02 Spanish Lesson - Reflexive Verbs (part 3) -multiple verbs and -ing

[EbonyDarknessWay]

@annalala27 No offence - I don't want to argue - but I don't understand what you're trying to say when you write in Spanish or English. ¿Vives en Alicante? XD jaja

[TehPwnator]

Hi clay

[TehPwnator]

Blargh

[cellphonejunkie11]

I just want to thank you times a milion for all these videos you posted! I've been struggling in class and I discovered these videos tonight and it's just amazing how much of a difference there is from watching them and taking notes from them! So, thank you :)

[lilazn239]

So I have one week before school starts, and I get the reflexive verbs for daily routines. What I don't get are verbs like "subirse" (to get off) and verbs like that. For example, "Me subo de autobu's." Why do I need the "me"? There are other verbs that are similar to that one, but right now, I cannot think of any. Please help me before school starts. Thanks.

[EbonyDarknessWay]

Thanks for clearing up!

[tontitofrito]

@EbonyDarknessWay

Some people just want to cause problems. Don't worry ;-) I'm sure of what I said on this video.  I usually make slight mistakes but not one THAT grande.

[annalala27]

@tontitofrito your spanish es muy mal no se dice me cepillo los dientes tienes que decir yo cepillo mis dientes

tu has dicho i myself brush the teeth y no significa nada ...

y en spain se dice yo me limpio y asi puedes decir el (me) pero solo puedes decir me cuando pones yo o en negativo vale ??? espero para TU RESPUESTA i hope you understand me

[annalala27]

its El le not el se !! soy spanish y me lo se

[slsrox1298]

@annalala27 @annalala27 Soy spanish? Really? You just commented in English, and Spanish is capitalized in English, and it is español in Spanish.... So really? Tú español es muy horrendo, y tú no tienes cualquier gramatica, puntuacion, y capitalizacíon. Tú eres muy patético. Oh, and by the way, Sr. Jordan IS correct. With verbs like gustar (they have no name that I know of) the reflexive pronouns (I'm not sure if they are called reflexive with verbs like gustar) are: me, te, le, nos, os, and les.

[slsrox1298]

With reflexive verbs, Sr. Jodan is right (obviously) because the reflexive pronouns are: me, te, se, nos, os, se. So, you obviously don't speak spanish, and you obviously don't know as much as him, so stop trying to appear smarter.

[dakoolaidmann]

I love saying emPHAsis with the emPHAsis on the wrong syLLAble... Im glad im not alone

[kowloonkenny]

Thanks Tontofrito. It's very useful for a beginner as me!

[DontCallMyDamnName]

Thank you very much for your videos! I have one doubt, is there any difference in formality between "Yo estoy lanvándome" and "Yo me estoy lavando"? Because in Portuguese( I'm Brazilian)the first one would be formal " Eu estou lavando-me" and the second informal " Eu estou me lavando". Is it the same thing in Spanish? And I know that this is off topic but if you already know a romance language, and if it is Portuguese, Spanish is a piece of cake. Really easy to read, write, speak and understand.

[tontitofrito]

@DontCallMyDamnName

Hmm... to my knowledge there is no difference in formality.

[Spanishvideolibrary]

@DontCallMyDamnName No it is not the same. Most speakers say me lavo. me estoy lavando is more exagerated.estoy lavandome is also exagerated, estoy me lavando does not exist in Spanish. I agree that it is easier to learn Portuguese when you know Spanish. MsBossfromRI is a channel to learn Portuguese and MrzBoss is for learning English. They are like a video library of sites for learning and practicing languages

[Spanishvideolibrary]

@DontCallMyDamnName No there is no difference in formality like Portuguese in Brazil. This form in Spanish can be seen as an exageration. Me estoy lavando or estoy lavandome is used less frequently than me lavo

Spanish never uses estoy me lavando like in Portuguese.

I would invite anyone who knows Spanish to learn the beautiful Portuguese language. MsBossfromRI is a youtube channel with a video collection for learning or practicing Portuguese. Go there to see what you are missing!!!!!!

[MsBossfromRI]

@DontCallMyDamnName You cannot say estoy me lavando like Portuguese. I agree every romance language speaker should at least try to learn another language. Portuguese is a beautiful language. I host a video library of most of the Portuguese language channels and latest videos

[becket177]

You are a good teacher, Tontofrito. Thanks for going through the trouble of making these lessons. I watch them a lot.

[krc0046]

This helped a lot. Thanks Tontofrito.

[azn921]

very good lessons, but this is good criticism i think that next time you teach this in the classroom or something just say like BEFORE A conjugated/after an infinitive....when i heard that it made sense

very good videos!

[hiraansari1]

for me these are the best online Spanish grammar lessons!

[azn921]

Let me get this right, when translating these reflexive verbs/pronoun boys, i just take the translation of the reflexive pronoun boy; me, te,se,nos,and se and attach a definition to them( what are the definition of me/te/se/nos/se ) and then translate what i know. when i learned verbs the teacher said there are 3types, ir/er/ar is the 'se' add on another type of verb?

[azn921]

at 9:04 when you say ellos se esta/n acostando, does that literally translate into they are going to their bed now?

[tontitofrito]

You're right! But due to the reflexive... I might translate it to more 'they are putting themselves to bed' (right now)... but your translation makes sense too!

[tontitofrito]

Good question.

'dormirse' is a little different.  It means ' to fall asleep' and doesn't really have the 'oneself' in the meaning...

So 'no puedo dormirme' or 'no me puedo dormir' means 'I can't fall asleep'

[adampatterson1]

hey senor jordan. my teacher sucks at teaching, because she doesnt use a lesson plan. so thank youf or helping me get through spanish.

[looied]

How do you know which verbs are stem changers?

[al7alem111]

great job keep it up !!!

[al7alem111]

Man you are really great teacher ! muchas gracias ... I have arrived in Madrid before 3 months to learn Spanish and I just now knew how to use the present tense... keep it up guys and you should plan to make your own business on the same field...

adios:)

[idodorashid1]

Ty so mucccchhhhhhhhh

[tigrisdyr]

what is the difference between yo nececito and yo tener que?

[tontitofrito]

(Yo) necesito I need... (could be something to do or an object; actions and things)

(Yo) tengo que I have to

 (something to do; only with actions)

[ShangoMedia]

Great work. I appreciate your generosity.

[milleniacat]

You ROCK!

[ShadeTheChanginMan]

bueno

[starmate]

Awsome lessons man, 8:22 was pretty funny though you said ''emphasis and syllable" really funny :P

[FreedomToPeople]

is there anyway we could download your entire lesson onto Blackberry or IPOD?. and study them while traveling

[nintendofan666]

Thankyou so much! these videos are very helpful =)

[satch8]

dormirse (o-ue) means it changes to duermirse....why is it durmirse?

[tontitofrito]

Sorry I never caught this before to answer.

"dormir" is the infinitive.

You won't change the infinitive...

the reflexive part will change though... "me, te, se, nos, se" depending on who you're talking about.

Correct:

Yo no puedo dormirme. (I can't fall asleep)

Incorrecto:

Yo no puedo dormirse.

[azn921]

@tontitofrito what is the translation of you no puedo dormirme, is it i can't sleep myself? i don't understand what that means,

[SteezeSkate]

@satch8 because of spanish laws/rules. duermirse doesnt sound as good as durmirse. durmirse is right though.

[eyezblack]

at 5:28 couldn't you just say:

Jaime va a tomar una ducha?

[tontitofrito]

Se puede (you can)... pero no es reflexivo. That wouldn't be much help in this video. ;-)

[jairoo9]

siendo = participio de ser

viniedno= participio de venir

hiriendo = participio de herir

huyendo = participio de huir

cayendo = participio de caer

viendo = participio de ver

construyendo = part. construir

tiñiendo = part. de teñir

y no se me ocurren más, pero son algunos casos de participios irregulares.

[tontitofrito]

Está bien, gracias. :-)

Estoy haciendo los videos fuera de orden así que no hice los videos del 'progresivo' todavía.

Sin embargo los que me diste no son de verbos reflexivos. Unos pueden usarse así pero otros no y este video como se entituló es de verbos reflexivos. ;-)

[McNameel]

First off, are a spanish teacher? Also you are saving me out here, Muchas Gracias. How do you type accents and Tildas? I forget what you call tildas in spanish

[tcmsruler]

te amo

[tontitofrito]

Gracias.

[pablovelazquez]

Decile que vos también, ¡galán!...

[tontitofrito]

Jajajaja.