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One thing that will make learning a language easier is to remember that languages generally only come in three forms - SVO, VSO and OSV. Those letters stand for Subject, Object and Verb. Once you know which branch of linguistics the language is, you can start to plug and play pretty quickly, especially if the structure is consstent and better yet, close to your native language structure. English and Spanish are both SVO languages. For example - I like pie. "I" is the subject, "like" is the verb, and "pie" is the object (what the verb acts on). In Espanol, this would be "Me gusta la tarta". "Me" is the subject, "gusta" is the verb, and "(la) tarta" is the object. Once you have this tool, the rest becomes so much easier. Choose the 20-30 verbs you personally use the most in every day conversation, Learn some basic subjects while learning to conjugate those verbs in simple past, present and future tenses, and the top 50 or so objects (things you normally interact with or are interested in), and within about 100-200 words, you can have basic conversation skills. This takes very little time, and gives you a solid foundation to start with. After that, immersion will help immensely. Try not to think in your own language. Talk to yourself in your head using Spanish, even if you have to do it with a dictionary handy for a while. Talk to your cat the same way.

This is really good. I am trying to learn spanish at 77 years old. Progress has been slow.

My biggest tip for this is input input input. The more hours you listen to a language, the more it becomes natural to you.

Learning from videos such as this is so important, especially from a Spanish speaker who has been learning English for years. We learned simple sentences back in kindergarten when we were first starting to read - we weren't reading in full sentences; rather just learning language structure and words. "See Jane run", or "We play outside". Watching Learning Spanish for Kids videos helped me tremendously - "No lo toques" (Don't touch it), "Nuestra casa" (Our house), "Sube las escalaras" (go up the stairs). Listening to the vids repeatedly really helped increase my Spanish vocabulary and language structure. Also learned not to try to make Spanish fit the English language. For example, in English we say our age as "I am 55 years old", but in Spanish it's, "Tengo cincuenta y cinco años" (I have 55 years), or "tengo hambre / tengo sed" (I have hunger or I have thirst, as opposed to the English "I am hungry"). Lastly, if going to a Spanish speaking country, ensure you know a few basic survival words such as "ayúdame" (help me). I feel like I'm still very much in the infancy of my Spanish learning journey, and we all learn differently, but hope any of this helps someone :)

I was just telling myself that I need to start thinking in Spanish. Then boom, here you are.

Who needs one of the language learning apps when there is this channel?! Muchas gracias mi amigo🙏🙏👍🏻✌🏻🤙🏻

Thanks Mike. Great tips. Looking forward to more lessons!

This is SO HELPFUL!!! thank you so much!❤

These are some great tips. I’ve been working on learning the structure/ grammar and will add that passive listening tip on board. ❤

Thanks Mike for this practical and useful lesson. Very helpful for me.

Gracias Mike. I've been trying to figure out how to think in Espanol instead of translating. Substituting spanish words I already know in everyday sentences (like Madre, casa etc) is the most helpful tip I've learned yet. I will make use of all seven tips and I'm going to subscribe to learn more.

I'm glad I stumbled upon your video. Thank you for this lesson.

Hi Mike, Thank you for sharing -- great suggestions!

Thanks! Awesome tecniques. I will be using them going forward

Thanks this was so helpful 🙌🏽

Me encanta tu video... ¡gracias por las sabias estrategias!

Brilliant advice, I need to learn to directly connect spanish words with concepts to cut out the translation and treat it like the independent tool it is.

Love your suggestions on learning Spanish ❤ I wanted to learn about 6 months ago but didn’t make much progress. Your suggestions are great and I will give them a try.

Currently, I am focused on acquiring some of the building blocks of expressions. I call them semi-expressions. They don't express a whole idea by themselves, but they are used all the time like expressions, and native speakers tend to say them really fast. Examples: "me doy cuenta de que" (I realize that ...), or "tiene que ver con ..." (it has to do with ...). These semi-expressions don't form a whole idea, but they will be the first part of a whole idea. There are enough syllables there to really confuse the mind if you can't automatically recognize the patterns.

I appreciate this video, thank you

I love that you’re speaking Spanish while explaining. That helps so much, and some videos do not do that.

You’re so awesome! I’ve just started for about a month and I was about to give up because I just didn’t know where to start and how to cover the language. This helps TREMENDOUSLY! Thank you so much!

Thank you for the video! I already knew i have to do everything you said but i guess i just needed someone to tell me 😂 Starting right now!

Just subscribed. I hit a gold mine of thought. I've heard of this process before. I don't think it can be explained, but you did it. It's a very bizarre process for me to grasp, and yet, I've done it countless times. Perfect example, I say adios all the time. I never say good-bye. For me, good-bye sounds too permanent. I say adios without even thinking. I "own" the word. This is what that is all about. Again, thanks for the video.

Muchas gracias por las instrucciones! You got me at the title! I’ve been learning but always get stuck on the transition of translating inglés a español y español a inglés

Good point

I think if you have a chance to speak to a spanish speaker then learning phrases like "what is he doing" or "what do you call this" is very important because you can point and use body language

Gracias. I do these things.

You are a genius. I was wish you had a million likes. This changed everything for me. What a brilliant idea when I say sombrero or hat don’t go back and forth translating just picture a hat . Wow I wish I had a lot of money to give you, because genius’s should be paid.

Muchas gracias por el video! It was so helpful and very engaging! You can tell that you have a real passion for teaching! Lo aprecio mucho!! ❤

Love your ST hat!🤘I saw them and it was so rowdy and badass!🙌

Gracias Mike! Este es muy bien!

Thank you.

Gracias!! ✨✨✨

The Netflix idea is so good will do thanks man

Such great tips!

Thank you for this video.. I am a beginner in learning Spanish, and I need some good tools..this helps alot

Just subscribed dude awesome help thank you these tips helped loads 👊🏻🇬🇧👊🏻

Muchísimas gracias

Gracias Mike

This was good. Im in Houston, Texas at young age I knew I wanted to be a hairdresser and I wanted to cut all types of hair and be able to converse in Spanish so I took it in up in high school and also a class after I got my license for hairstyling. I got discouraged when I realized it was various dialects of Spanish. I Thank You for laying some things I can do to build on the foundation that's already been laid. I'm grateful that right now I can read it a whole lot better than I can speak in complete sentences. Thanks Again for being a Language GPS for Me🙏

Hola, ¿Como esta usted?, OG, Mike!!! I do want to get serious getting fluent in Spanish. My brain is already trying to work its Spanish magic after watching your video. Gracias!!! Doing things in Spanish daily I never thought of. Great video. Hopefully I can type paragraphs directly in Spanish next time I come here. I've been exposed to the language my whole life. But haven't been able to get fluent. Your tips were great!!!

YOU ARE SOLID !

The 2nd man I met to have common sense in how to learn Spanish right,props to you

I have watched many Spanish videos and this one was the most helpful in learning to speak easier. I will follow your advise. Especially, the Steps - use the Spanish word in place of the English word and immerse yourself in it to trick the brain. I never thought about it that way; but, you are absolutely correct. That makes total sense!!! The only thing I would change is I would make Step One, Step Two. It was helpful for me to first learn 100 words in Spanish (20 everyday verbos y conjucaciones), some pronombres and muchos sustantivos primero. Then I started learning sentence structures to takes these 100 words or so and do something with them. Learning grammatical structure before have some basic vocabulary was not useful to me. But, everything else that you said is what I have been doing and it really helpful! But, my English speaking friends think I am trying to show off by using random Spanish words. Lol. I am just trying to learn. Of well

Awesome tips thanks

Muchas gracias!! 🙏😀

Muchas Gracias

I have Mexican indigenous heritage so I want to converse in Spanish. When my father was teaching me as a child I learned basics but I need to learn verbs and gender and a whole lot more words. Thankyou for your good advice

Glad I found you 👍

You may want to skip to the part you might be interested in: 00:00 Intro 00:15 The way our brain works 02:57 What happens when we learn a new language 05:58 The idea behind thinking in a second language 07:27 Step 1: Learn the structures 09:09 Step 2: Vocabulary 12:00 Step 3: Expressions & Idioms 14:12 Step 4: Daily descriptions 15:30 Step 5: Writing 16:14 Step 6: Chat! 17:23 Step 7: Exposure to the language 19:32 Final thoughts 21:11 Outro

I found videos of singer José Feliciano when he sings in Spanish. I catch a few words here and there. I have lots of teaching Spanish videos. I like the he children ones. And I’m starting to understand the questions they ask. I learn with pictures and games. Like one video learning my colors the video asked me to find everything in that color and the question was asked in Spanish. No English is used. And I understood. And when the video asked if the animal was a certain color which was wrong I understood and named the right color and I remembered the name of the animal in Spanish because it was given to me in Spanish both verbally and written. I learned my alphabet, again no English. I was forced to associate the letters in Spanish. Now I can see letters and know them all in Spanish. One Spanish baby video taught things in Spanish and American sign language. So I know that sign in both English and Spanish. Not a conversation makes, but any kind of teaching helps me. Then when my head gets too full I take a day to process it so when I see it again I know it instantly in Spanish. I’m a small chunk of learning type. I even said good morning to my cats. They both looked at me strange but did it anyway.

All the ideas of necessary but to add chat GPT gives you a tool on another level. I don't know why I never thought of that. Thanks🙏

Gracias!

Mil gracias

This is great. I subscribed. I think "¿como así?" translates pretty well actually. Kind of like, "how's that?" or "how so?"

this was very helpful advice

New here but I have been studying Spanish for years now and still do everyday (#3 #4 #7). I do what interests me such as podcasts, videos, reading along with the audio, researching grammar points and using Anki for daily review. I’m a grammar geek that enjoys learning how the language works (#1 #2). I will tell you the one thing that didn’t work for me; writing in Spanish, because I didn’t like not knowing if what I wrote was right (#5). Great if you have a teacher to review with. I still talk to myself in Spanish but I don’t know if I said it right but I accept that just saying it out loud gets me using my Spanish tongue for exercise and pronunciation. I tried chatting on the internet (#6) but being older than most other participants I didn’t enjoy the chats so I gave up. I’ve traveled to Spain and Mexico for Spanish classes as well as full immersion live-in learning. I’d love to live in Mexico or Spain for a year but it has to be a place that allows English speakers to practice Spanish. I’ve been to places that are less than eager or patient enough to let one practice. If you know of a place please let me know. I tried group classes and solo classes online. The group classes that I used to do were affordable but the program got axed and I found it of limited value based on the teaching style and size of the class. Solo classes certainly have value if you find the right teacher with enough teaching knowledge for adults and flexibility to work with you. Now what I’ve added to my toolbox is Chat GPT. It’s a program that is still learning but I spot mistakes especially regarding grammar at perhaps a more advanced level. I correct Chat GPT and sometimes it gets it and other times not. The key for me is learning the language with input and output plus using both passive and active learning techniques. I enjoyed your video and I took notes to see how it matches up to my experience. Thanks.

gracias para ayuda

ok good point

Gracias ❗️

Thank you

Right? I subbed before the video even started cuz this guy looks awesome! 😄

First thought, I’m excited.

thank you so much for helping me speak spanish

Hola. Buenos días maestro Miguel. A mi me gusta su manera de ser. Nos vemos. Gracias. Dios te bendiga

Gracias

Had to subscribe. Thanx

This is a great way

Hola.muchas gracias.💯

Great video! PlutoTV, which has 358 free streaming channels, includes about 40 in Spanish, and at least one music video channel in Spanish. I'm 77 days into DuoLingo, and I'm also trying to watch some Spanish-speaking TV most days. I still have a long ways to go. But, on an interesting note, I was driving home from work about 2 weeks ago and I thought to myself "Estoy manejando", and then I realized "Estoy manejando!".

Fantastico ❤😊

Thank you I come across you by accident I am unable to work for health reasons I've always wanted to learn Spanish I have tried in the past how long time ago to listen to Spanish but sounded they was talking so fast I couldn't tell when one word ended another one started because I had a stroke when I was 18 months I unfortunately learn slower than the average person because I can't Google digest a large amount of information all at once but I enjoy this video and I shall be looking out for your next one thank you

Wow, I love the idea of watching a movie in Spanish that I know! I'm sure most of us have some movies that we know every line to.

Awesome tips! One little corrective (I only speak English, so feels nitpicky): exposure is the word in English you want. Exposition is a public show of products or information. You want daily exposure to Spanish.

Hola Mike, I've been learning Spanish for about 2 weeks with Duolingo because I want to give my brain an exposure of a new language. I chose Spanish because it's easier for me as an Indonesian to pronounce than French or German (those are much more popular in Indonesia). It's easier but I have to work hard on the accent to be more natural. The structure is also similar to Indonesian. We say: Selada tomat, Nasi Ayam In Spanish: Ensalada de tomato, Arroz con pollo While in English: Tomato salad, Chicken Rice So no confusion here 😁 And, we grew up listening Spanish songs like Volare (mi esposo can sing it well without knowing the meaning, not a single word 😂), Guantanamera, Besamé mucho, Quizás Quizás Quizás. So Spanish is not that unfamiliar to Indonesian. And now you know that I'm as young as you 😀. Muchas gracias for creating this channel, I think your explanation is brilliante. I'm going to diligently learn from your channel as one of my resources. I'm so excited 😀

I loved. I'm trying learn English with your videos teaching to think in Spanish. By the way, are you from Mexico teacher?

cool hat , one of my favorite bands back in my teenage years

Thank you for this video! Very helpful! Also, the word you are looking for is “exposure” not “exposition”. Exposition is different. Hope this helps! 🙂 muchas gracias!

This is very good way of leaning fast in Spanish 🎉❤

Sombrero Hat ...Nepali words Topi ....i m lisyening from Nepal ...love your Tranalte teach

I think 🤔 💭 in both English and Spanish a lot. My first languages were both English and Spanish at the same time. My dad 👨 was Latino and My mom was white. My dad taught me Spanish because he said it was important for me too learn. I miss my Dad a lot 😞 and I am glad he taught me when he was here. Thank you Dad Garcias Dad. R.I.P. dad 👨. I love ❤ you. I think 🤔 💭 this video 📹 is cool 😎 and gets you really thinking thanks 😊 for making and sharing it with us here on You Tube. I wish you all the best 👍 👌 with teaching Spanish and with the rest of your videos 📹 here on You tube take care. ✌ ☮ 🕊It is so funny when all your friends in school speak English 🏫 then wanna know what The students that speak Spanish said and come to you and ask you what did they say?? 😆 🤣 😂 translate plz. Even the teachers do this?? Lol 😆 🤣 😂 😹

So repetition is KEY! Gato 🐈

Awesome hat!

Bien chingóna la gorra mi profe!!!

Thanks, Mike, good, helpful video. Daily exposition? Perhaps you meant daily exposure?

One thing I've wanted but never have found is literal translations. I would like to get the literal translations to Spanish phrases so I can become used to the grammatical structure and get used to translating grammatical structure at the same time as the vocabulary. Even with idioms, I would like both literal translations and the "meaning" translations.

I’m a 52 yr old Mexican woman who was raised to not speak Spanish by my Spanish speaking parents. The education system back then constantly told them that I would struggle if I spoke two languages. Yes. They were white people. It’s been one of the most devastating experiences. And I’ve had many devastating experiences, but there’s no time for my life history.😂Anyway, Mexicans would accuse me of being white because I didn’t speak Spanish and I was too ethnic for white people. I look Mexican, so it’s confusing when I’m approached to help someone translate who only speaks Spanish, to have to tell them that I don’t. It’s awful! This is a long way around to tell you that I’m subscribing to your channel because, f*** it, I’m going to try. 😂And BTW, the only group that took me in at school were the headbangers. So your Suicidal Tendencies hat makes me feel I’m in the right place. Momma still rocks at 52!🤘🏼😂 Thank you for this content. Entonces, deséame suerte. Lo necesitaré. I don’t know if I said that right. I’ve got a very thin basic base I’m working from. 😂❤

Thank you this is frustrating 😢

I tried that simple writing in Spanish to an AI language model. Next thing I knew it answered in Spanish that I didn’t understand and I had to have it explain what’s that word in English. I mostly ask grammar questions. In English so it doesn’t answer using grammar I don’t know in Spanish. Grammar concepts I need in simple language so I can remember. For instance soy and estoy. I don’t know which and when to use for I am.

You getting philosophical now!

I'm still a new in the Spanish language. I'm actually speaking to languages my mother tongue and the English and I'm speak English firmly and I decided to learn some Spanish but my problem is I can't memorize anything from the Spanish anything literally so I'm gonna ask you how can I fix this? How can I be able to think faster or maybe memorize?

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This helps, I drive a school bus. Thanks.

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I see your video in my KZfaq suggestions. Thank you for sharing this helpful video. 14sept23

Forget about translating to learn a language . . . comprensible input is the real key to speaking like a native. If you can't relate what you're hearing to an image, it won't stick in the brain.

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