The Spanish Subjunctive with Time Expressions
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You are such a good teacher that, when you release a new lesson, I know I’m going to hit the like button before I’ve even watched the video!
I really like these information-dense videos. They're really useful and effective. I can listen to them over and over, create my own sentences, and continue to build my skill.
Glad you like them!
Paul you’re the best dude🙏🏼I’ve been learning Spanish for 4 years and you know exactly the stuff I struggle with. I really wish subjunctive was taught earlier because it’s so hard to learn when all you’ve known is the indicative💔but I feel like you understand exactly how difficult it is and you teach it so well, so thank you. Also your indirect and direct object pronoun/redundant le videos are lifesavers🙏🏼that’s always been so hard for me to grasp because it’s so backward from English.
I second everything jenna just said!
I know what you are struggling with because we all struggle with the same things. I've been there. That's why I am so good at choosing topics for videos...lol.
It’s very helpful learning subjunctive triggers other than “que ”. Fortunately, 20 years ago, my Spanish teacher taught the Preterite first using Paul’s cognate -ar verb trick, the present second, the present subjunctive third& lastly. The future using ir+a+ infinitive. I’m really enjoying your lessons,Thanks! Keith Briscoe
Please continue with this series! I’ve been putting off learning the subjunctive and this is exactly what I needed!
Best subjuntivo tutorial on the web
Thanks!
An image popped in my head while hearing the standard video opener welcome message: an orange and white bumper sticker that simply says "Welcome to the Channel", with a diagonal "QRoo Paul" off in a top corner. It's always said so smoothly and calmly that it reminds me of Bob Ross or Mister Rogers.
Haha, I like both of them. I suppose that's a compliment.
Thank you for including the Vosotros conjugation.
You're welcome. :)
I am really touched after seing your last video. Thank you for your responsiveness. That “vosotros move” is making your entire approach to teaching Spanish complete. I will not be rapped anymore by people who are with me in Madrid studying Spanish how “that American guy you suggested is not covering 2nd person plural”. Now we are all set and I can feel we are a team! Merci beaucoup! (Adding two more French words to your French vocabulary! 😉🙏🏻🍀
Thanks for taking the time to comment. I want the channel to be beneficial to as many people as possible so I am always open to suggestions to make that happen. :)
También sigo estudiando “peninsular spanish” . Gracias por incluir el formulario vosostros. Estoy convencida de que tu forma de enseñar es la mejor manera de aprender - si quieres hablar el idioma. ❤
Superb. I like the way you break it down and try to keep it as straight forward as possible. Thanks again.
I always learn so much.
The problem is remembering it all. If you have any tips on that, I'm all ears!! 😂😂😂
I had to stop the video just to tell you how easy you make it to understand! I mean I still don’t understand all the grammar rules and probably never will, but I knew you had to change the verb when cuando preceded. I can’t explain, but you are a great teacher!
Thanks!
Vosotros form yes! Thanks Paul.
You bet!
Excellent info-keep it coming!!!!
Soler is ver powerful..thanks didn’t know it until i began to get lessons from you, gracias Paul!
I'm glad you like it!
Lots of “oh now I understand what the owl’s trying to teach me” moments in this vid. ¡Muchas gracias!
Excelente, gracias!
'Avísame cuando quieras ir a la playa' but 'Infórmame cuándo quieres ir a la playa'.
(Supervillain laughter)
That was helpful. I basically had in my mind that if cuando was referring to something in the future then it triggered subjunctive. I think I knew that it wasn't habitual action though as well. But showing that it's one thing contingent on another helped clear it up more.
Also, more of the past tense would be helpful. I know it's a more advanced concept but more on it is definitely helpful.
Avísame cuando + subjuntivo = Let me know when... 🎯Gracias por esta expresion tan útil.👍
Con mucho gusto.
😀Estoy muy agradecido por los videos que hace Qroo Paul. Me inspira a continuar aprendiendo.
Thanks!
Gracias por todo. Este vídeo es increible.
Me alegra que te gustara.
Very good explanations! Thank you
Someone send you an award for your help. Thank you so much! Saludos desde Alemania 🙋🏼♂️
Aw, thanks. :)
Very Nice
Always really great reminders.
Thanks for watching!
Thanks for the vosotros form. Watching and studying evey day.
Happy to help!
Gracias por el vídeo de hoy, muy útil como siempre. Quería mencionar que el verbo soler en el imperfecto pasado tiene el diferente significado: used to do something. Por ejemplo: Solíamos ir a la playa todos los días cuando éramos pequeños. We used to go to the beach every day when we were little.
This comment is so fascinating because native Spanish speakers are seriously perplexed by 'used to' when learning English. It's one of those things where teachers tell you 'You just have to accept that this is how it is'.
We just don't understand why it exists at all, since we see it from the perspective of 'soler'.
'Suelo ir al parque' / 'Solía ir al parque' are actually not two different meanings, it's the same thing in the present and in the past. It's like 'In the present, I usually go to the park' and 'In the past, I {past-usually} went to the park'. Since we have a simple way of saying that, we just don't feel the need for a different construction like 'I used to go to the park'.
But I would have never imagined that an explanation could be 'I usually' and 'I used to' being seen as carrying different meanings (as opposed to the same meaning in different points of time). And, as a consequence, that native English speakers might themselves perceive 'yo suelo' and 'yo solía' as having different meanings as well!
Brilliant as ever Paul thanks ! 🤝
Thank you!
Me gusta toda la información
Another outstanding video, gracias Paul. Aprecio todos los videos.
Thanks. I'm glad you liked it.
Really amazing that you’ve created this channel, Thank You🤙🏼
I'm glad you like it.
As always a great video and just the right amount of time..hasta luego
I'm so glad you enjoyed it :-)
excellent compilation of really useful constructions
Glad you enjoyed it
Thanks Paul I live in Playa del Carmen
Another awesome video with the main concept right at the start, and then explanations and examples to make it clear. I belong to a "learners only" Spanish conversation group and we joke about "subjunctive" being a dirty word! Your videos will help change all that and this one, among others, is a cracker! ¡Cuando tenga tiempo, compartiré este vídeo con ellos! Thanks Paul!
Great use of the construction!
Short and informative content as usual. 👍
Glad you liked it.
Thanks! This video helped me a lot! I’m definitely struggling with the subjunctive.
Thank you so much!
Me encanta toda esta serie!! Convertiste algo tan confuso en algo ameno ❤️ Podrías también hacer los vídeos sobre el aunque? Que es igualmente difícil .. estas diferencias del significado dependiendo del indicativo o subjuntivo despues de aunque uyyy 🙈🙈
That first description made me feel like I was back in grammar class which I hated and never really understood.
That description is a beast, but it's not that tough in actual practice.
Man you have been banging these badboys out lately thank you good sir!
You're welcome. I'll be taking a two week break as we travel around Costa Rica the rest of the month.
@@QrooSpanish I remember you mentioning that have a great time!
Thanks Paul. Very clear lesson. I was wondering about this very thing this week when I texted a friend;
"Llámame cuando estés listo."
That's a great example of this construction. I wish I had thought to include it in the video. :)
Excellent lesson Paul. I’m one of those weirdos obsessed with the subjunctive. I would go as far to say that learning the subjunctive will make you sound way more native. It’s worth learning!!!
Hola Paul. Muchas gracias por los video y en particular para añadir el Vosotros en la lista del verbos.
De nada. :)
I like to watch these videos at .75 speed. Not only does it give me a little more time to process the information but it also makes you sound a bit high which is also entertaining 👍🏻
Haha
Thanks for another great video Paul.Tell me, how do you say "I really went off on a tangent" in Spanish? Anyway, I love it when you do because your tangents are usually very helpful.
There is an expression for that: irse por las ramas. Me fui por las ramas. I went iff on a tangent.
More on the imperfect subjunctive please!!!
More on the way!
in French you would use the conditional, which makes more sense than in Spanish.
Me encantan sus vídeos. Gracias por ayudarnos.
Tengo una duda. ¿Puede corregirme ?
I told him to serve water as soon as the guests arrived.
Traducción: Le dije que sirviera agua en cuanto lleguen los invitados. ¿ Es correcto?
I’m watching this vid and I get a Whatsapp message on my screen: “Cuando puedas.” 😂
Perfect example!
Hola. Hablas español muy bien.
¡Mil gracias !
Como siempre está lección también muy útil señor Paul.
Muchas gracias.
Espero que mi español no es tan malo
¡Mil gracias! Sigue practicando y aprendiendo :-)
@@QrooSpanish
It should have been " no sea tan malo" right?
Correct. Sea because it is a subjunctive trigger.
@@QrooSpanish Muchas gracias señor.
@@QrooSpanish Interesting. Even though it is specified? I just watched #6 so the idea is rattling around in my head. It's probably in a separate group. That separate object triggering subjunctive is still an unclear area in my mind.
Could you do a video on the past subjunctive? Having some trouble
Definitely. The triggers will be the same but that the conjunctionscan be trickier because there are two possible sets to choose from.
Hey Q! Question--during the process of collecting these phrases and sentence structures; how often would you say you were speaking the language on the beat/during the day or whatever?
I actually picked up most of them before I met my wife. I learned them from the grammar book I mention and speaking with migrant workers from Mexico.
As far as how often we speak Spanish at home, I would say it's about 60/40 English/Spanish. Speaking Spanish regularly definitely helped me get better.
Do you know any good immersion spanish schools still left standing? It seems like many closed down due to the Pandemic.
Hola Paul. I’ve been going back to watch cero to conversational. I’m doing quite well. I’m on number six. Yesterday I went for a ride with my wife and her friend and they were speaking Spanish. I tried to follow what they were saying, but I didn’t get much. I just have to keep trying. Rick from Salt Lake.
Verbal comprehension is one of the most difficult aspects of learning any language. Also, people often speak in the past tense and I haven't gotten into that at all in that course by Lesson 6. It is, however, making an appearance in Lesson 8.
You always explain things in a way that it is possible to understand. Can you please make a video with when to use va a haber and va a ser/estar? I really don't get it...🤦♀️🤷♀️
That is a good topic idea. I'll at to my ever-growing list. :)
Hiya Paul, Callum here. I've just started watching your vids. I've been living here in southern Spain for about 4 years and started speaking Spanish about 3 years ago. I'm not too bad but have only picked it up through talking with my girlfriends and watching videos about stuff I'm interested in. This is the first effort I've made to formalise it and polish it up around the edges.
Anyway, even though I'm usually aware of when the subjunctive is required, it's by no means evident to me what form the verb in the subjunctive will take compared with its normal form. For example - tienes v. tengas - where the heck's the g come from? I know that one just because we'll tend to end a phone call with something like "Venga. Que tengas un buen día". Otherwise, I wouldn't be able to just guess that you have to whack a g in there.
Is there a regular or near regular pattern that I can use as a rough and ready guideline?
There is a regular pattern to conjugating the verbs. It is explained here: th-cam.com/video/RborA9un2p0/w-d-xo.html
@@QrooSpanish Okay, cheers mate. I'll check it out now.👍
IDK if you know the answer but why do you put pensar + infinitive to equal to plan something? Sorry, I'm trying to wrap my head around that.
I have a slight confusion with the word 'suelo'.......Here you have it meaning 'I usually do'. But one of the first things I learned when I moved to Spain is that 'suelo' means ground/floor/soil.
I learned this because I'm a carpenter, and I went to a woodyard asking for 'decking' timber. They had no idea what I meant, because here in Spain it's not so common except with the British ex pats.
When I showed the receptionist at the timber yard a photo of decking, she replied with "Ahh, madera de suelo", and that's what I learned to ask for ever since.
So now I've just learned it has another meaning, along with the rest of the Spanish words that have multiple meanings.
As a noun, yes suelo means floor.
I typically would say Dime as opposed to Avísame, that is correct to right?
Yes, that works for "tell me."
Maybe a silly question but can’t you substitute Avísame with Dime? I’ve heard dime more, which is more natural or is it a regional thing?
You can substitute that.
Yo trato de aprender espanol. No puedo siempre estudiar lo. Estoy ocupado. Ok. Sometimes I catch myself thinking that I will never learn spanish. It’s frustrating. But I’m stubborn enough to keep trying. Any advise? Rick from Salt Lake
What helped me was to make a promise to myself that I would dedicate at least 30 minutes a day to it. That could be broken up over the day. That kept me working on it. On days when I had more time, I would often spend more time working on it; however, I never did less than 30 minutes. Just keep some study materials in the bathroom...lol.
Eww.. don't study. Just listen to the language. Let your brain absorb it during your day to day through music, movies, tv shows, sports, the same stuff you like in your native language, just find it in Spanish and enjoy. Then videos like this become clarification of what you're already hearing in the language, rather than some note taking lecture.
Just my two cents on the matter.
Also, maybe I just haven't heard it or something but I don't usually hear soler. Is that related to an area or am I just missing it?
It is a standard Spanish word used everywhere. Go to Google and do a search for "solemos" (we usually). You'll get over 14 million hits and you can see how it is used in sentences. Here is an example: www.fundeu.es/blog/38-palabras-que-solemos-escribir-con-tilde-y-no-la-llevan/
You will see it a lot in the perfect form for "used to do something". Mi papá solía fumar todos los días. My father used to smoke.
I just love your videos.
I do have a question:
“Pensamos a ir a la playa”
I think i misunderstood what you said, but you said this was the future. I thought the future would be “pensáramos”. What am I not understanding? Muchas Gracias
Hi. We nornally use this in the present tense pensar + infinitive. We do the same in English. We say, " We plan to go to the beach this weeekend." Because the planning is happening now. Pensamos ir a la playa.
@@QrooSpanish
Muchas Gracias
I understand about the ir
It’s the pensamos that I have the question. Shouldn’t it be pensáramos?
Would you say in English, "We will plan to go to the beach." Or, "We are planning to go to the beach." The planning part is going on now, the going part later. That's why in both languages it is most often expressed in the present tense.
Juan plans to go to New York in October(he is planning now to do that later: Juan piensa ir a Nueva York en octubre.
@@QrooSpanish I get it now.
I misunderstood what you said in the video. Muchas Gracias 🙂
Con respecto a tu oración: cuando tenga(s) tiempo ¿ me trae más servilletes? ¿ Cómo correcta es esa? ¿ Porqué no hay subjuntivo?Aquí otras repuestas: Cuando tenga(s) tiempo, ¿ puede(s) me traiga más servilletas. O ¿ Puedes traerme más servilletes? ¿ Porqué usas "trae"?Si la oración estaba : Cuando termino este trabajo, voy a traerte más servilletes ,luego podemos decir: te trae más servilletes. ¿ Me equivoco?
Cuando tenga tiempo -- when you have time, that's the part in the subjunctive. As for ¿me trae más servilletas? Spanish often uses the present tense to make polite requests. It does not sound as harsh as the imperative (command form) - Tráigame más servilletas.
You could use it with poder but it would be more common with the conditional. ¿Me podría traer más servilletas? or ¿Podría traerme más servilletas?
@@QrooSpanish Muchas gracias por tu repuesta rapida.
Sir
If it is Dejar it means ar verb
So for it stop
It should be 'deja' isn't it??😊
Creo que "Antes de que..." siempre usa el subjuntivo porque enfatiza que una cosa ocurre primero y después la otra en un momento futuro, y el futuro es irreal en el presente.
question: instead of "le dije que me avisara" can you use the infinitive? like "le dije que avisarme..."
No, unfortunately when you use decir as in to tell someone to do something, you have to use this construction: decir+ que+ subjunctive. This is the same pattern you would use with querer too. I talk about it in this video: th-cam.com/video/s8EwcMVMNe0/w-d-xo.html
@@QrooSpanish Grax!
Ojalá pudiera tener lecciones individuales contigo. Supongo que no verás este mensaje.
Please Paul, could you list all your subjunctive videos! With numbers! This is number six. Yes? And then? Which one is number 8 etc?
I meant 7!!! 😁
This playlist is in order: th-cam.com/play/PLlo8JO-R9k-J189PSyr3U2n-LUFuWBFjO.html&si=p4FDqBCEBSoDywgR
El día que yo me muera, no voy a llevarme nada.
Why is it avisara??
What time stamp on the video?
How can one be conversational when you have no one to speak with? I tried speaking with the store cashiers but they smile
Online interactions like Italki.
Can the verb 'avisar' even translate 'to advise'? I thought it meant 'to inform' or 'to warn'. And 'advise me' doesn't sound natural to me in those sentences.
It's all about context. In this usage, it means to notify and is a good equivalent for the English "let me know." It is a common Spanish expression. The reason I am keeping the English as "advise" is to help people remember the Spanish better. Word association is a useful study tool.
In my former profession, we commonly used the English "to advise" as to tell or inform. Advise me when you have completed the assignment. Etc. I guess that sticks in my head too...lol.
@@QrooSpanish Cool. I really appreciate the effort you put into these videos Paul.
avisar...to warn, to inform, to let me know.
love this verb because (avisame cuando) will always have the subjunctive after and I am always saying "let know when..."
avísame cuando puedas ayudarme.
You can work in some other verbs. I commonly use:
Llámame cuando puedas (estés listo)
Mándame un mensaje cuando....
Do you have a separate video on the imperfect subjunctive?
No, not yet. In this series, I discuss when to use it but I don't go through the conjugations. I plan to do a separate video dedicated to that. Those conjugation videos are just so boring that I have been putting it off....lol.
Isn’t llegarà future.
llegará is future, llegara is imperfect subjunctive
Paul, in your final example, why could the sentence not be “Le dije avisarme cuando llegara”?
Even easier my friend. IF the action outside of one subject acting on another has occurred or is «as expected» then, it´s --INFINITIVE-- (INDICATIVE). We could stop there but, to finish the thought, IF the action in that case is NOT as expected or has not yet occurred then SUBJUNCTIVE. That´s really all there is to the whole thing regardless of any trigger. I find that memorizing 50 triggers is kind of a funny concept, especially when people complain about having more than a 50 word vocabulary. Let´s say you walk into a room and the room is as you expect it to be, it IS as you expect, INDICATIVE. You walk into the same room and it´s not as you expect it to be, it IS SUBJUNCTIVE. Same thing with Cuando (expected or happened = Indicative). The more grammar rules, the more impossible to reach fluency. We need grammar but, it´s all got to be re-thought, re-imagined and greatly simplified like you do.
Do you mean INDICATIVE? Also, if I explain that the subjunctive is not required if the action as already occurred, it might confuse some students when we are using this construction in the past tense. It is also important to point out that antes de que does not follow the pattern. It will always take the subjunctive.
The subjunctive triggers are so short, that I actually found it much easier to learn the subjunctive this way. I broke the language down to some plug-and-play formulas. I didn't have to put much thought into it, and after awhile it wasn't even necessary to use them anymore. I was just creating the same sentences without thinking about it.
There won't be 50 triggers. So far, I've covered six of them. Just these six allow folks to translate a wide range of sentences in Spanish correctly . The one today was the most complex, but the others are quite simple and can be learned quickly. I'm all about minimal effort, maximum results.
@@QrooSpanish I did indeed mean INDICATIVE. What a dumbass I is! Sorry. Dude, I hate all the grammatical terms, one and all but, that´s no excuse to get them wrong. There´s going to be rules and rule breakers and like you, I like it easier. I suppose «easier» can be a pick-n-choose from options, right on? Most of my married male friends LOVE the triggers. Maybe it´s a gun thing. I´m nowhere near your level so, deferring to your experience is an easy out. You´re like, the ONLY non-Spaniard I listen to concerning Spanish because of the way you present the material, the experience you have and the exceptional intelligence with which you organize. I do stand by my method, especially for explaining how two sentences of the same structure can vary only between INDICATIVE (make sure I get that right) and SUBJUNCTIVE. Paul, we´re going to Spain at the end of August!! Be there 8 days in Málaga. You´re channel is growing!! Damn it. Now I gotta go play with Antes de que for an hour!
I like to know general rules, but without specific examples, the rules mean nothing to me. So the whole explanation about things being as expected - well, that's good information, but it just leaves my brain blank. The triggers are super helpful!
@@Zzyzzyx Cool! I agree but, let´s take the assumption that antes de que is ALWAYS subjunctive. I content that is not true. It´s only subjunctive IF the event has not happened. If the event has happened, and the account is being given, it would simply mean this before that and be indicative. Triggers are GREAT but, if you don´t know why something is subjunctive when the same thing can easily be indicative then, you miss the entire nuance and point.
It's true. It ALWAYS takes the subjunctive. Well, when people use it correctly, that is. Just one of those quirky little things about the subjunctive: Suelo despertarme antes de que mi padre llegue a casa.
See how easy it was to learn that rule? It probably took less than 30 seconds. ;)
Thanks!
Thank you!
Thanks for another great video Paul.Tell me, how do you say "I really went off on a tangent" in Spanish? Anyway, I love it when you do because your tangents are usually very helpful.
You can say 'Me he ido por la tangente'. Also 'coger la tangente'.
If it's an intentional excursion, like in this case, you would say 'Cogí / Me fui por *una* tangente'. If you are disapproving someone else's lack of topic coherence or their intent to avoid the topic at hand, it's *la* tangente, 'Los políticos se van por la tangente en cuanto les hacen preguntas difíciles'.
Thanks!
Thank you very much!
Thanks!
Thank you very much!