Levantar vs Levantarse (A Lesson on Reflexive Verbs)

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Real Fast Spanish

Real Fast Spanish

Жыл бұрын

If you want to understand reflexive verbs, levantar vs levantase is a great verb to study.
For any given reflexive verb, we can often use the verb in both its normal and reflexive forms and this change generally results in two separate verbs in English. In this case, we can use the verb levantar to talk about getting up or lifting something depending on the context.
In this video, you'll learn:
- When to use the Spanish verb levantar
- When to use the reflexive form levantarse
- How to think about the choice of levantar vs levantarse
- A few tricky contextual examples
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@realfastspanish
@realfastspanish Жыл бұрын
How did you find this video on the reflexive and non-reflexive forms of levantar? Is this a difficult topic for you? Are there other verbs you would like me to talk about?
@rossnr9355
@rossnr9355 Жыл бұрын
Could you do a video on meter/meterse? It’s a verb I hear a lot but don’t really know how to use! Also word combinations/placement. For example “carro nuevo” and “nuevo carro” look the same but have slightly different meanings based on where “nuevo” is.
@awfulwaffle321
@awfulwaffle321 Жыл бұрын
Just watched your video on "asi" so I'm now wondering why the last example isn't "asi QUE puedes ver..." What conditions must be present to drop the "que" when you're saying "so"?
@Grand_Mastiff
@Grand_Mastiff Жыл бұрын
I have very difficult to understand when to use levantarse or se levanta whats the difference? Help me please before I get a meltdown of this! And please not in forms like reflexive and none reflexive verbs because I don't understand that. Just simple explanation in English please.
@chuck1804
@chuck1804 Жыл бұрын
3:02 would it not be correct to say "No quiero que me levanto" ? I'm confused at why the indirect object pronoun is at the end in your example. Please can you explain which is correct?
@lingthegreat
@lingthegreat 3 ай бұрын
Thanks for the help! It will help me in my own teaching!
@brayantulcan7992
@brayantulcan7992 Жыл бұрын
Hello, I am a native Spanish speaker and I really like the way you teach our language, you do it very well. If someone here wants to practice their Spanish with me, I am available.
@realfastspanish
@realfastspanish Жыл бұрын
Thank you for the kind words Brayan! 😃
@11Believeinthis
@11Believeinthis Жыл бұрын
Been trying to learn Spanish on Duolingo and I was so confused by this. Thank you very much!! New subscriber here. 🎉
@LittleTulipanita
@LittleTulipanita 8 ай бұрын
Me too
@trishgage9288
@trishgage9288 4 ай бұрын
¡Y yo también!😂
@ericbaugher
@ericbaugher Жыл бұрын
I watched and liked this video. Every little bit of practice helps. I ate my dinner at a Mexican taco stand. I sat and ate with Spanish speakers. I have found that at least at this stand they are very tolerant of mistakes in Grammer and pronunciation. Thanks for all your hard work making these videos.
@realfastspanish
@realfastspanish Жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing Eric! 🙏
@jamesfreese4700
@jamesfreese4700 9 ай бұрын
Great breakdown of levantar y se!!!!
@adawon99
@adawon99 Жыл бұрын
I literally learned these two words earlier this morning. Great to bump into further explanation. Thanks
@rafay512
@rafay512 Жыл бұрын
Thank you for the video Andrew!
@spocock4467
@spocock4467 Жыл бұрын
Finally I got some simple logical structured explanation of this topic! Thank you so much, Andrew! You made my learning of Spanish easier and more enjoyable. Another topic i struggle to comprehend is Quidarse vs Quidar. I will check your other videos, I am sure I will find a lot of answers to mis preguntas. Do you have a blog, too?
@mraemartinez
@mraemartinez Жыл бұрын
You're my favourite Spanish Teacher! Such a bonus I get to learn better from an Aussie!
@realfastspanish
@realfastspanish Жыл бұрын
😊
@believeinpeace
@believeinpeace 10 ай бұрын
¡Wow, excelente! Muchas Gracias
@belilly3002
@belilly3002 Жыл бұрын
This was a really good lesson.
@norikosato7823
@norikosato7823 Жыл бұрын
Very helpful and easy to understand.
@beverlyb6391
@beverlyb6391 7 ай бұрын
Gracias me maestro. Tengo que mirar hasta que entre en mi cabeza.
@dismaldunc
@dismaldunc Жыл бұрын
I love your lessons, really well delivered and explained. you really should have a lot more subs!!
@realfastspanish
@realfastspanish Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the kind words Duncan! 🙏
@sabrinashea198
@sabrinashea198 Жыл бұрын
Disfruto tus vídeos como siempre. Este video es particularmente util. Los verbos que son reflexivos y no son reflexivos. Muy bien. Muchas gracias por clarificar. 😀
@realfastspanish
@realfastspanish Жыл бұрын
¡Muchas gracias Sabrina! 😊
@CleonaPattersoneFluentEnglish
@CleonaPattersoneFluentEnglish Жыл бұрын
Cada día me levanto con la esperanza de levantar el nivel de mi español con tu ayuda Andrew.👍 Me interesan muchísimo los vídeos en este tema.😀
@gerlautamr.656
@gerlautamr.656 Жыл бұрын
Congrats! You have a really good level of Spanish.
@arielsese8982
@arielsese8982 Жыл бұрын
Eres genial!
@charlessimons1692
@charlessimons1692 Жыл бұрын
Esta lección fue un gran repaso! Gracias Andres.
@realfastspanish
@realfastspanish Жыл бұрын
¡Gracias Charles! 😀
@montymcphillips
@montymcphillips Жыл бұрын
Hola I am learning a lot from your videos. Gracias! I am a total beginner. Tengo una pregunta, por favor. Towards the end… “ te voy a levantar mañana a las 7:00” & “te voy a levantar, así puedes…” Can we ALSO say “Voy a levantarte…”?
@jansonleung3393
@jansonleung3393 Жыл бұрын
Muchas gracias, maestro. Me puede explicar cual es la differencia entre sentir y sentirse?
@realfastspanish
@realfastspanish Жыл бұрын
¡Es una buena pregunta Janson! 😀
@alejandrojoselizano
@alejandrojoselizano Жыл бұрын
hehe, there are no double f in spanish, diferencia
@alejandrojoselizano
@alejandrojoselizano Жыл бұрын
they both mean "feel", it depends on the context. Sentirse bién, means "to feel good", Sentir is the infinitve. Sentirse is a reflexive form
@xander.mp5
@xander.mp5 Жыл бұрын
Really great video. I was wondering if maybe you could cover when or when not to put a verb before the subject? I've always been unsure about it.
@realfastspanish
@realfastspanish Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the suggestion! I'll add it to the list of ideas.
@samcalhoun8077
@samcalhoun8077 3 ай бұрын
Thank you for this. I also have been struggling with this. Particulary, when to use put te/me/se before or after. Very confusing. Levantarte vs te vas a levantar.
@davidsummerville351
@davidsummerville351 Жыл бұрын
Thanks
@Shanetheskeptic
@Shanetheskeptic Жыл бұрын
Happy to get the 1st comment on this one. Awesome content 🤙 This channel has been very helpful for me
@realfastspanish
@realfastspanish Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the feedback Shane and nice work getting in first!! 👍
@thyme4jb935
@thyme4jb935 6 ай бұрын
Are you referencing a specific movie in this lesson? If so, which one. I like movies in spanish (with english subs)
@leeholden13
@leeholden13 Жыл бұрын
Love this and your other videos. One request: You may want to have your sound engineer check the sound on the video inserts. While your video sound is loud and clear, the video clips of actors sound are often so soft as to be unintelligible. Thanks
@realfastspanish
@realfastspanish Жыл бұрын
Okay, thanks for the feedback Lee!
@ArdaSahinogullarndan
@ArdaSahinogullarndan 7 ай бұрын
İ still do not get how to spot if it is reflexive or normal because you never used levantarse in any sentence also how does the police example related with levantar
@mojojojoe100
@mojojojoe100 Жыл бұрын
just found your channel and found you a helpful teacher. not watched this one yet but an idea for you which confuses me: seems that te/tú are swapped about randomly to me so don't know where to use those. and i've seen "te" used where, if it was me speaking I would have used "ella". also me/mi, unsure whether or not there is a difference between them. as i'm writing this i realise there are a ton of situations where you can say things in more than one way and i don't know whether they are both correct or it depends on context or whether one is simply wrong. tú eran/estabas??
@realfastspanish
@realfastspanish Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the question Joe! I will add it to the list of potential upcoming videos.
@sonjak4718
@sonjak4718 8 ай бұрын
Not sure how filing a complaint relates to lifting. Is it just another meaning? To lift/to raise/ to file a complaint.
@itsPatrick909
@itsPatrick909 9 ай бұрын
Does anyone know what the name of the show or movie is in the short clips he snaps to is please ?
@jsnicks7189
@jsnicks7189 4 ай бұрын
When to use llevantarme vs llevantarse
@springwater9981
@springwater9981 Жыл бұрын
I have heard that reflexive verbs work as they reflex back to the subject - would this be why the examples at end change? Because they are not reflecting back to themselves? I.e ‘i’ am going to get ‘you’ up - as opposed to ‘I’ am going to get myself up
@realfastspanish
@realfastspanish Жыл бұрын
Yes, that's exactly right, the last few examples are tricky exceptions to the translations of the reflexive and non-reflexive forms of the verbs.
@springwater9981
@springwater9981 Жыл бұрын
@@realfastspanish thank you :)
@miggythemadman
@miggythemadman Жыл бұрын
Me lavo los manos antes de cocinar. ¿Es esto correcto?
@Valen-eq8oo
@Valen-eq8oo Жыл бұрын
With the sentences with levantar why did you always use the infinitive is it because of the verb in front of it?
@paulfaulkner6299
@paulfaulkner6299 Жыл бұрын
¿Quizás me pueda levanter el nivel de español que puedo hablar? Gracias
@realfastspanish
@realfastspanish Жыл бұрын
¡Por supuesto! 😊
@buddywheeler1141
@buddywheeler1141 Жыл бұрын
Interesting
@chriswesley594
@chriswesley594 11 ай бұрын
well, I've been struggling with reflexive verbs for far too long. I thiink I can use them OK, but the labelling of some verbs as reflexive, to me, is oddly wrong. In this case, when "I lift me up" means to get up out of bed - this is just a language idiom it's a plain old conjucation of the verb levantar, with me doing the lifitng, and me being the thing that's lifted up. But it's not a different verb and there is no different meaing due to it being "reflexive". The USAGE is reflexive but the verb is just s=the sameverb and it has the same literal meaning. It same with "llamarse" -for me, it's just llar, except it's not me that I'm naming - so it's a reflexive usage of the ordinary verb llamar. Now, in English CALL has two meanings: "I calll you honey" and "I call you every day" {on the phone). The different meaning ocmes form the languge idioms and poor verb design, not from the special reflexive verb. Have I got thiis wrong?
@KuldeepKumar-tm1jd
@KuldeepKumar-tm1jd Жыл бұрын
Yo puedo levantarte porque no eres pasada. Me levanto temprano todos los días.
@realfastspanish
@realfastspanish Жыл бұрын
¡Muchas gracias Kuldeep! 😊
@elcartero6897
@elcartero6897 Жыл бұрын
Pesada
@msmendes214
@msmendes214 3 ай бұрын
Ok I'm driving myself crazy with this one... Why is te voy a levantar NOT reflexive? The te in front of the voy is the reflexive part of levantarse, right???
@arthurjohnson5716
@arthurjohnson5716 Жыл бұрын
P
@kcorpora1
@kcorpora1 Жыл бұрын
It is amazing the challenges not straight forward the language...I would have said...con la policia...but you say...en la policia...a lot times this is what confuses the the students.
@espr7564
@espr7564 Жыл бұрын
Not much about Levantarse ???? 🤷🤔
@TinaSuarez09
@TinaSuarez09 7 ай бұрын
explanation is great but this video does not give us, viewers, enough time to think our answers in the activity and just immediately tell u the answers. it could've been better if we're given a few seconds to think before you flash the correct answers. 😊
@nemesis021
@nemesis021 3 күн бұрын
ah shit wallahi I’m cooked on the nationals
@user-gz1jo3bu3c
@user-gz1jo3bu3c 3 ай бұрын
I liked this but you're going from a basic conjugation with new pronouns to rather advanced grammatical structures, barely including the basic concept you introduced. It's a rather big jump for new learners!
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