thank you so much. I’m currently in Nicaragua and I’m studying here at a school for the next 11 weeks. Supplementing school with your videos has been tremendously helpful. Thank you.

@QrooSpanish

11 ай бұрын

That sounds like an awesome experience!

Your lessons are really gems and useful

@QrooSpanish

Жыл бұрын

Thank you rose and thanks for continuing to follow the channel.

I enjoy your videos. Have been learning with Duolingo a little over three months. The big thing I've learned is: el español es muy difícil.

@ghenulo

3 ай бұрын

I have a very hard time understanding Spanish. I also tried Duolingo Spanish and honestly, I understand the spoken samples in Duolingo Spanish less well than I understand spoken samples in Duolingo Turkish (despite being able to passively read Spanish so much better). İspanyolca çok zor, ama Türkçe çok kolay :)

As a linguist, that knows five languages and a language, teacher, myself, I find your approach really refreshing and practical and super helpful with Spanish, which, after several other Romance languages, fills my head with language soup, but I am persevering, and now working at an Apple store in New York with many Spanish-speaking customers. My next hurdle? Possibly Brazilian Portuguese! Wish me luck!

@willmerguzmanrodriguez6635

9 ай бұрын

Do you think that I could learn French by practicing 30 minutes everyday by writing down the translation of songs for 10 minutes and trying to sing along, read a children’s book and translate it for 10, and review past translations for another 10 ?. I already know how to speak Spanish, and I have some basic knowledge of French

@milademascolo9976

9 ай бұрын

Im learning Bz Portuguese, I LOVE IT

Siempre brillante

All you say is quite true and important. The same happens conversely. It is convenient to learn the English verbs at their use in sentences, like the decisions: in English, they are made. At 6:25, in Spain we say "quitar la mesa". As "levantar" is an opposite to "poner", "quitar" is also an opposite. "Echar" has many many uses. I will comment a few more: "¡échale ganas!" (make more effort!), or "echar a alguien" = to kick out someone. You will probably know this already, and this is a very common fault among the spanish speakers, but "para ti" carries no tilde (3:56). Monosyllabic words don't carry it unless it's diacritical. We have "mi" (my) and "mí" (me), so we use it to distinguish them, but there are not two "ti"; the possesive one is "tu". Thank you for your video.

@paloma_a

9 ай бұрын

También ponemos la tele (televisión), ponemos una película, ponemos música, ponemos la radio, quitamos la tele, quitamos la música, quitamos la radio. El sol se pone. La puesta de sol (the sunset).

Language exchange, i'm from Colombia 🇨🇴 and I want to learn English, greetings for everyone.

@QrooSpanish

11 ай бұрын

Welcome to the channel.

Second is correct. "Voy a tomar pasos para arreglar la situacion." My dad always says to me, "Hay que tomar pasos para ver como lo arreglamos." "Dar" is also correct. We use both!

@QrooSpanish

Жыл бұрын

Tomar pasos is considered espanglish in most places. Take a look at this from the Real Academia Española - www.fundeu.es/recomendacion/tomar-medidas-dar-pasos-mejor-que-tomar-pasos-117/#:~:text=En%20nuestro%20idioma%20se%20toman,precauciones%E2%80%A6%2C%20pero%20no%20pasos.

@ABZOIN

11 ай бұрын

That’s interesting. I’ve been speaking Spanish all my life. We use tomar and dar at home. My parents don’t speak English at all. Or maybe I’m misremembering, and I’m accidentally speaking Spanglish, which I hate. I grew up with both languages.

Thank you. Again, your short comments about your own learning, did not get in the way. Rather, they were helpful because they were short and very on point. Very helpful. Also, I especially appreciate you explaining and demonstrating how many times translating word-for-word does not really express the thought properly. This would apply to any language! We are still figuring out all the implications of the Tower of Babel Edict!

First video. Subscribed.

@QrooSpanish

9 ай бұрын

Thanks!

Do you have a video about what a student need to do from the very beginning of learning Spanish ( times, words, route to learn...)?