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  • @EnglishBasicsGrammars
    @EnglishBasicsGrammars 3 года назад +21

    Your classes are the best in the internet for learning spanish...

  • @davidkelley9509
    @davidkelley9509 3 года назад +18

    Every time I have a problem with translating a certain phrase that is extremely common in English language but not necessarily easily translated, you have a video brilliantly explaining the exact situation I was struggling with. This has happened multiple times so for that I thank you very much sir.

  • @MrAngloNinja
    @MrAngloNinja Год назад +4

    Why are there not more likes? Love this learning method!

  • @misstango1001
    @misstango1001 3 года назад +6

    Was never taught solia in school. So necessary Thank you. You explain so well. Useful sentences

  • @CleonaPattersoneFluentEnglish
    @CleonaPattersoneFluentEnglish Год назад +3

    Solía estudiar español de manera tradicional y difícil para mi, conjugar cada verbo regular y irregular.🥺 De repente, descubrí que había otro modo de aprenderlo.🙂 Por eso, estoy aquí disfrutando el canal de ProSpanish.🎯 Gracias por tu ayudar a expresar los hábitos pasados y tendencias pasadas = used to ...
    Necesito practicar el verbo SOLER.😜
    Gracias por enseñarme la estructura ANTES + imperfecto para indicar un cambio de hábitos o estados.🎯 I never knew the nuance of 'I would ...'
    Un ejemplo: Antes pensaba que me tardaría muchos años para llegar a nivel conversacional de español.😜

  • @GabrielGonzalez-lu7wl
    @GabrielGonzalez-lu7wl 3 года назад +6

    soy nativo venezolano y obvio hablo español, ahora hablo ingles como segundo idioma, para mi es mas facil el ingles que el español.. pero si lo pueden lograr... exitos

  • @EricFendley
    @EricFendley 3 года назад +3

    I bought the full course and am very happy with it. He aprendido mucho!

  • @philhodgson6453
    @philhodgson6453 4 года назад +4

    Excellent video, and quite a subtle difference between solía, and antes versions. Good to know.

  • @christinabooker1895
    @christinabooker1895 4 года назад +1

    Love these videos....gracias!

  • @waynesgrid49
    @waynesgrid49 Год назад +1

    I hope more lessons coming like these

  • @socorrorios8075
    @socorrorios8075 Год назад

    Your instruction is spot-on. I recommend Pro Spanish to anyone who wants to learn Spanish.

  • @reynoldgooding7626
    @reynoldgooding7626 4 года назад +1

    Me gusta mucho tu lección.Muchas gracias.

  • @vancouverterry9142
    @vancouverterry9142 3 года назад +3

    Superb lesson after superb lesson after superb lesson. Sir, you are a most excellent teacher! Many thank you's!

  • @omaralakel8258
    @omaralakel8258 4 года назад +5

    Bro you are the best appreciate your work

  • @USINADEESPANHOL
    @USINADEESPANHOL 4 года назад +2

    Muy bueno tu video. Te felicito por tu canal que está buenísimo. Recibe un gran saludo desde tierras brasileñas!

  • @ericbaugher
    @ericbaugher 4 года назад +9

    This is a great lesson on the imperfect tense. I still need to do more research on the word "solia".
    I love the graphic at the end. This shows that your style is growing and branching out. I am saving this one to my "imperfect tense' play list for now. Great lesson on when to use the imperfect tense. This will be a good one to listen to often and remember the "no wood rule" with the clever diagram.

  • @Donna-vh5ym
    @Donna-vh5ym Год назад

    I love the visual at the end. Hands down best channel

  • @sevadahakobyan504
    @sevadahakobyan504 3 года назад +1

    Love your classes:)

  • @tthomass69
    @tthomass69 4 года назад +1

    Gracias por este video, me ayudas mucho 👍

  • @michaelharrison3602
    @michaelharrison3602 3 года назад

    Brilliant I've been struggling with i used to for years

  • @bredamaune2028
    @bredamaune2028 Год назад

    Eso fue brillantemente explicado. Muchas gracias.

  • @Trenercharakteru
    @Trenercharakteru 4 года назад +2

    Muchas gracias :)

  • @parakramakarunaratne1789
    @parakramakarunaratne1789 3 года назад

    Thank you

  • @LEGIONARIO1970
    @LEGIONARIO1970 3 года назад +5

    "Acostumbraba..." It's another way to say "Solia..." in Spanish.
    Yo solía ir al cine los domingos = Yo acostumbraba ir al cine los domingos.

  • @user-hk4qu3tc7c
    @user-hk4qu3tc7c Год назад

    Gracias mucho

  • @pompikaushal4604
    @pompikaushal4604 4 года назад +2

    Qué guay! Me moló su vídeo! Explicaste este punto gramática muy bien! Puesto que usted explica en inglés es muy útil por los principantes, como mi amiga, con quien veía su vídeo !
    Un abrazo!👍

  • @skindiver2
    @skindiver2 4 года назад +2

    Really appreciate your time love from Australia 🇦🇺

  • @TutorOfManila
    @TutorOfManila 3 года назад

    Thank you!

    • @sayman1447
      @sayman1447 3 месяца назад

      Hola Manila, Como estas hoy? Estoy studente tiempo. estoy vivir en Londeres y tu?

  • @repa49
    @repa49 4 года назад +1

    I love your lessons!

  • @catirerubio
    @catirerubio 3 года назад

    Bien hecho.

  • @samhussein9100
    @samhussein9100 4 года назад +1

    Thanks a lot! You make it all seem like a piece of cake!

  • @ForeverGreen
    @ForeverGreen 3 года назад

    probably the most important video so far

  • @robertflint2549
    @robertflint2549 2 года назад +1

    Solia comer helados cuando era joven.

  • @lauraleoscher1218
    @lauraleoscher1218 4 года назад +4

    Hay muchas diferencias en el idioma español entre los distintos países donde se habla español. Entonces, vivo en Estados Unidos, y realmente, no escucho a muchos latinos usando la expresión "solia" ...

    • @pompikaushal4604
      @pompikaushal4604 4 года назад +1

      Sí diste en el clavo! Los latinos no suelen usar el verbo "soler"!😀

    • @lauraleoscher1218
      @lauraleoscher1218 4 года назад +1

      @@pompikaushal4604 Hace varias meses, estuve en NYC y estaba tratando de explicale algo a alguien que era de P.R., y él me dijo que él no entiendia ese palabra...

    • @LA-wn6uz
      @LA-wn6uz 4 года назад

      Qué suelen usar los latinos en lugar del verbo "soler"?

    • @atttalvarez
      @atttalvarez 3 года назад +1

      El verbo soler se usa muy poco en América Latina, solo en expresiones muy fijas, en literatura o en el presente simple. Ejemplo: No suelo hablar de esas cosas.
      Para transmitir esta idea del pasado nosotros usamos el imperfecto, por lo general. Ejemplo: nosotros jugábamos mucho cuando éramos niños.
      También podemos utilizar el verbo acostumbrar en imperfecto. Ejemplo: nosotros acostumbrábamos a quedarnos jugando hasta tarde en el colegio.

    • @larrynarvaez7545
      @larrynarvaez7545 3 года назад

      Estaba tratando de explicarle algo.... dijo que.el no entiendia esa palabra.... 😊👍

  • @neelz323
    @neelz323 3 года назад +3

    This is brilliant! But im still struggling with the solia and antes diference can i use antes -ia / aba to indicate I used to play tennis and i used to live in madrid??

    • @CleonaPattersoneFluentEnglish
      @CleonaPattersoneFluentEnglish Год назад

      ANTES + IMPERFECTO = used to ... Yes, you use can use this structure as long as there has been a change, you nolonger do. (This is what I have understood.)

  • @kennybev
    @kennybev 4 года назад +4

    Can you also say "yo jugaba al tenis con Marie"?

    • @nanahussein8158
      @nanahussein8158 3 года назад

      Porque verbo jugar end we have to add aba

  • @MaryGomez
    @MaryGomez 4 года назад +1

    The graphic helps! Is the base word of solía solo?

    • @LearnSpanishLearnSpanish
      @LearnSpanishLearnSpanish  4 года назад +2

      The base verb is soler and as it verb it can be used in the present as well. So, suelo levantarme tarde = I usually get up late.

    • @ericbaugher
      @ericbaugher 4 года назад +2

      To add to the mix, "solia" is the imperfect congugation of "soler". I was researching this last night. I have listened several times and concluded that all examples in this lesson are either in the "present" tense or the "imperfect" tense. There is by ingenious design not a single example of the preterite tense.

  • @nanahussein8158
    @nanahussein8158 2 года назад +1

    Cada día as todos los días or not

  • @nuriddinaminov2153
    @nuriddinaminov2153 2 года назад

    How about other subjects such as : he (éllo) used to or they (ellos) used to

  • @mirjadanielsson8963
    @mirjadanielsson8963 3 года назад +1

    Please, explain the difference between solia and acostumbrado. Thank You

    • @christophermichael5764
      @christophermichael5764 3 года назад +1

      “Acostumbrado” is essentially meaning that one is “accustomed” to doing something. Solía seems to apply to the past. “Hey, I used to do this” (but now I don’t).

    • @sayman1447
      @sayman1447 3 месяца назад

      Hola ,Repa Como estas hoy? Estoy studente tiempo. estoy vivir en Londeres y tu?

  • @saradesignerafrica8867
    @saradesignerafrica8867 3 года назад

    Ohno I don't know how I can thank u por favor por favor muchas gracias por favor

  • @racheln8563
    @racheln8563 4 года назад +2

    I wish someone had told me the different senses of “used to”-my instructors made no such distinction. I must have inadvertently caused a lot of confusion when I’d talk to my Spanish-speaking friends. EDIT: Does usage of “solia” vary depending on whether you’re using Castilian or other varieties of Spanish? (Forgive the lack of an accent mark-I can’t remember the key code for that.)

    • @Nadcht
      @Nadcht 4 года назад +5

      In terms of usage, yes, it may vary. In Mexico (for instance) the usage of "solía + infinitive verb" is not very common in spoken or written Spanish. We know how to use the verb "soler" but the structure "Antes + imperfect tense verb (verb ending in -ía / -aba) is preferred. This also occurs in some Central and South American countries.

    • @shawkitty2524
      @shawkitty2524 3 года назад +3

      @@Nadcht Useful information since I'm here in America and have MUCH more access to Mexicans than I do European Spaniards!! Glad I saw your comment!

  • @ziggyw.lutkowski9259
    @ziggyw.lutkowski9259 4 года назад +2

    How about "acostumbrado/a" forma. I am completamente/totalmente confundido !

    • @LEGIONARIO1970
      @LEGIONARIO1970 2 года назад

      "Acostumbraba" is correct too., they are interchangeble.

  • @habib0409
    @habib0409 3 года назад

    why jugar not guego
    I don't know when I use infinitive
    should I compare it to English , if would say in English "to play" I should say jugar ?

  • @shawkitty2524
    @shawkitty2524 3 года назад +3

    When the explanation for previous habitual behavior and a one-time behavior was given, it became murky for me. For example, the person who used to eat meat (Antes comía carne)--was that not a habitual behavior for a length time or were they meat eaters only once?? I doubt it! By the same token, when you say "I used to play tennis with Maria", (or "Solía jugar al tenis con Maria"), aren't you implying you no longer do it anymore?

    • @alwayslearning7672
      @alwayslearning7672 3 года назад +1

      Yes,this is how I see it too. It implies you don't do it anymore.
      However ,I trying to figure out if there's a subtle difference for example, If you say I used to smoke cigarettes,i will think you don't smoke anymore, but if you say I used to smoke 40 cigarettes everyday in the past....I might think that now you smoke less,but you still smoke! See what I'm getting at?
      One implies you used to do it and not anymore and the other could leave it open to believe that now you still smoke ,just less🙃

  • @NoaNoir
    @NoaNoir Год назад

    Solía= habit. I used to live in Spain is vivía en España

  • @jaythegreatest659
    @jaythegreatest659 4 года назад +1

    And what about cada día for everyday

    • @KGDRAWROF
      @KGDRAWROF 4 года назад

      That works too.

    • @larrynarvaez7545
      @larrynarvaez7545 3 года назад

      Every day (adverb) , everyday (adjectuve). ✌️

  • @nanahussein8158
    @nanahussein8158 3 года назад +1

    In America the people like and most of them have a dog. I think we can say American people used to have a dog

    • @larrynarvaez7545
      @larrynarvaez7545 3 года назад

      The Americans are used (accustomed) to having a dog. 😊✌️

  • @habib0409
    @habib0409 3 года назад

    todos is plural of todo
    los is plural of lo
    dias is plural of dia
    everything is plural

  • @paws276
    @paws276 4 года назад

    No wood = ear or ABBA. :))

  • @mariamfarahani2102
    @mariamfarahani2102 2 года назад

    Are these lessons Spanish Spanish or Latin America Spanish?

    • @LearnSpanishLearnSpanish
      @LearnSpanishLearnSpanish  2 года назад

      Spain Spanish, although the difference isn't great.

    • @LearnSpanishLearnSpanish
      @LearnSpanishLearnSpanish  2 года назад +1

      ​@@uusfiyeyh True, but it's probably fair to say that there are some general similarities, e.g. as far as I know nowhere in Latin America is the Z pronounced th

  • @nanahussein8158
    @nanahussein8158 3 года назад

    Solía ir a la playa con mis amigos

  • @jaythegreatest659
    @jaythegreatest659 4 года назад

    What dose the word al mean

    • @NickeshaWallace
      @NickeshaWallace 4 года назад

      "To the". Example "i am going to the party". "Yo voy al fiesta".

    • @baconatorva
      @baconatorva 3 года назад

      @@NickeshaWallace*a la* fiesta (feminine word). That's literally "I go to the party." "Estoy llendo a la fiesta" would be the most accurate. "Al" would be used for a masculine verb.

    • @larrynarvaez7545
      @larrynarvaez7545 3 года назад

      Masculine noun as verbs have no gender. ✌️

  • @gacha-life_1236
    @gacha-life_1236 3 года назад

    Como Estas

  • @user-zd2zq9gx7l
    @user-zd2zq9gx7l 4 года назад

    Solía practecar espaniol con tio.
    I hope that was correct.

    • @NicoleKHines
      @NicoleKHines 4 года назад +1

      Solía practicar español con mi tio

    • @user-zd2zq9gx7l
      @user-zd2zq9gx7l 4 года назад +1

      I'm not sure is contigo not the best ?

    • @pompikaushal4604
      @pompikaushal4604 4 года назад +1

      @@user-zd2zq9gx7lHola! Contigo means with thou(you) but you wrote tío which means an uncle. Thus if you want to say I used to play with my uncle,it would be Solía jugar con mi tio! However if you wish to say I used to play with you(thou) , it would be Solía jugar contigo!

    • @lauraleoscher1218
      @lauraleoscher1218 4 года назад

      @@pompikaushal4604 vale. pero "tio" tambien es una palabra colocial por un buen amigo ...

    • @pompikaushal4604
      @pompikaushal4604 4 года назад +2

      @@lauraleoscher1218 Sí tienes razón, tío! Lo sé, pero afin de no complicar la explicación,solo expliqué la diferencia entre contigo y con tío!
      👍😀

  • @burtonedwards
    @burtonedwards 2 года назад

    Every time I reverse translate "antes..." in Google translate, it comes up "Salina ..." Any ideas? Anyone?

  • @solascripturaPR1517
    @solascripturaPR1517 5 месяцев назад

    This is confusing:
    To say: "I used to go out with Maria", and
    "I used to go out, every day", is literally *the exact same sentence*!!!
    Both indicate a habit (unless I clearly say: "I went out with Maria, once"; or, "I used to go out, every day").
    Or, an I missing something?

  • @edwardmoran1739
    @edwardmoran1739 4 года назад

    Had trouble with solía and salía. Salir for salía. But solía???

    • @pompikaushal4604
      @pompikaushal4604 4 года назад

      Hola solía is from soler! It means be wont to. Eg Yo solía beber vino= I generally/used to drink wine!

    • @williamobrien2253
      @williamobrien2253 3 года назад +2

      Solía is the 1st person (yo) and 3rd person (el, ella, usted) singular conjugation of the verb soler in the imperfect (past) tense, as salía is the same for the verb salir.

  • @scotscub76
    @scotscub76 4 года назад

    Why is it not "jugar al futbol con A Carmen"? Totally confused about the personal A 😭

    • @LearnSpanishLearnSpanish
      @LearnSpanishLearnSpanish  4 года назад +6

      you don't have the personal A when there is already a preposition (a de por para con de desde etc...)

    • @scotscub76
      @scotscub76 4 года назад +1

      @@LearnSpanishLearnSpanish thank you for replying!

  • @marcosreal11
    @marcosreal11 4 года назад +2

    Your videos are way too quiet. Please triple the volume.

  • @habib0409
    @habib0409 3 года назад

    why isn't with me like : con yo , or con mi or con me
    why conmigo
    nouns are very hard

  • @elcartero6897
    @elcartero6897 3 года назад

    Still not sure how solía differentiates from jugaba. Used to play football. Even if it was a habit....you used to but now you don't so not quite following the logic

  • @pascalennis9123
    @pascalennis9123 3 года назад

    If i try to remember, wood = ear over abba ,i wont remember the lesson🤔

  • @nanahussein8158
    @nanahussein8158 2 года назад

    Antes tenia un perro

  • @scotscub76
    @scotscub76 3 года назад

    This is so difficult even Spaniards no lo entienden 🤣

  • @armin3904
    @armin3904 4 года назад

    thank you ypur vids are good but too slow really slow and long

    • @kaymgee08
      @kaymgee08 3 года назад +1

      I change the speed to 1.75!