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Paul loves the subjunctive more than my father loves me

“Why is it in the subjunctive? We don’t care. We just accept it.” Exactly! 😂 Thanks for another great lesson!

"The subjunctive. AKA, the key stone to learning Spanish." Qroo Paul's mantra. Another great lesson.

I thought I knew Spanish, but I had never peviously known this rule. I will add it to my word list.

I love it when you go off on tangents! So much valuable information all in one place. Thank you!

Paul I´m a native Spanish speaker, but this video was so useful for me as well cause I learned in detail how the " I´m used to " structure works in the English Language. Thanks! . PD: please don´t ask me how the subjuntive works in Spanish, cause even for us it´s very hard to explain this topic .... hahaha

Just because you’re accustomed to something doesn’t mean it’s going to happen - it’s a hypothetical - I get it

I am an American married to a Puerto Rican. I was literally in the process of watching this video when I received the following email from the administration of our condominium in PR: Esperamos que se encuentren bien. Nos dirigimos a ustedes para hacerles saber sobre la importancia de asegurarnos de que el portón peatonal se cierre correctamente. Es crucial que seamos diligentes al respeto. Les pedimos amablemente que al usar el portón verifiquen que esté correctamente cerrado. -- Subjunctive, the keystone to mastering Spanish. :-)

Excellent lesson again. I like the fact that you often repeat points and advice that you've provided in earlier videos. Repetition and revision helps to reinforce learning I believe. Thanks again.

Paul, I‘m so grateful for your personal efforts and engagement in teaching the spanish subjunctive consequently ❣️ still improving my skills in daily life! Hope you will hit the 100k soon. I’m always recommending your channel from the bottom of my heart even to non-native English speakers being THAT helpful. Thanks again ❣️

It's a pleasure to listen to you. Your lessons are excellent. Greetings from Evergreen, Montana, USA. - Paula Swaim

How cool! The subjunctive stricture made great sense at the very end when you differentiated it from the a+noun and the a+infin. Thanks!

Great addition to Subjunctive playlist. Lessons with more of these structures would be welcome. I come across these odd subjunctives and I always stop and scratch my head trying to shoehorn them into WEIRDO, instead of just recognizing it for what it is.

It's funny Paul. I never knew this rule, but I think I would have said it the way you taught it anyway. I hope people can "get" this concept, but over time, you "get used to" (pun not intended) the way Spanish sentences are constructed, and in this case the subjunctive just "feels" like the obvious choice, though I couldn't tell you exactly why. I guess I'm going to get to totally "fluent" sooner rather than later. And of course, thanks for another GREAT lesson!

It's difficult to do, but something that helps me with Spanish constructions that appear to make no sense, like the one here, is to try to forget that I speak a language of any sort, and especially my mother tongue, English. in other words, as you say, it is what it is. Also, I'd just like to mention that your narrative or story approach in your last video (I think it was the last one you did) was great and something I'd be looking forward to if you decide to do another. I'd also be interested in following a conversation you might be having with someone in Spanish -- for example, with your wife. You could then go over some of the finer points of the conversation, discussing grammar, triggers, phrases, and so on. You do a terrific job, many thanks.

Thank you Paul

Lo terrible del español es que te podemos confundir en un 2x3. Podemos decirte: “Estoy acostumbrado al frío” y también: “Soy un acostumbrado al frío”. “Busco jarabe para la tos que sea dulce” y “Busco jarabe para la tos que esté dulce”.

Love it. Thanks a lot man!

Estes perfecto. Me encanta mucho. Muchas gracias

Thanks, profe Paul. Nos has ayudado mucho.

As usual a great lesson; really well explained.

Thank you Paul yours very gifted teacher

Gracias-another good lesson y video-looking forward to the next one!!!!

The worksheets are so educational, I really like the ones for this video too!

Te agradezco por esta lección utilísima, a las cinco de la mañana.

I think something that takes time to incorporate when we are learning spanish(or French) is the order of the pronoun and the verb. We are used to(acostumbrarse!!)saying, in English "I'll show you", but in spanish it's , "you I'll show" Te montaré.. You have to hear it spoken a lot , not just in print.

The complete info in this video was just right 🙏

I think in this case also the use of the subjunctive makes sense from a rule perspective. The rule is that the subjunctive is used when the speaker is not in control of the action. For example in the last sentence, "I'm used to the neighbours making a lot of noise on Saturdays" - requires the subjunctive because the neighbours are doing the action which you can't control (making noise). If you said "I'm used to the noise of the neighbours" then there is no action out of your control, "estoy acostumbrado al ruido de los vecinos los sábados" no subjunctive (estoy acostumbrado a + noun). Here is another example: "Es hora de terminar la clase" (it's time to finish the class) is a very simple statement and no-one seems to be in control. Vs: "Es hora de que terminemos la clase" (it's time we finished the class) here we use the subjunctive because we need not only me, but all the students to finish the class, I am not in control of the group's actions. This is my interpretation of how the subjunctive works after looking at many examples. I hope native speakers (and Paul) can provide input on this understanding.

Not a native speaker, but from what I see the subjunctive appears a lot when a subject change happens in the subordinate clause, so it just might be speakers following familiar patterns. Also, being accustomed or used to something can be read as somewhat irrealis ie "I slept in today, but I'm used to waking up early for a jog."

Otro gran video gracias y hasta luego

Side distractions are fine. It is stimulating!!

I think don't think this construction is breaking any rules. Subjunctive is the mood of "non-reality" (as painted by the discourse, whether it corresponds to actual reality is irrelevant). "Estoy acostumbrado a que mis padres vengan cada fin the semana" is not something that's real in the discourse. It may or may not happen for any specific weekend, but I'm used to it happening. A verb that requires the indicative, like "Sé que mis padres van a venir este fin de semana" paints it as there being no question. So subjunctive is really the expected mood here. And I'm not trying to overthink it, this is what we were taught in my school in Spain. Also, great work on your videos! I really enjoy seeing how you reason about the language.

Subjunctive is the twilight zone; things that don't exist yet, have no form, may come into being, or not.

Me encanta que hables de la importancia de aprender y usar el subjuntivo. Nosotros, los angloparlantes, lo vemos como un superpoder que solo los hablantes nativos del español saben manejar bien. Como dices, sin él, no vamos a dominar el español y sonará raro y poco fluido

Dang, I thought I was getting closer to learning all the triggers. I looked it up and found a few examples at linguee that seem to back up what you say.

I have spreadsheet of Subjunctive Triggers, this is a new one (82). Great Lesson as always!

Hey Paul, another fabuloso video, even if it does mention the Spanish subjunctive! Sorry for the lengthy comment ... I just revisited the gerund video and am confused when English uses the gerund but Spanish does not. This video has a lot of those types of occurrences and Bing chat was pretty much useless in helping me out. I have seen estar + infinitive equate to the English gerund, but now I see: estar + something {= acostumbrado a} + que + present subjunctive equate to the English gerund. I would translate: "Estoy acustombrado a que llueva todos los días" as "I am used to (to what? … the fact) that it rains every day" and "Estoy acustombrado a que mis perrors me depiertan a las cinco de la mañana" as "I am used to (to what?) that my dogs awake me up at 5am" Am I wrong in my thinking and I should just "go with the flow" and think English gerund instead? Never knew pronominal verbs were a thing until I got hooked on your channel, I believe there are six types (had to find out what they are, but I made up reasons that make sense to me, please correct me if I am wrong), also not sure if you covered all these in a different video but thought others might think this is helpful: Reflexive (subject does the action to oneself) Pure (These verbs will always end with “SE”) Reciprocal (These verbs are actions done to each other) Pseudo-reflexive (Like reflexive but more “gangster” style as the actions are feelings) Dative of interest … I ask myself, do I really need to know this one? (person doing the action is affected by it) Meaning-Changing (with “SE” suffix means “to get” or “we got” {action, perhaps past tense} like “bored” or “lost”, without “SE” suffix seems more like present tense like “to bore”, “to lose”) Bing chat had a great explanation for the Dative of Interest: For example, if you say “Me lavo las manos” (I wash my hands), you’re using a pronominal verb. But if you say “Me lavo las manos para no enfermarme” (I wash my hands so I don’t get sick), you’re using a pronominal verb with a dative of interest.” Where were you years ago when the whole MA / PA / TA thing threw me for a loop?? Keep the great videos coming ... hoping to buy you a coffee post-Thanksgiving!!!

Translating "maybe": quizás (subjuntivo), tal vez (indicativo)

Hola Quroo Paul. Muchas gracias otra vez por los magníficos vídeos. Quisiera ofrecerte una sugerencia respecto al contenido de siguientes vídeos en el caso de que aún no tengas ideas precisas. Aparte de casi todos los vídeos me gusta más en él que el subjuntivo del pasado (si hubiera) relacionar con él condicional como una pareja. ¿Sería posible que nos presentes otras parejas? Espero que sí. ¿Qué dices? Un buen saludo.

Q you make a point that is very important that I try to convey to someone I am helping with spanish. Sometimes there is no rhyme, reason or rule, just accept it. To be accustomed to anything in no way instinctively triggers a subjunctive thought. So just accept the construction, remember it, and use it. estoy acosumbrado a que Qroo enseñe el subjuntivo en KZfaq...Un tema que es muy importante. Good stuff

Hopefully, I am wording this correctly, but to me, it feels like the subjunctive conjugation is continually triggered in the subordinate/dependent clause. "I am accustomed" is a complete sentence, therefore, it is an independent clause. "The birds singing every morning" is not a complete sentence, therefore, it is a dependent clause, it is dependent on the independent clause for the sentence to make sense. To say "the birds sing every morning" sounds like a fact, it is something they are doing indicating a fact of reality, therefore, it would be conjugated into the indicative mood. "I am used to the birds singing every morning" begins in the indicative mood because it states a fact of reality (you are accustomed to something) but then the predicate that follows is dependent on the beginning of the sentence (independent clause) to make sense. The sentence is not saying "the birds sing every morning" as a direct observation of reality, but rather a concept that exists in your head. It may also exist in reality but "being used to something" is not a tangible thing like "birds singing" is.

well, you got the "que" in there that leads into a change of subject, so it kind of makes sense. "estoy acostumbrado a ir a Francia en junio" has no "que" and change of subject, and sounds right, but changing the subject and dropping the "que" in kind of does sound right too, like a subjunctive trigger, at least to me.

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Hi Paul is there a link to get all the subjunctive lessons together love them thanks Dave

I think of the subjunctive as "the world of maybe." It's used for describing events or actions without specifying a time: maybe in the past, maybe today, maybe tomorrow, maybe ten years from now, maybe every day, maybe never. By that definition, the "acostumbrado" usage makes perfect sense to me.

I think it does follow the rules for subjunctive because it's based on the feelings of the speaker. It means I accept what's done. Think about the opposite, I can't get used to something means I don't accept what's done. Acceptance is based on the feelings of the speaker.

Does this mean that 'I'm used to ignoring my boss' would use the infinitive, whilst 'I'm used to my boss ignoring me' would use the subjunctive?

will you please explain the ( SE ) and how it is used in spanish ... !?

Another one that is weird like that is… es comun que + subjunctive…. Lo habitual es que +sub… es normal que subjunctive…basically it makes a general statement about something and for whatever reason the subjunctive comes next

Hi Paul! In the first example “Espero que Juan vaya a la fiesta” why isn’t it “…. a Juan vaya….”? Thank you for the wonderful video.

I would think it’s safe to say it triggers the subjunctive because of the uncertainty. You can be used to something, but you still don’t know with certainty that it is going to be that way the next time it happens. What do you think? Just playing the “overthinking it” devils advocate 😂

El "se" es tan extraño que los españoles lo damos en clase en el último curso del instituto

I think it’s because we are accustomed to it but it doesn’t always happen or it changes like climate or time. I know you said don’t think about it but I had to lol 😂 I’m a bad student.

Yo ACEPTO que debo darte un "Me Gusta" después de cada vídeo. Y estoy acostumbrado a hacerlo.

When I'm began to learn English I saw this construction I another place than my English class so I get very confused about it : why did that person say "I'm used to that"? In Spanish that would be translated to " Estoy usado + something" obviously that was before KZfaq (92) and everything needs to be seek on dictionaries. That was shocking at first but I got used to that.

Is there a way to do the indefinite you in spanish? I often want to say, "How does one say or do X?"

I hate the subjuntive. I wish to have one on one lessons.

I tried to order the worksheet but needed to update my credit card info. The system didn't give me enough spaces to do that

In a question... would the subj. Still appear Por Ejemplo: ¿Estás acostumbrado a que la gente te pregunta o pregunte dudas?

Hola Quroo Paul. Soy Nadia (alemana en España). Muchas gracias nuevamente por los videos que me gustan mucha. El el minuto 1:20 escribes " me alegra", pero dices "me alegre" y explicas el subjuntivo en esa frase sólo por la segunda parte. ¿Quieres resolver mi confusión? Muchas gracias de antemano y un buen saludo.

Estoy acostumbrado a que haya reglas...

Can’t seem to find the PDF for this as mentioned in the video. Is it on your SKOOL section? I’m a member.

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So the example with your wife wanting you to wash the car…she would use the subjunctive, but you know it’s really a command - correct?

How would you say I'm used to it? a ello? lo estoy acostumbrado?

Dont see the link to the worksheet

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Why does every conversation i dont understand sound like they use parecer or some form of it in a way i cant comprehend quickly?

It makes perfect sense if you associate use of subjunctive with subject changes! Totally consistent. Anyway thanks for your videos, they've helped me a lot.

El idioma

Just accept it.

En español existen las oraciones subordinadas sustantivas. Son oraciones que están dentro de otra más grande, hacen la función de un sustantivo, y se pueden sustituir por "esto" o por "algo". Principalmente tienen dos formas: con "que" + subjuntivo, o con el verbo en infinitivo, dependiendo esto de si el verbo de la oración subordinada está en la misma persona o no de la oración principal. Por ejemplo: Estoy acostumbrado a que haga frío. Estoy acostumbrado a levantarme temprano. Estoy acostumbrado al clima frío. Estoy acostumbrado a esto. Las oraciones subordinadas sustantivas son el principal uso del modo subjuntivo, y el uso de este no depende del significado del verbo de la oración principal.

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Ok, sorry, I have to try to over think it. In the examples of the birds singing, the boss ignoring and the brother being late, it could be that acostumbrado with subjunctive conveys the sense of being resolved about something. I do not like it, but I accept it as the way it is. Birds gonna sing, he is always going to be my brother, and the boss is a jerk but the commute is short an the pay is good. That sort of resignation would be an emotional state. I can imagine somebody using the subjunctive in these cases, while making a toss away gesture with the hand.

Why do you say "Estoy acostumbrada" and not "soy acostumbrada"?

Instead of ALL those mental contortions, why don't you just forget all those rules and just IMITATE what you HEAR from NATIVE SPEAKERS? That's what I did and I have passing for a native speaker for FORTY YEARS.