I don't have too many "Oh, I get it" moments with my Spanish lessons. I've been studying this crap for two SOLID years and I'm no closer to being able to communicate with someone in Spanish than the first day day I took my first Rosetta Stone Spanish lesson. Although, I must say, your videos are by the best Spanish instructional videos currently available to humanity. Thank you for that! I sure wish I could figure out your secret for understanding all these damn rules. I'll just keep plug'n away.
It takes time. I don't know where you live, but you might try to find someone to speak Spanish-English with. Maybe the first 1/2 hour you practice Spanish and the second 1/2 s/he practices English. I think you would see that you know more thank you think. Good luck!
LOL. I had to google "coronacation" I have not heard that one yet. I will be happy when our coronacation is over. Did I use it correctly? This year, my students taught me to use "hit" "slap" with respect to clothes and when things taste good. I regularly head to the internet to figure these things out.
@Huxivoice - Thanks for the kind words. It is important to find a teaching style that complements your learning style. I'm glad that my videos are helpful. Continue speaking Spanish all the time. ¡Suerte!
I like your explanations. One thing I have found when I post them for my students to watch is that they wish you'd use more space on the board - or use another screen. I suspect you are trying to keep all of the information up there as you teach the lesson but it becomes busy by the end. In theory, they are stopping and taking their own notes as they go (I am using them now that we are distance learning). Perhaps if they did that, they wouldn't have such a problem. Thanks for your work.
@Yang - I'm not sure I understand the question...If you wan to talk about a recent action using the present, you would most likely use the present perfect. For example...if you wanted to say something like, "he has arrived" you would have "él ha llegado". Is that what you meant?
If you want some practice, check out the following exercises from Schaum's Spanish Grammar 6th edition (amzn.to/2fdDd0e) Here is a two minute video ruclips.net/video/9iJIMTj-g2o/видео.html explaining why I like this book. Chapter 3, exercises 185, 186
I am confused because I learned this in my Spanish class but according to Duolingo, you can use the basic present tense to say something like “I am learning.” One example it has is “Él aprende francés en la universidad.” And it says the translation is “He is learning French at the university,” rather than “He learns French at the university.” Why does duolingo teach it this way? I thought duolingo courses are created by native speakers. Is there dialects that just don’t use the present progressive?
Duolingo is quite good. Translating is quite hard. Let me offer an example. Hablo español vs Estoy hablando español. HABLO ESPAÑOL: It has many acceptable translations depending what the speaker is trying to express I SPEAK or I DO SPEAK or I AM SPEAKING. ESTOY HABLANDO is always I AM SPEAKING. This structure puts the empasis on it is happening right now in this moment. From my experience, US English speakers really like to use ESTAR plus ANDO-IENDO but we use it too often and should use the present indicative.
When is this used in conversation. In English, if I ask "what is he doing" the answer is always: he is eating, rather than he eats. Is this the same in Español?
Hi Milo: In Spanish, we tend to use it when we want to emphasize what is happening right now or to emphasize that the action is occurring. For example, he eats every day versus he is eating right now. From my experience, the present indicative is more common than the present progressive in Spanish.
it's hard for me to understand this because in my language we don't have that, it's pričam - i speak pričam - i'm speaking, always the same,huh. What led me here was the song "bailando", who is dancing??? he alone? he and her? the whole club? :S
I don't have too many "Oh, I get it" moments with my Spanish lessons. I've been studying this crap for two SOLID years and I'm no closer to being able to communicate with someone in Spanish than the first day day I took my first Rosetta Stone Spanish lesson. Although, I must say, your videos are by the best Spanish instructional videos currently available to humanity. Thank you for that! I sure wish I could figure out your secret for understanding all these damn rules. I'll just keep plug'n away.
It takes time. I don't know where you live, but you might try to find someone to speak Spanish-English with. Maybe the first 1/2 hour you practice Spanish and the second 1/2 s/he practices English. I think you would see that you know more thank you think. Good luck!
POV: its coronacation and your spanish teacher assigned this video, you don't really feel like doing work
LOL. I had to google "coronacation" I have not heard that one yet. I will be happy when our coronacation is over. Did I use it correctly? This year, my students taught me to use "hit" "slap" with respect to clothes and when things taste good. I regularly head to the internet to figure these things out.
MaestroKaplan that’s funny 😂 yes you used it right! I find it cool/funny how teachers go to the internet to look up slang
@@MaestroKaplan this tutorial slaps thanks man
I just started :)
i speak spanish and this video make me feel cringe
@Huxivoice - Thanks for the kind words. It is important to find a teaching style that complements your learning style. I'm glad that my videos are helpful. Continue speaking Spanish all the time. ¡Suerte!
Thank you for making it so simple. I can't find any videos besides yours that I can understand
Thanks for posting and explaining this! You make it so easy to follow along, only learning video I don't get bored watching lol
great explanation. hope you decide to start making more videos. seems like you are a natural teacher!
This is such a helpful review of the basics for present progressive. Thanks!
I learnt more with this video than my whole year of spanish 9th grade.
De nada. If you don't find a topic you need, let me know and maybe I can make a new video.
thanks man keep doing these you are the only reason im passing spanish now
I hope you did well on your exam. Good luck with your class.
You saved my bacon for my exam in the morning. Gracias!
I like your explanations. One thing I have found when I post them for my students to watch is that they wish you'd use more space on the board - or use another screen. I suspect you are trying to keep all of the information up there as you teach the lesson but it becomes busy by the end. In theory, they are stopping and taking their own notes as they go (I am using them now that we are distance learning). Perhaps if they did that, they wouldn't have such a problem. Thanks for your work.
Very helpful... thanks.
Omg ur a grade saver. I've got a test to pass now.
Got a test tomorrow on this. Thanks man
Thank you so much. This is so helpful.
@Yang - I'm not sure I understand the question...If you wan to talk about a recent action using the present, you would most likely use the present perfect. For example...if you wanted to say something like, "he has arrived" you would have "él ha llegado". Is that what you meant?
Thanks helped me for my Spanish test
i had a test on this and I didnt know anything cause I thought it was on the next week. Rip my parentsr gonna kill me lmoa
Nice explanation thank you annaya
If you want some practice, check out the following exercises from Schaum's Spanish Grammar 6th edition (amzn.to/2fdDd0e) Here is a two minute video ruclips.net/video/9iJIMTj-g2o/видео.html explaining why I like this book.
Chapter 3, exercises 185, 186
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I am confused because I learned this in my Spanish class but according to Duolingo, you can use the basic present tense to say something like “I am learning.” One example it has is “Él aprende francés en la universidad.” And it says the translation is “He is learning French at the university,” rather than “He learns French at the university.” Why does duolingo teach it this way? I thought duolingo courses are created by native speakers. Is there dialects that just don’t use the present progressive?
Duolingo is quite good. Translating is quite hard. Let me offer an example.
Hablo español vs Estoy hablando español.
HABLO ESPAÑOL: It has many acceptable translations depending what the speaker is trying to express I SPEAK or I DO SPEAK or I AM SPEAKING.
ESTOY HABLANDO is always I AM SPEAKING. This structure puts the empasis on it is happening right now in this moment.
From my experience, US English speakers really like to use ESTAR plus ANDO-IENDO but we use it too often and should use the present indicative.
Great video
Can't you also the present progressive by using the persons in the present tense to explain the recent action?
When is this used in conversation. In English, if I ask "what is he doing" the answer is always: he is eating, rather than he eats. Is this the same in Español?
Hi Milo: In Spanish, we tend to use it when we want to emphasize what is happening right now or to emphasize that the action is occurring. For example, he eats every day versus he is eating right now. From my experience, the present indicative is more common than the present progressive in Spanish.
Good Job
So good thank you
At first I was totally confused when the stems started changing but then I was like OH I get it
Retta Monique The "OH I get it" are really great moments when learning a language. I hope that you have many more of them.
Thank You man!
Thank you so much 👍👍👍👍🙏🙏🙏
it's hard for me to understand this because in my language we don't have that, it's
pričam - i speak
pričam - i'm speaking,
always the same,huh.
What led me here was the song "bailando", who is dancing??? he alone? he and her? the whole club? :S
thank you
Gracias
It's George Little from Stuart the Little (movie) teaching usss jajaja
thanks dude, i was listening to butterfly spanish but that lady freaks me out lol
POV: your literally failing Spanish so you found this video
My teacher was supposed to email us questions on this but he didnt lmao
Thanks my teacher didn’t clarify
Dank
however helpful😀
Hey Greg Abbott was gonna you like me to come over tomorrow night and then I will go eat after I eat something to eat
mid-terms tmr
¡Suerte!
No offense lol
boring
Thank you