Thank you Gordon and Cynthia. I’d like to also recommend Victor’s Adventures to anyone who hasn’t read it. I have read it many times now and I love that each time I re-read it, I understand much more and the sentence structure makes much more sense 🤗
@davidpatton7298
5 ай бұрын
You guys are awesome. Keep up the swearing and profanity highlights. It is absolutely the best thing to hear in any language, High five. Adios.
@LightSpeedSpanishChannel
5 ай бұрын
jajajaja gracias, David :) Cx
@jimmychafins
3 жыл бұрын
Just started the preposition book you guys wrote! Great so far!!
@angelt9862
3 жыл бұрын
Oh PLEASE do a lesson on gestures! I've long noticed during Spanish listening practice that gestures are a big part of what they are saying. Plus it should be a fun video.
@LightSpeedSpanishChannel
3 жыл бұрын
We will. Thanks for the suggestion!
@emilybh6255
3 жыл бұрын
@@LightSpeedSpanishChannel Just go to "Dreaming Spanish" to see Spanish taught using nothing but Spanish, gestures and props and drawing pictures without any English translations at all - even for beginners.
@rebeccamacdonald3408
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you I am definitely buying your book right now. I love your videos, even though I’m trying to learn Mexican Spanish rather than Spanish Spanish, it still helps me a lot.
@LightSpeedSpanishChannel
3 жыл бұрын
Espero que te guste :) Cx
@alicegyles2826
3 жыл бұрын
I am reading Victor.It is very useful!
@marionharley287
3 жыл бұрын
Very interesting video. Re suggestions......I would love if you can explain the imperfect subjunctive! Also is there a follow on book to Victor’s Adventures?
@LightSpeedSpanishChannel
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you, Marion :) There's a follow up book called Victor's adventures in Spain 2.
@eugeniaeriksson617
2 жыл бұрын
llevo dies meses aprendiendo español! esta idioma me encanta!
@LightSpeedSpanishChannel
2 жыл бұрын
¡Estupendo, Eugenia! Cx
@mondmaedle
3 жыл бұрын
Great video, you're so cute together :)
@williamobrien2253
3 жыл бұрын
Perhaps you can make a video specifically about gesticles.
@LightSpeedSpanishChannel
3 жыл бұрын
jajaja. A fun mix! Both are very popular here in Spain.
@waltonbrown
3 жыл бұрын
Victor's Adventures, yes for me....
@LightSpeedSpanishChannel
3 жыл бұрын
¡Gracias! Cx
@davidwest5177
4 ай бұрын
Me again...At 4.55 why is Empece used and not empezaba If additional info is being given after that verb🤔
@LightSpeedSpanishChannel
3 ай бұрын
Because the action of starting is not ongoing in time. You started (one off event) 3 years ago. Cx
@internationaltraveler1057
3 жыл бұрын
damn ! I love cynthia when she speaks that spanish .... don't worry Gordon I always find rabbit trails that are funny too .... hey but I learned a few things
@BritishBolt
11 ай бұрын
I really want to watch a german version of Countdown 😂😂😂
@LightSpeedSpanishChannel
11 ай бұрын
:P
@jakehowitzer2459
3 жыл бұрын
How would you say "I have been studying Spanish since January"?
@arnietwo11
3 жыл бұрын
Estoy estudiando español desde enero !! O estudio español desde enero !
@CSD221
3 жыл бұрын
Llevo estudiando español desde enero
@frydisfotouggedal1187
2 жыл бұрын
👍mejor
@davidrachlin3557
11 күн бұрын
Believe it or not, despite stereotypes, Germans do not have a huge inventory of swears. The most common is Scheisse, which means shit, and is hardly a word to make one cringe. It's so common, you hardly think if it as a swear. German loves to make compound nouns, and so Scheisse is the prefix for anything like Scheisswetter (shitty weather), Scheissblöd (fucking stupid), etc.
@LightSpeedSpanishChannel
8 күн бұрын
That's really interesting! Gracias:)
@forthrightgambitia1032
3 жыл бұрын
You laugh but when I have worked on websites which had to support German we always had text-overflow problems...
@LightSpeedSpanishChannel
3 жыл бұрын
jajajajaja
@leenobody3249
3 жыл бұрын
Trying to learn Spanish by studying grammar was my first huge mistake . Juan is rather ‘bollockular’ 😀
@emilybh6255
3 жыл бұрын
Me too. But we didn't have a choice. In high school and college it was the ONLY WAY they taught. It is the only way they STILL teach I think. "Cross-talk" is one method that is very good where two native speakers of different languages who want to learn each other's language can teach each other simply by pointing to pictures in a magazine or drawing pictures and explaining or talking about them. With Cross-talk, the idea is you listen and watch the native speaker but you answer in your native language so both of you are learning your target languages at the same time.
@Eduardolluvioso
3 ай бұрын
Lleve que el pensamiento que Juan era un toro. 😂
@LightSpeedSpanishChannel
3 ай бұрын
De una manera metafórica :P
@Eduardolluvioso
3 ай бұрын
@@LightSpeedSpanishChannel 😂😂
@edshields7108
3 жыл бұрын
¿Se puede decir, “No he fumado desde hace cinco años”? No estoy seguro.
@LightSpeedSpanishChannel
3 жыл бұрын
No he fumado desde hace 5 años. Correcto.
@leenobody3249
3 жыл бұрын
In almost 40 years I have never heard my wife swear . She does fart massively but swearing ,no…
@LightSpeedSpanishChannel
3 жыл бұрын
jajajajajaja y, ¿cuál prefieres?
@leederbazoid
19 күн бұрын
@@LightSpeedSpanishChanneli prefer the farting ! 😂
@emilybh6255
3 жыл бұрын
It means the same thing. The way they teach languages by teaching grammar is the slowest most inefficient unnatural way to learn. The best way by far is the way babies learn their native language - by watching, and listening and absorbing native speakers saying things they can understand. The call it comprehensible input but some who think they are teaching comprehensible input miss the boat by not using pictures and props to teach beginners. The grammar should be saved for those who want to become technical writers.
@мирвовсеммире-ы1и
3 жыл бұрын
Comprehensible input is not for everyone because in order for it to work, you have to enjoy the process. If you enjoy grammar and tinkering with the language, finding patterns and whatnot, then I say follow that route. The best method in learning a language is the method you enjoy doing. What some people are forgetting is that there's a lot of 'comprehensible input' in these kinds of videos even though the topic is centered on grammar. An input in order to be comprehensible can be done in a lot of ways. Pictures and actions are one way. Explanations and translations are another. Which one you enjoy more should be your default in your learning process. You can cross-over to other methods from time to time. But the most important thing is that you enjoy the process. Even Luca, the polyglot guy here in youtube ( I forgot his surname), said that he uses translation method in his language acquisition. There's nothing inherently wrong with using translation and explanation as long as you don't fall in the pit of thinking that words and expressions translate word-for-word across different languages.
@LightSpeedSpanishChannel
3 жыл бұрын
I find that too many videos use visuals that are often not really accurate or don't really represent perfectly what the orator is talking about. However, if you describe something fairly well, people can create that imagery in their heads very accurately. I suppose it's all about learning styles, as you say. I have lots of students who are principally auditory and aren't interested in images at all, but rather want something explained well with words. As you say, it all depends on what your style is.
@emilybh6255
3 жыл бұрын
@@мирвовсеммире-ы1и I'm not saying it is wrong. It is just slow and cumbersome and not conducive to becoming fluent or understanding native speakers. I've done it both ways. All the traditional grammar focused method got me after reaching advanced levels in college was the ability to read and write but not speak or understand what was being spoken without great difficulty and knowing ahead of time what the subject was and having memorized a lot of the vocabulary which I quickly forgot after graduating from college. What I think is a better way to learn is what Pablo Roman is doing at "Dreaming Spanish". He speaks NO ENGLISH and provides NO ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS/Subtitles. He does everything in Spanish using pictures and gestures to convey what he is saying. He says by waiting to try to speak until you've gotten proficient in understanding what is being spoken (which takes 500 to 1000 hours), you'll avoid the pronunciation errors and comprehension mistakes new learners make by trying to speak too soon. He speaks 6 languages and he says he became fluent much faster in the two he learned this way.
@emilybh6255
3 жыл бұрын
@@LightSpeedSpanishChannel Check out "Dreaming Spanish". You'll see what I'm talking about.
@мирвовсеммире-ы1и
3 жыл бұрын
I know Dreaming Spanish. I've been following that channel for two years now. I love it. It provided me a lot of comprehensible input in my Spanish acquisition journey. But it did not deter me from studying grammar and learning through translation. It did not stop from learning through Gordon and Cynthia's videos and enjoying the same. Even in our first language, we did study grammar. Listening to native speakers use the their language let you learn their language on the surface. It doesn't permit you do be bold in the use of the language, or be creative enough. You have to study the language deliberately, read books, learn the intricacies and in and outs of the language to have a full grasp of the language. People have different goals in their language learning journey. Some people just want to be conversational and learn the language superficially. If that's your goal then you don't need grammar explanation. Grammar refines our use of the language. Learning through translations help us learn to translate ideas. There's a room for a combination of different approaches. Don't be naive to think that one method is enough for a more rounded approach to learning a language.
@dpaul4peace2
2 жыл бұрын
you spend too much time with private personal talk and jokes, please concentrate on more the lesson
@LightSpeedSpanishChannel
2 жыл бұрын
Our lessons are like that. There are plenty of online resources that are straight to the point. We want to have fun and enjoy the lessons as well :) Just relax and enjoy!! Cx
@leederbazoid
19 күн бұрын
@@LightSpeedSpanishChannelwell said Gordon and Cynthia ! 👍🤝
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