OJALA in Spanish: FORGET about the SUBJUNTIVO

[@springspanish]

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[@lamrof]

When she speaks Spanish I feel a wave of masculine emotions throughout my body. When she switches to English those emotions shrink down and be replaced with horror warning me of feminism.

[@lamrof]

As a Spanish learner and few other languages I realized the toughest thing to do is attaching the spoken and listened sounds with emotions. To me this is the secret of language as a sound, it is attached to our emotions and when we are fluent it flows expressing those feelings.

[@tosiyamato8992]

Your acting videos are so natural …. Love them

[@deanna1589]

My suegra used Ojalá que si, all the time. That and Si Dios quiere. I miss hearing her say those expressions.

[@MauraSpringSpanish]

Aww, Deanna, thanks for sharing! My mom says those things all the time too ♥

[@mediabaron82]

@@MauraSpringSpanish y en Puerto Rico "si Dios quiere y la Virgen"

[@coreysmith7933]

Ojalá fuese astronauta en el espacio! Gracias por el video!!!

[@MauraSpringSpanish]

¡Muy buena Corey! ¡Gracias a ti por estar aquí! =)

[@kabir2_Redoy]

Sweet Voice

[@cb7963]

Muchísimas gracias Maura!

[@MauraSpringSpanish]

¡Gracias a ti por estar aquí! =)

[@andrelaurent6920]

Maura , tu eres mi maestra favorita 😍

[@andrelaurent6920]

Me gusta también Maná

[@oneonecoco]

JLG y 4.40 FTW. What a great song! ❤ I like how you think!

[@margaritakleinman5701]

There's a Mexican song that was very popular, "Ojala Que Te Vaya Bonito".

[@Relay86]

Gracias Maura por la lección de historia para "Ojalá". Tiene sentido que vendría de una palabra árabe. Bendiciones para ti!! 😁

[@MauraSpringSpanish]

¡¡Gracias Scott! ¡¡Y para ti!! =)

[@margaritakleinman5701]

Muchas palabras en español vienen de arabe.

[@kaumingo]

Great lesson. I suggest you should mention fuera when you introduce fuese. Most all the Americas use fuera, I think.

[@feelthemusic7871]

Good lord, you are beautiful! And your voice is amazing to listen to.

[@marikaserasini2315]

En italiano decimos: magari! (¡Ojalá!) y también expresamos deseo con un "speriamo (che)", I hope that.... Magnífica lección😍👏👏👏

[@MauraSpringSpanish]

¡Me encanta el italiano! ¡Gracias por la info! =)

[@rodrigogr4305]

Que lindo el idioma italiano, solo que no sé nada 😁

[@marikaserasini2315]

@@rodrigogr4305 bueno... Nos podemos entender, vamos😄

[@rodrigogr4305]

@@marikaserasini2315 😀 Existe una gran ventaja a favor tuya, tu sabes (o al menos eso parece) mi idioma y yo no sé el tuyo 😄

[@marikaserasini2315]

@@rodrigogr4305 eso es, aprendí el español castellano hace unos años, viviendo en Tenerife y encontrando mi esposo, también italiano, pero que vivió en España por más de 10 años. Tengo la suerte de aprender bastante bien los idiomas, y puedo hablar también inglés, francés y un poco de alemán😍 Además me gustaría estudiar idiomas trámite una Universidad española en línea😄😍 dentro de unos años💪💪

[@transformacion13]

Ojalá lloviera dinero también, que divertido

[@eman.m.h6369]

InShaaAlla ..en árabe significa si dios quiere ..

[@marikaserasini2315]

Me encantan estas palabras😍

[@MauraSpringSpanish]

That's right! =)

[@AddyGoesPlaces]

One thing I haven't been able to find is how to express what someone else wishes. "She wishes her boyfriend would propose" or "They wish it wasn't raining". Can you use ojalá in this context?

[@jamesfreese4700]

okay

[@fernandogallegos6257]

mi favorito concion con Ojala es, Mana "Ojala Pudiera Borrate"

[@sophiaentzminger5011]

Jajajaja, hyperventilating in the bag !! Thats how many English speakers feel about the Spanish subjunctive, I did before I started understanding it better :)

[@perronefran]

Maura! I love your lessons. The fact that you are incredibly beautiful helps too!❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@MauraSpringSpanish]

So nice of you. Thanks a lot Francis! =)

[@criticalthinker6011]

I'm very confused by, "Ojalá te hubieran dejado cuadrarlo a ti." This is translated as, "I wish they would have let you be the one to arrange it." but I can't find any definition of "cuadrar" that is even close to meaning "arrange". I asked a few Spanish speakers about this and they were confused as well and thought that it was probably a mistake in translation. Help!

[@garrymontgomery2033]

"cuadrar" means to "square off"/ "to tally" and, as with a lot of Spanish verbs, we have to make a big jump for it to make sense in English. Some regions may not use it much whereas in others it's common.

[@kcorpora1]

use (organizar)

[@andrelaurent6920]

Mi canción preferíto es Ojalá de Silvio Rodríguez

[@lloovvaallee]

"If I were" not "If I was" is the english subjunctive.

[@MauraSpringSpanish]

Thanks! =)

[@heronimousbrapson863]

Increasingly, "if I was" is replacing "if I were" as in English as the subjunctive form is falling into disuse. The subjunctivity can be conveyed by word order alone.

[@dancinggiraffe6058]

@@heronimousbrapson863 It’s used less and less, but it is still standard, at least in American English.

[@heronimousbrapson863]

@@dancinggiraffe6058 But would it make any difference to comprehension if "if I was" was used instead of "if I were"? I think not.

[@RUT812]

@@heronimousbrapson863 “If I was” is improper grammar.

[@ZFlyingVLover]

ojala = hopefully

[@alecsc]

Necesito decir "fuese"? He aprendido "fuera" y con eso me siento más cómodo. Qué opinas tú?

[@average_channel]

es lo mismo

[@alienlatino2945]

Just say "fuera", only antiquated, old school people use "fuese".

[@charlesbromberick4247]

Forget the que, but not the subjunctive.

[@feelthemusic7871]

I don't know what that means, because i don't know what the subjunctive is.

[@heronimousbrapson863]

This is another reason why Spanish is so difficult for English speakers to learn. The subjunctive is easier to form in English than in Spanish and increasingly, it is hardly used at all. Word order dependent languages can function quite well without it.

[@CinemAdsvideo]

Quizás haz tus lesiones en español solo?? Es difícil escuchar en ambos idiomas :) como estoy aprendiendo español me gustaría escuchar a español y solo español! :)

[@aaronbennack714]

Pienso que significas "Lecciones," verdad? Lesion es como decir "injury" en Ingles.

[@Seevee1846]

Ojalà fuese un tigre.

[@margaritakleinman5701]

Is it ok to say "fuera" instead of "fuese", and "hubiera" instead of "hubiese"? Because that's what I've always heard.

[@fernandogallegos6257]

Ojala fuese un hispanoblante nativo

[@zendo6851]

Magari

[@scotthullinger4684]

Nope. I won't forget about using the subjunctive when saying Ojala simply because Spanish grammar absolutely requires it. Ojala expresses something which can be contrary to reality, which of course requires the subjunctive. Let's make an example with the word arrive - Llegar. Example: Ojala que mi amigo llegue a tiempo. I hope my friend arrives on time.

[@IvoVolt]

I adore subjuntivo! Stop harassing the poor thing :-)

[@MauraSpringSpanish]

Hahahaha =D

[@travelcrip715]

Ojalá fuese más fluido cuando yo hablo en español. Ojalá hubiese sido nacer en la época de la aztecs.

[@JaguarDave54]

Ojalá Madrid 🤣

[@dennissanchez4121]

Maura is improving slightly with speaking in Spanish SLOWER in her videos so non-native speakers can keep up with her but it would still help if she slowed down just A LOT more. For a non-native speaker, I would have to slow down the video to 50% the normal speed just to understand Maura when she speaks her normal speed Spanish, which is still way too fast.

[@MauraSpringSpanish]

Hi Dennis! As always, we'll take this into account! But do know that I'm not speaking in "normal" speed in any video, haha. =)

[@criticalthinker6011]

These videos are watched by all levels of students from beginner to advanced so I think it would be a disservice for Maura to speak slowly. That's not going to help you in the real world. I like your idea of adjusting the speed to fit your current level. Eventually, you'll increase the speed as you advance in your studies. A good exercise for advanced students is to listen to the video at 1.5x a few times and then listen to it at regular speed and it will sound SOOOO slow!

[@MauraSpringSpanish]

@@criticalthinker6011 very good ideas! Thanks a lot! =)

[@garrymontgomery2033]

You can reset the speed to .75 in SETTINGS.

[@criticalthinker6011]

@@garrymontgomery2033 A faster way is to use keyboard shortcuts. "< " - slows down the audio by 25% every time it is pressed while ">" increases the audio by 25% every time it is pressed.

[@joebishman6163]

Ojalá fuese más inteligente. Ojalá hubiese sido nacir rico en lugar de hermoso.

[@TopSpinWilly]

Microphone 🎤 is not the best. echo. Subtitles and the writing on the screen are hard to read. The content goes by a little too quick to follow at my level which is...I know Tenga Tengo Ojalá. I understand subjuntivo, I'm just not good at it so this is just practice, which I need but due to the above problems I'm not enjoying the video.

[@jg-di5it]

Maura tienes ig?