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Q&A with Altair #10 🙋🏻‍♀️

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Q&A with Altair #10 🙋🏻‍♀️

with Altair

3. Elementary

In this Q&A session, Altair answers 5 of your questions: 01:09 -> difference between "qué" and "cuál" 05:09 -> difference between "ya", "todavía no" and "aún no" 12:16 -> difference between "ser" and "estar" 13:40 -> position of "nunca" in a sentence 14:19 -> Can a Spanish speaker understand the Catalan language? 15:21 -> Altair's language learning

Q1: What's the difference between "qué" and "cuál"?

1. Requesting Information

"qué"

meaning/definition

¿Qué es el amor?

What is love?

"cuál"

name / identity

¿Cuál es tu nombre?

2. Choosing an Element From a Group

"qué"

there are endless possible options.

¿Qué quieres hacer?

What do you want to do?

"cuál"

there's a specific set of options

Tengo helado de fresa, vainilla y chocolate. ¿Cuál quieres?

I've got strawberry, vanilla and chocolate ice cream. Which one do you want?

Q2: Quería saber la diferencia entre “ya “, “todavía no” y “aún no” y donde se colocan en la frase!

Q2: I wanted to know the difference between “ya “, “todavía no” y “aún no” and where do they go in a sentence

ya

any more / already / now / later

ya

any more

Ya no somos amigos.

We are not friends anymore.

ya

already

Ya la película empezó.

The movie started already.

ya

now

¡Empecemos ya!

Let's start now!

ya

later

Ya te llamo.

I'll call you right back

Ya la película empezó.

The movie started already.

La película ya empezó

La película empezó ya.

La película ya empezó

La película empezó ya.

Ya no somos amigos.

We are not friends any more.

No somos amigos ya.

We are not friends any more.

Ya te llamo.

I'll call you right back

Te llamo ya.

I'll call you right now.

aún no= todavía no

Aún no he comido / Todavía no he comido.

I haven't eaten yet

No he comido aún / No he comido todavía

I haven't eaten yet

Aún no he comido / Todavía no he comido.

I haven't eaten yet

Q3: Quería saber la diferencia entre ser y estar!

Q3: I wanted to know the difference between "ser" and "estar"

ser

to describe the essence of a thing or a person, all those characteristics which don’t easily change.

Yo soy Altair. Yo soy pequeña. Yo soy venezolana. Yo soy graciosa.

I'm Altair. I'm short. I'm Venezuelan. I'm funny.

estar

when we refer to a situation that can vary: that situation can be physical or emotional

Yo estoy en Berlín Yo estoy triste

I'm in Berlin I'm sad

Q4: Tendría otra pregunta sobre la posición del adverbio “nunca “ en una frase

Q4: I have another question about where to put the adverb in a sentence

Nunca he ido a Disneylandia.

I've never been to Disneyland.

No he ido a Disneylandia nunca.

I haven't been to Disneyland

Nunca he ido a Disneylandia.

I've never been to Disneyland.

Q4: Can a Spanish speaker understand the Catalan language?

Q5: What made you want to learn different languages? Especially German!? Do you think always in your native language ? Or does it depend on situation ? How has learning languages changed your life ?

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