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[@dani.barahona]

You forgot to mention the biggest mindfuck we've got: in Spain you can say "me voy a ir yendo" which means something like "I'm getting out of this place" but literally translates to "I'm going to go going" because all of the Voy Ir and Yendo come from the verb Ir (to go)

[@courtr1588]

Eh, not really different from saying "I'm going to get going."

[@vsml333]

Haha we say 'voy a empezar a irme ya' or sth like that but it makes total sense to me, I will start getting ready to go/leave, start saying goodbye, whatever needed before actually leaving the place

[@rickywar8139]

I just say “Ya me voy “ leaving any situation and say bye if I need to, to any relatives or friends around.

[@pedro.arce.m]

from argentina i can confirm. another one i like is how we say, for ex, no hay nada (there isn't anything) except unlike in english we only have one word (nada instead of nothing and anything), so if you think about it, it's like saying "there isn't nothing". by denying that there is nothing we are saying that there is nothing.

[@josegabrielsanchez8683]

@@pedro.arce.m No tenemos una sola palabra: lo opuesto de nada es algo! "No hay nada" es lo contrario de "Hay algo". La gramática no es lógica, lo que vos estás diciendo tiene sentido en el campo de la lógica formal, pero no en la gramática. El español usa (normalmente) la doble negación. Pero no es obligatoria, podés decir "Aquí no hay nada interesante." o "Nada interesante hay aquí." sin el "no". Saludos.

[@MishaElRusito]

The best part of spanish is that each and every country has its own accent, its own slang and phrases that only exist in that particular country

[@julianasilva6946]

Well, every language has that.

[@TheAnthraxBiology]

This is every language

[@Gigusx]

@@julianasilva6946 He was probably thinking about English as the counter example, and English indeed is very consistent across the world. There are some regional differences but I'm not sure if as large as those in Spanish.

[@julianasilva6946]

@@Gigusx I don't know about that.

[@nicolasgonzalezbarrera1374]

Even particular regions!!

[@investmentguru9920]

I'm so happy I grew up learning both English and Spanish because it sounds hard having to learn all of this in a class.

[@birdsfly7199]

I just love Spanish. Here in latinamerica we tend to incorporate slang from other Spanish-speaking countries, or at least the youth does. But the fact there isn’t a specific slang for Spanish is one of the things I love about the language. For example, Americans might say “dude” and the UK might say “mate.” Whereas Spanish has “wey” “boludo” “chaval” “tío” “maje” “mano” “bro” “mae” “pana” “weon,” etc. It’s so funny.

[@gabrielalloyd2531]

At 9:36 when you say “but like estoy cagando de frío” you can fully hear the Spanish accent/Spanish pronunciation of “like”. This happens to me too when I transition from English to Spanish and I think it’s fascinating because it’s like our brains are preparing for the switch before we even get there. Idk what the reason is but I’ve only ever heard that subtlety in my own speaking so it’s cool to hear it happen to someone else too:)

[@JuanSprak]

Spanish and almost all the romance languages were made for Artists. We use huge amount of words and even we create new ones in moderns times. Spanish never dies but evolve according to region and proximity to the rest of languages.

[@srishtikote6741]

NGL, This was THE MOST entertainingly informative piece on language learning I have ever seen!😂💛✨

[@micaperillo]

more argentinian words for money: un mango = $1 una gamba = $100 una luca = $1000 un palo = $1000000 verdes, lechugas = dollars

[@pablomiret2911]

Gambas = piernas

[@user-yr1rq6lk3r]

@@pablomiret2911 gambas en España= Camarones 😂😂😂😂

[@jonathanland5073]

Woooow we say lettuce and green also in the states. Also, Fetty, cake, bread, dough, guap, guac, duckets, cheese, cheddar, chicken, and cash(of course). It goes on and on.

[@MishaElRusito]

I just came to Brazil and met this Argentinian guy who lived here for a long time. And he kept referring to me "Che, che... che!" I was like what does that even mean haha then he started speaking Spanish like a complete italian even with hand gestures :D I was like "this doesn't make sense" haha

[@onisolb]

Che is a different way to say 'Hey' for us argentinians

[@LordADNsVlog]

Yes Argentinians are italians who speak Spanish. Lol

[@incandenzabookclub]

Gracias capo! Me encantan tus videos sobre idiomas (y los otros también, claro) pero esperaba con ansias uno sobre el español. Sin dudas un desafío para todo estudiante de lengua extranjera. Hacé mas! Un abrazo de un argentino que te sigue hace años :)

[@zo7474]

I've BEEN waiting for this one!! Thank you🤣🤣

[@bautista1480]

I need more of this!! This video was so much fun

[@jjofblue]

As a Native Colombia Spanish speaker I really loved hearing all of these Argentinian expressions, Spanish really varies in expression across all out beautiful countries and regions within them. Great video man, would love to see more :^)

[@lunaischiuma2430]

Ayy te amo. Es muy tierno y gracioso ver gente hablando de estas cosas. Tu risa es muy bonita jajajaja. Besos desde Argentina.

Haha I'm from Argentina but living in Austria (currently frustrated with german and it's infinite rules and dialects) and had a lot of fun with this! Also It's feels so heartwarming to see you having fun with your dad :)

[@matejzamazal5303]

I love these vids, as I am a language enthusiast I really enjoy them

[@manofglass_4003]

Great Video again 👍 I love the series 🙏

[@martinav934]

I love to hear you giggle Nathaniel 💖

[@alejandrachavez1759]

Nathaniel, amo tus vídeos acerca de idiomas. Que risa pero qué gusto ver todo este cool análisis de cómo percibes el español- con un toquesito Argentino lo cual lo hace hasta mejor 🤣

[@defiori]

I absolutely love this videos! And I'm also waiting for the day that you make the brazilian portuguese version, I feel like this one will have one hour haha

[@maximilianomiguel8645]

Giovanna, pude conocer Brasil en tres oportunidades, por poco tiempo y solo como turista, pero si me hablan despacio puedo entender bastante el idioma, aunque no lo estudié. Amo Brasil y su gente, me trataron siempre muy bien. No se que te pasa a vos con el español.

[@AzunCruz]

Estaba esperando este video. :)

[@Maria-rt5yi]

New video from nathan!❤️

[@diggei3]

Can't wait to hear the list of italian strange cases, especially on the curse words side of it :D

[@fdg4796]

Cómo se nota que te gusta el acento argentino, jajaja. Un abrazo Nathan. Sos un grande :)

[@gabiajando]

Estaba esperando este video 😂😂

[@vsml333]

I think it makes total sense, your dad explained it beautifully ! Also, nice lesson on Argentinian slang, saludos desde Chile 🙌

[@CatalinaCNV]

I think this video should be called "Argentinean Spanish" doesn't make any sense! But cursing in Spanish is so cool! No matter the country... Cool perspective. Lovely video. And yes, Hablamos can be super confusing :) Btw is no Quando, but Cuando (just to add to the confusion!)

[@deleted72636]

True most of it is Argentinian spanish. We Mexicans don't use that slang. We use different slang lol

[@absolutelynathan2453]

Yeah when I saw quando I got confused, but I'm glad you brought that up

[@serrgio006]

As a Mexican American it is amazing how much I still learn about the language and it’s kinda more informal and there is so much slang in all Spanish speaking vid. Great Video!

[@cuet3]

Another video about this, Spanish- english. Pleasee!!!! It's so fun hear them!

[@MishaElRusito]

I hope Im gonna have the same awesome relationship with my kids as Nathaniel does with his father :)

[@esteban.bernal]

"Me cago en diez" (or its kid friendly equivalent "me cacho en diez") actually is a deformation of "me cago en dios", which makes much more sense and I believe is also used in Spain.

[@darkcnotion]

Yes It's an euphemism

[@nkanyisoinnocentkhwane3752]

*WOAH!!!* After putting the other video on the main channel I thought this video would never come 😂

[@EmilymarieTovar]

Spanish was my first language, and this video made me question my Spanish 🤣🤣 love it! Never realized how complicated Spanish is to non-Spanish speaking people.

[@ashleyfigueroa5678]

I love this and I think it would be interesting if you did this with different Spanish speaking countries

[@Khajere_]

I was recently thinking about that "hablamos" topic, but with andamos, of the verb andar (to walk). It's real past tense would be anduvimos for we, but you will very rarely hear that, most people use the present: - Cuando llegamos al hotel *andamos* un poco por la playa. - When we arrived to the hotel *we walked* around the beach for a bit. But now that you mention it I realize that it could also be used on a close future: - Mañana *andamos* un rato por los cerros después de comer. - Tomorrow *we'll walk* around the hills for a while after lunch. Although it's more clear with the verb hablar - Ya lo *hablamos* mañana - We'll talk about it tomorrow

[@Sofia-dh3mu]

Que buen video, me reí mucho cuando traducían las expresiones al inglés! Todo un mundo el castellano, y las expresiones de cada país! Concuerdo que es muy subjetivo porque muchas palabras no son en el sentido literal. El inglés es mucho más concreto lo que quieres decir es lo que dices, en cambio en castellano no es necesariamente así. Aquí decimos que hablamos chileno porque la cantidad de modismos, y dichos es demasiada! Lo interesante es que cada palabra tiene una historia curiosa y una “etimología popular” diferente! En Chile decimos: “seco” lo que para los argentinos sería: “capo” y en inglés: master? Saludos!!

[@maximilianomiguel8645]

Que loco que suena todo, acá en Argentina, seco es como estar en la ruina, no tener nada material o dinero, pero también se puede utilizar en gente que es muy antipática o que contesta con pocas palabras. Nos entendemos todos los hispanohablantes pero algunas palabras las tenemos que preguntar para no quedar descolocados

[@amorbynathy]

JAJAJAJAJAJAJAJAJAJAJAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!! Me reí mucho con este vídeo! It was so funny to see your Dad explaining Argentinan sayings!!! DIVERTIDÍSIMO!!!

[@angelapatarroyo7394]

This is so interesting because me being a spanish speaking person myself (colombian), I didn't know some of the expressions mentioned here or don't use some of them so it feels like a new language/world for me to learn from hahaha super entertaining

[@normareyes77]

Great video Nathaniel! I'm a Spanish teacher living in Sweden and I also teach swedish for immigrants so I find languages very interesting! The swedes (and many others) get so frustrated when they reach the part that they need to learn the subjunctive, so I know what you mean. I usually tell them not to dig in a lot because it's quite complicated, but it still doesn't help. It's great that you had the opportunity to learn Spanish from your parents/family because that's much more less complicated than learning it as a foreign language (not impossible though). Keep making great videos! Hälsningar från Sverige! Greetings from Sweden! Saludos desde Suecia!

Love the video. It was super fun to watch. I totally get your frustration 😅 Even after years learning English I still get confused with some expressions! As a (Brazilian) Portuguese speaker, Spanish is somehow easy to understand but I haven’t gotten to the point where I can hold a conversation for too long in Spanish yet :) If you ever decide to do a video like that about Portuguese, it would be really cool and I would love to participate… just putting out there in the universe 😅😊

[@mightyocean411]

As an argentinian I haven't realized how complex spanish is until this video. I mean I was aware of the multiple verb conjugations when compared to english, that obvious, but i was not aware that, in some cases, it is all so mess up :P Dale, hablamos!

[@palomaTmoy]

dudeeee las faltas de ortografía me están matando hahhahahaah i still love you tho. great video

[@diego_andriniguez500]

Pero lo hablas muy bien! Saludos desde México 🇲🇽🤟🏼

[@mdelfinag]

today i talked to a friend about this, making plans in the future for us (argentineans at least) is a vibe killer hahaha our plans r made more on the spot cause, as u said, we dont know what'll happen (if your in the mood or u might have other things to do) and i think it goes also with the way we live. its idiosyncratic (reflecting our financial political instability 4 example) just as maybe other countries r more rigid w/their plans cause its the way they r used to live its predictable, its stable, fixed etc. Each language tells a stories

[@Linglotta]

Aunque el vídeo está basado prácticamente en el español rioplatense (Argentina/Uruguay), I couldn't help but smile throughout this whole video (your dad is so cool). In Colombia we say ahorita (later) as well, e.g. hablamos ahorita (talk to you later), I'm from the Caribbean coast and we use -ico instead or -ito e.g. un gatico/a = a kitty. Thanks for sharing your experience learning Latin American Spanish.

[@dsansil]

As a Brazilian Spanish teacher I spent this whole video smiling...Its all true, but that is why I love it so much

[@guishguill5588]

Hello from Spain. Most of the examples are strange for us too. What I would to add is that in Spanish we can omit so many words that it’s what makes it rich and difficult. Also: every time that I would use subjunctive in English it could be replace with “should”, “could” or “would”… Good luck :))

[@esgee3829]

as a native english espeaker, i've always appreciated using the subjunctive to explain possibilities or probabilities or regret...basically to express appreciation of uncertainty. i think it's less commonly used these days by most americans and brits.

[@matyasmatta]

Wow man that's so cool! I'm only a beginner in Spanish, but this seems like a pretty cool note! Could I then e.g. say instead of "creo que debería comprar ..." this: "creo que compre ..."?

[@icf_creative]

Loved this one Nathaniel, you inspired me to learn Spanish last year during the pandemic winter months in the US. My gf is from Argentina and said to me yesterday, “tampoco de boludez”. I still don’t understand it, apparently you say it when someone is exaggerating 🤷‍♂️. Can anyone shed some light on this one?

[@-Leonelli-]

The subjuntive is mainly used for speaking of theorical scenarios A kind of analogue of the English phrases that starts with the "If" Particle

[@tomasfurno8310]

Copado el vídeo papá, que andés bien !

[@lucasgermain5022]

Make a video explaining what triggers the subjunctive in Italian vs French vs Spanish please

[@AleSalvino]

Haha love this one, being Argentinian I resonate with everything here haha 🚀

[@beatrizneves304Youtube]

I really liked this vídeo!

[@minervah.elizarraras5435]

Dios!! Cuánto esperé este vídeo 😂

[@mymomantailife4790]

Fun video! 14 mangos would be like 14 "bucks". And a thing I'd like to point out about tenses, it's even more confusing from Spanish speakers to translate to English or from English because you use the same words for different tenses. A phrase we have in Spanish and I love is "Me voy a ir yendo" that even when the correct translation would be "I'm going to go", in Spanish it contains the verb "go" (ir) conjugated in 3 different tenses. Un besito grande desde Buenos Aires! jajaja 😘

[@JustiRefort]

Hi! i'm from Argentina and i love when people from different countries visit and notice this things in our language that don't make any sense... Especially about poop and shit and farts, these words are the most used by far! Saludos Nathaniel! Si volves a Buenos Aires, me encantaria conocerte!

[@Maga.in.The.Woods.]

jajaja lloré de risa con tu video! In Argentina we use a lot : Ahora después lo hago.-Like: Now then I do it...So, when right? jajaja I love languages. I love this video man! Thanks!

[@malenaturchetti1092]

you have a great accent! greetings from Santa Fe

[@milacreating]

Saludos desde Argentina 🇦🇷

[@karlageyer8779]

I know exactly how you feel, even though my first language is Portuguese, and there are a lot of conjugation too, I find Spanish really confusing and too much words to memorize. When I started learning I was hoping to be similar to Portuguese, but naive me! 😩

[@dianarico8715]

"cuando vas a llegar" "Ahorita" "Ok pero cuando" "Ahoritita!"

[@dandelion2188]

I feel like what you said is something very on point, spacially on latin american life "You just never know, anything could happen" Lifestyle is like that here, you will never know what will happen next. Economy here is very unstable, and the every-day life got affected by that just as well the language! I think even if it changes in the future that mindset would be really hard to change at least for the beggining. I reallt loved the video as always! had a lot of fun!

[@dandelion2188]

Also for money there is a lot of other words! (In argentina) Like Mosca, biyuya, all refer to money. But mangos are the most common i think. Sometimes you can say "gamba" (100 pesos) "palos" (one million) or "lucas" (1000 pesos), if its "palos verdes" its one million dolars😂

[@vsml333]

7:41 is not past, it would be present 'Si quisiera irme, me iría' If I wanted to leave, I would Past would be 'Si hubiera querido irme' I think this is proof conjugations are HARD for non-native speakers

[@isabellelarere8450]

You're probably right about the concept of time having an impact on the language ! In Indonesia (where time is extremely volatile haha), the words for "yesterday" and "tomorrow" are mostly used to indicate "some time in the past" or "some time in the future" !

[@23felipnasc]

Some people use "mango" in Brazil as well haha Great video as always man! Cheers

[@Rafaela-fi2ph]

At first I had difficulty understanding how "Me gusta" works and "Se me cayó el vaso", the passive way of speaking is another interesting charictaristic

[@silvialopez9214]

ay amo el español gracias por este video me hizo querer un poquito más mi idioma

[@joao13soares]

The "same word for past, present and future" thing can also be seen happening in Portuguese. Although, for the past, we put an accent ( ´ ) on the stressed syllable (so you can actually know if it is about the past or not... at least when reading): conversamos (we talk [present]); conversámos (we talked [past]); conversamos amanhã (we'll talk tomorrow [future])

[@chasav35]

Isn't this only in Portugal? I was taught the Brazilians don't put it in this case. Furthermore I was thaught that it was less and less common to write this accent even in Portugal. And even though, the accent only helps with the verbs of the 1st group. You would still say (and write) : nos comemos uma maça, nos comemos uma maça ontem. Right?

[@joao13soares]

@@chasav35 To be honest, I have no idea if they also write this way in Brazil. And in Portugal, if it really is less and less common, I would say it is because some people either have no idea it is the right way or simply are lazy about it or fearing they will make a bigger mistake instead. I’m not sure if you are Portuguese or if you are comfortable with the language but you’d be surprise on the amount of spelling and grammar errors that most Portugueses do. Nevertheless, when it happens, the meaning of the phrases is simply… still understandable and usually doesn’t do much harm (unless it triggers people… like me 😂). I surely make mistakes myself anyways 😂 Portuguese is a very tricky language. But my point is, I try to correct myself on the next times and unfortunately not everyone is willing to do the same. It can really be the difference between getting a job or not 🤷‍♂️ Regarding what you said in the end about the accent only applying for the 1st group verbs, yes I believe you are actually right! 👍 I forgot to mention that.

[@joao13soares]

@@chasav35 By the way, in case this helps you in any way, it is actually written “nós” and “maçã”

[@DavidRuiz-yx9ec]

You should come to Bogota, Colombia, it´s been proved that we got the best Spanish in the world. And if you ever come here will be a pleasure to meet you... seeing your videos since the very first one you did. Saludos y continua haciendo esos asombrosos videos!!

[@kathysampson826]

Hi, Nathaniel, you are right as far as the use of 'boludo' and 'pelotudo'. However, the words come from soldiers in the Colony armies, who were at the very front and used 'boleadoras' ( three stones tied together with leather which would tangle around the enemies legs when whirled at them). All the best and I love your videos. Kathy, from Argentina

[@DKRunker]

Y aquí te estás quedando solo con el español de Latinoamérica, que en España muchas de estas expresiones son diferentes, una de las grandezas de este idioma que nos une. Y no me olvido que en Latinoamérica es distinto de un país a otro y esa es la mejor parte, me encanta!

[@felipep9397]

I think that subjunctive sentence of leaving in the past… the ‘correct’ one is still in the present tense. Youd probably say something like “si hubiera querido irme, me hubiera ido” Wish i knew the explanation but that right there was a ring in my ear lolol

[@vladvitkovski7242]

Espero que sea el exito - you kinda hoping for success, but still in doubt. Whereas, ... que será el exito, you are more sure. Makes total sense

[@claudb.3100]

Well regarding the sentence "si quisiera irme etc." It's actually not in the past that's why you have to use the subjunctive. You're expressing a possibility and not an action that's finished. In order for it to be in the past we should let the subjunctive slide towards a past tense too "si hubiera quierido irme". Anyway great video!

[@luigileonardocuerolerma8490]

That was a great video, thanks for sharing but I feel like just one video about how Spanish makes no sense is not enough hahah hope you could make many more about Spanish in Colombia, Venezuela, Spain, and many more countries. I offer my help. I’m a Colombian living in Spain with a lot of friends from everywhere hahaha Be safe

[@TheAnthraxBiology]

I speak English and Irish, and I learned German in school. I'm now learning Spanish in college and something that has struck me is the emphasis on time. There are so many ways to say you are about to start doing something, there are way more tenses, and even the verbs ser/estar show this kind of focus that we don't have in English. Or think about the different ways you can say time itself - tiempo or vece or vez (if vez and vece are the same I'm sorry, I'm new). It's something that doesn't exist in Irish, English, or German. The words for wait and hope are also the same. It shows up in other places in the language too and I think that might be why the subjunctive in llegar suggests that you don't know when they're coming. You're asking because you don't know, and so I think it might just be another case of the grammar matching the time in a peculiar way.

[@TheCamiRubia]

Oh you made me laugh! What you said about plans and time in Argentina it's true! and i've never thought about it before, we always arrange things on the go. Specially if it's a casual plan like going out for some drinks. We'd say something like "Che, estás al pedo? me pintó tomarme una birrita" which is "Hey are u free? I'd like to drink a beer". So, If you ever come back let us know to drink a birra (🍺)! 😂

[@jmoncadagutierrez]

As an Spaniard from Spain, there's a lot of expressions used here that doesn't belong to Spain, but to South American countries. Even though we understand each other, I think it's important to remark that difference, because here we wouldn't also understand those. Also, I would like to point out that inside Spain there is a vast different local expressions more than anywhere else. But overall, I really enjoyed the video and agree that wherever you go languages are nonsense 😂

[@vsml333]

Yona H Creo que se refería a que título dice 'Spanish' como idioma en general pero los ejemplos son de la variedad de Argentina i.e. muchos hablantes de español que no somos de Argentina no entenderíamos algunas de estas frases.

[@maximilianomiguel8645]

@@vsml333 tal cual, podemos entendernos pero algunas palabras las preguntaríamos.

[@LordADNsVlog]

Well, he never said he would speak only about Spanish from spain but spanish in general! 😉

[@onisolb]

Si quisiera translated incorrectly but in a more understandable way for english speakers would be: Si quisiera irme/If I were to want to leave (...)? - instead of the correct: If I wanted to leave (...)?

[@ianlopezhdz]

I love that you talked about "ahorita", is such a weird but fun concept

[@celiasaiz3786]

I loooooved this video and have so much to say!!!! Languages are super interesting, this is one of my favorite topics to talk about and I'm from Spain so you got me here. Let's see: First, as a lot of people said, this is very Argentinian (and it makes sense as it's the spanish you have had closer in your life) but a lot of them don't apply to other places such as the obsession with balls or sh*tting hahahahah. Anyway yeah, me cago en diez is used to go around saying me cago en Dios, I think of it like darn-damn, or gosh darnit. About the besito grande I think is more of using -ito as cute there and grande as in big and meaningful as your dad said, and I agree that spanish is a very passionate language in general. Then, when you said that we sometimes use the same word for the past and the present i was like REALLY, you sure you want to talk about this, english speaker??? What about all the weird irregular verbs you have that are exactly the same for every tense like... cut? And what about read? Even harder. But yeah, hablamos is hard too. I also thought it can be used for the future as in "mañana hablamos" instead of "mañana hablaremos". I guess the first one is more casual and less planned. Now it comes, let's talk about the subjunctive. Okay, first of all, as a native speaker I don't even think about when to use it and normally I don't even know what verbs are in subjunctive, I just use it, so it was hard even for me to get the explanation hahahhha. Buuuut I have my doubts about the time thing, I don't know if it's a country thing (as in, we don't use it that way in Spain) but I don't think about it like "llegues" means I don't know exactly when you're arriving. It's more like "cuando llegas" would state a general rule, an obligation. "Normalmente, cuando llegas a Madrid no entiendes el metro". O "Cuando llegas a la estación tienes que comprar un billete". (Usually, when you (or someone) arrive to Madrid you (or someone) won't understand the underground) and (When you arrive to the station you have to get a ticked: general rule for everyone). Then with quisiera I guess you could say "si quisiera irme, me hubiera ido" without questioning. Anyway, it's very interesting to learn about this from your perspective adding the fact that this is different with french and everything. And I absolutely agree that time is a fluid thing in spanish-speaking countries. No, you cannot make plans and it can be haaaaaaaaard. Fridays get planned on the same day. Don't even talk to me about planning a month ahead, that's not happening in our heads, life is happening from now to tonight and maaaaaybe this week. It can be sooo difficult sometimes. And the "time words" are also amazing, such as ahorita in mexico like you said. I have a friend from Ecuador and we spend a lot of time talking about this and trying to understand each other. For me "ya llego" it's like *right now* but for her it's in a little while."Ya mismo" is in a little bit for her but for me thats "ahora mismo" or "ahora mismito" and wow, time is a weird concept. My final appreciations it that talking about "mangos" for money is amazing and I think you'll like this one: in Spain we say "pavos" as in euros or dollars or whatever. Pavos = turkeys. Anddddd with that I finish my small Bible about spanish hahahhaahhah. Sorry for the longest comment ever but languages are sooooo cool and spanish specifically is very interesting (this happens with english too) bc it has a LOT of different countries that speak it and change it up. It never ceases to amaze me, it's incredible to see how expressions change from country to country (or even region). For example, here we say "me muero de miedo/frío/calor" instead of cago. Add to this the best comment with the biggest mindfuck (me voy a ir yendo). It's crazy. Byeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee loved the videoooooo

[@parzax]

In northern Mexico sometimes we refer to USD as “bolas”. Cool to know about mangos now lol

[@isa199611]

I'm learning Spanish right now and this just hit perfectly! One thing I'm struggling with is the verb llevar... Why does it mean like 30 different things? I'm reading The Hunger Games in Spanish and every time I see "llevo" or "llevamos" I'm like okkk: Are you carrying something? Are you driving somewhere? Are you wearing something? I've rationalized it in my mind by imagining my body "carrying" the shirt and the car "carrying" the passengers. 🥲

[@ines2569]

I (Spaniard) never thought about this, but it's exactly like you said. It just blew my mind to realise that English differentiates between carrying, wearing and driving :'))

[@smallypuppy22]

That is correct

[@jerstumc5033]

if you have time to learn a language, just listen and collect information since it's a frequent word then you can acquire it Since the verb "llevar" has too many meanings, we spanish speakers also have the same issue in english since it doesn't practically exist in english (i'm not sure if it exist in other languages related to Latin) But at the end you'll acquire it

[@lyingapril]

Watching this as someone raised with mixed chilean/Argentinean spanish is incredibly amusing. i never noticed how silly these phrases are. i also add -ito to quite literally everything its great everyone should try it

[@videau234]

En la ciudad de Buenos Aires hay mucho LUNFARDO. Esto es la mezcla de lenguas producida por la interaccion de inmigrantes provenientes de diferentes lugares. Entonces tenes la palabra "laburo" que es "trabajo" pero que suena a "laboro" (porque es palabra adaptada del italiano) Lo mismo que "Birra" que es "beer" o "cerveza" y viene tambien del italiano.

[@videau234]

Slangs are very rich in Buenos Aires city so you can hear mixed words that originally were adapted by immigration.

[@fridagabymejia8497]

Jajajajajajaja me caes tan bien , in Latin America (I'm Mexican) every country have their slang jajajaja you gonna love it

[@lindsaywhiddon8329]

Alternative title. *Nathaniel addresses his trauma trying to learn the subjunctive* 😂

[@lunaischiuma2430]

Este video es un exceletene repaso de mi propio idioma jajajaja me encanta

[@PortugueseWithLeo]

Wait until you hear about the Future Subjunctive in Portuguese! 😅

[@eliasfer4009]

Tambem existe em espanhol mas é arcaico ou muito formal por exemplo: "Cuando tú quisieres, vamos al cine" (Quando você quiser, vamos ao cine)

[@louismwobobia5773]

@@eliasfer4009 But in Spanish, normally the present subjunctive is used to refer to the future, por exemplo: "Cuando quieras, vamos al cine'"

[@ItaListen]

Hi Nathaniel! loved this one too. Hopefully you'll learn more languages in the future just so you can complain about more languages. PS: this is Ginevra's friend :) hi there

[@oldnick351]

Subjunctive is still used in English, but it doesn't have visual distinction from other moods, this is mainly due to syncretism. It can be seen in sentences like 'if I were', or by the loss of -s in the third singular, such in 'that he come'. It's also expressed in other ways, like in 'hallowed be thy name', and frases with 'may...'. It doesn't have many more forms in English, and even though other romance languages (as well as other language in general, even germanics, which still has subjunctive, and also is marked with an 'r', like in the English were of the first example') Castilian (or "spanish") has a huge amount of verbal endings for the mood, they are present, simple future, imperfect preterite (which has to forms, not always fully equivalent. Forms in -se are direct descendants from the Latin imperfect subjunctive paradigm, while -ra was originally Latin pluperfect preterite indicative. It was replaced by a periphrasis, and the Latin descendant was united to the subjunctive. A lot of natives are not able to use them in the correct way, thinking they're fully interchangeable, but they're not, sometimes, other times, they are) perfect preterite, compound future and pluperfect preterite (also with -ra/-se variant), each of them with its passive variant (although passive voice is quite easy in Castilian). It's a weird mood, and as you said it works differently from one language to another. It really doesn't matter if you know for sure something or if not, if one says 'when they come', it doesn't matter if you are sure about it or totally ignore it, it's always in subjunctive 'cuando ellos lleguen'. One of the hardest things, is to distinguish between the present and preterite from the future subjunctive, because they can be more or less expressed with one of the first two, and the sense that the future subjunctive gives is too light to distinguish sometimes, but, it's quite an interesting form, as it has a different meaning, even though is hard to distinguish. Many foreigners, and also people (natives) from a region in Northern Spain don't distinguish between subjunctive and conditional (they say 'si alguien se apuntaría yo también', when it's 'si alguien se apuntase/apuntara yo también'). About the first person plural of the perfect, it only affects the first and third conjugations, the second one has two different forms for present and perfect. Example: 1, amábamos; 2, vemos, vimos; 3, huimos. This is due to Latin. Perfect was """usually""" (with a bunch of exceptions) made by adding to the present root a 'v', and then the perfect endings, so we had present 'amo', perfect 'amavi'. As I said, this was more or less usual, and in romance languages a lot of irregular perfect preterite were regulated to follow this rule. There are some exceptions as in 'conduje'. Latin v was pronounced like a w, a consonant u. In the fourth conjugation, that sound started to be skipped, so instead of 'audivi' they started to say 'audii'. Later on, this was assimilated by the rest of conjugations, so instead of 'amavi' they said 'amai' (audii is attested in classical era, amai is a late Latin reconstruction). So, Latin present had amamus, videmus and fugimus, and perfect amavimus, vidimus (as you can see, this one doesn't follow the 'v' "rule"; most second conjugation verbs have irregular perfect forms, even though every conjugation has verbs with irregular perfect. The second declension's perfect comes from the aorist mood, a mood from Proto-Indo-European, lost in Latin, and assimilated as a perfect for some verbs) and fugivimus. This ended up being ama(vi)mus, vidimus and fugi(vi)mus. This is syncretism, the same that happened with English subjunctive endings. As an end note, fugimus in classical Latin is from the first conjugation, but in Castilian was changed to the third one, so I've used the conjugation of that group. Finally "me cago en Diez", as far as I know, comes from Jean François D’Huez, a French general of Napoleon's times, he was so hated in Spain that we started to poop on his name. D'Huez is close to Diez, except for the z, that was assimilated into the Castilian sound of z (the same of English th in thunder) and it just merger with the word diez. As he was a person, in must be written with capital letters.

[@felipep9397]

I love the word ‘ahorita’. In the US i learned it means different times to different countries. In some it means like.. NOW, while in some countries it means in a few lol its confusing until you know who youre speaking with and make the switch in your mind

[@yermaaraya6461]

Great video! El español puede ser bastante complicado de aprender, y nosotros los chilenos no lo hacemos nada fácil 😅 Saludos desde Chile 🇨🇱

[@alejobellido8346]

Venite para argentina Nathan!

[@evedcme]

llegas (argentino) -vs llegues es el subjuntivo correcto. no se debería confundir el español local con el español (base) instituto Cervantes tiene una website muy util.

[@YOSOYLAVIDA_]

Jajajaja me encantó. En Colombia hablamos diferente pero genial

[@VaultDwellerGal]

Hahahahaha I never realized how much cago and cagando is used. It wasn’t specifically mentioned but, cagando palo is so funny! Spanish is very expressive.

[@elenafari_]

me right after seeing the title: me voy a ir yendo, vamos a jugar play

[@konoha-no-kokyu]

gracias por este video fue muy divertido, es cierto el español es un reflejo de creatividad de mucha cretividad !!!! , con todo y los platanos en su puesto XD ( con cada cosa en su lugar ) como se dice en Republica Dominicana.

[@thaissoares7308]

Agora faz um desse em português!