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| 01:44 | everybody , welcome back to ask Alicia the weekly series | |
| 01:46 | where you ask me questions and I answered them maybe | |
| 01:50 | . Okay , let's get to your first question . | |
| 01:52 | First question . This week comes from it's meh Martello | |
| 01:57 | , it's memoirs , it's memoir says , when do | |
| 01:59 | we use the preposition to in a sentence in these | |
| 02:03 | examples , why do we use to ? She is | |
| 02:05 | now engaged to her longtime boyfriend and I gave birth | |
| 02:10 | to two healthy boys . Okay , this is a | |
| 02:13 | big question and a big answer . There are lots | |
| 02:15 | of reasons that we use to in sentences . Let's | |
| 02:19 | talk about a few first . We used to to | |
| 02:22 | describe movement . So for example , I went to | |
| 02:25 | France or he went to the office we used to | |
| 02:28 | before , the destination , the place that we are | |
| 02:31 | traveling to . So we used to talk about movement | |
| 02:35 | . We also use to in time expressions like she | |
| 02:39 | worked from 9-5 , it means until in these cases | |
| 02:43 | Or she jogged from 3-4 so we can use it | |
| 02:46 | to express time in this way . We also use | |
| 02:50 | to when we're using the infinitive form of a verb | |
| 02:53 | in a sentence . So for a reminder , the | |
| 02:56 | infinitive form of a verb is the base form , | |
| 02:58 | like the dictionary form , the kind that you find | |
| 03:00 | in the dictionary . So that's two plus the verb | |
| 03:04 | . There are many cases , there are many different | |
| 03:06 | grammar patterns , many different structures in which we use | |
| 03:09 | the infinitive form . So a few examples of this | |
| 03:12 | are we're going to buy lunch and he called to | |
| 03:15 | say hello . In other cases though the rules kind | |
| 03:19 | of disappear a bit , they fade away . It's | |
| 03:21 | not so easy to apply a simple rule . This | |
| 03:24 | is because these uses of two like the ones that | |
| 03:27 | you've shared in your example , sentences are actually from | |
| 03:30 | idioms or their parts of phrase , all verbs . | |
| 03:33 | These rules don't apply . However , when we look | |
| 03:35 | at two in phrase all verbs and in idioms . | |
| 03:39 | So you have to remember these kind of like separate | |
| 03:42 | vocabulary words , you have to memorize them the same | |
| 03:45 | way that you would vocabulary words . Unfortunately there isn't | |
| 03:48 | a clear cut rule for when to use to in | |
| 03:51 | cases like these . So for example , in your | |
| 03:54 | first example sentence she got engaged to her longtime boyfriend | |
| 03:58 | , The two in that sense is part of the | |
| 04:01 | get engaged to expression . That's an idiom to get | |
| 04:04 | engaged to someone . That's a set phrase . In | |
| 04:07 | the second example sentence she gave birth to two healthy | |
| 04:11 | boys too . In that sentence is part of the | |
| 04:14 | expression give birth to . So there are lots of | |
| 04:17 | set expressions phrase , all verbs and idioms that used | |
| 04:21 | to and you just have to memorize them like vocabulary | |
| 04:24 | words . They're like kind of independent expressions , independent | |
| 04:27 | phrases that you need to think about . So this | |
| 04:30 | is a quick introduction to a few uses of two | |
| 04:33 | and also just consider that sometimes there's not really a | |
| 04:37 | specific rule for the reason why two is used in | |
| 04:40 | an expression . It's just the vocabulary word or it's | |
| 04:43 | just the idiom . So a good way perhaps to | |
| 04:45 | practice this is read . I would suggest reading . | |
| 04:50 | And over time naturally you'll start to kind of get | |
| 04:53 | a feel for the expressions that used to and the | |
| 04:56 | expressions that use by or at or in or on | |
| 04:58 | and so on . Similar issues exist with other propositions | |
| 05:02 | for sure . So I would suggest reading as much | |
| 05:04 | as possible to help you identify the most natural choice | |
| 05:08 | of proposition . Um you can read novels , you | |
| 05:11 | can read uh news articles , you can read social | |
| 05:14 | media , post , whatever , make sure you're reading | |
| 05:16 | a lot and then you're kind of over time as | |
| 05:19 | I said get a feel for what should be the | |
| 05:22 | preposition used . So I hope that this helps you | |
| 05:24 | . I hope this was a good introduction to a | |
| 05:26 | few cases in which it is kind of rule based | |
| 05:29 | use of two but also just to give you a | |
| 05:32 | heads up , give you some information about these expressions | |
| 05:35 | that used to uh as kind of a set expression | |
| 05:39 | . So thanks very much for the question . All | |
| 05:41 | right , let's move on to your next question . | |
| 05:43 | Next question comes from Vinai Hive and I good night | |
| 05:47 | sis . How do we talk about simultaneous events in | |
| 05:51 | present continuous tense . Okay , uh to talk about | |
| 05:54 | two or more events happening right now . So two | |
| 05:59 | or more things that are happening in the present moment | |
| 06:01 | . You can try a pattern like one of these | |
| 06:04 | . I'm listening to music and working at the same | |
| 06:06 | time . Are you cooking and cleaning right now ? | |
| 06:10 | He's watching me while operating the camera . So a | |
| 06:14 | reminder these patterns are used for two actions that are | |
| 06:17 | happening right now at the same time . If you | |
| 06:21 | want to talk about actions that happen regularly like habits | |
| 06:25 | you need to use simple present tense . We don't | |
| 06:28 | use that I . N . G . Form for | |
| 06:29 | regular actions . We can only use these patterns for | |
| 06:32 | actions that are happening now so please keep this in | |
| 06:35 | mind . But I hope that this helps you describe | |
| 06:37 | simultaneous actions in the present . Thanks very much for | |
| 06:40 | the question . Okay let's move on to your next | |
| 06:42 | question . Next question comes from nellie . Hi nellie | |
| 06:46 | , nellie says hi Alicia . What is the meaning | |
| 06:49 | of educated guesses ? Thank you . Yeah sure . | |
| 06:52 | Great question . An educated guess is a guess that | |
| 06:55 | we make after doing research or after getting some information | |
| 06:59 | about the topic . So we can compare this to | |
| 07:02 | just a guess . So guess is just something that | |
| 07:06 | we come up with . We have an idea about | |
| 07:08 | something we share it . We make a guess about | |
| 07:10 | something . An educated guess . Sounds like something we | |
| 07:13 | actually thought about . We tried to find information to | |
| 07:16 | make our guests more accurate . So for example if | |
| 07:19 | I asked you who do you think will be the | |
| 07:22 | next president of the United States and you have no | |
| 07:25 | idea But you want to guess . You could say | |
| 07:27 | a famous person like Beyonce or something . So that's | |
| 07:30 | probably not a good strategy making a guest like that | |
| 07:33 | though . President Beyonce does sound pretty awesome . So | |
| 07:36 | making an educated guess on the other hand would require | |
| 07:39 | you to do some research . Who are the candidates | |
| 07:42 | ? What is their position on various issues ? Are | |
| 07:46 | they popular or not ? So after doing that kind | |
| 07:49 | of research and then sharing a guess but like choosing | |
| 07:52 | one of the candidates that would be an example of | |
| 07:54 | making an educated guess . So this is the difference | |
| 07:58 | between an educated guess and just a guess . Keep | |
| 08:01 | in mind that lots of people like to pretend to | |
| 08:03 | make an educated guess when they're really just guessing . | |
| 08:06 | So keep this in mind too . I hope that | |
| 08:08 | this helps you . Thanks for the question . Okay | |
| 08:10 | , let's move on to your next question . Next | |
| 08:12 | question comes from lin , hai lin lin says hi | |
| 08:16 | Alicia . I know we use a when it is | |
| 08:18 | followed by a consonant sound and use an when it | |
| 08:22 | is followed by a vowel sound . But I heard | |
| 08:25 | we pronounce a as a or uh depending on the | |
| 08:28 | consonant or vowel sound condition as well . I just | |
| 08:32 | put these rules together and I'm confused now . What's | |
| 08:34 | the difference ? For example , he is an or | |
| 08:38 | a uh european person or this is a or a | |
| 08:43 | one way street . Thank you so much . Ah | |
| 08:45 | Sure . Okay . First let's review the uh or | |
| 08:49 | a and an rules . We use the indefinite article | |
| 08:54 | A or uh before a word that begins with a | |
| 08:59 | consonant sound we use and before word that begins with | |
| 09:05 | a vowel sound . So a key difference here is | |
| 09:08 | sound be careful . This has nothing to do with | |
| 09:11 | spelling . So for example , an hour we use | |
| 09:15 | and there because our begins with a vowel sound , | |
| 09:19 | it starts with an H . Yes in spelling , | |
| 09:21 | but the sound is a vowel sound . Our So | |
| 09:25 | this is the rule for using A or a and | |
| 09:28 | an to answer your question . However , there actually | |
| 09:30 | isn't a rule for when native speakers use the A | |
| 09:33 | or a pronunciation , it's completely up to the speaker | |
| 09:37 | . So don't worry about what you've studied . You | |
| 09:39 | don't have to change anything there . So just keep | |
| 09:41 | in mind the native speakers will use a pronunciation for | |
| 09:46 | emphasis sometimes . So we do this when we want | |
| 09:49 | to emphasize that . Like there's a key difference in | |
| 09:53 | some situation . So here's an example . Let's imagine | |
| 09:57 | you are looking for your phone And I find one | |
| 10:00 | here and I say , hey , I found this | |
| 10:04 | phone . You might reply and you might say you | |
| 10:07 | found a phone , you didn't find my phone . | |
| 10:11 | So the reason that a native speaker would choose to | |
| 10:14 | use the A pronunciation there is to emphasize that I | |
| 10:19 | just found this phone in particular . I found a | |
| 10:22 | phone . Yes , it belongs to the category phone | |
| 10:25 | but it's not the speakers phone . So the speaker | |
| 10:28 | is making a contrast there . They want to like | |
| 10:30 | clearly show the difference between a phone and my phone | |
| 10:34 | . This desired thing and this thing you found are | |
| 10:37 | different . So that's the reason that they would use | |
| 10:39 | this a emphasis so that pronunciation as emphasis in that | |
| 10:43 | situation , Let's try one more example . Imagine we're | |
| 10:46 | co workers in this situation and I'm looking for a | |
| 10:50 | file . An important file and you offer to help | |
| 10:53 | me , you find a file that you think is | |
| 10:55 | correct and you show it to me and I go | |
| 10:58 | , uh yeah , you found a file , but | |
| 11:00 | it's not the file . So in that case I'm | |
| 11:04 | contrasting , I'm showing a difference . I'm emphasizing a | |
| 11:06 | difference between this file you found and the file that | |
| 11:11 | I'm looking for . In this case , I'm using | |
| 11:13 | the file to mean the file that we both know | |
| 11:17 | about . This file that we both are looking for | |
| 11:19 | right now , I'm using the a pronunciation to draw | |
| 11:23 | attention to kind of point out that this thing and | |
| 11:27 | this thing are different . So when I say a | |
| 11:30 | pronunciation might be used for emphasis , this is what | |
| 11:33 | I mean . So in some you can use either | |
| 11:35 | a or uh it really doesn't matter . It's up | |
| 11:37 | to you , but you might hear native speakers using | |
| 11:40 | that a pronunciation for the article when they're trying to | |
| 11:43 | emphasize a key difference between this thing and another thing | |
| 11:47 | . So I hope that this helps you . Thanks | |
| 11:49 | for the question . Okay , let's move on to | |
| 11:51 | your next question . Next question comes from Godson ernst | |
| 11:57 | pierre louis , Hello Godson ernst uh God's intern says | |
| 12:01 | I often hear two different pronunciations of the word neither | |
| 12:06 | and today I'd like to know which one is right | |
| 12:08 | for me , please thank you . Uh The answer | |
| 12:10 | is both both neither and neither are both totally acceptable | |
| 12:14 | pronunciations . There's actually a famous George Gershwin song . | |
| 12:17 | If you're familiar with George Gershwin , he wrote Rhapsody | |
| 12:19 | in Blue , he had some musicals . Anyway , | |
| 12:21 | he and his brother Ira did some like cool musical | |
| 12:23 | stuff . But there's a very famous example in their | |
| 12:26 | work that references this issue . So they have neither | |
| 12:30 | and neither is good examples are like potato and potato | |
| 12:33 | . Both acceptable or tomato and tomato . So there | |
| 12:37 | are different pronunciations for a few words and you might | |
| 12:39 | know some more , but they're both fine . They're | |
| 12:42 | both acceptable . You can use neither or neither . | |
| 12:45 | I would say personally , that probably in today's american | |
| 12:48 | english , we use neither . And for the other | |
| 12:51 | words that I mentioned tomato and potato , those are | |
| 12:54 | the more common pronunciations , but you can still use | |
| 12:57 | the other pronunciations if you like . So that would | |
| 13:00 | be my personal recommendation . But you can use both | |
| 13:04 | . They're both fine . So I hope that this | |
| 13:05 | helps you . Thanks for the question . Hi everybody | |
| 13:08 | . My name is Alicia . In this lesson I'm | |
| 13:10 | going to talk about could have should have and would | |
| 13:13 | have what they mean , how to use them in | |
| 13:16 | the negative and the differences between them . So let's | |
| 13:19 | get started first . I want to begin with could | |
| 13:23 | have let's look at the positive and the negative meanings | |
| 13:27 | of could have first positive . We use could have | |
| 13:31 | positive for something that was possible in the past . | |
| 13:36 | So to give kind of an image of this , | |
| 13:39 | if our conversation is happening now , when we use | |
| 13:43 | could have we're talking about something that had possibility in | |
| 13:49 | the past . Something we were able to do . | |
| 13:52 | For example , an example , sentence uh if I | |
| 13:56 | had known you were throwing a surprise party , I | |
| 14:00 | could have helped . I could have helped . So | |
| 14:05 | here could have shows us that this action helping was | |
| 14:10 | possible in the past . In this case , the | |
| 14:13 | speaker did not know some information . Uh and as | |
| 14:17 | a result this action did not happen . But it | |
| 14:20 | was possible at a point in the past , the | |
| 14:24 | speaker could have helped helping was a possibility in the | |
| 14:28 | past . So we used could have to express that | |
| 14:31 | possibility . The negative form however , expresses the opposite | |
| 14:36 | . So in the negative could not have expresses something | |
| 14:43 | that was impossible . Impossible . So not possible in | |
| 14:47 | the past . So here , if we want to | |
| 14:49 | give an image , it's something that was not possible | |
| 14:54 | . Something we were not able to do . Let's | |
| 14:57 | look at an example of this . No , that | |
| 15:01 | couldn't have been Sarah in the cafe just now . | |
| 15:05 | She's at the office . So here I'm using couldn't | |
| 15:10 | have could not have contracted reduced becomes couldn't So that | |
| 15:16 | couldn't have been Sarah in the cafe just now . | |
| 15:19 | In other words , it's impossible that just now we | |
| 15:23 | saw Sarah in the cafe , why she's at the | |
| 15:27 | office . So in this case maybe Sarah is the | |
| 15:30 | speakers colleague coworker . So we know Sarah is at | |
| 15:33 | the office . So we saw someone maybe who looks | |
| 15:36 | like Sarah at the cafe just now . But it's | |
| 15:40 | not possible . It was Sarah because Sarah at the | |
| 15:43 | office so we can say that couldn't have been So | |
| 15:48 | it's impossible that that was Sarah . So couldn't have | |
| 15:51 | been sounds much more natural than it's impossible that that | |
| 15:55 | was Sarah . So we couldn't have been or could | |
| 15:58 | not have been so positive form . Something that was | |
| 16:02 | possible in the past . So be careful in many | |
| 16:06 | contrasts . A key difference here is this is only | |
| 16:09 | about possibility . We're not talking about like a plan | |
| 16:14 | to do something or regret necessarily . We're only talking | |
| 16:18 | about possibility when we use could or could not here | |
| 16:23 | . So with this , let's move along to the | |
| 16:25 | next part . The next part I want to focus | |
| 16:28 | on should have So let's look at the positive form | |
| 16:33 | . Should have in the positive expresses regret for something | |
| 16:38 | we did not do in the past . So an | |
| 16:42 | image of this here , if our conversation is happening | |
| 16:45 | now , we want to talk about something we did | |
| 16:49 | not do in the past and that now , maybe | |
| 16:53 | we think , oh it's a good idea , like | |
| 16:56 | I should have done this thing , I did not | |
| 17:00 | do this thing in the past . That's why I | |
| 17:02 | marked it with an X here . So I did | |
| 17:04 | not do this thing but I feel bad now . | |
| 17:08 | I feel regret like I should have done that thing | |
| 17:12 | in the past . So an example , sentence of | |
| 17:15 | this , I should have studied more when I was | |
| 17:19 | in school here is this should have I should have | |
| 17:23 | and this action studied more . So in other words | |
| 17:28 | , the speaker did not study enough in the past | |
| 17:32 | . The speaker feels he or she did not study | |
| 17:34 | enough in the past , regrets that and wants to | |
| 17:38 | express the change . Like I wish I had done | |
| 17:42 | this thing . I should have studied more when I | |
| 17:46 | was in school . So here we have more . | |
| 17:48 | This is a common pattern which should have or should | |
| 17:51 | not have when we use more . It means I | |
| 17:54 | should have studied more than I did when I was | |
| 17:57 | in school . So here the speaker is regret , | |
| 18:01 | expressing regret , sadness about something they did not do | |
| 18:06 | . Therefore when we use the negative form , the | |
| 18:09 | speaker again expressed his regret yes , but they're expressing | |
| 18:13 | regret for something that happened in the past , something | |
| 18:17 | they did in the past . So I've marked it | |
| 18:19 | here with a check . This action did happen and | |
| 18:23 | we feel regret about that action . We feel bad | |
| 18:26 | about something we did in the past an example . | |
| 18:30 | I shouldn't have spent so much time playing video games | |
| 18:34 | when I was a kid . So here I've used | |
| 18:37 | shouldn't have . So should not have is how we | |
| 18:42 | make the negative form I've reduced . It shouldn't have | |
| 18:45 | shouldn't have in rapid speech , shouldn't have I shouldn't | |
| 18:49 | have spent so much time playing video games . So | |
| 18:52 | what's the action here ? The speaker played video games | |
| 18:56 | when he or she was a child . The speaker | |
| 18:59 | now regrets that the speaker says I shouldn't have spent | |
| 19:03 | so much time . I should have spent less time | |
| 19:06 | playing video games , so I could use positive . | |
| 19:10 | Should have I should have spent less time playing video | |
| 19:13 | games when I was a kid here . I shouldn't | |
| 19:16 | have spent so much time . So here a key | |
| 19:20 | point which should have is that we're expressing regret . | |
| 19:23 | Remember what could have we're talking just about possibility with | |
| 19:28 | should have were expressing a regret for something that did | |
| 19:31 | or did not happen in the past . So with | |
| 19:35 | this in mind , let's go on to the last | |
| 19:37 | point for this lesson . The last point , the | |
| 19:40 | last point rather is would have would have , so | |
| 19:43 | when we say would have we often say would have | |
| 19:47 | would have I mentioned here , we should have , | |
| 19:50 | we say it should have or shouldn't have same thing | |
| 19:52 | we could have , like could have or couldn't have | |
| 19:55 | is the correct pronunciation in fast speech . So when | |
| 19:59 | we talk about would have or when we look at | |
| 20:01 | would have and we look at the positive form , | |
| 20:04 | um , we use it to express a plan for | |
| 20:08 | something that did not happen . So we're talking about | |
| 20:12 | something in the past . So from a point in | |
| 20:15 | the past , something in the future at that time | |
| 20:20 | we had a plan for that thing or we thought | |
| 20:22 | something was going to happen , but in the positive | |
| 20:26 | form it did not happen . This is kind of | |
| 20:29 | tricky . Let's look at an example situation here . | |
| 20:33 | I would have arrived on time today , but there | |
| 20:37 | was terrible traffic . So I did not arrive on | |
| 20:40 | time . So first , here's my action . I | |
| 20:43 | would have arrived on time . So I had a | |
| 20:48 | plan or I had a desire . Um I was | |
| 20:51 | thinking I was going to arrive on time . So | |
| 20:55 | at this point in time I would have arrived on | |
| 20:58 | time today . Maybe we're thinking when I left the | |
| 21:00 | house , maybe this is where the action starts . | |
| 21:03 | My plan was to arrive on time . So , | |
| 21:06 | again , this is all happening in the past . | |
| 21:08 | My conversation is here . I was planning to arrive | |
| 21:12 | on time , but there was terrible traffic , terrible | |
| 21:16 | traffic means lots and lots of cars . It was | |
| 21:18 | difficult to drive or difficult to get to work so | |
| 21:22 | I did not arrive on time . I would have | |
| 21:26 | arrived on time , but I didn't because of terrible | |
| 21:29 | traffic . So this shows us this would have shows | |
| 21:32 | us all of this information . Everything here happened in | |
| 21:37 | the past on like a timeline . So I thought | |
| 21:40 | I was going to arrive on time , something happened | |
| 21:44 | and I didn't . So we can use would have | |
| 21:47 | to show like our thinking in this point would have | |
| 21:50 | in the past about a future action that is also | |
| 21:54 | in the past . So a couple of past points | |
| 21:58 | there at the same time . Okay , so let's | |
| 22:01 | compare this then to the negative form , the negative | |
| 22:05 | form that expresses the opposite . So we have a | |
| 22:08 | lack of plan or a lack of a desire . | |
| 22:11 | So lack of something means no plan or no desire | |
| 22:15 | . So lack of plan for something that happened in | |
| 22:19 | the past , It did happen . Yes . So | |
| 22:22 | we commonly use both of these to talk about other | |
| 22:27 | people's choices . Like when we're giving advice . This | |
| 22:30 | example sentence is a very common way that we use | |
| 22:33 | would not have or wouldn't have . Let's look if | |
| 22:37 | I were you , I wouldn't have quit my job | |
| 22:41 | before I found a new position . So here is | |
| 22:46 | my would not have , I've reduced it to wooden | |
| 22:49 | If I would not have quit my job before I | |
| 22:52 | found a new position . So that means if I | |
| 22:57 | were you , this is how we're beginning this . | |
| 22:59 | This is a very common way that this would have | |
| 23:02 | or would not have is used . So if I | |
| 23:05 | were you , I am not you . But if | |
| 23:08 | I were at this point in time in the past | |
| 23:11 | , my decision would not have been to quit my | |
| 23:16 | job . However , your decision was to quit your | |
| 23:21 | job . This did happen . You quit your job | |
| 23:24 | In my case , I would not have done that | |
| 23:27 | . So here in opposite to the positive form , | |
| 23:31 | I'm talking about a point in the past . Like | |
| 23:33 | if I were you just in general and I'm talking | |
| 23:37 | about a future decision I might make in this case | |
| 23:41 | , the person listening did choose to quit his or | |
| 23:43 | her job . I'm saying I would not have quit | |
| 23:46 | my job . That would not have been my decision | |
| 23:49 | for the future . So again , there's kind of | |
| 23:53 | this idea of two points in the past , like | |
| 23:56 | a kind of a general I guess a starting point | |
| 23:59 | in the past . If I were you in this | |
| 24:01 | case and some decision , some plan , some like | |
| 24:04 | desire or lack of desire in this case , in | |
| 24:07 | the negative form . So we use these , like | |
| 24:10 | I said to talk about like other people's choices when | |
| 24:13 | we're giving advice . Like oh if I were you | |
| 24:16 | , I would have done this in the past . | |
| 24:19 | So we use would have to talk about past decisions | |
| 24:24 | and maybe to talk about things um like if you | |
| 24:29 | if you were the speaker like things you might change | |
| 24:33 | , what would you do differently ? So we use | |
| 24:35 | this to talk about these sorts of past past decisions | |
| 24:39 | and give advice and talk about how we might make | |
| 24:43 | different decisions in the future . So this kind of | |
| 24:47 | expresses a desire or lack of desire . This one | |
| 24:51 | should have expresses regret in the past , could have | |
| 24:55 | expresses possibility . So this is just a quick introduction | |
| 25:00 | to the differences between these three expressions and their negative | |
| 25:03 | forms . I didn't write them not here , so | |
| 25:06 | it would not have . But if you have any | |
| 25:09 | other questions about this , please let us know in | |
| 25:11 | the comments . Um there are very similar , I | |
| 25:14 | know they sound very similar and it can be hard | |
| 25:17 | to understand how to use them but try to keep | |
| 25:20 | these three kind of themes in mind , possibility and | |
| 25:24 | regret and then kind of desire or advice here . | |
| 25:29 | So I hope that this helps you understand the differences | |
| 25:31 | between these three . If you have questions or comments | |
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| 25:58 | welcome back to top words . My name is Alicia | |
| 26:00 | and today we're going to talk about 10 modal verb | |
| 26:03 | patterns . Let's go . Can could you can , | |
| 26:09 | could you Okay , so this first one is can | |
| 26:13 | you or could you blah blah . So a lot | |
| 26:15 | of people ask , what's the difference between can you | |
| 26:18 | and could you , which one should I use ? | |
| 26:20 | If you're making a request basically you can use either | |
| 26:23 | one if you want to sound a little bit more | |
| 26:26 | polite . I would recommend you use could you , | |
| 26:28 | So if you're talking to your friends or your family | |
| 26:30 | member , you can say like can you help me | |
| 26:32 | with this or can you help me make dinner or | |
| 26:35 | can you buy some milk at the store or can | |
| 26:37 | you please fix your hair ? It looks weird if | |
| 26:39 | you want to be a little bit more polite . | |
| 26:42 | Like when you're talking to someone at work or talking | |
| 26:44 | to someone you don't know so well you can use | |
| 26:47 | , could you bobby block so could you please send | |
| 26:50 | me that vile or could you please tell me where | |
| 26:52 | the restroom is ? You can use those for more | |
| 26:54 | polite situations . Both of them are totally correct . | |
| 26:58 | Both of them are fine to use in most everyday | |
| 27:00 | situation , so it's up to you to decide how | |
| 27:03 | polite you want to sound . Okay example sentence , | |
| 27:06 | can you help me move this sofa ? I may | |
| 27:10 | might , I may might okay may and might this | |
| 27:17 | presents another very , very common question when you want | |
| 27:20 | to talk about your own plans as in this example | |
| 27:22 | sentence with a maybe or I might we have the | |
| 27:27 | same feeling . Yes . They both expressed something we're | |
| 27:30 | not sure about an upcoming plan that we're not sure | |
| 27:34 | about . But in american english today might tends to | |
| 27:38 | be more commonly used in everyday conversation . May tends | |
| 27:42 | to sound a little bit more polite , a little | |
| 27:44 | bit more formal when we're talking with our friends , | |
| 27:47 | we say I might go to the beach this weekend | |
| 27:49 | or I might go to a party to make it | |
| 27:51 | negative . We say I might not do that or | |
| 27:53 | I might not go to dinner after all . I | |
| 27:55 | feel kind of sick . So might tends to be | |
| 27:58 | used more in everyday conversation . Again , just as | |
| 28:01 | with can and could may and might are both completely | |
| 28:04 | correct . They're both fine to use . It's just | |
| 28:07 | up to you to choose how polite you want to | |
| 28:10 | sound . Ok , examples I might take a day | |
| 28:13 | off next week . Okay , what should I what | |
| 28:19 | should I ? Okay , This one focuses on the | |
| 28:23 | word should we use should to ask for advice and | |
| 28:27 | to give advice generally . So we tend to use | |
| 28:30 | this word in kind of close situations . You're asking | |
| 28:34 | somebody for help . Maybe you're asking for someone's opinion | |
| 28:37 | . So you can say what should I do if | |
| 28:39 | you are having trouble in everyday life situation or you | |
| 28:43 | can use this to make a more complex sentence like | |
| 28:46 | what should I get for dinner tonight ? Like to | |
| 28:48 | ask for someone's opinion ? Or maybe you can change | |
| 28:51 | as well the eye to something else to another person | |
| 28:55 | , what should he do or what should she do | |
| 28:57 | or what should they do ? You can change that | |
| 28:59 | i in the sentence to ask about someone's opinion regarding | |
| 29:03 | a third person regarding another party . So this is | |
| 29:07 | a very basic sentence . Yes . What should I | |
| 29:09 | this pattern ? But you can change it with these | |
| 29:11 | very , very simple small things to ask about others | |
| 29:15 | outside yourself . Another example , what should I make | |
| 29:18 | for dinner ? Okay , I think you should . | |
| 29:22 | I think you should . Okay , so here again | |
| 29:26 | . We're seeing should used in this case we're seeing | |
| 29:29 | I think you should . So that means we are | |
| 29:31 | seeing an advice pattern being presented here . This is | |
| 29:35 | something you can use to kind of softly and maybe | |
| 29:38 | a little politely express your opinion about something . In | |
| 29:42 | this case . I think you should is followed by | |
| 29:45 | a verb . I think you should verb . I | |
| 29:47 | think you should go . I think you should quit | |
| 29:49 | . I think you should stop eating so much junk | |
| 29:51 | food . You're giving some kind of advice to the | |
| 29:54 | listener . You can make this less polite by dropping | |
| 29:58 | I think so you make the sentence . You should | |
| 30:00 | you should do this , you should do that . | |
| 30:03 | That will make the sentence less polite . Including I | |
| 30:06 | think at the beginning of it makes it sound a | |
| 30:08 | little bit softer so it sounds a bit nicer . | |
| 30:11 | A little bit kinder examples . I think you should | |
| 30:14 | start exercising , shall we ? Shall we ? Okay | |
| 30:21 | , shall we ? This is another very common question | |
| 30:24 | . Lots of people like to ask about the difference | |
| 30:26 | between shall we and will we ? They are very | |
| 30:29 | different . You cannot use them interchangeably , shall we | |
| 30:32 | ? Is a polite way to suggest you do something | |
| 30:36 | . Maybe you've seen this in a romantic movie like | |
| 30:38 | shall we dance or shall we go for a drink | |
| 30:41 | ? Something like that . It sounds kind of polite | |
| 30:44 | . A little bit nice to say shall we instead | |
| 30:46 | of do you want to they have the same meaning | |
| 30:49 | though . Shall we sounds a little bit more formal | |
| 30:51 | . So shall we . And will we are sometimes | |
| 30:54 | confused by learners . Will we is quite different . | |
| 30:58 | Will we is asking a question about a future plan | |
| 31:02 | , like will we have to pay for this later | |
| 31:04 | or will we be in time for the movie ? | |
| 31:07 | Shall we is like suggesting you do something with another | |
| 31:12 | person Will we is saying something like oh my gosh | |
| 31:16 | I'm not sure about this future plan that we have | |
| 31:19 | together . Is it true ? Is it going to | |
| 31:21 | happen ? That's the difference between the two . Oh | |
| 31:24 | another point about this . Shall we tend to , | |
| 31:26 | we tend to use shall we or shall I , | |
| 31:29 | we don't really use shall he or shall she so | |
| 31:33 | often we tend to use it for our own activities | |
| 31:36 | . That's why you'll see shall we or shall I | |
| 31:39 | used more uh this is also true for an expression | |
| 31:43 | like shall you you don't see that shall is used | |
| 31:46 | together with some other person example shall we visit your | |
| 31:50 | parents for christmas ? If I I would if I | |
| 31:57 | I would this is a very common pattern . If | |
| 32:01 | I something I would A lot of people like to | |
| 32:04 | use this an expression like if I were you I | |
| 32:08 | would . So they like to ask should I use | |
| 32:10 | words , should I use was in a pattern like | |
| 32:12 | if I were you or if I was you , | |
| 32:15 | the correct answer is if I were you I would | |
| 32:18 | we use was in a pattern like if I was | |
| 32:21 | something something something to talk about a possible past situation | |
| 32:26 | when you want to talk about something that is not | |
| 32:28 | true now . So an unreal situation now like being | |
| 32:32 | you which is not true , not possible . Use | |
| 32:34 | work . If I were you it's not possible . | |
| 32:37 | So please use work in that case you can of | |
| 32:40 | course use this in other situations if I something I | |
| 32:44 | would , for example , if I lost my job | |
| 32:46 | I would find a new one or if I won | |
| 32:48 | the lottery I would buy a house . So you | |
| 32:50 | can use verbs in this pattern as well . Just | |
| 32:53 | keep in mind the verb form that you use if | |
| 32:56 | I won the lottery or if I ate a big | |
| 33:00 | dinner , we're using simple past tense in this verb | |
| 33:03 | form . So please make sure not to use like | |
| 33:05 | simple present tense or don't use an I . N | |
| 33:08 | . G verb form here . If I simple past | |
| 33:10 | tense I would blah blah . For example , if | |
| 33:14 | I had a bigger house , I would have dinner | |
| 33:15 | parties . So final point here , remember when you | |
| 33:19 | use this pattern to express something that is not true | |
| 33:22 | , not real . Like in my example sentence if | |
| 33:25 | I won the lottery I would buy a house , | |
| 33:27 | make sure you're using the correct verb form after would | |
| 33:31 | too if I won the lottery , past tense verb | |
| 33:34 | I would buy a house . The verb in the | |
| 33:37 | main clause is in the infinitive form so make sure | |
| 33:39 | that your verbs match this is a good one to | |
| 33:42 | study grammar with . Okay onward you must not you | |
| 33:48 | must not Okay here we see , A rule must | |
| 33:53 | is commonly used to express rules we don't use must | |
| 33:57 | so much in everyday conversation because it tends to sound | |
| 34:00 | quite strong . You will however , see must use | |
| 34:03 | an official rules like if you're traveling you're going to | |
| 34:06 | like the airport , maybe you are seeing some rules | |
| 34:10 | on a sign somewhere or you're seeing I don't know | |
| 34:13 | , maybe you're reading a contract something official . That's | |
| 34:16 | where you tend to see must used we use must | |
| 34:19 | in everyday conversation for super super strong things like you | |
| 34:22 | must do this or you must not do that . | |
| 34:24 | Maybe your doctor gives you some advice for example . | |
| 34:27 | So in general you don't see this in everyday conversation | |
| 34:30 | so much , but you should know when it means | |
| 34:33 | that you should take something seriously . Like an an | |
| 34:35 | official rule like you must not smoke in this area | |
| 34:38 | or you must stop eating junk food or you're going | |
| 34:41 | to get very very unhealthy or you must not forget | |
| 34:46 | your mother's birthday . That's actually very true . That's | |
| 34:50 | very strong situation . You must not forget your mother's | |
| 34:52 | birthday . You must not disappoint your mother . Exactly | |
| 34:57 | . Exactly . So these are all very , very | |
| 34:59 | important and strong things that we need to communicate . | |
| 35:02 | We do that with must you can also of course | |
| 35:05 | change your subject to he or she or they as | |
| 35:07 | well so that you're not just talking to you the | |
| 35:11 | listener or the reader , but you can use it | |
| 35:13 | to express something . Another person must or must not | |
| 35:16 | do . Example , passengers must show their passports to | |
| 35:20 | immigration officers . This must not be this must not | |
| 35:26 | be okay . This use of must sometimes is a | |
| 35:31 | bit challenging . The key with this use of Must | |
| 35:34 | is the use of must with B . So when | |
| 35:38 | we use must and be together , we're talking about | |
| 35:42 | a possible condition or a possible state in this example | |
| 35:46 | , we see it in the negative . This must | |
| 35:48 | not be something something something . So we use this | |
| 35:50 | in a situation like for example , you're looking for | |
| 35:53 | a place , you're using the GPS on your phone | |
| 35:56 | and you come to this place and you think seems | |
| 35:59 | correct . But by the restaurant I'm looking for is | |
| 36:03 | not here . We might say this must not be | |
| 36:07 | the right place . That means this is probably not | |
| 36:11 | the right place . Or this expression describes a very | |
| 36:16 | high chance that something is not true in the negative | |
| 36:20 | . When we use it in the positive for example | |
| 36:22 | , uh this must be the right place . I | |
| 36:24 | found the restaurant . It means there's a high possibility | |
| 36:26 | I am correct . So this use of must is | |
| 36:30 | when we use it with be to make the negative | |
| 36:32 | must not be to make the positive . This must | |
| 36:36 | be So you can use it to talk about places | |
| 36:38 | . You can also use it to talk about conditions | |
| 36:41 | . So for example , like when you look at | |
| 36:42 | answers on a test , you might think to yourself | |
| 36:45 | , this must be the correct answer or this must | |
| 36:48 | be correct . You can use both a noun and | |
| 36:51 | adjective after this to express that high or low condition | |
| 36:55 | of something being true example , this must not be | |
| 36:59 | the right place . It's closed . That can't be | |
| 37:05 | that can't be Okay . That can't be this is | |
| 37:09 | the reduced form of that cannot be . This means | |
| 37:13 | it's impossible . So some condition or some state is | |
| 37:16 | impossible . This is different from must not be because | |
| 37:20 | must not be expresses . That there's a very , | |
| 37:23 | very low chance that something is true , that can't | |
| 37:26 | be expresses , that something is completely impossible . There | |
| 37:30 | is zero chance that something is true . So , | |
| 37:33 | for example , if I think I see my co | |
| 37:36 | worker at the coffee shop , but I know my | |
| 37:38 | coworker is at the office , I might think to | |
| 37:40 | myself that can't be resa she's at the office today | |
| 37:45 | . Maybe she looks just like my coworker , but | |
| 37:47 | I know it's not possible expressed that with can't be | |
| 37:51 | This is quite different from that must not be because | |
| 37:54 | must not be expresses . There's still a little bit | |
| 37:57 | of a chance that that is true . Can't be | |
| 38:00 | expresses that it is completely impossible . Interestingly , we | |
| 38:04 | don't really use this in the positive for much . | |
| 38:06 | We don't say this can be correct . We tend | |
| 38:08 | to say this could be correct . We don't really | |
| 38:11 | use this . This can be pattern . So if | |
| 38:14 | you want to express something is impossible , completely impossible | |
| 38:17 | . Use this can't be also couldn't be is acceptable | |
| 38:22 | here . But when you want to express that something | |
| 38:24 | is just possible . Use could be not can be | |
| 38:27 | interesting point . Okay , example , that can't be | |
| 38:31 | the right file . The data is totally different . | |
| 38:35 | We shouldn't we shouldn't Okay , so here we're using | |
| 38:42 | should again , this time in the negative shouldn't is | |
| 38:45 | the reduced form should not become shouldn't In this case | |
| 38:49 | we're using it with the subject . We meaning something | |
| 38:51 | you and I together should not do so . Again | |
| 38:55 | , this is an advice pattern . We should not | |
| 38:58 | do something . Of course you can make this positive | |
| 39:00 | by simply removing not after . Should we should So | |
| 39:05 | we shouldn't steal . We shouldn't disrespect our mothers . | |
| 39:09 | We shouldn't forget our mothers birthdays . Right ? This | |
| 39:12 | is the important point from today's lesson . I think | |
| 39:14 | uh we shouldn't . So when you want to express | |
| 39:18 | something that's not a good idea . Something that you | |
| 39:21 | don't think you as a group should do . You | |
| 39:24 | can express that with We shouldn't verb in this case | |
| 39:27 | . Also , please remember you follow the verb with | |
| 39:30 | the infinitive form . We shouldn't do something , we | |
| 39:33 | shouldn't eat . We shouldn't talk , we shouldn't forget | |
| 39:35 | . So don't use like an I . N . | |
| 39:37 | G . Form . Don't use the past tense form | |
| 39:39 | here . Please follow Should this use of should the | |
| 39:42 | advice form with the simple infinitive form example , we | |
| 39:46 | shouldn't think too much about this . All right . | |
| 39:49 | That is everything for this episode . That was 10 | |
| 39:52 | modal verb patterns that you can use . What did | |
| 39:54 | you think you can let us know in the comments | |
| 39:57 | ? Alright , that is everything for this episode . | |
| 39:59 | Thanks very much for watching and I will see you | |
| 40:00 | again next time . Bye bye . Hi everybody . | |
| 40:04 | Welcome back to know your verbs . My name is | |
| 40:05 | Alicia , and in this lesson , we're going to | |
| 40:07 | talk about the verb deliver . Let's get started . | |
| 40:12 | Yeah , let's begin with the basic definition of the | |
| 40:16 | verb deliver . The basic definition is to take something | |
| 40:20 | from one person and give it to another person . | |
| 40:24 | Some examples . Fedex delivered my package today . He | |
| 40:28 | delivers Pizzas three nights a week . Yeah . Now | |
| 40:32 | , let's look at the congregations for this verb present | |
| 40:35 | , deliver delivers past , delivered past participle delivered , | |
| 40:43 | progressive delivery . Now , let's talk about some additional | |
| 40:49 | meanings for this verb . The first additional meaning is | |
| 40:52 | to give birth or to help someone give birth . | |
| 40:57 | Let's start with some examples , our doctor has safely | |
| 41:00 | delivered many babies , the mother delivered twins . So | |
| 41:06 | this use of the verb deliver refers specifically to childbirth | |
| 41:11 | . Sometimes the verb is used to talk about someone | |
| 41:14 | like a doctor or a nurse or a midwife or | |
| 41:17 | other helper aiding a mother in giving birth to Children | |
| 41:22 | . In that case we see sentences like the first | |
| 41:25 | example sentence , our doctor has safely delivered many babies | |
| 41:29 | . That means the doctor has assisted in the birth | |
| 41:33 | of many different babies , has assisted in safely . | |
| 41:36 | It's probably a keyword here , but safely delivered safely | |
| 41:40 | helped many babies into the world . The second example | |
| 41:43 | sentence , however , is focused on the mother so | |
| 41:46 | the mother delivered twins means the mother gave birth to | |
| 41:50 | twins . So deliver refers to giving birth in that | |
| 41:55 | sentence . So depending on the subject of the sentence | |
| 41:58 | , it can mean either helping someone give birth or | |
| 42:02 | actually giving birth when we're talking about the mother usually | |
| 42:06 | . So deliver can refer to both of these things | |
| 42:09 | , but they're both related to childbirth . Childcare . | |
| 42:13 | Let's go on to the second additional meaning for this | |
| 42:16 | lesson . The second additional meaning for deliver is to | |
| 42:19 | speak or to sing , especially when directed at somebody | |
| 42:24 | . Let's look at some examples , martin Luther King | |
| 42:27 | JR delivered a moving speech in Washington D . C | |
| 42:32 | . The judge is delivering the verdict later today . | |
| 42:35 | So both of these example sentences show kind of a | |
| 42:39 | formal event . The first example sentence refers to a | |
| 42:42 | very famous speech . The second example sentence refers to | |
| 42:46 | a formal situation like a courtroom where a judge is | |
| 42:49 | delivering . As in the example sentence a verdict , | |
| 42:53 | a verdict means a choice , a legal choice or | |
| 42:55 | a legal decision really . Um , so in the | |
| 42:58 | first example sentence martin Luther King JR delivered a speech | |
| 43:02 | it means spoke yes , but there's usually some kind | |
| 43:06 | of like big intention . There's a specific aim behind | |
| 43:11 | the words . We could also use it to talk | |
| 43:13 | about singing um like delivered an amazing performance . For | |
| 43:18 | example , if you're talking about maybe opera , um | |
| 43:21 | , just to give an example um , but there's | |
| 43:24 | kind of some large aims , some purpose , some | |
| 43:27 | big intention for the performance uh , in the case | |
| 43:31 | of singing or for the words in the case of | |
| 43:33 | speaking . So in the first example sentence we see | |
| 43:37 | that it's a speech , it's an important speech we're | |
| 43:39 | talking about . So , martin Luther King JR delivered | |
| 43:43 | an important speech we could say gave an important speech | |
| 43:46 | Yes , but using deliver kind of upgrades the formality | |
| 43:50 | upgrades the seriousness of the situation . The second example | |
| 43:54 | sentence about the judge delivering a verdict . We see | |
| 43:59 | that choice of deliver there because it's a formal situation | |
| 44:02 | . Again , we could say the judge gave the | |
| 44:05 | verdict or the judge provided the verdict as well , | |
| 44:08 | but deliver is like the judges sort of passing the | |
| 44:11 | information in a formal manner . This is kind of | |
| 44:14 | the nuance of the word choice deliver here . So | |
| 44:17 | you can see deliver used to talk about communication informal | |
| 44:22 | and kind of important situations in this way . Let's | |
| 44:26 | go on to the next additional meaning for this verb | |
| 44:29 | . The next additional meaning is to produce results as | |
| 44:33 | promised . Let's start with some examples , I'm not | |
| 44:36 | sure they're going to deliver on time they delivered on | |
| 44:40 | their promises . So this use of the verb deliver | |
| 44:44 | means to provide something that's expected . Like there's some | |
| 44:48 | order or there's some request that has been made and | |
| 44:53 | that needs to be fulfilled . So someone needs to | |
| 44:56 | keep their promise . That's the feeling of this use | |
| 44:59 | of deliver . So in the first example , sentence | |
| 45:02 | we see , I'm not sure they're going to deliver | |
| 45:05 | on time means I'm not sure they're going to keep | |
| 45:08 | their promise on time . Like maybe the schedule has | |
| 45:11 | changed . Some problem has arisen . We don't know | |
| 45:14 | , but I'm not sure they're going to deliver means | |
| 45:17 | I'm not sure they're going to complete the thing they | |
| 45:20 | said they would complete in the time frame we agreed | |
| 45:24 | upon . So I'm not sure they're going to finish | |
| 45:26 | . I'm not sure they're going to be able to | |
| 45:28 | do the thing they said they would do on time | |
| 45:32 | . The second example sentence is more positive though they | |
| 45:35 | delivered on their promises here , past tense delivered . | |
| 45:38 | So they were able to do the things that they | |
| 45:41 | promised to . Um So there was a promise made | |
| 45:44 | in the past , there was some agreement reached in | |
| 45:47 | the past and the agreement or the promise was fulfilled | |
| 45:51 | . They delivered on their promises . They were able | |
| 45:54 | to do the things they said they would do . | |
| 45:56 | Let's continue to the next additional meaning for the verb | |
| 45:59 | deliver . The next additional meaning is to save someone | |
| 46:03 | from something . Let's start with some examples , deliver | |
| 46:07 | us from evil . The rescue team delivered people from | |
| 46:10 | danger . A key point about this meaning of the | |
| 46:14 | verb deliver is that it's rather formal and perhaps even | |
| 46:19 | biblical biblical means it relates to the bible . Um | |
| 46:24 | So if you have read the bible or if you're | |
| 46:28 | familiar with some of the prayers or some of the | |
| 46:33 | ways of speaking from the bible , you might be | |
| 46:36 | familiar with this use that we see in the first | |
| 46:39 | example sentence deliver us from evil . So deliver us | |
| 46:43 | from evil means save us from evil , save us | |
| 46:47 | from evil things . Um , so deliver in this | |
| 46:50 | way is not so commonly used in everyday speech if | |
| 46:54 | you attend church or if you attend another kind of | |
| 46:57 | religious or maybe religiously related organization , you might hear | |
| 47:02 | this use of deliver there in your community um , | |
| 47:06 | in general . However , in the news we don't | |
| 47:09 | use the verb deliver to talk about saving um , | |
| 47:12 | or maybe even rescuing people . Um in those cases | |
| 47:17 | , um , like I said , save and rescue | |
| 47:19 | are more common . Deliver tends to be used more | |
| 47:22 | like in biblical um contexts . Um , the second | |
| 47:26 | example sentence like the rescue team delivered the people from | |
| 47:30 | danger . That's kind of , I'm kind of stretching | |
| 47:33 | the meaning of that one a little bit . That | |
| 47:35 | might not be um , such a typical example , | |
| 47:38 | but it's sort of um , the kind of situation | |
| 47:42 | that you could imagine deliver being used in . So | |
| 47:46 | if I were writing a reporter , if I were | |
| 47:49 | making the news for the day , I probably would | |
| 47:52 | not use deliver in that way . But um the | |
| 47:56 | meaning is still communicated there , so deliver tends to | |
| 47:59 | be used in like serious situations , like deliver us | |
| 48:03 | from evil , evil is quite serious or to deliver | |
| 48:06 | someone from danger or from a very stressful situation . | |
| 48:10 | Um , so it tends to be something more serious | |
| 48:15 | in nature . Um , but like I said , | |
| 48:17 | deliver is not used so commonly in this way . | |
| 48:20 | In everyday speech , you might hear it more in | |
| 48:23 | like specific religious organizations . Yeah , let's continue onto | |
| 48:29 | some variations for the verb , deliver . The first | |
| 48:32 | variation is to deliver a blow to deliver a blow | |
| 48:36 | . This means to have a damaging effect on something | |
| 48:40 | . Some examples , she delivered a blow to the | |
| 48:43 | company when she announced her decision , the team scored | |
| 48:47 | another goal , delivering a blow to their opponents . | |
| 48:51 | Okay ? So to deliver a blow means like to | |
| 48:53 | cause some damage or to cause some harm , but | |
| 48:57 | this doesn't usually mean physically , it's more like mental | |
| 49:02 | or emotional damage . In the first example sentence , | |
| 49:06 | she delivered a blow to the company with her decision | |
| 49:09 | , that means she made a decision and that somehow | |
| 49:12 | damaged her company . So maybe she was like the | |
| 49:15 | Ceo or a top management person at her company , | |
| 49:18 | she decides to quit and she's a very valuable worker | |
| 49:22 | . So it's damaging to the company physically not damaging | |
| 49:26 | , but the company loses something important . So we | |
| 49:30 | can say she delivered a blow to the company , | |
| 49:33 | she caused damage if she had like a damaging effect | |
| 49:37 | on the company as a result of her decision . | |
| 49:40 | So she delivered a blow , we could say in | |
| 49:44 | the second example , sentence , we see it in | |
| 49:46 | a sports situation , so Team A scored another goal | |
| 49:50 | , so we see another goal , meaning there was | |
| 49:52 | a previous goal or goals already , um but the | |
| 49:56 | team scored another goal and delivered a blow to their | |
| 50:00 | opponents . So Team B . So that means Team | |
| 50:03 | A , their score went up and Team B's maybe | |
| 50:07 | motivation or morale was damaged . So deliver a blow | |
| 50:12 | again , doesn't mean physically attacking someone . It means | |
| 50:16 | that there's some kind of damage , usually like kind | |
| 50:18 | of a mental or emotional damage , in this case | |
| 50:21 | , perhaps motivation related damage occurs . So to deliver | |
| 50:25 | a blow can mean to cause damage to someone or | |
| 50:28 | something like an organization or a company . Let's go | |
| 50:31 | on to the second variation for this verb , which | |
| 50:34 | is to deliver the goods to deliver the goods . | |
| 50:36 | This is a very informal and very casual expression , | |
| 50:40 | that means to give the things that have been promised | |
| 50:43 | examples , I'm not sure they're going to be able | |
| 50:46 | to deliver the goods on time . You have to | |
| 50:49 | be prepared to deliver the goods if you want to | |
| 50:51 | work here . So both of these refer to some | |
| 50:55 | kind of service or some kind of goods , some | |
| 50:57 | kind of like , there's items of , some kind | |
| 50:59 | being provided . Um So you will hear this perhaps | |
| 51:04 | in movies and tv shows . Um This is a | |
| 51:07 | very , very , very casual expression um that sometimes | |
| 51:12 | has the nuance of maybe activities that aren't legal . | |
| 51:15 | Uh So it could refer to like uh like drugs | |
| 51:20 | or medication , um that's illegally obtained or to some | |
| 51:25 | other kind of substance or some other kind of um | |
| 51:29 | like stolen goods , for example , there's something that | |
| 51:34 | you don't want to say specifically like what it is | |
| 51:37 | . So we say deliver the goods . So the | |
| 51:39 | goods can mean any number of things deliver the goods | |
| 51:43 | means like give the things that are promised . Like | |
| 51:46 | we talked about in one of the additional meanings . | |
| 51:49 | Um but it's like you have to promise to provide | |
| 51:53 | the things you say you're going to provide . So | |
| 51:56 | it has a little bit of kind of a dark | |
| 51:59 | feeling about it , I think . Um sometimes we | |
| 52:01 | may casually use this expression among friends now and then | |
| 52:05 | with various , like small situations , like deliver the | |
| 52:08 | goods , like the party supplies , for example . | |
| 52:11 | Um but in more serious situations , it can refer | |
| 52:14 | to maybe not completely legal activities to deliver the goods | |
| 52:19 | . Okay , so those are a few . Hopefully | |
| 52:21 | new ways to use the verb deliver . If you | |
| 52:24 | have any questions or comments or if you know a | |
| 52:27 | different way of using the verb deliver , please feel | |
| 52:30 | free to let us know in the comment section of | |
| 52:32 | this video . Hi everybody welcome back to know your | |
| 52:34 | verbs . My name is Alicia and in this episode | |
| 52:37 | we're going to talk about the verb post . Let's | |
| 52:39 | get started . Yeah . The basic definition of the | |
| 52:45 | verb post is to publish or announce something on a | |
| 52:49 | sign or something similar to assign examples . He posted | |
| 52:54 | an advertisement on the community bulletin board . Let's post | |
| 52:58 | signs around town . Yeah . Now let's look at | |
| 53:02 | the congregations for this firm present . Post posts past | |
| 53:08 | , posted past participle posted progressive posting . Now let's | |
| 53:16 | talk about some additional meanings for this verb . The | |
| 53:19 | first additional meaning is to share something on social media | |
| 53:24 | examples . I saw that photo you posted on instagram | |
| 53:27 | yesterday . Did you see that message she posted on | |
| 53:30 | facebook ? So when we upload information like photos or | |
| 53:34 | messages tweets whatever we can use the verb post to | |
| 53:38 | talk about that for twitter , I suppose we can | |
| 53:41 | use tweet as a verb to , you can say | |
| 53:43 | I posted on twitter or I tweeted as well . | |
| 53:46 | Um but post is the kind of the general verb | |
| 53:49 | we can use for all social media when we share | |
| 53:52 | anything on social media , we can say I posted | |
| 53:55 | something on facebook or on instagram or on twitter or | |
| 53:58 | on Snapchat or on what else is there youtube posted | |
| 54:03 | on youtube uploaded it to youtube ? I supposed to | |
| 54:05 | but post is the general verb used for social media | |
| 54:08 | sharing . So I think actually that this use of | |
| 54:12 | post comes from the original definition which is like to | |
| 54:15 | put something in a community sign or like to put | |
| 54:18 | something in a community place where many people can see | |
| 54:20 | it because that's the purpose of social media is to | |
| 54:23 | share something . So many people will see it . | |
| 54:26 | So I think that use of post comes from that | |
| 54:29 | basic definition of the verb post , like sharing something | |
| 54:32 | in a community space because we want other people to | |
| 54:35 | see it and respond to it . The second additional | |
| 54:38 | meaning is to send something by mail . This is | |
| 54:41 | more commonly used in british english . Actually in american | |
| 54:44 | english , we tend to use the verb mail more | |
| 54:47 | often , but in british english , you might hear | |
| 54:49 | post used examples . Can you post me the documents | |
| 54:54 | ? I posted a few letters today . So here | |
| 54:56 | post refers to mailing something like can you post me | |
| 55:00 | the documents means can you send me the documents by | |
| 55:03 | mail ? Like physically by mail ? The second sentence | |
| 55:07 | I posted some letters refers to mailing some letters , | |
| 55:10 | sending some letters via mail . So this is kind | |
| 55:14 | of more commonly used in british english . Post is | |
| 55:16 | more commonly used to mean mail in british english and | |
| 55:19 | american english . We tend to use the verb male | |
| 55:22 | more commonly . So depending on the type of english | |
| 55:25 | you are studying or you prefer to use , you | |
| 55:28 | might make a decision here with this verb . So | |
| 55:30 | post or mail post british male american . The third | |
| 55:34 | additional meaning is to send someone somewhere for work . | |
| 55:38 | Examples , he's been posted outside the White House , | |
| 55:42 | there's security posted around the building . So you can | |
| 55:45 | see in these example sentences it's kind of work relating | |
| 55:49 | to security or to military to guarding of some kind | |
| 55:54 | . Um We don't really use it for like a | |
| 55:57 | regular office job . Like I wouldn't say like I've | |
| 55:59 | been posted to my company's branch in Beijing , it | |
| 56:05 | sounds a little bit weird . We would say maybe | |
| 56:07 | transfer or I've been like I've been transferred or I've | |
| 56:10 | been moved to my company's office when we're talking about | |
| 56:14 | like a specific place , like a job where we | |
| 56:17 | need to stand and wait somewhere . Um And it | |
| 56:20 | tends to be for like security military purposes , that | |
| 56:23 | kind of thing . We can use the verb post | |
| 56:26 | to talk about that . It might sound a little | |
| 56:29 | out of place if you use post for a different | |
| 56:32 | job . So these are a couple examples of ways | |
| 56:35 | that you can use post to refer to being sent | |
| 56:38 | somewhere to do this kind of work . Now let's | |
| 56:44 | move on to some variations for this verb , the | |
| 56:46 | first variation is to keep someone posted to keep someone | |
| 56:49 | posted . This means to provide regular updates to someone | |
| 56:53 | examples . Keep me posted about your project , I'll | |
| 56:57 | try to keep you posted about my schedule . So | |
| 56:59 | to keep someone posted means to give them regular updates | |
| 57:03 | . Like you can think back to the original definition | |
| 57:05 | of the verb . Like post . Like sharing information | |
| 57:08 | in a community . Way to keep someone posted is | |
| 57:11 | sort of like to continue to share information . So | |
| 57:14 | as you're working on a project or as you're making | |
| 57:16 | progress with something , you share your updates , you | |
| 57:19 | share your information , you keep someone posted . So | |
| 57:23 | we see that in these sentences . So in the | |
| 57:25 | first one keep me posted about your project . It | |
| 57:27 | means please send the updates about your project . I | |
| 57:30 | want to know the second example sentence . I'll try | |
| 57:32 | to keep you posted about my schedule means I will | |
| 57:35 | try to keep you updated , I will try to | |
| 57:37 | send you regular updates about my schedule . Let's go | |
| 57:40 | on to another variation for this verb . The second | |
| 57:43 | variation is to post bail to post bail . This | |
| 57:46 | means to offer money in exchange for freedom from prison | |
| 57:52 | examples , he posted bail and got out of jail | |
| 57:55 | immediately . Many people aren't able to post bail even | |
| 58:00 | for minor crimes . This is a very specific variation | |
| 58:04 | in the U . S . Criminal system . There's | |
| 58:06 | this thing called bail . So if someone is convicted | |
| 58:10 | , if someone is arrested and has to go to | |
| 58:12 | prison because of a crime they committed . Um There's | |
| 58:16 | this thing called bail , if the person can pay | |
| 58:20 | this amount of money , they can be released from | |
| 58:23 | prison , they don't have to stay in prison , | |
| 58:26 | we refer to paying that money so that the name | |
| 58:29 | of that money is bail , but we use the | |
| 58:32 | verb post here . So we say post bail to | |
| 58:35 | post bail means to pay the required amount of money | |
| 58:40 | to get out of jail . So this is a | |
| 58:42 | specific phrase that we use only for this type of | |
| 58:46 | money to post bail . We don't use this another | |
| 58:49 | like financial transaction at all to post bail refers only | |
| 58:53 | to paying this amount of money to get out of | |
| 58:56 | jail . So this is a very specific one . | |
| 58:58 | I don't know if you have bail in your country | |
| 59:00 | , but this is something that exists in the US | |
| 59:03 | . So those are a few new ways . I | |
| 59:05 | hope that you can use the verb post . Of | |
| 59:07 | course if you have questions or comments or want to | |
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| 59:40 | topic is how to adjust your routine and learn language | |
| 59:44 | from home . Many of us are spending more and | |
| 59:47 | more time at home . So how do you make | |
| 59:49 | the best of this time and learn your target language | |
| 59:52 | learning at home can be tough with all the distractions | |
| 59:55 | and in this episode you're going to discover the pros | |
| 59:59 | and cons of learning at home and how to successfully | |
| 60:03 | learn from home without getting distracted . Mhm . How | |
| 60:09 | to adjust your routine and learn language from home . | |
| 60:13 | Recently . Many people have started to work and take | |
| 60:16 | classes from home with language learning since it's something people | |
| 60:19 | do in their own time , a lot of it | |
| 60:21 | is done at home anyway . But that doesn't mean | |
| 60:24 | that all of this hasn't affected how people learn if | |
| 60:27 | you use the language learning app or listen to lessons | |
| 60:30 | during your commute , but you don't commute anymore . | |
| 60:32 | The pandemic has probably ruined your flow . With many | |
| 60:37 | of us spending more time at home . Being able | |
| 60:39 | to learn from home efficiently is a good skill to | |
| 60:42 | have because while learning or working from home sounds good | |
| 60:45 | . It's not exactly easy to do Part one . | |
| 60:49 | The pros and cons of learning at home . First | |
| 60:52 | the pros there's convenience . You can learn whatever you | |
| 60:55 | want . You also have more time in the day | |
| 60:58 | since you're not commuting or walking from the train station | |
| 61:01 | into work . It's also easier to practice speaking . | |
| 61:04 | Many people might find it hard to practice on the | |
| 61:07 | train or at a lunch break or in the office | |
| 61:10 | during work . It might sound a little strange but | |
| 61:13 | at home you can dedicate more time to practicing speaking | |
| 61:16 | . What's your favorite pro of learning at home ? | |
| 61:19 | Leave us a comment now . What about the cons | |
| 61:23 | distractions ? There are a lot more distractions at home | |
| 61:26 | . There's the tv , there's the couch and the | |
| 61:29 | food and family members coming in and out next . | |
| 61:32 | There's no physical or mental separation between rest and work | |
| 61:35 | which is crucial for focus . It's the same reason | |
| 61:38 | why people prefer going to the gym instead of working | |
| 61:41 | out from the comfort of their own home . If | |
| 61:44 | you're in a place where there's only one goal like | |
| 61:46 | working out and you're surrounded by people working out , | |
| 61:49 | you'll have no problem doing it . But if you're | |
| 61:51 | in a place you associate with rest , eating and | |
| 61:54 | watching tv you might have trouble focusing . But if | |
| 61:57 | you're spending more time at home then you should at | |
| 62:00 | least make the best of it and learn your language | |
| 62:02 | at home . Part two . How to successfully learn | |
| 62:06 | from home without getting distracted . So here's how you | |
| 62:09 | do it first . Pick a dedicated place for learning | |
| 62:13 | and preferably not your bed , just like in office | |
| 62:16 | is associated with working time and your bedroom is associated | |
| 62:19 | with rest . You need a place associated with language | |
| 62:22 | learning , it could be your desk in the corner | |
| 62:24 | of the room , it could be your basement , | |
| 62:26 | as long as it's far from distractions and places of | |
| 62:29 | rest . Second pick a time that way , for | |
| 62:33 | example , when it's nine PM , you know , | |
| 62:35 | it's time to put in 10 minutes of language learning | |
| 62:38 | threes time box , your study sessions . What's time | |
| 62:42 | boxing Time boxing is simply setting a fixed amount of | |
| 62:45 | time for an activity . For example , you're going | |
| 62:49 | to dedicate the next 10 minutes to language and nothing | |
| 62:51 | else . If you usually have trouble concentrating time boxing | |
| 62:56 | is a good way to set boundaries and get things | |
| 62:58 | done . Four start small , just like with setting | |
| 63:02 | small measurable goals and realistic routines don't set aside two | |
| 63:07 | hours for study time . Instead try to time box | |
| 63:10 | 5 10 or 15 minutes and stick with that for | |
| 63:13 | a week or two . You can always increase your | |
| 63:15 | time later once you get more comfortable with your routine | |
| 63:19 | . Five do multiple sessions in one day instead of | |
| 63:23 | trying to master a lesson and the lesson . Dialogue | |
| 63:26 | in one shot space out your learning throughout the day | |
| 63:29 | , in the morning , afternoon and at night . | |
| 63:31 | So take an audio or video lesson and read along | |
| 63:35 | with the lesson notes in the morning , get acquainted | |
| 63:38 | with the conversation , all the words and grammar rules | |
| 63:41 | . Don't rush to memorize it all . You'll come | |
| 63:43 | back to it later in the day and do this | |
| 63:46 | for around 5 to 15 minutes During the day . | |
| 63:49 | Practice shadowing the dialogue , practice recalling the words , | |
| 63:52 | do this for around 10 minutes . You can also | |
| 63:55 | write out the lesson dialogue practice using the Grammar rules | |
| 63:59 | or drill the words with flash cards and at night | |
| 64:02 | come back and review for about 10 minutes . You | |
| 64:04 | can re listen to the lesson or just the dialogue | |
| 64:07 | track by doing multiple sessions . In one day you'll | |
| 64:10 | be a lot more comfortable with the language simply because | |
| 64:13 | you spaced out your learning and came back to review | |
| 64:16 | and while it may feel repetitive it's the repetition that | |
| 64:19 | helps you master the language over the long term six | |
| 64:24 | . Use at home time to practice speaking more . | |
| 64:27 | It would be hard to practice if you were commuting | |
| 64:29 | or out on a walk . But if you're at | |
| 64:31 | home you can easily speak out loud without drawing attention | |
| 64:35 | or feeling embarrassed . So to recap one , pick | |
| 64:39 | a specific place for learning that's far from distractions like | |
| 64:42 | your bed to pick a specific time for studying three | |
| 64:47 | time box , your study sessions , four start small | |
| 64:52 | , Five do multiple sessions in one day and six | |
| 64:56 | . Use at home time to practice speaking more . | |
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| 65:31 | . Bye . Yeah , there are a lot of | |
| 65:37 | people working to learn another language , but there are | |
| 65:40 | also a lot of people who grew up speaking two | |
| 65:42 | or more languages without even thinking about it . If | |
| 65:45 | you're able to speak two languages , you're bilingual . | |
| 65:48 | If you can speak more , you're multi lingual . | |
| 65:50 | In many countries , being bilingual or Multilingual is normal | |
| 65:54 | or even expected . But in some countries , people | |
| 65:56 | grew up speaking and learning one language if you speak | |
| 65:59 | one language , your monolingual , so what can monolingual | |
| 66:04 | learn from bilingual or Multilingual ? This video will look | |
| 66:07 | at what it's like to be comfortable in two or | |
| 66:09 | more languages . Here are six pieces of information relating | |
| 66:13 | to bilingualism and multilingualism that you can use in your | |
| 66:16 | language learning first bilingualism and the brain . How does | |
| 66:22 | being bilingual or Multilingual affect the brain ? Do you | |
| 66:26 | dream in both languages ? Do you see subtitles in | |
| 66:28 | your head for the other languages ? Somebody's talking the | |
| 66:31 | answers to questions like these are different for everyone . | |
| 66:34 | Some people may dream mostly in the language they're most | |
| 66:37 | comfortable with and occasionally in another language , some people | |
| 66:41 | may be able to effortlessly move between the languages they | |
| 66:44 | know while others may get stuck from time to time | |
| 66:47 | . These are all normal parts of knowing more than | |
| 66:49 | one language . People who were exposed to another language | |
| 66:52 | since birth may have certain advantages in language acquisition over | |
| 66:56 | monolingual . It may already be familiar with certain sounds | |
| 67:00 | and sound combinations that monolingual are not familiar with . | |
| 67:04 | As a language learner , you're probably quite familiar with | |
| 67:07 | this . If you've already mastered the language and have | |
| 67:09 | decided to start learning a new one , you're probably | |
| 67:12 | going to unconsciously make connections to words in different languages | |
| 67:16 | . You think to yourself , this word has the | |
| 67:18 | same vowel sound as another word I know , so | |
| 67:20 | it should sound pretty similar when it comes to studying | |
| 67:24 | things like new vocabulary words and grammar . However , | |
| 67:26 | monolingual bilinguals and multi lingual all need to spend time | |
| 67:30 | learning and memorizing . So in your own learning don't | |
| 67:34 | be discouraged by people who speak your native language and | |
| 67:37 | your target language . They may have had a totally | |
| 67:40 | different learning experience than you consider your language studies , | |
| 67:43 | not language abilities . Second language mistakes and confusion . | |
| 67:49 | You may be wondering if bilinguals ever confuse languages in | |
| 67:53 | their heads . Generally , people who are fluent in | |
| 67:56 | multiple languages can separate the language is mentally . However | |
| 68:00 | , there are situations where people momentarily forget words even | |
| 68:03 | in our native languages or we think of a word | |
| 68:06 | in one language , but not in another . In | |
| 68:08 | some cases we might even want to use a word | |
| 68:11 | that exists in one language , but not in the | |
| 68:13 | other . An interesting concept from academic literature on this | |
| 68:17 | topic is perfect bilingualism . It's the idea that someone | |
| 68:20 | can speak two languages perfectly at an equally high level | |
| 68:24 | . Many people assume that someone who grew up speaking | |
| 68:27 | two languages would be able to use both of them | |
| 68:29 | perfectly and sound flawless , but this is generally not | |
| 68:32 | true . Bilingual people are often more comfortable talking about | |
| 68:36 | certain topics in specific languages . There are also situations | |
| 68:40 | where bilingual people may pronounce words with a slightly different | |
| 68:43 | accent than monolingual people , interestingly enough , there's also | |
| 68:47 | a similar pattern among bilingual couples . Bilingual couples usually | |
| 68:52 | have a single dominant language , even if they can | |
| 68:54 | speak another language with fluency , and these people will | |
| 68:58 | usually use the language that's most efficient and comfortable . | |
| 69:01 | Third , bilingual societies can you imagine a place where | |
| 69:06 | you talk to your family in one language , your | |
| 69:08 | neighbors in another , your boss and a third and | |
| 69:11 | write letters and 1/4 . This might sound like a | |
| 69:13 | dream for many language enthusiasts , but in some societies | |
| 69:16 | it's normal . This type of Multilingual society occurs on | |
| 69:20 | border regions all throughout the world . In Northern Iraq | |
| 69:24 | , for instance , people usually speak kurdish , Turkish | |
| 69:27 | and Iraqi Arabic , and many of them use modern | |
| 69:30 | standard Arabic and english at school . In some parts | |
| 69:33 | of china , people might learn english at school , | |
| 69:35 | speak their cities , dialect of mandarin , went out | |
| 69:38 | shopping , speak standard mandarin at work and perhaps even | |
| 69:41 | speak another language when at home with their families . | |
| 69:44 | Some of these people might even say they're bad at | |
| 69:46 | languages . When people say this , it's often because | |
| 69:49 | they grew up using these languages , not learning them | |
| 69:52 | in school , when they were using a language at | |
| 69:54 | a friend's house and got their pronunciation corrected . There | |
| 69:57 | was no anxiety involved . This kind of learning is | |
| 70:00 | different than learning in a school setting , where tests | |
| 70:03 | and classrooms can cause pressure and discomfort . Media exposure | |
| 70:07 | plays a huge role . Too many people around the | |
| 70:10 | world are functionally bilingual in english . Thanks to Tv | |
| 70:13 | and Youtube . Sometimes parents , even in societies where | |
| 70:17 | people speak several languages will put on educational english videos | |
| 70:21 | for kids to watch . But what's even more fun | |
| 70:23 | is something that's enjoyable for the kids . That's already | |
| 70:26 | in english . You can do this too as an | |
| 70:29 | adult language learner , there's a time and a place | |
| 70:32 | for coursework . But if you're able to shut off | |
| 70:34 | the learning part of your brain and simply absorb content | |
| 70:37 | you're interested in , you'll be surprised at where you | |
| 70:39 | can pick up after a couple of months . Fourth | |
| 70:42 | Heritage Languages , you might know someone from an immigrant | |
| 70:47 | family who speaks a different language at home than they | |
| 70:49 | do with everybody else . That language is referred to | |
| 70:52 | academically as a heritage language , basically a language that | |
| 70:57 | someone learned at home without using it very much anywhere | |
| 70:59 | else . You can imagine that such an arrangement would | |
| 71:02 | produce huge variation and language ability . Some people have | |
| 71:06 | heritage languages that they learned from visiting their grandparents once | |
| 71:09 | a week . Others learned through rigorous homeschooling routines and | |
| 71:12 | forced by their parents . Heritage learners often have some | |
| 71:16 | march differences in their speech compared to speakers who grew | |
| 71:19 | up in a monolingual environment . They might have an | |
| 71:22 | accent that's affected by the dominant language they grew up | |
| 71:25 | with or they might feel uncomfortable using some grammar or | |
| 71:28 | vocabulary that they're not as familiar with . But on | |
| 71:31 | the other hand , they might be able to smoothly | |
| 71:33 | use things like tone , grammatical gender and other aspects | |
| 71:37 | of language that are extremely difficult for learners to master | |
| 71:40 | . They're listening , comprehension is also likely good . | |
| 71:44 | Another big difference is in reading and writing , you | |
| 71:46 | probably don't remember , but reading and writing took time | |
| 71:49 | to learn . It may be difficult to motivate yourself | |
| 71:53 | or a child to learn to read or write in | |
| 71:55 | a new language , especially if that language has a | |
| 71:58 | different and complicated script , We may be tempted to | |
| 72:01 | rely on the reading and writing skills we already have | |
| 72:04 | . Instead of learning something new , if you have | |
| 72:07 | a heritage language and you're working on reactivating it , | |
| 72:10 | be kind to yourself . Maybe you feel like you | |
| 72:12 | should know how to read or write in your heritage | |
| 72:15 | language , but you don't and that's okay . You | |
| 72:17 | can work on building those skills as any other language | |
| 72:20 | learner would a great way to build literacy is to | |
| 72:23 | read text with audio that you can listen to . | |
| 72:25 | At the same time , you can use the lesson | |
| 72:27 | notes from our language learning program or watch videos with | |
| 72:30 | subtitles . This is easy to do from the comfort | |
| 72:33 | of your home fifth , gaining fluency in a second | |
| 72:37 | language . There's a lot of divided discussion about whether | |
| 72:41 | it's possible to learn a language to a native level | |
| 72:44 | . It's important to consider what native level means . | |
| 72:47 | Maybe a native speaker of your target language can talk | |
| 72:50 | about their work flawlessly , but they can't speak in | |
| 72:53 | depth about a topic beyond their field . You don't | |
| 72:56 | expect yourself to be able to talk about absolutely everything | |
| 72:59 | with 100 perfection in your native language . So don't | |
| 73:03 | expect that you'll magically be able to communicate perfectly in | |
| 73:06 | the language you're learning either . Moreover , it's important | |
| 73:10 | to remember that nobody speaks flawlessly all the time . | |
| 73:13 | We all make mistakes and we know how to correct | |
| 73:15 | ourselves and clarify information . The best speakers in the | |
| 73:19 | world make mistakes even on stage , everybody stumbled over | |
| 73:23 | their words before . Does that mean they're not fluent | |
| 73:25 | in their own language ? Of course not . You | |
| 73:28 | can do some amazing things to get a native , | |
| 73:30 | like accent in a foreign language , but they all | |
| 73:33 | take a great deal of work . Lots of people | |
| 73:36 | convince others that their native speakers for the first few | |
| 73:38 | minutes of conversation . Does it really matter if you | |
| 73:41 | end up making mistakes after 40 seconds , 40 minutes | |
| 73:44 | ? Remember the perfect speech is not required to speak | |
| 73:48 | like a native as we've talked about in this video | |
| 73:50 | ? Lots of bilingual and Multilingual people have strengths and | |
| 73:53 | weaknesses . To sixth , can a bilingual person forget | |
| 73:58 | a language ? Language skills can deteriorate over time if | |
| 74:03 | they're not used if you're very busy with one language | |
| 74:06 | and rarely use the other , You might see a | |
| 74:08 | drop in your abilities in a language you don't use | |
| 74:10 | as often completely forgetting a language takes a very long | |
| 74:14 | time though . Well , you might forget a word | |
| 74:16 | here and there in one language , you likely won't | |
| 74:19 | lose a language completely unless you don't use it for | |
| 74:21 | decades . This is something to think about for anyone | |
| 74:25 | who is considering spending their life in another country . | |
| 74:27 | Make sure to keep your language skills up . Otherwise | |
| 74:31 | , as time goes on , things may be harder | |
| 74:33 | and harder to remember . Being bilingual or Multilingual is | |
| 74:36 | pretty interesting . A lot of language learners compare themselves | |
| 74:40 | to bilingual or Multilingual remember that bilingual and Multilingual people | |
| 74:44 | put in work to when they were kids , so | |
| 74:47 | don't feel discouraged . If it seems like your own | |
| 74:49 | learning is slow , it simply takes time and that's | |
| 74:52 | true for everyone . For even more tips and information | |
| 74:55 | related to language learning , Check out our complete language | |
| 74:58 | learning program . Sign up for your free lifetime account | |
| 75:01 | by clicking on the link in the description . Get | |
| 75:03 | tons of resources to have you speaking in your target | |
| 75:06 | language and if you enjoy these tips , hit the | |
| 75:08 | like button , share the video with anyone who's trying | |
| 75:11 | to learn a new language and subscribe to our channel | |
| 75:13 | . We release new videos every week . I'll see | |
| 75:15 | you next time . Bye . If a native speaker | |
| 75:18 | of your target language spoke to you , how much | |
| 75:21 | of their speech do you think you could understand your | |
| 75:24 | answer ? Of course , depends a lot on your | |
| 75:26 | vocabulary skills . In this video we're going to cover | |
| 75:29 | five tips for memorizing vocabulary quickly . When you learn | |
| 75:34 | new vocabulary words , you increase your skills in reading | |
| 75:37 | , writing , listening and speaking as you learn a | |
| 75:40 | language , you gain the ability to recognize vocabulary words | |
| 75:43 | and learn when to use them . It's important to | |
| 75:46 | have a vocabulary that covers a range of topics so | |
| 75:49 | that you can understand important announcements , safety information , | |
| 75:52 | conversations between friends and posts on social media . In | |
| 75:56 | this video , we're going to talk about why vocabulary | |
| 75:59 | is important , some features in the tools we offer | |
| 76:01 | that help you focus on memorizing and some tips for | |
| 76:04 | memorizing words faster throughout this video . Remember the consistency | |
| 76:09 | is a key component to memorization . If you haven't | |
| 76:12 | done this already , consider adding a number of vocabulary | |
| 76:15 | words you'd like to master to your monthly language goals | |
| 76:18 | . Okay , let's get to our tips first , | |
| 76:22 | master our core word lists . We offer 11 core | |
| 76:26 | word lists . These lists are made up of the | |
| 76:28 | most common words in your target language . The 100 | |
| 76:32 | core word list is the best list for absolute beginners | |
| 76:35 | . After you master that list , you can move | |
| 76:37 | on to the other lists in the series , The | |
| 76:40 | 2000 core word list is a combination of all of | |
| 76:43 | the lists plus an additional 1000 words . Having knowledge | |
| 76:47 | of about 2000 vocabulary words in your target language will | |
| 76:50 | set you up for success knowing a variety of words | |
| 76:54 | in your target language is important because it allows you | |
| 76:56 | to speak about and understand many different topics . While | |
| 77:00 | grammar is certainly important . Having the vocabulary , you | |
| 77:03 | need to go about daily life , study or make | |
| 77:06 | plans is essential . So how do you use the | |
| 77:09 | core word lists with our flash card feature ? Our | |
| 77:13 | flash card tool can display the vocabulary word , show | |
| 77:16 | a picture in translation and play an audio recording of | |
| 77:19 | the vocabulary . You'll work on improving your recognition , | |
| 77:22 | production and listening comprehension skills . Using a tool like | |
| 77:26 | this helps you associate new words with images . You | |
| 77:30 | also get to hear pronunciation and pitch accents from native | |
| 77:33 | speakers . You have the ability to choose how many | |
| 77:36 | new cards you'd like to learn daily by the way | |
| 77:39 | , Using the 2000 core word list isn't the only | |
| 77:42 | way to review all key vocabulary words . You can | |
| 77:45 | also merge your preferred lists . If you lack confidence | |
| 77:48 | in speaking , studying vocabulary can help you if you | |
| 77:52 | master the most common words in your target language speaking | |
| 77:55 | will become a bit easier . Among our core word | |
| 77:58 | lists are popular topics relating to hobbies , nature , | |
| 78:01 | food and recreation . If you need some help making | |
| 78:04 | sentences with your new vocabulary , you can take a | |
| 78:07 | look at the core word list . Example sentences for | |
| 78:09 | ideas . These are all steps you can take to | |
| 78:11 | improve your speaking confidence . Second create your own sentences | |
| 78:17 | . Creating your own sentences is a great way to | |
| 78:20 | work on memorizing new vocabulary . You can create sentences | |
| 78:24 | related to your daily life so that you can easily | |
| 78:26 | remember the sentences and use them . You can also | |
| 78:29 | try creating sentences you think you're likely to need before | |
| 78:32 | a conversation with a native speaker . In addition to | |
| 78:36 | our core word lists , we also have a dictionary | |
| 78:38 | feature . If you need help finding a certain vocabulary | |
| 78:41 | word , you can search for it in our dictionary | |
| 78:44 | . The dictionary includes audio from native speakers so you | |
| 78:47 | can hear how the word is pronounced naturally and at | |
| 78:49 | a slower speed . With the premium membership , you'll | |
| 78:53 | have access to your own personal word bank . You'll | |
| 78:56 | be able to add words from the dictionary and our | |
| 78:58 | lessons to this word bank and study them using flashcards | |
| 79:01 | . Another thing that can help you with memorization is | |
| 79:04 | reading along with lesson dialogues and listening to the hosts | |
| 79:07 | explanations . When you find a sentence that stands out | |
| 79:11 | or when you make a sentence you think will be | |
| 79:13 | useful . Make sure to actually use the sentence . | |
| 79:16 | Your memory will grow stronger and stronger as you review | |
| 79:18 | sentences and practicing them from memory 3rd Read every day | |
| 79:25 | , How often do you read in your target language | |
| 79:27 | ? Reading is a fun activity that can motivate you | |
| 79:30 | to spend some time studying new vocabulary When you read | |
| 79:33 | . You encounter words you've seen in lessons , but | |
| 79:36 | you also find new words apart from reading for fun | |
| 79:39 | . Our Language Learning program offers reading comprehension pathways for | |
| 79:42 | all levels . These pathways feature video lessons with vocabulary | |
| 79:46 | you're likely to see in real life . For example | |
| 79:49 | , an advanced pathway might include lessons for understanding , | |
| 79:53 | promotional information , medical instructions and directions . These pathways | |
| 79:57 | are designed to test your ability to recognize words . | |
| 80:00 | Another way to memorize words fast is by learning songs | |
| 80:04 | in your target language . If you're studying a language | |
| 80:07 | with sounds that are very different from your first language | |
| 80:10 | , this can be a really helpful tactic . You | |
| 80:12 | can make a monthly goal to memorize 123 songs you | |
| 80:15 | like in your target language . You can find the | |
| 80:17 | lyrics to the song with a search online and you | |
| 80:20 | can search for a translation as well as you listen | |
| 80:23 | to the song , read the lyrics . This can | |
| 80:25 | help you connect the sounds you're hearing with the characters | |
| 80:28 | or the letters you're reading and remember the songs can | |
| 80:31 | be from anywhere . It could be a kids song | |
| 80:33 | , a new pop song or a T . V | |
| 80:35 | . Show themes . You can choose the key is | |
| 80:38 | to find a fun way to read every day . | |
| 80:40 | This will help you improve your vocabulary . 4th test | |
| 80:44 | your listening skills , test your listening skills with our | |
| 80:48 | listening comprehension pathways . Each of the pathways presents a | |
| 80:52 | conversation , asks a question and then gives a breakdown | |
| 80:56 | in our audio lessons . The hosts breakdown the dialogue | |
| 80:59 | by talking about the usage of key vocabulary and phrases | |
| 81:02 | . They also explain the grammar . After you listen | |
| 81:05 | to the breakdown , the dialogue is easier to understand | |
| 81:08 | . Make sure to re listen to the lesson dialogues | |
| 81:10 | to review these important concepts . Another way to use | |
| 81:14 | our site for listening comprehension is by changing the flash | |
| 81:17 | card settings . With our flash cards , you have | |
| 81:20 | the option to focus on building listening comprehension . If | |
| 81:23 | you choose this setting , the front of your flash | |
| 81:25 | card will play an audio clip and the back will | |
| 81:27 | show the answer . Additionally , if you're a premium | |
| 81:31 | plus member , you can practice listening with your native | |
| 81:33 | speaker teacher . You can request audio responses from your | |
| 81:37 | teacher instead of text . If you understand their message | |
| 81:40 | , you can respond with an audio file of your | |
| 81:42 | own or with text . If you don't fully understand | |
| 81:45 | you can ask your teacher for help . One more | |
| 81:48 | thing you can do is use tv shows to practice | |
| 81:50 | listening . You can choose a segment of a show | |
| 81:53 | to practice watch it once with subtitles . Then once | |
| 81:56 | without subtitles determine how much you can comprehend . Then | |
| 82:00 | look up the words you don't know . Fifth take | |
| 82:03 | vocabulary quizzes . There are many ways to test yourself | |
| 82:08 | with vocabulary quizzes . Each of our lessons include the | |
| 82:11 | vocabulary slideshow and quizzes that you can use for review | |
| 82:15 | . We also have video vocab pathways which introduced new | |
| 82:18 | vocabulary based on certain themes and they include pictures . | |
| 82:22 | You can also try making your own written tests with | |
| 82:25 | our flash card feature . Change the flash card settings | |
| 82:28 | according to your preferences . You can choose between recognition | |
| 82:31 | , production and listening comprehension card types based on the | |
| 82:35 | card type you chose right down either the vocabulary word | |
| 82:38 | or its translation . When the card appears , check | |
| 82:42 | your answers and give yourself a score for your study | |
| 82:44 | session . Writing vocabulary by hand is another great way | |
| 82:48 | to work on memorizing words . Earlier we talked about | |
| 82:51 | learning vocabulary with songs . A fun and effective way | |
| 82:55 | to test your vocabulary and writing skills is to fill | |
| 82:57 | in the blanks , copy and paste the lyrics of | |
| 83:00 | a song into a document and replace some of the | |
| 83:02 | words with blanks . Test your knowledge of the lyrics | |
| 83:05 | by filling in the blanks with the correct words . | |
| 83:08 | You can make it a little easier by including a | |
| 83:10 | word box a list of vocabulary to use somewhere in | |
| 83:13 | the song . You can also do this with dialogues | |
| 83:16 | . You want to practise from tv shows to make | |
| 83:18 | sure you get all of the tools mentioned in this | |
| 83:20 | video . Subscribe to our premium plan , you'll get | |
| 83:23 | access to all of our resources , including the core | |
| 83:26 | word lists and the flash card tool . So to | |
| 83:29 | recap in this video we talked about five tips for | |
| 83:32 | memorizing new words . They were master our core word | |
| 83:36 | lists , create your own sentences , read every day | |
| 83:40 | , test your listening skills and take vocabulary quizzes . | |
| 83:44 | These tips are fun and effective ways to help you | |
| 83:46 | reach your vocabulary goals a bit faster . If you | |
| 83:49 | want to go the extra mile subscribe to premium plus | |
| 83:52 | to get access to your own native teacher , what | |
| 83:55 | are your vocabulary goals ? How will you achieve them | |
| 83:58 | share your answers in the comments section below and for | |
| 84:01 | even more tips on how to remember vocabulary fast . | |
| 84:04 | Check out our complete Language learning program . Sign up | |
| 84:07 | for your free lifetime account by clicking on the link | |
| 84:10 | in the description , Get tons of resources to have | |
| 84:12 | you speaking in your target language and if you enjoyed | |
| 84:16 | these tips , hit the like button , share the | |
| 84:18 | video with anyone who's trying to learn a new language | |
| 84:21 | and subscribe to our channel . We release new videos | |
| 84:23 | every week . I'll see you next time . Bye | |
| 84:26 | , consistent , hard work is one of the biggest | |
| 84:29 | factors that determine someone's success and it's true for language | |
| 84:32 | learning to while it's important to choose a course in | |
| 84:36 | study method . That's right for you at the end | |
| 84:38 | of the day , the results you see are a | |
| 84:40 | product of the effort you put in . However , | |
| 84:43 | the quantity of time spent studying a new language doesn't | |
| 84:46 | necessarily determine the quality of your study , spending three | |
| 84:50 | hours a day watching movies doesn't help you learn much | |
| 84:53 | . If you're not actively engaging with the language in | |
| 84:56 | this video , we'll talk about how to actively engage | |
| 84:59 | your mind while studying Number one think of your brain | |
| 85:03 | as a muscle , you might be familiar with the | |
| 85:07 | phrase , feel the Bern or maybe no pain , | |
| 85:09 | no gain . If you've been to your local gym | |
| 85:12 | recently , there's a chance you might have heard one | |
| 85:14 | of these phrases or seen something similar on a poster | |
| 85:16 | on a wall in the world of sports and workouts | |
| 85:19 | , there's a common idea that the discomfort you feel | |
| 85:22 | when running , lifting weights or doing some other physical | |
| 85:25 | activity is what brings results the discomfort you feel is | |
| 85:29 | your muscles being pushed to their limit . It's the | |
| 85:31 | limit pushing that strengthens your muscles so that over time | |
| 85:34 | your performance increases in the context of language learning , | |
| 85:38 | it's helpful to think of your brain as a muscle | |
| 85:40 | being trained just as we need to push against our | |
| 85:44 | physical limits when exercising . We also need to push | |
| 85:47 | our mental ones when learning a foreign language . Have | |
| 85:50 | you ever studied or practice your target language in a | |
| 85:52 | way that left you tired or even exhausted ? If | |
| 85:55 | so you've experienced what it's like to push your brain | |
| 85:57 | out of its linguistic comfort zone . Number two . | |
| 86:01 | Practice active listening . One of the easiest ways to | |
| 86:05 | push your language skills is to practice active listening . | |
| 86:09 | Active listening is when you listen to spoken language and | |
| 86:12 | do your best to understand what you hear . The | |
| 86:15 | best way to accomplish this is by using audio that | |
| 86:17 | you can't completely understand on the first listen , preferably | |
| 86:21 | you want to use audio that has subtitles or transcripts | |
| 86:24 | in your target language for you to double check your | |
| 86:26 | understanding after you listen to it . You can use | |
| 86:29 | movies , youtube clips or our lessons during this exercise | |
| 86:33 | . You might feel like you're able to pick out | |
| 86:35 | only a few words here and there . During this | |
| 86:38 | practice session , you should listen to the audio several | |
| 86:41 | times the first time around . It's ok If no | |
| 86:43 | words or just a few words stick out to you | |
| 86:46 | simply make a mental note of any words or sounds | |
| 86:48 | you recognize the second time you listen , you're likely | |
| 86:52 | to recognize a little more than you did the previous | |
| 86:54 | time . Expect similar results with your third or even | |
| 86:57 | fourth time listening when you reach a point where you | |
| 87:00 | can't understand any more words . Go ahead and look | |
| 87:03 | at the subtitles or transcripts . Listen to the audio | |
| 87:06 | again and read along with the text . Odds are | |
| 87:09 | that you'll see words in the text , you know | |
| 87:11 | , but didn't hear correctly . You're also likely to | |
| 87:14 | encounter words that are new to you completely as you | |
| 87:17 | play back the audio and read along . Try to | |
| 87:19 | guess what these words mean from the context of the | |
| 87:21 | words around them . After you've read along a couple | |
| 87:24 | times look up the unfamiliar words in a dictionary or | |
| 87:27 | translator app . This active listening exercise routine is a | |
| 87:31 | great way to increase your listening and comprehension skills while | |
| 87:35 | picking up some new vocabulary along the way . It | |
| 87:37 | also allows you to learn new words in context , | |
| 87:40 | which itself is a powerful way to help you retain | |
| 87:43 | what you study Number three , practicing with native speakers | |
| 87:48 | . Practicing with native speakers is the best way to | |
| 87:51 | push your language skills using what you've studied to communicate | |
| 87:54 | in real time is how you'll really challenge yourself , | |
| 87:57 | try to connect with a native speaker on a weekly | |
| 87:59 | basis . Remember consistency is important when you're learning a | |
| 88:02 | foreign language . If you live in a large metropolitan | |
| 88:06 | area , then there's a chance that there are some | |
| 88:08 | local native speakers nearby try visiting a local language exchange | |
| 88:12 | or meet up group to make the necessary connections . | |
| 88:15 | If you're unable to find a practice partner locally , | |
| 88:17 | then you can take your search online . There are | |
| 88:20 | a number of sites that help you find and connect | |
| 88:22 | with other language learners from around the world . For | |
| 88:25 | example , if you're a native english speaker , learning | |
| 88:27 | a new language , you can find a native speaker | |
| 88:29 | of your target language who is learning english . There | |
| 88:33 | are tons of language learners around the world who have | |
| 88:35 | learned or are learning a second language . You're likely | |
| 88:38 | to find someone who knows your target language and is | |
| 88:41 | looking to improve his or her english . Learning a | |
| 88:44 | new language isn't always easy , but it's the discomfort | |
| 88:47 | that comes with pushing your ability in the language that | |
| 88:49 | produces results in your studies don't be afraid to step | |
| 88:53 | outside of your comfort zone . It's OK to move | |
| 88:55 | far outside of your native language . You'll expand your | |
| 88:58 | mind and your skills also remember that language learning is | |
| 89:02 | in every way a lot like an adventure . There | |
| 89:05 | will be fun times and times when it feels like | |
| 89:07 | you're swimming upstream . It's by keeping your head up | |
| 89:09 | through these ups and downs that you will experience the | |
| 89:12 | satisfaction that comes with learning a foreign language , keep | |
| 89:15 | moving ahead and for even more tips on how to | |
| 89:18 | engage better in your language learning . Check out our | |
| 89:20 | complete language learning program . Sign up for your free | |
| 89:23 | lifetime account by clicking on the link in the description | |
| 89:26 | . Get tons of resources to have you speaking in | |
| 89:28 | your target language and if you enjoy these tips , | |
| 89:31 | hit the like button , share the video with anyone | |
| 89:34 | who's trying to learn a new language and subscribe to | |
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