This is why the school system fails us spanish speakers. They teach us how to translate it. They teach us how to read Spanish, but translate in English. I love the Spanish language, and I plan to pursue it, but i need to get this issue. Thanks for the video
Hahahah random Im native spanish speaker and I love the english and Im learning with so much things like TV series in this language and watching youtube videos and I don't know dude , I will travel to california later as 10 years so , I would teach you spanish if you teach me english because is still so hard for me everything:((
I make myself read my Bible in Spanish only. It really has forced me to think in Spanish a lot more! It was tough at first, but It has paid of tremendously! I went to a Spanish only Church Sunday, and I understood everything!!! They understood me too! Thank you for such awesome videos and lessons you don't learn in the classroom!!1
This part always trips me up because I have to think in English first pause translate in my head, then speak. Definitely difficult because stuff doesn’t directly translate
"stop looking up the definitions in English" yeah, that is too true, it hindered me when learning Russian and I'm doing everything I can to not repeat the mistake while learning Spanish (super late but love your videos)
I’m so confused. I thought here And there was aqui alli and something else (sorry about the spelling). How do you learn more natural ways of saying things that they don’t teach in school. I’m in Spanish 2 and we’ve never gone over the use of para also meaning over here when combined with the word for here in Spanish. Also the entire message you wrote had like three words i haven’t learned and I’m worried Spanish 3 won’t cover that all. Are you just using more advanced vocabulary? or do I need to get an app for extra help?
Areeb Ebrahim when you say “gracias (for)” something it’s always gracias por :) never gracias para. Hope this helped!
6 лет назад+4
No hay de que Zion! : ) Cómo está tu novio? JAJAJA
6 лет назад+6
When you are expressing gratitude or apologizing for something, you will use por. Just like in Megan's example. but if I want to say Sorry for.. blah blah blah, I'll say "perdon por.. blah blah blah."
Estoy Muy feliz por que yo entiendo I’ve been teaching myself Spanish for a month now and I’m shocked that I understood you without using google translate 😆
I have taken Spanish my entire life. Including two semesters for my undergraduate degree. For my graduate degree I was taking Latin. And one of the things that the professor said was to think in the language that you're learning. That one concept was probably the advice I needed the entire time.
Creo que tienes toda la razón. Al principio, intentaba usar un diccionario sólo en español pero fue demasiado difícil. Pero ahora que he aprendido más, tal vez puedo intentarlo otra vez.
6 лет назад+10
Yea In the beginning it's not the wisest thing to do, but with experience , go for it.
Yo sé bastante para usar esta idea y puedo aprender palabras nuevas por contexto. Está es como sabes si has aprendido un nivel alto para aprender como un hispanablante y como aprendiste tu lengua materna también ¡Gracias, yo compraré un diccionario en español!
I would STRONGLY recommend Contexto Reverso. It's like Linguee (which yes, is great) but you can play the phrases with an audio voice. It also gives you a nice range of synonyms in the search too!
6 лет назад+5
Interesting! I will check that out and If I like it and find it accurate, i will spread the news. Gracias!
@@drtash21 Spanishdict is not accurate at all. Its on the same level as Google translate the only thing they are really helpful for are conjugations and DIRECT translations but direct translations aren't always needed
Miami is where I want to live because I want to speak and be around Spanish!!!! I love using word reference especially the forums because you always have various native speakers on there to correct you!
6 лет назад+1
Come to Miami! It is very welcoming for people like you if that is your goal. Word reference forum are great! I grew up on those haha.
I use deepl and spanishdict, but ive always been looking for a channel where the person says the sentence in English and then in spanish kind of how a bilingual child is raised
6 лет назад+10
That's actually a good idea bro! and I've never heard of Deepl. I'll check it out.
Rickie Walls if you could do a few vids like that it's would be great and i think it would get more subs cos its how people wanna learn and also works for spanish speakers wanting to improve or learn English
6 лет назад+1
Thanks for your suggestion. I'm trying to figure out how to incororate that .
@ Linguee is part of DeepL. Linguee is the dictionary program and Translator is the text translator program. DeepL's Translator blows GoogleTranslate away.
Great video, as always. I always tell people to stop mentally translating words, and instead focus on deliberately thinking of the word or phrase in Spanish. I liken it to how a baby learns language.
6 лет назад+7
Exactly. It's better to think like babies, it's crazy how we have to learn to learn like that again. jaja.
I'm struggling to get past pausing when I'm speaking, because I am afraid of making a gramatical mistake or get the preterit vs imperfect wrong. My friend told me to forget about it if you make a mistake. Just talk. It's better to talk and make a mistake without pausing, than keep pausing. What do you think? How did you get past that stage?
@@Kitiwake cierto, soy un Americano pero de alguna manera entendi aunque mi Espanol (sucks). Practica es clave supongo. Lo siento para mi mal Espanol lol. To the OP, gotta be fine with making mistakes and looking like an idiot. Last month my Spanish was that of a bumbling 3 year old. Today it's the the ramblings of a bumbling 4 year old lol. Point is, there's no substitute for practice. From what I've learned, you'll get there one day. Don't think about the next step, just take it
Those are great ideas. I often find myself looking for English translations when I come across a word I’m unfamiliar with. I’ll use this concept from now on.
6 лет назад+2
Try it out. Hopefully it helps you to become more well rounded.
This is the answer I’ve been looking for. Thank youuuuuu. I was saying to myself if I don’t know the Spanish word how would I know what it means. I have been learning Spanish in a classroom for 10 years now. And I’ve finally found the answer to speak in Spanish without translating from English.
4 года назад
So glad that I could answer your question. Feel free to browse around. The channel is full of useful and relevant content.
Use LingQ. You can read short stories, view every single word in English and listen to the story. Simply amazing. My Spanish has skyrocketed. I’m not being paid to say this and have no affiliation other than being a user.
OMG when you said to look up the definition but in Spanish my brain just exploded because I just realized that you could do that, dang your smart like that thinking out of the box
Another tip; when using translation tools, avoid copy/paste. Force yourself at all cost to type out every word and double-check each word thrice! This has helped me greatly by forcing me to pronounce words and sentences aloud many times (till I get it right). Memorizing spelling and grammar is VERY time-consuming if you don't want to make mistakes, it's much easier to paste (I know). Never-the-less, I invite you to consider these additional minutes as an investment in your learning. Immersion is the fastest way to conformity.
Hermano I def appreciate your videos. I moved to Miami and work on the beach and it’s all Spanish. I have no choice but to better my Spanish. Moved out here by myself for work. Now I’m making new friends and everyone speak Spanish. You motivated me even more. Would be cool to network
Yo acabo de asistir este vídeo e ¡absolutamente estoy de acuerdo! Tu eres la primera persona que había dicho lo que yo había sido diciendo para los últimos 30 años... Gracias..👍 (Aprendí el español hace 35 años)
This actually really helped me. llevo 6 años aprendiendo español y i’ve been doing it all wrong! lately i’ve been focusing on grammar, thinking in spanish and reading and listening to spanish. this is very very helpful gracias!💗🌸
You have probably one of the best selections of videos around for learning Spanish. For beginning/ intermediate students what would be the best methods to start off with in becoming fluent? And could you do a video on this?
I been learning one year and just started doing this I have one part so fart …. Soy como un Olivio prosperando en la casa de Dios …. Thanksgiving for this video
I was listening to you and accidentally translating to Spanish in my head haha. I do that too much. It's like both languages are going in my head at all times. Not sure if other bilingual people have this issue. I get what you are saying. I actually use these techniques teaching vocabulary in my ESL class.
What I do is put subtitles in Spanish when I watch Spanish speaking content or movies. If the subtitles are accurate, you will see a lot of words you recognize. The ones you don't look them up and make them into a flashcard on your phone. Another thing I do is listen to Spanish speakers and focus on listening to the Spanish words instead of trying to understand what they are saying in English When I can hear the Spanish word accurately, when my vocabulary improves I will understand the speaker. Reading books in Spanish helps big time. Your vocabulary improves A LOT. When you bump into words and phrases you don't know, look them up and make flashcards out of them. Make the front of the cards Spanish and the back English.
This is such obvious and practical advice that I didn't think of! Thanks!!!. I am learning French and Portuguese. Sometimes I look at definitions in either language but not in English. In other words, using Portuguese to understand French and vice versa. Idk if that is a smart idea or if that is causing more confusion between the three languages.
4 года назад+1
When I start to learn Portuguese, I'm going to learn it from Spanish. I think you'll be fine haha. You already know English so you don't need to learn from it.
Que chevere, de verdad. Technicamente, soy un hispanohablante nativo (desde niño mi mama me hablaba los dos idiomas) PERO durante la niñez yo hablaba mas el Ingles entonces no aprendí la gramática (por la culpa de mi abuelo en que él no quería que mi mai aprendiera español). Ahora, yo lo hablo mas y con confianza. Todavía yo pienso y hablo los dos idiomas pero a veces yo traduzco. Esto me ayudó mucho. Gracias!
6 лет назад+1
WHAAA No se por qué tu abuelo hizo eso, pero me alegro de que no te hayas dado por vencido amigo. sigo aprendiendo y mejorando tu español.
Like everything, this comes with time. But i would say focus on building vocabulary such as through the method explained above, and the 'thinking' part will come the more you practice using it. The brain will stop 'translating' the more frequently you use the new words, ie, the more said words become familiar. After all, what really is a new language but an extended vocabulary? New words to describe stuff you already had words for.
I should have know this would help me stop thinking in English but it really did not click until I saw this video!! Thank you so much and I love your videos!
¡Me encanta sus videos! I just found your channel and your content is so helpful, I think I've learned more from one of your videos than I have all year in Spanish class in school hahah
I like qtranslate. Similarly, I like how it gives you similar context clues and alternative words in Spanish if setup correctly. It will really help you expand your vocabulary and see the many alternative ways something you say can be interpreted and vice versa.
Such good advice. I just started learning Spanish and sometimes I say I “speak English using Spanish words”. It’s hard for me to use Spanish sentence structure. Your video will help me a lot!
6 лет назад+1
I'm working on my sentence structure series playlist so hopefully that will help you understand more. Glad to be able to help you!
Excellent tip. I never thought about looking up the meaning of a word in Spanish. Like most learners, I type the word into google translate for the English translation. I think your suggestion will be much more effective. I will definitely do this moving forward.
6 лет назад
Yes. I think this will help tremendously and will help expand your vocab because sometimes the definition will have words you don't know either.
entiendo, hay veces que escribo y digo(comunico) en ingles, eso me ayuda a pensar en ingles, yo pienso en 3 diferentes idiomas, jaja, hay veces que hablo en español y uso una palabra inglesa, o hablo ingles y uso una palabra española.
muy útil! He tomando clases de español por muchos años pero tengo dificultad pensando en español. Especialmente porque no he tomado una clase por casi dos años.
6 лет назад
Gracias por ver el video. Mira lo que tú tienes que hacer es repasar lo que aprendiste y seguir construyendo, seguir mejorando. No necesitas las clases, tienes que poner lo que ya sabes en practica
Preciate this extremely helpful. Been checking your vids for a while, it's been helping me speak more. I've had an understanding of it for quite some time, but I haven't always been able to express myself in my characteristics. Thanks bro keep putting it out there.
6 лет назад
Keep getting better. El español es un viaje. Paso a paso seguirás mejorando con pr►ctica.
I finally started reading el principito and I have been KILLING that Google translate 😂😂 I will try looking it up in Spanish now and see if that helps. Thanks for the tip!
6 лет назад+1
Thanks for watching the video. Glad I could give you a useful tip!
Dos pulgares arriba... este video es excelente. Tambien muchas gracias por su sugerencias sobre otros sitos tranduceres de red. Me encanta el sitio Linguee. Lo esta mucho mejor que Google Translate. Ultima, creo su accento es muchisimo buena. Este es la una cosa, que estoy trabajando muy duro. Mi objectivol esta a hablar fluiramente con un dialecto colombiano. Muchas gracias por todos su videos ellos dan me mucho motivacion para continuar a lograr fluencia en español.
You always have the best advice about resources & methods. I’ve followed them all & they really help! I’m speaking to Spanish speakers on Speaky almost on a daily basis. El problema que encontramos es hablantes nativos usan malas palabras, muletillas y palabrotas, como las en inglés. Debe ser difícil para un maestro. ¿Debe enseñar cómo hablar correctamente o cómo hablan diariamente?
That was the most Spanish intro that I think can be conceived of by mankind. Also I'm in a shitty situation, I wanna learn Spanish because I look Spanish, my last name is Spanish, but because of my grandma i was never addressed in Spanish because she didn't want us (my brother, father and uncle) to have accents. So we all sound whiter than Christmas. Kind'a pissed about that. It would be so much easier if I knew it now rather than learning as an adult.
This is the problem with me. I understand Spanish but I start to think in English when I want to speak Spanish. Not only that but I first translate English to Portuguese and then to Spanish. It gets frustrating.
This is why the school system fails us spanish speakers. They teach us how to translate it. They teach us how to read Spanish, but translate in English. I love the Spanish language, and I plan to pursue it, but i need to get this issue. Thanks for the video
*get through this issue
With dedication and time, you will. Now you know how to go about it a different way. Suerte mano.
I learned sign language from a deaf teacher. Soooo it was sink or swim. The best way to learn
Hahahah random Im native spanish speaker and I love the english and Im learning with so much things like TV series in this language and watching youtube videos and I don't know dude , I will travel to california later as 10 years so , I would teach you spanish if you teach me english because is still so hard for me everything:((
I make myself read my Bible in Spanish only. It really has forced me to think in Spanish a lot more! It was tough at first, but It has paid of tremendously! I went to a Spanish only Church Sunday, and I understood everything!!! They understood me too! Thank you for such awesome videos and lessons you don't learn in the classroom!!1
Esooooooo
Which Bible did you get? RV60? Or another translation? Thanks
most bibles are corrupted. the best one is the reina valera, i believe it is the closest to the kjv. @@NewLife4GVN
I was literally just thinking that I need to start not thinking in English and here you come right on time 😊
Haha glad I could come through with a helpful video for you right on time!
Same
This is why people post sticky notes on things with Spanish words so they stop seeing items as an English word. Gracias!
Yes! and that is a great idea!!
I do the same
And then BOOM, the moment you start dreaming in Spanish! ;)
Lucky, I only did that like 3 times ever lol.
Oh my gosh I thought it was only me.
This part always trips me up because I have to think in English first pause translate in my head, then speak. Definitely difficult because stuff doesn’t directly translate
i'm like that too unless its a short phrase, like "de nada". i think in time when we learned,it'll get better.
That definitely slows down the flow of conversation; thus, losing the interest of the listener.
"stop looking up the definitions in English" yeah, that is too true, it hindered me when learning Russian and I'm doing everything I can to not repeat the mistake while learning Spanish (super late but love your videos)
I finally started thinking in Spanish when I moved to Colombia! So cool that you moved to Miami, I may move there in the near future! Great video!
What?! You're gonna leave The beautiful Colombia?! Porque? Y si te mudas para aca tal vez podamos colaborar : )
Gracias por ver mi contenido!
I’m so confused. I thought here And there was aqui alli and something else (sorry about the spelling). How do you learn more natural ways of saying things that they don’t teach in school. I’m in Spanish 2 and we’ve never gone over the use of para also meaning over here when combined with the word for here in Spanish. Also the entire message you wrote had like three words i haven’t learned and I’m worried Spanish 3 won’t cover that all. Are you just using more advanced vocabulary? or do I need to get an app for extra help?
What part of Colombia? Did you enjoy it? I plan on moving to Cartagena in the near future hopefully
Gracias por la ayuda! 😀👍🏾
Areeb Ebrahim when you say “gracias (for)” something it’s always gracias por :) never gracias para. Hope this helped!
No hay de que Zion! : ) Cómo está tu novio? JAJAJA
When you are expressing gratitude or apologizing for something, you will use por.
Just like in Megan's example. but if I want to say Sorry for.. blah blah blah, I'll say "perdon por.. blah blah blah."
Megan McKarns Thanks for explaining!!😉
Rickie Walls OHHHHHH You got JOKES RICKIE?!?!! 😲😲😲😂😩😂😩😂😩
Right now I can’t imagine getting to a level where I don’t have to translate in my head. Love the channel bro!
Eres una inspiración. Ya tienes otro suscriptor. Saludos.✌
Muchas gracias! Te aprecio!
Estoy Muy feliz por que yo entiendo
I’ve been teaching myself Spanish for a month now and I’m shocked that I understood you without using google translate 😆
oh my gash, i just started learning spanish yesterday, and now i know the first sentence of your comment yay!!
@@DreamyTee123 yeah hahaha
EINN DRAWSS so exciting lol
I have taken Spanish my entire life. Including two semesters for my undergraduate degree. For my graduate degree I was taking Latin. And one of the things that the professor said was to think in the language that you're learning. That one concept was probably the advice I needed the entire time.
When I use more spanish, whether it’s reading/singing/listening/writing- I stop thinking in English 🥰 it’s an amazing feeling!
Creo que tienes toda la razón. Al principio, intentaba usar un diccionario sólo en español pero fue demasiado difícil. Pero ahora que he aprendido más, tal vez puedo intentarlo otra vez.
Yea In the beginning it's not the wisest thing to do, but with experience , go for it.
Yo sé bastante para usar esta idea y puedo aprender palabras nuevas por contexto. Está es como sabes si has aprendido un nivel alto para aprender como un hispanablante y como aprendiste tu lengua materna también ¡Gracias, yo compraré un diccionario en español!
What
Dónde? Que tienda comprar libros españoles?
@@PrettyBlueSkyeEyes Amazon
I would STRONGLY recommend Contexto Reverso. It's like Linguee (which yes, is great) but you can play the phrases with an audio voice. It also gives you a nice range of synonyms in the search too!
Interesting! I will check that out and If I like it and find it accurate, i will spread the news. Gracias!
Spanishdict has that already.
@@drtash21 Spanishdict is not accurate at all. Its on the same level as Google translate the only thing they are really helpful for are conjugations and DIRECT translations but direct translations aren't always needed
drtash21 Sí estoy de acuerdo. Yo digo que es más útil para mí.
Miami is where I want to live because I want to speak and be around Spanish!!!!
I love using word reference especially the forums because you always have various native speakers on there to correct you!
Come to Miami! It is very welcoming for people like you if that is your goal. Word reference forum are great! I grew up on those haha.
I use deepl and spanishdict, but ive always been looking for a channel where the person says the sentence in English and then in spanish kind of how a bilingual child is raised
That's actually a good idea bro! and I've never heard of Deepl. I'll check it out.
Rickie Walls if you could do a few vids like that it's would be great and i think it would get more subs cos its how people wanna learn and also works for spanish speakers wanting to improve or learn English
Thanks for your suggestion. I'm trying to figure out how to incororate that .
@ Linguee is part of DeepL. Linguee is the dictionary program and Translator is the text translator program. DeepL's Translator blows GoogleTranslate away.
Great video, as always. I always tell people to stop mentally translating words, and instead focus on deliberately thinking of the word or phrase in Spanish. I liken it to how a baby learns language.
Exactly. It's better to think like babies, it's crazy how we have to learn to learn like that again. jaja.
I'm struggling to get past pausing when I'm speaking, because I am afraid of making a gramatical mistake or get the preterit vs imperfect wrong. My friend told me to forget about it if you make a mistake. Just talk. It's better to talk and make a mistake without pausing, than keep pausing. What do you think? How did you get past that stage?
Si tu vas a esparar hasta eres perfecto, NUNCA hablas la lingua.
@@Kitiwake cierto, soy un Americano pero de alguna manera entendi aunque mi Espanol (sucks). Practica es clave supongo. Lo siento para mi mal Espanol lol.
To the OP, gotta be fine with making mistakes and looking like an idiot. Last month my Spanish was that of a bumbling 3 year old. Today it's the the ramblings of a bumbling 4 year old lol. Point is, there's no substitute for practice. From what I've learned, you'll get there one day. Don't think about the next step, just take it
Those are great ideas. I often find myself looking for English translations when I come across a word I’m unfamiliar with. I’ll use this concept from now on.
Try it out. Hopefully it helps you to become more well rounded.
I needed to watch this video today! Thank you “stop trying to make your Spanish sound like English”
Yes this is what I’ve been trying to do stop thinking 🤔 in English
Hopefully this is your remedy.
Great suggestions! I love the idea of looking up meanings Spanish to Spanish.
i just started to learn spanish and I'm glad I realized this early. seeing this video lets me know i'm on the right track.
This is the answer I’ve been looking for. Thank youuuuuu. I was saying to myself if I don’t know the Spanish word how would I know what it means. I have been learning Spanish in a classroom for 10 years now. And I’ve finally found the answer to speak in Spanish without translating from English.
So glad that I could answer your question. Feel free to browse around. The channel is full of useful and relevant content.
This is exactly what I'm going through rigj now. You hit the Nail so hard bro! You my teacher right now. HONESTLY.
Use LingQ. You can read short stories, view every single word in English and listen to the story. Simply amazing. My Spanish has skyrocketed. I’m not being paid to say this and have no affiliation other than being a user.
OMG when you said to look up the definition but in Spanish my brain just exploded because I just realized that you could do that, dang your smart like that thinking out of the box
Es interesante que ahora tienes acento incluso en inglés, solo un poquito! Quiero ser como tú pero con un acento colombiano 😊 Eres una inspiración 👏🏼
Another tip; when using translation tools, avoid copy/paste.
Force yourself at all cost to type out every word and double-check each word thrice!
This has helped me greatly by forcing me to pronounce words and sentences aloud many times (till I get it right).
Memorizing spelling and grammar is VERY time-consuming if you don't want to make mistakes, it's much easier to paste (I know).
Never-the-less, I invite you to consider these additional minutes as an investment in your learning.
Immersion is the fastest way to conformity.
Hermano I def appreciate your videos. I moved to Miami and work on the beach and it’s all Spanish. I have no choice but to better my Spanish. Moved out here by myself for work. Now I’m making new friends and everyone speak Spanish. You motivated me even more. Would be cool to network
I would love to visit Florida....maybe move there? I need advice for getting started!
Loco yo aprendí español como los dominicanos también. Y todo lo que dice es la verdad más o menos. Sigue haciendo lo que hace. Tato maní
Yo acabo de asistir este vídeo e ¡absolutamente estoy de acuerdo! Tu eres la primera persona que había dicho lo que yo había sido diciendo para los últimos 30 años... Gracias..👍 (Aprendí el español hace 35 años)
I think it comes with time and experience. Often I don’t need to translate to English but often I do depending on my level of understanding.
This actually really helped me. llevo 6 años aprendiendo español y i’ve been doing it all wrong! lately i’ve been focusing on grammar, thinking in spanish and reading and listening to spanish. this is very very helpful gracias!💗🌸
I have a hard time reading spanish and not translating in my head. Do you have any tips?
This is such a brilliant idea. No more googling English to Spanish for me!!
You have probably one of the best selections of videos around for learning Spanish. For beginning/ intermediate students what would be the best methods to start off with in becoming fluent? And could you do a video on this?
I been learning one year and just started doing this I have one part so fart …. Soy como un Olivio prosperando en la casa de Dios …. Thanksgiving for this video
This is soooo hard! I always translate in my head English to Spanish (it's a crutch)- thank you so much for this video.
When I try to speak in Spanish I think in English and this is what discourages me. I’m happy that you made this video. Thank you!!!!
I was listening to you and accidentally translating to Spanish in my head haha. I do that too much. It's like both languages are going in my head at all times. Not sure if other bilingual people have this issue. I get what you are saying. I actually use these techniques teaching vocabulary in my ESL class.
What I do is put subtitles in Spanish when I watch Spanish speaking content or movies. If the subtitles are accurate, you will see a lot of words you recognize. The ones you don't look them up and make them into a flashcard on your phone.
Another thing I do is listen to Spanish speakers and focus on listening to the Spanish words instead of trying to understand what they are saying in English When I can hear the Spanish word accurately, when my vocabulary improves I will understand the speaker.
Reading books in Spanish helps big time. Your vocabulary improves A LOT. When you bump into words and phrases you don't know, look them up and make flashcards out of them. Make the front of the cards Spanish and the back English.
Really good tips. I have been learning Spanish forever now and discovered that "thinking in English " is one of my problems
I like your style in your teaching. I'm rolling with you all the Bay Area (Cali)....
Muchas gracias!
Gracias a ti por ver el video!
just starting to learn @49, thanks for a different way to approach the learning process
This is such obvious and practical advice that I didn't think of! Thanks!!!. I am learning French and Portuguese. Sometimes I look at definitions in either language but not in English. In other words, using Portuguese to understand French and vice versa. Idk if that is a smart idea or if that is causing more confusion between the three languages.
When I start to learn Portuguese, I'm going to learn it from Spanish. I think you'll be fine haha. You already know English so you don't need to learn from it.
Que chevere, de verdad. Technicamente, soy un hispanohablante nativo (desde niño mi mama me hablaba los dos idiomas) PERO durante la niñez yo hablaba mas el Ingles entonces no aprendí la gramática (por la culpa de mi abuelo en que él no quería que mi mai aprendiera español). Ahora, yo lo hablo mas y con confianza. Todavía yo pienso y hablo los dos idiomas pero a veces yo traduzco. Esto me ayudó mucho. Gracias!
WHAAA No se por qué tu abuelo hizo eso, pero me alegro de que no te hayas dado por vencido amigo. sigo aprendiendo y mejorando tu español.
Thank you so much for this informative video!! and yes I've absolutely been enjoying all of your recent uploads!
No problem! : ) Glad that you found it helpful!
Agreed!! ❤️
I’m afrocuban & I’m trying to speak Spanish better. I can understand it but struggle to speak it, your channel is awesome
I have something in the works for people like you.
This is what I've been trying to do for so long! Thanks fammo
You hit the nail on the head for me. I struggle with this. I know the words but want to put them in English order.
First tip-🤔 what a good suggestion.
It’s all good but that route to getting the understanding while searching in Spanish is just a good approach
I award you a trophy for your innovative paradigm
Like everything, this comes with time. But i would say focus on building vocabulary such as through the method explained above, and the 'thinking' part will come the more you practice using it. The brain will stop 'translating' the more frequently you use the new words, ie, the more said words become familiar. After all, what really is a new language but an extended vocabulary? New words to describe stuff you already had words for.
I should have know this would help me stop thinking in English but it really did not click until I saw this video!! Thank you so much and I love your videos!
Thanks for watching : ) glad i could help out!
Duolingo app is helping me the most
¡Me encanta sus videos! I just found your channel and your content is so helpful, I think I've learned more from one of your videos than I have all year in Spanish class in school hahah
Boom! Amazing concept!
Leaning to learn spanish in SPANISH!
AWESOME VIDEO.
I like qtranslate. Similarly, I like how it gives you similar context clues and alternative words in Spanish if setup correctly. It will really help you expand your vocabulary and see the many alternative ways something you say can be interpreted and vice versa.
Ayeeee super inspiring to see someone from IL !
This seems like a very useful video. Thanks so much!
Such good advice. I just started learning Spanish and sometimes I say I “speak English using Spanish words”. It’s hard for me to use Spanish sentence structure. Your video will help me a lot!
I'm working on my sentence structure series playlist so hopefully that will help you understand more. Glad to be able to help you!
Dude great tip for checking the words meaning in Spanish! Thank you!
Those were powerful tips laid out quickly. Thanks!
Excellent tip. I never thought about looking up the meaning of a word in Spanish. Like most learners, I type the word into google translate for the English translation. I think your suggestion will be much more effective. I will definitely do this moving forward.
Yes. I think this will help tremendously and will help expand your vocab because sometimes the definition will have words you don't know either.
That is so smart I never thought of this!!!!! Thank you so much 🔥🔥😭🔥👏🏾👏🏾
entiendo, hay veces que escribo y digo(comunico) en ingles, eso me ayuda a pensar en ingles, yo pienso en 3 diferentes idiomas, jaja, hay veces que hablo en español y uso una palabra inglesa, o hablo ingles y uso una palabra española.
Así es aveces mano, pero ta bien jaja.
muy útil! He tomando clases de español por muchos años pero tengo dificultad pensando en español. Especialmente porque no he tomado una clase por casi dos años.
Gracias por ver el video. Mira lo que tú tienes que hacer es repasar lo que aprendiste y seguir construyendo, seguir mejorando.
No necesitas las clases, tienes que poner lo que ya sabes en practica
I’ve been fearful of doing this but I do need to do it ! Great video bro you definitely feel our learning pains...Keep them coming👍🏾!
as usual great stuff here
como siempre buen material para la discusión y el aprendizaje
Muchas gracias hermano!
Preciate this extremely helpful. Been checking your vids for a while, it's been helping me speak more. I've had an understanding of it for quite some time, but I haven't always been able to express myself in my characteristics. Thanks bro keep putting it out there.
Keep getting better. El español es un viaje. Paso a paso seguirás mejorando con pr►ctica.
I finally started reading el principito and I have been KILLING that Google translate 😂😂 I will try looking it up in Spanish now and see if that helps. Thanks for the tip!
Thanks for watching the video. Glad I could give you a useful tip!
I talk to a co worker from puerto Rico of course spanish his first language, he said the only way he understands ingles is to think in español.
Dos pulgares arriba... este video es excelente. Tambien muchas gracias por su sugerencias sobre otros sitos tranduceres de red. Me encanta el sitio Linguee. Lo esta mucho mejor que Google Translate. Ultima, creo su accento es muchisimo buena. Este es la una cosa, que estoy trabajando muy duro. Mi objectivol esta a hablar fluiramente con un dialecto colombiano. Muchas gracias por todos su videos ellos dan me mucho motivacion para continuar a lograr fluencia en español.
Yo quiero pensar tanto en español! Muchas gracias Rickie!
This is so me, I've started just referring to everything in Spanish.
Gracias por tu ayuda. Soy un principante y tu contenido me ha ayudado mucho. Soy feliz con tu programa.
Your awesome I'm a new Subbie and I love every vlog you post.😊😊
I thought Of moving to Miami from Tampa to help me do this.
You always have the best advice about resources & methods. I’ve followed them all & they really help! I’m speaking to Spanish speakers on Speaky almost on a daily basis. El problema que encontramos es hablantes nativos usan malas palabras, muletillas y palabrotas, como las en inglés. Debe ser difícil para un maestro. ¿Debe enseñar cómo hablar correctamente o cómo hablan diariamente?
Acabo de tener mi primer sueño en Espanol tambien! Era muy extrano, pero sentia fantastico!
Hola Rickie! Gracias por el video. También puedes repasar las maneras en que podemos desarrollar un vocabulario más extenso. Muchísimas gracias!!
Hola! Ya tengo un video que habla de ese tema. te paso el enlace acá.
ruclips.net/video/p3Cd8Cpqz3g/видео.html
Wow! I'm from Springfield, Illinois too! Now living in Houston -- and learning Spanish!
Your give great tips and information !
Enjoyed the video, thanks for the tips
Estaba buscando un vídeo sobre este tema y me topé con el tuyo. Á mi también, me gusta wordreference. Gracias por los consejos.
“Look up the definition in Spanish”
Me: *translates the definition into English in my head*
Spanish Dict has conjugations and lessons on Verb tenses that help one understand how to use those tenses.
Great pointers! Thanx! (Gracias!)
That was the most Spanish intro that I think can be conceived of by mankind.
Also I'm in a shitty situation, I wanna learn Spanish because I look Spanish, my last name is Spanish, but because of my grandma i was never addressed in Spanish because she didn't want us (my brother, father and uncle) to have accents. So we all sound whiter than Christmas. Kind'a pissed about that. It would be so much easier if I knew it now rather than learning as an adult.
¡Hermano bien hecho!
Gonna try this! Gracias amigo
this is GREAT just what i was wanting. actually good advice. thanks
I'm at the intermediate level and am working on recall while speaking.
I loved this video! Gracias por ayudarme.
No hay de que! : ) Thanks so much for watching!
Good idea to look up words in Spanish not English. Will use that technique from now on. 👍👍
This is the problem with me. I understand Spanish but I start to think in English when I want to speak Spanish. Not only that but I first translate English to Portuguese and then to Spanish. It gets frustrating.
I use my old faithful hardcopy Spanish Oxford Dictionary.
wishing spanish was my first language right now 🥲