Spanish Lesson Beginners 24 Desde, Desde Hace, Hace. LightSpeed Spanish

[@michaelschuster4407]

I love the way you guys explain Spanish grammar! It has been very helpful in deepening my understanding of Spanish.

[@tammietucker8847]

I just absolutely LOVE learning from you two!!! This was a fantastic video which I definitely needed! Thank you so much. I pray that all is still going great with your new little one and that you are able to get SOME rest.

[@LightSpeedSpanishChannel]

¡Gracias!

[@plasminus]

Thanks! Nice to hear the explanations in English!

[@Jinka1950]

The wonderful thing about these lessons is we get to see both sides of the language. Gordon speaks fluent English he is English born. And Cynthia speaks fluent Spanish she is Spanish born. It’s an advantage to look at Spanish through English eyes and Spanish eyes. I’ve taken lessons from native Spaniards and English teachers and Gordon and Cynthia are the best.

[@helenamcginty4920]

I like Gordon's slight North East English accent. I'm from Lancashire and like regional accents. Once went on a week long summer school course at Keele Uni where the accent was wall to wall RP. By the Wednesday my mum and I had to escape and had lunch in a local cafe. It was so refreshing to listen to the 4 or 5 people in there each using a slightly different version of the local accent. RP en masse is like living within taupe.

[@yourabattyman]

Thank you so much for your video. I’ve been struggling with this idea using lectures and notes from uni. I watched your 10 minuet video and scored 10/10 straight away afterwards. Very good explanation of the use hace, desde hace and desde

[@iamwinningrightnow]

You guys are awesome. I dont care how long it take, i will speak fluent Spanish one day. I know a lot, but struggle with understanding the speaker.

[@LightSpeedSpanishChannel]

One day you'll think "wow! I understood all that!" And that'll be the beginning of it :) Cx

[@grant5099]

you two are the best teachers on youtube, gracias!

[@LightSpeedSpanishChannel]

¡Muchas gracias, grant! :)

[@peterthomasjones3675]

thanks! I'm too slow to keep up with telenovela, but your channel is the perfect speed for my comprehension level. I truly feel that your videos are helping my listening skills tremendously. thank you for all you do.

[@peterthomasjones3675]

so "hace diez años" is kinda like a prepositional phrase in english, at least in word order, while "ago", an adverb, kinda forms it's own adverbial/postpositional phrase in english. that's at least what I drew from that exchange there. hope I'm close, adiós!

[@LightSpeedSpanishChannel]

We say It makes xxx time: Hace dos años, hace 1 día... Hace doesn't chage. The same with Hace frío, Hace 20 grados...

[@mikenorton224]

you guys crack me up - love you both

[@chookiessss]

thanks so much for your great videos. so helpful. you guys are very articulate and your videos are really fun and informative!

[@LightSpeedSpanishChannel]

+chookiessss, ¡muchas gracias! :)

[@jannaswigart4926]

Muy útil! Este tema siempre es difícil para mi..... pero este me ayuda mucho.

[@josy99]

Thanks so much for your videos. The three concepts have always confused me, and thanks to you both, it is much more clearer. I was wondering if the same concepts apply with situation when you would like to express that you have not done something for a long time... such as Hace mucho tiempo que no juego el ajedrez?

[@LightSpeedSpanishChannel]

Exactly. That's very much how you can use Hace. Gracias por tus comentarios. Eres muy amable. :)

[@Salma-ik5kk]

very very helpful!!! thank you

[@steelcom5976]

Enjoy your videos. Just a couple of suggestions: (@4:29) Hace 10 años que trabajo aquí = I've been working here for 10 years, not, 10 years ago I am working here. When "hace" = ago, it refers to a point in the past of X years. When "hace" = for, it refers to the duration of time from X years up to the present. Also the "s" in Spanish is a voiceless phoneme, so "desde" cannot be voiced throughout. The woman is saying it perfectly. Cheers

[@maldwyn1]

You guys are the best

[@LightSpeedSpanishChannel]

Gracias, Owen. :)

[@petermartin6885]

Excellent video as always. It was a bit fast for me in some places and I went to look at the transcript but found that it is complete gibberish.

[@dusanveselka3240]

you should definitely make more videos on tenses - they are always the worst nightmares in every language... good work btw!

[@LightSpeedSpanishChannel]

Muchas gracias. Tenemos más aquí y en La Zona Vip en www.lightspeedspanish.co.uk

[@amandaturner4511]

Estos videos son muy útil especialmente porque mi profesora no es muy buena en explicando. !!!Muchas gracias!!!!

[@sawson21]

you guys are great!

[@LightSpeedSpanishChannel]

Scott Wilson Gracias :)

[@deefalding8608]

You two are compulsively watchable! Cynthia-that's a wicked northern\Welsh accent you've picked up from Gordon

[@LightSpeedSpanishChannel]

Thank you!! Welsh too? Ive never been told that before :)

[@deltafit]

That would be a North East England accent. Otherwise known as 'Geordie'

[@bluegtturbo]

You can sense the strong chemistry between those two....I'd be amazed if they weren't a 'pareja'...she looks at him like she wants to rip his clothes off...

[@LightSpeedSpanishChannel]

We are married!! jaja.

[@bluegtturbo]

@@LightSpeedSpanishChannel I knew you wouldn't stay single for long after seeing you together in that video..;-)))

[@DonawaVi]

I was thinking the same thing!

[@kevjoseph9988]

you guys are doing a good job I am learning more each time i'm a little more exposed to latin American Spanish than the castillian dialect so your accent and pronouncing of certain letters and words sounds very different to my ears but it is not a big deal

[@LightSpeedSpanishChannel]

It's really a good idea to listen to as wide a Spanish as possible. That way, you can go anywhere and understand what is being said. Don't you agree?

[@kevjoseph9988]

yes that is correct

[@wadib3eed7]

Some times i hear the letter Yo as Jo and some times i hear it from other videos as Yo (yoo) , what is the difference ? which is the correct ?

[@LightSpeedSpanishChannel]

Yo is the right way hehe. The pronunciation is similar to the English 'J' , mayeb like dj

[@fotinikoutlakis3069]

Ok Great Thanks! I get it now!! :))))

[@divestar1]

"Llevo trabajando" Is similar to "estoy trabajando" ? Thanks a lot for these so precious lessons :D

[@LightSpeedSpanishChannel]

Llevo trabajando= I've been working... Llevo trabajando en esa empresa 5 años: I've been working in that company for 5 years. Estoy trabajando: I'm working. No puedo hablar ahora, estoy trabajando: I can't talk right now, I'm working. Cynthia xxx

[@LightSpeedSpanishChannel]

PS: Nice tattoo :) Cx

[@divestar1]

Oh God! 🤒 This is not me. (Random photo I found while I was making my YT profile) Pero ,Muchas gracias por la respuesta. tus lecciones son muy importantes para mi. Hace 8 meses lo que veo tu clase, y ahora puedo entender mucho en español. When I speak it's a bit hard ,but I manage to tell what Im thinking :) Really really really THANK YOU 😇😀😀 Tony de Grecia

[@LightSpeedSpanishChannel]

Fenomenal. Nos encanta oír eso :)

[@tomcree3614]

estos vídeos son increíble, pero el parte mas difícil de aprender español es recordar lo que aprendo.- sorry if my spanish is bad haha i have been learning by myself for the last 4-5 months and i find it easy to learn, especially with your amazing videos but i find it really hard to remember phrases/ verbs plus should i even out my time between writing and speaking? and comments would be very appreciated thanks :)

[@tomcree3614]

phrases/objects and verbs*

[@LightSpeedSpanishChannel]

Tom Cree You remember through practice, so the more you can, the better. My advice is to practice speaking as much as possible. Read out loud every day. It will vastly increase your learning rate.

[@tomcree3614]

ok thank you i will be watching fo new videos :)

[@aimeerobert5773]

What are you saying when you say Jiahar?

[@LightSpeedSpanishChannel]

¿En qué minuto?

[@MyNameIsBrau]

Buenos videos, veo que te esfuerzas pero no muchos conocen tus videos Les servirían a muchos para aprender español más fácil :)

[@LightSpeedSpanishChannel]

Gracias. Qué amable. Con un poco más de tiempo, la gente nos va a encontrar. O eso esperamos. jeje

[@CookieFridays]

Great! So, can you also use desde to say from somewhere, such as I'm writing this from KZbin, "desde KZbin", or you know me from Facebook, "me conoces desde FB"? =)

[@LightSpeedSpanishChannel]

Your first sentence is great. In the second it would be better to say, "Me conoces de Facebook" if not, it would be like saying, "You know me since we met in Facebook." You can also say: "Trabajo desde casa" = I work from home. Things like that. Espero que esto te haya ayudado. :)

[@talykiss1]

Would you not say: Llevo trabajando aqui hace 10 anos? I am not sure I understand in which cases we use desde hace and in which others we use hace only.

[@LightSpeedSpanishChannel]

Llevo trabajando aquí 10 años. Llevo trabajando aquí desde hace 10 años (from 10 years ago up until now). Trabajé allí hace 10 años (I worked there 10 years ago). Cx

[@debbiel7736]

You can pronounce the consonant c in two ways, just like you can in English. It all depends on what letter follows it. A c in front of the vowels a, o, or u or any consonant but h sounds like the English k. The letter k designates this sound the pronunciation brackets: colocar (koh-loh-kahr) (to put) ocaso (oh-kah-soh) (sunset) When the letter c is in front of the vowels e or i, it sounds like the English s. In the pronunciation brackets, this sound is signaled as s: acero (ah-seh-roh) (steel) dulce (dool-seh) (sweet) why does it sound as though you are speaking with a lisp and saying it with a "T"? Anyway besides that your videos are explaining so much and are helping me with my "duolingo" spanish lessons.

[@TheMaru666]

She is Spanish and he learnt Spanish in Spain . Standard European Spanish does ce , ci za , zo, zu , with a th sound . It is not a lisp , is the regular way to do it in Spain.

[@v6yavivir0812]

👏👏👏

[@brianmcmacken2275]

Hace dos años que estudio español! Estudio español desde hace dos años! Llevo estudiando español dos años! All mean the same? (I’ve been studying Spanish for two years) Cynthia said “he estudiado español desde hace dos años” I take it that this means ‘I’ve studied español for two years but I don’t now ‘ Tengo razón ?

[@LightSpeedSpanishChannel]

Yes, Brian. They all mean the same. Yes, He estudiado español desde hace 2 años = I've studied Spanish for the last 2 years :) Cx

[@MendozaMichelle100]

where is the "comprehensive lesson" on the time markers? seems t be about shopping

[@LightSpeedSpanishChannel]

MendozaMichelle100 Did you watch it all?

[@UtterlyAmazingVideos]

Great video... But I'm still trying to figure out what happened to Keith?!

[@LightSpeedSpanishChannel]

You'll never find out :D :P Cxx

[@djeeuutoane]

Great lessons but i sometimes miss a few words because she Speaks so fast and great fluently haha

[@LightSpeedSpanishChannel]

Jetze Meilink It happens....but in time...

[@almor2445]

I would love an episode to clear up things like "la puta madre" because it seems to be used very widely but when I type it into Google Translate, very bad words appear!

[@davedogge2280]

I always thought that 'hace' meant 'since' ! As in since a year ago... hace un ano. Also I thought it meant "It's been" .... as in 'it's been a year ago"...

[@LightSpeedSpanishChannel]

Hace means it makes ;) Cx

[@AMcDub0708]

I always thought of Hace as meaning “it’s been”. “Hace 5 anos que xyz” it’s been 5 years since...”

[@LightSpeedSpanishChannel]

Yes. We literally say "it makes 5 years that…"

[@slippyg]

I thought desde means 'since'

[@LightSpeedSpanishChannel]

Dese 1995, since 1995. Desde hace dos años = For the last 2 years. Desde mañana: From tomorrow. :) Cynthia xx

[@ruedigerfennig6246]

Tolles Video schade, daß es sowas nicht auf deutsch gibt

[@LightSpeedSpanishChannel]

Gracias:)

[@mandylavida]

I would blow off anyone or anything to go to Sainsburys. Mercadona is just not the same...

[@Benjihurlock]

What does she say at 0:30? Is that what I think she said? hahaha

[@LightSpeedSpanishChannel]

I said: De puta madre (The dog's bollocks) :D

[@valenciaboy9642]

LightSpeed Spanish is it a bad words?

[@vickiebennett1883]

seems like it to me....something like referring to a mom's private parts?

[@henryod65]

de puta madre means great or very good. Tu puta madre is an insult.

[@vickiebennett1883]

sounds like 'craziness'! How something so similar can be so different

[@arnobahmed3929]

suprrrrrrb

[@LightSpeedSpanishChannel]

Gracias :)

[@arnobahmed3929]

a usted :)

[@brianmcmacken2275]

Así que se puede decir “Llevo estudiando el español desde hace dos años “ y “llevo estudiando el español dos años”. ??

[@LightSpeedSpanishChannel]

Correcto. Llevo estudiando español 2 años o Llevo estudiando español desde hace 2 años. Cx

[@brianmcmacken2275]

Muchas gracias a los dos.!

[@daniaa1602]

Just get to the point .. the small talk is unnecessary

[@LightSpeedSpanishChannel]

Unnecessary but some people learn from it maybe a word, an expression... Plenty grammar videos out there that get straight to the point, Daynzz :)

[@kjbasketball22]

Que te den

[@nedfarrell]

Este muy bien??? 0:19

[@LightSpeedSpanishChannel]

¿A qué te refieres?

[@nedfarrell]

@@LightSpeedSpanishChannel Hola, a 0.9segundos tu dices "este muy bien" (pues escucho "este muy bien,¿ No debes que decir "Estoy muy bien"? Just sayin'

[@nedfarrell]

@@LightSpeedSpanishChannel Hola, 0:19 segundos Cynthia dice "este muy bien" (pues,escucho este muy bien). No debe que decir "Estoy muy bien". Just sayin'

[@LightSpeedSpanishChannel]

No, I'm saying 'estoy muy bien' Cx