The Redundant LE in Spanish

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[mynamename]

I am very impressed with what you choose to highlight in Spanish. Subjunctive, learn verbs with prepositions, se and now le obligatorio. Thanks!

[erics]

I have been asking this question for years. Even some of my (native speaker) Spanish tutors look at me like they don't understand what I'm talking about when I ask this question.

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[universaljudge]

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[petebowen]

Wow….this video is packed with so many verbs to give so many constructs of the same lesson!! Saving this to go over and over again and break down each verb! Thanks!!

[CacheHamm]

Love that you go off on short tangents to explain things like the “a” in “aprendo a esquiar “. Also dropping in the subjunctive throughout lessons is A+ because it reduces the fear factor through constant exposure.

[EmelieEriksson-tomy]

Sooo good! 🙏🏻 also love when Linda joins 🥰

[benjaminpaxton]

Great video explaining the redundant 'le'. Makes a lot more sense now. Thanks Paul.

[IconicFootball]

These videos are so helpful, you pick topics that help a lot and nobody else makes them

[Jlopa]

This video and the last video about the direct and object pronoun article and the confusion associated with using both in a sentence was just what I needed! Muchas gracias professor!

[ericbaugher]

Linda rocks. Please encourage her to come on your future videos.

[michael]

I have good days and bad days learning Spanish, but your videos are always helpful. Please keep them coming.

[LisaHooverdharma]

Thanks so much, I really appreciate your detailed explanations and yay for Linda’s help. Just a couple weeks ago I asked my Spanish learning friends “what’s up with this redundant le.”

[daniellean]

My favorite Youtube Spanish profesor! I just wanted to say thank you for continuing to make these videos (even when it felt like it wasn't paying off). Your videos have changed my life (and spanish journey). I am so glad that your efforts haven't only been impactful for me bt 52K people. I cannot wait until you hit 100K❤🎉

[graham]

Qué lección tan útil. Finalmente esto tiene sentido para mí ahora. Gracias 🙏

[Greglofton]

I’m so thankful to have you as my teacher I learned so much from you keep up the good work it is very appreciated ❤️💯

[martinknows]

I don’t know if you said this in a way that got past me. But. It helps me with the redundant “le” to think of it as the “le” (or “se”, or “me” or “te” etc.) makes the “a Maria” or “a mi mujer” redundant. That way I am considering of the “le” (etc.) as being essential. It has to be there to be grammatically correct. But the “a Maria” doesn’t have to be included. The “a Maria” functions to make it clear who we are talking about. So now when I am writing or speaking I know the “le” (etc.) has to be there and I can include the “a Maria” if I think it isn’t clear who I am referring to in the sentence. I have even started hearing the “a Maria” portion when it is said by people as kind of if they weren’t sure and said it as “aaah Maria”. Like when you are searching for the word you want and use “aaah” as a filler. Like “I was talking to her…aaah Maria… and she told me ….!”

[Karen-zm]

excellent and very helpful! thanks also to Linda for her help!

[jeffreyzachary]

if you have done a video on all the different uses of se, i haven't seen it. If you haven't, i bet you can explain it in a way that most of us can understand