That's why learning a 3rd language is easier than learning a 2nd. The 2nd language is where you have to learn a bunch of vocabulary, a heap of grammar but also build an entire new brain structure whose purpose is to make your thinking more flexible so that you can think of multiple ways to express the same idea. My point is for learners to be gentle with themselves when learning Spanish as a second language. The brain can get there, but it's got a lot of work to do in addition to just learning some vocab.
I appreciate your comments. Just when I reach the point of thinking I'm doing so well in Spanish, I almost immediately stumble and feel like a beginner again.
@@MassMexi Yo, same. I've been speaking/learning Spanish for 5 years and some days I feel practically fluent and other days I feel like a novice. It's highly frustrating but I know that I've made a lot of progress. I usually surprise myself after speaking Spanish for the first 20 minutes and I realize that my brain has picked up more than I thought it had. The most important thing is to speak it consistently. I have a job where sometimes I'm able to have convos multiple times a week and sometimes I'm only saying a few words once or twice a week. I know that if I spent a few months in Mexico I would come back like a rockstar.
Your point about learning a third language is really good. You learn to be flexible, eventually, with your second language. If/when you get to a third language, you already understand the flexibility thing, so learning is easier. If this was an original observation of yours, well good on you!
@@robertallair7278 I wish I was the one who thought of it. Scientists have been putting monolingual and bilingual people in fMRI machines to see if the difference is visible and it totally is! You literally have to grow extra brain material the first time you learn a new language.
I think I get what you’re getting at with this video: There simply is no "get"! This video really got the message across about how pervasive this word has gotten in modern American parlance. I’ve still got to get better at getting these “get” words in my bag, and I think that getting even half of the forms of “get” translated will get my vocabulary to the next level. Don’t get me wrong, I’m a go-getter, but I’m not going to get cocky and say I’m getting close yet. I’ll get back to you when I do!
"To Get" - my solution to this for both Spanish (and French decades ago) is to think of another word or phrase in English when "get" would be most natural to me. Examples: I got _bought_ a new car; I got in _returned home_ at 4 am; I got lost _went amiss_ in Manchester
I love your advice about interpreting rather than translating,. I was going at a snail’s pace until I popped into the more practical interpret modality, still a challenge but a much more practical tool. You have a great non-textbook way of approaching the challenge of learning a new language. So many internet teachers basically just repeat what I could easily read in a manual, but you provide the “chunks” and insights that click on the “aha” moment. Well done, profesor!
Thank you! I'm so glad to hear that the videos are helping you on journey to learn the language. I had a lot of those "aha" moments over the years when it comes to the Spanish language so I know exactly what you're talking about. :)
When I first arrived in Spain I asked a Spanish friend to explain “how do I translate “to get” “ and now I understand the long pause and non commital answer…. It doesn’t exist that simply! Another obvious ‘game changer’ from you QrooPaul. Thanks for explaining things so well.
Americans tend to use 'to get' rather more than Europeans. Did you get annoyed. VS. Did that annoy you. Get the phone, vs Answer the phone. I've got three oranges in my bag. VS. I have three oranges in my bag /. there are three oranges in my bag. You did convey this in your excellent video, Thank you for the most interesting lessons.
I'm so glad I found your channel! Now I see why I'm struggling with learning verbs! This just took away all of my frustration. I would learn the verb one way in one lesson and when asked in another I would use it, get it wrong, and be given a new word without understanding why it changed. You just opened the door for me. At this point, I feel like verbs are another language inside of a language. THANKS!🔥
I'm glad you found the lesson useful. Learning the different ways verbs are used can be frustrating. For example, in Spanish you don't make decisions, you take decisions (tomar decisiones), You also don't "take steps" you "give steps": Di cinco pasos hacia la puerta) I took 5 steps toward the door. Don't get discouraged by those types of things. We've all been there. Just keep at it and you'll achieve your goals.
I didn't know that...wow, thanks for the heads up! I need a book or something with all of this & examples. I feel like I need to study this before continuing on Thanks for replying!😃👍
The trae used to ask something from your waiter was perfect timing: went to a Mexican restaurant last night and it occurred to me that I didn’t know the basic phrase as to how to properly ask for something. Thank you so much!
I feel like my ability to expand my vocabulary has catapulted to a new level! I’m learning so much on your channel… can’t wait to impress my prof in the fall!😀
I am so glad to find a native English speaker explain “to get.” After years of studying Spanish, it finally clicked for me that there is no “get” in Spanish. Overcoming that hurdle helped me improve quite a bit. I still stumble a bit on “conseguir” and other direct translations of “get” but I just need more practice.
In 'conseguir', 'con' means 'together' and 'seguir' is 'to follow'. Thus 'conseguir' means to attain what you are pursuing. This is the aspect of 'get' that it captures. 'No tuve problemas para obtener el pasaporte' but 'Me costó mucho conseguir un trabajo'. 'Seguir' has the same root as 'sequence' in English as this is in fact a Latin word.
Thanks for this. I've been sending this to my Spanish students learning English. It makes things so clear for them. They also need to get away from the "make or do" translation of "hacer" or all of the functions of "to have". This is a great lesson for my Spanish too.
Paul you went so fast that I couldnt write down every word. Just kidding.🙂 I love your way of teaching and %100 agree with interpretation. It is a different level of knowing a language ı think. Cant translate a language word by word, hay que entender completamente.
In addition to my traditional lessons, your videos are a cornerstone to my Spanish studies. Thank you for always making things so clear. For me, it is actually a strength in your teaching that Spanish is not your first language because you always manage to identify the exact issues I have problems with ! Thank you for doing these videos, QROO Paul is my go to when I need to deep dive on a particular issue that is confusing me. In another totally unrelated question, is that blue chair behind you (in many videos, lol) as comfortable as it looks? I love it!
I found when I was starting out I was trying to translate word for word but I soon realized that's hopeless and just focusing on the meaning of a phrase is better.
Thank you, great advice about translating! I shared video this with my friend who's learning English and helping me with my Spanish. We talked about get a few weeks ago. Sure is easy for us!
Gracia's for teaching us Spanish and just like English, there spoken by beautiful proud people of ALL nationalities, and that regardless of languages, Dispite the very bias News/ Hollywood/TV industries, YOU my proud white American cousin, that WE ALL MATTER and that it's always cool to share and care,,, so again, Gracia's,,, A FAN of humanity, Latinos, Americans and watching your videos,,,Rock on !!! GERALD 🇵🇷 Baltimore md
Great video and subject matter-I too have found (to get) to be difficult to translate because of all the various ways it can be used-your lesson was super helpful-keep them coming!!!
Right on topic and you broke it down excellently. I remember going over "get" and how often we use it awhile back and realized that it needed some extra thinking to turn it into Spanish. Your video should help the serious student on this.
Wow never realized all the different meanings of this verb to get in English. I picked them all up over the years as a non native English speaker. Thanks for the video.
I think this is another great video!!! It took me a very long time to understand what you said at the end of the video: there isn’t a one-to-one relationship between grammatical structures. Although languages do the same thing, when a language doesn’t have the specific structure the speaker is used to, one feels there’s a gap in meaning. English doesn’t have the imperfect tense but it has a construction that we have in Spanish that kinda of works, it doesn’t uses a conjugated subjunctive but it has a construction that kinda of works, it doesn’t have diminutive but you kinda of use endearing words to communicate the feeling, it doesn’t have this conjugated SE to create derivative verbs such as “alegrarse, entristecerse” but it kinda of do that with “to get”. Once I understood there are gaps between languages, that are made of semantics beyond the grammar, I stopped that unconscious feeling that something was missing in my sentences. Understanding how our native language works is super helpful to improve in our target language. That’s why I watch your videos, even if Spanish is my native language.
I never get tired of these videos, they always help me get closer to my goals and very helpful when you just don't get it. This makes me want to get back down to México an get back to learning Spanish. I would also second the request for a video on verbos de cambio.
This was a very good video. I recognized early on that we use “get” for so many verbs in Spanish. I also appreciated your idea of thinking about what it is that I’m wanting to convey rather than translating. I am at an intermediate level and trying to move past my plateau. Your videos have helped a lot!
So well done. Your advice to get past (there is that “get” again 😅) word by word, literal translation is key to advancing in learning another language.
I taught English in Mexico for 10 years. Try teaching get to a Spanish speaker. I get into jazz music, get it on, I don't get it, get out!, get the phone. The list goes on and on. One big ball of confusion.
The thing to remember is that you shouldn't be translating words specifically, but your goal should be to convey the meaning you wish. This is why an appeal to the dictionary is often useless. And one way to easily make a more or less universal request is to just begin your sentence with ... "Favor de." Favor de traerme servilletas. - "Please bring me napkins." Just add the right verb.
This is a great video…when I was very early in my Spanish learning journey “get” would really mess me up because I use it a lot in English…I started thinking of alternative words in English to the word “Get” like receive and obtain…etc. that helps a lot!!! Thanks again!!!
Good points. Good lesson. Much of the confusion is due to the fact that common English usage has devolved greatly. If you think of classical British English, using the appropriate verb instead of 'get', its easier to translate for one example.
This is really commentary on the topic of translating "to get." I've been speaking Spanish while traveling and studying abroad over the last forty years. The best thing is "to get" an ear for it which comes from listening to native speakers. Paul's tips are helpful to put you on alert that the direct translation from English may not be best. When you hear native speakers convey the "to get" idea, you understand the context Paul describes. Good luck. This is a tough one.
I am really enjoying your videos. I tried to learn some Spanish last year. I became so frustrated so fast till I said forget it. I decided to try again a couple months ago and I feel a lot better about my progress now. Number one reason is my attitude about it. I am doing it for fun now and really enjoying it instead of putting too much pressure on myself to learn too much too fast. Your videos are the best I have found so far. I do not have a lot of Spanish speaking friends so I enjoy using a translating app to speak into. Did you do that as well when you were learning?
Sí! Es mejor pensar más en la interpretación que en las traducciones literales. ¡Gracias! Realmente me ayudaste mucho con este video. Ojalá lo hubiera visto hace un año.
True. But as English-speakers we tend to overdue it to a point that seems awkward in Spanish. Learning the culture is as important as learning the language.
@@QrooSpanish My husband is Nicaraguan and we lived in Costa Rica for almost a decade. We now live in Mexico. So yes, we know the culture. I just have to learn to speak like a Mexican because the lingo is a bit different.
Many of these examples follow a simple pattern in Spanish ad knowing that may make the process easier. Many of the translations were of the form vereb+self, as is vestirse for "got dressed," which more literally "to dress self". (polish it if you want, but a lot of those different Spanish possibilities for different meanings of "get" follow this.
Thank you for making these. To get stumped me for a while. I started by switching out consiguir for every time I would use get. Of course that didn’t work. This perspective help huge. Are you familiar with the Pimsluer method? I find it effective
4:37 en españa decimos " ponerse de mala hostia " " me pone de muy mala hostia" " me pongo de los nervios" " me pongo del higado" " me pones cachondo" " me pones ( you turn me on) " mosquearse, chinarse, son sinonimos de enfadarse en registro coloquial
Whatever you do, both in LATAM and in Spain, avoid this kind of construction: “Puedo tener una café” in a restaurant. It is understandable but it really sounds weird to them. In Spain you’ll more commonly hear “me pones un café” or “me traes un café”. In LATAM, I think “me trae” (the usted version) would be more common.
I know you look at the statistics and see how many people watch all the way through , well I accidentally touched something that brought me elsewhere, how do I do these things, and returned to your magnificent lesson. Muchas Gracias Paul por esta perfecta lección. I hope i got the por vs para right 🤦♀️
I love your videos man. It takes learning the language as an adult to properly teach it imo. Most of these Spanish teachers teach the same way without any concept of the fact that their methods are unclear and not very useful. I wish I had found you or people like you a few years ago instead of the generic teacher that never explained things clearly or effectively.
Thanks for this video! I still have the problem of trying to create sentences on the fly using the translation method and it’s not going well. I’ll definitely try to think about creating sentences in a more interpretative manner. The intermediate plateau is definitely real!
As an American learner, I really appreciate your perspective for learning Spanish. Thanks for making these videos. It’s helping me a lot. Native Spanish teacher’s don’t understand why these concepts are hard to grasp.
what about the word 'do'? like 'do you want to go outside?' or 'do you like ice cream?', or 'how do you do?' no translation for that either. Is that why the have the upside question mark at the beginning of a question?
That's a good observation. In English, we use the word "do" in our questions, but Spanish does not have anything similar to that. The upside down question mark is helpful when it comes to knowing to use the correct voice inflection to make it sound like a question.
In Spain, ¿cogiste el trabajo? is more commonly heard than conseguiste… but of course I wouldn’t recommend anyone in Mexico or Latin America to use that word. Another good one, to “get” something as in to understand it - i.e. to say “I got it” in Spain it’s common to hear “Lo pillo”. To a Spaniard’s ears, that would sound much more colloquial (and more like “real” Spanish) than “Lo entiendo”.
Thanks for sharing that. There are quite a few differences when it coems to vocabulary preferences between Spain and LATAM. Using coger that way in Mexico will get some laughs. My wife is from colombia and they use coger quite a bit though.
@@QrooSpanish As I understand it, Colombia is one of those places where coger is completely contextual. It can mean to grab or to get, but it also can be the F word depending on the context. In Spain, the palabrota they use is “follar”. A funny way of saying sex (being cute) is ñaca ñaca, because that’s the sound of the headboard of the bed hitting the wall.
Paul real good video...Nothing more to add!.."To get" in spanish can "Get you." Lol. My bad, I do have 1 to add "Meterse" to get into. no me meto en problemas. te metes en problemas cada vez te veo. Good stuff!!!!!
Hey man! I really enjoy your vids and your way of teaching. I was actually wondering, did you remove your video about your journey to becoming fluent “how I learned to speak Spanish fluently”?
la forma mas elegante de pedir algo amablemente en español se me ocurre que seria: Seria tan amable de traerme mas agua. Me traeria mas agua, si fuera tan amable? Podria traerme agua si fuera tan amable?
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That's why learning a 3rd language is easier than learning a 2nd. The 2nd language is where you have to learn a bunch of vocabulary, a heap of grammar but also build an entire new brain structure whose purpose is to make your thinking more flexible so that you can think of multiple ways to express the same idea. My point is for learners to be gentle with themselves when learning Spanish as a second language. The brain can get there, but it's got a lot of work to do in addition to just learning some vocab.
I appreciate your comments. Just when I reach the point of thinking I'm doing so well in Spanish, I almost immediately stumble and feel like a beginner again.
@@MassMexi Yo, same. I've been speaking/learning Spanish for 5 years and some days I feel practically fluent and other days I feel like a novice. It's highly frustrating but I know that I've made a lot of progress. I usually surprise myself after speaking Spanish for the first 20 minutes and I realize that my brain has picked up more than I thought it had.
The most important thing is to speak it consistently. I have a job where sometimes I'm able to have convos multiple times a week and sometimes I'm only saying a few words once or twice a week. I know that if I spent a few months in Mexico I would come back like a rockstar.
Your point about learning a third language is really good. You learn to be flexible, eventually, with your second language. If/when you get to a third language, you already understand the flexibility thing, so learning is easier. If this was an original observation of yours, well good on you!
@@robertallair7278 I wish I was the one who thought of it. Scientists have been putting monolingual and bilingual people in fMRI machines to see if the difference is visible and it totally is! You literally have to grow extra brain material the first time you learn a new language.
When learning a second language you're not just learning a second language, you're also learning how to learn a language.
I think I get what you’re getting at with this video: There simply is no "get"! This video really got the message across about how pervasive this word has gotten in modern American parlance. I’ve still got to get better at getting these “get” words in my bag, and I think that getting even half of the forms of “get” translated will get my vocabulary to the next level. Don’t get me wrong, I’m a go-getter, but I’m not going to get cocky and say I’m getting close yet. I’ll get back to you when I do!
"To Get" - my solution to this for both Spanish (and French decades ago) is to think of another word or phrase in English when "get" would be most natural to me. Examples: I got _bought_ a new car; I got in _returned home_ at 4 am; I got lost _went amiss_ in Manchester
Exactly! We’re translating the message, not the words. Great point!
I love your advice about interpreting rather than translating,. I was going at a snail’s pace until I popped into the more practical interpret modality, still a challenge but a much more practical tool. You have a great non-textbook way of approaching the challenge of learning a new language. So many internet teachers basically just repeat what I could easily read in a manual, but you provide the “chunks” and insights that click on the “aha” moment. Well done, profesor!
Thank you! I'm so glad to hear that the videos are helping you on journey to learn the language. I had a lot of those "aha" moments over the years when it comes to the Spanish language so I know exactly what you're talking about. :)
When I first arrived in Spain I asked a Spanish friend to explain “how do I translate “to get” “ and now I understand the long pause and non commital answer…. It doesn’t exist that simply! Another obvious ‘game changer’ from you QrooPaul. Thanks for explaining things so well.
Translating to get and to become are equally challenging.
Americans tend to use 'to get' rather more than Europeans. Did you get annoyed. VS. Did that annoy you. Get the phone, vs Answer the phone. I've got three oranges in my bag. VS. I have three oranges in my bag /. there are three oranges in my bag.
You did convey this in your excellent video, Thank you for the most interesting lessons.
I'm so glad I found your channel! Now I see why I'm struggling with learning verbs! This just took away all of my frustration. I would learn the verb one way in one lesson and when asked in another I would use it, get it wrong, and be given a new word without understanding why it changed. You just opened the door for me. At this point, I feel like verbs are another language inside of a language. THANKS!🔥
I'm glad you found the lesson useful. Learning the different ways verbs are used can be frustrating. For example, in Spanish you don't make decisions, you take decisions (tomar decisiones), You also don't "take steps" you "give steps": Di cinco pasos hacia la puerta) I took 5 steps toward the door.
Don't get discouraged by those types of things. We've all been there. Just keep at it and you'll achieve your goals.
I didn't know that...wow, thanks for the heads up! I need a book or something with all of this & examples. I feel like I need to study this before continuing on Thanks for replying!😃👍
The trae used to ask something from your waiter was perfect timing: went to a Mexican restaurant last night and it occurred to me that I didn’t know the basic phrase as to how to properly ask for something. Thank you so much!
I knew this was the word! Get is such a weird verb that native English speakers take for granted. Especially when it functions as an auxiliary verb.
I feel like my ability to expand my vocabulary has catapulted to a new level! I’m learning so much on your channel… can’t wait to impress my prof in the fall!😀
Awesome! I'm so glad you are finding the videos to be helpful :-)
I am so glad to find a native English speaker explain “to get.” After years of studying Spanish, it finally clicked for me that there is no “get” in Spanish. Overcoming that hurdle helped me improve quite a bit. I still stumble a bit on “conseguir” and other direct translations of “get” but I just need more practice.
In 'conseguir', 'con' means 'together' and 'seguir' is 'to follow'. Thus 'conseguir' means to attain what you are pursuing. This is the aspect of 'get' that it captures.
'No tuve problemas para obtener el pasaporte' but 'Me costó mucho conseguir un trabajo'.
'Seguir' has the same root as 'sequence' in English as this is in fact a Latin word.
Never thought of it this way. Thank you 😮
Thanks for this. I've been sending this to my Spanish students learning English. It makes things so clear for them. They also need to get away from the "make or do" translation of "hacer" or all of the functions of "to have". This is a great lesson for my Spanish too.
Learning more verbs in Spanish is helping me with my English.
Paul you went so fast that I couldnt write down every word. Just kidding.🙂
I love your way of teaching and %100 agree with interpretation. It is a different level of knowing a language ı think. Cant translate a language word by word, hay que entender completamente.
Paul, I love your “tangents”, as you call them. Nuggets of gold!!
In addition to my traditional lessons, your videos are a cornerstone to my Spanish studies. Thank you for always making things so clear. For me, it is actually a strength in your teaching that Spanish is not your first language because you always manage to identify the exact issues I have problems with ! Thank you for doing these videos, QROO Paul is my go to when I need to deep dive on a particular issue that is confusing me. In another totally unrelated question, is that blue chair behind you (in many videos, lol) as comfortable as it looks? I love it!
A nice surprise to receive your video this Easter morning. Way better than getting candy Easter eggs. 😄 Once again thank you!
Thanks for watching and have a very Happy Easter! Be sure to get a few candy eggs. Those things are delicious...lol.
Really enjoy your lessons Paul! I find you always have a few good tips! Please keep them coming!
Thanks for watching and especially for the positive feedback. I appreciate it. Take care. :)
As soon as I saw caption, I guessed 'to get', I have struggled with that for awhile, glad you addressed it, helpful
Glad it helped!
I found when I was starting out I was trying to translate word for word but I soon realized that's hopeless and just focusing on the meaning of a phrase is better.
Thank you, great advice about translating! I shared video this with my friend who's learning English and helping me with my Spanish. We talked about get a few weeks ago. Sure is easy for us!
Gracia's for teaching us Spanish and just like English, there spoken by beautiful proud people of ALL nationalities, and that regardless of languages, Dispite the very bias News/ Hollywood/TV industries, YOU my proud white American cousin, that WE ALL MATTER and that it's always cool to share and care,,, so again, Gracia's,,, A FAN of humanity, Latinos, Americans and watching your videos,,,Rock on !!! GERALD 🇵🇷 Baltimore md
Great video and subject matter-I too have found (to get) to be difficult to translate because of all the various ways it can be used-your lesson was super helpful-keep them coming!!!
Right on topic and you broke it down excellently. I remember going over "get" and how often we use it awhile back and realized that it needed some extra thinking to turn it into Spanish. Your video should help the serious student on this.
Wow never realized all the different meanings of this verb to get in English. I picked them all up over the years as a non native English speaker. Thanks for the video.
I think this is another great video!!! It took me a very long time to understand what you said at the end of the video: there isn’t a one-to-one relationship between grammatical structures.
Although languages do the same thing, when a language doesn’t have the specific structure the speaker is used to, one feels there’s a gap in meaning. English doesn’t have the imperfect tense but it has a construction that we have in Spanish that kinda of works, it doesn’t uses a conjugated subjunctive but it has a construction that kinda of works, it doesn’t have diminutive but you kinda of use endearing words to communicate the feeling, it doesn’t have this conjugated SE to create derivative verbs such as “alegrarse, entristecerse” but it kinda of do that with “to get”.
Once I understood there are gaps between languages, that are made of semantics beyond the grammar, I stopped that unconscious feeling that something was missing in my sentences. Understanding how our native language works is super helpful to improve in our target language. That’s why I watch your videos, even if Spanish is my native language.
I never get tired of these videos, they always help me get closer to my goals and very helpful when you just don't get it. This makes me want to get back down to México an get back to learning Spanish. I would also second the request for a video on verbos de cambio.
I was thinking the other how much we use ‘to get’ in so many different contexts. I have nothing but sympathy for English learners.
This was a very good video. I recognized early on that we use “get” for so many verbs in Spanish. I also appreciated your idea of thinking about what it is that I’m wanting to convey rather than translating. I am at an intermediate level and trying to move past my plateau. Your videos have helped a lot!
Thank you so much for this! This lesson is exactly why a native English speaker makes for an excellent Spanish teacher.
Thanks for the feedback. :)
💡💡💡Wow! Mind blown! Now I understand so much better, fantastic explanation! 💡💡💡
So well done. Your advice to get past (there is that “get” again 😅) word by word, literal translation is key to advancing in learning another language.
What an eye opener. Thank you so much Qroo!
My pleasure!
I love these lessons this better then any app or classroom
This is a very helpful lesson. Thank you.
This was AMAZING. Me encanta lo que dije sobre lis tiempos verbales, y interpretacion v. traduccion. 💜
Thanks Paul!
Paul, you're very good at this. Thank you. 👍
I appreciate that. Have a great night.
I taught English in Mexico for 10 years. Try teaching get to a Spanish speaker. I get into jazz music, get it on, I don't get it, get out!, get the phone. The list goes on and on. One big ball of confusion.
Excellent lesson 👏
The thing to remember is that you shouldn't be translating words specifically, but your goal should be to convey the meaning you wish.
This is why an appeal to the dictionary is often useless.
And one way to easily make a more or less universal request is to just begin your sentence with ... "Favor de." Favor de traerme servilletas. -
"Please bring me napkins." Just add the right verb.
I've thought this for a while now.
It drives me crazy!
Very comprehensive and articulate presentation Paul. Thank you so much.
Thank you.
I am well along in my Spanish and doing well but still learning un monton from your channel. Thank you. Especially the use of llegar in this context.
Thanks for watching. I'm glad that you're getting something out of the videos. :)
So loved this!! Good coaching
Glad you enjoyed it!
This is a great video…when I was very early in my Spanish learning journey “get” would really mess me up because I use it a lot in English…I started thinking of alternative words in English to the word “Get” like receive and obtain…etc. that helps a lot!!! Thanks again!!!
Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching.
Good points. Good lesson. Much of the confusion is due to the fact that common English usage has devolved greatly. If you think of classical British English, using the appropriate verb instead of 'get', its easier to translate for one example.
Translate the 'idea' not the words - absolutely. Great lesson.
This is really commentary on the topic of translating "to get." I've been speaking Spanish while traveling and studying abroad over the last forty years. The best thing is "to get" an ear for it which comes from listening to native speakers. Paul's tips are helpful to put you on alert that the direct translation from English may not be best. When you hear native speakers convey the "to get" idea, you understand the context Paul describes. Good luck. This is a tough one.
This is so good, dude. Thanks! 🙏
Gracias Qroo Paul.👍 No sabía que podría usar LLEGAR.🎯
Con mucho gusto. :)
Outstanding! Thank you so much!
Glad it was helpful!
Super helpful video!!! Thank you so much. I struggled with this. Now I won't. :) You are an excellent teacher.
Glad it was helpful!
I just watched this one and gave it a like. Seems like a good one to watch multiple times. Happy Easter Paul, you totally rock.
Thanks Eric. Happy Easter!
I am really enjoying your videos. I tried to learn some Spanish last year. I became so frustrated so fast till I said forget it. I decided to try again a couple months ago and I feel a lot better about my progress now. Number one reason is my attitude about it. I am doing it for fun now and really enjoying it instead of putting too much pressure on myself to learn too much too fast. Your videos are the best I have found so far. I do not have a lot of Spanish speaking friends so I enjoy using a translating app to speak into. Did you do that as well when you were learning?
Sí! Es mejor pensar más en la interpretación que en las traducciones literales. ¡Gracias! Realmente me ayudaste mucho con este video. Ojalá lo hubiera visto hace un año.
Phew! That’s a relief!
Obtener would be my first guess.
Another perfect lesson Paul ,thanks
Hola todos. Hola Paul. He estado viendo tus videos durante algunos años. Me encanta como explicas y enseñas español. Gracias 🎉😊😊
Thanks for this, and Happy Easter! :)
Gracias, QP. Loads of good info!
Excellent lesson thanks again Paul 🤝
Gracias,Paul. Este vídeo es muy útil y hace sentido. 😊
Not to be a “sabe lo todo” but “tiene sentido” would be a lot better to use.
Awesome video 😃
It never hurts to say please and thank you.
True. But as English-speakers we tend to overdue it to a point that seems awkward in Spanish. Learning the culture is as important as learning the language.
@@QrooSpanish My husband is Nicaraguan and we lived in Costa Rica for almost a decade. We now live in Mexico. So yes, we know the culture. I just have to learn to speak like a Mexican because the lingo is a bit different.
Thanks Paul. Another great lesson- keep them coming!
Thanks, will do!
Muchas gracias
Super helpful as always!
Thanks for watching!
Hey, I finally get it... oh wait, "get it..."
You are genius.
Many of these examples follow a simple pattern in Spanish ad knowing that may make the process easier. Many of the translations were of the form vereb+self, as is vestirse for "got dressed," which more literally "to dress self". (polish it if you want, but a lot of those different Spanish possibilities for different meanings of "get" follow this.
Excelente, gracias
Hi your by far the best spanish channel for me.. do you do 1 on 1 lessons?
Thanks. No, I don't do any tutoring anymore.
Love this!❤
I the UK we say. Could you bring me more water? Would you bring me more water? This sounds more like a command to us.
Great video.
Thank you for making these. To get stumped me for a while. I started by switching out consiguir for every time I would use get. Of course that didn’t work. This perspective help huge. Are you familiar with the Pimsluer method? I find it effective
Buen trabajo, Paul
Gracias.
ponerse ciego. its an idiom, means you get as much as you can
4:37 en españa decimos " ponerse de mala hostia " " me pone de muy mala hostia" " me pongo de los nervios" " me pongo del higado" " me pones cachondo" " me pones ( you turn me on) "
mosquearse, chinarse, son sinonimos de enfadarse en registro coloquial
asustarse = acojonarse:
menudo acojone me da eso...
that freaks me out..
9:50
Whatever you do, both in LATAM and in Spain, avoid this kind of construction: “Puedo tener una café” in a restaurant. It is understandable but it really sounds weird to them. In Spain you’ll more commonly hear “me pones un café” or “me traes un café”. In LATAM, I think “me trae” (the usted version) would be more common.
Muy bien explicado, sigue haciendo lo que haces, tus vídeos son muy útiles. Muchísimas gracias.
Gracias. :)
'Me llegó...' fue muy útil. Me parece que lo he oído varias veces en series de televisión pero no pude entender su significado. Gracias.
Muchísimas gracias
Thank you very much!
I know you look at the statistics and see how many people watch all the way through , well I accidentally touched something that brought me elsewhere, how do I do these things, and returned to your magnificent lesson. Muchas Gracias Paul por esta perfecta lección. I hope i got the por vs para right 🤦♀️
No worries. Thanks for watching. All the views help me. :)
Thanks!
Thank you so much!
I love your videos man. It takes learning the language as an adult to properly teach it imo. Most of these Spanish teachers teach the same way without any concept of the fact that their methods are unclear and not very useful.
I wish I had found you or people like you a few years ago instead of the generic teacher that never explained things clearly or effectively.
Thanks for this video! I still have the problem of trying to create sentences on the fly using the translation method and it’s not going well. I’ll definitely try to think about creating sentences in a more interpretative manner. The intermediate plateau is definitely real!
Thank you so much for the super thanks!
As an American learner, I really appreciate your perspective for learning Spanish. Thanks for making these videos. It’s helping me a lot. Native Spanish teacher’s don’t understand why these concepts are hard to grasp.
First create the sentence in English also go to translate google. Good luck
I knew it. This verb is very versitile.
Totally! It's difficult to translate in any language
what about the word 'do'? like 'do you want to go outside?' or 'do you like ice cream?', or 'how do you do?' no translation for that either. Is that why the have the upside question mark at the beginning of a question?
That's a good observation. In English, we use the word "do" in our questions, but Spanish does not have anything similar to that. The upside down question mark is helpful when it comes to knowing to use the correct voice inflection to make it sound like a question.
In Spain, ¿cogiste el trabajo? is more commonly heard than conseguiste… but of course I wouldn’t recommend anyone in Mexico or Latin America to use that word. Another good one, to “get” something as in to understand it - i.e. to say “I got it” in Spain it’s common to hear “Lo pillo”. To a Spaniard’s ears, that would sound much more colloquial (and more like “real” Spanish) than “Lo entiendo”.
Thanks for sharing that. There are quite a few differences when it coems to vocabulary preferences between Spain and LATAM. Using coger that way in Mexico will get some laughs. My wife is from colombia and they use coger quite a bit though.
@@QrooSpanish As I understand it, Colombia is one of those places where coger is completely contextual. It can mean to grab or to get, but it also can be the F word depending on the context. In Spain, the palabrota they use is “follar”. A funny way of saying sex (being cute) is ñaca ñaca, because that’s the sound of the headboard of the bed hitting the wall.
Maybe we can incorporate "to get" into Spanish somehow 🤔
Paul real good video...Nothing more to add!.."To get" in spanish can "Get you." Lol.
My bad, I do have 1 to add "Meterse" to get into.
no me meto en problemas.
te metes en problemas cada vez te veo.
Good stuff!!!!!
I actually thought about adding meterse but dropped it in editing. :)
@@QrooSpanish Good stuff...But you hit them with a lot of verbs...I know their heads are spinning!
Good stuff Q!!!!!
Hey man! I really enjoy your vids and your way of teaching. I was actually wondering, did you remove your video about your journey to becoming fluent “how I learned to speak Spanish fluently”?
Yep, I KNEW it was going to be "to get" before clicking on the vid. It's a "perra" to translate!
Hahaha, it is.
la forma mas elegante de pedir algo amablemente en español se me ocurre que seria:
Seria tan amable de traerme mas agua.
Me traeria mas agua, si fuera tan amable?
Podria traerme agua si fuera tan amable?