@@luisleal7301 you think theres a better way to learn this since its intjitive to yall or is it just complicated when trying to translate its propertys to english?
@@DD-jf7pu Well, I wouldn't understand how difficult it may be to acquire all these rules and patterns since it comes naturally to me, but I would say that this method is not ideal, in my opinion. One could use it as a starting point though, just realizing that all these tenses exist while internalizing them by the actual use in spoken conversation, because I'm sure memorizing the table wouldn't make you proficient.
The most complex information condensed into a short and comprehensible 15 minutes. Genuinely never had this concept explained so well in any of the Spanish classes I've taken. Thank you!
Yes, indeed, it was extremely helpful! This should be the first video every spanish teacher teaches, before starting grammar, like an alphabet before learning language. Yet I have been looking for a video like this for 3 years, and just now came across this golden info! Huge thanks! Subscribed!
I never thought about it but shes right. Litterally just learn all the conjugations to Haber and Estar and you unlock SOOOO much for every other verb you'll ever use
Yes but the Spanish may not necessarily speak that way you'll also have to learn their everyday slang or relaxing way of speaking and that is when no foreigners are around!
Currently in an immersive Spanish a school in Colombia. I’ve watched this video over and over. Probably the BEST video I’ve found on the subject. Only thing missing are the conjugations themselves.
Русский очень интересный и красивый язык. I hope our stupid leaders stop stop pulling us apart. Russians and Americans are so similar in so many important ways. We would be great friends if it weren't for the children running things. Russia and America should be united like Japan and America, or England and America. I hope you don't think us normal people like all the political sanctions our government imposes on you. There's something evil about making a law that Russia can't buy Coca Cola. I could understand weapons, but banning everything is something we all hate the government for. We wish you all weren't impacted by the games the politicians play. We have a ton of respect for our Russian immigrants, especially here in Chicago. Many of the our most revered scientists and entrepreneurs fled the CCCP to become American. I hope we can have a more open bordered relationship in my lifetime so that people don't have to pick a side any more.
Good God! Learning Spanish has made me appreciate German so much. Spoken German just has past, present, and future (with a couple of exceptions). There is no progressive tense, their subjunctive tense is almost gone (but used more than in English) and the future and conditional tenses are simple helper verbs like English. I'm so glad I took German in high school because I'm sure I would have flunked Spanish.
@@jeancena3556 If only six tenses confuse you then stay away from Spanish. It has about seventeen. Things get even more confusing when you combine tenses, say, past imperfect with present imperfect (i.e. "había visto").
@@DoTheFlopp Hundreds of irregular verbs totaling over a thousand exceptions to memorize? Two sets of regular verbs that are conjugated differently? Irregular adjectives? A past tense that no one can explain how to use? Yes, it *is* that bad. gcse rn
I know a native German speaker didn't just say his language has easy verbs lol Your language has the most arbitrary and confusing way of handling verbs ever. It's like the proto-germans smoked all the weed in Europe when they came up with their syntax lmao
Thank you for your video. Being a beginner, I am not ready for so much information ... but I copied the link and I will gladly come back to it in a few months. When someone would try learning a new language 30 years ago, they were stuck with 1 approach: typically 1 teacher and a few books. Thanks to technology, we now have access to so many methods and free content! One can find something that suits them. That's why I don't understand mean comments. Folks, your learning journey is in your hands. Don't expect everything you find for free on the Internet to suit your every need, because each learner is unique. If this video (or any) helps you, great! If it does not... just keep looking. A good mindset will help you learn.
The correct way is: "No había sido capaz de... " Rationale "No había sido capaz" - In the past I hadn't been capable of, but now I'm. "No he sido capaz" - Now, as before, I'm still not capable of. Native speaker here 😀🇲🇽 Greetings!
I strongly recommend watching movies in spanish! I was able to pick up on so many tenses without formally learning them just from listening to them talk. Im able to use the correct tense without even thinking about it.
I am tense about all those tenses... They put me in a mood that is not good. What gives me hope is there are those like you who know what you are talking about and you do it with a smile. I have to take it slow but not so slow that I stop, so I am going to get one down and move on, poco a poco.
Thank you so much for this video and the explanations. I have been doing 1400 days of Duolingo and have encountered much of this but never had such a clear understanding of the conjugations. I decided today to dig into this subject and am grateful for this video. I’m 4 pages into notes on my first watch, my brain is melting as someone else commented, but feel confident in a roadmap forward for practicing these conjugations going forward.
Never have I ever started connecting so many pieces in my life I felt like interstellar was playing in the back as I began to understand words and formulas from this video, I can gladly say I feel complete🥲
Am I the First 🥇 one to like the video 📸 in a year? It summarised all the Spanish CONJUGATION in a nutshell. I deservedly patted myself on the back for having till the end and want to go learn Haber and I heard of hacer SOMEWHERE too
This is a great video and the blog is very comprehensive, but what would be the most helpful is a link to a pdf with the wonderful chart showing all the tenses. It’s clearly laid out and an invaluable document. Please attach the file.
Thank you for this video. I think a problem many native English speakers (including myself) have when learning another language is that we often didn't learn all these tenses and moods in English. So when trying to learn another language we are overwhelmed. While I can easily understand HOW to form various tenses in Spanish (and French) I do not fully understand WHEN and WHY a particular tense is used (as opposed to a different tense). And I am not certain how to translate all the various tenses into English. Videos like this one cover that gap in our knowledge. (I can equate it to a problem some people have learning calculus. Professors say the problem is often that they don't fully understand algebra which is a prerequisite for calculus. Similarly one must fully understand tenses in English before attempting to learn them in another language.) I will watch your other RU-vid videos on tenses. Edit: I meant to add this at the end of my comment but I forgot. You have beautiful hair.
Hi! To sound more native you should drop the pronoun "Yo": "Estudiaba Derecho, pero luego cambié a Arquitectura." "cambié" only applies to the "Yo" pronoun. "Estudiaba" in isolation is kind of ambiguous (who was studying (Yo, Él, Ella)?) , but for the context it's clear that also applies to "Yo".
Kudos!👏🏾👏🏾 Years of study condensee in less than half an hour! At that rate of learning and concise method of teaching, our youths can easily graduate as doctors in medicine by age 24!
This is the best video that explains it all in one video. I would like to see another video like this but in more detail and with more of the information presented in Spanish. On Spanish tests at school the teacher uses the technical term in Spanish like el pretérito pluscuamperfecto del subjuntivo, and I find that to be tricky.
I consider myself extremely fluent in English, but even if this had been about my native language, it would have made my head spin. TELL me it's not as complicated as it seems, or perhaps I should just give up now! LOL
I love that you put the Conditional as a 4th Mood. It really should be, since it’s an attitude in and of itself. However, why is the Compound Conditional not in the middle column? It works the same as all the other tenses with “perfect” aspect. E.g. “habría estudiado si tuviera los libros” (haber in conditional form plus a past participle)
Great video thanks!! From a site: In total, there are 14 (7 simple and 7 compound): Present, Imperfect, Preterite, Future, Conditional, Present Perfect, Pluperfect, Preterit Perfect, Future Perfect, Conditional Perfect, Present Subjunctive, Imperfect Subjunctive, Present Perfect Subjunctive, and Pluperfect Subjunctive. Are there different definitions?
Appreciate this video, definitely a bit much. Would like to see a video of examples for present past future tense and so on simplified with common verbs.
Como estudiante de inglés, pienso que la gramática es muy importante para hablar el idioma, pero como nativa del español de Panamá te aseguro que lo que se explica en este video solo se lo sabe un licenciado en español.
So, is there a difference between “habría+verbo(-ido)” and “hubiera+verbo(-ido)”? …both means “would have”, and the conditional in this sense is kinda “subjunctive-esque“. Thank you for this video! 😭 so helpful!
Other videos out there where they teach this again with a different word? I want to see this with a couple other words so I can tell what’s happening with the conjugation
2 minutes in and my mind is boggled because it might aswell be: "we have wigworms, bluts, hons and hiccups. Within each category we have the supergator, witch, ketchups, haberte, quavers and snakes. Within the supergator, witch and ketchup we have the introductory capitals, wooden spoon and bowl creators. I know what you're thinking, and yes. Wooden spoons can also be tensed like the sub-hibernation of a hyper witch but we'll cover that later"
9:20 dear editor. KEEP THE INFORMATION ON SCREEN. It is more important to keep that on screen. we do not need to look at her as she explains things. Just hearing her voice is enough. By trying to make the video what you think is engaging you have made it harder to soak up the information.
Structurally and theoretically, this lesson is very sound but this is not the way many people learn languages. An easier way to understand each tense/mood is to give more than one example! There is very little actual Spanish in this video! I speak Spanish every day but many of these examples zip by too quickly to even read them. A single example of each tense/mood data point is not enough to cement a concept into the brain, even in your native language.
Why is “yo caminado” is wrong and “yo caminé” correct I understand some verbs like “hablar” for instance “I speaked” is wrong but I still don’t get why it is a big deal I have looked at all sorts of literature and it still doesn’t satisfy me when they either say “it’s the Spanish language and not English” or “it doesn’t provide the complete idea or context” when it clearly does like the shortest sentence in the world “Jesus Wept.” It conveys the idea of -ed in the -t suffix I am being critical because it is frustrating when I can see that it could be done and simplify the language but no I have to be given unconvincing arguments I am just asking a critical question is that bad.
Am I the only person that just completely turns off my brain with grammar lessons like this? Just the words, subjunctive, imperative, indicative, etc., I'm like, no thanks. There's no way I'm ever going to think "ok now I need to speak in the imperative". It just seems like a completely unnatural and convoluted way of learning language imho.
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It’s just a frame for non native speakers to orient themselves. It’s very helpful, especially in the early stages for some learners to know the fundamentals and why conjugations take place.
I understand your frustration perfectly. I even remember biting my desk out of anger when I was in fourth grade, because i had the feeling it would never end Haha! But now that I've been living in England for many years, I've realized that the main problem is that each one of us learn our own language in a completely different way. And then, they try to teach me English as they teach me Spanish, and Spanish to you as they teach you English. And i think that is an error. consequently, to you, all the verb tenses and moods of Spanish sound like Greek, and in 10 years, the most consistent grammatical rule I found in English is that in most words with double consonants, the vowel preceding that double consonant will be pronounced in the Latin form (i.e. in alphabetical order: accent, efficient, different, dollar, sufficient) and that's it. There's nothing more. Frustrating!! lol. But even if you don't think about it, you also use the imperative in English every day. In Spain, the rule they teach us for the English imperative is that it's never written with "to" and it's the only one that is said without a personal pronoun. That is to say: "Go away!! Have fun!! F...k Off," etc. In summary, I'm sure that in England or USA etc., they don't teach you in-depth what you define in your text as "just the words," but in Spanish, as well as in German, French, Italian, Portuguese, Greek... you need to know the instructions in order to navigate the language without getting lost, but with the satisfaction of the consistency and coherence that English can't provide. (i.e.: "Fungi" I've heard this word said in four different ways). On the other hand, in England, I can "kick the dictionary" and they still understand me, lol. Well, sorry for the long rant, but I smoked and I'm interested in the subject, lol.
