16: Why Ser is so common
LearnCraft Spanish
Timothy Moser
4.9 • 634 Ratings
🗓️ 10 March 2025
⏱️ 20 minutes
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Summary
The Spanish verb Ser doesn't strictly mean "to be"; it means something much more specific. But it's used in a wide variety of ways! Let's learn how to think in Spanish by "thinking in Ser", and using Ser to express identity in many different ways.
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| 0:00.0 | Let's reprogram our thoughts to understand the verb, ser. |
| 0:07.6 | Join us on a rigorous step-by-step journey to fluency. I'm Timothy, and this is LearnCraft Spanish. |
| 0:17.9 | Today we're going to learn some new ways that you can use the verb, ser. |
| 0:22.6 | But to give this some context, take a second right now to step back and consider your reason |
| 0:28.6 | for learning Spanish. Is there someone close to you that you'd like to connect with better using |
| 0:33.9 | their native language? Are there specific activities you do that would be easier if you knew more Spanish? |
| 0:41.0 | And what are the specific conversation topics that you personally want to be able to talk about |
| 0:47.0 | in fluid, spontaneous Spanish? |
| 0:50.6 | There are probably several specific situations or topics that you personally want to be able to navigate fluently in Spanish. |
| 0:58.8 | On this podcast, we're not currently talking about specific topics. |
| 1:04.0 | Instead, right now we're covering the vocabulary and the sentence structures that apply to every topic you could possibly want to talk about in Spanish. |
| 1:12.0 | But it is important to think about your end goal, so let's do a thought exercise. |
| 1:18.8 | Go ahead and vividly imagine a conversation that you'd like to have in Spanish in the near future. |
| 1:25.4 | Picture who you're talking with, where you are, and what you're talking about. |
| 1:30.9 | And imagine this conversation being fluid and spontaneous, going in one or two unexpected |
| 1:37.3 | directions, but imagine never getting lost. Picture this because our goal is that you'll be there in a few months. |
| 1:47.2 | This thought exercise is important today because it's Monday, which is our theory day. |
| 1:53.6 | We have a few abstract things to work on today, and sometimes this is the most frustrating |
| 1:58.7 | stuff to get through, especially if you're impatient to start having conversations. But remember that these abstract things are going to be |
| 2:06.8 | directly applicable to that conversation that you just imagined. When you are in that specific |
| 2:13.9 | situation in a few months, you'll be super grateful for the groundwork that you laid today. |
| 2:19.5 | Getting through this tricky, abstract stuff is why the Learncraft Spanish coaching program is |
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