Learn Spanish Faster by Avoiding THESE 7 Bad Habits 

You are so correct; I learned from a textbook to say, "Quisiera... y, Le presento mi esposa..." Who really says, "May I present my wife..." in conversation? Thank you for pointing out not using "Quisiera" Muchas gracias for su ayuda!

Spanish Learners, todo lo que la maestra les dijo es cierto. Muy buen video. Yo soy Mexicano and English learner pero me gustó el video. Sigan los consejos de su maestra y van a progresar. Greetings.

My girlfriend's parents are from Ecuador and speak almost zero English. She has to do all the translating when it comes to business related issues. I was fluent up until the age of about 6 or 7 then forgot about 90% of it. It's a long story. My mom still used phrases on occasion so some things were burned into my brain but I figured it would be nice to be able to understand her parents and also not always speak to her in English. Plus there are a lot of Spanish speakers from all over Latin America and Cuba where I work so that would be cool. Speaking to someone with multiple decades of vocabulary when I essentially have the vocabulary of a 8 or 9 year old is frustrating. I'll text simple sentences but often the responses will require looking up some words I don't know. Oddly, I tend to understand more what I read than what I hear. Spanish speakers may use +/-300 words but that's enough to limit a non-speaker from being able to communicate effectively. Not to mention the verb conjugations and proper use of pronouns. By communicating, I'm not referring to simple questions like asking for directions. I'm talking about being able to discuss day-to-day things. I often find myself saying sabes que no conozco todas las palabras que me dijiste no? We all have a good laugh about it. I'll sometimes watch soccer matches on the local Spanish channels. They speak about 100mph ans subtitles can't really keep up so I just listen. Some things I pick up most escape me. But it's entertaining because they get so excited as they call the game. Being able to recite what I just typed in Spanish would be nice 🤣🤣

Love this video. I need to re-direct my learning. I know a lot of words and cant put them together. I needed to hear this.

Great advice in this video! One thing that helped me immensely was listening to Spanish language radio stations. I picked a couple of stations whose locale I knew from previous trips and started listening every day. Because I heard phone numbers, etc from the community call-in ads each day I was able to increase dramatically the speed with which I recognize number groups. The commercials, weather reports, public service announcements, and the talk radio programs also helped a lot. A bonus is now I am in to Latin American music!

This is great advice. For those starting to learn Spanish, watch this before you dive in, it will help your lesssons be much more effective.

Currently, I'm doing a secondary major with spanish language and can confirm that this is excellent advice. I'm not fully fluent yet, maybe a B1-B2, but this is the kind of thing that I've figured out in my journey of learning Spanish as a second language that has worked extremely well. This person would be an amazing college language professor if that's not what she already teaches. The way they teach foreign languages in American colleges is not always the most effective, so I think the Department of Education needs to start implementing this learning style into high school and college language courses.

This is very good advice!

Great advice! I love how you switch back and forth between English and Spanish. I learned Spanish "in the streets" (shopping, talking to friends, etc.) in Mexico. Now that I live in an anglophone country again, I practice by listening to music and podcasts, watching movies and series in Spanish, and practicing with language partners. After many years, I've noticed some gaps and am finally studying grammar. But I always advise people to do the other things as much as possible.

This is great. I already know the problem. Just never the solution.

Mucha gracias

Great content and I really like your teaching style.

Muchas gracias maestra

Tus videos son de oro. Gracias por compartir!

Thank you so much for this video. Right now, I am doing all 7 of the bad habits! I have been thinking about getting a conversation partner for a long time and your video gave me the extra boost and motivation to be proactive in finding a partner. 😊

Great video. Straight-forward and informative. Love this!

Tha k you very much for the lesson

jejeje. es muy interesante para mí.

Tengo que decir gracias por compartir :-). Son buenos consejos. Aprendí la regla sobre el infinitivo después de las preposiciones relativamente pronto en mi aprendizaje. Creo que fue una de las mejores cosas que me pasaron. Hay tantas situaciones en las que esa regla me ha salvado de la confusión.

Escucho música Christiana de Mexico (Majo y Dan), también canciones de la República Dominicana (como Juan Louis Guerra, “Ojalá que llueva el café”)

Saved to my favorites !!!!

Mil gracias por subir el vídeo. Me parece muy útil! Recientemente no hablo mucho en voz alta.. voy a hacerlo a partir de hoy.

Love this! Thank you❤

Mucho Gracias. Your advice was on point and very much needed.

I love how you go from English to Spanish!

hola señora! yo agradezco tu video y definitivamente voy a incorporar estas reglas en mi rutina de español! pero tengo una pregunta para aprender un poco más. por qué usaste el subjuntivo en el minuto 7:34? porque fue una situacion hipotético y una recommendación? entiendo la mayoria de las reglas de grammatico en español, pero el subjuntivo es uno de las reglas que me cuesta. ahora estoy tratando de repasarlo otra vez porque sé que me haría sonar más natural en la idioma. gracias señora!

Thanks for the tips.

You’ve made some very valid points and I think if I was being honest I’d sort of come to that conclusion and you have confirmed my thoughts thanks for that

Mil Gracias. Ya me da cuenta de que me pusiera demás atención al vocabulario. Según Duolingo yo sé 5 mil palabras pero todavía me quedo atascado cada vez trato de hablar de algo.

You Are Great❤!!!

Muchas gracias 🙏

Muy interesante y muy útil, gracias

Great advice a personal algorithm 🎉

Omg this is very helpful!!❤❤❤

Outstanding. Do you give class on line

La lección era muy importante en mí habilidad hablar español.Yo practico mi español en toda partes.Por ejemplo voy a el banco hacer transacciones,de compras en la mall o pedir comida en restaurante 😊

Es la verda 😢

Este lección estaba bien hecho. Voy a subscribir a tu chanel. Tengo que irme estoy entre el espada y la pared.

10:10 Is “Él llegará a las 9” also appropriate? Usually when i think of the future tense i try to steer away from using the crutch using present tense forms of “ir” + the infinitive verb to help me learn. Same goes for using “haber” + infinitive for past tense 😆

thank God found your channel i thought I dont have a solid vocab background that is why i am struggling, started watching/listening peppa pig in spanish 😂

Por ahora, estoy escuchando Patadas de Ahogado por Latin Mafia y Una Lady Como Tu por Manuel Torizo y olvido el nombre de otro muchacho 😅 También eh estado hablando con mi amigos que se habla español mas que ingles. Y vivo en un basement de mi amiga que es como mi madre segunda. Ella es de México y se habla inglés muy poquito. Entonces, solo hablo puro español en su casa, con ella y su esposo. Y aveces su hijos, pero no lo ayuda porque se hablan inglés muy fluidez 😅 Y no quiero escapar a ellos jajajaja 😆 Pero tu video es muy bien! Necesito parar algunos hábitos malos 😅 Me alegro que tePor ahora, estoy escuchando Patadas de Ahogado por Latin Mafia y Una Lady Como Tu por Manuel Torizo y olvido el nombre de otro muchacho 😅 También eh estado hablando con mi amigos que se habla español mas que inglés. Y vivo en un sótano de mi amiga que es como mi madre segunda. Ella es de México y se habla inglés muy poquito. Entonces, solo hablo puro español en su casa, con ella y su esposo. Y aveces sus hijos, pero no lo ayuda porque se hablan inglés muy fluidez 😅 Y no quiero escapar a ellos jajajaja 😆 ¡Pero tu video es muy bien! Necesito parar algunos hábitos malos 😅 Me alegro que te encontro!

I know alot of vocabulary but i have trouble stringing it together

Where is the parts of speech link?

So what are the words that you suggest learning for daily use?

i just started learning spanish i am watching your video '7 bad habits " when you use the word , llegando/arriving, i understand that, also, from what you just taught, i understand now not to use a gerunds for the present, but to use the infinitives. the problem arises when you translate it into english as to how we english speakers would say it. i think that is a big mistake. i believe it would be more helpful if you wrote it in english the same way it is written in spanish. example, " llega a las 9"/ he arrives at 9. llega is not llegando and should not be translated that way just because thats the way we speak. i think that it would be more to our advantage if we learn to think in spanish the same way it is written. i realize that isn't possible in all cases, but some explainations can be given to clear up some impossiblities if there are any. when you say/ or write "te puedo pedir un vaso de agua? i am no so much interested in the translation as i am in how you are thinking and saying it. example, " you, i can order a glass of water." because it is contained in questions marks i know that it is a question. OR "te estoy hablando a ti." "you, i am talking to you. OR "no le quites eso a ella." "no it take away that to/from her." don't take that away from her. OR when i ask the question " can i help you?" in english that would be " puedo ayudar te?' but in spanish you say " you i can to help?" all i need to know is that it is a question therefore i need to reverse i can to can i. then i have " you can i help?" translates to " can i help you?" i hope i haven't been too ambiguous or long winded. cheers bert

¡Pero yo como muchas manzanas! ¡Cada día!

He estado vs llevo vs andar .......... how about some tips on how to use those more naturally in Mexico... i had someone tell me "he estado estudiando español por un año" sounds unnatural and it is more common to use llevo..... your "llevo enferma..." sentence confirms that they most likely were correct (and they were a native spanish speaker also, but not from Mexico).

300 words does not sound sufficient enough for natives, even daily. My guess.

Most of the language learnings tools, teach you perfect English. Why? Does not help you learn spanish grammer. Movies are nice, different dialects.

I think there is too much explanation and there is no point translating parts of your English sentences into Spanish since we don’t speak Spanish yet