Overview of Spanish Verb Tenses, Conjugations, and Uses

[jonathanelt]

Wow, as a Spanish learner of just under a year, I have finally understood all of the tense usages which have up until this point seemed daunting and confusing! Thank you so much! Really great clear and informative lesson!

[atulmadhugiri1]

Really Great. Could you attach the PowerPoint so we can print and review slides?

[languagenow]

@atulmadhugiri1 go the slideshare and search by the same title as the video.

[PablitoSuHermanito]

Professor Jason,

In your example of using the preterito you give this example:

Los niños no abrieron la ventana.

I remain confused how something that "didn't happen" can ever be thought to have "happened and completed"... Of course, the imperfect would suggest the action is still happening (which seems even MORE odd). Can you speak a little bit on the subject of negated sentences and it's relationship to how to understand what tense is to be used?

[VictimOfBoredom]

Professor Jason,

I really love your verb chart that you made for this video, and I decided it would be a nifty idea to transpose it into Excel to use as a template for exploring the conjugations of different verbs.

I've fleshed out the Ud. forms as well, but I'm not sure if I did them all correctly. Could you kindly check whether I conjugated all the Ud. tenses and moods for "hablar" correctly?:

tinyurl (dot) com/3mzap2n

Thank you so much!

[VictimOfBoredom]

@VictimOfBoredom Never mind, I believe the one mistake was that it should have been "Habrá hablado" for the future perfect. Sorry to bother you. :)

[jerez228]

From an American living in Spain..this is a very good lesson. The terms seemed so confusing...thanks very much!!!

[yoyo10231995]

Molto grazie, professore.

Wait, wrong language.

[taxtherich]

This is great! One question - in which parts of the world do they use the alternate endings for the Past Subjunctive? Thanks!!

[Keng92p]

Adoro mi idioma. Me gusta su sutileza, me encantaría hablar inglés fluido y expresarme con soltura pero necesito de práctica. Este video, aunque explica los reglas del español me sirvió para mi inglés. Muchas gracias.

Por cierto, ¡he notado que ya el pretérito anterior ni lo enseñan! En realidad ni se usa, es una lástima que el idioma se pierda así poco a poco, al igual que las tildes, los signos de apertura en la exclamación e interrogación e inlcuso el futuro de subjuntivo "hubiere", etc.

[VictimOfBoredom]

I really appreciate the graphical clarity of this. There are so many YouTube language teachers out there, but few of them provide the organizational structure to effectively teach the student who's serious about learning a language from the ground up.

[modo203]

awesome overview professor.

Thanks for your time and efforts!

[yomon1772]

tu eres mi persona favorito en Youtube

[lizzyandtrina]

If my HS spanish teacher could teach half as well as you i'd be doing so much better in school

[vietboiwond3r]

muchas gracias profesor

[sgalchick101]

hola a megos

[cuchinigno]

1 of the most useful lessons i've ever seen! thanks a lot!!!

[languagenow]

@cuchinigno Thanks, glad you found it helpful!

[cuchinigno]

@languagenow profesor Jason, could u please post a lesson regarding the present (and the past also) perfect continuous? thanks a lot

[9jsik9]

@languagenow

I was just wondering about something i heard recently used by a spaniard which was.

Estuviste llorando? When would you use that tense im not quite sure

and sometimes i get the preterite confused with the imperfect when using ser for example:

Fui yo and era yo, If you could help me thank you

[languagenow]

@9jsik9 Good question, and a tough one to answer... the person was using the preterite form of estar, estuviste, with the progressive form, llorando, meaning, were you crying? The preterite usage implies that the crying was a completed event, in and of itself... Tough to explain, but look for my video on the preterite and imperfect.

[tatianaritter]

Prof. Jason, Gracias

[cosmetica529]

This was so awesome - it really put it all together for me. You put in a lot of effort and time into these videos and I definitely appreciate it. Your students are very lucky. I think you could write an amazing Spanish grammar book because you know how to make it clear for your students. I put this in my favorites and will refer to it often - thanks :)

[Volitan93]

Muchas gracias por este y todos los videos que subes, realmente me ayudan. ¡He aprendido tan mucho!

[sugarcoated122]

can you make a video on Si clauses in spanish.

and one of the imperfect subjuctive and pluscumaperfect subjuctive.

please please

i am failing spanish because my teacher cant teach.

oh and sequence of verbs

you make the best videos thank you so much!!

[shinibi]

Gracias! it actually helps me a lot to learn Espanol

[DANATENS]

EXCELENTE PROFESOR QUE EXPLICA MUY CLARAMENTE A ANGLOPARLANTES... EL ESPAÑOL ES UNA LENGUA IMPORTANTE Y DE COMUNICACIÓN. SI NECESITAN CLASES YO HAGO CLASES A DISTANCIA POR SKYPE U HOTMAIL. SALUDOS , PROFESOR DANIEL.

[ScientiaVeritasEtLux]

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You should check it out, i really like the format of it, you can have your work graded by actual native speakers (and then you can grade other people's work in your own native language).

Sorry this sounds like an ad, but it's really good.

[languagenow]

@ScientiaVeritasEtLux yeah, I use it myself. I consider it a good resource, especially the interactive features. The classes aren't bad either.

[taxtherich]

@ScientiaVeritasEtLux -- it looks not at all free these days...

[sabiejean]

Primero!!