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next question okay next one isn't really00:00:10
a question but something i have noticed00:00:12
that many of you do you like to put the00:00:15
article uh or an before your adjective00:00:19
before an adjective but you forget to00:00:21
use a noun do you know how like mario00:00:23
introduces himself and he says it's a me00:00:26
when you forget to use00:00:28
some kind of noun after after your00:00:31
adjective or whatever but you sound a00:00:32
bit like mario's it's a nice it's a nice00:00:35
it's a nice what it's funny to me like00:00:37
it's an eye so it's a me00:00:40
you need to include the noun that you're00:00:42
referring to it's a nice video or it's a00:00:45
nice explanation it's nice or it's bad00:00:47
or it's good or this was a nice00:00:50
explanation but don't forget to use your00:00:52
noun after you use the adjective it's a00:00:55
nice something it's a good something00:00:58
it's a bad something so please uh no00:01:00
article without a noun make sure to use00:01:03
your noun and it should be in the00:01:04
singular form if you're using a or an00:01:07
you need to use the singular form of the00:01:09
noun don't sound like mario first00:01:11
question for today do you have an00:01:13
american accent or a british accent a00:01:16
lot of you have asked this over the00:01:17
course of the years i have an american00:01:19
accent to be very specific i suppose i00:01:22
speak with a west coast american accent00:01:25
not british english if you want to know00:01:26
what british english sounds like there00:01:28
are some videos on the youtube channel00:01:30
with gina one of our other hosts00:01:32
she speaks with a british accent so you00:01:34
can listen to her to kind of pick up00:01:36
some of the differences between my00:01:38
accent and her accent british english00:01:40
and american english so thanks for that00:01:42
question but yes i speak american00:01:44
english next question what does it mean00:01:47
they can't take that away from me who00:01:49
are they and what does take away mean we00:01:52
use the word they to mean generally just00:01:55
other people outside of us this is used00:01:58
a lot to talk about like news or to talk00:02:01
about general opinions they say that00:02:03
this pizza is the best pizza in the city00:02:06
right now they say that your00:02:09
english will only improve if you study00:02:11
every day they say that the most00:02:13
difficult thing you can do in your life00:02:15
is move to another country they is just00:02:17
anyone second point what does take away00:02:19
mean take away means to00:02:22
some object that belongs in one location00:02:25
is removed from that location like take00:02:28
away food in american english we use00:02:31
take out actually but take away food is00:02:33
a similar idea especially like in00:02:36
british english takeaway so you take00:02:38
away your food from the restaurant so00:02:41
you're taking something else you're00:02:42
removing your food from the restaurant00:02:44
so in the expression they can't take00:02:46
that away from me they meaning other00:02:49
people outside you can't take something00:02:52
away from you next question how do we00:02:55
use the word cheers when do we use it is00:02:58
it formal or informal please help in00:03:00
american english we use cheers when00:03:02
we're drinking when we want to start off00:03:05
a drink with somebody else we'll often00:03:07
clink glasses so like touch glasses00:03:09
together and say cheers we use cheers in00:03:12
this way in american english in other00:03:15
types of english like british english or00:03:17
australian english for example people00:03:19
might use the word cheers as a way to00:03:21
say thank you or as a way to say thank00:03:24
you in advance for something if my friend00:03:27
asks me for a favor and i agree to do00:03:29
that favor my friend can say cheers to00:03:32
me meaning thank you in advance so00:03:35
cheers it tends to be more on the00:03:37
informal side it's not a super formal00:03:39
expression if you want to use it in a00:03:41
formal situation when you're drinking00:03:43
with someone you can use cheers but in00:03:46
most situations we use it informally00:03:48
informally next one what does the phrase00:03:51
don't be a creep don't be a creep me i00:03:54
think michael talked about this on an00:03:56
old english topics video so i talked in00:03:58
a live stream about the word creepy00:04:00
adjective creepy so something that00:04:02
causes like nervous suspense is00:04:04
something that's creepy the word creep00:04:06
is used as a noun don't be a creep a00:04:09
person who is creepy a guy can be a00:04:13
creep a girl can be a creep so a creep00:04:15
is someone who causes creepy feelings00:04:18
like oh something bad might happen i00:04:20
feel nervous like that person's a little00:04:23
strange a little weird that person is a00:04:25
creep he's a creep she's a creep so00:04:27
don't be a creep means you should not00:04:31
behave like a creep don't create nervous00:04:35
feelings in the other person don't be a00:04:38
creepy person don't be a creep everybody00:04:40
that's good advice don't be a creep00:04:42
don't be agreed try to be a nice and00:04:44
understanding um and respectful person00:04:47
next question hey alicia how do i make00:04:49
this sentence negative let's go to the00:04:51
park if you want to make a let's blah00:04:54
blah sentence negative just put not00:04:57
before the verb let's not go to the part00:04:59
let's not plus some verb or some verb00:05:02
phrase let's not go hiking this weekend00:05:04
let's not watch that movie tonight i'm00:05:06
tired let's not blah blah blah to make a00:05:09
let's sentence negative thanks for the00:05:11
question first question first question00:05:14
this week comes from iman i'm on hi i'm00:05:16
on what's the difference between is that00:05:19
how it is is that how it works that's00:05:21
not what it says that's not how it works00:05:24
let's start with the first expression00:05:26
which is is that how it is this is a00:05:28
very casual expression that you can use00:05:30
to express like a confirmation00:05:33
confirmation about a situation or00:05:36
confirmation about a status but it's00:05:38
often uh used with kind of a negative00:05:41
nuance so for example if your friend00:05:44
makes a plan that you disagree with but00:05:47
your friend refuses to change the plan00:05:49
you can say is that how it is it's kind00:05:51
of negative and it's kind of not so nice00:05:54
to use so is that how it is that's the00:05:56
first one the second one is that how it00:05:58
works this is an expression that we use00:06:00
to confirm uh how to use something maybe00:06:03
it's my first time using an iphone for00:06:05
example when i get something right when00:06:07
i learn how to use something correctly i00:06:09
can say usually with an upward00:06:11
intonation oh is that how it works00:06:14
meaning oh is that the correct way to00:06:16
use it so we use is that how it works to00:06:19
confirm the correct way to use something00:06:22
so you can use this with a computer with00:06:24
like a car00:06:25
anything that you are learning how to00:06:27
use is that how it works so you can use00:06:29
um this expression as confirmation00:06:32
before you do something to the next00:06:34
expression you asked about is that's not00:06:36
what it says that's not what it says is00:06:38
used to express disagreement about00:06:40
written information let's say you're00:06:42
making instant soup or like instant00:06:44
ramen or something and you decide to00:06:46
pour cold water over your noodles to00:06:48
make the soup but your friend says no no00:06:50
look at the package that's not what it00:06:53
says so it here means the package and00:06:57
says refers to the written directions on00:07:00
the package so that's not what it says00:07:02
means there's some mistake here or you've made00:07:05
a mistake so the written directions00:07:07
don't match your behavior that's not00:07:08
what it says you can use this to express00:07:11
disagreement about written information00:07:13
that's not what it says the last00:07:15
expression was that's not how it works00:07:17
that's not how it works this is00:07:18
something that we use to express00:07:20
disagreement about how to use something00:07:22
you use something incorrectly00:07:25
that's not correct that's not how it00:07:27
works so i hope that that's helpful for00:07:29
you next question next question what00:07:31
does play down mean this is a phrasal00:07:34
verb to play down something or to play00:07:37
something down means to decrease the00:07:40
significance of something i don't want00:07:43
to play down how delicious my mom's00:07:46
thanksgiving dinner was i don't want to00:07:48
play down my friend's success he's doing00:07:50
an amazing job if something is really00:07:53
great or really interesting or it could00:07:56
be negative too to play something down00:07:59
means to make this thing seem less00:08:03
than what it actually is if there's a00:08:05
scandal for example the president is00:08:07
trying to play down the seriousness of00:08:09
this situation it means that it's a very00:08:11
serious situation but the president is00:08:14
trying to make it seem00:08:16
less serious than it is so to play down00:08:20
means to make something seem less than00:08:23
it actually is good question though00:08:25
thanks next question comes from kevin00:08:27
wang hi kevin kevin says uh sometimes i00:08:30
see sentences like your dad must have00:08:33
had it for at least two years why do00:08:35
they use have had what are the rules for00:08:38
this so actually00:08:40
don't think of it as have and had being00:08:43
attached there instead what you should00:08:45
focus on in this sentence is the must00:08:47
have here so must have had when we want00:08:51
to talk about a high level of00:08:53
possibility in the past we use must have00:08:57
and then the past participle form of the00:08:59
verb so in this case the speaker is00:09:02
making a guess about something the00:09:04
listener's father00:09:06
owned in the past for at least two years00:09:08
so your dad must have had it for at00:09:11
least two years so it's a past tense00:09:14
situation the speaker is making a guess00:09:17
about the past but the speaker is making00:09:19
a guess00:09:20
with a high level of confidence so they00:09:22
use must have must have shows a high00:09:25
level of possibility she's not here she00:09:28
must have gone to work the kids are in00:09:29
the car they must have finished swimming00:09:31
he's smiling at the office he must have00:09:33
had a good meeting so all of these are00:09:35
guesses but these guesses show a high00:09:37
level of confidence there's a high00:09:39
chance that the speaker's guess is00:09:40
correct so the speaker uses must have00:09:43
plus the past participle form of the00:09:45
verb hope that's helpful for you next00:09:48
question the next question is about if00:09:50
conditionals there's no problem when you00:09:52
say the main clause first and you say00:09:54
the if clause after is that correct yes00:09:56
that's fine in the live stream i00:09:58
introduced the pattern if clause first00:10:01
main clause second but i also mentioned00:10:03
that we can use main clause first and00:10:05
then if clause second if i finish00:10:07
editing this video today i can go00:10:10
running i can reverse that sentence i00:10:12
can go running if i finish editing this00:10:14
video today both sentences are totally00:10:16
correct it's up to you to choose which00:10:19
order you like thanks for the question00:10:21
now good one next question from mifta00:10:24
mifta hi mifta what is the difference00:10:26
between astronomy and astrology right00:10:30
okay so astronomy refers to the00:10:32
scientific study of space so that's like00:10:35
stars and planets everything outside00:10:38
earth that's the scientific study of it00:10:40
astrology refers to00:10:42
the idea that we can make predictions uh00:10:46
make guesses about human behavior um and00:10:49
those predictions are based on the00:10:52
positions of like stars and planets and00:10:55
things and those positions can influence00:10:58
uh human behavior can can influence our00:11:00
lives hope that's helpful next00:11:02
question the next question is about the00:11:05
present perfect progressive tense i said00:11:08
i have been wanting to blah blah blah00:11:10
why did i use the verb want in the00:11:13
continuous tense as wanting i used the00:11:16
progressive form wanting because from a00:11:18
point in the past until now there's00:11:21
something i have desired i have wanted00:11:26
to do00:11:27
continuously though to give a strong00:11:30
nuance of the continuous nature of that00:11:32
i use the the progressive or the00:11:35
continuous form wanting i've been00:11:37
wanting to see that movie i've been00:11:39
wanting to get a coffee with my friend00:11:41
i've been wanting to get more sleep i've00:11:43
been wanting to go jogging something you00:11:45
started to want in the past and00:11:48
continued to want until this point in00:11:51
time you can say i have been wanting we00:11:53
can apply other verbs to this pattern00:11:55
too like i've been thinking about you00:11:57
all week i've been worrying about you00:12:00
all day so these continuous past00:12:02
emotions too we can use the progressive00:12:06
tense to talk about those next question00:12:08
is from a fee payoff how do i study00:12:11
english speaking or how do i improve my00:12:13
english speaking skills at home alone00:12:15
yeah thanks for the question check out00:12:16
this video i talked about it in this00:12:18
video right here i think the answer is00:12:20
at the 12 minute and 40 second mark so00:12:24
there are several tips there for how to00:12:26
study english alone at home hope that00:12:28
helps00:12:29
next question next question comes from00:12:32
ricardo via royal i'm very sorry what00:12:35
does one mean as a subject one means any00:12:39
person it sounds rather formal in more00:12:41
casual speech we say you like if you00:12:44
went to the movie theater where would00:12:45
you buy popcorn to make it sound more00:12:47
formal we could say where would one buy00:12:49
popcorn instead of using you we say one00:12:52
so you might see this more in writing or00:12:54
perhaps in situations where you is not00:12:57
appropriate or it's too casual so one00:13:00
means any person it doesn't mean the00:13:02
number it doesn't refer to another noun00:13:04
necessarily a lot of if sentences like00:13:06
if one were a doctor how much money00:13:08
would one make one just means a person00:13:11
any person thanks ricardo next question00:13:13
next question is from asgar hi oscar00:13:16
oscar says what's the difference between00:13:18
it's up to you and you're up to oh okay00:13:22
uh first it's up to you means you can00:13:25
decide so for example where do you want00:13:27
to go for dinner tonight it's up to you00:13:30
what movie do you want to see tonight00:13:31
it's up to you where do you want to go00:13:33
for this weekend it's up to you you can00:13:35
decide you're up to refers to things00:13:37
that the other person has been doing so00:13:40
we use it in expressions like you've00:13:42
been up to a lot of interesting things00:13:44
lately or a useful question is uh what00:13:47
are you up to meaning what are you doing00:13:49
as in what are you up to this weekend or00:13:51
what are you up to tonight to check what00:13:53
someone else is doing you can also use00:13:55
this for the past what have you been up00:13:58
to lately these are very nice questions00:14:00
to ask instead of how are you or what00:14:03
are you doing up to you means you decide00:14:06
what are you up to means what are you00:14:08
doing next question from nita aprioni i00:14:11
hope i said your name right i'm very00:14:12
sorry can i say the ketchup on that00:14:14
crispy chicken was savory the flavor was00:14:17
barbecued teriyaki or black pepper it00:14:19
wasn't spicy ah yes you can say a sauce00:14:23
is savory that's very very common so00:14:25
something savory as we talked about00:14:28
quickly in the food live stream flavors00:14:31
that are not so sweet but that are still00:14:33
very very flavorful something that's00:14:36
usually a little bit more salty we don't00:14:38
really use savory to explain sweet00:14:41
things it's more for kind of salty00:14:42
things or things that have like a really00:14:44
deep flavor about them so yes you can00:14:47
describe your sauce or your barbecue00:14:49
sauce or your chicken whatever you put00:14:51
on your chicken as savory that's a great00:14:53
word to describe thanks for that00:14:54
question next question is from kiara hi00:14:56
kiara again so what does sunglasses mean00:14:58
and what do sunglasses mean sunglasses00:15:01
is a plural noun should we use do00:15:03
instead of does ah this is interesting00:15:06
okay here your example sentence is a00:15:09
little bit tricky so when you're asking00:15:12
about the meaning of a word even if you00:15:14
know that it's a plural noun00:15:17
don't worry about that in this example00:15:19
sentence what does blah blah blah mean00:15:22
you can use anything in this pattern00:15:25
this is because you're not actually00:15:27
asking about the object you're not00:15:30
actually asking about that thing you're00:15:32
asking about the word only the word00:15:35
itself so00:15:37
just use does what does sunglasses00:15:40
mean is fine because you're looking for00:15:42
the actual meaning of the word you're00:15:44
not asking about that actual object00:15:47
you're not asking something about00:15:49
sunglasses so in this specific example00:15:52
sentence you can always use what does00:15:54
blah blah blah mean so native speakers00:15:56
do that too what does something00:15:58
something something mean if we don't00:16:00
know an expression or if we don't know a00:16:02
phrase we can use anything in that00:16:04
pattern however00:16:06
if you want to use a plural noun like00:16:08
sunglasses00:16:09
or any other plural noun in a sentence00:16:11
similar to this you do need to change00:16:14
what do sunglasses do or why do pants00:16:17
have pockets or who do penguins see most00:16:20
frequently please use do as you would00:16:22
for other plural nouns then too but00:16:25
great question nice point to consider00:16:27
thank you i almost forgot there's one00:16:29
more thing i want to talk to you about00:16:30
you guys did not ask this question but i00:16:33
noticed it during the food livestream00:16:34
that we did recently the difference00:16:36
between dessert and desert is one s in00:16:40
spelling however these two words are00:16:42
different let's start with the word00:16:44
dessert the sweet food that comes at the00:16:47
end of a meal dessert is spelled with00:16:49
two s's we use00:16:51
d-e-s-s-e-r-t to spell dessert however00:16:54
the word desert which is spelled00:16:56
d-e-s-e-r-t00:16:58
refers to like a dry landscape not many00:17:01
plants not many animals live there00:17:03
that's a desert if you misspell the word00:17:06
dessert and you forget that s it becomes00:17:09
desert also very interestingly there's00:17:12
another way to pronounce the word that's00:17:13
spelled d-e-s-e-r-t this is a verb to00:17:17
desert so to desert means to leave00:17:19
something without planning to come back00:17:21
like to desert a town or to desert your00:17:23
family to abandon something also it can00:17:26
mean like leaving a military position00:17:28
like so to desert the army please note00:17:31
dessert as the end of a meal and to00:17:34
dessert meaning to leave or to abandon00:17:36
something have the same pronunciation00:17:38
but different grammatical functions so00:17:40
please be careful of this point how can00:17:42
we put them all together i'm going to00:17:43
desert my station so that i can enjoy00:17:47
dessert in the desert00:17:49
next question next question comes from00:17:52
kim in thai hi kim intai okay what does00:17:55
a spirit animal mean as in what's your00:17:57
spirit animal i don't think we have that00:17:59
kind of question in my country also what00:18:01
are some possible answers okay a spirit00:18:04
animal can mean different things00:18:06
depending on the person that you're00:18:08
talking to generally though on00:18:10
especially on the internet we use spirit00:18:13
animal to refer to an animal that we00:18:16
think matches our personality or matches00:18:19
our behavior so for example if i'm a00:18:22
slow lazy person and i don't like to do00:18:25
a lot of activities i could say a sloth00:18:28
is my spirit animal um or if i'm like an00:18:31
aggressive person and i'm alone a lot00:18:33
and i'm like maybe see myself as like a00:18:35
fighter or hunter i don't know maybe i00:18:37
could say00:18:38
a tiger is my spirit animal for example00:18:41
it's an animal that we feel closely00:18:43
matches us somehow and it can change00:18:45
like maybe on this day i feel a00:18:47
connection with this specific animal so00:18:49
we can say that just do be careful there00:18:52
are some people who have maybe a00:18:54
religious or a spiritual belief00:18:56
that strongly connects them to a spirit00:18:59
animal or you might also hear the word i00:19:01
think spirit animal guide perhaps00:19:04
but just pay attention to the situation00:19:06
and i think you can quickly understand00:19:08
how the person is using spirit animal my00:19:11
spirit animal i usually think like00:19:13
depending on the day my spirit animal is00:19:15
either a flying squirrel or a platypus00:19:17
because both of these animals are kind00:19:19
of like in between animals they have a00:19:21
little bit of a couple different animals00:19:23
in them but like a flying squirrel is00:19:25
kind of like flexible and adaptive and00:19:27
has lots of energy and goes really00:19:29
really quickly but then the platypus is00:19:31
just like this silly looking creature00:19:33
that swims around looking for food all00:19:35
day and then sleeps forever so like00:19:37
depending on the day i feel like i'm00:19:39
sometimes a flying squirrel sometimes a00:19:41
platypus out of them first question00:19:43
first question this week comes from iman00:19:45
hi again i'm on iman says what is the00:19:47
use of definite article the we use the00:19:51
with a singular noun to refer to a00:19:54
specific instance of that noun so when00:19:57
you're telling a story we'll often00:19:59
introduce the first instance of a noun00:20:02
with a and then after that we'll use the00:20:06
to refer to the specific instance of00:20:08
that thing so for example a simple story00:20:10
i was walking down the street and i saw00:20:13
a dog00:20:14
the dog was really cute i pet the dog so00:20:19
in that situation when i introduce a dog00:20:22
in the story the first time i talk about00:20:24
the dog in the story i use uh to00:20:26
introduce it then after that i use the00:20:30
to refer to that specific dog that i00:20:33
introduced earlier in the story00:20:35
every other time that i want to talk00:20:37
about that same dog i use the before it00:20:40
so use the word the when you need to00:20:43
refer to a specific noun or when you00:20:45
have to refer to a specific group so for00:20:48
example the teachers in the school00:20:50
district went on strike so specifically00:20:52
we're talking about teachers in a00:20:55
specific school district the teachers00:20:57
went on strike the mothers at the pta00:20:59
meeting organized a bake sale it's a00:21:02
specific group that is defined by00:21:04
something else so in this case the00:21:06
mothers at the pta meeting only the00:21:08
mothers that were at that meeting not00:21:10
the mothers from a different00:21:12
group for example so we use the00:21:15
to uh to talk about a specific instance00:21:19
of something first question this week00:21:21
comes from dave hi dave some people use00:21:24
lol on the internet what does it mean00:21:26
yeah lol can mean laugh out loud or lots00:21:30
of laughs i've heard both but either way00:21:32
we use this expression to quickly00:21:35
explain we thought something was funny00:21:37
lol next question next question comes00:21:40
from johnny hi johnny you wrote a very00:21:43
long message thank you very much for00:21:44
watching there's a slang expression that00:21:46
i've heard several times and don't00:21:48
understand well i know right using i00:21:51
know right is like an invitation then00:21:54
for the other person to agree again00:21:57
really i know right so think of i know00:22:01
right as like an even stronger like even00:22:04
more emphasis on the agreement and an00:22:07
invitation for the other person to agree00:22:09
again i know right it's like00:22:12
yes and you agree too don't you next00:22:15
question comes from pavel marvel hi00:22:18
pawel pable says hey alicia please tell00:22:20
us about the difference between to not00:22:22
and not to as in i want to not and i00:22:26
want not to for example ah yeah so with00:22:30
these there's not really a difference00:22:32
between these like i want not to and i00:22:34
want to not do something both of these00:22:37
are casual ways of explaining a negative00:22:41
in speech00:22:42
the correct sentence would be i don't00:22:44
want to do something something00:22:46
but like native speakers sometimes like00:22:49
to kind of play with grammar a little00:22:51
bit that's one reason they might use00:22:53
this pattern uh either of these patterns00:22:55
really00:22:56
also sometimes we start a sentence and00:22:59
we make it positive like i want to and00:23:01
then we realize part of the way into the00:23:04
sentence oh wait i want to express00:23:05
something negative so we change it to to00:23:08
not or not to so i want not to blah blah00:23:12
blah or i want to not blah blah blah00:23:14
both are okay00:23:16
but just keep in mind that we use that i00:23:18
want not to or i want to not blah blah00:23:21
in casual situations we don't generally00:23:24
use these in formal situations instead00:23:27
we use i don't want to blah blah blah i00:23:30
want00:23:31
to not get in trouble i want00:23:33
not to get in trouble the correct00:23:35
sentence here would be i don't want to00:23:37
get in trouble but you'll hear native00:23:38
speakers do this for a number of reasons00:23:41
so there's not really a difference00:23:42
between these two but you will hear both00:23:45
of those used by native speakers i hope00:23:47
that helps thanks for the question next00:23:49
quest john comes from zafar ahmad zafar00:23:52
ahmad hi zafar asks about two sentences00:23:55
okay one have you ever cried in a film00:23:58
two have you ever cried at a film my00:24:01
question is about the preposition in or00:24:04
at which sentence is correct and explain00:24:06
the reason of course that will explain00:24:08
the reason let's take a look at the00:24:09
first one have you ever cried in a film00:24:12
this is actually a point where the00:24:15
differences between british english and00:24:17
american english might come into play a00:24:21
little bit have you ever cried in a film00:24:24
could have a few different meanings00:24:26
depending on the situation if for00:24:29
example you are speaking to an actor and00:24:31
you say have you ever cried in a film00:24:33
meaning when you were in a film when you00:24:36
were acting in a film00:24:39
did you cry at any point in time so have00:24:42
you ever cried in a film it could also00:24:45
mean have you gone to watch a movie in a00:24:49
movie theater and cried at the movie00:24:52
theater or in the movie theater your00:24:55
second sentence have you ever cried at a00:24:57
film so using at shows like the00:25:01
direction of an emotion like we use it00:25:04
with uh other emotions as well like my00:25:06
mom is mad at me or my dad is angry at00:25:09
me so it's showing the direction of00:25:11
emotion so in this case have you ever00:25:13
cried at a film meaning did a film cause00:25:18
you to cry have you ever cried because00:25:22
of a film uh in my case though if i00:25:25
wanted to ask my friend if a movie00:25:28
had ever caused them to cry i would say00:25:32
have you ever cried at a movie next00:25:35
question comes from sagri karakilar00:25:40
i am so sorry hi alicia can i use though00:25:44
instead of nevertheless it looks as if00:25:47
their meanings are the same thank you00:25:49
this is a great question uh though and00:25:52
nevertheless yes while they do have00:25:55
similar meanings sometimes they have00:25:57
different grammatical functions so00:26:00
nevertheless00:26:01
means in spite of the thing that was00:26:04
said before or despite the prior thing00:26:08
nevertheless is used only as an adverb00:26:11
though however can be used as an adverb00:26:13
yes but it can also be used as a00:26:16
conjunction though can also mean00:26:19
nevertheless or in spite of00:26:21
however it also sometimes just has the00:26:23
meaning of butt00:26:25
though i almost ran out of time00:26:27
i finished the test with a perfect score00:26:30
he told me he would call it eight though00:26:32
it's 8 15 and i haven't heard from him i00:26:35
almost ran out of time nevertheless i00:26:37
finished the test with a perfect score00:26:39
her proposal was rejected nevertheless00:26:42
she continued with her research hope00:26:44
that that helps answer your question00:26:45
though next question okay next question00:26:48
comes from igor hi igor why are verbs00:26:51
like berry hurry study tidy and try00:26:55
in the irregular verbs list their past00:26:57
simple and past participle forms have00:26:59
e.d endings like other regular verbs the00:27:01
course books used have listed these00:27:04
verbs in the irregular verb list all00:27:06
right tough question because i did not00:27:08
create the textbooks and i don't know00:27:11
the logic that was used for the00:27:12
textbooks but if i had to guess why00:27:16
those verbs are included as irregular00:27:18
verbs i would imagine it's because these00:27:21
verbs all end in y and yes although the00:27:25
verbs do end in ed there is an irregular00:27:28
change that happens with verbs that end00:27:31
in y so that's to drop the y and add i e00:27:35
d instead of just an e d so we maintain00:27:38
that e sound like tie d barry however00:27:42
the spelling of the word changes next00:27:44
question comes from00:27:46
marcos korea hi marcos marco says alicia00:27:50
help in all caps alicia help the words00:27:52
weather and weather have the same00:27:54
pronunciation and does weather have the00:27:56
same sense of if could you use it in00:27:58
some examples please reply yes yes00:28:00
you're correct thanks marcos weather as00:28:02
in like00:28:03
clouds sunlight rain snow wind weather00:28:06
and weather00:28:08
w-h-e-t-h-e-r they have the same00:28:09
pronunciation yes and the wh form does00:28:13
contain the meaning of if as in whether00:28:16
or not something so native speakers will00:28:19
often say whether or not but we can00:28:21
reduce this to if some examples he00:28:24
hasn't decided whether or not he's00:28:26
coming to dinner i don't know whether or00:28:28
not i'm going to travel this summer do00:28:30
you know whether or not your parents are00:28:32
at home in each of these sentences we00:28:34
could change whether or not to if i hope00:28:37
that that answers your question marcos00:28:39
thanks next question is from00:28:42
poria poria asks what's the difference00:28:45
between these words interior and00:28:47
internal exterior and external all right00:28:50
well there are grammatical differences00:28:52
interior and exterior are nouns uh00:28:56
internal and external are adjectives we00:28:59
use interior and exterior to talk about00:29:02
the inside and the outside of something00:29:04
but internal and external are used those00:29:08
are adjectives we use them to talk about00:29:10
the qualities of something next question00:29:13
comes from cassava casaba hi again00:29:16
kesava says uh what's the difference00:29:18
between bored with and bored bye great00:29:22
question there is no difference actually00:29:24
bored with and bored by also we use00:29:27
board of board of so these are all used00:29:31
in the same way to explain something00:29:33
that causes us to feel bored i'm so00:29:36
bored by this lesson i'm so bored with00:29:38
this textbook i'm so bored of you so we00:29:40
can use all of these in the same way you00:29:43
might find that some people have00:29:45
personal preferences for which one they00:29:47
choose to use00:29:48
but we use them all in the same way next00:29:51
question from stanislav hi stanislav00:29:53
stanislav asks how do you politely00:29:55
address unfamiliar women and men lady00:29:58
miss mrs mister and sir ah nice question00:30:01
all right if you're in a formal00:30:03
situation it's better to use mister with00:30:06
men sir tends to be used more in like a00:30:09
service relationship so uh the same00:30:12
thing with mam for women mrs is used for00:30:15
married women if i don't know if someone00:30:17
is married or not a woman is married or00:30:19
not i'll use miss nice question though00:30:22
next question comes from paul hi paul00:30:25
let me ask a question or let me ask a00:30:28
question uh which is the correct00:30:30
sentence both of these are actually00:30:32
correct lemmy is the reduced form of let00:30:36
me so we use this in more casual situations00:30:39
let me ask a question it's fine too it00:30:42
just sounds more formal and when we00:30:44
reduce the sounds actually it sounds a00:30:46
little more natural so let me ask you a00:30:48
question let me ask you a question00:30:50
that's fine to use in speech in writing00:30:53
however l-e-m-m-e looks very casual00:30:57
so we typically don't use that informal00:31:00
writing but both of them are actually00:31:02
correct next question next question is00:31:04
from leon hi leon what are the00:31:06
differences between test exam quiz and00:31:09
questionnaire and when should i use each00:31:12
of them nice question all right let's00:31:14
start with test and exam we use these00:31:16
two words quite similarly when we're00:31:18
talking about um tests of knowledge or00:31:22
like examinations at school we can use00:31:24
either of those like i have a test this00:31:26
week or i have an exam this week i think00:31:29
in american english test is probably00:31:32
used more commonly than exam or the00:31:34
long-form examination however when we00:31:37
want to check the status of our bodies00:31:40
we'll often use the word exam so for00:31:42
example a physical exam that's an00:31:45
expression we use to mean like a full00:31:47
check of the body which is commonly done00:31:50
maybe once a year or so so an exam um00:31:54
like a dental exam or an eye exam is a00:31:56
check of the condition of your body as00:31:59
well a quiz is essentially a mini test a00:32:02
questionnaire however is quite different00:32:04
from um the three that we've talked00:32:06
about thus far a questionnaire is00:32:08
something that's given usually to00:32:10
customers that is for feedback we use00:32:13
questionnaires for feedback first00:32:14
question this week comes from danielle00:32:16
hi danielle danielle says hi alicia is00:32:19
it really a mistake to refer to animals00:32:21
with she or he instead of it00:32:24
in cases where the animal is considered00:32:26
part of the family like cats or dogs ah00:32:29
okay no it's not a mistake at all if the00:32:32
pet is like a member of the family like00:32:35
you've described it's very common to use00:32:38
he or she to talk about the animal00:32:41
cats dogs we can use this for birds00:32:43
hamsters hedgehogs whatever the pet is00:32:46
very common00:32:48
also when it's your first time meeting00:32:50
someone else's animal it's quite common00:32:53
to ask is it a boy or a girl00:32:56
and then after that you can use he or00:32:58
she to talk about the animal we tend to00:33:01
use it when talking about animals we are00:33:04
not familiar with like a stray cat for00:33:07
example or maybe like an animal we see00:33:09
at the zoo we would use it in those00:33:12
cases when we're talking about animals00:33:14
that are parts of our family we tend to00:33:16
use he or she to talk about that thanks00:33:19
for the question first question this00:33:21
week comes from silas hi silas silas00:33:24
says hi alicia how's it going i'd like00:33:27
to know the meaning of the expression00:33:29
weird flex but okay and how do i use it00:33:32
in a sentence okay this is a bit of00:33:34
recent slang weird flex but okay00:33:38
focuses in on the meaning of the word00:33:40
flex so if you are interested in like00:33:43
health or like muscle training or00:33:45
anything like that you might know the00:33:47
verb to flex so to flex is what we do00:33:51
when we want to show off a muscle we00:33:54
have been training so when we flex a00:33:57
muscle we put energy into the muscle to00:34:00
make the muscle like stand out we want00:34:03
it to look bigger like we want to show00:34:05
off that muscle so when we flex a muscle00:34:09
we're trying to show it off we're like00:34:12
excited about that thing or we're proud00:34:14
about it or something like that so00:34:17
flex here in this expression weird flex00:34:20
does not refer to muscle it doesn't00:34:23
refer to the body but actually something00:34:26
else00:34:27
that the speaker or the writer is trying00:34:30
to show off so it's something that seems00:34:33
strange so in the example of muscles and00:34:36
muscle training like the person who00:34:39
wants to show off wants to show their00:34:40
muscles but when we use the expression00:34:43
weird flex someone is trying to show off00:34:46
something that seems strange and then we00:34:49
add but okay at the end to mean i don't00:34:53
really understand but all right so to00:34:56
give an example of this if i on twitter00:34:58
write like i spent three thousand00:35:01
dollars on socks this month00:35:03
and i talk about how excited i am i'm00:35:05
like showing off that i spent three00:35:06
thousand dollars on socks someone might00:35:09
respond to me weird flex but okay so00:35:13
that means like it's strange that you00:35:15
want to show off that you spent three00:35:17
thousand dollars on socks like that's a00:35:19
really strange thing to be excited about00:35:22
but00:35:23
okay00:35:24
so to give another example00:35:26
your friend might tell you something00:35:28
like i have the biggest collection of00:35:30
rocks in my whole neighborhood and you00:35:32
might say weird flex but okay so again00:35:35
it's like that's a strange thing that00:35:37
you want to show off but00:35:39
okay whatever it is like it's not00:35:42
hurting anybody it's just a little bit00:35:44
weird that you want to show that off or00:35:46
you want to brag or boast about that00:35:48
thing so that's what weird flex but okay00:35:52
means you see this one a lot online i00:35:55
hope that that helps you thanks very00:35:56
much for this interesting question00:35:58
next question next question comes from00:36:00
dewey hi dewey could you tell me when to00:36:02
use any more and no longer sure okay um00:36:07
so both of these are used to refer to an00:36:11
action something we did or something00:36:13
someone did in the past00:36:15
but from this point in the present uh00:36:18
that action is not going to continue we00:36:22
use any more when we use a negative in00:36:25
the sentence some examples i'm not going00:36:27
to go to that restaurant anymore he00:36:29
doesn't help me anymore they don't drink00:36:31
with us anymore we use no longer in00:36:34
positive statements and it tends to00:36:36
sound more formal you'll also see that00:36:39
no longer can be put at the beginning of00:36:42
the sentence to increase the level of00:36:44
formality so you might hear this in00:36:47
speeches for example using no longer at00:36:49
the beginning of the sentence really00:36:51
emphasizes that the action is not going00:36:54
to continue and that it sounds quite00:36:56
formal so it no longer might have a00:36:59
couple different places in the sentence00:37:01
let's look at some examples no longer00:37:03
will we tolerate these problems she no00:37:06
longer has to come to work early we will00:37:08
no longer be a part of the group so i00:37:09
hope that helps you understand some of00:37:11
the key differences between these two00:37:13
expressions thanks for the question okay00:37:15
let's move on to your next question next00:37:18
question comes from rigwins riggins hi00:37:21
riggins regan says hi alicia i'm riganz00:37:24
from haiti i'm good at english but due00:37:27
to a lack of practice i've kind of lost00:37:29
my touch because i'm sick and tired of00:37:31
the learning process so i'd like to know00:37:34
how to keep my english up please okay00:37:37
first i'm sure that you're not the only00:37:39
person like i lose motivation all the00:37:42
time i would say that if you are having00:37:44
trouble keeping your motivation up you00:37:47
should try looking for a different way00:37:49
to practice or a different way to use00:37:52
english so for example if there's a00:37:54
hobby that you have in your native00:37:57
language you could try doing that in00:37:59
english or maybe there's a book or a00:38:02
movie that you are really interested in00:38:04
or that seems cool and you want to00:38:06
understand that in english i would00:38:08
suggest trying to find something that's00:38:11
not like a traditional textbook or it's00:38:13
not a traditional way of learning like00:38:15
going to a class and doing worksheets00:38:17
and that kind of thing i would suggest00:38:20
actually trying to use english in your00:38:22
everyday life to like do your work or to00:38:25
study something or to accomplish a hobby00:38:28
maybe you make a new friend who can00:38:30
speak only english so i would suggest00:38:33
finding something outside of a00:38:35
traditional learning setting to do i00:38:38
think that that might help you a little00:38:40
bit with your motivation that has helped00:38:42
me a lot in the past actually making00:38:44
friends with people who cannot speak my00:38:46
language has been hugely motivating for00:38:48
me and i try to study the vocabulary00:38:51
words that they often talk about00:38:53
and i try to learn from their speech00:38:55
patterns too so i would suggest trying00:38:58
to find something to do with other00:39:00
people as much as possible that uses00:39:02
english so i hope that this helps you00:39:04
and helps other people with their00:39:06
motivation issues it happens to all of00:39:08
us at some point in time but i hope that00:39:10
these tips can help thanks very much for00:39:12
this question next question next00:39:14
question comes from aravind hi aravind00:39:18
aravind says what is the difference00:39:19
between took and taken and have you ever00:39:22
been to india uh okay took and taken00:39:25
took is the past tense of the verb take00:39:28
i took a break he took my drink they00:39:30
took our passports taken is the past00:39:33
participle form of take have you ever00:39:36
taken a trip to france she's taken the00:39:38
test three times we've taken long00:39:40
vacations every summer for 10 years so i00:39:43
hope that helps it's a difference in00:39:44
grammar and no i have not been to india00:39:46
thanks for the question okay let's move00:39:49
on to your next question next question00:39:51
comes from00:39:53
ahmet farooq hello amit ahmed says what00:39:56
is the difference between may and can00:40:00
okay00:40:01
historically may is used to ask for00:40:04
permission can is used to express00:40:07
ability to do something or lack of00:40:10
ability to do something so that's the00:40:12
historical use of may and can in today's00:40:15
english however lots of people use can00:40:18
to ask for permission to do something we00:40:21
do not however use may to talk about00:40:24
ability so let's take a look at some00:40:26
examples00:40:27
can i go to the restroom00:40:29
may i go to the restroom00:40:32
can i leave early today00:40:34
may i leave early today00:40:37
so in today's english these all refer to00:40:40
the same thing they're all requests to00:40:42
use the restroom or to leave early00:40:44
in today's american english i would say00:40:47
that using may tends to sound a little00:40:50
bit more formal than using can if you00:40:53
ever want to be sure to sound polite and00:40:56
to make sure you're communicating00:40:57
clearly you can use may but in most00:41:00
day-to-day conversations we use can so i00:41:03
hope that this helps you thanks very00:41:05
much for the question let's go to the00:41:06
next question next question comes from00:41:09
pierre hi pierre pierre says hi could00:41:12
you please explain the difference00:41:14
between belly tummy and stomach thanks00:41:17
sure okay let's start with stomach uh00:41:21
stomach is the most00:41:23
neutral word you can use to talk about00:41:25
this area of your body if you need to00:41:27
talk about this area in your life00:41:30
somewhere in a polite situation stomach00:41:32
is probably the best word to use00:41:34
examples my stomach hurts he got hit in00:41:38
the stomach they've been doing stomach00:41:40
exercises every other day so now let's00:41:42
talk about tummy tummy is a word that00:41:45
children use adults use tummy when00:41:47
they're talking to children it sounds00:41:50
very young it sounds very childish00:41:53
adults typically don't use this word00:41:55
when talking to other adults unless00:41:57
they're trying to be funny or unless00:41:59
they really want to sound childish for00:42:01
some reason so tummy is really a00:42:03
children's word examples do you have a00:42:06
tummy ache i want to put food in my00:42:08
tummy now belly is a casual word that00:42:11
adults do use it sounds kind of rough00:42:14
it's not a dirty word at all but it00:42:17
tends to be used more by men than by00:42:19
women i think it's a very casual00:42:21
expression00:42:22
to refer to your stomach but we usually00:42:26
use it to talk about eating and food00:42:29
some examples my belly is so full i need00:42:32
to put some food in my belly alright so00:42:35
i hope that helps you in most situations00:42:37
if you're not sure what to use use00:42:39
stomach you can't go wrong with stomach00:42:41
hope that helps next question comes from00:42:44
yovani hi ovani yovani says hi alicia my00:42:47
name is jovani i'm from venezuela i've00:42:50
always wanted to know the meaning of00:42:52
this sentence don't get twisted even00:42:55
though it's not used very often thanks00:42:58
yeah you're right this isn't such a00:43:00
common expression i found only a few00:43:02
references to this expression and they00:43:04
were typically from music actually00:43:07
so this expression could mean like don't00:43:10
get angry or don't get upset or don't00:43:13
get nervous so it refers to being in00:43:16
like a negative condition so twisted if00:43:20
you imagine like a towel do we have some00:43:22
oh we do yeah for this explanation let's00:43:25
imagine like a towel so a regular just00:43:28
plain towel when we hold the towel looks00:43:30
like this but if we twist the towel like00:43:33
this it's under tension like it's under00:43:35
pressure so if we imagine ourselves as00:43:38
like the towel like we're under pressure00:43:41
we're really tight we're really tense we00:43:43
could be angry we could be nervous we00:43:45
could be upset about something so if00:43:48
someone says to you don't get twisted00:43:50
it's like00:43:51
chill out like don't be upset don't be00:43:54
angry relax in other words so i would00:43:57
guess that this is what this word means00:43:59
or what this expression means rather but00:44:01
as you said um this is not such a common00:44:04
expression we don't say don't get00:44:07
twisted really in american english you00:44:09
might hear people say something like00:44:11
just chill out as i've said or maybe00:44:14
like don't worry or there are a couple00:44:17
of other slightly more rude expressions00:44:19
that we use too so i hope that this00:44:21
helps you thanks very much for the00:44:22
question okay let's move on to your next00:44:25
question all right let's go on to the00:44:27
next question next question comes from00:44:29
satish hi satish satish says what's the00:44:31
difference between i shall and i will00:44:35
similarly between shall i and will i ah00:44:38
okay00:44:39
first any use of shall is going to sound00:44:43
more formal than will the difference00:44:46
between i shall and shall i is that i00:44:50
shall begins a statement00:44:54
shall i00:44:55
begins an offer i shall call the police00:44:58
this sounds very formal00:45:00
shall i call the police that's an offer00:45:02
it sounds very formal will however is00:45:05
quite different i will begins a00:45:08
statement yes but will i does not begin00:45:12
an offer will i is used to00:45:15
think out loud so when we are imagining00:45:18
our future schedule and we're thinking00:45:20
about something in the future uh we're00:45:24
alone we're talking to ourselves and00:45:26
thinking about our future schedule we00:45:28
might use will i so examples i will call00:45:32
the police00:45:33
that's natural we would probably use the00:45:35
contracted form i'll call the police hmm00:45:38
will i have time to go to the bank today00:45:40
will i be able to get a coffee this00:45:42
morning so this is not used so much in00:45:44
conversation we use this will i sort of00:45:47
pattern when we're thinking about things00:45:49
we might be able to do in the future and00:45:51
we're thinking to ourselves about it so00:45:54
i hope that helps that's kind of a quick00:45:56
introduction to the differences between00:45:58
these two thanks for the question00:46:00
next question comes from00:46:03
uh malek hi malek malik says is this00:46:07
sentence correct the color of shirts of00:46:10
players could you explain more about two00:46:13
possessive nouns in a row thanks in00:46:15
advance yeah great question this is kind00:46:18
of tricky so in this situation we would00:46:21
say the color of the player's shirts so00:46:25
a key here is that we're using players00:46:27
and we're using an apostrophe after the00:46:30
s in players that apostrophe is acting00:46:33
as a possessive apostrophe so we have00:46:37
two ways of creating the possessive in00:46:39
english we can use of as in the color of00:46:42
the player's shirts and we can use the00:46:45
apostrophe s form so for example00:46:48
alicia's would be alicia apostrophe s00:46:51
the apostrophe s shows something is00:46:54
belonging to me that's my thing alicia's00:46:56
phone so in this situation we have00:47:00
players players here we're talking about00:47:03
shirts that belong to players so it's00:47:06
not just one person when a noun ends00:47:09
with an s we make the plural possessive00:47:12
form by adding an apostrophe to the end00:47:15
of the word and we do not add another s00:47:19
so in the singular form when i said00:47:21
alicia's phone for example alicia is one00:47:24
person so i write alicia apostrophe s in00:47:27
this example however because we're00:47:29
talking about a group of people players00:47:32
we don't use an apostrophe s because the00:47:35
word already ends in s and it sounds00:47:37
kind of strange to try to say like00:47:39
players is or something like that so to00:47:41
avoid this we simply write players with00:47:44
s and add an apostrophe at the end so00:47:47
this shows the plural form that means00:47:49
plural possessive apostrophe there it's00:47:52
very natural to use that apostrophe form00:47:55
of the possessive when we're talking00:47:57
about something that belongs to a person00:48:00
so again in my example when i said00:48:01
alicia's phone it sounds quite natural00:48:04
to use that apostrophe s to show00:48:06
possession as a person in the plural00:48:09
form too players shirts it's a shirt or00:48:12
shirts that belong to a player00:48:14
so when we're not using a person when00:48:17
we're using like an object it might be a00:48:19
little bit more common to see an of00:48:22
pattern used there in this case it's00:48:24
color of the shirts so color is like a00:48:28
characteristic that belongs to the shirt00:48:31
or in this case shirts so here it sounds00:48:34
natural to use the of pattern because00:48:36
there's not a person here we're talking00:48:38
about the characteristics of an object00:48:40
color of the shirts so of can be used to00:48:44
talk about like characteristics of00:48:46
things and the apostrophe s form can be00:48:48
used to talk about like things that00:48:50
belong to people00:48:52
let's look at one more example though00:48:54
that uses no people so for example the00:48:57
color of the seats in the cars or the00:49:01
color of the car's seats so we could use00:49:04
either of these patterns i personally00:49:06
would probably use the color of the00:49:09
seats in the cars because we can clearly00:49:11
see like the levels of belonging first00:49:13
we have color and the color belongs to00:49:16
the seats and the seats are in the cars00:49:19
so i think that sounds much nicer you00:49:21
might see that color of the car's seats00:49:24
sentence though as we talked about it's00:49:27
a little bit less natural maybe to use00:49:29
the possessive apostrophe there with car00:49:32
because it's not actually a person i00:49:34
think you might use that though i don't00:49:36
think it's incorrect to use that but i00:49:38
personally would prefer to use something00:49:40
that kind of clearly shows the hierarchy00:49:43
the level of belonging or the levels of00:49:45
belonging as in the first example the00:49:47
color of the seats in the car i hope00:49:50
that this helps you thank you very much00:49:51
for this interesting question okay let's00:49:53
go to the next question next question00:49:56
comes from marcelo olivier hi marcelo00:49:59
marcelo says hi alicia are you okay00:50:01
thanks for your awesome videos my00:50:03
question is what's the meaning of00:50:04
gung-ho i heard this in an interview00:50:06
with taylor swift thanks a lot okay um00:50:09
so gung-ho let's start with an example00:50:12
i'm gung-ho about my new project gung-ho00:50:14
means you are full of energy and you are00:50:17
excited about something it means that00:50:19
you're enthusiastic you're going to put00:50:21
all your effort into that thing so when00:50:23
i say i'm gung-ho about my new project00:50:26
it means i'm really excited i'm really00:50:28
enthusiastic i'm going to do everything00:50:30
i can to make that a success gung-ho so00:50:33
i hope that answers your question about00:50:35
gung-ho00:50:36
first question from harley passot00:50:42
harley asks what is the use of get plus00:50:45
adverb or preposition for example i get00:50:48
down this is a question about phrasal00:50:51
verbs with get we can use a lot of00:50:53
different things after the word get in00:50:56
your example to get down we use it when00:50:58
dancing for example like i want to get00:51:01
down this weekend it's sort of an00:51:02
old-fashioned expression though to get00:51:04
down we can use a lot of different words00:51:07
after the verb get though for example00:51:10
get into to get into something means to00:51:12
become interested in something you might00:51:14
hear to get at like get at me or get at00:51:17
your professor to get at means to reach00:51:19
out to or to communicate with but it's a00:51:22
very casual expression you can say get00:51:24
after like i need to get after my00:51:26
homework for example it means to like00:51:28
chase after or try to do something also00:51:31
to get in like to get into a club to get00:51:34
into a restaurant to get into a party00:51:36
the nuance is that something is00:51:38
challenging but you can gain access to00:51:40
that thing like i got into the party00:51:42
last night but i wasn't on the list00:51:44
there are a lot of different uses of the00:51:46
word get i can't talk about all of them00:51:48
in this video because there are so many00:51:51
so if you're curious about the various00:51:54
phrasal verbs that we can use with the00:51:56
word get check out a dictionary that's a00:51:58
really good place to start next question00:52:01
next question comes from long and long00:52:04
anne asks what is the difference between00:52:06
simple past tense and past continuous00:52:09
tense or past progressive tense simple00:52:12
past tense we use for actions that00:52:14
started and ended in the past so the00:52:17
beginning of the action and the end of00:52:19
the action happened in the past so for00:52:21
example the sentence i ate breakfast is00:52:24
a simple past tense statement i ate00:52:26
breakfast eight is the simple past tense00:52:29
the past continuous tense however or the00:52:31
past progressive tense is something we00:52:33
use to talk about an action that was00:52:36
continuing at a specific point in time00:52:38
in the past if i want to use the past00:52:40
progressive tense i can say i was eating00:52:43
breakfast using that continuous tense00:52:46
using that progressive tense implies i00:52:48
want to explain something else that00:52:51
happened at that time or maybe i want to00:52:53
add some more information so for example00:52:56
i was eating breakfast at eight o'clock00:52:58
this morning or i was eating breakfast00:53:00
when the phone rang or i was eating00:53:02
breakfast and watching tv at the same00:53:05
time i was eating breakfast while00:53:06
studying today by using the past00:53:09
progressive i'm explaining that an00:53:11
action was continuing at a specific00:53:13
point in time as in the example i was00:53:15
eating breakfast at eight o'clock or i00:53:18
can use past progressive to show one00:53:20
action was happening at the same time as00:53:22
another action in the past if i use just00:53:26
the simple past tense i'm just saying a00:53:28
simple fact in other words this action00:53:30
happened i ate breakfast at 8 o'clock00:53:33
if i want to emphasize the continuous00:53:36
nature of the action for some reason00:53:38
like i was eating breakfast at 8 o'clock00:53:40
i can use the past progressive tense in00:53:43
that case it might be in response to a00:53:45
question like what were you doing at00:53:47
eight o'clock this morning so if someone00:53:49
wants to ask maybe uh what you were00:53:51
doing at a specific point in time like00:53:53
someone is suspicious of you like what00:53:54
were you doing last night you can say00:53:56
like oh i was having dinner with my00:53:58
friends last night but past ten simple00:54:00
past tense is something we use for00:54:02
actions which start uh and finish uh in00:54:05
the past but progressive the progressive00:54:07
tense and past can be used to emphasize00:54:10
the continuing nature of that situation00:54:13
or that action hi everybody welcome back00:54:15
to ask alicia the weekly series where00:54:18
you ask me questions and i answer them00:54:20
maybe first question this week first00:54:22
question this week comes from patrick hi00:54:24
patrick patrick says i know the basic00:54:26
english words and i understand if00:54:28
someone speaks in english00:54:30
for example i understand your videos00:54:32
perfectly but i have problems building00:54:34
correct english sentences like when i00:54:36
speak with another person do you have00:54:38
any tips for how to build correct00:54:40
sentences um i think that this just00:54:42
comes with practice honestly it's00:54:44
difficult to do but i know that there's00:54:46
not always a person that you can ask for00:54:48
help i will tell you a secret when i00:54:50
don't have confidence with something00:54:51
when i don't know how to answer00:54:52
something this is what i do00:54:56
i google it seriously just google it i00:54:58
put quotation marks around like the00:55:00
phrase that i'm trying to make and then00:55:02
i search google for it and if it's there00:55:04
great then that means i can use it maybe00:55:06
like thousands of people have used that00:55:07
phrase i know it's probably a common00:55:09
phrase if there are no results then that00:55:11
probably means i've made a mistake00:55:12
somehow so that's maybe one good way to00:55:15
help you as you try to build phrases by00:55:18
yourself so try that out next question00:55:21
next question comes from yasin ya yasi00:55:24
yasin i'm very sorry what's the00:55:26
difference between on time and in time00:55:29
is it you arrived just on time or you00:55:32
arrived just in time we use on time to00:55:35
refer to doing something at the correct00:55:39
time doing something at a scheduled time00:55:42
so for example i need to get to work on00:55:45
time meaning at the correct time or did00:55:48
you make it to your appointment on time00:55:50
in time however is used when we want to00:55:53
kind of give a nuance of rushing or00:55:55
hurrying for something i need to leave00:55:57
my house now to get to the airport in00:56:00
time for my flight i need to study for00:56:02
my test now if i want to be in time for00:56:05
the party later you should probably00:56:07
leave now if you want to be in time for00:56:08
the movie in time for something else so00:56:12
i want to do action a to make my00:56:15
schedule meet this other condition this00:56:18
other thing i would like to do or this00:56:20
other thing i need to do in time for has00:56:23
the nuance of a deadline we can use this00:56:25
expression in like a panic like oh my00:56:27
gosh i'm not going to make it in time00:56:29
like to submit a paper i'm not going to00:56:31
make it in time in time means like00:56:33
before the deadline whereas on time has00:56:36
the meaning of completing an action or00:56:38
completing something at a scheduled time00:56:42
next question next question comes from00:56:44
huang se na huang sena hi i love your00:56:47
name alicia is alicia a common name in00:56:49
the u.s i happen to have a friend named00:56:51
alyssa also what's your personal00:56:53
favorite name um00:56:54
a common name in the u.s alicia i don't00:56:57
i don't think alicia is so common in the00:56:59
us and when i was growing up i didn't00:57:01
have any other friends named alicia00:57:04
also the spelling of my name is a little00:57:06
strange usually it's spelled a-l-i-c-i-a00:57:09
maybe you know the artist alicia keys00:57:12
that's how she spells her name so my00:57:14
name was commonly confused as alicia a00:57:16
lot so i've heard like alison and alyssa00:57:19
and ally and so on those are fairly00:57:21
common i think but alicia especially my00:57:23
spelling is not so common actually so00:57:26
uh what's my favorite name uh my00:57:28
favorite name is obi-wan kenobi00:57:31
next question00:57:33
next question comes from garrison silva00:57:35
hi what is the difference between shade00:57:38
and shadow oh great this is a great00:57:40
question both of these words can be used00:57:43
to refer to a place that is darker than00:57:46
its surroundings because there's an00:57:48
object that is blocking the light we can00:57:51
say there's shade over there or there's00:57:53
a shadow over there in that sentence00:57:55
they are used the same however shadow00:57:58
refers to the dark shape only so a00:58:00
person can cast a shadow we use cast the00:58:04
verb cast with a shadow i cast a shadow00:58:06
when i stand in the sun for example00:58:09
shade however as a noun refers to or has00:58:11
the nuance of a kind of shelter so00:58:14
shelter provided by some other object00:58:17
shelter from the light shelter from the00:58:19
sun so we would say stand in the shade00:58:22
because shade has the nuance of shelter00:58:25
we would not say stand in the shadow00:58:27
shadow does not carry the nuance of00:58:30
shelter in the way that shade does00:58:32
interestingly enough though shade and00:58:34
shadow are both used as verbs as well to00:58:37
shadow something means to follow00:58:39
something closely to shadow someone at00:58:41
work means to follow someone at work and00:58:43
and try to understand their job for00:58:45
example shade is used as a verb to mean00:58:48
to create shelter from light for example00:58:51
the canopy shaded us from the sun00:58:54
shade also has some interesting uses you00:58:56
might hear the slang phrase to throw00:58:59
shade throwing shade is a really00:59:01
interesting slang expression that we use00:59:03
which means to communicate disrespect or00:59:06
to to communicate like contempt uh bad00:59:09
feelings for something when you're00:59:11
speaking generally in most cases when00:59:13
you want to talk about a dark cool area00:59:16
we should say shade stand in the shade00:59:18
when you want to talk only about the00:59:20
dark area that dark object use shadow00:59:23
next question uh next question comes00:59:25
from long is the h sound not always00:59:28
pronounced when followed by another00:59:30
consonant for example wall hanger or00:59:32
come back home yes the h sound is often00:59:35
pronounced very00:59:36
softly it's quite difficult to pronounce00:59:39
all of these syllables clearly like in00:59:41
the example come back home it's quite00:59:43
difficult to say the h sound clearly so00:59:46
in those cases it's quite common to make00:59:48
the h sound quite soft like come back00:59:50
home danny's second question can you00:59:53
talk about ride and its uses like take00:59:56
someone for a ride can i take a ride00:59:58
riot is another verb that has a lot of01:00:00
different uses you use the example to01:00:03
take someone for a ride means to drive01:00:06
together with someone to go for a ride01:00:08
has the nuance of doing something just01:00:10
for fun it's just for fun i want to take01:00:13
a ride to a location i want to take a01:00:15
ride to the mountains this weekend or01:00:17
take a ride to the beach but to take01:00:19
someone for a ride means to invite01:00:22
someone to drive somewhere with you in a01:00:25
car that's one way to use rye you can01:00:27
also say give me a ride can you give me01:00:30
a ride so this is a request expression i01:00:33
don't have a car my friend has a car i01:00:35
want my friend to take me in their car01:00:37
to a location i can say can you give me01:00:40
a ride to the movie theater can you give01:00:42
me a ride to the lake give me a ride is01:00:46
a request so give me a ride in your car01:00:49
so there are a lot of uses of ride if01:00:52
you want to see all of them or if you01:00:54
want to see more of them i recommend01:00:55
checking a dictionary there are quite a01:00:57
few and i can't talk about them all in01:00:59
this video so please check a dictionary01:01:01
question comes from winston hi winston01:01:04
winston says i don't understand english01:01:07
i want to learn but i don't know how to01:01:09
start i'm a newbie right lots of01:01:11
questions like this um so really there01:01:14
are a lot of different ways that you can01:01:17
start studying a language of course we01:01:19
have lots of videos on our youtube01:01:22
channel and we have a whole website to try to01:01:25
help people who are studying english you01:01:27
can check us out at englishclass101.com01:01:31
you can find like apps01:01:33
you can find worksheets podcasts to01:01:35
listen to so that can be a nice way to01:01:38
start we have some videos for beginners01:01:40
also so if you're just starting you can01:01:44
check some of the beginner level videos01:01:47
we have on the channel for example01:01:50
english in three minutes that's a good01:01:53
set of videos you can watch to learn01:01:56
some basic phrases i think so that might01:02:00
be a nice place for you to start but01:02:03
let's look at some other ideas for01:02:07
beginners specifically one join an01:02:10
english class in your city01:02:12
two get an english textbook and study at01:02:16
home three make a language exchange with01:02:20
an english speaker four study vocabulary01:02:24
with apps try out those those are a few01:02:27
ideas of course you can always use our01:02:30
videos on the channel as well so i hope01:02:33
that helps a little bit i'm sorry where01:02:35
do we use wanna and gonna and how ah01:02:39
this question is about the casual01:02:41
contracted forms of want to and going to01:02:45
so want to becomes wanna going to01:02:48
becomes gonna in casual speech we use01:02:51
them in exactly the same way we would01:02:53
use i want to i'm going to he wants to01:02:56
she wants to he's going to she's going01:02:59
to we use them in exactly the same way01:03:02
which means we use them in casual01:03:04
situations like i wanna take a day off01:03:07
or i'm gonna go to the beach this01:03:08
weekend or do you wanna see a movie01:03:11
tonight we use them in exactly the same01:03:13
way we use want to and going to01:03:17
but we use them in speech typically we01:03:19
don't write these unless we're writing01:03:21
very casual messages like text messages01:03:23
to our friends or something next one i01:03:25
got the next question uh01:03:28
a couple times like maybe three or four01:03:29
times okay the question was about the01:03:31
adjective comparison video that we did a01:03:34
while ago so i introduced the word fun01:03:37
uh as an irregular adjective in terms of01:03:39
the comparative form so uh fun is a word01:03:43
an adjective we use for an activity or01:03:46
something that's enjoyable something we01:03:48
like to do fun is different from the01:03:51
adjective funny fun is an adjective and01:03:54
a noun actually funny is just an01:03:57
adjective fun refers to an enjoyable01:04:00
activity funny however refers to01:04:02
something that causes us to laugh it01:04:06
makes us laugh because something is01:04:09
humorous something is humorous so for01:04:11
example01:04:12
we can say uh going to an amusement park01:04:15
is fun it's not funny it's not humorous01:04:18
but it's fun let's kind of break this01:04:20
down a little bit let's think about it01:04:22
like fun01:04:24
uh in the adjective form here fun is an01:04:27
enjoyable activity something we enjoy01:04:30
doing um funny however01:04:32
causes laughter because of humor01:04:36
something funny01:04:38
uh is humorous it is like witty or01:04:41
there's interesting word play or01:04:43
whatever so fun is kind of think of fun01:04:47
as like doing an activity going to the01:04:48
movie theater is fun going to an01:04:50
amusement park is fun watching these01:04:52
videos maybe is fun i don't know making01:04:54
these videos is fun but funny we use01:04:57
funny for for example a person or a01:05:00
movie or um something that causes us to01:05:04
laugh because of humor so things that01:05:07
are fun fun01:05:08
fun01:05:09
fun fun not fun01:05:12
funny funny not funny not funny funny01:05:16
not funny fun so going to watch a funny01:05:20
movie is fun01:05:22
think about that because these two words01:05:24
are different fun is an adjective funny01:05:27
is an adjective fun01:05:29
uh the comparative form is more fun or01:05:32
less fun the comparative form of funny01:05:35
is funnier or not as funny so that's why01:05:39
i used two different01:05:41
examples in that video thanks for that01:05:43
question though next question next01:05:45
question comes from carmel carmel says01:05:48
do you have any ideas on how to improve01:05:52
speaking skills in english yeah well to01:05:55
improve your speaking you have to01:05:57
practice speaking here are a couple of01:06:00
ideas that you can use to maybe help you01:06:04
improve your speaking these are ideas01:06:06
for just ways to practice so chances to01:06:09
practice number one get a partner you01:06:11
can practice speaking english with this01:06:14
can be in your city or in your community01:06:16
so find a partner to practice speaking01:06:19
english with this can be a language01:06:21
exchange partner for example do if you01:06:24
can't find anyone in your town or in01:06:27
your city to practice speaking english01:06:30
with you can try to find a partner01:06:32
online three try recording yourself01:06:35
speaking you can use your phone to do01:06:37
this if you like just record your voice01:06:39
saying something and then listen to it01:06:41
again you might not realize it but it's01:06:44
actually really helpful to hear your own01:06:47
voice like outside of your body actually01:06:50
we have something on the website uh you01:06:53
can check at01:06:54
englishclass101.com there's a voice01:06:56
recorder function so you can record your01:06:59
voice01:07:00
and then compare your voice to the sound01:07:03
of a native speaker's voice and try to01:07:06
practice until your voice matches the01:07:09
sound of their voice so that could be01:07:11
another idea number four try repeating01:07:14
the things the characters in english tv01:07:17
and english movies say so if you're01:07:19
watching tv if you're watching a video01:07:22
online if you're listening to music01:07:25
something in english try to repeat the01:07:28
thing you hear so not only listening01:07:31
listening listening but try to practice01:07:33
saying the things the characters or the01:07:36
artists are saying too number five kind01:07:38
of a strange suggestion maybe but try01:07:41
talking to yourself in english actually01:07:43
i do this a lot i'm studying japanese01:07:46
and i talk to myself uh in japanese from time01:07:49
to time so that helps me a little bit01:07:52
but helps me get comfortable just saying01:07:54
words saying phrases too so maybe that's01:07:57
helpful for you those are five ideas for01:08:00
what you can do to improve your speaking01:08:02
next question next question comes from01:08:05
huang se na huang huang sena wang saina01:08:08
i'm very sorry i'm very sorry i've never01:08:10
been to japan i've never been to japan01:08:12
before i've never eaten horse i've never01:08:15
eaten horse before my question is if you01:08:17
put before at the end of those sentences01:08:20
does it mean you are in japan right now01:08:23
or you are eating horse right now no not01:08:25
necessarily think of before at the end01:08:28
of the sentence as before now i've never01:08:31
eaten horse before now in other words01:08:34
you could use this beef just before you01:08:37
eat horse or just before you go to japan01:08:40
if you like as an emphasis phrase01:08:42
but it doesn't necessarily mean that you01:08:45
are in japan now or that you're eating01:08:47
horse now you could use it in that way01:08:50
sure but it doesn't necessarily mean it01:08:53
if you'd like to emphasize it like if01:08:55
you're about to eat horse for example01:08:57
and you said i've never eaten horse01:08:58
before you could show your interest or01:09:00
perhaps to show maybe some anxiety or01:09:02
nervous feelings about uh what you're01:09:05
about to do um but no it does not01:09:08
necessarily mean you are in that place01:09:11
like for example you could just be01:09:12
having a conversation have you eaten01:09:15
horse before no i've never eaten a horse01:09:17
before it could just be a conversation01:09:19
about it but really before just means01:09:22
before now next question next question01:09:25
comes from luann garcia hi luan one asks01:09:28
i would like to know how to use down up01:09:31
off in01:09:33
on and out after a verb and why it's01:09:35
necessary oh dear won this is a very big01:09:38
question your question is about phrasal01:09:40
verbs these are all called phrasal verbs01:09:42
verb plus adverb or preposition there01:09:45
are an enormous amount of phrasal verbs01:09:48
i cannot possibly talk about all of them01:09:50
in one video phrasal verbs are necessary01:09:53
because they are part of speech they are01:09:55
simply a type of verb they are a type of01:09:58
expression01:09:59
so you need to know them because they01:10:01
will help you to communicate01:10:02
effectively01:10:03
so if you want to know more about01:10:05
specific phrasal verbs i would suggest01:10:07
checking a dictionary next question next01:10:10
question comes from huang jiang ik01:10:13
i'm very sorry which one is correct i01:10:15
work out for one to two hours a day i01:10:18
work out for one or two hours a day i01:10:20
drink coffee two to three times a day i01:10:23
drink coffee two or three times a day ah01:10:26
both of these are correct actually01:10:29
in this case there are very very small01:10:31
differences between these one two two01:10:34
hours a day means between one and two01:10:37
hours uh if you say i work out for one01:10:40
or two hours a day it means it's01:10:42
determined like uh one hour only for a01:10:45
workout or two hours only for a workout01:10:48
so the difference here is are you01:10:50
determining are you deciding one hour or01:10:52
two cups of coffee or three cups of01:10:54
coffee or is it between those two01:10:58
amounts so using one two two or two two01:11:00
three means between those two amounts01:11:03
using or shows it's either a or b but01:11:08
not between those two this is the01:11:10
difference between two and or next01:11:12
question next question comes from bowie01:11:15
dente bowie bowie dende sorry dante asks01:11:19
when can i use ever in a present perfect01:11:22
sentence like i have ever ever means at01:11:25
any time or at all times you can use01:11:28
ever when you're asking a question like01:11:30
have you ever blah blah have you ever01:11:32
been to france have you ever eaten ramen01:11:34
have you ever taken a trip to the01:11:37
mountains for example we can use ever01:11:39
when making questions that's one but01:11:41
because ever means at all time or at any01:11:44
time um we may not use it to answer a01:11:47
question like that have you ever blah01:11:49
blah blah we usually say yes or no in01:11:52
that in response to that we can say i01:11:55
have never ever taken a trip to france01:11:57
or i have never ever forgotten my keys01:12:01
for example i have never ever blah blah01:12:03
blah but in that case it still means01:12:05
never an expression like never ever just01:12:08
emphasizes the word never so to use ever01:12:11
we need to pair ever with a verb in a01:12:14
sentence so we can't say i have ever01:12:17
just i have plus a verb we cannot say i01:12:21
have ever that's incorrect i have at01:12:23
some at any time or at all times it's01:12:26
it's redundant it's it's not necessary01:12:29
we can however use ever in a negative01:12:32
expression like i haven't01:12:34
ever been to france or she hasn't ever01:12:38
eaten cheese for example so we have to01:12:41
pair ever with a negative to make a01:12:44
response we use ever for present perfect01:12:47
tense questions and paired with a01:12:49
negative have or has to make a response01:12:53
to make a negative response so please01:12:55
keep those two in mind next question01:12:57
next question comes from rashke rush01:13:00
rashke rashkesh i'm sorry where do we01:13:02
use wanna and gonna and how ah this01:13:06
question is about the casual contracted01:13:08
forms of want to and going to so want to01:13:12
becomes wanna going to becomes gonna in01:13:15
casual speech we use them in exactly the01:13:18
same way we would use i want to i'm01:13:21
going to he wants to she wants to he's01:13:24
going to she's going to we use them in01:13:26
exactly the same way which means we use01:13:29
them in casual situations like i wanna01:13:32
take a day off or i'm gonna go to the01:13:34
beach this weekend or do you wanna see a01:13:36
movie tonight we use them in exactly the01:13:39
same way we use want to and going to01:13:43
but we use them in speech typically we01:13:45
don't write these unless we're writing01:13:47
very casual messages like text messages01:13:50
to our friends or something first01:13:51
question a lot of you have asked about01:13:53
what to do to get a voice that sounds01:13:56
like mine when i'm making these videos01:13:58
i'm specifically trying to speak clearly01:14:00
so i'm clearly separating my words the01:14:03
way that i talk with my friends and the01:14:04
way that i talk regularly is a bit01:14:07
different than the way that i talk on01:14:08
this channel but if you want to try to01:14:11
get this kind of pronunciation the best01:14:13
advice i have is just to repeat this01:14:15
kind of pronunciation it depends on your01:14:17
goal if you want to learn to speak like01:14:20
me or to speak like somebody else that01:14:21
you really admire you should try to01:14:24
mimic them that's what i do and that's01:14:26
actually a strategy that i use when i01:14:28
study other languages as well so if i01:14:31
hear something interesting that a a01:14:33
vocabulary word that a friend has used01:14:35
like in japanese for example or they01:14:38
have a really good intonation or just01:14:40
the way they deliver the way they say01:14:42
something is really uh interesting to me01:14:44
or i want to i want to be able to use01:14:46
that too i put that in my head i think01:14:49
about that and then i try to replicate01:14:51
that i try to copy that essentially to01:14:53
make this explanation shorter01:14:55
mimic if you want to learn to speak like01:14:56
me mimic me if you want to learn to01:14:58
speak like somebody else try to mimic01:15:00
someone else but just keep in mind that01:15:02
the way that i talk in these videos is01:15:04
different01:15:05
from the way that i talk in real life01:15:07
want to speak real english from your01:15:09
first lesson sign up for your free01:15:11
lifetime account at englishclass101.com01:15:15
next question next question is from suha01:15:18
how do we write a good paragraph number01:15:20
one you need to think about the position01:15:22
of your paragraph in your overall01:15:24
document let's think about writing a01:15:26
document in terms of three parts an01:15:28
introduction a body and a conclusion in01:15:31
the introduction section you need to01:15:33
introduce the key information your01:15:35
reader needs to know what they're going01:15:38
to read about later in your document so01:15:40
if your paragraph is in the introduction01:15:42
you need to think about how to introduce01:15:44
your information there01:15:46
second the body section of your document01:15:48
should be where you include your01:15:50
evidence your supporting materials your01:15:52
opinions01:15:54
any references that you have so if your01:15:56
paragraph falls in the body of the01:15:58
document you should have these themes in01:16:00
mind if your paragraph is in the01:16:02
conclusion of your document at the end01:16:04
you should be concluding or finishing01:16:06
your ideas it's typically a good idea to01:16:09
summarize the ideas you presented in the01:16:11
body and the introduction of your01:16:13
document in the concluding section two01:16:16
use transitions when you're writing it's01:16:18
good to transition from one sentence to01:16:21
another and to use good transitions01:16:23
between paragraphs themselves so some01:16:25
example transitions could be first01:16:27
second third or next then finally after01:16:32
that moreover additionally furthermore01:16:35
so transitions help the reader connect01:16:37
the ideas that you're presenting in your01:16:39
writing three avoid trying to include01:16:42
too much information in one sentence01:16:44
remember you need to try to present your01:16:47
ideas as clearly and accurately as01:16:50
possible so if you find you're just01:16:51
writing and writing and writing and the01:16:53
sentence is becoming extremely long take01:16:55
a moment and look at the goal of this01:16:57
sentence what are you actually trying to01:16:59
communicate if you need to break it into01:17:02
smaller sentences and connect them with01:17:04
transitions next question next question01:17:07
comes from garrison silva hey again01:17:08
garrison when can i use the expression01:17:11
take for granted take for granted this01:17:13
is an expression which we typically use01:17:16
in the negative like don't take01:17:18
something something for granted don't01:17:19
take blah blah blah for granted it means01:17:22
um01:17:23
don't forget to appreciate this thing or01:17:27
this person so for example don't take01:17:30
your parents for granted or don't take01:17:32
this opportunity for granted these01:17:34
expressions mean don't forget to01:17:35
appreciate these things or um don't just01:17:39
disregard your parents or don't01:17:40
disregard this opportunity you recognize01:17:43
the importance of something so if you01:17:45
are given a good opportunity for example01:17:47
or someone gives you good advice or a01:17:49
very nice gift perhaps we would01:17:51
typically use this um with the negative01:17:54
don't take something something for01:17:56
granted meaning don't forget to show01:17:58
your appreciation for that thing or for01:18:01
that person question comes from carla hi01:18:04
carla carla asks how do native speakers01:18:06
use to have i have seen i've i have got01:18:10
formal and informal sure we use the verb01:18:13
to have for a lot of different meaning01:18:15
there's a grammatical function for the01:18:17
verb have when we pair it with the past01:18:19
participle form of a verb like i have01:18:22
plus past participle to make the present01:18:24
perfect tense or i had plus past01:18:28
participle to make the past perfect01:18:30
tense so there's that kind of01:18:31
grammatical function of the verb have01:18:34
however if you just want to use the verb01:18:37
have in everyday situations like i have01:18:40
a phone or i have a camera or i don't01:18:44
have any money for example then to have01:18:47
in that case just means to own something01:18:50
or to hold something to be keeping01:18:52
something so please consider the01:18:55
sentence that you're looking at with the01:18:57
verb have in it if it comes before a01:19:00
verb in the past participle it's01:19:02
probably a past perfect or a present01:19:05
perfect expression if you're seeing01:19:07
something after the verb have01:19:10
like an object in my examples like a01:19:12
phone or a camera or money then it's01:19:15
probably referring to owning something01:19:17
or keeping something so those are01:19:19
probably two of the most common ways01:19:21
that you'll see the verb have and its01:19:24
variations in at least american english01:19:26
speech next question next question next01:19:29
question comes from daniel silvero hi01:19:32
daniel daniel asks what is the difference01:19:34
between wish and desire greetings from01:19:37
paraguay hey uh what is the difference01:19:39
between wish and desire wish is used to01:19:43
express a a wants when you want01:19:46
something that is different from the01:19:48
present situation so we often use it01:19:51
with i wish i were or i wish i could01:19:54
something we uh we want or an ability we01:19:58
want but that we do not have now01:20:01
something um for the future so i wish i01:20:03
could speak seven languages or i wish i01:20:06
had a million dollars or i wish i were01:20:10
taking more time off every week for01:20:11
example something that is different from01:20:14
the present condition the present01:20:16
situation we use wish or i wish you01:20:19
would call me for example i wish you01:20:21
would or i wish you could to express01:20:23
something that is not happening now01:20:26
desire on the other hand desire tends to01:20:29
be used more formally and it also can01:20:32
carry more romantic nuances it's not01:20:35
used as much conversationally as the01:20:38
word wishes wish is used to express01:20:40
wants things that we want that are not01:20:43
true now desire is used more um in01:20:46
romantic situations um like to desire01:20:49
another person01:20:51
or um he desired more of her time for01:20:54
example but it sounds unnecessarily01:20:57
formal i feel you might use it in a01:21:00
in a more formal like a business context01:21:02
like our client desires more information01:21:05
about the situation um that could be a01:21:08
different use of the word desire but in01:21:10
general it sounds a bit more formal and01:21:13
a bit more romantically charged at times01:21:16
depending on the situation when it's01:21:18
used if you're talking about a person as01:21:20
well like if you say for example i01:21:21
desire you it sounds actually quite odd01:21:24
at least in american english01:21:27
if you want to use the word desire i01:21:29
think in romantic situations it might be01:21:32
applied in a phrase like01:21:34
he was filled with desire or she was01:21:36
filled with desire used more as a noun01:21:38
than as a verb01:21:40
so i would recommend01:21:42
not using desire so much to talk about01:21:45
your wants uh as it can sound a little01:21:48
bit too formal or can give perhaps the01:21:50
wrong nuance to the situation but wish01:21:53
is used to express a a hope for01:21:56
something or wanting something that is01:21:58
different from the present situation so01:22:00
i hope that helps first question comes01:22:02
from ferris ghazali faris gazali how do01:22:05
i stop translating the meaning of01:22:07
english words in my head i can tell you01:22:09
about the things that have helped me and01:22:11
maybe they'll help you i put myself in01:22:14
situations where i could not escape into01:22:17
my native language in my case i could01:22:19
not escape into english i would go out01:22:22
like for food and drinks with friends01:22:24
who could not speak english i had no01:22:27
choice but to use a different language01:22:29
with them two something that i've01:22:31
noticed some of my students do that01:22:33
actually kind of bothers me they bring a01:22:35
dictionary to their lesson and they'll01:22:37
stop conversations in lessons to check01:22:41
words in their dictionary and say a01:22:43
single word at a time instead of just01:22:45
trying to find a different way to01:22:47
explain that one it totally stops the01:22:49
flow of conversation two you don't have01:22:52
really the option to do that in a01:22:53
conversation most of the time you're not01:22:55
going to be carrying around your01:22:56
dictionary with you i hope unless it's01:22:58
in your phone i suppose third i think01:23:00
that this is a chance to develop a01:23:02
better skill instead of trying to01:23:04
translate into english or to translate01:23:06
into a different language you should01:23:08
think about finding a different way to01:23:10
explain the word you want to use let's01:23:12
say for example that you want to use the01:23:15
word beautiful but you can't remember01:23:17
the word how would you explain that so01:23:19
think about other ways to communicate an01:23:22
idea even if you don't have the01:23:24
vocabulary word so going to your01:23:26
dictionary shouldn't necessarily be the01:23:28
first course of action it shouldn't01:23:30
necessarily be your first step think01:23:32
about a different way to communicate the01:23:34
idea you're trying to communicate think01:23:37
of examples to explain the word you're01:23:39
looking for and then the other person01:23:40
can teach you like if you're working01:23:42
with somebody or you're talking with01:23:44
somebody who understands you're not a01:23:47
native speaker chances are if you can01:23:49
explain the word you're looking for they01:23:51
will tell you they will be your teacher01:23:53
i just explain like with body language01:23:55
sometimes too if i don't know a word so01:23:58
another thing that really helped me was01:23:59
not just studying vocabulary words but01:24:02
actually approaching things as phrases01:24:05
so01:24:06
not saying okay this word equals this01:24:08
word in my language but rather here's a01:24:11
phrase that communicates a meaning that01:24:13
is interesting to me or that i hear my01:24:15
friends use a lot i'm going to use that01:24:17
phrase so don't just input input input01:24:20
start outputting too so i hope that's01:24:23
helpful for you next question next01:24:25
question from han yan hee han han yong01:24:28
hee nah01:24:29
hey alicia what's the difference between01:24:32
maybe probably perhaps and possibly01:24:34
great question maybe probably perhaps01:24:38
possibly okay maybe probably perhaps and01:24:41
possibly these are all adverbs they have01:24:43
the same grammatical function maybe01:24:46
probably perhaps and possibly maybe and01:24:49
perhaps are very closely related maybe01:24:52
and perhaps are they have the same01:24:54
meaning but just different levels of01:24:56
formality maybe is like the lower level01:24:59
the more casual version of the word01:25:01
perhaps so maybe i'll go to the beach01:25:03
this weekend and perhaps i'll go to the01:25:05
beach this weekend they have really the01:25:08
same meaning but perhaps sounds more01:25:10
formal probably however is different01:25:13
probably expresses a higher level of01:25:16
possibility than the other words on this01:25:18
list i'll probably go to the beach this01:25:20
weekend it's like a 75 to 80 percent01:25:23
chance the speaker is going to go to the01:25:26
beach this weekend possibly however01:25:29
possibly has more of a nuance of just01:25:31
that something can be done it is01:25:34
possible to do something we use possibly01:25:36
more in requests like could you possibly01:25:39
blah blah blah for me could you possibly01:25:41
send me this file01:25:43
possibly sounds a little too formal for01:25:46
casual conversations and invitations but01:25:49
if you're using it at work for example01:25:51
could you possibly meet me later this01:25:52
week instead of could you maybe meet me01:25:55
so the difference between maybe and01:25:57
possibly and perhaps they're01:25:59
possible has that root yeah possible01:26:02
able to so maybe and perhaps don't have01:26:06
that nuance possibly sounds like is it01:26:09
possible is it are you able to do this01:26:12
thing maybe and perhaps don't contain01:26:15
that nuance so uh to recap maybe and01:26:18
perhaps are used to express the same01:26:21
thing a chance of something happening01:26:23
perhaps is more formal possibly is used01:26:26
in a similar way however it refers more01:26:29
to simple possibility than is it is are01:26:32
you able to do that thing probably01:26:34
expresses a high chance of something01:26:37
next question next question is from wong01:26:39
jiang ik hi hwangjang says i'm curious01:26:42
what do you do and your days off you01:26:43
want to know how to do my days off my01:26:45
days i'm pretty normal my days off i01:26:47
cook i go jogging i sleep i i go listen01:26:52
to my favorite djs01:26:54
i see my friends i eat and drink and01:26:59
watch tv01:27:00
that's about it i'm a pretty normal01:27:02
person first question this comes from01:27:04
shunichi saito hi shinichi uh shinichi01:27:08
says i want to know what does though01:27:10
mean for example it's very expensive01:27:13
though i see the word though at the end01:27:15
of a sentence very often yeah a lot of01:27:18
you have sent this question in recently01:27:20
so i talked in a previous episode of ask01:27:23
alicia about using the word though01:27:27
t-h-o-u-g-h at the end of a sentence it01:27:30
means but at the end of a sentence and01:27:32
we use it kind of casually so when you01:27:35
see the word though t-h-o it's like an01:27:38
even more casual version of though01:27:43
t-h-o-u-g-h at the end of a sentence so01:27:45
you'll see this a lot on like social01:27:47
media01:27:48
you'll see this when you're on like01:27:50
facebook or twitter or instagram01:27:52
text messages maybe though just means01:27:55
but but at the end of a sentence so in01:27:57
your example sentence which was it's01:28:00
really expensive though it means it's01:28:02
really expensive but however it's like01:28:06
just putting that little but that little01:28:08
disagreement kind of feeling at the end01:28:11
of the sentence so it's sort of like a01:28:13
soft you know disagreement or a soft01:28:16
sort of difference of opinion though01:28:18
means though t-h-o means though01:28:22
t-h-o-u-g-h01:28:23
but it's just extremely extremely casual01:28:26
so for a little bit more detail you can01:28:28
check this video where i talked a little01:28:30
bit more about uh t-h-o-u-g-h01:28:33
at the end of a sentence with some other01:28:35
examples so i hope that that helps you i01:28:38
know many of you have asked that01:28:39
question lately next question the next01:28:42
person asked two questions so the next01:28:44
two questions are from essa warsiadi01:28:47
where where's sayadee i'm very sorry01:28:50
question one from isa can you explain01:28:52
through thorough though and thought they01:28:55
sound similar yes indeed they do sound01:28:58
similar and they even look similar in01:29:00
writing for sure however these words01:29:03
have different meanings and different01:29:04
functions in speech and in writing let's01:29:07
look at through to begin with though01:29:09
through means to pass01:29:12
into something and to come out the other01:29:15
side of something so for example to go01:29:18
through a tunnel or if you're looking at01:29:20
a document for example to go through a01:29:22
document means to read through read all01:29:25
of the content of the document from01:29:27
beginning to end so through something is01:29:30
to to begin at something and pass01:29:33
through all of the content to pass01:29:35
through everything and come out the01:29:37
other side or to complete something so01:29:40
we also use the word through to mean01:29:42
finished in american english like are01:29:44
you through with dinner or i'm through01:29:46
with my homework so through those are a01:29:47
couple of different ways we use the word01:29:49
through the second word thorough01:29:51
thorough so different from through01:29:53
thorough means um comprehensive thorough01:29:56
means completely thorough means well01:29:59
done it has typically a positive meaning01:30:01
so for example she was very thorough in01:30:04
her explanation of the word through or01:30:06
she was very thorough in her explanation01:30:08
of the word thorough sorry she was very01:30:10
thorough in her presentation meaning she01:30:12
gave a lot of information in her01:30:14
presentation thorough means well done01:30:17
containing a lot of knowledge a lot of01:30:19
information in something thorough so01:30:22
please be thorough in completing your01:30:23
homework or he wasn't very thorough in01:30:26
cleaning his room so thorough means well01:30:29
done completely done finished so01:30:31
considering everything considering all01:30:33
points of something even the small01:30:35
details is considered thorough so we can01:30:38
use thorough for presentations for01:30:40
activities that require small details a01:30:42
thorough safety check for example so01:30:45
these are actions that are done01:30:46
completely fully to the small details so01:30:49
that's thorough next word here is though01:30:51
though though you can think of though in01:30:54
the same way you think of the word but01:30:56
so it's used to contrast information01:30:58
it's used to express a difference in01:31:00
something so you could follow someone's01:31:02
opinion with an expression like though01:31:04
so for example i think summer is the01:31:07
best season though winter is pretty fun01:31:09
too so you can think of though in the01:31:12
same way as you think of but01:31:14
a though b so you're presenting a and01:31:17
then a contrasting opinion b01:31:20
and you're connecting those two ideas01:31:22
with though in the same way you would01:31:24
but so though though although is similar01:31:27
we use although and though and but in01:31:30
similar ways what's the difference but01:31:32
is much more casual and but is used much01:31:35
more in casual conversation in everyday01:31:37
conversation if you're writing a01:31:39
document a formal document or if you're01:31:41
making a formal statement you could use01:31:44
though in place of but so though shows01:31:47
contrasting information the last one on01:31:49
this list is thought thought thought is01:31:52
the past tense of think when used as a01:31:54
verb so i thought you were coming today01:31:56
or i thought it was going to rain later01:31:59
or i thought this was such a great01:32:01
afternoon thought is used as the past01:32:03
tense of think we can also use thought01:32:05
to refer to an idea as a noun so i had a01:32:08
thought for example or do you have any01:32:11
thoughts about this project so we can01:32:13
use thought as a verb past tense of01:32:16
think or as a noun to refer to an idea01:32:19
so again that's through thorough though01:32:22
and thought some of you might be01:32:23
wondering how do i remember which is01:32:26
which when i'm reading or when i'm01:32:27
listening01:32:28
you have to pay attention to the grammar01:32:30
of the sentence they all have different01:32:32
grammatical functions so you need to01:32:34
think about the grammar surrounding the01:32:36
word next question next question from01:32:39
han yon hee han han yon hee nah ni very01:32:42
sorry hey alicia what's the difference01:32:44
between maybe probably perhaps and01:32:47
possibly great question maybe probably01:32:50
perhaps possibly okay maybe probably01:32:53
perhaps and possibly these are all01:32:55
adverbs they have the same grammatical01:32:57
function maybe probably perhaps and01:33:00
possibly maybe and perhaps are very01:33:03
closely related maybe and perhaps are01:33:06
they have the same meaning but just01:33:08
different levels of formality maybe it's01:33:11
like the lower level the more casual01:33:13
version of the word perhaps so maybe01:33:16
i'll go to the beach this weekend and01:33:18
perhaps i'll go to the beach this01:33:19
weekend they have really the same01:33:21
meaning but perhaps sounds more formal01:33:24
probably however is different probably01:33:27
expresses a higher level of possibility01:33:30
than the other words on this list i'll01:33:32
probably go to the beach this weekend01:33:34
it's like a 75 to 8001:33:36
chance the speaker is going to go to the01:33:39
beach this weekend possibly however01:33:42
possibly has more of a nuance of just01:33:44
that something can be done it is01:33:47
possible to do something we use possibly01:33:49
more in requests like could you possibly01:33:52
blah blah blah for me could you possibly01:33:54
send me this file um possibly sounds a01:33:57
little too formal for casual01:33:59
conversations and invitations but if01:34:02
you're using it at work for example01:34:04
could you possibly meet me later this01:34:06
week instead of could you maybe meet me01:34:08
so the difference between maybe and01:34:10
possibly and perhaps they're um possible01:34:13
has that root yeah possible able to so01:34:17
maybe and perhaps don't have that nuance01:34:20
possibly sounds like is it possible is01:34:23
it are you able to do this thing maybe01:34:26
and perhaps don't contain that nuance so01:34:30
uh to recap maybe and perhaps are used01:34:33
to express the same thing a chance of01:34:35
something happening perhaps is more01:34:37
formal possibly is used in a similar way01:34:40
however it refers more to simple01:34:42
possibility than is it is are you able01:34:45
to do that thing probably expresses a01:34:48
high chance of something want to speak01:34:50
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next question next question is from01:35:00
muhammad sohail what is the difference01:35:02
between famous and popular great01:35:05
question famous is something that is01:35:07
well known many people know about that01:35:10
thing or that person beyonce is famous01:35:12
the statue of liberty is famous the01:35:14
eiffel tower is famous popular however01:35:18
means many people know about it and01:35:22
it is liked it has a positive image so01:35:24
like beyonce is popular or like a famous01:35:27
candy is popular like chocolate cake is01:35:29
popular it's a famous food and many01:35:32
people like it so popular is famous plus01:35:36
like a positive image sometimes we can01:35:39
use those two words for the same thing01:35:41
so beyonce is famous beyonce is popular01:35:43
but famous doesn't always mean they are01:35:46
popular so someone can be famous for a01:35:48
bad thing in that case though it's01:35:50
typically better to use the word01:35:52
infamous infamous infamous means famous01:35:55
for a bad reason so famous for something01:35:57
negative on to question two from isaf01:36:00
what does love to hate mean and when can01:36:02
i use it love to hate means it's01:36:05
something that you really really dislike01:36:07
but it's sort of enjoyable to dislike so01:36:10
for example this is an expression we can01:36:12
apply to reality tv so many people think01:36:16
reality tv01:36:18
is not very good entertainment or it's01:36:20
not very high quality entertainment01:36:22
however it's really really fun to watch01:36:25
so maybe for example you just hate a01:36:27
character on a reality tv show01:36:30
but somehow you enjoy watching that tv01:36:33
show too so something that you feel very01:36:36
strong dislike for and yet you really01:36:39
enjoy it at the same time that's01:36:41
something you can love to hate you love01:36:43
to hate that thing next question next01:36:46
question comes from oh you wrote the01:36:48
pronunciation of your name very nice01:36:51
itan iton i think okay hey alicia i hope01:36:54
you're well uh my level is intermediate01:36:56
they feel that they're stuck at the01:36:58
intermediate level and want to reach the01:37:00
advanced level they're watching lots of01:37:02
videos on youtube reading academic01:37:04
articles on the web but still feel that01:37:06
progress has somehow stopped could you01:37:08
give me some advice okay you say in your01:37:11
message that you feel your progress01:37:13
somehow has stopped i have been here too01:37:15
the intermediate plateau like you begin01:37:17
learning a language and it's like yeah01:37:19
i'm learning all these things and then01:37:20
you kind of like plateau you get to a01:37:23
level where things don't continue and01:37:24
you feel like progress goes much more01:37:26
slowly01:37:27
i would say in this case01:37:30
first identify how you feel your01:37:32
progress has stopped by that i mean like01:37:34
do you feel like uh your vocabulary is01:37:37
lacking or do you find that it's hard to01:37:39
listen to people and to understand what01:37:41
they're saying do you find it's hard to01:37:43
write um is it hard to to like to read01:37:46
things so first identify what is that01:37:48
thing that you feel like you're not good01:37:50
at and then start to approach your01:37:52
further studies with that as the focus i01:37:54
think that if you can think about your01:37:56
different skill sets your different01:37:57
levels in reading writing speaking and01:37:59
listening you can identify which of01:38:01
those four things is weakest for you and01:38:04
start there so when you feel your01:38:06
progress has stopped think like okay01:38:08
what am i not good at doing and then01:38:09
focus your time there so maybe that's a01:38:12
helpful first step for you hope that01:38:14
helped this week's first question is a01:38:16
question from01:38:17
bahar bahar behar i'm very sorry hi01:38:20
alicia i'd like to learn about as and01:38:23
like what's the difference between them01:38:25
to begin with like is a preposition01:38:28
remember prepositions are words we use01:38:30
to show relationships to other words or01:38:33
to position the elements in a sentence01:38:36
so for example at and by and on are also01:38:39
prepositions the word like is a01:38:41
preposition however the word as is a01:38:44
conjunction a conjunction is a word that01:38:47
connects elements in a sentence so for01:38:50
example and but or for so these words01:38:53
are conjunctions that's point one we use01:38:56
like and as to make comparisons the01:38:59
general agreement on how to use like and01:39:02
as at this point in time is that if you01:39:04
are following the word like with a01:39:07
simple statement like a noun phrase you01:39:10
should use the word like if however the01:39:12
part that comes after the word like or01:39:14
as has a verb in the clause there's a01:39:17
verb in that part of this sentence you01:39:19
should use as to do that because as01:39:22
functions as a conjunction remember it's01:39:25
connecting the elements in a sentence so01:39:27
we should use like if there's just a01:39:29
simple phrase or a like a simple noun01:39:31
phrase something like that after like or01:39:34
as so to give some examples my co-worker01:39:37
eats like a pig in that case i've used01:39:39
the word like because after like comes a01:39:42
pig it's just a simple noun phrase if01:39:44
however i said my co-worker eats as if01:39:47
he were a pig i'm using a verb i'm using01:39:50
the verb were as if he were so we can01:39:53
use as in cases where we follow the01:39:55
statement with a verb we can use like in01:39:58
cases where we follow that statement01:40:00
with a simple noun phrase generally we01:40:02
use them both to make comparisons i'll01:40:04
say though that native speakers often01:40:06
make mistakes with this generally01:40:08
speaking though especially in spoken01:40:10
conversation and casual spoken01:40:12
conversation at least american english01:40:14
speakers tend to use like more often01:40:17
than as in everyday conversation i tend01:40:20
to use like i rely on like heavily for01:40:23
my comparisons in everyday situations01:40:26
it's like you were it's like he was it's01:40:28
like blah blah blah as i feel is more01:40:30
common at least among american english01:40:32
speakers in writing so you might see as01:40:35
if and as though both of those we can01:40:37
use to make comparisons like comes01:40:40
before a simple noun phrase as is used01:40:42
before something containing a verb yeah01:40:45
thanks for that question bahar next01:40:46
question next question comes from kiara01:40:49
chiara kiara kiara dr asks uh01:40:52
i'll help you studying and i'll help you01:40:54
to study what is the correct one thanks01:40:57
i'll help you something i'll help you01:41:00
do this so just the regular plain form01:41:02
of the verb i would suggest is probably01:41:05
the most natural choice thanks for the01:41:06
question though next quest john next01:41:08
question comes from sheriff sheriff01:41:11
ahmed sheriff ahmed okay should i use01:41:13
the singular or plural01:41:16
verb after colloquial names for example01:41:19
my team have won the match or has won01:41:23
the match ah okay in this case uh my01:41:25
team has won the match my team has won01:41:27
the match so use the singular form of01:41:29
the verb like same as like he has or she01:41:31
has my team has is the correct answer01:41:34
here next question the next question is01:41:36
from taylor taylor asks which one sounds01:41:38
better i read a newspaper every morning01:41:41
or i read the newspaper every morning01:41:44
nice question this is a question about01:41:46
articles this is just about being01:41:47
specific if for example there's a01:41:50
specific newspaper that you want to read01:41:52
like i read the abc newspaper every01:41:55
morning you should use the if it's not01:41:57
important to you to be specific about a01:42:00
newspaper and if you want to imply that01:42:02
you just read any newspaper every01:42:04
morning you can use a newspaper i read a01:42:07
newspaper every morning using the01:42:10
instead though shows that there's maybe01:42:12
a specific newspaper using the before uh01:42:15
newspaper in this case though sounds01:42:17
like there's a specific newspaper you01:42:20
read every morning if you say i read up01:42:23
newspaper every morning it sounds like01:42:25
you just choose any newspaper that's01:42:28
available to you on that day and you01:42:30
read that newspaper so using the shows01:42:34
that there's a specific or it implies01:42:36
that there's a specific newspaper you01:42:39
read every day you don't have to be01:42:41
specific about which one you can like i01:42:43
read the new york times every day or i01:42:46
read the guardian every day for example01:42:48
but if you say i read a newspaper every01:42:50
day it sounds like you don't choose the01:42:53
same newspaper each day that's the01:42:55
difference between these two phrases01:42:57
most people however do choose the same01:42:59
newspaper every day and so they use i01:43:02
read the newspaper every day you can say01:43:04
i read the news every day as well but01:43:07
using that set phrase the news it's like01:43:09
the news for the day i read that day's01:43:12
news every day or i read the previous01:43:14
day's news every day so usually we say01:43:17
the news we don't use a news it sounds a01:43:20
little strange to use on news so the01:43:22
same sort of thing applies to a01:43:24
newspaper most people choose the same01:43:26
newspaper every day so we say the01:43:28
newspaper instead of a newspaper but01:43:31
thanks for that question taylor nice01:43:32
next question next question comes from01:43:34
jeffrey hi jeffrey jeffrey asks01:43:36
sometimes i watch movies and some01:43:39
characters say you wish with a very01:43:41
angry attitude or i wish in other01:43:44
situations01:43:45
what do these two sentences mean and how01:43:49
do i use it aha interesting question01:43:52
okay when someone responds with you wish01:43:55
to a negative suggestion it's like01:43:58
they're01:43:59
mutually together they're recognizing01:44:02
that they don't like each other so01:44:04
usually the first character will say01:44:05
something like make a negative01:44:07
suggestion like you should01:44:09
uh you should leave town and get a01:44:11
different job like leave us alone01:44:12
something like that and then the other01:44:14
character will say yeah you wish like01:44:17
yes this this character recognizes you01:44:19
want me to do that yes but i'm not going01:44:21
to do that in other words so it's sort01:44:23
of like a challenge so this person says01:44:25
like this negative suggestion the other01:44:28
person recognizes this suggestion says01:44:30
no i'm not going to do that but i know01:44:33
you want me to do that so you wish in01:44:36
this way means it's like a negative01:44:38
challenge they're kind of fighting01:44:40
recognizing they dislike each other so01:44:42
that's one the other one what was the01:44:44
other one so i wish we talked about i01:44:47
wish in the previous the previous01:44:49
episode of ask alicia so please check01:44:51
that out but essentially i wish refers01:44:54
to something that01:44:56
we cannot do now or something that is01:44:58
different from the present situation but01:45:00
we want uh we want to happen or we want01:45:02
to be able to do so please check the01:45:04
last episode of ask alicia for more01:45:07
about i wish like the positive next01:45:10
question next question comes from brain01:45:12
bryant ryan i'm very sorry hey alicia01:45:14
what's your height i am 1000 centimeters01:45:17
tall or maybe i'm six centimeters tall01:45:20
and this whole thing has just been01:45:21
scanned the entire time next question01:45:24
next question comes from bowie dente01:45:26
bowie bowie bender01:45:30
when can i use ever in a present perfect01:45:33
sentence like i have ever ever means at01:45:36
any time or at all times you can use01:45:39
ever when you're asking a question like01:45:41
have you ever blah blah have you ever01:45:43
been to france have you ever eaten ramen01:45:45
have you ever taken a trip to the01:45:47
mountains for example we can use ever01:45:50
when making questions that's one but01:45:52
because ever means at all time or at any01:45:55
time01:45:56
we may not use it to answer a question01:45:58
like that have you ever blah blah blah01:46:00
we usually say yes or no in that in01:46:03
response to that we can say i have never01:46:06
ever taken a trip to france or i have01:46:09
never ever forgotten my keys for example01:46:12
i have never ever blah blah blah but in01:46:14
that case it still means never an01:46:16
expression like never ever just01:46:19
emphasizes the word never so to use ever01:46:22
we need to pair ever with a verb in a01:46:24
sentence so we can't say i have ever01:46:28
just i have plus a verb we cannot say i01:46:31
have ever that's incorrect i have at01:46:34
some at any time or at all times it's01:46:37
it's redundant it's it's not necessary01:46:40
we can however use ever in a negative01:46:43
expression like i haven't ever been to01:46:46
france or she hasn't ever eaten cheese01:46:50
for example so we have to pair ever with01:46:53
a negative to make a response we use01:46:56
ever for present perfect tense questions01:46:59
and paired with a negative have or has01:47:02
to make a response to make a negative01:47:04
response so please keep those two in01:47:06
mind first question from harley passoth01:47:09
harley paso paso passport i'm very sorry01:47:12
harley asks what is the use of get plus01:47:15
adverb or preposition for example i get01:47:19
down this is a question about phrasal01:47:21
verbs with get we can use a lot of01:47:24
different things after the word get in01:47:26
your example to get down we use it when01:47:28
dancing for example like i want to get01:47:31
down this weekend it's sort of an01:47:33
old-fashioned expression though to get01:47:35
down we can use a lot of different uh01:47:37
words after the verb get though for01:47:40
example get into to get into something01:47:42
means to become interested in something01:47:44
you might hear to get at like get at me01:47:47
or get at your professor to get at means01:47:49
to reach out to or to communicate with01:47:52
but it's a very casual expression you01:47:54
can say get after like i need to get01:47:56
after my homework for example it means01:47:58
to like chase after or try to do01:48:00
something also to get in like to get01:48:03
into a club to get into a restaurant to01:48:05
get into a party the nuance is that01:48:07
something is challenging but you can01:48:10
gain access to that thing like i got01:48:12
into the party last night but i wasn't01:48:14
on the list there are a lot of different01:48:15
uses of the word get i can't talk about01:48:18
all of them in this video because there01:48:20
are so many so if you're curious about01:48:23
the various phrasal verbs that we can01:48:25
use with the word get check out a01:48:27
dictionary that's a really good place to01:48:30
start next question comes from01:48:32
alexander hi alexander alexander says hi01:48:35
alicia what's the difference between the01:48:37
words intelligent smart and clever01:48:41
intelligent and smart have the same01:48:43
meaning they mean someone who has a lot01:48:45
of knowledge01:48:46
and the image is that they got it from01:48:49
like books from studying from classrooms01:48:51
from lectures intelligent and smart they01:48:54
have that same feeling about them but01:48:56
intelligence sounds more formal smart is01:48:59
used a lot among young people who have01:49:01
good academic abilities for example01:49:04
clever also means that someone has a lot01:49:06
of knowledge but the idea with clever01:49:09
maybe they have knowledge from books and01:49:11
classes yes but their knowledge is from01:49:13
world experience so they're really good01:49:16
with like people in situations and they01:49:18
can think quickly maybe and they have01:49:20
good ideas that's someone who is clever01:49:23
sometimes clever has the image of being01:49:26
a little bit like sneaky too want to01:49:28
speak real english from your first01:49:30
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next question next question comes from01:49:39
long and longan asks what is the01:49:41
difference between simple past tense and01:49:44
past continuous tense or past01:49:46
progressive tense simple past tense we01:49:49
use for actions that started and ended01:49:52
in the past so the beginning of the01:49:54
action and the end of the action01:49:56
happened in the past so for example the01:49:58
sentence i ate breakfast is a simple01:50:00
past tense statement i ate breakfast01:50:03
eight is the simple past tense the past01:50:05
continuous tense however or the past01:50:07
progressive tense is something we use to01:50:10
talk about an action that was continuing01:50:13
at a specific point in time in the past01:50:15
if i want to use the past progressive01:50:17
tense i can say i was eating breakfast01:50:20
using that continuous tense using that01:50:22
progressive tense implies i want to01:50:25
explain something else that happened at01:50:27
that time or maybe i want to add some01:50:30
more information so for example i was01:50:32
eating breakfast at eight o'clock this01:50:34
morning or i was eating breakfast when01:50:36
the phone rang or i was eating breakfast01:50:39
and watching tv at the same time i was01:50:42
eating breakfast while studying today by01:50:44
using the past progressive i am01:50:46
explaining that an action was continuing01:50:48
at a specific point in time as in the01:50:50
example i was eating breakfast at eight01:50:52
o'clock or i can use past progressive to01:50:55
show one action was happening at the01:50:57
same time as another action in the past01:51:01
if i use just the simple past tense i'm01:51:03
just saying a simple fact in other words01:51:05
this action happened i ate breakfast at01:51:08
eight o'clock um if i want to emphasize01:51:11
the continuous nature of the action for01:51:14
some reason like i was eating breakfast01:51:15
at eight o'clock i can use the past01:51:17
progressive tense in that case it might01:51:20
be in response to a question like what01:51:22
were you doing at eight o'clock this01:51:24
morning so if someone wants to ask maybe01:51:26
uh what you were doing at a specific01:51:28
point in time like someone is suspicious01:51:30
of you like what were you doing last01:51:31
night you can say like oh i was having01:51:34
dinner with my friends last night but01:51:36
past ten simple past tense is something01:51:38
we use for actions which start uh and01:51:40
finish uh in the past but progressive01:51:43
the progressive tense and past can be01:51:45
used to emphasize the continuing nature01:51:48
of that situation or that action first01:51:51
question this week comes from eduardo hi01:51:53
eduardo could you explain please how to01:51:55
use the expressions one at all two kind01:51:59
of three actually for a big picture sure01:52:03
number one at all we use at all as an01:52:06
emphasis phrase after negative01:52:08
statements i don't want to study at all01:52:10
today he doesn't like me at all we can01:52:12
also use this expression in question01:52:14
question two about kind of it depends on01:52:17
which expression you mean there's kind01:52:20
of which can mean a little bit or01:52:23
somewhat i kind of want to eat01:52:24
vietnamese food for dinner you'll also01:52:26
notice that the pronunciation there01:52:28
changes to kinda kinda01:52:30
not kind of but kinda kinda depending on01:52:33
the way the sentence is made though kind01:52:35
of can also refer to types of something01:52:38
what kind of ice cream do you like they01:52:40
don't know what kind of house they want01:52:41
here kind of means type so they don't01:52:44
know what kind of house they want they01:52:46
don't know what kind of food they want01:52:47
to eat for dinner for example so check01:52:49
to see which way kind of is being used01:52:51
if it's coming before a verb like i kind01:52:54
of want to eat or i kind of want to go01:52:56
then it probably means a little bit but01:52:58
if it's coming before a noun then it01:53:00
probably means type of noun so hope that01:53:03
helps third question about the word01:53:04
actually actually right we use the word01:53:07
actually when we want to explain the01:53:09
real situation as we understand it so01:53:13
people like to use actually actually to01:53:16
introduce their opinion as though it's01:53:19
fact sometimes so some examples of this01:53:21
actually i don't live in the united01:53:23
states i don't think he actually likes01:53:25
chocolate so in these ways we're01:53:27
introducing a real situation as we01:53:29
understand it we use actually to do that01:53:32
your fourth question is about uh big01:53:35
picture big picture is used to talk01:53:38
about a broad idea of something so going01:53:41
away from a small detail and talking01:53:44
about like the entire situation at one01:53:47
time i know you think studying01:53:49
vocabulary is boring but look at the big01:53:51
picture it's important to know small01:53:53
details he's losing sight of the big01:53:55
picture he's wasting time and money so01:53:57
the big picture is kind of like maybe01:53:59
the the bigger situation hope that helps01:54:02
next question next question comes from01:54:05
yasin ya yasi yasin i'm very sorry01:54:07
what's the difference between on time01:54:10
and in time is it you arrived just on01:54:13
time or you arrived just in time we use01:54:16
on time to refer to doing something at01:54:20
the correct time doing something at a01:54:22
scheduled time so for example i need to01:54:25
get to work on time meaning at the01:54:28
correct time or did you make it to your01:54:31
appointment on time in time however is01:54:34
used when we want to kind of give a01:54:36
nuance of rushing or hurrying for01:54:38
something i need to leave my house now01:54:40
to get to the airport in time for my01:54:43
flight i need to study for my test now01:54:45
if i want to be in time for the party01:54:47
later you should probably leave now if01:54:49
you want to be in time for the movie in01:54:51
time for something else so i want to do01:54:55
action a to make my schedule meet this01:54:59
other condition this other thing i would01:55:01
like to do or this other thing i need to01:55:03
do in time for has the nuance of a01:55:06
deadline we can use this expression in01:55:08
like a panic like oh my gosh i'm not01:55:10
going to make it in time like to submit01:55:12
a paper i'm not going to make it in time01:55:14
in time means like before the deadline01:55:17
whereas on time has the meaning of01:55:19
completing an action or completing01:55:21
something at a scheduled time next01:55:24
question next question is from wan fang01:55:26
chen hi wong friend hey alicia what does01:55:28
you just made my day mean i heard this01:55:31
phrase but i don't fully understand it01:55:33
yeah so you made my day is a really01:55:35
positive phrase you can imagine this as01:55:38
you just made my day much better but we01:55:41
don't say much better so we use this01:55:43
when someone gives us good news we can01:55:45
say you just made my day or you made my01:55:48
day just sounds like something happened01:55:50
very recently you just made my day a01:55:53
raise you just made my day we get to01:55:55
take the afternoon off you just made my01:55:57
day those are situations where someone01:55:59
is really happy and wants to express01:56:02
that the other person improved their day01:56:04
in that moment nice expression next01:56:06
question the next question comes from01:56:09
gerson silva hi what is the difference01:56:11
between shade and shadow oh great this01:56:15
is a great question both of these words01:56:17
can be used to refer to a place that is01:56:20
darker than its surroundings because01:56:23
there's an object that is blocking the01:56:25
light we can say there's shade over01:56:27
there or there's a shadow over there in01:56:29
that sentence they are used the same01:56:31
however shadow refers to the dark shape01:56:34
only so a person can cast a shadow we01:56:37
use cast the verb cast with a shadow i01:56:40
cast a shadow when i stand in the sun01:56:43
for example shade however as a noun01:56:45
refers to or has the nuance of a kind of01:56:48
shelter so shelter provided by some01:56:51
other object shelter from the light01:56:53
shelter from the sun so we would say01:56:56
stand in the shade because shade has the01:56:58
nuance of shelter we would not say stand01:57:01
in the shadow shadow does not carry the01:57:04
nuance of shelter in the way that shade01:57:06
does interestingly enough though shade01:57:09
and shadow are both used as verbs as01:57:11
well to shadow something means to follow01:57:14
something closely to shadow someone at01:57:16
work means to follow someone at work and01:57:18
and try to understand their job for01:57:20
example shade is used as a verb to mean01:57:23
to create shelter from light for example01:57:26
the canopy shaded us from the sun01:57:29
shade also has some interesting uses you01:57:31
might hear the slang phrase to throw01:57:34
shade throwing shade is a really01:57:36
interesting slang expression that we use01:57:38
which means to communicate disrespect or01:57:41
to to communicate like contempt uh bad01:57:44
feelings for something when you're01:57:46
speaking generally in most cases when01:57:48
you want to talk about a dark cool area01:57:51
we should say shade stand in the shade01:57:53
when you want to talk only about the01:57:55
dark area that dark object use shadow01:57:58
next question comes from kelso moreno01:58:01
you wrote your name in all caps back to01:58:02
back what does it mean sometimes i hear01:58:04
it in baseball games01:58:06
do you know yes i do know the expression01:58:08
back to back means one thing after01:58:10
another so we have two things sometimes01:58:13
more back to back to back you can put01:58:15
that in a line it means um in baseball01:58:18
for example like one home run after01:58:20
another we could say two home runs back01:58:24
to back two or more things happening01:58:26
quickly in succession it's used a lot in01:58:29
sports next question actually two01:58:31
questions from danny hi danny danny's01:58:33
first question is you talked about lit01:58:36
as slang yes i talked about lit in01:58:38
episode 2 episode 1 episode 2 of ask01:58:41
alicia can you please talk about the01:58:43
verb light and using it in active and01:58:46
passive sure light means to start a fire01:58:49
so to light a fire to light a candle01:58:51
some examples of active and passive01:58:53
voice with this verb then why don't we01:58:55
light some candles for dinner tonight01:58:57
all the candles in the restaurant were01:58:58
lit on our camping trip my neighbors lit01:59:00
a fire and we brought uh hamburgers to01:59:03
make a fire was lit in the campsite01:59:05
while we were gone i was going to light01:59:07
a fire but i fell asleep so to light01:59:09
means to start a fire he lit the house01:59:12
on fire we can say to light blah blah01:59:14
blah on fire so there are a few01:59:16
different examples of using the verb01:59:18
light in active and in passive past01:59:21
tense future tense as well so i hope01:59:23
that that's helpful danny's second01:59:25
question can you talk about ride and its01:59:27
uses like take someone for a ride can i01:59:30
take a ride riot is another verb that01:59:32
has a lot of different uses you use the01:59:35
example to take someone for a ride means01:59:37
to drive together with someone to go for01:59:41
a ride has the nuance of doing something01:59:43
just for fun it's just for fun i want to01:59:45
take a ride to a location i want to take01:59:48
a ride to the mountains this weekend or01:59:50
take a ride to the beach but to take01:59:52
someone for a ride means to invite01:59:55
someone to drive somewhere with you in a01:59:58
car that's one way to use ride you can02:00:00
also say give me a ride can you give me02:00:03
a ride so this is a request expression i02:00:05
don't have a car my friend has a car i02:00:07
want my friend to take me in their car02:00:10
to a location i can say can you give me02:00:13
a ride to the movie theater can you give02:00:15
me a ride to the lake give me a ride is02:00:18
a request so give me a ride in your car02:00:22
so there are a lot of uses of ride if02:00:25
you want to see all of them or if you02:00:26
want to see more of them i recommend02:00:28
checking a dictionary there are quite a02:00:30
few and i can't talk about them all in02:00:32
this video so please check a dictionary02:00:34
next question is from anderson sousa02:00:37
anderson salsa hi anderson anderson asks02:00:39
hi alicia how are you doing i'm reading02:00:41
harry potter and i just saw the sentence02:00:44
goodnight harry how do you pronounce02:00:45
goodnight yeah good night we sometimes02:00:49
say goodnight goodnight so that02:00:52
in good02:00:53
is dropped we remove that good sound and02:00:55
we say good night good night so good02:00:57
night that's how you say it hope that02:00:59
helps next question okay next question02:01:02
is from femme femme02:01:04
what does you're too good to be true02:01:06
mean is it good or not maybe you've02:01:08
heard this in a famous song you're too02:01:10
good to be true can't take my eyes off02:01:12
of you in that case it's a good meaning02:01:15
a different way to say this expression02:01:17
is you are so good you are so amazing02:01:20
that i can't believe you're real so in02:01:23
other words something must be wrong02:01:25
there must be some problem with you it's02:01:28
not possible for you to be real because02:01:31
you are so good you are so great so02:01:33
you're too good to be true it's like02:01:36
wow i'm amazed by you so it's a good02:01:38
expression if however maybe in a more02:01:42
uncommon situation someone said like ah02:01:44
this guy's too good to be true like02:01:46
maybe reviewing a job application for02:01:48
example uh this girl she's too good to02:01:51
be true like if it's said in that way02:01:53
maybe there's something suspicious about02:01:55
that person this doesn't seem right02:01:57
there's just too much good information02:01:58
here there must be some problem with02:02:00
this person depending on the intonation02:02:02
it can portray either a very positive02:02:05
meaning or a very suspicious meaning in02:02:07
most cases however it's a positive02:02:09
meaning so if you heard this in a song02:02:11
for example it's probably a very02:02:13
positive kind of romantically nuanced02:02:16
phrase thanks very much for that02:02:17
question femme nice one next question is02:02:20
from oz rocha jr sorry i hope i said02:02:23
that right uh alicia how do we separate02:02:25
words in a text when we get to the end02:02:27
of the line your text formatting02:02:29
software should do that for you do you02:02:31
use word word should do that for you if02:02:34
you use just02:02:35
text or notepads02:02:37
there should be a word wrap function i02:02:40
don't know google it google it if that02:02:42
doesn't help you your second question02:02:43
though what is the difference in02:02:45
pronunciation between life and life or02:02:48
live for example02:02:50
my life is good and two i live in a big02:02:53
city right02:02:55
so02:02:56
life and the word that's spelled l-i-v-e02:02:59
as in your example i live in a big city02:03:02
have different pronunciations the vowel02:03:04
pronunciation of the i sound is02:03:06
different in life it's a very open sound02:03:10
lie02:03:11
like life life in the second word uh02:03:14
live the i sound is kind of tall02:03:18
it's very like kind of in your nose liv02:03:20
that's the first sound that's a bit02:03:22
different so li le lai le that's the02:03:25
that's the i sound that's different but02:03:28
then the consonant sound is also02:03:30
different the f in life02:03:33
so there's there's just air coming out02:03:35
of my mouth i'm not making any sound02:03:37
with my vocal chords there just life02:03:39
life with the word live however i'm02:03:41
making a v02:03:43
sound so02:03:45
that's the difference02:03:47
so i have to i have to use my vocal02:03:49
chords02:03:50
to make the02:03:51
sound so life02:03:53
no vocal chords live02:03:55
vocal chords used however do be careful02:03:58
live l-i-v-e can also be pronounced live02:04:01
so that v sound i talked about where you02:04:04
use your vocal chords plus that open i02:04:07
sound live so like a live performance02:04:10
for example so you need to pay attention02:04:12
to the grammar of the sentence to02:04:14
understand if it's live or live as well02:04:18
so life and live have very different02:04:21
pronunciations good one nice catch i02:04:23
hope you can practice those want to02:04:25
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next question rabia our shot rabia02:04:39
what's the difference between can and02:04:41
may i saw this on the dining like a02:04:44
champ cheat sheet and noticed these02:04:47
words were used for requests uh what's02:04:50
the difference can and may for requests02:04:52
in modern english in modern american02:04:55
english are used the same if i use them02:04:57
in a statement can refers to ability mei02:05:00
refers to permission please just be02:05:02
careful can and may are only used in the02:05:05
same way02:05:06
to make requests in modern american02:05:08
english next question is from harley hi02:05:11
harley hello again what is the correct02:05:14
use it's i have breakfast i have lunch i02:05:16
have dinner or i breakfast i lunch i02:05:19
dinner i dine ah nice question harley i02:05:22
use the i have lunch i have dinner i02:05:24
have breakfast version if you drop have02:05:27
you sound very posh posh means like uh02:05:30
fashionable sophisticated a bit rich as02:05:32
well so02:05:33
i'm not any of those things but saying i02:05:36
breakfast i lunch i dinner it sounds02:05:39
like you have a very high opinion of02:05:42
that activity in most cases at least in02:05:45
my life i don't have a reason to speak02:05:47
like that so i always say i have02:05:49
breakfast or i have lunch or i have02:05:51
dinner it's not incorrect to say i02:05:53
breakfast i lunch i dine but it sounds a02:05:56
bit unnatural in most everyday life02:05:59
situations you don't really need to talk02:06:01
with that level of formality i don't02:06:03
think next question next question is02:06:05
from ferris faris gazali ferris gasoli02:06:09
i'm very sorry ferris asks hey alicia02:06:12
can we use hasn't in an essay hasn't the02:06:15
contracted form of has not you can it's02:06:18
physically possible for you to use02:06:21
hasn't in an essay sure but if you use02:06:24
contractions in your writing it makes02:06:26
you in my opinion it makes you sound a02:06:28
bit less formal if you use the expanded02:06:31
form the un the non-contracted version02:06:34
you're going to sound a bit more formal02:06:36
a bit more polished i feel this does not02:06:38
only apply to the word has not and02:06:41
hasn't therefore this applies to all02:06:43
contractions really the answer is yes02:06:45
you can but i don't necessarily02:06:48
recommend it if you want to sound uh02:06:50
formal and polished thanks for that02:06:51
question now ferris next question what02:06:53
does the word lit mean what does the02:06:55
word lit mean lit is actually a slang02:06:58
word it's common slang among young02:07:01
people especially in the us right now uh02:07:04
maybe many of you know that uh the verb02:07:06
to light has the past tense uh lit lit02:07:09
is used to talk about for example a02:07:11
party or02:07:13
some kind of social gathering usually02:07:15
that's really exciting or that's really02:07:18
really fun or that's kind of crazy so02:07:21
lit using the past tense there you can02:07:23
kind of imagine that like a fire when02:07:25
you light a fire it maybe it gets bigger02:07:28
and it gets kind of wild a little bit02:07:30
crazy like there's a spark and then it02:07:32
starts so if you see the word lit like02:07:34
this party was lit it means it was02:07:36
really crazy it was really good it was02:07:38
really fun02:07:39
you can use it if you want but just keep02:07:41
in mind that really young people use02:07:43
that word i don't use that word for02:07:45
reference but again i'm not cool first02:07:47
question first question this week comes02:07:48
from i'm on again hi i'm on you send02:07:50
lots of questions thanks which one is02:07:52
correct i want rest or i want to take02:07:56
rest uh well you can say i want rest to02:07:59
mean in general just you would like to02:08:02
do nothing to relax02:08:04
um grammatically though i want to take a02:08:07
rest is correct or i want to rest both02:08:11
of those are correct however in american02:08:14
english we don't usually say i want to02:08:16
take a rest it's more common to say i02:08:19
want to take a break i want to take a02:08:22
break or let's take a break or can we02:08:24
take a break something like that is more02:08:26
common you can say i want to take a rest02:08:29
but again in american english rest is02:08:32
less common next question what is02:08:34
correct i thought you were gone or i02:08:36
thought you are gone i thought you are02:08:38
gone we need to use i thought you were02:08:41
gone here i thought you were gone so i02:08:44
thought past tense and you were is also02:08:47
past tense it's a past tense thought02:08:49
past tense situation um so please use02:08:52
passions yeah next question02:08:55
from gabriella hi gabriella uh hi alicia02:08:57
what is the difference between used to02:09:00
and used to in fast speech the02:09:03
difference in pronunciation yeah um02:09:06
basically when we're speaking quickly or02:09:08
i suppose even not quickly we tend to02:09:11
pronounce used to as used to the grammar02:09:14
doesn't change it's just the02:09:16
pronunciation changes because it's02:09:18
difficult to say used to very quickly i02:09:22
used to i used to it's very difficult to02:09:24
say so we just say used to instead i02:09:27
used to use a smartphone he used to play02:09:29
soccer we used to cook every day in each02:09:32
of these sentences i contracted used to02:09:35
to used to i think actually in most02:09:37
cases we probably do say used to instead02:09:39
of used to because it's quite difficult02:09:42
to say again this shouldn't really cause02:09:44
any communication problems used to and02:09:46
used to have the same meaning just02:09:48
different pronunciation ah next question02:09:51
also maybe about were and was why do we02:09:54
use if i were and not if i was this is a02:09:58
great question and actually a lot of02:09:59
native speakers make mistakes with this02:10:02
it's a small point to be fair but if you02:10:04
want to be correct you should always use02:10:06
if i were02:10:08
this is a grammar point it refers to the02:10:11
subjunctive mood the subjunctive mood an02:10:14
explanation of subjunctive is a bit02:10:16
beyond the scope it's a bit much for02:10:18
this video but we will always use if i02:10:21
were when the subject there is i in the02:10:24
conditional if i were we always use work02:10:27
you will hear native speakers say if i02:10:29
was if i was if you want to be extremely02:10:31
strict and extremely nitpicky um were is02:10:34
actually the correct one but if you use02:10:37
was if you make a mistake and you use02:10:38
was you will still be understood so um02:10:42
but yes this is related to the02:10:43
subjunctive mood in english next02:10:45
question from suinte02:10:48
i hope i said that right suente says hi02:10:50
alicia which word do you prefer using as02:10:52
an american america the united states02:10:55
the united states of america the u.s the02:10:57
usa or the states i only started using02:11:00
america to refer to my country when i02:11:03
moved to japan because the people around02:11:06
me used the word america to refer to the02:11:08
country but i think before that i said02:11:11
the u.s i used the u.s people would say02:11:14
where are you from the u.s why did i use02:11:17
the u.s because it's short and easy to02:11:19
say the u.s i don't want to say the02:11:21
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