Understanding the Verb 'Decir' | The Language Tutor *Lesson 43*

Dr. Danny Evans teaches in detail how to use the verb "decir" in Spanish. He shows it in the present and past tense and gives examples of its use.
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The word "di" is used in those two verbs, for example: Le di las gracias al profesor - I thanked the professor. Di lo que quieras decir - Say whatever you want to say.

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I realized a very interesting point during this lesson. I've been having hard time with placing the indirect object pronoun before the verb. I find it silly since the lesson you taught us. I realized now that in my mother language, Turkish, it is also done this way. I was having hard time because I've learned Spanish from English (from you, more precisely), not from Turkish. Ridiculously funny. Thank you for the lesson!

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Got it. Went back to lesson 20 and worked on it. Saw the personal a at the end. It seems easy now - always put an a between the verb and the person! Really that easy😊👍. I did see a small error at 5.20 the ´leer´ reappeared when you were only meaning to have ´lee ´ there. If you watch that segment you will see what I mean. Thank you.

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@@TheLanguageTutorSir, can you explain about "decía"

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I just had a thought. Last week we did the personal a in Spanish class. I don’t get this. Any chance you could interrupt you schedule of videos to do one on this topic? Thank you for considering this 😊

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Good question. Here's an example: They give it to me. Ellos me los dan.

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@@TheLanguageTutor hello Danny, I am a little bit confused, shouldn't that be lo instead of los when referring to it.

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(Yo) dije = I said (Yo) he dicho = I have said

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Hi, when saying 'I told you' (past) you said 'te dije'. My question, would 'Yo te dije' - i.e. would the use of 'I' be right also?

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I am just learning as well. However, I feel quite sure you could say "Yo te dije" as well - especially if it helps you to learn. I believe that in practice, more often than not, the "Yo" would be dropped. The verb "dije" communicates that it's the "yo" pronoun, so saying yo would probably be redundant. Grammatically correct, but not necessary and probably not used with fluent speakers.

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Question. You don't change the stem of a stem changing verb in the preterite tense right? Like jugar in the present yo form is Juego but in the past it is Juge? I saw it on google translate.

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Since we mostly don't have vosotros, do we use le for plural as a group (f.e. I told students)??

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Can you explain about the usage of "decía"

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Hello, Sir. Can we use the personal "a" before indirect object pronouns, or is it only used before the name of a person?

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Hello sir Danny, I tried a sentence : do you tell him to study ? I made it as : ¿Tú le dice estudiar? To confirm, i saw Google But Google says : ¿Le dices que estudie?

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Hello, in this case, google is right.

[@nasa1904]

Hi ، would it be possible for you to make me understand what is the difference between decir me and diga me ؟ thanks in advance

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hallo how we know which verb go for stem change. thanks

[@TheLanguageTutor]

The best way is to just learn that it's a stem-changer when you learn the verb. Also, if you practice it regularly, it will only sound right to you a certain way.

[@genesimmon1721]

what about the preterit vs imperfect?

[@gerlautamr.656]

Hi, in the imperfect it would be: (Yo) decía (Tú) decías (Él, Ella, Usted) decía (Nosotros) decíamos (Vosotros) decíais (Ustedes) decían (Ellos) decían

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