I created a symbol system for all Spanish tenses which avoids using the names. It works surprisingly well! Take a look at this "symbol" //// Now, tell me which past tense it is. What about this one? · ǀ The first is the imperfect. The second is the preterit. How about this one? · ǀǀ This one is "had". See, the symbols explain the tense perfectly. The truth is, it doesn´t matter what symbol you create, just so that you don´t name it! Without meaning to, or not, when academics created the stupid, irrelevant, long names to "standardize" things, they destroyed the hope of fluency in the process. A simple dot is the present · the three subjunctives are K· and K˂ and Kh for que esté, que estuivera, que hubiera estado. For all 14 major tenses, you can create a list, in the order you prefer and then, use it as a practice template every day with any verb.
@@RyeCA Because they are inherently misleading unless you know the meaning of their Latin roots (which I discovered via chatGPT, of course). For instance 'imperfect' basically means 'unfinished' but the use of 'perfect' in that sense has been almost lost in English.
Muy util - muchisimas gracias
I like the Aba used to sing Mamamia. My brain remembers these sort of things well.
Tarde un rato en darme cuenta el genio de 'ABA used to sing Mama MIA'.
Los pasados son A2 no?
De todos modos, estoy emocionado👍👍
I agree, this does not seem like B2 material to me.
I created a symbol system for all Spanish tenses which avoids using the names. It works surprisingly well! Take a look at this "symbol" //// Now, tell me which past tense it is. What about this one? · ǀ The first is the imperfect. The second is the preterit. How about this one? · ǀǀ This one is "had". See, the symbols explain the tense perfectly. The truth is, it doesn´t matter what symbol you create, just so that you don´t name it! Without meaning to, or not, when academics created the stupid, irrelevant, long names to "standardize" things, they destroyed the hope of fluency in the process. A simple dot is the present · the three subjunctives are K· and K˂ and Kh for que esté, que estuivera, que hubiera estado. For all 14 major tenses, you can create a list, in the order you prefer and then, use it as a practice template every day with any verb.
why are names not just as good as symbols?
@@RyeCA Because they are inherently misleading unless you know the meaning of their Latin roots (which I discovered via chatGPT, of course). For instance 'imperfect' basically means 'unfinished' but the use of 'perfect' in that sense has been almost lost in English.
@ How are they misleading? They are just names
Not misleading if your first language is French because we have the same tenses!