The Thing About "Lo" (4 Most Common Uses)

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In this video, you'll see the four most common ways "lo" is used in Spanish. And it's way easier than most schools, courses and books make it seem. And oh yeah, I MIGHT go on another one of my rants...
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Brilliant! As a native Spanish speaker it's crazy to realize all the hidden complexities in our language which just come naturally to us. I would translate "lo de siempre" as "the usual", and as others have pointed out "lema" is masculine.

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I always read "lo de siempre" to be "as usual". That may be because I've heard it used a lot on sitcoms.

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The thing makes sooooooooooo much sense! Now I understand what I have be saying. Can you make a video explaining "se" the same way? Even my well educate native Spanish speaking friends cannot explain how and when to use "se". Thanks again!

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Here's something I learned about "se." It would be awkward to say le la or le lo, so use se instead of le in those situations. Also, se is the pronoun to use with reflexive pronoun used for himself, herself, itself, themselves, yourselves, NOT le or les.

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This was very helpful. When I try to read Spanish I was always tripped up when I came to lo que. thanks

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Gracias señor I now have a better understanding of using Lo now

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THIS VIDEO IS BARS MAD HELPFUL WITH THE LO QUE THING

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The idea of "the thing" for "lo" really helps. I was always confused by phrases like "lo bueno" and "todo lo posible". Did you think of this yourself or did you find other sources that treated "lo" similarly? If you thought it up on your own, then you should be really proud. Thanks for all of the time and effort you spend figuring all of this out for us.

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