I have been studying Spanish for about 2 years now and wish I would have discovered your channel before now. I have worked with a tutor in the past but I think you being a native English speaker you understand how we think and I retain what you teach much better than I have in the past and I wanted to thank you for doing these lessons
Welcome to the channel John. I think there are definitely some benefits from learning from a non-native speaker who shares your language. I make lessons for English speakers who are learning Spanish. I take advantage of similarities in the languages to help them learn certain aspects of Spanish more quickly, and when something is very different, I spend more time on that topic and explain it in a way that it relates to your English. That way you are more likely to remember it and use it correctly.
Brett Stadler, I beg to differ. The 10 min you are so excited about was 10 min of useless word salad. I challenge any of you who are praising this lesson, to repeat even one conjugation and translate every term into English. Unless, of course you are in an advanced stage of learning. I found this lesson most disappointing.
@@MechFarmer I agree to disagree with your begging to differ. The conjugations of the tenses are quite often a big hurdle. If this video was merely word salad unto thee, I dare suggest that you simply saw it at the wrong time in your Spanish learning career. It is also possible you simply do not jive with his style. (Shrugs.) Neither one of those is truly a bad thing, they just happen. Despite years of study, a friend of mine taught me how to speak Spanish in thirty seconds in a bar-----but without those years of study, what he taught would have been useless. O, As, A, Amos, An, the indicative conjugations, and IR and ER are similar enough for it to still work. That is what he taught me. My point is the timing of his lesson was perfect.
Hey Paul. Once again your calm demeanour and the systematic way you structure these videos is ENORMOUSLY beneficial to a great many people. Thank you for your good work.
I am from HK, have been taking DELE , doing one on one class. I wish I would have discovered your channel earlier. I think your lessons are Super practical and helpful esp, for adult learner, you nail the most important elements and ways to overcome the challenges. Many thanks for doing the series, Exellent !!!🙌🙌
I study my Spanish every day now that I found your amazing channel. Thank you I actually look forward to each new lesson. You have a calming easygoing style and a great concept
I like your unpretentious manner. Many teachers explain simple things in such complicated ways. When I listen to you, it suddenly sounds very simple. Thanks!
What I loved the most about this treatment of the subjunctive mood is that you just give the endings for the AR and the er/ir verbs. Thanks for not starting out by telling us that the endings are exactly the opposite of what they are on the present indicative. This is one of the most clear presentations of present indicative I have seen.
I had subjunctivophobia until just now! I just wasn't going there for fear it was going to be complex and boring, although I knew I had to, just to be competent at Spanish. Turns out it's actually easy to learn. Can't wait to flex my new grammar muscles. Mil gracias, Qroo Paul!
I wrote out every present indicative next to each subjunctive, looked at where the changes were as you described them, highlighted those changes and thought about them until they made sense. This also helped to learn those verbs (better) in general.
There is a famous song by Silvio Rodríguez, "Ojalá" which is often used by Spanish teachers to teach the subjunctive. The entire song is in this mood. Another song we all remember from our childhood, "ojalá que llueva café" by Juan Luis Guerra is also good to practice. Spanish songs feature the subjunctive heavily since it is deemed a more poetic and lyrical mood, so music is a good way to engage with it.
@@QrooSpanish You might also check this one out ruclips.net/video/6c0MIWRTHCE/видео.html San Miguel de Allende - Guanajuato, México - Café Tacuba - Ojalá que llueva café
¡Muy interesante este video! Me da curiosidad ver como funciona cada cerebro dependiendo de su lengua materna. Algo que siempre me ha gustado del castellano es que la mayoria de las letras, siempre se pronuncian de igual manera. Cuando empecé a estudiar Inglés me causaba mucha confusión aprender los patrones de pronunciación en vez de reglas fijas. ¡Mucha suerte todos los que estén aprendiendo Español! 🌟
I really appreciate both the content and the apt explanation of how most students get here, because it certainly was true in my case. I definitely felt disillusioned, but now I’m jumping back in. Thank you for making it easier!
The irregular forms from dormir are not just irregular but highly irregular since irregular -IR verbs are unique in their irregularities. The subjunctive present's conjugations are: duerma duermas duerma durmamos durmáis duerman The 1st and 2nd person plural forms follow this paradigm in the preterite 3rd person, the gerund and the subjunctive present, imperfect and future.
So, the IR verbs, don't they keep, rather than loose the stem change with nosotros ( and vostors in European Spanish) ? Like Dormir :Duerma, duermas, duerma, durmamos, durmáis, duerman. Morir behaves the same. o >> ue, but with nostros, o >>u. Sentir: sienta, sientas, sienta, sintamos, sintáis, sientan. Mentir, convertir, preferir, divertir , behave like Sentir. e >> ie but with nosotros and vosotros e >> i. Pedir: pida, pidas, pida, pidamos, pidáis, pidan. Seguir, repetir, servir, elegir, behave the same. e >>i , with all persons. So, it seems to be the general rule that -IR stem changing verbs, will keep the first letter of the stem change all over in Subjunctive. So, o >> ue, will be, U for all. e >> ie will be I for all. E to I will be I for all.
Rewatching until I memorize this ❤ thank you so much for your amazing videos about the subjunctive! This has completely been a blind spot for me. I speak with natives regularly, but I only use the subjunctive when I say "que tengas un buen día!" You've held a mirror to a bunch of verbs I have most definitely been saying incorrectly. Thank you! 🙏
I have to agree with others here. This is a brief video that covers a lot of information in a simplistic way that makes it more understandable. I too have been studying for a couple years and see this as the missing link to being able to speak more fluently. Thank you for continuing to make these helpful videos.
These videos are extremely helpful during my Intermediate Spanish level this year. When we got to subjunctive tense, I admit I had no idea. This video made me understand present subjunctive in less than 10 mins, and with my 2nd semester Spanish coming up, I'll be spending a lot of time in this tense. Thank you so much for a great and highly educational presentation!
Thank you for explaining more of the subjunctive. I’m still trying to understand what all of the names of the tenses are but your videos are definitely helping. Muchas gracias maestro.
Trataba encontrar un video en que alguien explice la gramática del subjunctivo y no solamente cuando se usa y no pudo. Pero, al final encontré su video. ¡Mil gracias!
Thanks, Paul, for this great video on the present subjunctive conjugations. There is, however, one error that I noticed. In the nosotros form, the ír verbs (like dormir) behave differently than the -ar and -er verbs that form diphthongs in the present indicative. They don't use the same form as the indicative (i.e. o-->ue, simply losing the diphthong in the nosotros) but rather drop the "e" of the diphthong, so...dormir becomes not dormamos in the pres. subjunctive, but rather durmamos. The same happens with other -ir verbs that form a diphthong in the present indicative, e.g. preferir-->prefiero (Yo indicative)-->prefiramos (Nosotros subjunctive) rather than preferamos. It's a little more complicated that you suggested, and maybe not worth worrying about, but I thought perhaps I should bring it to your attention in case you want to revise the video. I really appreciate your channel and consider you a great communicator and teacher.
Good catch. I caught that one after the fact but it was too late to fix it. I had already deleted all the footage and I did not want to do the whole video over again. I ended up making a note of the error in the description section.
Wow, I'm late to the party, but these videos are excellent. I'm years into trying to speak Spanish and 1 year into living in Chile (yep, I notice how how you never mention Chilean 'Spanish'!) and they're really helping me get beyond my not-good-enough plateau. Thanks!
I'm glad you like them. I never mention Chilean Spanish because I don't have much experience with it. My Spanish is very Mexican and I am married to a Colombian.
Hi Profe. You have really made my day. As I mentioned earlier in a previous comment that since I found your channel, I am hooked. I have already gone through your 34 lessons twice plus most of the shorter sentence starters. I noticed the pattern in dealing with the Present Subjunctive Mood fro your earlier lessons but you have expertly summarised everything in about 9 1/2 mins. I am so grateful. Es pan comida profesor. Gracias por todo. Espero que te vaya bien en este ano.
To summarize, the subjunctive present for AR is the IR/ER conjugations applied to first person shape of the word. Vice versa for IR/ER, but the first person part is the same. There are weird spellings with the irregular verbs, as usual. Thanks, QRoo Paul. This is extremely helpful.
Something is wrong??? My Spanish references say. Hablar, Hablo, Habla, Hablas, Hablamos Hablan. Not with the e,es,e,emos,en ending. I’m confused. Totally confused.
@@NipomoBeach Yes, those are the correct present tense conjugations in the indicative mood. In this video, Paul is showing the present tense in the subjunctive mood, which is used more often in Spanish than in English. You might want to look up some of his other videos on the subjunctive to get an idea of how it's used.
Thanks, that was my first encounter with the subjunctive. I think after watching a ton of subjunctive videos I think I now understand. Thank you for your input.
What do presents subjective means like I need a sentence translated so that way I know how to use it. No one’s translating it. They just keep giving us to grammar.
Gracias! Entiendo el subjuntivo por general, pero quería revisar como conjugar verbos irregulares. Fue útil tener solo información sobre conjugar los verbos en el subjuntivo, en vez de todas las reglas del subjuntivo, lo cual está muy agotado.
This is a great series for people like me who know just enough Spanish to realize the present subjunctive problem. I watch & learn from about 20 Spanish RUclips channels. You are special because you cover the “why” of the language especially for those who are jumping from English to Spanish. Thanks so much for this subjunctive series. Will Paul make more videos in the future? Will the sun come up tomorrow? No se. ja ja 🫢😎👍⭐️🥳🥇🏆♥️
Now this is awesome... I noticed how you L2 speakers avoid the subjunctive mood. The thing is, we use it a lot (I really mean a lot). Don't skip it... You sound, for the most part, understandable but weird...
I haven’t memorized my subjunctive verbs yet but I have been puzzled at how to keep some of the spelling changes straight in my mind. Namely the accent marks, even on verbs that had one syllable or didn’t need accent marks to maintain consistent spellings. What I realized is that Spanish adds accent marks when there is a similar non-verb word that has all the same letters. Example: este versus esté. One is a pronoun, the latter is a subjunctive verb. Lots of other subjunctive verbs do the same thing. “Dar” is another one in the subjunctive.
@@ketorolac4276 Este (this one) doesn’t need an accent mark because the normal accent falls in the second to last syllable except for certain consonants, L and R being two examples. Syllable ending in L or R (plus one or two other letters) are accented consistently unless another syllable has the mark. Esté has an accent mark on the second “e” because it breaks the rule. A few other single syllable words have an accent mark to distinguish them from words with identical spelling. For example, si = if. Sí = yes (with the mark).
@@larrytruelove8659 Yes it does, when in a reply about an object. Q: "¿Este es tu lápiz? (Is this your pencil?) A: "Sí, es éste..." (yes THIS ONE is) This is a classic rule they teach us from the start in school... I see you are confused with another rule, but it's cool... Feel free to ask whatever you want. I was in the advanced Spanish class and I'm a native speaker,..
@@ketorolac4276 Okay. Please give me more information about the rule. I was confused about some rules of spelling until I figured them out for myself. It would be good to understand what I don’t know. Many Spanish speakers I know are not well educated. But now that I have time, I can consult the internet to improve my Spanish. Right now, I still don’t have a good ear. Larry
I like the straightforward way you teach and the pace. I’m still not clear on the subjunctive, it’s like 2 ways of saying the same thing, right? Why though? Do people also say the words I hope or I desire then use the other form like esta or estamos instead of esté or estemos? I just don’t get why it switches. 🤷♀️
Huh this sounds easier than I expected tbh subjunctive sounds so scary but if it's just 'switchy ar with er/ir endings and you're in dreamworld rather than realworld' my brain can do this
I am no expert here, but I think the AR and ER/IR infinitives are backward in this video. AR generally go O, AS, A, AMOS, AN. The ER/IR infinitives go O, ES, E, EMOS and EN. Also Poner uses Pongo for I put, but the G is dropped for the rest. Please tell me if I am way off base.
When conjugating in the present indicative mood, you are correct. But, this video is shwoing how to conjugate in the present subjunctive mood. It is the keystone to learning Spanish and is often overlooked by people learning the language. I talk about when to use it in other videos. For example: Quiero ir a la playa. I want to go to the beach. QUIERO is in the present indicative. Quiero que vayas a la playa. I want you to go to the beach. VAYAS is from IR. It requires the subjunctive here.
Hi great video! I’m returning after watching awhile ago. At 6:48 you say the nosotros of poder and dormir don’t change in subjunctive form. Why is the nosotros subjunctive of dormir durmamos and not dormamos?
Your teaching blows my mind. I have learnt more from you in the last 15 days than 6 months in ______ (the other programs). After I watched this particular video, it helped me understand so much more. I have watched about 18 of your videos so far. As a complete beginner though, one comment I make is if you could add to the start of this video which ending is for who? I am thinking for example with the verbs endind in ER or IR that; a is he, as is you, a is she, amos is we, and an is they. Is that correct?
Hola Paul,He estudiado español desde que mi adolecencia y de pequeña enseñaba a mis amigos ingles. Por eso, decidí a hacerme interpreter médica y he asistido en todos los niveles de español en la universidad. Desafortunadamente, todavía estoy en el nivel intermedio y cuando intento a aprobar el examen para conseguir un puesto como intérprete siempre suspendo.😐Y aunque trabajo como recepcionista bilingue( two dots on u) quiero más experiencia en mi campo, como interpretación en español.Quiero que me sugiera el consejo para empezar traducción y interpretación en español.
Well, for those in Spain there's a big catch with this video. this video does not show the conjugation that is commonly used in Spain for the 2nd person of plural (vosotros) pongAIS tengAIS, hagAIS. etc. what you see here in latin american spanish (the mexican flavour)
@@cbriceno82 Yes this is true. I understand that he teaches Spanish spoken in Mexico which doesn’t include vosotros. My vosotros lessons come from Spain ;)
Ok, now if I choose to say "I doubt dogs can fly" with Dudo que, los perros pueden volar" I am aware both that dudo que mandates the present subjunctive and that I used the Present. Indicstive . My question is -would the grammar police arrest me?
Hi Paul, I just saw your last video where you advised termination of the Cero to Conversational series. I am sorry and disappointed that you needed to discontinue. I was making significant progress and I guess others were too. Given you have made a number of other videos, are you able to suggest the best for me to view that would contunue my Spanish learning with you. Cheers from Australia.
I will probably replace that course with a whole new one at some point. Unless of course I find a different hobby other than making RUclips videos before then...lol
Awesome vid as usual. I just finally started your Spanish after getting to Mexico using your other ones! ✌🏼. I am seeing examples everywhere with 2 subjects as pronouns but I’m guessing a pronoun and a proper noun such as John, or a regular noun such as the teacher etc. is the same.
You can check the conjugations of any verb at wordreference.com. Just type it in and hit "conjugación." Here is the one for encontrar: www.wordreference.com/conj/esverbs.aspx?v=encontrar
It's a tough topic but it's easier if you focus on the constructions that trigger it. quiero que+ subjunctive. I want THAT something happens or someone does something. Quiero que vayas a la tienda. I want you to go to the store. Quiero que saques la basura. I want you to take out the garbage. I have a playlist of subjunctive triggers.
Matter of fact I started learning Spanish two months ago and I had the intention to skip this part but after watching your videos , I have come to a conclusion that it’s necessary to study the present conjunctive , my trip to learn Spanish will be so long cuz my trip to learn Russian wasn’t that easy at all but I am persistent to do it so please carry on with your videos .
Correct me if I’m off here please, but these look like the imperative 3rd person form, correct? If you were giving someone and instruction you would use the same ending forms, but in the case of the subjunctive you’re also using it with the 1st person, right?
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I have been studying Spanish for about 2 years now and wish I would have discovered your channel before now. I have worked with a tutor in the past but I think you being a native English speaker you understand how we think and I retain what you teach much better than I have in the past and I wanted to thank you for doing these lessons
Welcome to the channel John. I think there are definitely some benefits from learning from a non-native speaker who shares your language. I make lessons for English speakers who are learning Spanish. I take advantage of similarities in the languages to help them learn certain aspects of Spanish more quickly, and when something is very different, I spend more time on that topic and explain it in a way that it relates to your English. That way you are more likely to remember it and use it correctly.
Paul, it’s amazing to me that some people, students and teachers, don’t get the concept you just explained. Thanks for all you do!
Me also, keep up the hard work🫡
Less than 10 minute video, more useful than most 30+ minute stuff out there. Sharp focus on the key stuff. Magnificent.
Thanks, Brett.
Agree
Brett Stadler, I beg to differ. The 10 min you are so excited about was 10 min of useless word salad. I challenge any of you who are praising this lesson, to repeat even one conjugation and translate every term into English. Unless, of course you are in an advanced stage of learning. I found this lesson most disappointing.
It is a video, so it can be repeated and/or paused.
@@MechFarmer I agree to disagree with your begging to differ. The conjugations of the tenses are quite often a big hurdle. If this video was merely word salad unto thee, I dare suggest that you simply saw it at the wrong time in your Spanish learning career. It is also possible you simply do not jive with his style. (Shrugs.) Neither one of those is truly a bad thing, they just happen. Despite years of study, a friend of mine taught me how to speak Spanish in thirty seconds in a bar-----but without those years of study, what he taught would have been useless. O, As, A, Amos, An, the indicative conjugations, and IR and ER are similar enough for it to still work. That is what he taught me. My point is the timing of his lesson was perfect.
I love the logic behind the spelling changes, thank you.
Hey Paul. Once again your calm demeanour and the systematic way you structure these videos is ENORMOUSLY beneficial to a great many people. Thank you for your good work.
You're welcome. And thank you for watching. :)
I am not even learning Spanish but I enjoy grammar in other languages and enjoy your format a great deal. I really appreciate how systematic you are.
Awesome, thank you!
I am soooooo glad that I found your channel! Thank you for all you do. God Bless you and your wife!
Thanks, Tamara. You made my day. :)
I’ve been learning spanish for just under 2 years and this concept has never made sense to me. In 10 minutes, it finally clicked! Thank you, Paul!
Great to hear!
Tantas tips en poco tiempo. Directo al punto. Lo aprecio mucho. Siga así!
I am from HK, have been taking DELE , doing one on one class. I wish I would have discovered your channel earlier. I think your lessons are Super practical and helpful esp, for adult learner, you nail the most important elements and ways to overcome the challenges. Many thanks for doing the series, Exellent !!!🙌🙌
Thank you so much! Good luck on your DELE exams.
I study my Spanish every day now that I found your amazing channel. Thank you I actually look forward to each new lesson. You have a calming easygoing style and a great concept
Agreed!
I like your unpretentious manner. Many teachers explain simple things in such complicated ways. When I listen to you, it suddenly sounds very simple. Thanks!
What I loved the most about this treatment of the subjunctive mood is that you just give the endings for the AR and the er/ir verbs. Thanks for not starting out by telling us that the endings are exactly the opposite of what they are on the present indicative.
This is one of the most clear presentations of present indicative I have seen.
Thanks, Eric. I'm glad you liked it.
Hi I'm high school student learning Spanish for the exam thank you so much you are my savior
I had subjunctivophobia until just now! I just wasn't going there for fear it was going to be complex and boring, although I knew I had to, just to be competent at Spanish. Turns out it's actually easy to learn. Can't wait to flex my new grammar muscles. Mil gracias, Qroo Paul!
Happy to hear that!
These videos are pure learning goldmines!
Thank you.
I feel proud that I knew the ce-que was coming. I knew it before you said it. 🙌🏽 you’ve taught me so much this past month thank you so much!
I wrote out every present indicative next to each subjunctive, looked at where the changes were as you described them, highlighted those changes and thought about them until they made sense. This also helped to learn those verbs (better) in general.
You are a very dedicated student of the language. I'm sure you will achieve your goals.
@@QrooSpanish thank you! You either take it seriously and win or poke it with a stick and give up. I’m going to win.
There is a famous song by Silvio Rodríguez, "Ojalá" which is often used by Spanish teachers to teach the subjunctive. The entire song is in this mood. Another song we all remember from our childhood, "ojalá que llueva café" by Juan Luis Guerra is also good to practice. Spanish songs feature the subjunctive heavily since it is deemed a more poetic and lyrical mood, so music is a good way to engage with it.
I'll check that out. Thanks, Alex.
@@QrooSpanish You might also check this one out ruclips.net/video/6c0MIWRTHCE/видео.html
San Miguel de Allende - Guanajuato, México - Café Tacuba - Ojalá que llueva café
You explain concepts in such an understandable way, I truly appreciate your videos, and they are beyond helpful!
Thanks for the positive feedback! I appreciate it. :)
Your videos are clear and pristine. I feel like I just found a power up to my Spanish learning. Thank you🙏🏼
Awesome! Thank you!
¡Muy interesante este video! Me da curiosidad ver como funciona cada cerebro dependiendo de su lengua materna. Algo que siempre me ha gustado del castellano es que la mayoria de las letras, siempre se pronuncian de igual manera. Cuando empecé a estudiar Inglés me causaba mucha confusión aprender los patrones de pronunciación en vez de reglas fijas. ¡Mucha suerte todos los que estén aprendiendo Español! 🌟
But I have difficulty learning Spanish .bcoz i feel hard to form the sentences
Very helpful. Thanks for putting it all in one place.
I really appreciate both the content and the apt explanation of how most students get here, because it certainly was true in my case. I definitely felt disillusioned, but now I’m jumping back in. Thank you for making it easier!
A tour de force of teaching a lesson. Thanks a lot
The irregular forms from dormir are not just irregular but highly irregular since irregular -IR verbs are unique in their irregularities.
The subjunctive present's conjugations are:
duerma
duermas
duerma
durmamos
durmáis
duerman
The 1st and 2nd person plural forms follow this paradigm in the preterite 3rd person, the gerund and the subjunctive present, imperfect and future.
So, the IR verbs, don't they keep, rather than loose the stem change with nosotros ( and vostors in European Spanish) ? Like Dormir :Duerma, duermas, duerma, durmamos, durmáis, duerman. Morir behaves the same. o >> ue, but with nostros, o >>u. Sentir: sienta, sientas, sienta, sintamos, sintáis, sientan. Mentir, convertir, preferir, divertir , behave like Sentir. e >> ie but with nosotros and vosotros e >> i. Pedir: pida, pidas, pida, pidamos, pidáis, pidan. Seguir, repetir, servir, elegir, behave the same. e >>i , with all persons. So, it seems to be the general rule that -IR stem changing verbs, will keep the first letter of the stem change all over in Subjunctive. So, o >> ue, will be, U for all. e >> ie will be I for all. E to I will be I for all.
Rewatching until I memorize this ❤ thank you so much for your amazing videos about the subjunctive! This has completely been a blind spot for me. I speak with natives regularly, but I only use the subjunctive when I say "que tengas un buen día!" You've held a mirror to a bunch of verbs I have most definitely been saying incorrectly. Thank you! 🙏
You're so welcome!
Otra super útil video. Aun que sé estas conjugaciones este fue un revista maravillosa!
I have to agree with others here. This is a brief video that covers a lot of information in a simplistic way that makes it more understandable. I too have been studying for a couple years and see this as the missing link to being able to speak more fluently. Thank you for continuing to make these helpful videos.
Thank you so much. I'm glad you found it useful. I have more videos like this one planned for the channel.
Thanx Paul I needed that. Also thank you again for your past help in answering my silly questions.
Thank you Paul! I love your concise teaching method. I have learned so much from you to improve my Spanish. Estoy muy agradecido!
Thanks for watching. I'm glad to hear that you find the lessons useful. :)
These videos are extremely helpful during my Intermediate Spanish level this year. When we got to subjunctive tense, I admit I had no idea. This video made me understand present subjunctive in less than 10 mins, and with my 2nd semester Spanish coming up, I'll be spending a lot of time in this tense. Thank you so much for a great and highly educational presentation!
Glad it was helpful, Christopher. I have several more videos planned on the subjunctive.
Thanks Paul, very useful as usual. A lot of . verbs and moods to learn but it will be worth it.
Thank you for explaining more of the subjunctive. I’m still trying to understand what all of the names of the tenses are but your videos are definitely helping. Muchas gracias maestro.
Thanks for watching, Daniel. I should probably do a video explaining the difference between tenses and moods too.
Finally someone did the sumbjunctiv conjugation. Thanks soooooooooo much
You're welcome!
Thanks for these simple and easy to remember rules!
Glad it was helpful!
We love you and Linda!
Thanks!
Thank you very much, this has given me more confidence to learn this tense!
First thing to learn about it: it's not a tense! ;)
Trataba encontrar un video en que alguien explice la gramática del subjunctivo y no solamente cuando se usa y no pudo. Pero, al final encontré su video. ¡Mil gracias!
Me alegra que te guste el video. Tengo varios dedicados a este tema.
Great lesson ! You deserve to become a master of the pasado anterior.....
Thanks Paul, very useful as usual. A lot of . verbs and moods to learn but it will be worth it.
It can seem a bit daunting at first but it will be worth it.
this is very helpful. please continue making videos, youre an expert. Muchisimas gracias 😊
¡Este video es una maravilla! Gracias, Paul.
Simple and to-the-point, thanks!
Sir you are the best ..pls make a video on past subjunctive and direct and indirect
Thanks, Paul, for this great video on the present subjunctive conjugations. There is, however, one error that I noticed. In the nosotros form, the ír verbs (like dormir) behave differently than the -ar and -er verbs that form diphthongs in the present indicative. They don't use the same form as the indicative (i.e. o-->ue, simply losing the diphthong in the nosotros) but rather drop the "e" of the diphthong, so...dormir becomes not dormamos in the pres. subjunctive, but rather durmamos. The same happens with other -ir verbs that form a diphthong in the present indicative, e.g. preferir-->prefiero (Yo indicative)-->prefiramos (Nosotros subjunctive) rather than preferamos. It's a little more complicated that you suggested, and maybe not worth worrying about, but I thought perhaps I should bring it to your attention in case you want to revise the video. I really appreciate your channel and consider you a great communicator and teacher.
Good catch. I caught that one after the fact but it was too late to fix it. I had already deleted all the footage and I did not want to do the whole video over again. I ended up making a note of the error in the description section.
Very clear presentation. Subjuntives are daunting.
I have several more videos planned on the subject.
Wow, I'm late to the party, but these videos are excellent. I'm years into trying to speak Spanish and 1 year into living in Chile (yep, I notice how how you never mention Chilean 'Spanish'!) and they're really helping me get beyond my not-good-enough plateau. Thanks!
I'm glad you like them. I never mention Chilean Spanish because I don't have much experience with it. My Spanish is very Mexican and I am married to a Colombian.
Seguro que sabes que soy fan. Nuevamente muchas gracias.
Gracias por ver el video pero me pregunto cuando duermes. Siempre andas por aquí. Saludos.
Hi Profe. You have really made my day. As I mentioned earlier in a previous comment that since I found your channel, I am hooked.
I have already gone through your 34 lessons twice plus most of the shorter sentence starters.
I noticed the pattern in dealing with the Present Subjunctive Mood fro your earlier lessons but you have expertly summarised everything in about 9 1/2 mins.
I am so grateful. Es pan comida profesor.
Gracias por todo. Espero que te vaya bien en este ano.
Es pan comido. I hate typos.
That's great. I'm glad to hear that you have found the lessons useful. :)
U r the best teacher
Another great lesson. Thank you.
Thanks for watching! This one is pretty dry but it does set the groundwork for using the subjunctive.
To summarize, the subjunctive present for AR is the IR/ER conjugations applied to first person shape of the word. Vice versa for IR/ER, but the first person part is the same. There are weird spellings with the irregular verbs, as usual.
Thanks, QRoo Paul. This is extremely helpful.
Something is wrong??? My Spanish references say. Hablar, Hablo, Habla, Hablas, Hablamos Hablan. Not with the e,es,e,emos,en ending. I’m confused. Totally confused.
@@NipomoBeach Yes, those are the correct present tense conjugations in the indicative mood. In this video, Paul is showing the present tense in the subjunctive mood, which is used more often in Spanish than in English. You might want to look up some of his other videos on the subjunctive to get an idea of how it's used.
Thanks, that was my first encounter with the subjunctive. I think after watching a ton of subjunctive videos I think I now understand. Thank you for your input.
I was intimidated by this but you made it easy to get.
Learning the conjugations isn't too hard. The key is to know when to use it and I cover that topic a lot on this channel. Thanks for watching. :)
Extremely useful. Many thanks!
Glad it was helpful!
gracias por todo!!!
De nada. :)
Great teaching! Thank you!
You're very welcome!
Great teacher!
Explicas muy bien, un saludo desde Colombia
Gracias. Un saludo.
The “Go Go Verbs Go Ga Ga”
Super explanation!! Thanks
Thanks so much for all you do
Thanks for watching.
What do presents subjective means like I need a sentence translated so that way I know how to use it. No one’s translating it. They just keep giving us to grammar.
Thanks, Paul, another great video. Si es pan comido.
Gracias! Entiendo el subjuntivo por general, pero quería revisar como conjugar verbos irregulares. Fue útil tener solo información sobre conjugar los verbos en el subjuntivo, en vez de todas las reglas del subjuntivo, lo cual está muy agotado.
Fantastic! Gracias!!!
Your videos are great! Thanks so much!
Thanks for watching!
This is a great series for people like me who know just enough Spanish to realize the present subjunctive problem. I watch & learn from about 20 Spanish RUclips channels. You are special because you cover the “why” of the language especially for those who are jumping from English to Spanish. Thanks so much for this subjunctive series. Will Paul make more videos in the future? Will the sun come up tomorrow? No se. ja ja 🫢😎👍⭐️🥳🥇🏆♥️
Gracias, ojala que pare lloviando aqui.
Ojalá que pare de llover aquí 👍
@@rsnankivell1962 gracias amigo!
@@stopthatluca Don't mention it man!👍
Very good video hermano! Super importante. Saludos, de India !!!! Suscrito ya ..
Thanks Paul. Great revision material for me. 😀👍
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you! This just answered my question on another video
Happy to help!
Now this is awesome... I noticed how you L2 speakers avoid the subjunctive mood. The thing is, we use it a lot (I really mean a lot). Don't skip it... You sound, for the most part, understandable but weird...
Thanks alot very helpful video
Glad it helped. Thanks for watching.
Very good useful lesson.
Thanks! 😃
I haven’t memorized my subjunctive verbs yet but I have been puzzled at how to keep some of the spelling changes straight in my mind. Namely the accent marks, even on verbs that had one syllable or didn’t need accent marks to maintain consistent spellings.
What I realized is that Spanish adds accent marks when there is a similar non-verb word that has all the same letters. Example: este versus esté. One is a pronoun, the latter is a subjunctive verb. Lots of other subjunctive verbs do the same thing. “Dar” is another one in the subjunctive.
Thanks. :)
Este (this), éste (THIS one), esté (the conjugated form of "estar")
@@ketorolac4276
Este (this one) doesn’t need an accent mark because the normal accent falls in the second to last syllable except for certain consonants, L and R being two examples. Syllable ending in L or R (plus one or two other letters) are accented consistently unless another syllable has the mark.
Esté has an accent mark on the second “e” because it breaks the rule. A few other single syllable words have an accent mark to distinguish them from words with identical spelling. For example, si = if. Sí = yes (with the mark).
@@larrytruelove8659 Yes it does, when in a reply about an object.
Q: "¿Este es tu lápiz? (Is this your pencil?)
A: "Sí, es éste..." (yes THIS ONE is)
This is a classic rule they teach us from the start in school... I see you are confused with another rule, but it's cool... Feel free to ask whatever you want. I was in the advanced Spanish class and I'm a native speaker,..
@@ketorolac4276
Okay. Please give me more information about the rule. I was confused about some rules of spelling until I figured them out for myself. It would be good to understand what I don’t know. Many Spanish speakers I know are not well educated. But now that I have time, I can consult the internet to improve my Spanish. Right now, I still don’t have a good ear. Larry
In Spanish we have subjunctive, in English you have phrasal verbs, not hard but tricky sometimes c,:
I like the straightforward way you teach and the pace. I’m still not clear on the subjunctive, it’s like 2 ways of saying the same thing, right? Why though? Do people also say the words I hope or I desire then use the other form like esta or estamos instead of esté or estemos? I just don’t get why it switches. 🤷♀️
Huh this sounds easier than I expected tbh subjunctive sounds so scary but if it's just 'switchy ar with er/ir endings and you're in dreamworld rather than realworld' my brain can do this
I am no expert here, but I think the AR and ER/IR infinitives are backward in this video. AR generally go O, AS, A, AMOS, AN. The ER/IR infinitives go O, ES, E, EMOS and EN. Also Poner uses Pongo for I put, but the G is dropped for the rest. Please tell me if I am way off base.
When conjugating in the present indicative mood, you are correct. But, this video is shwoing how to conjugate in the present subjunctive mood. It is the keystone to learning Spanish and is often overlooked by people learning the language. I talk about when to use it in other videos.
For example:
Quiero ir a la playa. I want to go to the beach. QUIERO is in the present indicative.
Quiero que vayas a la playa. I want you to go to the beach. VAYAS is from IR. It requires the subjunctive here.
Hi great video! I’m returning after watching awhile ago. At 6:48 you say the nosotros of poder and dormir don’t change in subjunctive form. Why is the nosotros subjunctive of dormir durmamos and not dormamos?
I was referring to the stem change where they take the E:
duerma
duermas
duerma
durmamos
durmáis
duerman
Excellente!
Your teaching blows my mind. I have learnt more from you in the last 15 days than 6 months in ______ (the other programs). After I watched this particular video, it helped me understand so much more. I have watched about 18 of your videos so far. As a complete beginner though, one comment I make is if you could add to the start of this video which ending is for who? I am thinking for example with the verbs endind in ER or IR that; a is he, as is you, a is she, amos is we, and an is they. Is that correct?
I'm glad you are enjoying my approach to teaching Spanish. Thanks for the suggestion too.
Que divertido se español y estoy en una clase de español jajajaj 😂😂
Great content.
Hola Paul,He estudiado español desde que mi adolecencia y de pequeña enseñaba a mis amigos ingles. Por eso, decidí a hacerme interpreter médica y he asistido en todos los niveles de español en la universidad. Desafortunadamente, todavía estoy en el nivel intermedio y cuando intento a aprobar el examen para conseguir un puesto como intérprete siempre suspendo.😐Y aunque trabajo como recepcionista bilingue( two dots on u) quiero más experiencia en mi campo, como interpretación en español.Quiero que me sugiera el consejo para empezar traducción y interpretación en español.
oh boy oh boy oh boy. I love getting into the weeds on this! Thanks, Paul!
You're welcome. Thanks for watching.
Hola desde España! Hace cuatro meses, comencé a aprender español. He visto todos tus videos! Gracias por enseñarnos! (Es correcto?)
Hola Sjmoya. Gracias por ver mis videos. Escribes bien el español. Felicitaciones. :)
Well, for those in Spain there's a big catch with this video. this video does not show the conjugation that is commonly used in Spain for the 2nd person of plural (vosotros) pongAIS tengAIS, hagAIS. etc. what you see here in latin american spanish (the mexican flavour)
@@cbriceno82 Yes, but you watch novelas all day and and understand Mexican Spanish perfectly.
@@cbriceno82 Yes this is true. I understand that he teaches Spanish spoken in Mexico which doesn’t include vosotros. My vosotros lessons come from Spain ;)
Ok, now if I choose to say "I doubt dogs can fly" with Dudo que, los perros pueden volar" I am aware both that dudo que mandates the present subjunctive and that I used the Present. Indicstive . My question is -would the grammar police arrest me?
Hi Paul, I just saw your last video where you advised termination of the Cero to Conversational series. I am sorry and disappointed that you needed to discontinue. I was making significant progress and I guess others were too. Given you have made a number of other videos, are you able to suggest the best for me to view that would contunue my Spanish learning with you. Cheers from Australia.
Will you be remaking all your animated lessons?
I will probably replace that course with a whole new one at some point. Unless of course I find a different hobby other than making RUclips videos before then...lol
Awesome vid as usual. I just finally started your Spanish after getting to Mexico using your other ones! ✌🏼. I am seeing examples everywhere with 2 subjects as pronouns but I’m guessing a pronoun and a proper noun such as John, or a regular noun such as the teacher etc. is the same.
Yes, you can use that.
what about viaje suspender and encontrar?
You can check the conjugations of any verb at wordreference.com. Just type it in and hit "conjugación." Here is the one for encontrar: www.wordreference.com/conj/esverbs.aspx?v=encontrar
I've been learning Spanish for 6 years and I've never come across anything more confusing than the subjunctive. Thanks for helping, I have a quiz 😭
It's a tough topic but it's easier if you focus on the constructions that trigger it. quiero que+ subjunctive. I want THAT something happens or someone does something. Quiero que vayas a la tienda. I want you to go to the store. Quiero que saques la basura. I want you to take out the garbage. I have a playlist of subjunctive triggers.
@@QrooSpanish thank you!
Thankyou, Q.P.
Is ser really irregular? Seems to follow what you did with ver
But it doesn't follow the present indicative 1st person conjugation pattern as all the regular verbs do
When to use this tense ? Do you have a video of it ?
it is a mood that is triggered by certain constructions. I have a playlist going through them: ruclips.net/video/RICirlIwjSk/видео.html
Matter of fact I started learning Spanish two months ago and I had the intention to skip this part but after watching your videos , I have come to a conclusion that it’s necessary to study the present conjunctive , my trip to learn Spanish will be so long cuz my trip to learn Russian wasn’t that easy at all but I am persistent to do it so please carry on with your videos .
Do you have clases
5 estrellas plus lección
Gracias.
Correct me if I’m off here please, but these look like the imperative 3rd person form, correct? If you were giving someone and instruction you would use the same ending forms, but in the case of the subjunctive you’re also using it with the 1st person, right?
Yes, the imperative and the present subjunctive are very similar.