Pimsleur Spanish Lesson 1

[eugelu11]

omg, who speaks like that anyway? if someone came up to me speaking spanish like that I would just laugh so hard that the poor person would feel totally offended

[JustKitteningWithU]

omg..i totally understand the first few sentencces...something about do you speak spanich and the the lady say no and then the lady ask the man if he is american....did i get it right

[rammsteinFAN44]

Most boring thing ever.... I wonder if I could take Skrillex and mash it with this... just to make it a little more lively...

[Whiteoverblue]

I wonder how people searched for this video just to learn what ¡ME GUSTA! really means.

[tkavalanche24]

@A7Xb4SsiSt they were referring to speaking to the person as "usted" instead of "tú" (you). But usted is a more formal version of saying you, but you would conjugate the verbs like for he/she/it

[vegasx9]

This method is best used if you already understand basic conjugations, Learning for present tense verbs them have you learning spanish from these videos twice as fast

[chaz1453]

Some programmes give not enough detail, but this is much too long winded. But long winded is better than too fast i guess.

[chaz1453]

@chaz1453 but it also makes you bored

[moonface630]

i understood everything in the first part. wtf. do youspeak english. i speak only a little english. and i take french. me gusta

[MrPinoy32]

problem with this is that it doesn't teach you how to write in Spanish other than that, this is a good method

[A7Xb4SsiSt]

In the first part wouldn't it be "entiendes"? I thought "es" was used when referring to "you".



[Deldel89]

@A7Xb4SsiSt It's the same xD

"Entendés" is another way to say it...

[dalcowboiz]

@A7Xb4SsiSt in the original conversation you might remember that they greeted each other with "usted" which requires the use of entiende

[RandomUsername714]

@A7Xb4SsiSt

"es" is used with "tu" which also means "you" however "tu" is informal and "usted" is formal,

Informal you use with a friend

And formal is for someone you don't know or an authority figure such as a teacher

[marii92heeyy]

grr, im confused on the part "do you understand" :(

[clubers08]

I just learned more than I learn in Spanish class

[nova6marie]

i suck at this...

[dittocopys]

@nova6marie how long did u listen to it for? <-- (from watching all of this, i think my english got bad)

[nova6marie]

@dittocopys not that long i mean i was halfway through and i was like i cant do this hahaha i got bored..

[mythicalbeast34]

lets make the spics speak english because you can not learn this shit unless you use it all the time

[andrademeza]

@mythicalbeast34 12....maybe 13 years old?

[chifufunie]

wow I just learnt spanish lol cool

[THISNUDIRITEHERE]

this ways pretty good will you be posting more of them

[StinkySyrup]

@THISNUDIRITEHERE they probably won't. this was most likely made to just show you how the system works and if you want to hear everything in the program you have to order the complete package of disks.

[102markmawurds]

No way this works in 10 days, with lessons like this.

[rickyricardo21]

Yes

[Datrear1]

For those who are experienced with Español, I have a question. Is the "h" in Spanish always silent like in "hablo" or "habla"?

[ExotiqBeautii]

@Datrear1 yes, but h sounds are used in Spanish words. its just that they are spelled with j's instead of h's. Different pronunciations.

[Whiteoverblue]

@Datrear1

Yup! "H" is always silent.

Another helpful tip is knowing that Spanish doesn't distinguish between B and V; they're both pronounced as "B."

Therefore, we don't say "Viva," we actually say "Biba."

[brunettendproud]

Thanks this really helps instead of having to buy it thank u :)

[MrSmallANDLoud]

PLEASE GIVE US THE 2ND LESSON

[MrSmallANDLoud]

HEY ANYONE KNOW WHERE I CAN FIND THE 2ND LESSON 

[Myrie2k11]

Is this Spanish from Latin-America or Spain?

[Marceki111]

@Myrie2k11 The program uses Latin American Spanish as a model (thus "ustedes" is used in lieu of "vosotros" in a later unit.)

[Marceki111]

@Myrie2k11 Also, if it were from Spain, the man and the woman the narrator refers to would both have a certain quality on the letter S which would make it sound as if it were SH (i.e. esperar = eshperar)

[susie90210]

lmao i thought it said how do you dress a woman in spanish

[Jarrodmontelius]

this is by far the best way to learn a new language. Im buying this, much better than anything i have found on the net so far.

[wish2fly4me]

i already speak spanish, but this video makes all the people who dont look like little kids just learnig to talk...its realy funny

[jessyourlady16]

lol this is pretty basic



[mrbunnyfufuu]

Entiendo Espanol un poco. Por favor hablan mucho beun Espanol tu me?

[cacv76]

At least they taught me how to draw

[jetsuyon]

trying to find lesson 2

[tyger65033]

@jetsuyon im working on it

[superspy7896]

I hope this works

[DillonBrannick]

@raven8699 I have never done this, but I'd imagine you would eventually understand what they mean from gestures and context, body language.

[StinkyStinkyStinkify]

wow im 11 years old and i prety much mastered it.... i barley mastered 'engles'

[BadgyBadger]

@StinkyStinkyStinkify LOL 'engles' it's 'Ingles' but i'm proud of you.

[StinkyStinkyStinkify]

@BadgyBadger LOL your right. I'm trying to read in Spanish so in high school I can take the class and it will be easier.

[Fernando20017]

.

Wierd

Cause I checked this out at the library once....

[IandJProductions1]

@sirLEVITSKY , un poco un being "a" or "one".

[PrinceBx1]

@ThEpUrPlEpI3 your lucky this is hard!!!

[sirLEVITSKY]

@ThEpUrPlEpI3 Well someone has a Spanish temper. I was kidding senor.

[BrittTaylor943]

*first sentence* Oh wow I understood half of that O.O

[sirLEVITSKY]

@ThEpUrPlEpI3 What the fuck are you doing here then -.- trolling us?

[sirLEVITSKY]

I would pay for future lessons, but only um poko.

[bio165]

Coño me olvidó cómo hablar inglés!!!

[FortMinorsBiggestFan]

@bio165 hahaha bueno..

[FortMinorsBiggestFan]

perdon... Tu madre es una puta?

[kiaruon16]

@FortMinorsBiggestFan thats not very nice

[FortMinorsBiggestFan]

@kiaruon16 su madre no es simpatica..

[tjswagga69]

no intiendo ingles

[iArielito]

Perdon senorita. ?Intiende ingles?

[TheMrwella]

@iArielito si senor İntiendo inglés :)

[RATHAHONNI]

Thats almost like English,try it in Arabic.

[InsanityWithHumor]

22:37 if you say it fast it sounds like "use that ass" and im so immature XD

[emilyruth4god]

@InsanityWithHumor Nah you just have a sense of humor....it totally does!! xD

[TheFlyingFlea1]

Am I the only one here that already speaks Spanish but is listening to see how the program works?

[DramaGeekInc]

@TheFlyingFlea1 Nope. This doesn't seem like an effective way to learn a language

[N0Vaseline]

@TheFlyingFlea1 Ok, so how do the program works? I see 31 thumbs but nobody explain if it's legit. Oh yeah, please don't response in Spanish I haven't learned it yet.

[TheFlyingFlea1]

@N0Vaseline It seems like it would work. But they sort of have accents. They're not pronouncing the words exactly like someone who truly knows Spanish, but its still pretty close.

[spirit1254]

@TheFlyingFlea1 

[MrDullmop]

@TheFlyingFlea1 Does it work well?

[Roger74121]

@TheFlyingFlea1 No, no eres el único, yo ya hablo español (soy de El Salvador), pero quería saber como era el acento de las personas que hicieron las grabaciones, me gusta oir el español con acentos de otras personas ¡Un cordial saludo a todos los que quieren aprender español!

[TheFlyingFlea1]

@Roger74121 Yo soy de Mexico.

[TheMedievalMan]

@TheFlyingFlea1 Not the only one... no. Im sure a bunch of us on here are too.

[Riku5668]

@TheFlyingFlea1 and what do you think of it? :P

[xxpeniskingxx]

How is this any different from any other language learning system?

[DrKillaser]

ah.. going with both German and Spanish won't be that easy... but hey, I've started learning both Arabic and English at the same time, and now I'm fluent in both languages... :)

[TheOverMay]

@DrKillaser Wow! Was that using Pimsleur??

[DrKillaser]

@DrKillaser oh..no..that's actually thanks to my school. I'm a native Russian speaker who lived in Ukraine until age of 6, then my parents and I moved to Qatar. Here(in Qatar) there are no Russian schools, thus the only choice for me was to get into an Arabic-English school. and there I learned both languages (since i had no choice but to learn them..but i guess that the real help was the TV)

must note that my mom speaks Russian & English and my dad speaks Russian, Arabic & English. 11 years ago

[ToroSLB]

Why are you people whining so much? Its not repeating like drills in school. They repeat the words to get you used to saying it correctly, and then they repeat again to incorporate it into the conversation. This is actually a pretty nice method.

[TheCriticEye]

@ToroSLB I'm doing the same thing before I order their French course LOL!

[CutiePieZapZap]

whether it was like advertised or not, i learned this pretty quick like they said i would. haha now my poor spanish friend is ganna have to hear me say these baby phrases all day long XD

[imaphsycollin]

its a scamm! mother fucker! fuck you pimsleur FUCK!

[zwexrctvgbyunimo]

*man speaking at end of 10th lesson* congrats, you learned to speak spanish, now to learn how to write it, you must purchase our $600, 18 disc set "how to write in spansh" in it you will learn.......

me:FFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU-

[TheMCRsuperFan]

does any one know where part two is??!! please

[imaphsycollin]

@TheMCRsuperFan they only give you the first one. u need to buy it for the second one

[logicCplusplus]

please add Aramaic, thanks!

[fareel2368]

good teaching. i can learn this

[bistnenutte]

def no repeats.. besides like 400 times thers def no repeats.

[bistnenutte]

lesson 2 anywhere?

[MrAimsworth]

the fuck? Its free on youtube?!?! I wasted ten bucks. Shoulda saved ten, put another ten and bought a g

[ZippyZoo100]

Hablo un poquito de espaniol, para el video es mucho irritante (i speak a tiny bit of spanish, but this video is very annoying)

[imaphsycollin]

@ZippyZoo100 pero* el video es mucho irritante

[brandonleonchannel]

It's like grown up Dora!

[brennen90]

i didnt think it was bad at all. pussies lol

[johnrodney68]

Come on people. Did you actually expect to learn a language without repitition? That's just a stupid assumption no matter what the ad said. Why are you complaining? clearly if you're watching this you are basically getting a free spanish lesson anyway

[yahssis]

@johnrodney68 I agree with you, john. Learning Spanish meant TONS of repetition for me, but then the company should not have said there wasn't any.

[BeverlyJayArtist90]

lol wow i left the room had dinner watched tv and this thing is still on! almost forgot about this lmao.. I wish this was like what the other video advertised though... so disappointing =[

[lwillis93]

I feel like i'm in the checkout line at The Home Depot.

[94Blink2010]

okay i was okay for 4 minutes now im mad with a headache >.>

[ElizabethBugbey]

OH MY GOD. i can't take it anymore. i've been trying to do this for 12 minutes and i want to throw my computer across the room. if i hear their voices one more time i might...

[supernatural119]

Perdon, senorita! Empiendo ingles? [Excuse me, miss! Do you understand English?]

No, senor! No empiendo. [No, sir! I don't understand.]

Hablo espanol un poco... [I know a little Spanish...]

Es usted norteamericano? [Are you North American/American?']

Si, senorita. [Yes, miss.]

[khazal12]

@supernatural119 lol i've been saying 'entiendo' for 20 minutes

[soccerruben1]

@supernatural119 actually its entiendo ;)

and to say American its Americano or Americana

but the rest of it its good :)

[FortMinorsBiggestFan]

@soccerruben1 yeah i noticed that too. they say norteamericano instead of americano.

[Capscottmitchell]

@FortMinorsBiggestFan because americano means someone from the American continent (from Canada to Argentina)

[TheDanm22]

im already learning by 2:03! ^__^

[ikeashiasanders29]

instantly caught on WOW AMAZING

[Testra1000]

YAY! entiendo espanol umpoco!!!!!! (or however you spell it)

Where's the next one?

[VampireNinja007]

@Testra1000 correction: entiendo espanol un poco

[TheThruth2]

Wow great and sense I work at my computer all day I can learn more languages. I completed the whole lesson 1.

[siddharthjoshi91]

I feel proud of myself for completing it.

[musicremake21]

hola ablo espanol yay SPANISH!!!!!!!!!!!! if feel like eating some salsa

[DarrBearr14]

reeppettiiitttiioonnnnn



[krazykix91]

i understand this approach and how it makes since, but like another commenter mentioned, we are adults now and do have ability to read and write. and although they think that that may cause distractions, the thing is when you know how a word is spelled and the correct way to pronounce it, then you have more confidence in what your saying and how to say it. they could atleast have the words on the screen and you dont have to look if you dont want to.

[shosho201136]

THANX S0 MUCH !

[xpiratekittyy]

LOL it makes me laugh every time the speaker repeats what you are supposed to pronounce in Spanish. XD !!

[TheVai20]

This is beyond boring!!! I am using Rosetta Stone among other methods. That seems to be less boring than most language software. I like how it doesn't tell you the words in english. It just shows you pictures and the spanish words.

[CreeksideMovies]

just mindlessly listen to it guys its like a song you like you hear it a million times you remember it it it sucks to hear over and over but after a week straight you can say that shit before them

[artpeacemaster]

i real best by repetition

[GBeRRaTiiC]

i feel like this is gonna work

[alexandra7993]

I love Pimsleur language CDs and have used them for several languages. How do we teach a child to say any word? They hear it over and over again until it is natural to speak it just like they hear it.

[izelxx1]

Well the idea is that the constant repeating gets itb into your head. Since Iunderstand a little Spanish I got it at once and yeah the repeatins made me want to go Basante!

[MrCosmo314]

I bought this and am bored out of my mind with the endless repetition they say they do not do. I...I BOUGHT....I BOUGHT THIS...THIS....BOUGHT...I BOUGHT...BOUGHT THIS....I BOUGHT THIS

[youngrelleus19]

i think they should of replayed the Spanish conversation 1 more time at the end

[MrAnthony247]

pérdon seniorita i saw you from across the room!!

[NyxRedvines]

@MrAnthony247 Oh my gosh thats exactly what I said when i first heard that a few months ago!

[Basilisk1989]

pimsleur is a douchbag

[FilmMakerzzzz]

I dont like that they take 11 mins to cover 5 words, but at least I can weasel my

way out of actualy having a spanish conversation.

[PRidefulgamer]

the advertisement lied. no repeats? sure

[GuillermoSmyser]

@PRidefulgamer I noticed that it said "doesn't repeat OVER AND OVER AND OVER" I thought to myself "so it does repeat just not TOO MUCH by their definition"

[alexandra7993]

@PRidefulgamer I don't know why they say no repeats, no one can learn any language without repeating words until they know how to say them naturally. Even a baby cannot say mother or father until they learn how to say mama and dada. Repeating is how we learn anything.

[brandonleonchannel]

@PRidefulgamer It said many less repetitions

[DancingChakra]

lve it!!!!



[queenhayhay]

well i like this learning method I'm spanish but i front speak it, i only understand it so people who don't like it need be out cause its pretty good and if u only want to know english as a language good luck in life cause your stupid its better to know more languages in life so you can communicate with different people

[joiemoie]

I thought it said "How do you dress a young woman in Spanish?

[darkwave1062]

Don't just sit and listen. I do Pimsleur while walking from class to class and working out, and I really enjoy it.

[AvatarFriday]

@darkwave1062 That's the part that sounds the most useful to me, this method still works well when your doing other stuff. But do you still talk while your doing the exercises? I'm not sure if I could speak and breathe at the same with my physical level.

[mapledrops]

Wow. This is so different from the advertisment~

[EbonyIvory22]

i dont like this i like pictures and words and hearing it

[stevelovesgod]

where is the rest of the lessons?

[gruntnick]

I think I will remain ignorant and stick with English as my one and only language.

[seanzoz]

@gruntnick but then how will you impress hot young spanish dime pieces... think about it ;P

[ebutuoy254]

I like this program. I'm learning. Un poco. lol

[hello9600]

well some people do dis this program ,but some mean it in a funny way and not in a insulting way...............but if you do dis this ,,,,,,,,, bad things are going to happen to you.....lolz jk

[Mr1958louief]

Just learning one phrase is something. listen without watching. It works better.

[WelshGreen8225]

omfg so boring kill me

[phatso1986]

who the hell simply says, "entiendo ingles" at the beginning of a conversation?

personal pronouns are always used in the beginning of a convo...

this sounds kinda weird

[joemama123ful]

@phatso1986 he defeniely did not say entiendO lol

[leshark]

is this castillian or latin american?

[eemorn]

@leshark

Castillan. The type of Spanish used in SPAIN. I'm a native Latin American, and we sound nothing like this. Although the words are pretty much the same. You can learn this and effectively communicate in Latin America.

[StoryTimeLanguage]

@leshark

Castilian *is* the language used in latin america

[bravobravus]

@StoryTimeLanguage castillian is an old language speaking in Castilla, we

speak SPANISH, in L.America and Spain, that is the right way to say.

[StoryTimeLanguage]

@bravobravus

LMAO

perhaps you should do your research

Spanish is a cloud of different languages (from Spain) which include Galician, Catalan and Euskara.

Castilian is the official language, thus normally interchangeable with the term Spanish, as it is used around the world.

Common sense should tell you that no language remains static. Obviously castilian from a thousand years ago isn't the same as today's Spanish

Cheers

[shinomora]

PIMSLEUR APPROACH... LEARN TO SAY "I SPEAK A LITTLE (LANGUAGE)" FROM DAY ONE.

[albaroqueso]

Be careful with your pronunciation "INGLÉS".Please, don't say (ingles), say (inglÉs).

Inglés --> "English"

Ingles --> "Groin"

It's funny hear it! ^^

[vaudevillebags]

ojo, te enseñan a hablar en mexicano no en castellano, asi no hablo yo

[albaroqueso]

@vaudevillebags Yo tampoco, ¿pero a que es gracioso?

[davidgr2]

Don't waste you time with this crappy spanish...to begin with ''Perdon'' doesn't mean Excuse me it means Forgive... Disculpe = Excuse me .... I'm fluent in spanish and most of this course sounds really dumb.... Try Rosetta Stone is way better and you'll learn proper spanish.....

[rjhome1]

@davidgr2 Rosetta stone is a complete waste of money. I'm not fluent, but spend lots of time in El Salvador and do quite well with the locals (sobre todo las mujeras). Most of what I learned was from watching telenovelas, using free lessons from the internet and downloading whatever free stuff I can find. Never spent a penny.

[davidgr2]

@rjhome1 U're 100% right... but most ppl don't have the money to travel n live in a Spanish speaking country... and watching telenovelas,noticias, y otros programas en español is the best way. It also worked for me when i got to US, I was always watching tv in english and it took me 6 months to learn it.

[JeffMwandia1]

@davidgr2 Your REALLY WRONG!!!!!!

Perdon does mean Excuse me Disculpe means sorry

[davidgr2]

@JeffMwandia1 Lmao.. u're really funny... it's obvious that you aren't fluent.... Disculpar means ''to excuse'' so Discúlpeme means Excuse me.... and Sorry means Lo siento ....To forgive means Perdonar .. so ''Perdoneme por favor'' means forgive me please... Please don't tell me that I'm wrong when you don't even know what u're talking about....

[JeffMwandia1]

@davidgr2 ok peace i took some spnish lessons and ur right sorry :'(