There's a voicerecorderfunctionsoyoucanrecordyourvoiceandthencompareyourvoicetothesoundof a nativespeakersvoiceandtrytopracticeuntilyourvoicematchesthesoundoftheirvoice.
Sousing 1 to 2 or 2 to 3 meansbetweenthosetwoamountsusingfourshows, It's either a or B, butnotbetweenthosetwo.
Thisisthedifferencebetweentwoandfour.
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Whencan I useeverin a presentperfectsentence, like I haveever, evermeansatanytimeoratalltimesyoucanuseeverwhenyou'reasking a questionlikeHaveyoueverblahblah, blah?
HaveyoueverbeentoFrance?
HaveyouevereatenRoman?
Haveyouevertaken a triptothemountains, forexample, Wecanuseeverwhenmakingquestions.
That's one.
Butbecauseevermeansthatalltimewe'reatanytimeswe'vemaynotuseittoanswer a questionlikethat.
Haveyoueverblockedlovelaw?
Weusuallysayyesornointhat.
Inresponse, tothat, wecansay I havenever, evertaken a triptoFranceor I havenever, ever I forgotmykeyuse.
Weneedtopaireverwith a verbin a sentence, Sowecan't say I haveeverjust I haveplus a verbwecannotsay I haveever.
That's incorrect.
I haveatsomeatanytimeoratalltimesit's it's redundant, it's it's notnecessary.
Wecan, however, useeverin a negativeexpressionlike I haven't everbeentoFranceorshehasn't evereatencheese, forexample.
Sowehavetwopaireverwith a negativetomake a responseweuseeverforpresentperfect, tensequestionsandpairedwith a negativehaveorhastomake a responsetomake a negativeresponse.
That's actually a strategythat I usewhen I studyotherlanguagesaswell.
Soif I hearsomethinginterestingthat a vocabularywordthedifferenthasused, likeinJapanese, forexample, ortheyhave a reallygoodintonationorjustthewaytheydeliverthewaytheysaysomething, it's reallyinterestingtomeor I wantThio.
I wanttobeabletousethatto I putthatinmyhead.
I thinkaboutthat, andthen I trytoreplicatethat.
I triedtocopythat, essentially, tomakethisexplanationshorter.
However, ifyoujustwanttousetheverbhaveineverydaysituationslike I have a phoneor I have a cameraor I don't haveanymoney, forexample, thentohaveinthatcasejustmeanstoownsomethingortoholdsomethingtobekeepingsomething, sopleaseconsiderthesentencethatyou'relookingatwiththeverbhaveinit.
Ifitcomesbefore a verbinthepastparticiple, it's probably a pastperfectorpresentperfectexpression.
Ifyou'reseeingsomethingaftertheverbhavelikeanobjectinmyexamples, like a phoneor a cameraormoney, thenit's probablyreferringtoowningsomethingorkeepingsomething.
Wishisusedtoexpress a oncewhenyouwantsomethingthatisdifferentfromthepresentsituation, soweoftenuseitwith I wish I wereor I wish I couldsomethingwe, uh, wewantoranabilitywewant, butthatwedonothavenowsomethingforthefuture.
So I wish I couldspeaksevenlanguagesor I wish I had a $1,000,000 or I wish I weretakingmoretimeoffeveryweek, forexample, somethingthatisdifferentfromthepresentcondition.
Thepresentsituationweusewishor I wishyouwouldcallme, forexample.
I wishyouwould.
Or I wishyoucould, toexpresssomethingthatisnothappeningnow.
A fewyoumightuseitin a in a moreformallike a businesscontext, likeourclientdesires, Maurinformationaboutthesituationthatcouldbe a differentuseoftheworddesire, butingeneralitsounds a bitmoreformaland a bitmoreromanticallychargedattimes, dependingonthesituationwhenit's used.
Ifyou'retalkingabout a personaswell, likeifyousayforexample, I desireyou.
Ifyouwanttousetheworddesire, I thinkinromanticsituationitmightbeappliedin a phraselike, uh, hewasfilledwithdesireorshewasfilledwithdesire, usedmoreas a nounthanas a verb.
So I wouldrecommendnotusingdesiresomuchtotalkaboutyourwantsasitcansound a littlebittooformalorcangiveperhapsthewrongnuancetothesituation.
ButWishisusedtoexpress a A hopeforsomethingorwantingsomethingthatisdifferentfromthepresentsituation.
So I hopethathelps.
FirstquestioncomesfromFerrisGhazaliVirusguzzle.
Howdo I stoptranslatingthemeetingofEnglishwordsinmyhead?
I cantellyouaboutthethingsthathavehelpedmeandmaybethey'llhelpyou.
I putmyselfinsituationswhere I couldnotescapeintomynativelanguage.
Inmycase, I couldnotescapeintoEnglish.
I wouldgooutlikefourfoodanddrinkswithfriendswhocouldnotspeakEnglish.
I hadnochoicebuttouse a differentlanguagewiththemtosomethingthat I'venoticedsomeofmystudentsdo.
Thatactuallykindofbothersme.
Theybring a dictionarytotheirlesson, andthey'llstopconversationsinlessonstocheckwordsintheirdictionaryandsay a singlewordat a timeinsteadofjusttryingtofind a differentwaytoexplainthatone.
Ittotallystopstheflowofconversationtoyoudon't havereallytheoptiontodothatin a conversation.
Mostofthetimeyou'renotgonnabecarryingaroundyourdictionarywithyou, I hope, unlessit's inyourphone, I suppose.
Third, I thinkthatthisis a chancetodevelop a betterskill.
InsteadoftryingtotranslateintoEnglishortotranslateinto a differentlanguage, youshouldthinkaboutfinding a differentwaytoexplainthewordyouwanttouse.
SonotsayingOK, thiswordequalsthiswordinmylanguage, butratherhere's a phrasethatcommunicatesandmeaningthatisinterestingtomeorthat I hearmyfriendsuse a lot.
Soit's sortoflike a soft, youknow, disagreementor a softsortofdifferenceofopinion, though, meansthough t h o meansthough T h o u G h, butit's justextremely, extremelycasual.
Sofor a littlebitmoredetail, youcancheckthisvideowhere I talked a littlebitmoreabout a T h o u G h attheendof a sentencewithsomeotherexamples.
So, forexample, togothrough a tunnelorifyou'relookingat a document, forexample, togothrough a documentmeanstoreadthrough, readallofthecontentofthedocumentfrombeginningtoend, sothroughsomethingistobeginatsomethingandpassthroughallofthecontenttopassthrougheverythingandcomeup, comeouttheothersideortocompletesomething.
It's usedtoexpress a differenceinsomethingsoyoucouldfollowsomeone's opinionwithanexpressionlikethough.
So, forexample, I thinksummeristhebestseason, thoughwinterisprettyfun, too.
Soyoucanthinkof, thoughinthesamewayasyouthinkofbut a thoughbesoyou'representing a andthen a contrastingopinionbeandyou'reconnectingthosetwoideaswith, thoughinthesamewayyouwould.
Sowhenyoufeelingprogresshasstopped, thinklikeOkay, whatam I notgoodatdoingandthenfocusyourtimethere.
Somaybethat's a helpfulfirststepforyou.
HopethathopeThisweek's firstquestionis a questionfromBeharBeharBehar.
Verysorry, Alicia.
I'd liketolearnaboutasandlikeWhat's thedifferencebetweentobeginwith, likeis a proposition.
Remember, propositionsarewordsweusetoshowrelationshipstootherwordsortopositiontheelementsin a sentence.
So, forexample, atandbyalsopropositionsthewordlifeis a proposition.
However, theword, asis a conjunction.
Conjunctionis a wordthatconnectselementsin a sentence.
So, forexample, andbutorforsothesewordsareconjunctions, that's 0.1 weuse, likeandastomake a comparison.
It's thegeneralagreement.
Howtouselikeandasatthispointintime, isthatifyouarefollowingthewordlikewith a simplestatementlike a nounphrase.
Youshouldusethewordlikeif, however, thepartthatcomesafterthewordlikewhere, ashas a verbintheclaws, there's a verbinthatpartofthesentenceyoushoulduseastodothat, becauseasfunctionsas a conjunction, remember, it's connectingtheelementsin a sentence.
Soweshoulduse, likeifthere's just a simpleFraserislike a simplenowphrase, somethinglikethatafter, likeorasksotogivesomeexamples, mycoworkereatslike a pig.
Inthatcase, I'veusedthewordlikebecauseafter, likecomes a pig, it's just a simplenow.
Afraid.
If, however, I said, mycoworkereatsasifhewere a pig.
I'm using a verb I'm using.
Theverbwereasifhewere, sowecanuseadsincaseswherewefollowthestatementwithAvery, wecanuse, likeincaseswherewefollowthatstatementwith a simplenowphrase.
I read a newspapereverymorning, or I readitthenewspapereverymorning.
Nicequestion.
Thisis a questionaboutarticles.
Thisisjustaboutbeingspecific.
If, forexample, there's a specificnewspaperthatyouwanttoreadlike I readtheABCnewspapereverymorning, youshouldusetheifit's notimportanttoyoutobespecificaboutnewspaper.
Andifyouwanttoimplythatyoujustreadanynewspapereverymorning, youcanuse a newspaper.
I read a newspapereverymorning.
Usingtheinstead, though, showsthatthere's maybe a specificnewspaperusingthebefore a newspaper.
Inthiscase, though, itsoundslikethere's a specificnewspaperyoureadeverymorning.
Ifyousay I readupnewspapereverymorning, itsoundslikeyoujustchooseanynewspaperthat's availabletoyouonthatdayandyoureadthatnewspaper, sousingtheshowsthatthere's a specificwhereitimpliesthatthereis a specificnewspaperyoureadeveryday, youdon't havetobespecificaboutwhichoneyoucanlike.
I readthatNewYorkTimeseveryday, or I readthatguardianeveryday, forexample.
Butifyousay I read a newspapereveryday, itsoundslikeyoudon't choosethesamepapereachday.
That's thedifferencebetweenthesetwophrases.
Mostpeople, however, dochoosethesamenewspapereveryday.
Sometimes I watchmoviesandsomecharacterssayyouwishwith a veryangryattitudeor I wishinothersituations.
Whatdothesetwosentencesmeanandhowdo I useit?
Ahha.
Interestingquestion.
Okay, whensomeonerespondswithyouwishto a negativesuggestion.
It's liketheremutuallytogether.
They'rerecognizingthattheydon't likeeachother, sousuallythefirstcharacterwillsaysomethinglikemakingnegativesuggestionslikeyoushouldyoushouldleavetownandget a differentjob.
ThissuggestionsaysNo, I'm notgoingtodothat, but I knowyouwantmetodothat.
Soyouwishinthiswaymeansit's like a negativechallenge, thatkindoffighting, recognizingtheydislikeeachother.
Sothat's onetheotheronewas.
So I wishwetalkedabout I wishinthepreviousthepreviousepisodeofescalation, sopleasecheckthatout.
Butessentially, I wishreferstosomethingthatwecannotdonoworsomethingthatisdifferentfromthepresentsituation.
Butwewantwewanttohappenorwewanttobeabletodoso.
PleasecheckthelastepisodeofAskAliciaformoreabout I Wishlikethepositive.
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Hey, Alicia, what's yourheight?
I am 1000 centimeterstallOrmaybe I'm sixcentimeterstall.
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ThendayfoundintoasksWhencan I useeverin a presentperfectsentencelike I haveever, evermeansatanytimeoratalltimesyoucanuseeverwhenyou'reasking a questionlikeHaveyoueverblahblah?
HaveyoueverbeentoFrance?
HaveyouevereatenRoman?
Haveyouevertaken a triptothemountains?
Forexample, Wecanuseeverwhenmakingquestionsthat's one, butbecauseevermeansthatalltimewe'reatanytimeswe'vemaynotuseittoanswer a questionlikethat.
Haveyoueverblockedlovelaw?
Weusuallysayyesornointhat.
Inresponsetothat, wecansay I havenever, evertaking a triptoFranceor I havenever, ever I forgotmykeyuse.
Wecanuse a lotofdifferentwordsaftertheverbyet, thoughforexample, getintotogetintosomethingmeanstobecomeinterestedinsomethingyoumightheartogetatlikegetatmeorgetyourprofessortogetatmeanstoreachout, toortocommunicatewith.
Butit's a verycasualexpression.
Youcansaygetafterlike I needtogetaftermyhomework, forexample.
Itmeanstolikechaseafterortrytodosomething.
Alsogetin, liketogetinto a club, togetinto a restaurant, togetinto a party, thenuancesthatsomethingischallenging, butyoucangainaccesstothatthinglike I gotintothepartylastnight, but I wasn't onthelist.
Thereare a lotofdifferentusesofthewordget.
I can't talkaboutalloftheminthisvideobecausetherearesomany.
Soifyou'recuriousaboutthevariousphraseallverbsthatwecanusewiththewordget, checkout a dictionarythat's a reallygoodplacetostart.