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What I appreciate most about your lessons is that we end up learning about so much more than what's in the title. Sure, you always cover what you said you would. But I find many more gems in your explanations beyond that - thanks 😎

I love the plug & plays and when you often say, "See, it's just like little train cars, just pop them right on the last train, etc." I have never been so excited to learn about the subjunctive. You have made this very easy for me to understand. Thank you

For us middling to advanced beginners, QRP discovers a concept that would definitely give us trouble down the road and makes it easy. Like a parent clearing trip hazards for a toddler.

I've just come back from Seville in Spain. My 'Tarzan' Spanish came in pretty useful 😊

here is another part of the subjunctive rule that gets learners. This used to get me. Actually I am helping a learner friend learn now that was in the Dominican with me. he heard me say to someone: busco a alguien que cocine chuleta...he wanted to know why I said busco instead of estoy buscando and cocine instead of cocina...I explained it. Explained it would be like walking into a room saying: I am searching for someone that speaks English...I don't know if that person exist so I use the subjunctive...busco a alguien que hable inglés. Then told him what if there is someone and you used him or her...the next day you go back to the same place and now use the indicative...busco la mujer que habla inglés, está aqui hoy? Good Stuff!

Busco is how people speak in real life. Much more than estoy buscando.

I have been studying Spanish for several years now (llevo 2/3 tres anos de estudiar etc etc), I really like your method; and, as you stated in a previous video, you prefer to give explanations in English. I agree! The advantage of having a native English speaker explain and having an insight is what I find most useful!

Hi Paul, recently I hit like before watching you video ,because I am sure it's awesome. Thanks.

Great lesson. Thanks Paul.

I learned about the subjunctive in high school and college Spanish classes, but still struggled on when to use it. This breaks it down so well, thanks!

Wow I’m going to need to watch this on repeat.

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I am starting to feel more comfortable with the subjunctive! Also using present tense instead of present progressive. You explain it all so well. Thank you

Super helpful. Thank you. That trigger can be confusing but by noticing that it's not something specific it helps me see when it fires off.

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Love the little tangents. I consider myself advanced in Spanish but it’s nice to hear the little things with the main lesson, (like the bit about gerunds) that are subtle but make you sound more fluent and comfortable. Thanks!

Brilliant! Thank you Paul!

Thank you Paul. As always, a most helpful video on the subjunctive

Excellent as always and very useful!!!!

Thanks for the reminder to "like" the video it helps and i do.

I definitely got to work on the subject change recognizing

another good one Paul. you got me on the Dar a. didnt know that one.

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Excellent, Paul! I had never heard that specific/non-specific distinction before! Thank you!

These subjunctive triggers are *great*! I'd like to know more about when *do* native Spanish speakers usually use the present progressive.

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Sós el mejor explicando cosas tan complicadas como esto.

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Paul, thanks a million for making these videos. My Spanish is lacking in the area of the subjective and you explain it so well. I'm so glad that I found your channel. You explain everything in a way that most others don't or can not.

The plug and play method is very helpful muchas gracias Paul

Paul, I’m embarrassed to say that after 2 years of high school Spanish and over 20 years of marriage to a native Spanish speaker, I never learned about these “subjunctive triggers”. I really appreciate your lessons. Thank you! 😁

Thank You , you are great teacher

Thanks for another brick in the wall of mastering the subjunctive

Exce as usual, thanks ❤

Very helpful Paul! I like the logical "flow" in your presentations, not just this one.

Thanks 🙏

😮 my teacher was telling me about a specific thing versus a non specific and i was like 😵no entiendo. Pero ahora veo la luz 💡gracias por el video.

Acabo de terminar los videos sobre el subjuntivo. Muchisimas gracias literalmente los me ayudan mucho! Eres genial! Que te vaya bien! :)

Wow, great stuff! Gracias!

I love this!!!

Gracias por esta explicación tan clara. Este vídeo me ha ayudado muchísimo a repasar esta gramática. De verdad, buscaba alguien que supiera enseñar español. Y lo he encontrado. ¡Eres un gran maestro!👍 Un ejemplo para practicar: Quiero una casa que dé al mar y tenga ventanas grandes para disfrutar de la vista.🎯

Me gusta la parte del diccionario. Buena información

Great video that is very useful !

Paul you make the subjunctive so easy to learn and understand. Thank you

Thank you Paul for another great video. Much appreciate it

Appreciate the practical examples that I can actually use when living in México, gracias

That always caught me up when first starting out…I always wanted to use the gerund and couldn’t figure out why I didn’t hear native speakers using it very often…we definitely use it way more in English. Thanks Paul Great lesson

excellent lesson!

As a native speaker (Chilean) I would 100% use: " estoy buscando"

I loved this lesson! Fantastic! Thank you, Paul!

Whenever I think I have seen it all in Spanish, you make videos showing that there's always more!!

OMG all your lessons so amazing

You just don’t find these explanations anywhere else. Thanks. I would love to see a few examples in the preterite.

Keep up the good work

Perfecto, excelente muchas gracias 🙂

He's right about the present progressive/present tense thing, especially regarding 'buscar'. When I used to work with Mexicans they tended to use the straight present tense a lot more when they were talking about what they were looking for or asking me what I was looking for.

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Once again, your intimate knowledge of Spanish enables you to give us exactly what we need to know. Thank you! When you began to learn Spanish all those years ago, I bet you never dreamed just how profoundly it would transform your life. Your personal life, your first career and now, your post law enforcement life. Ain't it fun? Thanks again.

Your videos are so immensely well done, thank you

Thanks!

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Good God Paul, eres el mejor profe. Me encantan todos tus videos. Gracias

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I would love to see you do a progressive tense lesson sooner rather than later. Progressive tense has come up a couple of times in some of your more recent videos. I know you touched on progressive in your beginner series, but I don't think the lesson addressed the issue of when or if you ever really need to use this tense vs. the present tense to convey an accurate statement in Spanish. Thanks!

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Hi! You are a great teacher. Are you going to continue the bridging the gap between beginner to intermediate series?

Tarzan comment was hilarious.

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I love your videos, and the fact that they focus a lot on the subjunctive mood. Have you ever thought about doing a video for the would have, should have, & could have?

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Excellent lesson, I love "frases" approach. Your comment about RAE triggered my question related to your recent piece regarding "suficiente"(adj.) and "suficientemente"(adv.). On Wordference site's discussion I came across following RAE statement: "Suficiente es un adjetivo, no un adverbio, de modo que no funciona como, por ejemplo, "bastante", que sí es adjetivo y a la vez adverbio. Por eso, a suficiente se le suele anteponer el artículo neutro lo en español, o bien se emplea el adverbio suficientemente en su lugar." My question is whether it is a normal practice to interchange "lo suficiente" and "suficientemente", i.e. is ¿Comiste lo suficiente? and ¿Comiste suficientemente? the same and correct? Another question I'd have is usage of "lo" in "lo suficientemente". I assume that it is the way it is and it should not be over-explored. Thanks again for your high quality lessons!

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So basically if you want to sound cool use the subjunctive and stay away from stuff like estoy buscando.

wow. good stuff brother. Retired 10:81 here living in Oaxaca and studying spanish in a school on the beach. Spent a few years in Nicaragua trying to learn by immersion...nope, didn't work for me. I remember years ago, probably mid 90's, we taught guys spanish and sent them to mexico to live with a host family for a few months...made me wonder if you had anything to do with that emphasis? anyway, thanks and keep up the good work.

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Hi Paul, you are a great teacher. Thank you so much for sharing with us your knowledge. I’ve a question, what is the more natural sounding translation of “I would like” as in “I would like that you start right away” should it be “me gustaría que” or “quisiera que”? Which is the option used in real life. Is it also okay to just use “quiero” instead for “i would like”? Thanks.

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Appreciate the practical examples that I can actually use when living in México, gracias. How about, I'm looking for someone who can help me with my crap wifi signal?

Unfortunately DeepL etc doesn't work with subjunctive.

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I've had to go back and watch your segments on the gerund, as I am also one that would have expected estoy buscando rather than busco. You mention that either works, but native speakers (at least those in Mexico) would use busco, but is there a *language* rule somewhere that requires this, eg. because of being in the context of the subjunctive?

Can you do a video on talking about missing something. Like I missed the last video, or I had to miss work.

Hello Paul An observation: I'm testing my understanding so feel free to correct me. The dictionary definition of "buscar" is "to look for" therefore would it be right to say that "buscando" would not really be logical? I hope you see what I'm getting at.

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I guess I wasn't the only one who made that mistake😊...

How does a trigger a non specific and the does trigger a specific Can you explain this in another wa

Another way to translate buscar: to seek. We are capable of not ending sentences with prepositions in English, we just don't choose to! I seek my book. He is the man of whom I spoke.

Are you saying that the "a" is optional if there is uncertainty as to the identity of the person, but required if the identity is definite?

It’s gonna take forever to learn all this😢

So if I watched the subjunctive series 1-5, do I basically have all the basics/foundation of the subjunctive?

Busco a alguien que me pueda enseñar español, como Paul . I hope what I have written is correct. Right? Mil gracias por esa clase ❤

This isn't a subjunctive question but it is related to tenses...can you translate a phrase like "I'm looking" into "estoy buscando" the same way you can use the present indicative? In other words, are "busco" and "estoy buscando" grammatically similar and acceptable? I understand why the second one might be "why use two words instead of one" but it does fit more easily in the "English to Spanish" transition in my head. EDIT: LOL you can see exactly where I paused the video, huh? I'm leaving this comment anyway, but I see that it has been answered.

The very last example - why isn't semana in plural?

Is this a correct sentence? Quiero una casa que dé a un jardín.