7:59 lo antes POSIBLE in your header needs just one s in Spanish ! possible is English 😉 The example below is telling the correct version btw

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Lo de Marco would be sort of similar to the chez in French o da in Italian, meaning Marco's place -whether his home or restaurant- (chez Marcos, da Marcos). Vamos a lo de Marcos. Hope this helps.

Thank you so much for your reply! That makes sense to me.

It's literally like when you in English say "Marco's place" or just "Marco's ...". LO is the thing that go after the 's in that phrases, so it can be anything XD but always a substantive masculine and singular: bar, restaurante, lugar, objeto... And never will be "those" as you said, for that we have LOS, because it's plural. I'm from Spain and Spanish teacher. 😅

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Your last point about phrases and expressions. I have indeed found it helpful to try and see if I can group two or three words together as a possible phrase instead of trying to translate every single word literally. It's greatly helped. I have a section in my notebook that I call "gestalt phrase fragments". It's a list of two to three word phrases where when each word is translated literally it's kind of gibberish. But when you think about them together as a unit, they become something more than their individual pieces and have a specific meaning. This happens a lot with "lo" and especially "que". I wrote down about 13 fragments from this video alone.

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I struggled with this but from Spanish to English when I first started learning English. I don't know if this advice always works but whenever you have this kind of construction, where you use what, translate it as "lo que". Tell me what you need/Dime lo que necesitas, I'll do what I can to support your goals/Hare lo que pueda para..., What you said is important/Lo que dijiste es importante.

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I agree that learning from multiple sources is the best thing, rather than focusing on one. I have Pimsleur, ConjuGato, and an app called "Todaii: Easy Spanish" (although you can just use the website instead). These are great for reading. Paul's channel is great for technicalities and for translating for flavor instead of literally. The "Spanish with Nate" channel is great for listening and for hearing casual every day Spanish. There's also a radio station I stream from the internet, based out of Acapulco, that I listen to in the car which is great for listening comprehension. Get and learn your Spanish from multiple sources!

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🤔 Actually Paul told us already why he’s NOT into this because he feels like it’s most important for you and your progress to create your personal notebook yourself especially designed for your needs. It makes sense to watch his videos and put down notes - not just “consuming” a quick PDF btw 🤷‍♀️

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I didn't even think to add that one. I did do a video on it though: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/e8h0ndxymbbSpmg.html

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I use buscar for "to pick up" someone or something as well.

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It is a set expression, "a solas" - alone. You can use solo/a.

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That's a good way to think of it.

I can see why you would think that. It is similar to the subjunctive clauses involving time, like "Sabré la verdad cuando Juan me traiga la carta." But, I've never seen this one in the subjunctive. Perhaps because it is just general advice. Hmmm. Now you have me thinking.

@@QrooSpanishProbably in the real feet-on-the-ground world of Spanish it doesn’t make a load of difference. But you’re a guy who’s been on the pavement with the language so I will defer to your judgement. But I’m thrilled that I got you thinking. I value your videos. I live in Mexico and have studied Spanish for years with middling success. (I am a nervous hesitant speaker and that is death to fluency.) I am using your videos to recharge my enthusiasm for learning the language. Muchissimas gracias.

I actually have a video on that very topic: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/e8h0ndxymbbSpmg.html

I can understand your confusion. But maybe this will clear it up. Compare these two sentences: It impresses me that you know so much about this topic. Me impresiona que sepas tanto sobre este tema. It impress me how much you know about this topic. Me impresiona lo mucho que sabes sobre este tema. In the first one, what impresses you? That you know so much about the topic, right? In the second, what impresses you? How much....the phrase that appears before QUE. The part after que is just providing information about how much of what.

I’m a grammar nut and so I see what you’re saying, and thanks. I now see “que sabe” almost as an adjectival phrase,”known by you”. It’s as if the sentence were awkwardly spoken as: “The much known by you impresses me.” I know, que raro!

We use LO to refer to a neuter article or concept. In English, we often use the word "thing" for that. The thing I want to tell you is... Lo que quiero decirte es.....

It depends on the usage of LO really. Which construction? For example: Ellas son bonitas. They are pretty. Sí, lo son. Yes, they are. But, if you are talking about using mejor as an adjective, you are correct -- it will have to agree in number and gender with what it is describing: Te di las mejores opciones. I gave you the best options. Lo mejor - the best thing, the best part. Lo mejor de la película... the best part of the movie....

I'm trying to get better...lol.

LO is the neuter article that refers to "the thing" you are apologizing for. LO is a great word to refer to a general concept or thing that is not expressed by a particular word. Lo de ayer fue mi culpa. - The thing from yesterday was my fault.

Both are correct. It all depends on what you what to say. The first one is like a warning, the other one you would use it with some advice.

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