Copy This Exact Routine to Learn 150 Spanish Phrases Now - And Until Fluent

In today's video, you won't just learn 150 essential Spanish phrases. You'll also get a clear method you can repeat again and again until you become conversationally fluent. And this video isn't just for beginners. If you're beyond that level, I'm going to show you a time code now so that you can jump straight to the part of the video that's for your level. Welcome to Pro Spanish. Now, for both sets of 150 phrases, I've included a crucial phase that builds automaticity. So you'll be able to respond in Spanish without taking ages to process what you want to say. And this part of the video is designed so you can practice it anywhere in the car, on the way to work, on the train, whenever or wherever you've got a bit of dead time. OK, so if you're not a beginner, you can skip ahead to this time frame that's on the screen now. This part of the video for your level, for your set of phrases, which also includes the automaticity phase. But for level one Spanish, here we go. So we're going to start with the backbone of any sentence, the verbs. So in this phase, we're just getting familiar with the new language. And it's really important not to try and memorise anything. That's just going to happen naturally just by following my instructions. So tomar algo. Tomar algo is to have a drink. Well, that's the translation we've got here. It literally means to take something. Do you fancy taking something? Do you fancy a drink? Would you like a drink? Tomar algo, to take something, but we use it as to have a drink. Do you fancy a drink later? Do you want to take something later? It can sound a little bit dodgy the way I've said it, but that's not the intention. And next we have ver a Juan. So ver a Juan is to see Juan. Ver a Juan. Now, in Spanish, it works a little bit like to see to Juan, a Juan. And that's because in Spanish, when there is a person after a verb, they have the a, the letter a. It's called the personal a because it refers to people or persons. So ver a Juan, to see Juan. And you'll have noticed that the letter V is pronounced like a B. Ver, not ver. Ver a Juan. How would you say to see Maria? Ver a Maria. And next we have to call. So to call is llamar. The double L is always like a Y. Llamar. Think of calling a llama. It looks a bit like that. Llamar a Ana. And again, can you see the personal a, the personal a there? Because it's a person after the verb, we have to have the a, the letter a. So it kind of is a bit like to call to Ana. Llamar a Ana. How would you say to call Juan? Llamar a Juan. And again, remember, we are just getting familiar with the language now. There's no need to worry about how much of it you're taking in. And before we carry on with the verbs in this column, let's have a look at column one, how we can start our phrases. So just scan down that column, see if you can find the words or the phrase that is don't forget. Don't forget. Can you see that? That second from the bottom. So don't forget. No, I'll be this. So the no is obviously the don't. No, I'll be this. Don't forget. And let's put that together with something from column two. Remember to call Ana. So how would you say don't forget to call Ana? What would that be? No, I'll be this. Llamar a Ana. No, I'll be this. Remember, the B is a B. No, I'll be this. Llamar a Ana. And let's go up to the top of the column. I want and you want. So I want is quiero. Quiero. I want. And you want is quieres. Quieres. But that's also do you want. So the question and the statement is the same. You want or do you want is the same. Quieres. And what do you think it means if I say quiero ver a Juan? Quiero ver a Juan. I want, now the second column, to see Juan. Quiero ver a Juan. How about if I ask this question? ¿Quieres tomar algo? Do you want to have a drink? Or we might say, do you fancy a drink? If we were going to say it more naturally. How would you ask the question? Do you want to see Juan? ¿Quieres ver a Juan? Do you want to see Juan? And just to mention at this point that my Levels 1 to 6 course is taught at a much more relaxed pace where you learn everything step by step as you go and incorporates a range of techniques and approaches to make sure that the language really sticks, whereas right now my main aim is for you to get a sense of just how much it's possible to learn when you've got the right approach. And let's go to the pair underneath. I want and you want it. I'm going to and you're going to. But again, it can also be the question, are you going to? So voy a, and again, the B is a B. Voy a, I'm going to. Vas a, you're going to. Or are you going to? How would you ask, are you going to have a drink? Vas a tomar algo? And how about, I'm going to see Juan. What would that be? Voy a ver a Juan. OK, so in our middle column, we've had to have a drink, to see Juan, to call Ana. And next it's to go to the park. Ir al parque. Ir al parque, to go to the park. What do you think it means if I say ir al banco, to go to the bank? How about ir al supermercado, to go to the supermarket? Ir al bar, to go to the bar. So once we've established how the kind of structure works, it's quite easy to learn a lot more. And let's go straight down to to rest a while or to rest for a while. Descansar un rato. Un rato is a bit or a while. In fact, how would you say to go to the park a while? We would say to go to the park for a while, to go to the park for a bit. How would you say that? Ir al parque un rato. And using our two columns and using rest to rest, how would you say? I'm going to rest for a while. What would that be? I'm going to have a quick rest. Voy a descansar un rato. And looking at our first column, have a look at the ones that are underneath. I'm going to and are you going to? So I should and you should. Debería. Deberías. You'll notice now that the ones that have got you, they will have a S ending, an S. And the same here. Debería, I should. Deberías. You should. How would you say you should rest a while? You should have a quick rest. What would that be? Deberías descansar un rato. I will just take a quick pause there while I mention our very popular Levels 1 to 6 course. This takes the complete beginner or a near beginner right up to a conversational level of Spanish in a series of very easy to follow steps. All the lessons on this YouTube channel are supplementary, whereas the core Levels 1 to 6 is very much a step by step program delivered by the same teacher as all the other videos on the ProSpanish YouTube channel. And while the style is very similar to what you'll be used to from these videos on the channel, the key difference is that every lesson carefully builds on the previous lessons so that you can really feel that progress of going from very little or no Spanish up to a level where you can confidently hold a conversation in Spanish. So, again, that's available exclusively from ProSpanish.co.uk. Let's open up our third column, mainly, but not exclusively, some time phrases. So actually, I'm just going to quickly whiz down these because they're quite straightforward and we're not trying to learn them off by heart now. We're just getting familiar. So, más tarde is later. In other words, more late. Más is more. So, más tarde, more late. Esta noche is this night. But we would say tonight. Esta noche. Esta mañana is this morning. Esta mañana. Esta noche, tonight. Esta mañana, this morning. Con ellos is with them. And al final, in the end. Al final, in the end. So just using the second and third column, how would you say to go to the park this morning? What would that be? To go to the park this morning. Ir al parque esta mañana. And bringing in the first column, how would you say? Do you want to go to the park this morning? What would that be? ¿Quieres ir al parque esta mañana? And how would you say? I'm going to have a little rest in the end. I'm going to rest for a while in the end. What would that be? Voy a descansar un rato al final. OK, we've already seen looking at the first column. We've seen don't forget, no olvides. And our last one there is conseguí. Really nice because it takes us to the past tense. Conseguí. I managed to do whatever I wanted to do. How would you say? I managed to call Ana in the end. What would that be? Conseguí llamar a Ana al final. And let's keep to call Ana. Let's use don't forget. How would you say? Don't forget to call Ana tonight. What would that be? No olvides llamar a Ana esta noche. And let's finish off the middle column. To change this. Cambiar esto. To change this. And to avoid the traffic. It's like to evade the traffic. Evitar el tráfico. How would you say? You should change this later. What would that be? Deberías cambiar esto más tarde. How about I managed to avoid the traffic in the end. What would that be? Conseguí evitar el tráfico al final. Let's just change one thing there. How would you say? I managed to avoid the traffic this morning. Conseguí evitar el tráfico esta mañana. And here's a fun one. How would you say? I managed to avoid Juan this morning. Conseguí evitar a Juan esta mañana. And hopefully you remembered to say a Juan. Because remember, when you've got a person after a verb, so the verb is evitar, to avoid, when you've got a person after that, we need to add the personal a. So evitar a Juan, to avoid Juan. OK, so we've introduced the language and we've become familiar with it, learning a few little structural rules on the way, like the personal a. And now it's time for the automaticity phase. And it's split into two parts, listening and speaking. In the first part, the focus is on listening. You'll hear the Spanish. Look at the table and your job is to try and work out what is being said before the English appears and is spoken. The time gap is around three or four seconds. But obviously, feel free to pause the video if you need more time. And the second part is all about speaking. You'll hear the English first. So then use the table to try to come up with the Spanish equivalent before it shows up, before you hear it. And over time, try to rely less and less on the table. So the goal is to respond automatically without overthinking and that will come faster, faster than you think. Actually, this section is adapted from one of the pro-Spanish fluency tools, but you can actually adjust the time gap to suit your own pace. So play this bit in the car while you're out for a walk on the train, wherever. Just let it run in the background and speak out loud if you can. If not, then at least say it firmly in your head. Voy a ir al parque esta noche. I'm going to go to the park tonight. Conseguí evitar el tráfico al final. I managed to avoid the traffic in the end. Quiero tomar algo esta noche. I want to have a drink tonight. Voy a llamar a Ana al final. I'm going to call Ana in the end. Quiero llamar a Ana esta noche. I want to call Ana tonight. Debería ver a Juan al final. I should see Juan in the end. Debería cambiar esto más tarde. I should change this later. Quiero ver a Juan esta noche. I want to see Juan tonight. Voy a tomar algo al final. I'm going to have a drink in the end. Voy a descansar un rato al final. I'm going to rest for a while in the end. Quiero ir al parque esta noche. I want to go to the park tonight. Deberías cambiar esto esta noche. You should change this tonight. Deberías descansar un rato esta mañana. You should rest a while this morning. No olvides descansar un rato esta noche. Don't forget to rest a while tonight. Voy a ir al parque al final. I'm going to go to the park in the end. No olvides llamar a Ana esta mañana. Don't forget to call Ana this morning. Quieres evitar el tráfico esta noche. Do you want to avoid the traffic tonight? Conseguí ver a Juan esta noche. I managed to see Juan tonight. Deberías cambiar esto más tarde. You should change this later. Voy a descansar un rato esta noche. I'm going to rest a while tonight. Vas a tomar algo esta noche. Are you going to have a drink tonight? I'm going to go to the park tonight. Voy a ir al parque esta noche. I managed to avoid the traffic in the end. Conseguí evitar el tráfico al final. I want to have a drink tonight. Quiero tomar algo esta noche. I'm going to call Ana in the end. Voy a llamar a Ana al final. I want to call Ana tonight. Quiero llamar a Ana esta noche. I should see Juan in the end. Debería ver a Juan al final. I should change this later. Debería cambiar esto más tarde. I want to see Juan tonight. Quiero ver a Juan esta noche. I'm going to have a drink in the end. Voy a tomar algo al final. I'm going to rest for a while in the end. Voy a descansar un rato al final. I want to go to the park tonight. Quiero ir al parque esta noche. You should change this tonight. Deberías cambiar esto esta noche. You should rest a while this morning. Deberías descansar un rato esta mañana. Don't forget to rest a while tonight. No olvides descansar un rato esta noche. I'm going to go to the park in the end. Voy a ir al parque al final. Don't forget to call Ana this morning. No olvides llamar a Ana esta mañana. Do you want to avoid the traffic tonight? Quieres evitar el tráfico esta noche. I managed to see Juan tonight. Conseguí ver a Juan esta noche. You should change this later. Deberías cambiar esto más tarde. I'm going to rest a while tonight. Voy a descansar un rato esta noche. Are you going to have a drink tonight? Vas a tomar algo esta noche. You should go to the park in the end. Deberías ir al parque al final. I managed to see Juan later. Conseguí ver a Juan más tarde. I want to have a drink later. Quiero tomar algo más tarde. I should go to the park this morning. Debería ir al parque esta mañana. I want to see Juan later. Quiero ver a Juan más tarde. Don't forget to see Juan in the end. No olvides ver a Juan al final. I should have a drink this morning. Debería tomar algo esta mañana. I should avoid the traffic later. Debería evitar el tráfico más tarde. I should have a drink in the end. Debería tomar algo al final. I managed to avoid the traffic tonight. Conseguí evitar el tráfico esta noche. You should see Juan tonight. Deberías ver a Juan esta noche. I managed to call Ana tonight. Conseguí llamar a Ana esta noche. Do you want to avoid the traffic in the end? Quieres evitar el tráfico al final. I'm going to change this later. Voy a cambiar esto más tarde. I managed to avoid the traffic this morning. Conseguí evitar el tráfico esta mañana. Are you going to have a drink later? Vas a tomar algo más tarde. Do you want to go to the park in the end? Quieres ir al parque al final. I'm going to have a drink later. Voy a tomar algo más tarde. I managed to rest a while in the end. Conseguí descansar un rato al final. OK, so on to the post beginners part of the video. So welcome to learners who have just joined us in the middle now. We'll start by going through the verbs in the middle column. They're fairly straightforward. So it's just the first person I in the past. So I did something and he or she did something. So it's compré, I bought. Compró, he or she bought. I gave as a present or a gift. Regalé, he or she gave as a present. Regaló, so we didn't really have a word for that in English. It's a nice, nice verb. Regalar is the infinitive, to give something as a gift. I guess more people do say to gift something, but I don't think it has quite the quite the same nuance and meaning. And then we have I sent. Mandé, he or she sent. Mandó, there's an alternative verb, which is enviar. Enviar is also to send. Let's just introduce the final column so that we can start making some phrases. So algo genial, something great. Algo inesperado. So esperar is to expect or to wait or to hope. But here it's like expect, except it's the opposite. Inesperado, unexpected. So algo inesperado, something unexpected. Una sorpresa, a surprise. Esto, this and ayer, yesterday. So if you know all of this, then just hang in there because it's the first column that's going to be more interesting to you. So with what we've got so far, how would you say I bought something great? Compré algo genial. How about he sent a surprise? What would that be? He sent a surprise. Mandó una sorpresa. Let's quickly go through the rest of the verbs. Enseñé and enseñó. I showed or he or she showed. You might have heard enseñar as to teach. It also means to teach. But very, very commonly it's used as to show something. And you can see the connection with teaching, to show something, to teach something. Then we have preparé. I prepared. Preparó. He or she prepared. And then di, I gave and dio, he or she gave. How would you say I prepared a surprise? What would that be? I prepared a surprise. Preparé una sorpresa. And let's go now to our first column. And you can see that we've got a lot of object pronouns. So we've got me, which is me. We've got te, which is you or kind of to you. We've got le, which is him and her. And we'll come on to the others in a moment. And you can see in Spanish that these come before a conjugated verb. So we would say he bought me, the me being afterwards. But in Spanish, it's me he bought. So how would we, well, actually, first of all, let's do it the other way around. What does this mean? Me compró algo inesperado. What does that mean? He bought me something unexpected or she bought me something unexpected. How about and we'll just focus on the first three there, the me, te and le. What does this mean? Le enseñé esto. What does that mean? I showed her this or I showed him this. And how about te di algo genial. Te di algo genial. So somebody complained about their present, maybe you can say I gave you something great, I gave you something fantastic. Te di algo genial. Or if it's a present, it might be te regalé algo genial. Te regalé algo genial. I gifted you something great. Let's look at the last three in the first column. So me lo, it to me. So this can sound a bit weird until you get the examples. So me lo, it to me. Te lo, it to you. And se lo, it to him or her. So the lo is it. So if I just said lo compré, it would be I bought it. Lo enseñé, I showed it. Lo preparé, I prepared it. And lo di, I gave it. But how about I gave it to you? So it to you. I gave it to you. Then we need the you and the it. So it would be te lo di. Te lo di. I gave it to you. Te lo di. How would you say she gave it to me? What would that be? She gave it to me. Sounds like melody. Me lo di. So it to me, she gave. Me lo di. How would you say he showed it to you? He showed it to you. What would that be? Te lo enseñé. And that would be I showed it to you, which wasn't what I said. I said he showed it to you. So that would be te lo enseñó. Te lo enseñó. He or she showed it to you. And the last one, the it to him or her might look a bit strange because you've got se lo and you would think that it should be le because that's him or her, le lo. But the Spanish sound system doesn't like those two very similar sounding words next to each other. So le lo doesn't sound right to the Spanish sound system. So they've changed it to se lo. So se lo is it to him or her. So how would you say I gave it to her? Se lo di. And what would it be to say I gave it to her yesterday? Se lo di ayer. And with some of these verbs in English, we might not say to him or her. So we would with gave, I gave it to him or her. But in the case of to buy, we wouldn't say I bought it to him. We'd say I bought it for him. But in Spanish it would be se lo compre. I bought it for him. And that would be the same for I prepared it for him. I prepared it for her. So what would that be? I prepared it for her. Se lo preparé. Se lo preparé. And how would you say I gave it to her as a gift? Se lo regalé. Se lo regalé. OK, so let's go straight to the automaticity phase for this non-beginner part. And I'm just going to give the instructions again, because a lot of you will have just come straight to this and will have missed them from earlier in the video. So in the first part, the focus is on listening. So you'll hear the Spanish. You'll even look at the table and your job is to try to work out what's being said before the English appears. The time gap is around three to four seconds. But of course, you can pause the video if you want some more time. The second part is all about the speaking. So you'll hear the English first and then try to recall the Spanish. Try to work out what Spanish you need to say before it shows up on the screen. And of course, you want to try to rely less and less on the table. The goal being to respond automatically without overthinking it. And just before I leave you with that, just another reminder that the Levels 1 to 6 course is available for download from ProSpanish.co.uk. I gave it to you yesterday as a gift. She showed him something unexpected. I gave it to her yesterday as a gift. I gave it to you last night as a gift. I showed it to him last night. I prepared a surprise for you. She showed you this. He gave her a surprise. I showed him something great. He gave it to you yesterday as a gift. He gave you a surprise. I bought her this. He prepared it for you yesterday. I prepared it for him yesterday. I showed him a surprise. She sent it to you last night. I gave him a surprise. She prepared it for you last night. I sent it to him yesterday. I gave you this. I gave it to him yesterday as a gift. She sent it to her last night. He sent her something great. I gave it to you yesterday as a gift. She showed him something unexpected. I gave it to her yesterday as a gift. I gave it to you last night as a gift. I showed it to him last night. I prepared a surprise for you. She showed you this. He gave her a surprise. I showed him something great. He gave it to you yesterday as a gift. He gave you a surprise.