| Hello friends, from SpanishPod101.com. I’m Efraín… |
| And I’m Diego. |
| And once again, we have a great video for you. This is gonna be dedicated for understanding the words ya and todavía. Enjoy it! |
| Ya and todavia are adverbs that represent when actions are happening. Either can be used to show progression between the past and the present. |
| So, let’s start with ya. |
| Ya indicates a change from past to present. |
| So, I could say, for example… |
| Ya tengo 23 años. |
| Eh, tienes 24 años, no mientas Diego. |
| Oh, shhh, that’s a secret. Well, anyway, so that means that I’m now 24, but I used to be 23, 22, and so on. So basically, there’s a change in the state between the past and the present. |
| Todavía indicates a continuity from the past to the present. |
| For example… |
| Ya son las 10 p.m. y todavía estoy aquí en tu casa. |
| That means that I arrived earlier, but I’m still here |
| So let’s imagine we are in a party and we are having a great time. |
| ? |
| Suddenly, you realized one of your friends is missing, so you ask the host… |
| ¡Hey!, ¿dónde está Miguelito? |
| “Where is Miguelito?” |
| So the host can answer one of three possibilities. |
| Ya viene en camino. |
| “He’s already on his way.” |
| Todavía no viene. |
| “He’s not coming yet.” |
| But he said that he was going to come. |
| And… |
| Ya no viene. |
| Something happened and he’s not coming anymore. |
| Now, to understand better ya, sometimes, it is useful to translate it as “now” for some phrases. |
| For example, when your mom is cooking a meal, she might tell you… |
| ¡Ya está la comida! |
| Which means… |
| “The food is ready now!” |
| Or when you are planning to go to the movies with your girlfriend, you can tell her… |
| ¡Ya nos vamos! |
| “We’re leaving now!” |
| Or even… |
| Ya viene. |
| “He’s on his way.” |
| Like Miguelito. |
| Ya, in the negative form, can be translated as “no longer / not anymore.” |
| For example… |
| Mi novia ya no me quiere. |
| “My girlfriend doesn’t love me anymore.” |
| I feel you bro. |
| I know. |
| Now, we can also use ya to intensify an imperative. |
| I could say, for example… |
| No llores. |
| “Don’t cry.” |
| But I can also say… |
| ¡Ya no llores! |
| Come on! Don’t cry. |
| Another one is ya que. |
| Of course, it doesn’t mean “already that,” no! But, it can be translated, sort of, like “now that.” |
| For example… |
| Diego, ya que tus papás no están en casa, deberíamos hacer una fiesta. |
| “Now that your parents are not home, we should party!” |
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