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Muchas gracias 🫶🏼😊

You are very welcome! So happy to hear that you started to learn Spanish! It's a beautiful language to learn 🫶🏼

Gracias a ti ☺️

Hola hola! Muchas gracias por tu comentario. Me alegro mucho de que te gusten los vídeos del canal. Mucho ánimo aprendiendo español! Es un idioma precioso🫶🏼

Happy to hear that! Many thanks for your comment :)

Hola! This was just an example to show the different sounds. I don't think there is a "real" English, nor a "real" Spanish either. There are many ways to pronounce words in different languages and I have used that to compare better. All accents should be equally respected 🫶🏼

@@c.learningclubAs an American, I thank you for this response. 👍

Oh brother, “real” English! How ridiculous.

​@@Eddster25you are very welcome

Me alegro de que te ayuden los vídeos 🫶🏼🫶🏼

Hola! I agree that there are some similarities and it'd great that you are making those connections! I've never really noticed the "B" sound as an issue itself, rather more as an issue when differentiating "B" and "V". But in any case, I'm happy to hear more about it and maybe we can find something else 🧐🫶🏼

@@c.learningclub at school they've always taught me that Spanish "v" and "b" sound pretty much the same and they are pronounced as something between "v" and "b" 😅😅😁

There are different accents in Spanish, but in the majority of them, the "b" and the "v" are pronounced exactly the same way

@@sylwiawajda9866 I see, that's what was confusing me. The "b" at 3:38 sounded too much like a smooth German "b", not so much like the Spanish "v" I've heard in other videos.

@@c.learningclub Interestingly enough, for me as a German this b/v pronunciation is the hardest one to interpret when hearing Spanish (maybe not so much for English native speakers, I don't know). Not that I'm actively learning Spanish, but it pops up now and then on the radio (we have a regional programme called "Zwischen Hamburg und Haiti", in which journalists who travel to and through other countries, like in South and Middle America, do some features - and often enough those are Spanish speaking countries ;-)). I like to have a better "feeling" of the language. Maybe, along the way, I do grasp some of it (and I have this idea of one day traveling to Barcelona and taking a few large format pictures of the Sagrada Família, which to me is the most fascinating building I've seen pictures of …).

Hola Cynthia, many thanks for your sweet message. It really means a lot for me to know that you are finding these videos helpful. Regarding your question, I don't think there is a specific time when you start thinking in another foreign language. It's more about the amount of time that you are exposed to that language, as well as the time that you dedicate to reflect on that language as well. Also, thinking in a foreign language doesn't have to come naturally, it's a habit that you can start doing little by little. Un abrazo fuerte 🫶🏼

Love that tip! Thanks 😎

@@c.learningclubYou’re most welcome.

Next time I can "foucus" more 😊

Gracias! The first time I have seen a lesson like this and it is muy útil!

@@c.learningclub😂😂.

Hola Sylwia! No sabía que en polaco existía el sonido "ñ", cada vez aprendo más cosas en polaco gracias a ti! Sí, soy consciente de que la pronunciation de "tomato" es diferente en inglés británico y americano, usé el ejemplo donde estaba más clara la diferencia entre español e inglés. And thanks for this quick feedback! This is also becoming a great way for me to keep improving my English 🫶🏼

@@c.learningclub qué bien! Eres muy amable 🙂

Gracias a ti Margarita 🫶🏼

Muchas gracias a ti 😊

Hola Steve! Many thanks for your message. This really makes all my work worth it 🫶🏼 I truly believe that anyone can learn Spanish from scratch with the appropriate resources and always adapting the content to the level. But it's definitely doable and you should start seeing progress soon 🔜

Gracias a ti! That sounds like a great tool! Good luck with your Spanish 💪🏼

So happy to hear that!! Muchas gracias 😊

Good to know! It's always a very funny moment when I see someone with their bags. Thanks for your feedback. Un saludo! :)

Thanks! That has been changed in the new videos. Remember that you can always adjust the speed in the video settings as well 😊

Hola Gilda, thank you for your message! I'm very familiar with Costa del Sol and I feel you. If you are serious about your Spanish I'm happy to have a free 30 min call with you to see if I can help you more with your situation. calendly.com/celsogil Take care :)

Awesome! Thank you! There will be more coming up, for sure :)

Hola Cynthia, thank you so much for this sweet message and for sharing your experience with Spanish. It means a lot for me to know whether these videos are helpful and if there is anything else that you think you need I would love to try to help. Take care 🫶🏼

Hi Ian! Thanks for letting me know 😊You are right. Sorry if that created some confusion. In any case, the main goal of these words is not the translation, but the ability to read them properly. Take care 🫶🏼

Hola Joy, noted 😊. If you check my previous videos I'm sure you will see that they are a bit slower. In any case, remember that you can always change the speed in the video settings and adjust it to your needs🫶🏼

Gracias! El "eh" se escucha bastante, pero también depende mucho del contenxto y de las conversaciones. Avísame cuando escuches tu primer "eh"!! Un saludo :)

@@c.learningclub Si, alli voy en unas dos semanas!

Glad to hear that 😊

Muchas gracias a ti 🫶🏼

Exactly! 😊

Hi Patrick. Thanks for your kind words. All I'm doing is sharing my personal experience when I learned different languages, as well as teaching the way that it's been working the best for myself and my students. Glad that you also find it helpful 🫶🏼

Muchas gracias por tu comentario Bruno! Si tu pareja es de España ahí tienes una motivación extra para aprender el idioma. Un saludo 😊

Me alegro mucho de que te haya gustado y de que te sirva para aprender! Un placer 🫶🏼

Gracias a ti ☺️☺️

Jajajaja claro que sí! Yo soy de Sevilla así que sé de qué me hablas 🫶🏼

My pleasure! Glad you enjoyed it 🫶🏼

Gracias a ti ☺️

¡Genial! Me alegro mucho de que te haya ayudado. Mucha suerte con tu español :)

Glad to hear that! In this case, you have seen me using "que" as part of the verb "tener": - tener: to have - tener que: to have to (do something) So here, "que" is just part of the verb and doesn't have a direct meaning in English. In other cases, "que" can have these other meanings: - Qué: What - Que: that (when explaining something). E.g: the video THAT I watched: el vídeo QUE vi

Thank you. This is really helpful.

Noted it! In the meantime remember that you can always change the video speed as well. Thanks for watching 😊

Jajajaja ese lo podría haber dejado como bonus. Pregunta extra del examen!

Glad it was helpful!

I feel you. I learned English, French and Chinese Mandarin with a huge focus on grammar and it took me double of time to start to become conversational. With German, instead, I only learned the really basic grammar and I started to become conversational in months. Focus on what is really important for you to learn according to your daily life. You can do it!