HOW to use SE ME in SPANISH

"SE ME" in Spanish is a peculiar combination for English speakers since you don't have that in your language.
That's why in this video, I'll show you how to use "me", "te" and "se" very intuitively in Spanish.
Share your answers to the exercise in the comments.
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[@rwnpianoman]

“Se les hizo tarde” can mean both “You guys are late” or “They are late”?

[@Spanishacks]

That’s right! "LES" works for both of them 👌

[@gerlautamr.656]

From context you know who we're talking about, but to avoid any confusión, it's better to say the pronoun at the beginning of the phrase, for example: A ustedes se les olvidó. A ellos se les olvidó. This works with any other phrase where this kind of confusión may arise.

[@barscanvural9385]

i guess in spanish from spain the difference would be seen. Se les hizo tarde vs Se os hizo tarde

[@alexandrepereira5491]

But "se les hace tarde" means something like "you guys are going to be late" or "they are going to be late".

[@BigDsHomestead]

"Se me chispoteó".

[@samflake8508]

I love hearing a native talk in Spanish with Spanish and English subtitles going at the same time. Thank you.

[@BucksBirdBarn]

I like how you did the subtitles. I hate when the English subtitles are too large, because my eyes wander and I don’t focus on the Spanish words.

[@ShaneMorris0n]

I love the repetition, simplicity, and your reasoning. The subtitles in both languages are a masterstroke.

[@AntoniaMartinezPhd]

Wish I could give you 2 likes. I really enjoyed this video and got a lot out of it.

[@Spanishacks]

The time you took to watch it is enough for me, thank you 🙌🏽

[@TheFemboyConnoisseur]

Gracias por hablar tan claramente en este video güey. El español es mi tercer idioma y yo olvido cuando las personas hablan tan rapido especialmenteen mi trabajo los clientes no pueden hablar ingles y estoy tratando a ayudarles pero hablan tan rapido.

[@eriotosama]

These videos make me realize that Spanish teachers and language teachers are no longer necessary. Definitely looking like the last year I teach Spanish. I am neither good looking enough nor have any sort of accent in English to even be attention grabbing for students. Best of luck to all you language teachers who compete with youtube.

[@Simon-sh9xt]

I've been learning Spanish since I was a kid, and today I learned how to use “Se me "in a good way, hahahahah. I forgot everything.

[@maryjosephinekenny6334]

Thank you. You are an excellent teacher.

[@catherinemain4511]

Really useful. I need videos like this to kick my Spanish up a notch! Thank you.

[@Spanishacks]

Thank you for your words, Catherine 🙌🏽

[@sagi1lol66]

Se me antojan más videos

[@LATAMbiker]

Se me olvido dejar de estudiar la gramática. Se me hizo demasiado tarde cambiar mi método de estudiar. Listo pues, dejamos poner manos a la obra para que yo cambie mi acercamiento a Español. Jaja.

[@mycomputerdreamsinsound]

Funnily enough we got the same thing going on in Polish - "zapomniało mi się" [olvido me se] just with a different word order

[@Spanishacks]

Pozdrawiam!

[@GChoops]

Muchas gracias por este video, he aprendido mucho

[@languagelearningdabbler]

Why am I just now finding this channel 😅 Subbed!

[@thomassantangelo4356]

Acabo de encontrar tu canal. Voy a regresar. Me gustan tus consejos. Se me ocurre que tu canal podría ser un instrumento utilísimo para mejorar mi español en general.

[@elberthiggins6667]

Muy excellente. You're a very good teacher. I agree with a comment below that your pronunciation really stands out, especially for a beginner with poor hearing. I'll be back.

[@Spanishacks]

Muchas gracias por decir eso, intento hablar lo más claro posible. 😊

[@FabelCortes]

Que cagado es ver estas clases siendo el español mi lengua materna. Debe ser dificil aprender español como segunda lengua sin duda, es muy versátil y "libre"

[@ofdrumsandchords]

Debe ser muy difícil para un hablante de inglés. Soy francés, los dos idiomas están cerca.

[@JohnKaman]

Excellent lesson. I subscribed!

[@Spanishacks]

Thank you, John!

[@renkunvlogs]

As a student learning Spanish in Spain, the phrase "You guys are late" got me confckled because I was sure it was "Se OS hizo Tarde" and not "Se LES hizo tarde" since you are referring to a group of people in the PLURAL form of YOU " (a vosotros) and not in THEY (a ellos)

[@marchyman5061]

I’ve just discovered your channel! I love it!! Thank you!!

[@Spanishacks]

Thank you, Marc!

[@anishsrinivasan8591]

This was a REALLY good video. Simple, clear, to the point. You’re extremely good at explaining things. Fantastic job!!

[@Spanishacks]

Glad you enjoyed it! 🙌🏽

[@awedbyhiswonder]

GOD BLESS YOU FOR SHINING THE LIGHT ON THIS STRUCTURE OF EXPRESSION AND THE REASON WHYnow it starts to make some sense and because it makes sense I can start to actually incorporate it in my ability to express myself and understand. Once again God Bless you!!!!

[@ipekemre8431]

Muy útil, gracias 🙌🏻

[@pdill9712]

Please use the Usted form. Here in Costa Rica we use Usted

[@windandsea6237]

We need more videos like this! Super helpful man! 🖤thank you

[@therelationshipmessenger-u6838]

Muchas gracias por este video. Estoy aprendiendo mucho de ti.

[@DJLiftOFF]

Awesome video! Muy fácil de entender. Thank you!

[@davecauble6798]

I watch a lot of Spanish learning videos and yours are among the very best! Thank you! I would recommend them to anyone trying to improve their comprehension.

[@Spanishacks]

Thank you! 😃

[@kiselkovich]

Thank you for this video, it's very useful!

[@Vante2k]

I love how he made an amazing video and acted like i wasnt going to subscribe.

[@Brightly747]

Extremely helpful. Simple but I'm learning something new, gracias amigo

[@benjaminkoepke2577]

Me encanta. Muchas gracias amigo!!! 😊

[@overcomeidioms]

Asombroso!

[@diskartengpinoy8888]

Muy claro

[@jonathancook3928]

Yo creo que eres profesor superbien y tienes muchísimas habilidades 👍

[@Royayoga]

Perfect format. Love the energy you bring. Gracias!

[@Spanishacks]

Glad you enjoy it! 😊

[@markdonovan1540]

I stopped trying to work it out, even though I knew how to do it. I then found it to be much easier and faster to listen to how Spanish speakers say it and copy that! Si no había encontrado ese truco se me hubiera ido la olla...

[@windandsea6237]

These videos are so helpful! I subscribed immediately!

[@crazylittlepartytifs]

Excellent thanks 🙌🙌

[@Spanishacks]

Gracias por verlo 🙌🏽

[@englishwithashley]

Muy útil este video!! Mil gracias! 😊

[@Spanishacks]

Gracias por verlo 🙌🏽

[@00xero]

Holy crap i am 100% not ready for this video yet. So fast 😥

[@elenafoleyfoley168]

Gracias 🌻

[@dqz3921]

Excelente leccion!

[@surfingram]

Se me ocurre que este canal es genial.

[@heymstraveler]

Este vídeo és mútuo útil!!!!! Very helpful

[@saimadeit]

awesome video. KEEP GOIN 🫡

[@ShahanC]

muy util video gracias!!

[@jasonpinson8755]

Gracias. 👊💯

[@komrad7907]

Muy útil para mi esta lección ❤❤❤

[@Spanishacks]

Estoy muy feliz de saberlo 🙌🏽

[@deiongray1283]

Thank you

[@elenagarrison3701]

Cuando hablas en espanol con subtitulos en Ambos idiomas, es el nivel mas alto y mas util para mejorar espanol. Nunca necesitamos oir nada en English. Tambien tu ya tienes un acento muy Fuerte cuando hablas ingles, pero seguramente tu Sabes esto ❤❤❤

[@JuanMoreno-wo5yb]

Accents are always beautiful and they don’t cause any problems in understanding. It is mispronunciation which makes confusion. People blame accents when they need to recognize that it is the pronunciation that is most important. Every language learner should know this and realize also everyone has an accent of some kind and some are more beautiful than others but the listener is who determines that level of beauty. ❤

[@eremitaso]

"también tu YA tienes" this "YA" is not well spanish here cause youre saying that he has something that he lack in the past and now he finally have. Is like "you finally have a strong acent" instead of just "do you have a strong acent"

[@believeinpeace]

¡Absolutamente Perfecto! ¡Muchas Gracias!

[@Spanishacks]

Un placer 😁

[@Hewhogreetswithfjre]

Gracias

[@Spanishacks]

De nada 😊

[@pls-shanice]

this is so helpful, thank you!

[@Spanishacks]

Glad it was helpful!

[@jijia1700]

New subscriber here! and I love the video, too simple and easy to remember.. gracias

[@Spanishacks]

Thanks for subbing! 🙌🏽

[@arturkhodzhaev]

Y de donde va eso “se”? Me parece que tienes que explicarlo

[@deannathomas5329]

Súper interesante. Gracias!

[@Spanishacks]

Gracias por verlo 😊

[@namkhanngajato3911]

Este video es muy util

[@truestory923]

Great video. Love the subtitles, super helpful cause the YT transcript function really sucks. This pattern is awesome and yet you're the first person I've seen teaching it. And you speak clearly enough for me to hear the little words that Spanish people squish too fast... So, I'm wondering... is translated more like se me ocure? Because I'm always using I'm wondering in English but I don't think it's used that much in Spanish...

[@gerlautamr.656]

Hi, I'm from México, and my native language is Spanish, so I think I can help. The bes translation for "I wonder..." Is "me preguntó..." The best translation for "se me ocurre que..." is "I think that maybe..." Hope that helps :)

[@Spanishacks]

Thank you for your words and for watching the video 🙌🏽 Regarding your question "se me ocurre" has plenty of different meanings, so I wouldn’t reduce it to one thing. Still, "I’m wondering" usually works as "me preguntaba". 😄

[@truestory923]

@@gerlautamr.656 hey thanks! The thing is that I've never heard anything Mexican use this pregunta/o/aba There's something else that they use of indicate the same meaning... You see in English, we use "I'm wondering" when what we really mean is "I'm pretty sure about XYZ, but I'm trying to open up the conversation so the other person didn't get defensive. Like maybe at a restaurant we might say I'm wondering if you made this coffee strong... Meaning: it is really weak and I am offering you an "out" to fix your mistake...

[@wenabacit1520]

May I know why olvidó was not changed to olvidas when me was changed to te? I am currently learning the language. Gracias de antemano.

[@alexandrepereira5491]

En Colombia se dice "se me fue la paloma" como una versión más larga (o la versión completa) de "se me fue". ¿Tambíen se dice así en México?

[@jackbussy3133]

Se me olvidó que te olvide.

[@danielpincus221]

Enjoyed it more at 75% speed.

[@tomgrier9542]

Same language subtitles kick ass!

[@Sara-sn6lg]

Muchísimas gracias Juan, 😊 sigo viendo sus videos del español hacks. Quería saber los relative pronouns hacks por favor? Así quee cuesta mucho a usar esto. 😊 muchas gracias

[@Spanishacks]

Gracias a ti por verlo 😊

[@thegomillionairemindset6719]

Ayer, yo iba a trabajar, cuando hubo mucho tapón en la calle a las 9 de manana. Entonces hubiera tanto trafico que un accidente pasar. Para Que se me hizo tarde por trabajar

[@ofdrumsandchords]

¿La gente dirá se se olvidó? (he forgot) O otra forma ? ¿De dónde viene el se? De se lo di o de olvidarse ? In french we would say "ça m'est sorti de l'esprit" (it got out of my mind).

[@c.j.5238]

Acabo de ver tu video y se me olvidó 😂

[@commandernoodles2367]

Are all those spoken the same way in Spain?

[@gerlautamr.656]

Yes

[@islamicchannellll]

se le antoja un taco. o se antoja un taco. significan lo mismo?

[@currenteventsenthusiast9477]

Ok good video about “se me”…. Why the heck is there a LE in your instructions at the start lol. “Como le puedes encontrar el sentido a estas frases”

[@donchuycaamal6308]

Cómo explicas " se me chispoteo"?

[@HuugyBearInc]

Realmente no me cuesta entender las frases, sino cuando usar las, sobretodo en contextos fuera de lo común… así que, si hay algo que pasó sin querer o tal vez sin intención se puede usar esta forma.

[@FabelCortes]

Pana, tu escribes como nativo

[@HuugyBearInc]

@@FabelCorteshay ciertas cosas que aún no tengo claro, pero me alegro que digas eso!!! Además especializo en español en la universidad… me he esforzado un montón para mejorar en español

[@JN-dz6qm]

Tienes algunas recomendaciones para mejorar mi español? Soy nivel intermedio y mi meta es hablar con fluidez pero me parece que no estoy mejorándolo tan rápido que antes.

[@FabelCortes]

@@HuugyBearInc "además ME especializo en español en la universidad..." "Para mejorar mi español"... hasta usas el sino, eso ya es mucho

[@FabelCortes]

@@JN-dz6qm "tan rápido como antes"... Pues yo diría que leer mucho para mejorar vocabulario por que el español es inmenso, empero, tiene la gran ventaja de que lo que se escribe se lee tal cuál. No hay trucos de pronunciación como en inglés, alemán o francés.

[@davidanderson7460]

Se me olvido es mas como "it slipped my mind " en ingles no ?

[@gerlautamr.656]

Así es

[@WilliamShevchuk]

Se me olvidó decirte que es Explain, no Splain, Ricky Ricardo 😅😅😅

[@PastelitoBombon]

is it just me or you often pronounce it as "olvído" (for example at 2:38) instead of "olvidó "

[@Spanishacks]

It's just you, but it's difficult to distinguish our pronunciation 😊

[@Brightly747]

I tell my grandparents who speak Spanish, "Que se vayan bien" when they leave us after a visit. Is that correct Spanish?

[@Spanishacks]

Almost there: Que les vaya bien

[@Brain_and_Beyond]

Oh wow - you speak way too fast for me so I had to change the speed on playback lol . I am just learning. I love your video but if you could slow the beginner videos down a little it would be 'muy util'. Gracias :)

[@paulabox2150]

What kind of spanish is this? I've never seen that in books.

[@Spanishacks]

You can’t learn a language only from books 😉

[@darkpotato5594]

Se me ha roto la lavadera?

[@Spanishacks]

Muy bien 🙌🏽

[@navi7226]

porque no "olvidaste" en lugar de "se te olvidó"?

[@Spanishacks]

Es correcto, pero es más común decir "se te olvidó" 😊

[@navi7226]

@@Spanishacks ah okay. Gracias!

[@silaba1x641]

​​@@navi7226depende el lugar es más común una forma u otra. Aunque si quieres decir "olvidaste" tienes que añadir un "lo", es decir, sería "lo olvidaste"

[@ivrz]

Great. Stop the music please.

[@ggermm]

Se me paro

[@chriswesley594]

I never understodd and still don't understand why Spanish teachers decide to teach Spanish IN SPANISH. I mean - by definition, your audience doesn't speak Spanish very well, so why add the additional burden to them?! It's like "I'm going to explain about this language you can't speak to you, in that language which you can't speak. WHY?

[@Spanishacks]

You’re welcome man! Don’t even mention it, adding both subtitles takes just a few seconds of my life. Anytime 🙌🏽

[@LATAMbiker]

Es probable que estés intentando acercar a un nivel de Español demasiado advansado por tu aventura de aprendizaje. Hay mucho curses disponible a un nivel más básico. Poco a poco amigo.

[@silaba1x641]

Para mi esa es la mejor forma de aprender un idioma. For me that is the best way to learn a language

[@user-wx2om5ng4w]

Please speak slower.

[@Jaujau933]

All spoken too fast 🙁👎👎👎

[@BamBam-vq2zb]

Not really. I would have thought so a year ago but it sounds like normal speed now. Just keep working at it and start listening to beginner short stories in Spanish. They really helped me get to intermediate level.

[@donbenoit2072]

You talk way too fast!!!!

[@Spanishacks]

I'm sure you are aware that I can't please everyone. 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@choppinbrixx4931]

Hey, it's my first video and I agree with the constructive criticism. You're video was great and I think your teaching style is nice, just try to slow it down a little bit by using a little more emphasis on the words. Great stuff otherwise!

[@JohnKaman]

Please do NOT slow it down. You are already slower than native street talk. It’s clear to me.

[@deannathomas5329]

You all can slow it down by changing the speed of the video though

[@choppinbrixx4931]

@@deannathomas5329 who wants to do that though. I don't want "slow" Spanish, I just feel like enunciating the words a little more would help provide clarity without having to talk slower. Check out Brenda from Hola Spanish. IMO, she has the perfect pace and clarity. Not too fast or slow.