¿Aquí o acá? ¿Allí o allá? Meanings and Uses of Spanish Demonstrative Adverbs of Place

In this lesson I present several meanings and uses of the Spanish demonstrative adjectives of place – aquí, acá, ahí, allí, and allá. I provide some guidelines for picking the right form when discussing location and also go over some other kinds of uses, including idiomatic expressions.

[sarasara]

Jason, thank you so much for the time and thought you put into making this video. I'm often a "quick check only" type when it comes to YouTube videos but this video of yours had my full attention the whole time. I learned so much more than I could have imagined. The idioms at the end...wow!..what an added bonus, and so applicable. This is only my second time tripping across your Channel and that first experience was just as rich (it was on "becoming") You are a phenomenal teacher. Thanks for sharing your talent and passion.💎📕📖🔍👊💗

[roberthiggins]

Great video! I stayed for the full 30 minutes! Very helpful. The reason I watched the entire video is because I have probably spent the last many years trying to read a quick 5 minute article to explain all of this which has been inadequate, and now I feel I have finally solved this for good. Thank you, Professor Jason! 😀

[bernardfarrell-roberts]

I am a English woman living in Spain ( Catalunya). Thank you Professor Jason, I have just found your lessons and they are perfect for me. I will continue to follow them. Gracias

[Hannah-zmvc]

Thank you so much for spending the time to teach us Spanish so efficiently. I personally thank you. God Bless you!

[geralynpalacol]

WOW! You're a FABULOUS INSTRUCTOR!!! I appreciate this lesson so much!!!

[QuiltingCrow]

YOur lessons are really helpful. I'm a German native speaker and find it very useful to be able to connect Spanish with English. Muchas gracias!

[eliseshoemaker]

Jason, I just stumbled upon this because I needed a good video explaining these concepts. How fun to see that it was from you! Thanks for taking the time to put this together.

[laylow]

Great lesson. So glad I found you're channel. You are a great instructor. Love All your examples and detailed explanations!

[ipso-kkft]

Nice to know you´re back. Thanks Professor!

[ginettemelody]

Congratulations, you are an excellent teacher.

[keithstarkey]

The construction of verbs with conjunctions and prepositions that change the meaning of the verb (an infrequent change in English) makes for enough of a learning curve when studying Spanish. But then there's idomatics that just add fuel to the fire! Oy vai! Thanks for the vid.

[matthewdallasgordonllc]

Thank you, Professor Jason.  Your explanations and examples are always clear, concise, and informative.  I have been watching your videos a lot, and they are all terrific.  I especially like the one on the various uses of the article SE (I have watched that one about 5 times), and the ones about the past subjunctive.  Matt Gordon

[bonitavalientelucy]

Gracias profesor, its very clear to me now.

[jercol]

ive been waitinf for a good lesson on these! was super excited to see you did it! thanks!

[ameliabaggerman]

¡Fantástico! Muchas gracias a usted :)

[TheWordprophet]

This lesson was great, Jason...thank you so much.
I've been looking for better instruction on these words, and this helped a lot.
I look forward to more from you.

Perhaps soon you could do a lesson on the reflexive verbs, and the use and positioning of the word "se"?
That seems very versatile as well, is used very much in Costa Rica, and still confounds me in everyday communication.

[jeanvh]

Hi., I'm from peru, so I speak spanish and you have a good spanish pronunciation

[eldesconocido]

In spain it's more common to only use aca with verbs of movement(ven aca) and aqui for location(estoy aqui)

[ninasalmon]

Thank you Professor Jason! This is a very informative video.

[Emile.gorgonZola]

it was wonderful that you mentioned Portuguese as well - really helpful