01012 Spanish Lesson - ¿Cómo eres? & describing personality

[meganbelland]

so if you ask me how are you....i would answer with ESTOY ...but if you ask what are you like...i answer with SOY????

[tontitofrito]

@meganbelland

here's a generalization for you: ;-)

estoy = I am [feeling; located; [doing something]]

soy = I am [+ description of me as a person / occupation ]

[Cidril]

THANK YOU! :D

[Dennis5528]

My spanish teacher have told me, that you dont say - Yo soy, but soy. That you only say yo soy when you have to truly say some big or importent thing about yourself. :)

[tontitofrito]

@Dennis5528

your teacher sounds like a smart person.

[Dennis5528]

@tontitofrito :)



[bowownerful]

I Wrote ¿cómo eres? into the google translater and it said ''How are you?'' and not (what are you like?)

[tontitofrito]

@bowownerful

The moral of the story, you can't always trust online translators.

[ZAbest234]

thank u so much for all of these videos.i really needed them.i have to take a verbal mid-term

and i still didnt get all of it,but now i think i have a better understanding of it.thanks:)

[EX0TiCA25]

i just learned more from u than i did my whole 4 yrs taking it in high school..! LOL ...u r a good teacher!

[hatinnd]

I love this. I'm learning more from you than in the spanish class I'm paying for!! Thank You!!

[DeeSaven]

it's atlético not deportista am i right ?

[alangreat22]

are there any accents?

[LosVampira]

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[inaarav44]

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[360quICkZnoOB]

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[elgatosucio]

hi again. let me fix 1 only word. ATREVIDO means "daring, unpolite, rude". The word for BRAVE is "valiente" (BRAVE HEART, FOR EX, "corazón valiente", that s the meaning. Greetings from Argentina. Great teacher.

[lunarelf]

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[Shiver161]

yo soy impaciente. I REALLY WANT TO LEARN SPANISH!!! these videos are helping me sooooooo much!!! thanks

[MrPerfectVision]

looks like i typed my previous comment too early, great videos!

[MrPerfectVision]

i thought "i am" was just "soy" or doesn't it matter if you put the "yo" infront, can either way work?

[seriouslynow595]

Wouldn't "trabajador" more accurately mean "worker"?

[tontitofrito]

@seriouslynow595

it can be... but it is also used as someone being hardworking.

[princ3ssMusicifiy]

I Thank you , for uploading this video.

[superballin2016]

Thank you for posting these helpful videos! I love them! My spanish teacher always shows them to my class. We used them from the beginning of the year and still use them now. They help a lot! Thanks for posting!

[bradm3388]

DO NOT LIKE I HATE IT

[androstempest]

ahhh just one thing you probably should have mentioned. Some of those adjectives are gender specific. For example a woman would not say "atlético" she would say "atlética" this is very improtant as it would affect the meaning.

[androstempest]

@androstempest doh! I meant to say important. damn my dyslexic fingers.

[jamexicangirl]

O I'm in TN. I know your students love u and all have a better understanding. Keep doing wat u doing! I am Soooo glad I found you and tour videos.

[jamexicangirl]

I love u for this video and all the others thank u so much for the helpful lessons! Where do u teach?

[tontitofrito]

@jamexicangirl

Thanks You're too kind! I teach in Missouri.

[MrzRocRoyal12]

why is siempre in front of soy and yo in front of siempre?

[tontitofrito]

@MrzRocRoyal12

Instead of questioning why something goes in a certain place in a sentence, just notice it does and take a mental note of it because languages are different.

[myra446]

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[Gud0702]

Hey, how comes you pronounce the "c" like an "s" and not like a "th".. does it vary depending on the region? Tbh, i prefer it sounding like an "s", it's less lispy.. but I have a spanish learning CD and they pronounce it "th".. even in numbers like "once" which to me sounds weird :s.. thankyou

[tontitofrito]

@Gud0702

Different places have different accents. The pronunciation of 'c' and 's' as you describe occurs in Spain predominantly. ;-)

[Alfangos]

@Gud0702 sorry, I don't wanna be troll, but @tontitofrito is wrong. "C" is pronounced like a "S" only when is followed by "e" or "i". For example "acero" ('steel' - sounds like "asero"), or "decir" ('to say' - sounds like "desir"). It does NOT depend of region.

The obvious question is "so, why don't you spell it with S instead of C?". Answer is "just orthography". "Asero" is a very serious orthography fault.

"S" is pronounced like "S" in any case: sala, sensación, silla, sopa, susto.

[Gud0702]

@Alfangos yeah but when do they pronounce the c as "th"? Is it not only in Spain? Because I haven't heard any Latin American, spanish speaking countries that pronounce "doce" like "dothe"

[Alfangos]

@Gud0702 Ah, ok. Yes, it's only in Spain. I wouldn't say you pronounce "th", I think is more like a "sh". In Spain almost always "S", "Ce" and "Ci" are pronounced in this way ("sh"). Actually, i think that is the most notorious diference between the accents from Spain and Latin America.

[androstempest]

@Gud0702 Here in the Valencian region of spain this is very true, for example in the lesson we have "a veces" pronounced more like "a beses" but here it would be "a bethes".

[helphesslyhopeless74]

i've taken 2 years of spanish in highschool...i'm currently taking ap language..girls like guys who speak perfect spanish.........

[KaozMaddox]

OK, but you also can say "ESTOY GORDO".

You use the word "Estoy" is kinda like "i've gotten" and "SOY" means I AM

For example.

ESTOY GORDO... >>> I've gotten fat.

SOY GORDO >>> I am fat.

Yo solia ser flaco, pero ahora estoy gordo.

I used to be skinny, but i've gotten fat.

Got it? I hope you did, if u didn't, follow me @KaozMC on twitter.

Skype: KaozYervez.

Let me know if there's any thing i can help you with Spanish Language :D

[lalaMausszi3]

yo say okay all the time!

[chunlaylar]

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[chunlaylar]

i like your speaking style, which is energetic and lively... ^^ thank you so much.. i m a chinese learning spanish..

but sometimes can u speak slower about some long and dificult spanish??

[chunlaylar]

i like your speaking style, which is energetic and lively... ^^ thank you so much.. i m a chinese learning spanish..

but sometimes can u speak slower about some long and dificult spanish??

[3Dbebe91102]

sweet thanks this is great for my spanish hw!

[Marrilliams]

Loved this video it actually answered a few questions I had :) Gracias Senior Jordan :)

[geezwhycantifindanam]

how would you say that you are sometimes "serio" or occasionally "atrevido"?

[tontitofrito]

Here are some you can throw in there for fun before your sentence...

Normalmente... (normally)

Siempre (always)

A veces (at times / sometimes)

De vez en cuando (from time to time)

Nunca (never)

A menudo (often)

[getovich2008]

Hi my friend I have a little advice to you, WE NEVER USE "YO" in any sentence because it's denote a egocentric personality, so you must always avoid to use "YO" that is a translate error because english language always use subjects, spanish dont. for example.

-¿Hola como estas?

- Bien!, ¿y vos? NOT "yo estoy bien ¿y vos?"

-Bien NOT "Yo estoy bien"

-Quisiera conocerte un poco mas, ¿contame como sos?

-Bueno... soy un poco timida pero no mucho. soy cariñosa, expontanea etc....

-NOT Yo soy..

[anotherone241]

eso es sujeto implicito

[vaiiolett]

@nikonpictopro you'll say:

¿Éstas hablando en serio?

¿Lo dices en serio?

¿Es en serio?

¿Estas bromeando?

:D, soy mexicana

[holderandre]

My name is David and i am in spanish 111 and your lessons helps so much thank you

[MusicWifeyx]

In my spanish lessons, my teacher told me 'estoy' is how you say; i am.. Is she wrong or is there just TWO different ways of saying i am? thankyou.

[tontitofrito]

There are two main ways to say I am, but for different contexts... Here are some examples for you on the different usages until I have a video on these two verbs: SER '(yo) soy alto, generoso e inteligente' --> I am tall, generous and intelligent 'soy doctor' --> I am a doctor. 'soy católico' --> I am Catholic 'soy de Chile' --> I am from Chile. 'soy mexicano' --> I am Mexican. ESTAR 'estoy bien' --> I am fine/well. 'estoy en el restaurante' --> I am in the restaurant

[MusicWifeyx]

thankyou :) you're really really helpful! :)

[MrFreakHeavy]

@MusicWifeyx Ser is for "being" what your are (your persona, i think that is what you call in english). Estar is for an state, for example happiness. To say that you are happy (in that moment, for example) you would say "Estoy feliz", but if you want to say that you are a happy person or that yu have a happy personality your woud say "Soy feliz".

In other words. Ser is for What you are. Estoy es for How you are. Notice that the verb "Estar" have other uses :) Hoped I could help my friend.

[xTommyDawg]

Yes. But you would probably say "are you joking" or something.

[t0mmorrow]

Muchas Gracias, tu eres muy beneficioso!

[jairoo9]

@nikonpictopro se puede decir ¿En serio?, ¿lo dices/decís en serio?, o ¿posta? (informal)

[pichone85]

nikon en spanish se diría:

¿Estas en serio? o ¿lo dices en serio?; ¿Estas de broma? (its a joke?)

Spain is different !!!!! :)

[mrose381ob]

Thanks u help out a whole lot..lOl

[woofwoofmeowmoo]

i love ur videos. i can understand so clearly. thanks so much. im really serious about learning my 4th language which is spanish :P i can understand some of it but not alot but im getting better and these videos are helping me alot thank u a thousand times

[safaja85]

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[6635060]

its legitly helping me alot

[brsnkola]

nevermind :) just should have checked the next video before

[brsnkola]

but it should be different for girls and boys, right?

[karate4ever9000000]

man .. thank u very very much ..

[quinndanenica141624]

I'm from philippines and I'm in florida now,I started my basic knowledge in spanish through youtube and your video really help a lot.i hope you can add some more video like conversation of asking what would you like to eat,or you want some coffee.....i will appreciate it.......gracias

[TheAngieWangie]

if I am a female and I am serious: entonces yo soy seria (?)

[tontitofrito]

Sure would. Muy bien. I think I cover that in part 2? ;-)

[NeonMite]

What if the question was

"Eres deportista o artistico?"

And I wanted to say that I was artistic but not athletic. How would I say that?

[tontitofrito]

Quizás....

(yo) Soy artístico pero no deportista.

o

(yo) Soy artístico pero (yo) no soy deportista.

(words in parentheses are optional)

[tousakunomori]

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[timmyjbone]

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[Devourer09]

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[0tamara0]

you are WAY awesome.

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[clara199528]

Great teaching! well done, ive learned SO much! thanks!

[karutta]

your a good teacher, really. well done

[jenlans]

Is it okay if I say 'yo simpatico'instead of 'yo soy simpatico'??? I was told before when i introduce myself to say 'yo jenlans' and I was wondering if the same goes with adjectives?

[tontitofrito]

I'm no expert, but I've only heard someone say 'yo [name]' after someone else said their name.

Ex:

Persona 1: Me llamo Señor Jordan.

Persona 2: Yo, Dolores.

Or something to that effect. Where did you learn that?

Also, I always encourage my students to use the verbs when in doubt. Complete sentences are always better when learning. Also, you're a chica, ¿verdad? So it would be 'simpática'.

I'll check with some of my Spanish-speaking friends though for you to confirm!

[jenlans]

I heard that from a friend of mine who is Brazilian and her husband is Mexican. She told me I would sound stupid if I said 'Me llamo Jenlans'

[seygra20]

in brazil dont dey speak portuguese not spanish

[Theo0102]

Hola

. You can say "Hola, mi nombre es Jenlans" or " Me llamo... " the meaning is the same. I guess your friend is a little confused.

[TopillaoGrana]

cuando va con un adjetivo como por ejemplo "yo + simpático" es obligatorio poner el verbo conjugado, siempre. No se puede decir "yo simpático", en cambio se dice "(yo) soy simpático", a no ser que sea una ronda de preguntas o algo así y uno diga algo como "me, kind" or "me? kind" but not usual at all unless in certain spoken circumstances like those.

[TopillaoGrana]

Well you can omit the verb in a sentence like "Yo, Jenlans" when introducing yourself to someone after some other people have introduced to them before you, or when you're asked, like in "and you?what's your name?" and you say, "me? Jenlans". But with adjectives the verb is compulsory, otherwise you'll sound like an indian native. I'm Spanish :)

[azkamall]

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[clara199528]

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[AWmaster10]

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[Jamesw580i]

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