Comments on: RollingRs 19 - Números

By: Carol

Carol — Mon, 25 Sep 2006 04:38:52 +0000

I agree with Raymond Marx but all in all I really like this tutorial. It really helped me see the difference. It’s easier for me because in Manila we say the spanish numbers often than our own language. Thank you!

By: Raymond Marx

Raymond Marx — Thu, 08 Jun 2006 13:36:03 +0000

Would it be possible with the 20th posting that you post a full length version that includes all the previously released lessons in one video? As well as a “workbook” to go along with it? Maybe even as a purchasable option, as those of us whom just found your site and just starting would like to catch up without having to download 20+ back episodes. Can you reccommend any futher reading/media that can explain the fundamentals of speaking spanish for those of us who only know english and never took a second language 15+ years ago in HS?

By: Roberto

Roberto — Sun, 04 Jun 2006 03:14:35 +0000

Awesime PodCasts! Only have one problem with them. could the lessons be published faster? All in all you guys rock.

Keep up the good work!!!!!

+_+

By: Beth B.

Beth B. — Wed, 31 May 2006 20:04:09 +0000

David McD,

Larry dijo, “Hoy la lección se trata de los números.”

By: Larry Keim

Larry Keim — Wed, 31 May 2006 19:45:11 +0000

Thank you all for your generous comments and encouragement.

In particular, I’d like to answer David’s question about what I said in this lesson’s introduction. I said, “Hoy la lección se trata de los números.”

Breaking it down, “Hoy” means “today.” “La lección” means “the lesson” (singular and feminine).

“Se trata” comes from “tratarse” which means (when followed by “de”) “to deal with” or “to have to do with; be about.”

Now, don’t be intimidated by the “se.” It’s just a reflexive pronoun. You conjugate tratar normally, and then put the subject pronoun right before it.

The subject of the sentence is “the lesson” (la lección), so it’s conjugated in the third-person singular.

Tratar (without the “se” — non-reflexive) has several other meanings (to treat, to try, for example), and is a regular -AR verb.

I’ll do a lesson sometime on reflexive verbs. Anyway, the intro means, “Today the lesson has to do with numbers.”

Thank you for watching Rolling R’s.

All the best,

Larry Keim