Why Not Spanish?
When learning Spanish or any language lots of learners want to know what everything means. Having a conversation with someone can cause you to fall into a trap. Focusing on the meaning of what every word the other person is saying could leave you with no idea what is going on. A word is said that you have no idea what it means. Then you start thinking about what that word could mean. Just like that, you have lost the meaning of the whole sentence because of that one word you did not know. Then all you think about is what that word could mean. You will find yourself not knowing the word and what the person just said. So in this video, we are going to talk about using context clues to figure out the meaning of a sentence. Next time you encounter a word that you don’t know you can figure out what it means by how it is used and the words around it.
For practice in this video, we are going to have our dear friend and art critic Antonia Pombo help us with this activity. She will tell you a sentence and one word will be replaced with “takitaki”. You will try to figure out what that word is using the context clues in the sentence.
We hope you like the video and that it helps you.
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Ustedes saben que Antonia es una mujer rara y le gusta usar palabras poco comunes. ¿Qué palabras usarían para reemplazar las palabras que Antonia dijo? (festejo, calabozo, quehaceres, encinta, ratero, despampanante, domicilio).
Cody, es bueno a oír que estás usando un acento cuando estas hablando en español! Que bueno!
Hi lo siento no intendi mucho 😥
Siempre he hecho eso de que hablas, es decir, usar el contexto para adivinar el significado de nuevas palabras–pero con la parte del cerebro que esta conectado a los ojos. Parece que la parte de mi cerebro conectado a los oídos no funcionan así. Pues, lo que sugieres es una buena idea, pero, del dicho al hecho es un gran trecho.
Este ejercicio me fue muy bien! Eso es exactamente lo que hago cuando alguien habla conmigo o cuando yo leo algo también. Ojalá que mejore yo un día. Es mi sueño hablar con fluidez el español. sigh
Muchas gracias María Y Cody. Es un video muy bueno y creativo! Y Antonia es una grande taki-taki
I did takitaki. That was actually a good brain exercise regardless of your level of Spanish. Well done, Antonia.
Mis respuestas fueron completamente diferentes que suyas. Por ejemplo…(restaurante, museo, embarazada, tareas, el ladron, el tacano. Puso cubre en vez de la cima de la montaña). Gracias por ayudarme a aprender nuevas palabras.
One of your best videos so far.
Uno de vosotros mejores videos hasta ahora.
Jeje! Qué bueno ejercicio! Me gusta mucho la "mala actitud" de Antonia.
This is such a good exercise guys, I just started my first book in Spanish, and I'm putting much more effort into deducing the meaning of words I don't know from the context…. It kind of turns it into a fun game!! Plus 'takitaki' is hilarious to say!!! 😀 Thanks as always, you both rock <3
Hey, if someone is interested to practice with a native spanish speaker, I am here 😀 i need to improve my English too
¡Holaaa! Hoy jugamos una partida. Y unfortunadamente hoy no puedo apodar a Colombia 🙁 Pero pase lo que pase ¡buena suerte! 😀 ¡Vamos Polonia! 😄
I tried "tarea" instead of "quehacer", and "hogar" instead of "domicilio". I am not sure how one would expected to guess these types of differences. Pero, sin embargo, me gustan mucho estos videos.
I'll admit it: this exercise was challenging for me, but hey, no pain no gain. I'll have to rewatch it several times before it clicks. Plus I was eating donuts while watching, so I'm thinking my brain can't handle that many tasks at once, haha
No entiendo video. I loved this series, but it has moved on to advanced and estoy perdido. Hope to catch up someday.
Los quiero 😂 Siempre me estoy riendo
This is genius! Thank you guys. 🙂
la camisa "haber" – eso es bueno. lol
great exercise! I do this every day, out of survival, living in a spanish speaking country.
Por fin un canal de youtube no para los principiantes sino para personas como yo, que ya saben un poco de español! Gracias!
Entendí lo que significaron los "takitakis", pero adiviné otras palabras que son similares
Your videos make me happy 😀
However, I do get mad at myself for not being able to understand the first go round…I usually have to rewatch the vid 2 or 3 times before anything really clicks in my brain.
WHY can't I get the gist of what is being said the first time???
Dios mio, a 0:45 era como pude ver mi propia vida
This video needs English subtitles I can't learn without English and Spanish translation for all she says it would help me a lot! Thanks
This video is perfect! You guys are so great at creating videos for intermediate-advanced speakers! I have such a hard time finding videos other than fluent or beginning speakers. Keep up the great work!!
lol the costume and the black and white/ serious expression makes me laugh so much maria !
Listou
Hahaha se me pasa todo el tiempo, yo dejo de escuchar mientras mi mente divaga en busca del significado de una sola palabra.. antes de darme cuenta, he perdido dos minutos del audio o la conversación 🙈🙈😭
I really wanted "mochileros" to mean "moochers".
Podemos tener más videos así? Practicando con, “takitaki?”
Antonia es tan exigente! Usa palabras que no se usan con frequencia…yo lograba el significado basicamente, por ejemplo adivine LADRON en cambio de RATERO, era muy dificil. Pero gracias por este reto!! Demelos mas!!
I know I easily get distracted by a word in Spanish that I definitely don't know. Thank you for using various examples of "takitaki" and you are right about listening to a sentence in full to figure out the meaning. 😉
Encinta = Pregnant? estas ensenando Espanol de palabras que nisiquiera hablantes en Espanol saben quizas, que te costaba decir embarazada? (que es la palabra comun) los que aprendan de ti solo terminaran siendo un diccionario andante de informacion inutil. Esta no es una forma eficiente de ensenar. Puedes aprenderte todas la palabras de un diccionario entero pero eso no te hara hablar otro idioma, nisiquiera tu propio idioma si no sabes o no se da la ocacion de implementarlas, solo te hara un diccionario andante de informacion inutil de palabras que ni se usan en una vida comun codidiana.
Taki taki es un idioma que existe verdad en Suriname. Tambien se yaman este idioma sranan tongo.
Usaran la frase “taki taki” en su video 3 semanas antes de la canción! Jaja
Intéressant l’utilisation des deux langues…😊
Taki Taki, Cardi B
you are so sweet like always..
Por qué no dijiste "embarazada" en lugar? 😕
Yo pense " to be pregnant " en espanol era embarazada..?
I like Why not Spanish, but I have to say I do not enjoy when they use alternate characters such as the one here. Still it is not a deal breaker, just my two cents.
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