This was a very enlightening video. My parents are immigrants, and Spanish is my first language. However, being raised in and educated in the United States my entire life has made it difficult to be exposed to native Spanish speakers. This always frustrated me because I was only able to maintain a conversational level of Spanish with a limited vocabulary. I decided almost one and a half years ago to immerse myself in Spanish as much as possible by changing all of my devices to Spanish and visiting Honduras as often and as long as possible to the point that I have achieved C1 and approaching C2 in that time. While I did not get every question correct, I got 9/12 which I think is still pretty good. I still make verb conjugation mistakes and have words that I have to look up because I've never been exposed, but while I was visiting Honduras last time, some family friends I had never met before thought I spoke Spanish so well that they couldn't tell I was from the United States. That was when it became clear that I am as close to native as I've ever been, and I am very proud of that.
Estoy también de acuerdo. A este nivel las explicaciones en inglés son completamente inútiles. Una explicación cortita en español sería mucho mejor. (Vacilar constantamente entre dos lenguas es mucho más una moléstia que una ayuda. (Soy un nativo de inglés y ya he cumplido el C2 en español).
También aquí - A partir del B1 realmente, L1, la lengua materna, debería ser el último recurso en cualquier clase. Aprendemos mucho más si intentamos tanto como podemos en nuestro L2 antes de regresar al L1. Esto es más verdad que nunca cuando faltamos solo una palabra en una frase, deberíamos las palabras en que podemos pensar para rodear el hueco en nuestro conocimiento. Y, si en esto momento, estamos hablando con un nativo, nos puede dar la palabra que faltábamos antes! Digo eso yo como profesor de inglés aquí en españa!
Soy español y al igual que yo me estoy preparando para sacarme el C2 de inglés, me alegra ver que la gente tiene ganas de aprender este idioma y sobre todo aspirar a tener el máximo nivel. Ya solo por mostrar interés en el español os doy la enhorabuena a todos. Por cierto obtuve 12/12 😜
Question number 5 was interesting. Thanks for explaining the difference between "para" and "por" in this instance. Subtle but meaningful. The rest of them were straightforward.
I'm a B2 level but decided to take the quiz for fun. I got 5/12 right. Unacceptable! I'll have to start improving my Spanish skills to level up. Thank you for the great content, guys!
I wasn't sure whether I was at this level so I decided to try this quiz. i got 7/12 ( but for no.5 I wasn't sure if I did it correctly because you said 'por' but I said 'para' which is also used so if I got it right, that'll 8/12).
As a native speaker I obviously got a 12/12 but the last ones were really hard and I probably wouldn't know how to explain the reason of they being the correct ones XD tenses in spanish are really difficult for a non-native
Obtuve 9/12, aunque no he aprendido mucho el español de España (me equivoqué las preguntas 4 y 5, por ejemplo). No tuve ningún problema en elegir el tenso corecto para las que necesitaron el subjuntivo. ¡Este video me da confíanza en llegar al nivel C1 muy pronto!
I got 8/12 in the B1/B2 and 8/12 the C1/C2. We've been studying a lot of subjuntivo recently, think I need to revise some B2 stuff. Never heard of the lo cuentes/sepas o no structure. Thanks guys!
quiz 1 (A1,A2): 12/13; quiz 2 (B1, B2): 10/12 ; quiz 3: (C1, C2) : 11/12. as I said before, learning a language is not a linear process... missed # 6, but got # 10 right on intuition.
Thank you so much for this! I did like that you explained it in English too since it is so technical, I like to be sure I am understanding it completely. Please make more of these!
Quiz 1 (A1,A2) 9/13. Quiz 2 (B1,B2) 9/12 Quiz 3 (C1,C2). 6/12 Well the great part of these quizzes is I know were I need to work on. Thank you so much!! 😁
I was glad to see that you allowed answer A. in number 5. Too many posters in the Spanish forum seem inflexible about certain grammar usages, I believe. (I enjoy the rapport that you have between each other.)
Thanks. I just bought the Kindle edition of your Por and Para book . Easy to read with lots and lots of examples, along with tests to see if you really understand. Yes, I can recommend this book for all the others struggling to solve the great Por y Para mystery.
@@LightSpeedSpanishChannel Any chance of solving the other great mystery of : Lo (when to use the neuter). FYI. Your Por y Para book has been a great help in avoiding the many pitfalls of Por y Para.
Me sorprendì obtuve mejores resultados en esta prueba que en la prueba B1 y B2. Obtuve ocho de doce. Solo obtuve cuatro de doce con la prueba B1 y B2 😢. No aprendì el subjuntivo hasta que escuchè tus videos. Disfruto tus videos me permiten practicar mis habilidades de escuchar, què es me càida.
Well, I'm a little late to this party, but I gotta say that I really enjoyed this and also listening to your beautiful Spanish! (I love the gorgeous Spanish from Spain accent.) And, wow, after 30 years of speaking Spanish, I'm still learning. I'm not going to forget "lo cuentes o no" either. Thanks and I just subscribed. -from a Kentuckian who began learning Spanish 30 years ago from the best high school Spanish teacher ever ❤)
As someone who is thinking about studying for C1 it was interesting to use this as a way to gauge where I’m at and have a rough idea of the things I need to cover next. I am happy to report I got 7/12 (8 if I count question 5 where I chose para, which I chose for the reasons you explained in the video). It’s actually so cool how bilingual you both are as well!
I was nervous for this one, but I did well! I only missed two! However I missed 3 on the previous B2 test. I'm not sure what level that would mean for me, but I'm proud of myself. BTW, the subjunctive questions were so easy after working through your book twice. Thanks guys!
I will never forget your "por" vs. "para" lesson I watched in my early days. Especially for the line "Para is the arrow. But because I'm from the north, I can say 'para is the arrah'"
Me he encantado hacer esta prueba. Mismo que he faltaba la mitad de las preguntas, las explicaciones tienen sentido, y pronto o tarde voy llegar a esta nivela....Gracias
2 años más tarde 8/12. Pero en otoño pasado he suspendido el DELE B2 por debilidades en el escrito y el oral. Por eso podría decir que mi progreso es un verdad 'curates egg'
Soy hablante nativo (argentino) y dije 《Estoy para ir a tomar un café》 porque yo entendí que estaba al punto de salir, no que tenía ganas. Me alegro que aceptaron las dos respuestas como correctas
Estar para (al menos en España, porque he visto que hay diferencias en otros países) significa que uno está a punto de hacer algo. Estar por sería que tienes ganas de hacer algo. :)
I'm intermediate level. I got 5 correct answers but they're honest and well fought.😂 Now i'm excited to really dive deeper en mi viaje de aprendizaje del Español. I really enjoyed this video. Gracias!
I took spanish in school but it's been years since i've used it.. so i was intrigued to see where i am and took the 3 quizes on the channel... (A1,A2): 13/13; (B1, B2): 10/12 ; (C1, C2) : 11/12. so yeah i'd say i'm still somewhere around B2 if i would find myself having to use it on a daily basis i am sure that i would get even better.. reading and listening (understanding) is not a problem.. speaking without overthinking every word is something else
For anyone who’s struggling about this… don’t worry. There were few questions whatever you say is good. There’s a good way of speaking and there’s a way we really speak. Native speakers don’t pay too much attention to this details
But we want them to learn the right way. Once they learn the right way very well, they'll have time to learn what people say, which could be grammatically incorrect.
Wow .. Otra Video maravilloso!! Me ha gustado muchísimo aunque no salió muy bien para mi , pero bueno he aprendido un Montón de cosas nuevas :) Awesome , awesome teaching guys, thank you so much for your great work!! Saludos de Canada ;)
9 out of 12 so can't be bad..some of them I had to use my gut instinct, which turned out right. Thanks guys I really enjoyed that! Cant wait to check out the book!
This is so good! I'm struggling but the explinations of each question is so helpful because I find this to be such unique grammar it is difficult to study
Can we have more of the same? I’m desperate to get my C1 or C2 and just feel like I’ve hit a block. Do you have a checklist of things to focus on if we want to succeed ? Gracias chicos
Surprised I got 6/12 after not taking Spanish for many years. (Took 4 years in high school, but never became fluent) A couple others I was really close (I knew exactly which tense I wanted, but I just couldn’t remember which conjugation that actually corresponded to) Proud that I managed to get #10 “Lo cuentes o no”… It just sounded the best, after thinking in Spanish for a bit Gracias por su vídeo!
I've learned spanish from "las novelas" , years ago, when I was a kid. Spanish is such a beautiful language! I've got 6 out of 12, it's not bad. Gracias, Fernando Colunga! 😅 Great video, by the way!
9/12 me voy a llorar 😥 Estudio el castellano desde solo 2 años. (Aquí en el cole tenemos que estudiar dos idiomas, para mi el inglés y el alemán). El francés seguramente me ayudó!
Yall are adorable. I've tested C1 in other tests, but I didn't know any of the -ese endings that were in several of these questions. I looked them up and learned they are used mainly in Spain instead of hubiera. Ahh, ahora entiendo. Aprendí en EEUU, CRica y Mexico. I hope to spend more time in Spain tho, so is good for me to learn some Spanish Spanish! I actually got "lo cuentes o no" question correct tho!
Nobody on the street says “te apetece que esta tarde vayamos…”. Just like we don’t say “do you fancy a cup of hot tea my dear?” Maybe if you’re British or posh, but most people don’t talk like that. I’m around Latinos all day every day and they would just say “Tienes ganas de ir al cine más/esta tarde?” And that is using a clean and proper way without any slang. Also, I’m C2 level and if you’re doing a video for advanced speakers, don’t explain or talk in English. We can understand your explanations in Spanish.
Hola, como nativo de la variante de Español de Nicaragua, puntué 11/12. La número 4 está difícil y para mí suena poco natural, para mí le falta la preposición "al". Ah también he aprendido Inglés nivel C1, me alegra ver que también les interesa nuestra lengua. Muchos saludos!
I wasn't sure whether I was at this level so I decided to try this quiz. i got 7/12 ( but for no.5 I wasn't sure if I did it correctly because you said 'por' but I said 'para' which is also used so if I got it right, that'll be 8/12).
@@LightSpeedSpanishChannel Probably! I don't have the tools to analyse the more complicated stuff, it either feels right or it doesn't. But boy can I argue with myself over the B level questions!
I got 8 right. 6 because I knew and 2 from guessing out of the other 6 (statistically "regression to the mean" for the unknown 6). I find reading / writing much easier than listening / speaking because my brain is just not fast enough. I reckon I am a spread from B1 through to C1 but slow on the uptake. I need a holiday in Spain!
Me gusta la forma de este video. Bien hecho uds y gracias...aunque respondí incorrecto mas veces que queria, uds me ensanaron por que yo no era correcto. :)
As a Spanish native speaker I have to admit that I struggled with the question 6, I don't really know why, both A and B sounded good for me but at the end B sounded better
Grammatically, quiere is incorrect. But I've honestly heard subjunctive used incorrectly by natives. My fiancé is native Colombian and sometimes he says things incorrectly. He has lived in Colombia his whole life (other than some time in Spain) and Spanish is his only language (he knows very little English). At least in South America, people sometimes say things incorrectly (just as we native English speakers do). Like, "who did you call?" instead of "whom did you call?" "Who" in this context makes no sense, it's like saying "you called he", but people still say "who". I've heard things like: Me alegra que has venido (instead of "hayas") even by native speakers.
@@JohnRobsonBeInspiredgramaticalmente dudo que este mal como dices aqui tambien cuenta el español que se usa hoy en dia y si decimos quiere estaria bien igualmente
En Argentina también usamos "para" en la 5 pero con otro significado. Sería algo como: "Estoy para ir a tomar un café" = tengo ganas de tomar un café. "Estoy por ir a tomar un café" = en este instante saldré a tomar un café. la 11 me costó porque no hablamos así en mi país, es muy de España esa expresión. Acá diríamos algo más largo, por ej: "Si querés una buena fiesta, andá a la de Sandra" o "Una buena fiesta es la de Sandra" o algo así.
Exacto. También soy argentina, y si bien ambas las contesté bien, para mi el uso de "por" y "para" en ese contexto de la 5 es tal cual lo descripto por vos. "Estoy por...." seguido de una acción significa que estoy a punto de hacer eso, en breve. "Estoy para ir a tomar un café" sería una expresión muy coloquial que usaría con mis amigos para expresar que tengo ganas de ir a tomar a un café y que, si al resto también le parece una buena idea, me acompañen. Es una manera amistosa de proponer un plan para compartir con los demás. Otro ejemplo sería el típico "estoy para la birra". 😅 En la 11, no hay otra opción posible que "para", pero la verdad es que me suena muy extraña. Definitivamente no hablamos así por estos lares. Saludos!
To anyone that feels discouraged by their ability to answer these questions: I have a Bachelor of Arts in Spanish, but then I went almost 7 years without speaking/using Spanish. I've forgotten a lot of the more complex or less frequently used grammar rules (especially subjunctive rules). I'm now almost done with a Masters program in project management at a Mexican university with all but 2 of the courses taught in Spanish. I have around a 98% average in the program with just a few courses left. Never let forgetting more obscure grammar rules keep you from jumping into conversations or learning opportunities. While it's good to try to speak completely proper Spanish, you'll be able to understand and be understood if you're close enough.
This test was mostly done so that the students can see the things that need improving and how to improve them. A test is never a done deal in terms of telling you what level of Spanish you have. Cx
Hola! Soy brasileño y estoy aprendiendo español, I would appreciate it if u guys could make more videos teaching slang, vou acompanhar o canal de vcs pq parece ser um dos melhores para aprender espanhol... Gracias, thanx, obrigado 😁✌️
muchisimas gracias. Me parece muy poco el examen de solo 12 preguntas. Preferimos hacer todos los 50. Perdoneme. Si fuera asi tardaría horas con explicaciones. Soy un viejo de Birmania.
Sí, es correcto decir: cuentes lo que cuentes... Whatever you say... O: Lo cuentes o no: Whether you say it or not... No significan exactamente lo mismo :) Cynthia x
I done great at the b1/B2 video you done but this one is a 50/50 with correct answers I'm getting. Not at all confident here hahaha but I'll keep going
OK so.I can just say that I have a c2 in Spanish... And it's just strange that I never remembered that I followed ur channel when I first started speaking Spanish ...and now I'm fluent 😁
@@LightSpeedSpanishChannel sí me encanta el español ...y muchísimas personas hispanohablantes me.dice " tu español esta muy bien " y me alegra mucho ...y les digo algo ..nunca lo he aprendido lo aprendí solo viendo telenevolas mexicana y españolas creo que por eso me sale más natural como me acostumbré a la manera a la que hablan los nativos
I got 10/12 for fun but I did better here than on the B1-B2 test!! I think because here it focuses on the subjunctive and I know that very well. I need to revise Ser v Estar and Por v Para though. Can be confusing.
Definitivamente, la C es la que suena mucho mejor, ¿no crees? Por poder, podemos decir muchas cosas en español, otra cosa es que suene bien o mal. No sé en Colombia, claro, pero en España usaríamos la C. ¿Cuál sería tu opción principal? Cx
9/12 but the 9 correct were educated guesses. I would have been 0/12 if the questions were fill in the blank instead of multiple choice. I'll grade myself somewhere in the B1-B2 range.
Estoy aprendiendo neerlandés como mi tercer idioma y me está costando mucho trabajo. Solo vine aquí para pasar todar las preguntas para sentirme mejor jajaja (obvio español es mi lengua materna)
Hola! I just wanted to ask why in the forst one the right answer was A and not B? It is true that the keys have fallen but why does A indicate that better than B? They are both passive.
The right answer is " Se me han caído" (las llaves). This is what we call the Victim Structure and it goes like this: se + pronoun (me, te, le...) +verb Cx
Never studied spanish, learned it from latin american family and I got 7/12. I don't think it's too bad but I wasn't familiar with some of the words but I still consider myself a fluent speaker
Tenemos varios libros en Amazón, en nuestra web ( www.lightspeedspanish.co.uk ) tenemos muchos recursos también y, por supuesto aquí en YT tenemos muchos vídeos. También tenemos el programa de Ser Socio. Cx
This was a very enlightening video. My parents are immigrants, and Spanish is my first language. However, being raised in and educated in the United States my entire life has made it difficult to be exposed to native Spanish speakers. This always frustrated me because I was only able to maintain a conversational level of Spanish with a limited vocabulary. I decided almost one and a half years ago to immerse myself in Spanish as much as possible by changing all of my devices to Spanish and visiting Honduras as often and as long as possible to the point that I have achieved C1 and approaching C2 in that time. While I did not get every question correct, I got 9/12 which I think is still pretty good. I still make verb conjugation mistakes and have words that I have to look up because I've never been exposed, but while I was visiting Honduras last time, some family friends I had never met before thought I spoke Spanish so well that they couldn't tell I was from the United States. That was when it became clear that I am as close to native as I've ever been, and I am very proud of that.
¡Fantástico trabajo, R! :) Tienes una estupenda motivación para seguir. Cx
Estoy de acuerdo con cynthia. Si es un video en nivel avanzado no necesitamos más ingles, sino más oportunidades de practicar español!
Estoy también de acuerdo. A este nivel las explicaciones en inglés son completamente inútiles. Una explicación cortita en español sería mucho mejor. (Vacilar constantamente entre dos lenguas es mucho más una moléstia que una ayuda. (Soy un nativo de inglés y ya he cumplido el C2 en español).
Exacto
También aquí - A partir del B1 realmente, L1, la lengua materna, debería ser el último recurso en cualquier clase. Aprendemos mucho más si intentamos tanto como podemos en nuestro L2 antes de regresar al L1. Esto es más verdad que nunca cuando faltamos solo una palabra en una frase, deberíamos las palabras en que podemos pensar para rodear el hueco en nuestro conocimiento. Y, si en esto momento, estamos hablando con un nativo, nos puede dar la palabra que faltábamos antes!
Digo eso yo como profesor de inglés aquí en españa!
Soy español y al igual que yo me estoy preparando para sacarme el C2 de inglés, me alegra ver que la gente tiene ganas de aprender este idioma y sobre todo aspirar a tener el máximo nivel. Ya solo por mostrar interés en el español os doy la enhorabuena a todos. Por cierto obtuve 12/12 😜
¡Hola, Birush! ¡Muchas gracias y... enhorabuena por ese 12 de 12! jajaja
C2 en ingles es increible! yo aun sigo entrando a B1
¡Tú puedes, Juan José!
Question number 5 was interesting. Thanks for explaining the difference between "para" and "por" in this instance. Subtle but meaningful. The rest of them were straightforward.
:)
I'm a B2 level but decided to take the quiz for fun. I got 5/12 right. Unacceptable! I'll have to start improving my Spanish skills to level up. Thank you for the great content, guys!
Come back to it in a dew weeks! :) Cx
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i got 12/20 , i've been studying for 17 years ago XD
I wasn't sure whether I was at this level so I decided to try this quiz. i got 7/12 ( but for no.5 I wasn't sure if I did it correctly because you said 'por' but I said 'para' which is also used so if I got it right, that'll 8/12).
As a native speaker I obviously got a 12/12 but the last ones were really hard and I probably wouldn't know how to explain the reason of they being the correct ones XD tenses in spanish are really difficult for a non-native
No los subestimes, que son muy listos, la verdad :) Cx
a bueno
Yo también soy nativa y fallé una 😭😭
@@hxnybbu xd
@@hxnybbu CUAL FALLASTE
This has value. I love the cohesion when you discuss answers.
¡Muchas gracias! :)
Obtuve 9/12, aunque no he aprendido mucho el español de España (me equivoqué las preguntas 4 y 5, por ejemplo). No tuve ningún problema en elegir el tenso corecto para las que necesitaron el subjuntivo. ¡Este video me da confíanza en llegar al nivel C1 muy pronto!
¡Olé! :)
¡Ombe!
I got 8/12 in the B1/B2 and 8/12 the C1/C2. We've been studying a lot of subjuntivo recently, think I need to revise some B2 stuff. Never heard of the lo cuentes/sepas o no structure. Thanks guys!
quiz 1 (A1,A2): 12/13; quiz 2 (B1, B2): 10/12 ; quiz 3: (C1, C2) : 11/12. as I said before, learning a language is not a linear process... missed # 6, but got # 10 right on intuition.
Thank you so much for this! I did like that you explained it in English too since it is so technical, I like to be sure I am understanding it completely. Please make more of these!
¡Muchas gracias! Claro :)
Quiz 1 (A1,A2) 9/13.
Quiz 2 (B1,B2) 9/12
Quiz 3 (C1,C2). 6/12
Well the great part of these quizzes is I know were I need to work on. Thank you so much!! 😁
Te felicito.
I was glad to see that you allowed answer A. in number 5. Too many posters in the Spanish forum seem inflexible about certain grammar usages, I believe. (I enjoy the rapport that you have between each other.)
¡Gracias! Cx
I can´t believe I founded you in RUclips, I do recognice your voice from your podcast!! Loved your face!!
¡Gracias, Juliana! Cx
Quiz 1: 13/13, quiz 2: 10/12, quiz 3: 9/12
I'm certainly not at a C level but this was fun! Would love some more
Thanks. I just bought the Kindle edition of your Por and Para book . Easy to read with lots and lots of examples, along with tests to see if you really understand. Yes, I can recommend this book for all the others struggling to solve the great Por y Para mystery.
¡Gracias, Albert! Cx
@@LightSpeedSpanishChannel Any chance of solving the other great mystery of : Lo (when to use the neuter). FYI. Your Por y Para book has been a great help in avoiding the many pitfalls of Por y Para.
@@albertroundtree299 We'll add it to our list of sugestions for the videos. Thanks! :)
Me sorprendì obtuve mejores resultados en esta prueba que en la prueba B1 y B2. Obtuve ocho de doce. Solo obtuve cuatro de doce con la prueba B1 y B2 😢. No aprendì el subjuntivo hasta que escuchè tus videos. Disfruto tus videos me permiten practicar mis habilidades de escuchar, què es me càida.
¡Buen trabajo, Jacqueline! ¿Cómo vas con el subjuntivo? :) Cx
Necesito practicar màs
Me encanta este video. He estado aprendiendo español por muchos años pero todavía esas preguntas eran difíciles. ¡Muy bien!
Gracias, Seth :)
si este ejercicio es de nivel c1/c2, me hace muy feliz porque les he adivinado todas 😉
¡Olé! :)
Well, I'm a little late to this party, but I gotta say that I really enjoyed this and also listening to your beautiful Spanish! (I love the gorgeous Spanish from Spain accent.) And, wow, after 30 years of speaking Spanish, I'm still learning. I'm not going to forget "lo cuentes o no" either. Thanks and I just subscribed. -from a Kentuckian who began learning Spanish 30 years ago from the best high school Spanish teacher ever ❤)
¡Hola! ¡Pues, te damos una calurosa bienvenida a nuestro canal! Esperamos poder ayudarte con nuestros vídeos :) Cynthia x
As someone who is thinking about studying for C1 it was interesting to use this as a way to gauge where I’m at and have a rough idea of the things I need to cover next. I am happy to report I got 7/12 (8 if I count question 5 where I chose para, which I chose for the reasons you explained in the video). It’s actually so cool how bilingual you both are as well!
¡Buen trabajo! ¡Y muchas gracias! :) Cx
Love those test videos! Please do more videos like these. They will go viral like crazy! Muchas gracias!
Gracias, Bond, James Bond! Cx
I was nervous for this one, but I did well! I only missed two! However I missed 3 on the previous B2 test. I'm not sure what level that would mean for me, but I'm proud of myself. BTW, the subjunctive questions were so easy after working through your book twice. Thanks guys!
¡Qué bien! Cx
What book is this please? I am in Panamá trying to better my spanish. Thankyou
@@elcartero6897 lightspeedspanish.co.uk/books/
I will never forget your "por" vs. "para" lesson I watched in my early days. Especially for the line "Para is the arrow. But because I'm from the north, I can say 'para is the arrah'"
¡Estupendo, Mike! :) Muchas gracias :) Cx
Me he encantado hacer esta prueba. Mismo que he faltaba la mitad de las preguntas, las explicaciones tienen sentido, y pronto o tarde voy llegar a esta nivela....Gracias
¡Genial! :)
2 años más tarde 8/12. Pero en otoño pasado he suspendido el DELE B2 por debilidades en el escrito y el oral. Por eso podría decir que mi progreso es un verdad 'curates egg'
I'm pretty happy, I got 10/12 as a second language speaker, which is much better than I expected and helped me be a bit more confident!
¡¡Excelente!! Cx
Gracias Chicos! Son lo más! Cometí un par de errores, lo de “ser capaz” y “también con “para buena fiesta…” pero me encantó el examen. Gracias ☺️
¡Muy bien! Cx
Gracias para todo
Soy hablante nativo (argentino) y dije 《Estoy para ir a tomar un café》 porque yo entendí que estaba al punto de salir, no que tenía ganas. Me alegro que aceptaron las dos respuestas como correctas
Estar para (al menos en España, porque he visto que hay diferencias en otros países) significa que uno está a punto de hacer algo.
Estar por sería que tienes ganas de hacer algo. :)
I'm intermediate level. I got 5 correct answers but they're honest and well fought.😂 Now i'm excited to really dive deeper en mi viaje de aprendizaje del Español. I really enjoyed this video. Gracias!
¡Estupendo! ¡A por ello! :)
I took spanish in school but it's been years since i've used it.. so i was intrigued to see where i am and took the 3 quizes on the channel... (A1,A2): 13/13; (B1, B2): 10/12 ; (C1, C2) : 11/12. so yeah i'd say i'm still somewhere around B2 if i would find myself having to use it on a daily basis i am sure that i would get even better.. reading and listening (understanding) is not a problem.. speaking without overthinking every word is something else
Great examples. I’ve been looking for some more advanced quizzes and lessons.
¡Gracias! :)
Obtuve:
A1-A2: 12/13
B1-B2: 9/12
C1-C2: 8/12 Lo mas divertido es que elegi la frase --> "Donde PUSISTE la recepcion de la boda?"
Olvidemos que escribiste eso jajaja Nunca pasó :P ¡¡Buenos resultados!! Cx
I got 10/12! I'm so grateful for your vids, greetings from Italy! ❤️
¡Buen trabajo! :) ¡Gracias!
For anyone who’s struggling about this… don’t worry. There were few questions whatever you say is good. There’s a good way of speaking and there’s a way we really speak. Native speakers don’t pay too much attention to this details
But we want them to learn the right way. Once they learn the right way very well, they'll have time to learn what people say, which could be grammatically incorrect.
Wow .. Otra Video maravilloso!! Me ha gustado muchísimo aunque no salió muy bien para mi , pero bueno he aprendido un Montón de cosas nuevas :) Awesome , awesome teaching guys, thank you so much for your great work!! Saludos de Canada ;)
¡Genial! :)
9 out of 12 so can't be bad..some of them I had to use my gut instinct, which turned out right. Thanks guys I really enjoyed that! Cant wait to check out the book!
:)
Yes! I have just returned to this after about a year and got just one wrong ! I am thrilled !
¡Muy bien! :)
well im B2 and i was afraid to take it but i brought half of them right and i learned alot thank u so muvh for sharing
Gracias a ti :)
This is so good! I'm struggling but the explinations of each question is so helpful because I find this to be such unique grammar it is difficult to study
We're glad that the explanations help, Joseph :)
Can we have more of the same? I’m desperate to get my C1 or C2 and just feel like I’ve hit a block. Do you have a checklist of things to focus on if we want to succeed ? Gracias chicos
Surprised I got 6/12 after not taking Spanish for many years. (Took 4 years in high school, but never became fluent)
A couple others I was really close (I knew exactly which tense I wanted, but I just couldn’t remember which conjugation that actually corresponded to)
Proud that I managed to get #10 “Lo cuentes o no”… It just sounded the best, after thinking in Spanish for a bit
Gracias por su vídeo!
¡¡Buen trabajo!! :)
Ha sido interesante comprobar mi nivel a través de este test. He fallado una ( la 11). Los detalles de por y para siempre me han costado un pelín.
¡Eso está fenomenal! Tenemos vídeos sobre Por y Para y tenemos un libro en Amazón también, que se llama Pocket Por and Para :) Cx
DIOS MIO, QUE ESPANOLA TAN CALLIENTE !!! ❤️😍😍😍 COMO ELLA HABLA TAN BONITO E SENSUAL😍😍😍😍QUE VOZ SENSUAL 😍😍😍😍
Pues, muchas gracias :)
@@LightSpeedSpanishChannel tienes Facebook ? :)
The new one for me was the 'para algo, lo de algo' structure which is actually quite useful!
I've learned spanish from "las novelas" , years ago, when I was a kid. Spanish is such a beautiful language! I've got 6 out of 12, it's not bad. Gracias, Fernando Colunga! 😅 Great video, by the way!
Ay, las telenovelas :) ¡Gracias! Cx
Miraculously, I got 11, but I couldn't give a grammatical reason-despite being an English teacher!
¡¡Pues, buen trabajo con ese resultado!! :)
9/12 me voy a llorar 😥 Estudio el castellano desde solo 2 años. (Aquí en el cole tenemos que estudiar dos idiomas, para mi el inglés y el alemán). El francés seguramente me ayudó!
9 de 12 es fenomenal :)
Wonderful test- funny enough I did much better on this than the B1-B2 so its very helpful to know areas to focus on
¡Excelente! :)
Logré 8 de 12 correcto. No sé si debería sentir feliz o frustrado. Me tropecé por número 4, 5, 9, 11.
Demasiado Fácil, gave me more difficult TESTS
Yall are adorable. I've tested C1 in other tests, but I didn't know any of the -ese endings that were in several of these questions. I looked them up and learned they are used mainly in Spain instead of hubiera. Ahh, ahora entiendo. Aprendí en EEUU, CRica y Mexico. I hope to spend more time in Spain tho, so is good for me to learn some Spanish Spanish! I actually got "lo cuentes o no" question correct tho!
¡¡Muy bien, Kayse!! :) Muchas gracias ;)
Nobody on the street says “te apetece que esta tarde vayamos…”. Just like we don’t say “do you fancy a cup of hot tea my dear?” Maybe if you’re British or posh, but most people don’t talk like that. I’m around Latinos all day every day and they would just say “Tienes ganas de ir al cine más/esta tarde?” And that is using a clean and proper way without any slang. Also, I’m C2 level and if you’re doing a video for advanced speakers, don’t explain or talk in English. We can understand your explanations in Spanish.
We do say that in Spain, It's not the only option, but we do say it 0.0 :) Cx
I found this easier than the A1/A2 test 🤦🏾♂️😂 Learnt a lot of new little things though, thank youu 🙏🏾🙌🏾
¡De nada! Un placer :)
I got 9. You really stumped me on a few.
¡Buen trabajo!
Me ha gustado este test! Completé 10 de las 12 frases de forma correcta.
¡Hola! Me encanta este método de aprender. Muy bien hecho - ¡muchísimas gracias!
¡Gracias! :)
Muy guay ! Que bien ! Me ha gustado mucho vuestro clase .
¡Gracias, Julia! :)
I didn't do very well, but that's some GREAT teaching there!
Thanks a lot for making it!
POR Y PARA -¡Menudo libro tan útil!
¡Gracias, Peter! Cx
@@LightSpeedSpanishChannel De na C. X
I've been learning Spanish for 5 yrs and got 10/12
Such great videos!
¡Gracias! :)
Hola, como nativo de la variante de Español de Nicaragua, puntué 11/12. La número 4 está difícil y para mí suena poco natural, para mí le falta la preposición "al".
Ah también he aprendido Inglés nivel C1, me alegra ver que también les interesa nuestra lengua.
Muchos saludos!
Obviamente es una estructura de España, Guy :) ¡Feliz fin se semana! Cx ;)
@@LightSpeedSpanishChannel ustedes también!
I wasn't sure whether I was at this level so I decided to try this quiz. i got 7/12 ( but for no.5 I wasn't sure if I did it correctly because you said 'por' but I said 'para' which is also used so if I got it right, that'll be 8/12).
Buen trabajo :)
@@LightSpeedSpanishChannel Gracias.
My learning is all over the place. I got more of these correct off of vibes alone than I did on the B1/2 test trying to think my way through it 😂
Too much over-analising, perhaps? Cx
@@LightSpeedSpanishChannel Probably! I don't have the tools to analyse the more complicated stuff, it either feels right or it doesn't. But boy can I argue with myself over the B level questions!
I got 8 right. 6 because I knew and 2 from guessing out of the other 6 (statistically "regression to the mean" for the unknown 6). I find reading / writing much easier than listening / speaking because my brain is just not fast enough. I reckon I am a spread from B1 through to C1 but slow on the uptake. I need a holiday in Spain!
Qué buena idea :)
The number 10 and 11 are definitely tricky even for native Spanish speakers 😂
:)
Me gusta la forma de este video. Bien hecho uds y gracias...aunque respondí incorrecto mas veces que queria, uds me ensanaron por que yo no era correcto. :)
¡Gracias! :)
Yippeeeeee!!!! I got ALL of these right!!!! Does this mean I'm at the C1 level? Probably more likely that the examples were relatively easy…
¡Toma ya! Cx
@@LightSpeedSpanishChannel ¡lo hizo!
By question 2 I realized I really could use a class. Very cool video :)
¡Gracias, Vincent! Cx
Buenas
No le encontré sentido a la oración #4
No sería “al llegar a la tienda”?
As a Spanish native speaker I have to admit that I struggled with the question 6, I don't really know why, both A and B sounded good for me but at the end B sounded better
También soy nativo pero ahí si no había duda era "quiera"
Grammatically, quiere is incorrect. But I've honestly heard subjunctive used incorrectly by natives.
My fiancé is native Colombian and sometimes he says things incorrectly. He has lived in Colombia his whole life (other than some time in Spain) and Spanish is his only language (he knows very little English).
At least in South America, people sometimes say things incorrectly (just as we native English speakers do). Like, "who did you call?" instead of "whom did you call?" "Who" in this context makes no sense, it's like saying "you called he", but people still say "who".
I've heard things like:
Me alegra que has venido (instead of "hayas") even by native speakers.
@@JohnRobsonBeInspiredgramaticalmente dudo que este mal como dices aqui tambien cuenta el español que se usa hoy en dia y si decimos quiere estaria bien igualmente
Latinos : Sé me callo la llave
Españoles : Oh dios mio y la virgen María, las llaves se me han caído!!
jajajaja te faltó "y todos los santos" Cx
Got them all right!
¡Toma ya! Cx
De 12 preguntas, sólo me equivoqué en una! Gracias por la prueba 😊
Saludos
¡¡Fantástico!! :)
En Argentina también usamos "para" en la 5 pero con otro significado. Sería algo como: "Estoy para ir a tomar un café" = tengo ganas de tomar un café. "Estoy por ir a tomar un café" = en este instante saldré a tomar un café.
la 11 me costó porque no hablamos así en mi país, es muy de España esa expresión. Acá diríamos algo más largo, por ej: "Si querés una buena fiesta, andá a la de Sandra" o "Una buena fiesta es la de Sandra" o algo así.
¡Gracias! ;) cx
Exacto. También soy argentina, y si bien ambas las contesté bien, para mi el uso de "por" y "para" en ese contexto de la 5 es tal cual lo descripto por vos. "Estoy por...." seguido de una acción significa que estoy a punto de hacer eso, en breve. "Estoy para ir a tomar un café" sería una expresión muy coloquial que usaría con mis amigos para expresar que tengo ganas de ir a tomar a un café y que, si al resto también le parece una buena idea, me acompañen. Es una manera amistosa de proponer un plan para compartir con los demás. Otro ejemplo sería el típico "estoy para la birra". 😅 En la 11, no hay otra opción posible que "para", pero la verdad es que me suena muy extraña. Definitivamente no hablamos así por estos lares. Saludos!
To anyone that feels discouraged by their ability to answer these questions: I have a Bachelor of Arts in Spanish, but then I went almost 7 years without speaking/using Spanish. I've forgotten a lot of the more complex or less frequently used grammar rules (especially subjunctive rules). I'm now almost done with a Masters program in project management at a Mexican university with all but 2 of the courses taught in Spanish. I have around a 98% average in the program with just a few courses left.
Never let forgetting more obscure grammar rules keep you from jumping into conversations or learning opportunities. While it's good to try to speak completely proper Spanish, you'll be able to understand and be understood if you're close enough.
This test was mostly done so that the students can see the things that need improving and how to improve them. A test is never a done deal in terms of telling you what level of Spanish you have. Cx
Hola! Soy brasileño y estoy aprendiendo español, I would appreciate it if u guys could make more videos teaching slang, vou acompanhar o canal de vcs pq parece ser um dos melhores para aprender espanhol... Gracias, thanx, obrigado 😁✌️
Oi! Temos vídeos sobre coloquialismo em espanhol :) Obrigada!!! Cynthia x
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That's a really good , challenging test.
muchisimas gracias. Me parece muy poco el examen de solo 12 preguntas. Preferimos hacer todos los 50. Perdoneme. Si fuera asi tardaría horas con explicaciones. Soy un viejo de Birmania.
50 preguntas sería un vídeo un poco largo jejeje :) Cx
Me faltan 2 😆 me ha encantado!
Muy bien hecho, Noemie:)
I only missed two. Thank you for the video and for the test.
9/12. Aprendi algunas cosas que no sabias. gracias!
9 Muchísimas gracias. ¡Hay que practicar más!
Hola. Se puede tmb decir "cuentes lo que cuentes..." en lugar de "Lo cuentes o no..."? Muchas Muchas gracias
Sí, es correcto decir: cuentes lo que cuentes... Whatever you say...
O: Lo cuentes o no: Whether you say it or not...
No significan exactamente lo mismo :)
Cynthia x
Me encantó este examen pequeño, yo tuve todo correcto menos el número C
¿Número C?
muchisimas gracias por este video, he aprendido algo nuevo
¡Gracias a ti! :)
🥰
@@LightSpeedSpanishChannel
I done great at the b1/B2 video you done but this one is a 50/50 with correct answers I'm getting. Not at all confident here hahaha but I'll keep going
It's just a test. Try again in a few days :) Cx
OK so.I can just say that I have a c2 in Spanish... And it's just strange that I never remembered that I followed ur channel when I first started speaking Spanish ...and now I'm fluent 😁
¡Genial! :)
@@LightSpeedSpanishChannel sí me encanta el español ...y muchísimas personas hispanohablantes me.dice " tu español esta muy bien " y me alegra mucho ...y les digo algo ..nunca lo he aprendido lo aprendí solo viendo telenevolas mexicana y españolas creo que por eso me sale más natural como me acostumbré a la manera a la que hablan los nativos
@@marianamary5301 jajajaja buen sistema :P
@@LightSpeedSpanishChannel pues sí... Dio sus frutos😉
I got 10/12 for fun but I did better here than on the B1-B2 test!! I think because here it focuses on the subjunctive and I know that very well. I need to revise Ser v Estar and Por v Para though. Can be confusing.
That's great! Now you know what you need to focus on ;) Cx
como colombiano e hispanohablante nativo la pregunta 10 se puede contestar con cualquiera de las tres sentencias
Definitivamente, la C es la que suena mucho mejor, ¿no crees? Por poder, podemos decir muchas cosas en español, otra cosa es que suene bien o mal. No sé en Colombia, claro, pero en España usaríamos la C. ¿Cuál sería tu opción principal? Cx
Gracias por el video. Muy útil!
Saque 9/12! Me resultaron mas dificiles las preguntas 5, 6, 10.
¡Buen trabajo! :)
9/12 but the 9 correct were educated guesses. I would have been 0/12 if the questions were fill in the blank instead of multiple choice. I'll grade myself somewhere in the B1-B2 range.
so I just re-watched this video and got 8/12......
12/12 !! Estoy orgullosa de mí. Nunca he hecho un examen pero creo que soy avanzada con el español escrito.
¡Estupendo! Cx
Estoy aprendiendo neerlandés como mi tercer idioma y me está costando mucho trabajo. Solo vine aquí para pasar todar las preguntas para sentirme mejor jajaja (obvio español es mi lengua materna)
jajajajajajaja para subirte la moral :)
Realmente estoy haciendo esta prueba y presiento que no se español, siendo mi lengua materna. Por ahora voy varias mal por bobo
jajajaja yo creo que aprobarás, Bromo ;)
Hola! I just wanted to ask why in the forst one the right answer was A and not B? It is true that the keys have fallen but why does A indicate that better than B? They are both passive.
The right answer is " Se me han caído" (las llaves). This is what we call the Victim Structure and it goes like this: se + pronoun (me, te, le...) +verb Cx
Never studied spanish, learned it from latin american family and I got 7/12. I don't think it's too bad but I wasn't familiar with some of the words but I still consider myself a fluent speaker
Muy bien, Andrew :)
!Muy interesante! !Gracias!
Muchas gracias ❤️🙏🏻🤗
This video is a good test etc but is there more help to achieve this level c2. Books, u tube. Or an app
Tenemos varios libros en Amazón, en nuestra web ( www.lightspeedspanish.co.uk ) tenemos muchos recursos también y, por supuesto aquí en YT tenemos muchos vídeos.
También tenemos el programa de Ser Socio.
Cx