Learn Hardcore Spanish (Latin America): Soy una persona muy visual, así que dibujo esquemas para recordar vocabulario. - I am a very visual person, so I draw diagrams to remember vocabulary.

Esa persona es muy amable. (That person is very kind.) – can refer to a man or a woman.
Esa víctima estaba asustada. (víctima is also always feminine.)

The adjective often agrees with the noun, not with the biological sex. Here, visual ends in -l, so it has the same form for masculine and feminine anyway.

Could I just say Soy muy visual without una persona? Is there a difference?

Yes, you can say:

Soy muy visual.

Both are correct. The nuance:

Soy una persona muy visual.
Sounds a bit more descriptive/emphatic, like you’re defining your type of personality or learning style.
Soy muy visual.
Feels a bit shorter and more direct.

In everyday conversation, Soy muy visual is very natural and common. Adding una persona is perfectly fine, especially in more reflective or explanatory contexts.

What exactly does visual mean in Spanish? Is it used like in English?

Yes, visual in Spanish is very similar to English:

Related to sight or vision.
In learning contexts, una persona visual means a visual learner, someone who learns better through images, diagrams, etc.

Common uses:

memoria visual – visual memory
recursos visuales – visual resources
estilo de aprendizaje visual – visual learning style

So soy una persona muy visual works just like “I’m a very visual person.”

Why is it persona muy visual and not muy persona visual or something else?

Word order for adjectives in Spanish is usually:

noun + adjective

And adverbs like muy normally go before the adjective:

una persona muy visual
- persona = noun
- muy = adverb (very)
- visual = adjective

So the correct order is:

article + noun + adverb + adjective
una persona muy visual

Structures like muy persona visual are ungrammatical in Spanish.

What does así que mean, and how is it different from porque or entonces?

así que here means “so / therefore” and introduces a result:

Soy una persona muy visual, así que dibujo esquemas…
= I’m a very visual person, so I draw diagrams…

Comparison:

porque = because (introduces cause):
- Dibujo esquemas porque soy una persona muy visual.
  I draw diagrams because I’m a very visual person.
entonces = then / so (often more informal/linking):
- Soy una persona muy visual, entonces dibujo esquemas…
  In many places this is used, but así que is often more natural for clear cause–effect.

So:

Cause → porque
Result → así que (or sometimes entonces)

Why is there a comma before así que?

The comma separates two related but complete ideas:

Soy una persona muy visual
dibujo esquemas para recordar vocabulario

Joined by así que (“so”), we get:

Soy una persona muy visual, así que dibujo esquemas…

In writing, Spanish usually puts a comma before coordinating connectors like:

y, pero, aunque, así que, etc. when they join longer clauses.

In speech, this comma reflects a little pause between the cause and the result.

Why is it dibujo and not something like estoy dibujando?

dibujo is the simple present, first person singular:

dibujo = I draw

Spanish simple present is used not only for actions happening now, but also for habits and routines, like English “I draw diagrams (as a habit).”

estoy dibujando = I am drawing (right now, at this moment).

Here the idea is a general habit/strategy:

dibujo esquemas para recordar vocabulario
I (generally) draw diagrams to remember vocabulary.

If you said:

Estoy dibujando esquemas para recordar vocabulario.
It would mean you’re in the middle of doing it right now.

What does esquemas mean exactly? Are these “drawings” or something else?

esquemas (singular esquema) usually means:

diagrams
outlines
mind maps
structured drawings that organize information

It’s more about structure than artistic drawing.

Difference:

dibujo(s) – drawings (any kind, often artistic or illustrative)
esquema(s) – diagrams / schemes / organized layouts of information

So here it’s like “I draw diagrams/mind maps to remember vocabulary.”

Why is it para recordar and not para recordar el vocabulario?

Both are possible:

para recordar vocabulario
para recordar el vocabulario

Subtle difference:

vocabulario without article = vocabulary in general, as a concept.
- Sounds like a general study strategy: to remember vocabulary in general.
el vocabulario = specific vocabulary that both speakers know (for this lesson, this topic, etc.).

In many learning contexts, Spanish often drops the article with abstract/uncountable nouns like vocabulario, so recordar vocabulario is very natural.

Why is there no article before vocabulario here?

In Spanish, some nouns are treated like mass/abstract nouns and often appear without an article when talking in general:

vocabulario – vocabulary
dinero – money
información – information

So:

para recordar vocabulario – to remember vocabulary (in general)
para ahorrar dinero – to save money
para obtener información – to get information

When you specify the set, you usually add an article or determiner:

para recordar el vocabulario de esta lección
to remember the vocabulary of this lesson

Why is it para recordar (infinitive) and not para que recuerdo / recuerde?

With para, Spanish uses:

para + infinitive when the subject of both actions is the same.

Here:

Yo soy visual → yo dibujo esquemas → yo quiero recordar vocabulario.

Same subject (yo) for all verbs → use infinitive:

dibujo esquemas para recordar vocabulario

Use para que + subjunctive when the subject changes:

Dibujo esquemas para que mis alumnos recuerden el vocabulario.
I draw diagrams so that my students remember the vocabulary.

So:

Same subject → para + infinitive
Different subject → para que + subjunctive

Why is it recordar and not acordarse de? Aren’t both “to remember”?

Both relate to “remember,” but usage differs:

recordar algo = to remember something
(verb is not reflexive here)
- Quiero recordar el vocabulario.
- No recuerdo su nombre.
acordarse de algo = to remember something
(reflexive + de)
- Quiero acordarme del vocabulario.
- No me acuerdo de su nombre.

In this sentence, recordar vocabulario is shorter and more neutral/formal.
acordarse de is very common in everyday speech, but its structure would be:

para acordarme del vocabulario (changing the sentence a bit).

Can I replace vocabulario with palabras? What’s the difference?

You can say:

para recordar vocabulario
para recordar palabras

Difference in nuance:

vocabulario = a set or group of words related to a topic/language in general. More academic/collective.
palabras = individual words.

So:

para recordar vocabulario – to remember vocabulary (as a whole set)
para recordar palabras – to remember words (more literally individual items)

Both are correct; vocabulario is especially common in language-learning contexts.