COULD in Spanish: PUDE, PODÍA, PODRÍA - No More Mistakes

Todays Spanish lesson focusses on the often confusing ways there are to say COULS in Spanish. Is it Podía, pude or podría? Avoid the pitfalls and mistakes with this easy to follow video.
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Probably the most systematic explanations of the nuances in the Spanish language we have on KZbin today. Excellent lesson! 23 minutes flew by…👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

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Your explanations are always easily understood. This was great.

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Agree

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[@CleonaPattersoneFluentEnglish]

Me sentí feliz de escuchar este vídeo y tu pronunciación tan clara.🎯 Pude verlo de nuevo para repasar algunos puntos. I COULD / I WAS ABLE TO = pude / podía / sabía I WOULD BE ABLE TO = podría. De niña, no podía hablar nada de español, pero ahora puedo decir algo.😀 Gracias por tu gran trabajo ProSpanish.👍 ¡Siempre puedo contar contigo! Unos ejemplos para practicar la gramática nueva para mi: SABÍA + infinitivo = I knew how to .../ I could 1. A los seis años, sabía montar en bicicleta.🚴‍♀️ 2. De niña, no sabía tocar el piano y todavía no sé como hacerlo. 3. PODRÍA = I would be able to / could (future.) No puedo ayudarte con tu inglés hoy porque estudio español. Pero, podría hacerlo mañana por la tarde si quieres.😀

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[@philhodgson6453]

Another excellent lesson, with very clear explanations. Gracias por esta lección, fue excellente.

[@jeffbunton6792]

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[@joywithjazzita108]

Oh god I was so confused about could and this video is beautiful so peacefully you are explaining God bless you blissful human!!! 💙💙💙💙😇😇😇😇😇💖💖💖💖💖

[@HarryGardner1]

Great Lesson, trying to understand could in Spanish form has been a real head-scratcher for me, but this video has well and truly hit the nail on the head, well done!

[@fwcolb]

Such a good video, enough for me to subscribe. "Could /would" in Spanish is such a friendly way to go. ¿Me traerías una botella de cerveza? Could you bring me a bottle of beer? Combines the familiar with the super polite. To get the conditional mood, all you need is the infinitive of the verb with the last syllable changing according to the actor. Even simpler is the verb poder (Podrias traerme...) plus any infinitive. Not quite correct because you are asking if the person is capable of bringing something. But it's a workaround that you can get away with if you can't remember how the conditional of a verb is formed.

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Your explanations are really easy to follow, I wish I'd known about this when I was a beginner!

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Because of you I feel more confident for my Spanish oral exam! Thank you so much!

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Good luck!!

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I passed my oral exam:)

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Really good explanation. Everything makes so much sense and done so quickly too.

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[@Sweetlittlehugs]

Hace 18 meses no pude hablar español. Ahora yo sé que si estudio much pondré hablar español muy bien.

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Superb as always. Thank you.

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[@chimanruler15]

5:11 I know that a few people have already pointed this out to you, but since those comments were posted months ago, I figured I would state what they said for the record. It is technically possible to use "could" for preterite events in the right context. For example: "That was such an interesting English lesson! I could understand everything that the teacher said!"

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Hola Gracias por el video me encanta mucho

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[@jenniferskweter]

Jesús, finalmente puedo entender este tema. La vdd, me llevó mucho tiempo darle sentido a esto, gracias a ti.

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Thank you.

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[@ericbaugher]

This is a really great lesson about the difference between the preterite, imperfect and conditional tense, if I recognize these correctly, all done in the first person singular. The best thing about it is you will not need to understand any of the confusing grammatical jibberish in the paragraph above, or have to look at a bunch of confusing "ar" and "ir / er" verb charts. Just learn a few simple sentence patterns and you are in your way. Also I enjoy the fact that the instructor speaks proper English and not our American California dialect. He draws an interesting distinction between "could" and "was able to", that is less clear here in california.

[@alwayslearning7672]

For me "could" run for many miles "was able to run for many miles" and "Use to be able to run for many miles" when i was young are the same. =all imperfect tense.

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Used to be able to run for many miles.

[@leenobody3249]

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[@aron22265]

Wonderful

[@Nicholasxie]

Finamente, podría saber cómo usar “podía y podría”. Muchas gracias, profesor!

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Finalmente. 😊✌️✌️

[@shmema12]

ThAnks

[@mallorcasara1]

Cuando era una niña no podía oír muy bien. Tuve una operación en mis orejas y ahora puedo oír bien.

[@LearnSpanishLearnSpanish]

Excelente! But oídos, not orejas. An operation on orejas would for example if they were to big or sticking out. :)

[@larrynarvaez7545]

Too big or sticking out. To, too, two.

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Great stuff. You ELLICIT the language & that sir is the secret of teaching a 2nd language 👍❤

[@larrynarvaez7545]

Elicit.

[@shmema12]

no pude encontrar otra canal con la misma calidad

[@hazimmss3991]

what about debo, debía and debería?

[@thaiCase]

Interesante. Expresar (ablility) usar (know)....

[@KGDRAWROF]

Muchas gracias por esta lección! Me gusta la manera que uses para enseñar. Qué más enseñas en el curso completo? Me gustaría saber para ayudarme decidir comprarlo.

[@LearnSpanishLearnSpanish]

La verdad es que una buena parte del curso tiene un nivel más básico que esta lección. Así que me imagino que tendrás demasiado nivel para que te sea útil.

[@larrynarvaez7545]

Me gusta la manera que usAs para enseñar. The “que” here does not entail the subjunctive of “usar”, only the present indicative. 😊✌️✌️

[@LEGIONARIO1970]

There's another form of COULD in Spanish which is: PUDIERA (subjunctive), let me use all of them in the same sentence: PUDE entender la razón de su enojo esa noche, sin embargo no PODÍA saber lo que quería hasta que me escribió esa carta aquel dia, hoy PODRÍA llamarle pero no encuentro las palabras adecuadas para hablar con ella, ojala PUDIERA ser más sensible para encontrarlas. You're a very good Spanish teacher, Greetings from Mexico

[@alwayslearning7672]

Thanks man,but 1 step and a time. We learn how to crawl before we walk. We'll get there I'm sure.

[@CleonaPattersoneFluentEnglish]

Cada vídeo tiene un límite de contenido, no? Es evidente que este profesor conoce pudiera.😜 ¿En español es normal y correcto escribir oraciones tan largas? En inglés paramos antes de HOY.

[@LEGIONARIO1970]

@@CleonaPattersoneFluentEnglish More than a sentence is a paragraphs.

[@CleonaPattersoneFluentEnglish]

@@LEGIONARIO1970 Exactly. That is why we divide information into sentences with full stops in English, which form a paragraph.

[@LEGIONARIO1970]

@@CleonaPattersoneFluentEnglish Same in Spanish

[@AVDanielViolin]

You never said the sentence when I was 8 years old, but spoke soooooo much English, and to hear you speak Spanish is like kind of luxury. I love your lesson, but want me to buy your course, please speak more Spanish. Thanks

[@aodhmac7]

A las ocho años…

[@michaelagee4517]

Cuando tenia ocho años.

[@semperfiarcher]

Thank you for the excellent video! Americans say "I could find it" all the time. Possibly because it's so heavily influenced by Spanish and German. "Where's that street again? I could find it yesterday."

[@LearnSpanishLearnSpanish]

That's interesting, in UK it would be "I managed to find it yesterday."

[@semperfiarcher]

@@LearnSpanishLearnSpanish Yes, true. We're definitely separated by a common language. :-)

[@alwayslearning7672]

I would've said "I was able to find it yesterday"!

[@semperfiarcher]

@@alwayslearning7672 Yes, that too. A person could hear either one and not bat an eye.

[@mckoylach1622]

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Verlo!

[@fugak-han0072]

Aprender español es muy deficil particularmente en las conjugaciones de los verbos. Me da dolor de caveza.

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Maestro excelente.

[@artjackson8360]

I was waiting for you to tell us how to say "by 8 years old". Would that be "de ocho años" or "por ocho años" or another way?

[@LearnSpanishLearnSpanish]

" A los ocho años..."

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Learn Spanish Thank you. That makes sense.

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Hi. Sorry, French hasn't been developed yet.

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@@LearnSpanishLearnSpanish so any idea when it will be developed?? Thanks,

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Can we also say "como nino" instead of "de nino"?

[@thaiCase]

Why about (sabría)??

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[@LEGIONARIO1970]

The most difficult part of Spanish is grammar

[@bluegtturbo]

Thanks for free lesson. However I have to disagree at 5:18 I think it's quite common to hear 'Yesterday I could find it' etc. Eg living in the UK and Ireland I quite often phrases such as 'I could do it yesterday but I can't do it today'

[@noahleyva4668]

Lo mas correcto es decir: CUANDO YO ERA NIŃO, PODIA CORRER MAS VELOZ QUE HOY.

[@samirbelhay9465]

Pude vs peudo?

[@LearnSpanishLearnSpanish]

Pude I was able to...... Puedo I can

[@kellydione29]

I am not catching your explanation as to why you use podía instead of pude.

[@LEGIONARIO1970]

PODIA is used when you were able to to something for a period of time and PUDE is used for a single event or a point in time, examples: "Yo podía correr muy rápido de niño", this means: I could run very fast when I was a kid. "Yo pude ver el arcoíris ese día", this means: I could see the rainbow that day.

[@albertopatrocinio6102]

Sabia from the verb saber. I think could no use Sabia. Saber I know.

[@sa4540]

Isn’t escuchar to listen?

[@Clemenxa]

Escuchar can translate to "to hear" and "to listen to"

[@scotscub76]

So how would a spanish person literally say "I touched the piano" ?

[@kcorpora1]

Depends. You touched it once: toqué el piano. You touched it all the time: tocaba el piano. You used to touch it: solia tocar el piano.

[@leenobody3249]

Why does español have to be so ruddy complex ? English is so simple apart from pronunciation.

[@semperfiarcher]

We'll begin with box; the plural is boxes; But the plural of ox is oxen, not oxes, One fowl is a goose, and two are called geese, Yet the plural of moose is never called meese. You can find a lone mouse or a house full of mice; But the plural of house is houses not hice. The plural of man is always men. But the plural of pan is never pen. If I speak of a foot, and you show me two feet, And I give you a book, would a pair be a beek? If one is a tooth and a whole set are teeth, Why shouldn't two booths be called beeth? If the singular's this and the plural is these, Should the plural of kiss be ever called keese? We speak of a brother and also of brethren, But though we say mother, we never say methren. When the masculine pronouns are he, his, and him; Just imagine the feminine....she, shis, and shim! --James Donavan

[@scotscub76]

English is worse: take the verb look. look after someone, look down on someone, look into the future, look back at the passing car, look up to someone, I'm looking forward to the party. Look at what you've done etc

[@BrianGeorgeMoore]

Also, in Spanish the letter 'A' is always prounced the same and that goes for all the vowels and most consonants. Try explaining to a Foreign student of English how we pronounce the letter 'A' in Hate, Hat, Hall. Or why 'rough' and 'though' and then 'thought' are all pronounced so differently. Bow can be pronounced two different ways depending on whether you are wearing it in your hair or performing one to the Queen... then, of course, there is 'bough' as in of a tree. Bate, bait, wait and weight etc.etc.etc.

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In my experience, there are parts of each language that are challenging to learn. I found it very easy to learn to read Spanish, because it follows simple rules with few exceptions. But conjugating verbs is much more difficult to master than English. But learning to read or pronounce English is a nightmare. It’s easy for native speakers because we probably spent years studying it in grade school. The language is full of crazy words like: The Two Eight They’re There Their.

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