# 02. Spanish Fundamentals

- **Time range:** 00:01:04 – 00:10:32  (duration 00:09:28)
- **Source:** [A Complete Guide To Every Fundamental In Spanish (The Conclusion)](https://youtube.com/watch?v=YHDZSHCt1DE&t=64s)

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**[00:01:05]** my first official video on my channel

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> The Spanish Language And Its Fundamentals

**[00:01:06]** that's going to go in depth with the aspects of a language that you would need to know to speak I chose to go with Spanish first because I'm learning it right now and I would even say that I

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> Cd My Espanol: Intermediate - Advanced -> Reading & Writing Moderate -> Speaking Regular - Listening

**[00:01:14]** have an intermediate to an advanced level of Spanish in all aspects of reading and writing moderate speaking and a bit of listening though I'm not a native Spanish speaker I do have a substantial amount of knowledge when it comes down to the fundamentals of the language and by fundamentals I mean the

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> Spanish Fundamentals: Words, phrases, and sentences

**[00:01:26]** first words phrases and sentences that you would need to know to start start speaking Spanish on a beginner level everybody has to start with the

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> Everybody HAS TO START With The Fundamentals Alphabet, Words, Verbs, And Phrases

**[00:01:33]** fundamentals of the language understanding the basic syntax of the language the alphabet words verbs phrases and everything in between the

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> The Spanish Alphabet: Aa Bb Cc Dd Ee Ff Gg Hh li Jj Kk Ll Mm Nn Na Oo Pp Qq Rr Ss Tt Uu Vv Ww Xx Yy Zz

**[00:01:40]** Spanish alphabet is actually no different than the English alphabet following the same letters but there are a few differences like having an in

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> The Spanish Alphabet: Aa Bb Cc Dd Ee Ff Gg Hh li Jj Kk Ll Mm Nn Na Oo Pp Qq Rr Ss Tt Uu Vv Ww Xx Yy Zz

**[00:01:46]** which is an N with a squiggle over it having 27 letters instead of 26 like in

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> The Spanish Alphabet: Aa Bb Cc Dd Ee Ff Gg Hh li Jj Kk LL Mm Nn Na Oo Pp Qq Rr Ss Tt Uu Vv Ww Xx Yy Zz 27 Letters

**[00:01:50]** English and also every letter is pronounced differently as someone who's

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> The Spanish Alphabet: Aa Bb Cc Dd Ee Ff Gg Hh li Jj Kk Ll Mm Nn Na Oo Pp Qq Rr Ss Tt Uu Vv Ww Xx Yy Zz

**[00:01:53]** learning Spanish you don't necessarily need to learn how to pronounce every letter of the alphabet what you do need to learn is how to use these letters in context however I will still pronounce them for you so that you can understand how the language is spoken a b c d e one spoken as a side note people sometimes like to include the letters CH

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> The Spanish Alphabet: Aa Bb Cc Dd Ee Ff Gg Hh li Jj Kk LL Mm Nn Na Oo Pp Qq Pr Ss Tt Uu Vv Ww Xx Yy Zz ch&ll

**[00:02:27]** and Y making the alphabet have 29 letters but these are mainly sound letters that are used a lot less and something important to say about the sound yeah typically speaking if you're someone who is not of Spanish Heritage you will pronounce the sound as yeah two L's make a ye sound like yav which is

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> ll —> ye llave —> key

**[00:02:42]** Spanish for key now I would like to

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> The Spanish Fundamentals:

**[00:02:44]** speak about the words that you would need to know to say daily if you want to speak Spanish for now the biggest advice that I can give is to just memorize these words and keep them locked in your mind and whenever I say memorize this or memorize that it basically means that I simplified the context to its easiest form it cannot get any easier than this so it's not not going to be difficult to memorize these words and have them locked in your memory here's what I'm going to begin with accents question

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> The Spanish Fundamentals: 1.Accents 2. Question words 3.Prepositional words & adverbs 4.Pronouns 5. Days of the week 6.Months 7.Seasons 8.Time words 9.Numbers

**[00:03:05]** words prepositional words and adverbs pronouns days of the week months Seasons time words and numbers number one

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> 1. Accents In Spanish:

**[00:03:12]** accents accents in Spanish essentially help to indicate which syllable of a word should be stressed out when spoken out loud the accents are placed above

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> 1. Accents In Spanish: a, é, i, 0, U

**[00:03:19]** vowels and whenever you say them you put the emphasis of the sound on that vowel here's an example and I'm using this example as an example you don't have to know the rules for now yo ablo in

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> 1. Accents In Spanish: Yo hablo ——-+! speak

**[00:03:28]** Spanish means I speak don't worry about the conjugation yo that's the pronunciation yo however ELO means he

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> 1. Accents In Spanish: Yo hablo ——1 speak Elhabl6 ——~>He spoke El-> He El-> The

**[00:03:37]** spoke L with an accent mark means he because without the accent it means the article the masculine and also H's in Spanish are not pronounced so whenever you see a word beginning with a followed by a vowel just say the vowel as it is it's Noto Oro it's ablo ablo ablo ablo that's Accents in Spanish number two

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> e 2. Question Words ¢ Where - Donde? ¢ When - Cuando? ¢ What - ¢Qué? e Why - éPor qué? © Who - ¢Quién? ¢ Which - gCual? ¢ How - ¢Como? ¢ How much/many - éCuanto/Cuanta/Cuantos/Cuantas?

**[00:04:01]** question words the best advice for these words is again just memorize them these are the question words and in Spanish they look like this where is d when is quando what is K why is for who is Ken which is kual how is and how much or how many is Quanto quanta quantos Quantas and also whenever you write a question

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> e 2. Question Words ¢ Where - <Dénde? ¢ When - ¢Cuando? e What - ¢Qué? ¢ Why - ¢Por qué? © Who - Quién? ¢ Which - ;Cual? ¢ How - ¢Cémo? ¢ How much/many - ~Cuanto/Cuanta/Cuantos/Cuantas?

**[00:04:27]** with them you have to put an upside down question mark in the beginning this is a rule in the language and this is something good to remember if you see these words with accents the words are used as literal questions sometimes K

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> que -> that "| wanted to say that I'm happy" "Yo Queria decir que estoy feliz"

**[00:04:37]** without an accent mark can mean that as in the sentence I wanted to tell you that I'm happy sometimes D without an

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> donde -> where "This is where | came from" "Aqui es de donde yo vengo"

**[00:04:44]** accent mark can mean where I came from I'm not using it as a question I'm using it as a location additionally p means why because you can see the word being split and the emphasis is put on the K part however if you were to combine them together pronounced por this word means

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> éPor qué? -> Why? Porque -> Because

**[00:05:00]** because por is why por is because the last thing to note is that some question words have genders and plurality for

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> Gender & Plurality éQuienes? —_ Who? (plural)

**[00:05:07]** example if I ask kenes I'm asking about who as in multiple people instead of one person another example is how many if I

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> Gender & Plurality éQuienes? — > who? (plural) . How many? ECuantas? —D (feminine)

**[00:05:14]** say Quantas I'm saying how many for them feminine because the ending ah is most of the time feminine in Spanish if I say quantos I'm saying how many for them masculine because the ending o is most of the time masculine in Spanish number

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> 3. Prepositions & Adverbs

**[00:05:29]** three prepositional words and adverbs prepositional words can be Fanboys such

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> 3. Prepositions & Adverbs F.A.N.B.O.Y.S e For - Para e And-Y ¢ Nor- Ni ¢ But - Pero eoOr-O e Yet - Pero/Sin Embargo ¢ So - Asi que e By- Por

**[00:05:33]** as for and nor but or yet so and as a bonus by for is para and is e nor is NI but is per make sure that you have one R

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> pero -—> but perro ——> dog

**[00:05:45]** because two RS per this would be Spanish for dog or is O yet is used as still as

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> 3. Prepositions & Adverbs F.A.N.B.O.Y.S e For - Para e And-Y ¢ Nor- Ni ¢ But - Pero eoOr-O e Yet - Pero/Sin Embargo ¢ So - Asi que e By- Por

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> Yet -> Still | studied for my test, yet I failed | studied for my test, but still | failed

**[00:05:52]** in the sentence I studied for my test yet I failed I studied for my test but still I failed this word is is actually

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> 3. Prepositions & Adverbs F.A.N.B.O.Y.S e For - Para e And-Y ¢ Nor- Ni ¢ But - Pero eoOr-O e Yet - Pero/Sin Embargo ¢ So - Asi que e By- Por

**[00:05:59]** used as Oro so is and by is now we have some

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> 3. Prepositions & Adverbs Adverbs e If -Si ¢ Then - Entonces ¢ Also - También ¢ From, of - De e With - Con °To-A e In, On-En e Each - Cada

**[00:06:06]** adverbs if is C no accent because with an accent you have C which means yes

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> 3. Prepositions & Adverbs Adverbs e If -Si ¢ Then - Entonces ¢ Also - También ¢ From, of - De e With - Con °To-A e In, On-En e Each - Cada

**[00:06:12]** then is Inon also Isen of and from both mean de but the meaning changes in context with is Con to is a in and on is n and each is kada just make sure you know this information number four pronouns I'll use this 2 X3 chart to First explain their position of order in English in English you have I you he you

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> 4. Pronouns l We You all You Y'all He They

**[00:06:36]** can also include she but I'll say he just to put up some space we the pronoun in the fifth position is actually you all or y'all English doesn't have this pronoun but I will still included because Spanish has it and finally they

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> 4. Pronouns Yo /|Nosotros/as Tu |Vosotros/as El/Ella/Usted |Ellos/as/Ustedes

**[00:06:48]** these are the pronouns in Spanish yo to with an accent because without the

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> Tu —> YOu Tu — > Your

**[00:06:52]** accent it means to which is your L you

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> 4. Pronouns Yo /|Nosotros/as Tu |Vosotros/as El/Ella/Usted |Ellos/as/Ustedes

**[00:06:55]** can also say a or andad actually means you formal like when you're talking to a professional person noos is masculine and noas is feminine these pronouns have genders vosotros is you all masculine and votas is you all feminine and AOS is they masculine AAS is they feminine andus is you all formal try not focusing

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> 4. Pronouns Yo | Nosotros Tu |V Os El fe)

**[00:07:16]** on these pronouns because you will rarely use them in conversation make sure you know the main ones like yo to El andos number five days of the week

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> 5. Days of the Week ¢ Monday - Lunes e Tuesday - Martes ¢ Wednesday - Miércoles e Thursday - Jueves e Friday - Viernes e Saturday - Sabado e Sunday - Domingo

**[00:07:25]** Monday is Lunes Tuesday is mares Wednesday is m is Sab Domingo you don't have to capitalize these words in Spanish as you do in English number six months once

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> 6. Months ¢ enero - January ¢ febrero - February © marzo - March ¢ abril - April ¢ mayo - May ¢ junio - June e julio - July * agosto - August * septiembre - September ¢ octubre - October ¢ noviembre - November ¢ diciembre - December

**[00:07:38]** again you don't have to capitalize these feo abil Mayo jul AO sept OCT number seven seasons

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> 7. Seasons ¢ verano - summer e otono - autumn/fall e invierno - winter ¢ primavera - spring

**[00:07:55]** Verano in Prima number eight time words

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> 8. Time Words ¢ Second - Segundo/a e Minute - Minuto/a e Hour - Hora e Week - Semana e¢ Month - Mes e Year - Ano e Yesterday - Ayer ¢ Today - Hoy ¢ Tomorrow - Mahana

**[00:07:59]** and some of these have genders such as second which ISO Ora this can also mean

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> Second —? Position "’m in second place" "Estoy en segundo lugar"

**[00:08:06]** second as an a position I'm in second place but the meaning changes in context

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> 8. Time Words ¢ Second - Segundo/a e Minute - Minuto/a e Hour - Hora e Week - Semana ¢ Month - Mes e Year - Ano e Yesterday - Ayer ¢ Today - Hoy ¢ Tomorrow - Mahana

**[00:08:10]** minute which is or you can say Unos or

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> Unos minutos Sp Some/A Few Unas minutas Minutes

**[00:08:15]** unas which both mean some or a few minutes hour is a week is month is mes

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> 8. Time Words ¢ Second - Segundo/a e Minute - Minuto/a e Hour - Hora e Week - Semana e¢ Month - Mes e Year - Ano e Yesterday - Ayer ¢ Today - Hoy ¢ Tomorrow - Mahana

**[00:08:24]** year is ano make sure you put the because without it you have ano which is anus yesterday is a today is oi and

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> 8. Time Words ¢ Second - Segundo/a e Minute - Minuto/a e Hour - Hora e Week - Semana e¢ Month - Mes e Year - Ano e Yesterday - Ayer ¢ Today - Hoy ¢ Tomorrow - Mahana

**[00:08:32]** tomorrow is Manana Manana can also mean

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> . ——7 tomorrow manana — > morning

**[00:08:35]** morning but the meaning changes in context and last one number nine numbers

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> 9. Numbers e1-uno e 11- once e 2-dos ¢ 12-doce e 3-tres e 13 -trece e 4- cuatro ¢ 14 -catorce e 5-cinco ¢ 15 - quince ° 6-seis ¢ 16 - dieciséis e 7- siete ¢ 17 - diecisiete ° 8-ocho ¢ 18 - dieciocho e 9-nueve ¢ 19 - deicineuve ° 10 - diez ¢ 20 - veinte

**[00:08:39]** now I'm not going to write every single number down because this will be a long video but I'll give the syntax of how to say numbers and from there you can say numbers on your own past 20 because all you do is take V and

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> veinte veintid6s, veintitrés, etc

**[00:09:09]** then add any number you want to it but it has to be written as one word like V or V and so on 30 is TR e and whatever

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> 9. Numbers ¢ 30 - treinta (y dos) e 40 - cuarenta e 50 - cincuenta e 60 - sesenta e 70 - setenta ¢ 80 - ochenta e 90 - noventa e 100 - cien ¢ 1000 - mil ¢ 1000000 - mill6n

**[00:09:18]** number you want like tros 40 mil and 1 million the last concept is

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> 9. Numbers (& Positions) ° 1st - primero/a ¢ 2nd - segundo/a e 3rd - tercero/a e 4th - cuarto/a e 5th - quinto/a ° 6th - sexto/a ¢ 7th - séptimo/a ¢ 8th - octavo/a ¢ 9th - noveno/a e 10th - décimo/a

**[00:09:34]** positions of numbers and these have genders first is primo or Prima second is SEO Ora it can also mean second as in time I already covered

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> — ‘oom cuarto SD. quarter (1/4) of time

**[00:09:51]** quarter of the time but the meaning again changes in context

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> 9. Numbers (& Positions) ¢ 1st - primero/a ¢ 2nd - segundo/a e 3rd - tercero/a e 4th - cuarto/a e 5th - quinto/a ° 6th - sexto/a ¢ 7th - séptimo/a ¢ 8th - octavo/a ¢ 9th - noveno/a e 10th - décimo/a

**[00:09:55]** kto SE SE septimo Septima octavo octava noen noena deimo deima there is no point of learning numbers beyond that and it's actually a concept I'll cover in a future video so for now I want to say

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> The Spanish Fundamentals: 1.Accents 2.Question words 3.Prepositional words and adverbs 4.Pronouns 5. Days of the week 6.Months 7.Seasons 8.Time words 9.Numbers

**[00:10:10]** that this is it for this video what I covered in this video is the fundamentals that you would need to start speaking Spanish they all begin here and of course if you don't memorize all of them you can always use a translator to translate the word that you forgot and then it will be locked in your mind accents question words prepositional words and adverbs pronouns days of the week months Seasons time words and numbers
