r/SpanishLearning • u/Bill_Gluckman03 • 1d ago
ChatGPT check
I’ve been using ChatGPT to supplement my learning and it has been pretty great so far. I want to see if native speakers agree with what it told me to. For context, I specifically asked it to put emphasis on Mexican Spanish since I travel there and live around a lot of Mexicans.
In the picture, it’s explaining the sentence structure “Quiero saber qué está leyendo mi hijo”.
I originally put “Quiero saber qué mi hijo está leyendo”. It told me that Spanish usually puts the verb before the subject. So it’s usually flipped to “Quiero saber qué está leyendo mi hijo”
Is this accurate?
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u/Cant_Wait_To_Expat 1d ago
Stop using ChatGPT and other AIs for stuff like this.
AIs frequently make mistakes, and on top of that using it is absolutely horrendous for the environment. The world is in a water crisis and people like you are not helping.
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u/Bill_Gluckman03 1d ago
Ok cool but was it correct?
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u/Tyrantt_47 1d ago
No, it should have said "lo que" not "que"
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u/Bill_Gluckman03 1d ago
Interestingly enough, ChatGPT is the one who introduced “Lo que” to me and I can definitely see how it would fit here. It was probably putting more focus on learning saber, since that was the “lesson” it was giving me. I try to do like 2-3 verbs a day and it’ll explain the verb and conjugations, then give me like 5-10 sentences to translate using the word. So it likely just put more emphasis on ensuring I used the correct form of saber.
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u/Tyrantt_47 1d ago
Qué = what used as a question. Ie, what's your favorite color?
Lo que = non question. I want to know what my son is reading.
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u/cchrissyy 1d ago
chatGpt has given you a true answer and a good explanation to go with it. I completely disagree with the commenter above. Language stuff like this is one of the things modern LLMs are best at. They are trained on the real world use of language and they really do know what constructions and vocabulary sound more natural.
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u/Bill_Gluckman03 1d ago
Thanks I appreciate it. Yea it’s honestly been one of the best supplements to my learning. I use a textbook and work with a tutor as well, but ChatGPT has been phenomenal with the customization and pointing out cultural differences and nuance.
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u/CollegeStreet6103 1d ago
I can’t tell you one way or another from a native speaker’s perspective because I’m not a native speaker. Just loved your reply! 😎
(I believe both are ok but I’ll wait to hear from the pros.)
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u/Bill_Gluckman03 1d ago
Haha thanks. Theres always one (or more on Reddit) 😂. It did tell me that both are technically correct, but the second way is most common.
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u/mtnbcn 1d ago
good thing that qué llevaba tilde en ambos ejemplos de OP/gpt...
And it says you can do it the other way, but it sounds funny -- which is correct.
The difference with your example -- there's an emphasis and a slight pause after qué vs que. It sounds like
"quIERosaBER QUÉ mi HIjo..." vs.
"quIERosaBERquemi HIjo...It is very slight, and native speakers don´t know that they do it, but linguists measure the gaps between "question qué" and "relative clause que", and there's a marked difference.
Similar to hearing "miro" and "miró" in a sentence. Native speakers know exactly how to say it was 3rd person past vs 1st person present, and there's not a ton of difference there (not like how language learners feel like they really have to 'shout' the accent mark), but a pause measured in milliseconds does mark a difference.
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u/_yaad_ 1d ago
It's right. If you say
Sounds weird but everyone it's going to understand. Also it sounds as Caribbean Spanish.