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I'm upper intermediate so I had to put the video in 2x speed. The reason why I had to leave a comment is bc of what you said about listening being more important than speaking. I started learning Spanish with the pressure of speaking as soon as possible as a lot of teachers advise to do so, too. Didn't work for me. I've been learning for a year now and i could count in my fingers the number of times I spoke with natives (most of them didn't even last for 10 mins). I listened to this story twice the normal speed and understood it without any issues whatsoever. This is my advice to beginners. Don't get pressured of speaking in Spanish when you don't even have a good grasp of the language yet. It just won't work. COMPREHENSIBLE INPUT is the key (search what it means, you'll need it). Just like what maestro said in the beginning; hablar no sirve nada si no puedes entender lo que escuhas. Y'all are lucky to have found this channel. Hope I found it sooner. And good luck to our language learning journey!🎉❤

These stories with CC translation in Spanish and English are just what I need. Please continue.

El maestro es genial, he spoke slowly for us to understand, he uses simple words for us to grasp every words he says. Bravo!!!

Started learning Spanish back in May 2022. One year ago I would’ve struggled to understand this. Today, I can listen at 2x speed and understand 99%. If you feel stuck, keep it up. Never stop listening to Spanish. It’s worth it.

I just found your channel. I am a beginner and am struggling with comprehension. I understand written better then listening. These videos are helping tremendously.

Usted tiene una gran voz para leer libros. Es muy fácil de escuchar

Love this concept...hope there will be more in the future. Gracias.

Esa fue una historia hermosa!!!! ❤️👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿

Me ha gustado mucho tu historia! El método de transcripción vale la pena! Gracias por tu dedicación de ayudarnos!

Fantastic!!!! thank you

WoW! Muchas gracias!! ¡Hacía mucho tiempo que buscaba un curso de español como este! Gracias!!

Thank you so much!

Que cuento más lindo Profesor , voy a tratar de encontrarlo en inglés. Su voz es muy apropiada para hacerse escuchar. Saludos desde Miami.

Me encanta las historias en español !! Las escuché todas. Por favor, hace más cuentas cómo aquellas. Son muchas ayudantes!!

Empece a aprender espagnol hacer dos semanas. Aqui es consejo muy buen. Muchas gracias.

You just got a new sub and mostly for the reason that you teach with the most common words, meaning you are teaching pretty much only what is going to help us, great teacher thank you and please do make more videos like that.

I am so grateful for this channel. My Spanish listening has improved so much ever since I stumbled upon this. I think mostly because your histories and stories are very interesting and because I'm engaged, I learn and retain more. Please keep it up! Muchas gracias!!

I love your Methode ❤❤❤ so great. Thank you very much

You’re an amazing teacher, thanks so much for all you do.

I have been learning spanish on and off for years in my spare time for fun, and I'm so surprised by how much I understand! It does help that my main language is French I guess 😅 but this is amazing, gracias por el video y la historia hermosa.

So glad I found this channel. Thank you 🙏🏼

Thank you! I'd love to see more story videos, perhaps incorporating your 5000 most used words :)

Gracias por tu ayuda en crear un canal muy interesante y util. Disfruto mucho mi premier oportunidad de escribir una historia tuya en espanol sobre el gigante. Sigues asi por favor.

una frase que aprendí fue 'de inmediato' Siempre he usado 'inmediatamente' pero ahora sé que hay otra opción! Gracias

I really enjoyed this story and lesson. Please make more videos like this!

El método que usas es fenomenal. Tomé tu consejo y escribí todas las palabras exactamente. Tardé dos horas de escribirlo y el escrito extiende por cuatro páginas. ¡Que excelente ejercicio! ¡Danos más!

You are wonderful! Thank you for what you do, brilliant!

gracias por lo mejor clases en todo de youtube

This is wonderful, exactly what I was looking for. Muchas gracias!

¡Qué perfecto! Tratando hacer eso en inglés

I cannot tell you how overjoyed I am to find your channel! I have been struggling to find an appropriate Spanish lesson for when I am ready to go to sleep. I can tell this will be perfect and help me so much. I will tell everyone I know trying to learn, thanks!

I love these stories and love the subtitles you have. They are very fun to read and listen two. Is this how I found your channel. If you just shared stories I think that would be awesome!

Clase maravillosa, increible y muy rica.

You made a great video, no need for thanks...Thankyou for your content.

New subscriber, thank you !

Que bien carnal, sigue con el contenido usted entiende lo importane de adquisicion- SUPER BIEN! MUCHA SUERTE CON EL CANAL!! ❤❤

Been doing a part of this story each week in between classes and it’s been crazy seeing my progress in understanding spoken Spanish! Keeping your mistakes and notes written down helps you visually see the progress you are making. ¡Muchas gracias por estos videos maestro!

Gracias! You are an amazing teacher, ❤️

Gracias 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

wow!!! this is wonderful!!

Muchisimas gracias‼️ Me gusta la historia 👏

I have liked your ever since I started listening to your teaching.

Gracias por este video!

Soy hablante nativo del español y ojalá algún día pudiera hablar inglés fluido como tu hablas español

gracias, me encanta este video!!

me gusta mucho tu manera para aprender y entinder espanol

Muchas gracias🥰

!Qúe genial! Gramatica y vocabulario adequada. Voy a escuchar a todos

❤one of the most methodical teachers i've enountered😊

Thank you very much for what you do! I started my Spanish classes like a month ago. The audios in my student book are extremely boring and most of youtube videos are yet way too complicated for me. This audio was perfect for the training! Many many many kudos

Me encanta esta forma de aprender ♥️ muchísimas gracias

creo que este es el ejercicio mas efectivo que he probado. Gracias! Voy a regresar por cierto:)

Disfruté la historia mucha. Me gusta tus consejos y agradezco que encontré este canal.

Your channel is awesome

More please 👍🏾👍🏾

Thank you So much for your helpful hints I am new to learning I never found a way to Actually understand and learn Spanish until Now. Thank you I will try as you say .

creo que lo que estás haciendo con este canal, lo que en el que te estás concentrando es algo genial, verdaderamente. Pero creo que es muy importante que todos los estudiantes de español sepan que necesitan mucho más que cinco mil palabras, al menos de forma pasiva, si quieren ser capaz de entender contenido nativo sin subtítulos, leer novelas Etc. Mi punto es aún cuando es verdad que son palabras más importantes y comunes no hay palabras inútiles. Espero que tu canal siga creciendo!

Thank you

ES UNA HISTÓRIA MUY HERMOSA ! GRACIAS YO TE SALUDO PERDONA PELOS ERRORES.

I could understand almost all of it. I first slowed down the speed because I couldnt keep up to write. But then I picked up the speed and just kept rewinding until I got it. Ive been working on Spanish for years aprendiendo en la calle cuando viajando. Man did my ego think I knew a bunch! But every time I return to Latin America I realize how much I don't know. Particularly with comprehension. I'm at an intermediate level and can speak enough to express damn near anything I want to say. But comprehending, especially fast spanish, is still suuuuuper tough! And more and more am I realizing suuuuuuper important. When I'm travelling in places with no English(which I always aim for) I always say immediately when I can't understand: Por favor hablas más despacio conmigo, mi espanol no es muy bueno, pero estoy tratando de aprender. I do it with a smile and I have a good attitude. And I have a good time. More often than not, native speakers are helpful and patient and I learn a lot in the immersion itself. I always keep a notebook with me and write down many of things I didn't know how to say or that I didn't understand but managed to figure out... I study it later... Just have fun with it and be patient with your self! Thanks so much Spanish input for this channel I just discovered. Ive explored many and yours is one of my fast favorites that I immediately subscribed to. :)

Necesito mas videos maestro para que mejorar mi espanol con fluidez

Gracia 😊

Two places where I mis-heard things: 1. "un pájaro cantar en su jardín" - I heard "eso" instead of "en su". The "n" sound is so faint to me. 2. "Un cambio de actitud" - I could barely hear the "c" in "actitud", so I misspelled it as "atitud". These exercises are just what I need. ¡Muchas gracias!

This is excellent - exactly what I've been looking for. You are master Spanish teacher of the universe.

I learned the correct pronunciation of de la escuela. Polvo y pierdas. Cartel and how to use “puso.”

La recomendacion a Language Reactor es fantastico!

Gracias por siempre estar acá para nosotros.

Thanks a lot for this! SO good for training my very bad listening skill. I can do pretty fine when writing and reading spanish, but listening is a whole different thing...

Genial, es la primera vez que hago este tipo de ejercicio, y me gusta mucho. La mayoria de mis errores son los acentos, no tengo ninguna referencia de donde ponerlos. Muchas gracias, eres un gran maestro.

Thanks

Yo hablo español de forma nativa 😅 No se como llegue aquí pero incluso así aprendí algunas cosas de tus videos 1ue buen trabajo haces 😊

Soy esnob de verdad. Solo quiero escuchar el acento castellano de España PERO soy estadounidense y me cuesta mucho buscar y hallar españoles y canales de sí. Por eso, le doy las gracias por este canal y la voz clara y precisa de lo cual a alguien pueda aprender. Me encanta el camino que nos exponga y LA VERDAD que nos haya dicho. Sí, acuerda a la RAE hay 90.000 palabras españolas PERO cuando nos da cuenta que estas son infinitivos solas, hay más de 1.000.000 palabras en el español. El punto es dar la información y los permite decidir los estudiantes cuantas palabras quisieran adoptar. Lo odios los sitios donde el profe dice «solo se necesita los 250 palabras más comunas». Sí, si quieres sonar como payaso o niño.

thank you so much for doing this video also.hopefully youhave more. i just finished this one and did pretty good. i liked how you used aun alot instead of todavia which i am more used to..Besides this one and Mysterious woman, is there another one? thanks again. saludos de Chicago.

Love the stories. Sigh auditory is not my strongest, struggling to write in spanish and keep up😢 But I'm not giving up

Just finished transcribing and correcting. WHAT a journey. At about the six week mark, I know that this exercise has increased my learning exponentially, and I'm eager for the next story about the mysterious woman (?)...and of course, the quiz for this one. Thank you for this channel. It's going to be my home base for acquiring/learning Spanish. EDIT: two months later, going through this a second time and my errors are cut in half, so far. I've transcribed and checked el primo parte y el segundo parte. Now my brain is all Spanished out for a while.

I am loving these stories! I wish there was a way to separate the English and Spanish subtitles. You can’t turn on one without the other, at least not on mobile device. Anyways I just cover the English with a flash card… this channel is awesome! And I will continue to implement this transcription method throughout my language-learning journey.

Please we need more stories

Un trabajo bien hecho maestro Hay un traduccion entre espanol a Ingles

Le escribo desde Ucrania en ruso. За окном пятый раз воет сирена воздушной тревоги, за окном лежит снег, и дует ветер, но рассказ с прекрасными иллюстрациями не просто поднимает настроение - дает надежду, а ваш профессионально изложенный материал, в котором все структурировано, кратко и четко, дополненный жестами, вдохновляет. Огромное спасибо, рада, что нашла вас - я ваша ученица и подписчица.

1.5+ year of practice here, my Spanish reading skill is fairly high in the intermediate level where I don't need much English translation in the story, but I am struggling with listen comprehsion. This video humbles me and I couldn't get a grasp of the words that I understand in reading but not listening. This tells me I need to listen way more than reading and speaking.. Your concept is so on point! In real life, the learner should be doing most of the listening for conversational or such

buen hecho tío

Hasta luego I cannot wait until you do your next one

In the beginning, i was really struggling with this story. Im getting better at it, however, im still on lesson 1 trying to absorb more into my brain. Ive turned off all subtitles to increase my listening

Do you think there's an optimal combination of extensive listening/watching comprehensible input and this intensive method? I've made a lot of progress in my comprehension by solely listening, but I recognise that I do miss some details. By devoting time to extensive listening you cover more content but will miss some detail. What sort of mix in terms of time would you recommend?

por favor haz mas

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This was a great lesson. I will try listening to see how many words I can understand. The 5000 common words don't have English translations.

Me encantan este video ,, i have a question is how much comprehensible inputs i need to reach intermediate level??

excelente! cómo utilizar los subtítulos... activa los subtítulos. Escucha las palabras sin mirar los subtítulos, salvo periódicamente cuando sea necesario. ¿qué te parece?

Lots of love from Bharat india 🇮🇳 Subscribed.

¿Alguien sabe quién hizo las ilustraciones para esto? ¡Son muy hermosos! Me encanta esta historia. Tu canal me parece realmente útil y divertido.

It would be interesting to know about what "level" this is. A2? I think I need something a little bit more difficult.

How do I follow you. I really enjoy your Chanel.

¿Cómo puedo apagar los subtítulos en este video para poder cumplir el primer paso de su técnica de transcripción?

Even though my listening skills are improving, when I translate for listening context, I still have some difficulties, as you know from my past comments. Another example: "se pusieron a recordar al jardín". In English: "They put themselves to remember the garden" (I understand reflexive verbs. It is the use of "put" that I do not understand). Why wasn't "empezar" or "commenzar" used? Wrong verbs for this context? Or "pusieron" is on the 5000 list and the other 2 words are not?? Looking forward to your answer. Thank you for you work.

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5:15 6:50

Just a question please :-) I thought in the last part of the story, at 12:06 minutes, that it should have been "Cuando la gente pasó por ahí, vio (not vieron) al gigante jugando con los niños". Because "gente" is singular.

Sir, Please tell me. Which one is correct for "get along with " llevarse con' or "llevarse a"? What is the real meaning of both?