Lesson 1: Spanish Pronunciation & Basic Translation

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Despite having a number of years of Spanish I picked up on a few tidbits. The bigger picture you present is to look for commonalities and patterns. I love learning Spanish because for me it's like a puzzle. I enjoy the challenge of figuring out how the sentence fits together in context. I believe there is a certain amount of memorizing and learning proper grammar required (typical language teachers focus on this aspect). I've never been taught Spanish by a native english speaker. The fact that you have on the ground experience is a huge benefit. Thanks for your efforts.

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Thanks for watching, Rosemary. These early lessons will be a bit too basic for you at your level; however, I will be working in the subjunctive and more difficult constructions by lesson 10 or so.

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First I have to say you are doing a great job to help English speakers to learn Spanish, sometimes it is an advantage to come from own experience as a learner than from university with an academic approach to teach people. At the age of 65 I started to learn Spanish just for fun. One of the first things I discovered were the many similarities between English and Spanish. Even for a German native, it makes absolute sense to learn Spanish from English instead of learning from German. Only when it comes to pronunciation it is an advantage to be a German native speaker, we use a lot of similar sounds like the Spanish and even the pronunciation rules are often similar, even when the writings are different. Beside the similarities for the endings .. al and the change from ..tion to ..ción I discovered another one, the change form ..ty to ..dad for many words like society->sociedad, university->universidad and another good thing is, the ..dad endings like the ..ción endings are always female, "La conversación en la universidad era muy formal."

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I didn't know that. Thanks for letting me know.

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Although I've been learning Spanish for over five years, and have been living in Mexico for almost four, this video was an excellent refresher, thanks Paul - Anne

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Thanks for watching, Anne. These lessons will be getting progressively more complex.

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Hi Paul. I paid for a course that convinced me to ' acquire' the language through story reading. I have done a lot of that, reading the story, listening to the story, reading and listening at the same time. It has its benefits, developing an ear for the language. However, I just thought there was something missing. They focus little on the grammar. Discovering you on youtube was the missing link I have been looking for! Thanks. You are a heck of a guy.

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Thanks, Rick. I failed at learning Spanish until I started comparing it to my English. That changed everything and I became conversational quickly and later reached fluency. As a result, that's how I teach it now. I should have the third lesson out tomorrow.

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You're very welcome!

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Thanks! I'm glad you enjoyed it.

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Brilliant! This first lesson contained far more informacion* about Spanish than my first 10 Babbel lessons. The organización* is clear and well thought out and the presenter’s outline ingeniously anticipates the PRACTICAL needs of an English-speaking beginner trying to learn Spanish. ThisQroo Paul fella is an excellent communicator as well as an inspired teacher and has given me back my expat sparkle for attempting to learn a new language. One tip (or perhaps, warning). If this single video were a meal, it would be considered a large feast. Albeit only about a half hour long, it is VERY calorie dense - linguistically. So you may need to take small bites, pause, and chew on what you have learned at various points. And you may not be able to finish it all in one sitting. I myself plan to return to the lesson as I would a favorite restaurant. It’s that good. *I learn this “ación” trick of converting English words to Spanish in this first lesson!

[@QrooSpanish]

Thanks for the feedback. I realized a bit too late that these lessons were a bit too calorie intensive for most folks. Statistically speaking, the series performed poorly so I stopped after 7 lessons. Now I make much shorter lessons. :)

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I agree! It's super dense! I am so so so happy to have found this though. It's exactly what I was looking for when I came to youtube to see it i could learn more Spanish beyond a formal greeting! Fabulous job!!!🎉

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I've been a beginner in Spanish for years. I go back to it when I travel. However, this made it all so logical & easy! Cognates rock!

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That's great to hear, Maria. This course will be the best I have done yet.

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Thank you so much, Debra. I am slowly adding to this latest course in between keeping up with my other hobbies and traveling. :)

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Thanks. I'm glad you enjoyed it.

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Great lesson! I learned much more in 36 minutes than in a comparable amount of time on any of the language apps. I'm looking forward to more lessons!

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I think you will like the course. The emphasis is on Mexican Spanish and being able to communicate during common situations: shopping, eating out, banking, medical needs etc.

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Thank you for your very clear and confidence-building way to learn Spanish - it's great. FYI...re your comment about the double consonants in English, for example in 'recommendation', there is, in fact, a grammar rule called the 'double the consonant' rule, which ties in with a rule called the 'vowel-consonant-vowel' rule. This states that if you have a word like 'tap' (with a short 'a' sound) and you want to make it continuous, you have to double the consonant to make it 'tapping'... otherwise it would become 'taping'. .. and tape is a vowel/consonant/vowel word (with a long vowel sound). Therefore, as the letter 'o' in the word 'recommendation' is a short vowel, it's necessary to double the 'm' after it to keep it sounding short. I hope that's clear...and yes, I am an English Teacher...! 😀

[@avenabell4]

I'm from Mexico and I was checking this lessons because my wife wants to learn, and is a great kick start, really helps to understand that you already have an immense vocabulary that you only need to transform a little, i wish i had that when i was learning english, now i understand enough italian portugese french catalan to understend conversations and it's because all this languages are very similar

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Do you do Spanish translation to English?

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You have a very clear voice and you pronounce the words very clearly for I can understand

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This is excellent Paul, thank you so much! You break it down very easily making it super easy to learn. Love it!

[@QrooSpanish]

Glad it was helpful! :)

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I'm so grateful that I came across your channel, simple yet perfect.

[@dianaj3139]

I keep coming back to this series after being state side for very long because I my opportunities to speak Spanish with anyone over here are minimal and I feel clumsy trying.. Just want to say I appreciate you leaving this series up as it's great!! Gracias!

[@QrooSpanish]

I'm glad you like it! Thanks for taking the time to leave feedback.

[@joeharker7918]

Que padre, Paul! Me gusta mucho esta hack para aprender español! Usualmente, yo uso Duolingo para gramatica, y otros KZbin videos y películas para comprehensible input y escuchando. Este es uno más tool en mi toolbelt! (Ahora necesito buscar estas palabras no lo sé...) Muchas gracias! 👍

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Hey! Thanks for writing that in Spanish, I am surprised(I thought I totally lost my ability to understand Spanish before watching Paul’s video) I was able to translate it while reading it.

[@Rmzrider3135]

Ty! Hopefully I can go from zero to conversational with the help of you!

[@QrooSpanish]

Sounds good. More lessons to come soon.

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Oh my goodness. If this wasn't the BEST Spanish course ....Lesson I have ever had in Spanish, then my name is not ... Wow. Thank you so much for sharing. You are my teacher, for real. You are the one I choose for my teacher

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Watching on my Lunch break at work. I’ll have to watch again a home and do the exercises out loud. I’m thrilled to of found your channel! You have made the most sense so far out of every program I’ve tried.

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Just started my Spanish journey with you and I'm loving it. So clear and structured. I feel so motivated, thank you :) Jonny

[@leomyers2016]

Hola Paul, Linda. I want to express my thanks for your Spanish class series. Tengo ochenta y cuatro años and learning Spanish has been hard ... even while living here for much of the last 4 years. I´ve done everything regarding learning Spanish and my wife is very good. having years of Spanish in college but I just have a very hard time. I know lots of palabras, numbers, and touristy stuff but it was your course and the subjunctive videos that have really helped me begin to speak Spanish. I strongly support your work, look forward to even more help videos from you. Todo lo mejor! Leo

[@anitanicoson7141]

I love that you are teaching patterns. I’m using your lessons along with Duolingo and as of for our teacher I really appreciate your approach.

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This a huge step for me in learning Spanish ❤🎉 I'm getting better in Spanish ❤🥳

[@QrooSpanish]

That's great to hear!

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You have a new subscriber! Wow, I can’t believe how simple you made learning Spanish. I have struggled with memorizing vocabulary and forming sentences for months. This video made learning Spanish a bit easier for me.

[@QrooSpanish]

WelcomeQ I think you will find this method more useful because I really focus on your English to help you learn Spanish.

[@victoriaallen8271]

Thanks for taking on this project. I’ve been in Mexico for 9 months and have mainly been listening. Your early lessons have helped with recognizing the pronunciation. The natives have been very helpful.

[@QrooSpanish]

That's great. Enjoy Mexico. :)

[@Cojomahen]

Thank you for your clear explanation. I love the cognate tricks and your pronunciation!

[@ericbaugher]

I liked this one again! I guess my old like got wiped out when you reposted. My Qroo Paul Word list has 104 words on it now! These are a list of all the words used in the first two episodes of your new series. Like I said last time I was really surprised how few of the cognates were on the "1000 basic words" list. This number does not count all the definite and indefinite articles you introduced. On the TV Spanish News program I watched last night has the word "invitar" but I checked and "invasion" in English, which I learned is spelled with a "s" and not a "t" is "invasión" in Spanish. These videos look fantastic production wise. One thing is that I noticed that for much of the time your hands are below the frame and we can't see them. You have to take a year of language to get a degree here at Sacramento State. I took a crash summer school class in ASL, (American Sign Language) which is the hand sign language used by deaf people. I also took some classes in railroad operations where I learned a little about the railroad hand signals that rail road folks use. My point is that your hand movements and facial expression carry meaning. But if your hands are out of the frame we can't see them. I thought that it might be from your years of police work that you keep your hand gestures close to your belt line just in case you need to use your service weapons. You are so perfectly framed in these shots that I don't want to suggest pulling the camera back and making you smaller. Maybe if you thought about it you could make your hand gestures higher. It is cool that even now you raise your hands up into the frame to emphasize an important point. My guess is that just me making you aware of how your viewers see or don't see your hands will help you to keep your hands in the shot frame when you want them there. Here is a quick question. At the taco stand that I frequent on weekends I get a burrito and a Spanish lesson every night. They are trying to teach me how to say mild as in not spicy. I was hearing "Pesoso" but I checked and this isn't a Spanish word. I am starting to think they were saying "picoso" as in "un poco picoso". The other theory I had at first was that I was hearing "soso" which is on my basic word list as "bland". Well anyway any incite you can give me on what I was hearing would be great. These videos are great Paul, keep up the good work.

[@QrooSpanish]

I've never thought about the importance of showing my hands. I already thought I was waving them around too much as it is...lol. As far as the taco stand, they normally say no picoso o poco picoso for a little spicy.

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Thank you so much for this lesson series! This is EXACTLY what my brain needed to make Spanish make sense! I will be working my way through this material for weeks

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This was SO helpful! I really want to learn Spanish, as I have friends from Mexico who only speak Spanish, and we have to use the Internet on our phones to translate everything we say. (They are also trying to learn English.) Over the past year or so, I've tried many apps, books, and websites (even paid for) to learn Spanish and finally gave up. It became hard to devote the time to practice each day when it didn't seem to make a difference. But this one video taught me more than all those previous efforts together. You are a great teacher, and I look forward to the next videos. Thank you!!

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Love love love this lesson. Thank you so much! I learned more in this hour that I have in several hours of writing out conjugations, etc.

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Paul, I am a huge fan! I took 3 years of Spanish in High School and didn't learn much of this! I am feeling empowered. Sorry that you discontinued this course. I will watch the rest and will look for your other classes. Thank you!

[@mosafir5056]

Perfect! You're not giving me the fish but teaching greatly how to catch myself. Love it! Gracias

[@garyweber8201]

You are a really good educator. Eres un muy buen educador.

[@stevenbradley5796]

This guy has a GREAT system, with built-in learning!!! Good job, Bro. I've been living in Mexico almost a year & this is very helpful.

[@QrooSpanish]

Thanks for the positive feedback!

[@louisedrummond1801]

I have only just started learning Spanish, one lesson last week. You have given me so much information in such a usable form that l am very excited to continue with you in conjunction with the lessons. I will also be letting others in the class know about you. There are not a lot of Spanish speakers in regional South Australia but l feel confident now l will be able to eventually become fluent with your approach.

[@nightguy5796]

Man, been trying for a year but have just thought I was too old. This guy has inspired me with one lesson. I think I can do it.

[@QrooSpanish]

You can do it! Never too old.

[@VanteMcFly]

My goal has always been to be able to speak Spanish. This channel gives me the confidence that I will finally be able to. I have be using apps to learn but they never explain just kinda give you words to remember. I’m giving myself 6 months ✊🏾.

[@QrooSpanish]

I've never been a fan of the apps for the same reason. Welcome to the channel. :)

[@Avalon432]

This is amazing. As said ad nauseam, your explanation is fantastic. Duolingo learner here (nearly done with the 2nd level) but you have simplified the process significantly. On another note, as someone who is already fully bilingual (English and Afrikaans) I fortunately don't have a problem with the rolling "rr" as you roll the "r" in Afrikaans. The phonetic pronunciation of Spanish words is also easy as it follows the pronunciation of letters in the alphabet in Afrikaans (when pronounced as individual letters). Thank you, dankie, gracias! From Cape Town, South Africa 🇿🇦

[@dan30162]

You're an incredible teacher. Like others have said, you have taught me more with your videos than I have learnt on apps, books and guides. They are still a valuable resource. But your content is a big fish in the spanish language ocean!

[@QrooSpanish]

Thank you very much. I appreciate that. :)

[@litatownsend2500]

Thank you for your first Spanish lesson. You are an excellent teacher. You made the cognate tricks easier to understand. I was so proud of myself I could do the exercises with confidence. Please continue doing more lessons. Muchas gracias señor.

[@QrooSpanish]

You're very welcome!

[@louise1887]

I found your channel today and I honestly can't thank you enough! This video in particular was a great recap for me of so many things I have learnt over my first few months of studying Spanish, but I had several lightbulb moments throughout. I can't wait to explore the rest of your videos. SO helpful! :)

[@zworkoutqwork14]

I start learning Spanish about two months and your tutorial was a big help. Thanks

[@charyoka.]

Wow! For the first time I have developed interest in learning Spanish because of your method of teaching. Thanks a million.

[@QrooSpanish]

Happy to hear that!

[@divinaflamingarrow9556]

This is fab man! I learned from neighbors in Salinas, California. I took Spanish in high school. Now I am a senior and this lessons has taught me volumes! ❤ there is hope for my visit to South America!

[@josettem547]

Excellent. I am blown away by what I have learned in just one lesson.