I also like “o sea” and “es decir”.

There's another tip for *your* pronunciation to improve: your d's sound completely alien in Spanish. English speakers tend to put the tongue in the gums of upper teeth, since "d" sound is mostly alveolar in English. Even some speakers perform a glottal stop there. However in Spanish, "d" sound is interdental. You have to *lower* and *relax* a bit your tongue, just to touch between upper and lower jaws and let some air slip between them when you remove the tongue. Also I just noticed that your ending "s" in "pues" is too voiced and long. Try to make it shorter and voiceless: no air at all through the throat.

Thanks for the kind words Larry, I appreciate it!! 🙏

Why not just compliment him rather than putting yourself up too. I mean, who cares where you worked? It's irrelevant. Everyone has the ability to judge a good teacher.

@@truestory923 One point is to show that you are expereinced. The more the experience, you are a better judge

Soy de Nigeria también

@@theanimefanatic3728 Muy bien. Dónde te quedas?

@@emanuelameh5722 benin, y tú?

do you happen to know how it is that we in the U.S. came to pronounce /o/ this way? i would like to imagine it has to do with english-spanish interaction in North America but I don’t know anything about the topic

@@tylersmith5167 Perhaps a linguist would know? Interesting question.

Are you sure you have an intermediate level? soy hablante nativa y al leer tu comentario se sintió tan natural que parece que tenés un nivel más avanzado.

@@andrealeon280 ¡gracias! Esa respuesta me puse muy contento. 😊🙏

¡¡Gracias Janson!! :)

Thanks for the feedback!! 😊

Thanks for the feedback Chinita! :)

Glad it was helpful, Sandra! :)

Thanks for the feedback Colin!! 😊

Thanks Peter! 🙏

Thanks for the feedback Joe! 👍

Hola Rich, "s" and "z" are allophones in Spanish which means the "s" is often pronounced like a "z". If we take the words "isla", "mismo", "riesgo", natives will regularly pronounce the "s" in these words like a "z". When it comes to pronunciation, it's almost always the vowels that are a problem, not the consonants. This is because we have more flexibility with the consonants and this is a good example.

@@realfastspanish Beware! Not in two thirds of Spain!!!! Original language uses /θ/ for Z sound, not /s/ which should be completely *voiceless*

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Hola, Ladislav Toman. Ni siquiera los mismos españoles consideran que usar «ustedes» en lugar de «vosotros» es incorrecto. Pero celebro que quieras aprender las conjugaciones de la forma «vosotros». Por cierto, en su plenitud, este uso gramatical incluye el pronombre de la segunda persona en singular «vos» en lugar de «tú», pero no corresponde al voseo de Argentina y otros países, aunque este haya derivado de formas como «vos sabéis» -> «vos sabés», o sea «tú sabes». ¡Saludos desde América del Sur!

@@pedrodiezcansecomunoz9676 Hi Pedro, gracias por su respuesta. I never said, nor implied that using "ustedes" instead of "vosotros" was incorrect. As an European myself, I simply like to learn the full conjugation as used in Castilian Spanish. All the European languages I am familiar with (incl. English) use 3 singular and 3 plural forms in conjugation, hence my preference. And for the record, I have nothing against Latin America. On the contrary. I do, for instance, adore Mexican culture like the Mariachi, their music and beautiful dresses and my dream is to visit ancient sites in Peru, or Christmas Island of Chile. Así que, gracias nuevamente por tu respuesta y disfruta de la hermosa América Latina.

Yes, absolutely Alejando! :)

@@realfastspanish you missed an "r". It is Alejandro. But thanks. ;)