Spanish speaking practice: Let's read the Bible

[@spanishwithmaria]

If you like this video, you'll love my course "Learn Spanish With The Bible: Gospel of John": kerapido.com/bible

[@dthomson8619]

Again, thank you so much! God bless you! Your parallel texts, with dynamic notations are perfect! The parallels are clear and large for vision impaired folks, which I am. Thank you, thank you, thank you!

[@spanishwithmaria]

You're soooo welcome. I'm hoping more people will find this video. For some reason it hasn't had the views I was expecting. Hopefully KZbin will recommend it to more people in the near future.

[@dthomson8619]

¡Una lección perfecta! You ended this lesson so well by reading the entire passage slowly enough for us to understand, yet fast enough for us to know how it should sound! Thank you. On another of your videos, I asked about this, but I did not know that you do read an entire passage without interuption. Thank you so much! I will recommend your channel! PS. I am an old vision impaired guy (73) so your clear visuals are very helpful

[@spanishwithmaria]

I'm so glad you liked it. You've made my day! I think in all my Bible and Sherlock Holmes videos I've read out the passage at the end without interruptions. That's how I like learning foreign languages myself. I'm currently working on the Spanish translation of the Gospel of John, which I will soon publish in a parallel text edition (English-Spanish), in large font. If you want to be notified of the publication, please join my waitlist here: kerapido.com/bible/ (no spam, just Spanish lessons like this). Thanks for recommending my channel. It'll make a huge difference to my project.

[@robertdowd8474]

Thank you for sharing your gift...you are a gifted teacher....I have tried to learn proper Spanish but have done nothing more than having memorized a lot of words...trying to construct thoughts with improper grammar...you have a gift

[@spanishwithmaria]

Robert, thanks for your kind words. You're right that memorising words isn't an effective way of learning Spanish. And tackling grammar the wrong way is a sure path to failure. To me, the most effective way to learn a language is through the topics one is personally interested in. Many of my students are interested in the Bible for a number of reasons, that's why I've created this and other videos. I'm currently translating the Gospel of John and I'm about to publish a bilingual (parallel text) edition with the King James Bible version and my Spanish translation side by side. Even though the Bible has many words that we rarely use today, the great majority of the vocabulary and grammar in it are current. What's even better, the Bible is a great way of expanding one's English vocabulary. I've certainly learned a bunch of new words in the last couple of months!

[@PaulJames-vw9ww]

Amen🙏🙏💖

[@spanishwithmaria]

Let me know if you have any questions about Spanish verbs, pronouns, pronunciation or any of the other topic I mention in this video :)

[@nicoselobilwe9752]

Me gusta mucho 🙏🏾🕺🏽🕺🏽Gracious

[@ER-zd1oj]

Muchas gracias es como el liaison en francés. Me ayudaste cómo soñar más como nativo 😊

[@spanishwithmaria]

Sí, aprender a unir palabras en español es un reto, pero también es la manera más rápida de parecerse a los nativos 💃🏻

[@julieo3860]

That was so much fun. I'm hoping to get even more fluent reading these verses after several tries! Thank you so much!

[@spanishwithmaria]

That's great :) Let me know if there are any words you need help with.

[@ramonw5676]

Maria, thank you for this video. I'm a pastor living in Spain, "Learn Spanish With The Bible" has given me a new dimension to work in. I have been struggling to learn Spanish to the point of giving up, but this video has encouraged me no end. You're a great teacher, keep up the good work, God bless you.

[@spanishwithmaria]

Ramon, welcome to my channel. Thanks for you comment. I truly appreciate it. I’ve sorted my videos into playlists to help you find them more easily. Here are the playlists: www.youtube.com/@spanishwithmaria/playlists And here is the Bible in Spanish playlist: kzbin.info/aero/PLtKmlQDyKHjHSnNeWhimuBmZ5c7C4FsPE Let me know if there's anything you'd like me to add to the list.

[@ramonw5676]

@@spanishwithmaria Maria, thank you, that's very helpful. Muchas gracias!!

[@spanishwithmaria]

Ramon, I've just published this other video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/q4fZiWaDfa2sZ9k I didn't include the English translation to help you focus on the Spanish verse. Is that a kind of video you find useful?

[@ramonw5676]

@@spanishwithmaria Maria, it's a little too much for me at the moment, I'm still at a very basic level. Going forward I think videos like that would be an invaluable reference tool. Can I also ask what version of the bible are you reading from, my Spanish bible is NIV and my English bible is NKJV? Regardless I can still use your video to make the sight and sound association of the words, it all helps, hope that makes sense!!

[@spanishwithmaria]

Ramon, thanks for your feedback. It's great to know what your current level is and what your goals are. The versions I use in my videos are these: For English, the King James Version (KJV). For Spanish, my own translation of the KJV into Spanish. The reason why I decided to translate it myself is mostly This: the Spanish versions I considered using often deviate too much from the KJV text. Using them would have caused a lot of confusion among my students in terms of vocabulary, verb tenses, and sentence structure. In my translation I’ve kept as close to the KJV text as possible, always making sure that the Spanish is correct.

[@tunsiehelden]

Thank you for this! 🙏🏽 Yes I would love it if you make a video explaining the “o” and “e” etc that you mentioned in your video. I think it would be very helpful.

[@spanishwithmaria]

Thanks for letting me know. I appreciate that :)

[@s.g.6012]

Thanks Maria ! Blessings

[@stanislausprataptoppo3097]

I am starting your Espanyol classes from today.gracious.

[@spanishwithmaria]

Welcome to my channel. I’ve sorted my videos into playlists to help you find them more easily. Here are the playlists: www.youtube.com/@spanishwithmaria/playlists

[@fabiolimadasilva3398]

Gosto do evangelho de São João. Bom feriado de corpus christi!

[@jaylove7ful]

Love this.

[@spanishwithmaria]

I'm now working on the translation of the whole Gospel of John. I'll create more videos with single verses, and I'm also going to publish it as a book in a parallel text layout.

[@vitaminfian]

Excellent

[@spanishwithmaria]

Thanks. Gracias. Let me know if you need help with any words.

[@Shavawn1228]

You are great! Is this form of Spanish native to a specific area, for example Spain vs. Mexico?

[@spanishwithmaria]

Thanks for liking my video. I appreciate that. Yes, it's Castilian Spanish. That's my accent and the Spanish I speak. I'm about to publish my Spanish translation of the Gospel of John in a parallel text edition. If you want me to let you know when the book comes available, please join the waitlist here kerapido.com/bible/

[@jaylove7ful]

Yes I would love a video on pronouns.

[@spanishwithmaria]

Thanks for letting me know. I've added it to my list of videos to make :)