01022 Spanish Lesson - Present Tense - Ar verbs: nosotros

[danielbarret1025]

Your vid is a favorite on Burundi

[MsNike82]

Hi senor jordan! I have a question about the sentence: We do not play drums.

Shouldn't it be : Nosotros tocamos las baterias instead of nosotros tocamos la baterias. Thanks so much. hasta pronto!

[tontitofrito]

@MsNike82

"la batería' = drum (set)... so it wouldn't be plural... think of it how words like 'family' (la familia) and 'hair' (el pelo) also mean more than one thing even though they're grammatically singular.

[shanthael]

thanks for making your vids...

i'm about to take our final exam tomorrow and this helps me in reviewing...

¡gracias!

:D

[darthkantus]

and in the "vosotros/vosotras" form? i'm learning spanish of Spain! ;X

[DeadlyThrashViking]

Why do you use la instead of el when saying the? e.g. la radio, la pizza

Thank you and I love your classes!

[14berts]

@DeadlyThrashViking im not sr jordan but watev....... i can help too..... they use la instead of el because el is masculine and la is feminine. most words that end with a is feminine... most words that end with o is masculine. these are some exceptions when it's la and it ends with a o and also it's el but it ends with an a (p.s i dont know why that happens but it's an exception and you have to remember it) e.g. la mano, la radio, el agua. (hand, radio, water)

[NICypressTros]

¡Hola! Me gustaría agregar como dato extra que en el idioma español los pronombres personales pueden omitirse a diferencia del ingles. Es correcto decir: canto y yo canto, tambien es correcto decir: canta y el, ella, usted canta.

[saltontherim]

do you always have to put the pronouns before the verbs? for instance for the verb "cocinar", can you say "I cook paella" by saying "Cocino paella"?

[tontitofrito]

(yo) cocino paella

Pronouns are not needed. They are often used for emphasis or in times of confusion

[xTommyDawg]

Wow, you have helped me so much! I'm only 14 years old so, I might be able to get my spanish GCSE.. ;]

[pinkytm1]

You and google translator say radio is female. But it ends in "o"?

[tontitofrito]

there are always exceptions.

Interesting note:

la radio --> what you listen to (radio waves?)

el radio --> physical radio you carry around and can touch

[liliogirls]

so, when your talking about a group of girls and boys its still nosotros?

[tontitofrito]

if you're talking about a group of people (not including you), it's ellos

nosotros = we (boys; boys & girls)

[NameYourKidPopcorn]

I've tried books and videos but your the one who actually helped a lot. Thank you.

[princessCandice69]

i want to kiss you señor Jordan to show how I appreciate your effort in teaching us spanish.

thank you so much. you're not only a good maestro but also guapo. I really like you for your being patient and intelligent.

[Devourer09]

Repetition is the key to foreign language acquisition.

Repetition is the key to foreign language acquisition.

Repetition is the key to foreign language acquisition.

Repetition is the key to foreign language acquisition.

Repetition is the key to foreign language acquisition.

That's what my German teacher would always say. Lol.

[s0lrak007]

1:01 NO!!!! i'm not getting tired. im going to finish watching all of your videos in one sitting.

[nibuchsbaum]

i have watched videos 1-22 over the past two days and you are a superb teacher. ( i teach too and know a good lesson when i see one.) you always predict the question i was going to ask and address it, which is pretty amazing. i am trying to get as fluent as possible before i leave for costa rica to teach english there in august. thank you for your wonderful and well thought out videos.

[gibbar06]

enseñar will be enseñamos? thanks =)

[tontitofrito]

Sí. Muy bien.

[enlighten5]

thanks a lot

[kaiz1030]

tx helpful