Using 'Como Si' in Spanish

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[stevenbercik]

Vive cada día como si fuera el último!

[arnold]

It is so great to learn grammar like this, with chunks that are actually useful and sometimes needed.

[Empezamos]

Your videos are so useful to get to an intermediate level. As a beginner you learn so much conjugations and new vocabulary, and your video's always help me turn the stuff that i learned into gramatically correct sentences and make it make sense. Thank you for that 👊 I'll be moving to spain in 4 weeks and hope to become fluent in the near future.

[shaylanesbitt]

I got these right because I know the phrase "If I were you..." is translated as "Si yo fuera tú...", so I figured the same unreal condition rule that triggered the subjunctive there, would do so here. Thanks for the lesson. It's nice to be able to take knowledge from one thing and apply it to something else.

[mwiebe]

Beautiful classic song which uses this: “Bésame, bésame mucho, como si fuera esa noche la última vez…”

[roterakaten]

I been struggling with my Spanish at work, I talk like a child. So this helps a lot. I just figured out the difference between sentences with I and You followed with like necesito and necesita or quiero and quiere. Yeah

[mrsflyeaglesfly]

Imperfect subjunctive. Thanks for touching on this.

[jamesfreese]

Good lesson-como si-very useful phrase!!!

[tensaijuusan]

Fantastic lessons and advice - you are a quality product Paul. Ahora sí te luciste!

[shirleywilliamswoodger]

I was feeling so great about this!! Yeah subjonctive… i got this!! Alas no… I did them all on present! But the great thing is that I learn from my mistakes so this is imprinted in my brain!! Another great lesson!! Thank you!

[connorcadaver]

important note: The -se are used a little bit more often with ser to avoid confusion with fuera (outside). You may want to do this as well

[dianneblackman]

Ojála que tuviera un profesor como tu, sería como si fuera latina real.

[thecaliokieconnexion]

Thank you for a wonderful, helpful video. This will be watched multiple times by me. See ya!

[thomasduffy]

Another great lesson Paul, it showed me I need to work on my imperfect subjunctive conjugations, as I didn't get the one for molestar! :/ Personally, I would love to see a lesson on the difference between acordar(se) and recordar(se), as I never know which one to use. Mil gracias! ✌

[GeeBoggs]

Q, R. You're very good at what you do. Muchas gracias, maestro favorito.

[JorgeFernandez-tizs]

Tu información apunta hacia lo real, el enfoque y la temática es muy acertado.

[GSPV]

Really appreciate you, Q'hubo Paul.

[mwiebe]

I don’t recall hearing the “fuese” form used in Mexico or Central America, but I do have Colombian friends who use “fuese” (and related conjugations) preferentially over “fuera”. One older gentleman suggested I should use it more than “fuera” as it sounded more erudite. 😊 But since I learned my Spanish with Central Americans and Mexicans, I’m solidly a “fuera” girl.

[bespokevocals]

Thanks for another incredibly useful and informative vid. (And for taking time while you’re on the road to make it!)