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  • Question comes from Winston.

  • Hi, Winston, Winston says.

  • I don't understand English.

  • I want to learn, but I don't know how to start.

  • I'm a newbie, right?

  • Lots of questions like this.

  • So, really, there are a lot of different ways that you can start studying a language.

  • Of course, we have lots of videos on our YouTube channel on.

  • We have a whole Web site to try to help people who are studying English.

  • You can check us out in English.

  • Class one no one dot com.

  • You confined like APs.

  • You confined worksheets, podcasts toe listen to.

  • So that can be a nice week to start.

  • We have some videos for beginners also, so if you're just starting, you can check some of the beginner level videos we have on the channel, for example, English in three minutes.

  • That's a good set of videos you can watch to learn some basic phrases.

  • I think so.

  • That might be a nice place for you to start.

  • But let's look at some other ideas for beginners.

  • Specifically one, join an English class in your city to get an English textbook and study at home.

  • Three make of language exchange with an English speaker for study vocabulary with APS.

  • Try out those those air A few ideas.

  • Of course.

  • You can always use our videos on the channel as well.

  • So I hope that helps a little bit.

  • Where do we use wanna and gonna and how?

  • Ah, this question is about the casual contracted forms have want to and going to so want to becomes Wanna going to becomes gonna in casual speech We use them in exactly the same way we would use.

  • I want to I'm going to He wants to.

  • She wants to.

  • He's going to She's going to We use them in exactly the same way.

  • Which means we used them in casual situations like I want to take a day off or I'm gonna go to the beach this weekend Or do you wanna see a movie tonight?

  • We use them in exactly the same way we use want to and going Thio but we use them in speech Typically, we don't right thes unless we're writing very casual messages, like text messages to our friends or something.

  • Next one, I got the next question a couple times, like maybe three or four times.

  • Okay, The question was about the adjective comparison video that we did a while ago.

  • So I introduced the word fun as an irregular adjective in terms of the comparative form.

  • So fun is a word on adjective used for an activity or something that's enjoyable, something we like to do.

  • But it is different from the adjective.

  • Funny fun is an adjective and a noun.

  • Actually, funny is just an adjective.

  • Fund refers to an enjoyable activity.

  • Funny, however, refers to something that causes us to laugh.

  • It makes us laugh because something is curious.

  • Something is humor's.

  • So, for example, we can say going to an amusement park is fun.

  • It's not funny.

  • It's not humorous, but it's fun.

  • Let's kind of break this down a little bit.

  • Let's think about it like fun.

  • Uh, in the adjective form here, fun is an enjoyable activity, something we enjoy Doing funny, however, causes laughter because of humor.

  • Something funny, eyes humorous.

  • It is a witty or there's interesting word play or whatever.

  • So fun is kind of think of fun is like doing in activity.

  • Going to the movie theater is fun going to an amusement park.

  • It's fun watching these videos.

  • Maybe is fun.

  • I know making these videos.

  • It's fun, but funny.

  • We use funny for, for example, a person or a movie or something that causes us to laugh because of humor.

  • So things that are fun, fun, fun, fun, fun, not fun.

  • Funny, funny, not funny, Not funny.

  • Funny, not funny fun.

  • So going to watch a funny movie is fun.

  • I think about that because these two words are different.

  • Fun is an adjective.

  • Funny is an adjective fun theme.

  • Comparative form is more fun or less fun.

  • The comparative form of Funny is funny year or not as funny.

  • So that's why I used to different examples in that video.

  • Thanks for that question.

  • Next question.

  • Next question comes from Carmel.

  • Carmel says.

  • Do you have any ideas on how to improve speaking skills in English?

  • Yeah, well, to improve your speaking, you have to practice speaking.

  • Here are a couple of ideas that you can use to maybe help you improve your speaking these air ideas for just ways to practice.

  • So chances to practice everyone.

  • Get a partner you can practice speaking English with.

  • This can be in your city or in your community, so find a partner to practice speaking English with This can be a language exchange partner.

  • For example, do if you can't find anyone in your town or in your city to practice speaking English with, you can try to find a partner on line three.

  • Try recording yourself speaking.

  • You can use your phone to do this if you like.

  • Just record your voice saying something and then listen to it again.

  • You might not realize it, but it's actually really helpful to hear your own voice like both side of your body.

  • Actually, we have something on the Web site you can check at English Class one no one dot com.

  • There's a voice recorder function so you can record your voice and then compare your voice to the sound of a native speakers voice and try to practice until your voice matches the sound of their voice.

  • So that could be another idea.

  • Number four.

  • Try repeating the things the characters in English TV and English movies say.

  • So if you're watching TV, if you're watching a video online, if you're listening to music something in English, try to repeat the thing you hear.

  • So not on Lee listening, listening, listening, but tried to practice saying the things the characters or the artists are saying, too.

  • Number five.

  • Kind of a strange suggestion, maybe, but try talking to yourself in English.

  • Actually, I do this a lot.

  • I'm studying Japanese and I talk to myself in Japanese from time to time.

  • So that helps me a little bit, but helps me get comfortable just saying words saying phrases.

  • So maybe that's helpful for you.

  • Those are five ideas for what you can do to improve your speaking Next question.

  • Next question comes from Mom.

  • Say no one long Say not one sign.

  • I'm very sorry if I've never been to Japan.

  • I've never been to Japan before.

  • I've never eaten horse.

  • I've never eaten horse before.

  • My question is, if you put before at the end of those sentences, doesn't mean you're in Japan right now or you're eating horse right now.

  • No, not necessarily.

  • Think of before at the end of the sentence as before now, I've never eaten horse before Now.

  • In other words, you could use this beef just before you eat horse or just before you go to Japan, if you like, as an emphasis phrase.

  • But it doesn't necessarily mean that you are in Japan now or that you're eating horse now.

  • You could use it in that way, sure, but it doesn't necessarily mean it.

  • If you'd like to emphasize it like if you're about to eat horse, for example, I've never eaten horse before.

  • You could show your interest, or perhaps to show maybe some anxiety or nervous feelings about what you're about to do.

  • But, no, it does not necessarily mean you are in that place.

  • Like, for example, you could just be having a conversation.

  • Have you eaten horse before?

  • No, I've never eaten horse before.

  • It could just be a conversation about it, but really before just means before now.

  • Next question.

  • Next question comes from Juan Garcia.

  • Hi, lawn!

  • Go asks.

  • I would like to know how to use down, up, off, in, on and out after a bourbon.

  • Why, it's necessary.

  • Oh, dear blonde, This is a very big question.

  • Your question is about phrase a ll verbs.

  • These are all called Fraser Verbs.

  • Verb plus adverb or proposition.

  • There an enormous amount of raisel verbs.

  • I cannot possibly talk about all of them in one video.

  • Brazel verbs are necessary because they are part of speech.

  • They are simply a type of herb.

  • They're a type of expression s So you need to know them because they will help you to communicate effectively.

  • So if you want to know more about specific phrase all verbs, I would suggest checking a dictionary.

  • Next question.

  • Next question comes from Hwang Jang Shik.

  • Hwang Jang.

  • Sorry, which one is correct?

  • I work out for 1 to 2 hours a day.

  • I work out for one or two hours a day.

  • I drink coffee 2 to 3 times a day.

  • I drink coffee two or three times a day.

  • Ah, well, that these air correct.

  • Actually, in this case, they're very, very small.

  • Differences between these 1 to 2 hours a day means between one and two hours.

  • If you say I work out for one or two hours a day, it means it's determined, like, uh, one hour only for work out for two hours on Lee for a workout.

  • So the difference here is Are you determining?

  • Are you deciding one hour or two cups of coffee or three cups of coffee?

  • Or is it between those two amounts?

  • So using 1 to 2 or 2 to 3 means between those two amounts using four shows, It's either a or B, but not between those two.

  • This is the difference between two and four.

  • Next question.

  • Next question comes from Bowie Dent Day, Bowie Valley.

  • Then day found into asks.

  • When can I use ever in a present perfect sentence, like I have ever, ever means at any time or at all times you can use ever when you're asking a question like Have you ever blah blah, blah?

  • Have you ever been to France?

  • Have you ever eaten Roman?

  • Have you ever taken a trip to the mountains, for example, We can use ever when making questions.

  • That's one.

  • But because ever means that all time we're at any times we've may not use it to answer a question like that.

  • Have you ever blocked love law?

  • We usually say yes or no in that.

  • In response, to that, we can say I have never, ever taken a trip to France or I have never, ever I forgot my key use.

  • For example, I have never, ever blah, blah, blah.

  • But in that case, it still means never an expression like never, ever just emphasizes the word never so to use ever.

  • We need to pair ever with a verb in a sentence, So we can't say I have ever just I have plus a verb we cannot say I have ever.

  • That's incorrect.

  • I have at some at any time or at all times it's it's redundant, it's it's not necessary.

  • We can, however, use ever in a negative expression like I haven't ever been to France or she hasn't ever eaten cheese, for example.

  • So we have two pair ever with a negative to make a response we use ever for present perfect, tense questions and paired with a negative have or has to make a response to make a negative response.

  • So please keep those two in my next question.

  • Next question comes from Russia, Russia, Russia, Russia, where do we use wanna and gonna and how.

  • Ah, this question is about the casual contracted forms of want to and going to so want to becomes Wanna going to becomes gonna in casual speech We use them in exactly the same way we would use.

  • I want to I'm going to He wants to.

  • She wants to.

  • He's going to She's going to We use them in exactly the same way.

  • Which means we used them in casual situations like I wanted to take a day off or I'm gonna go to the beach this weekend.

  • Or do you wanna see a movie tonight?

  • We use them in exactly the same way we use want to and going Thio but we use them in speech.

  • Typically, we don't right these unless we're writing very casual messages like text messages to our friends or something.

  • First question a lot of you who asked about what to do to get a voice that sounds like mine.

  • When I'm making these videos, I'm specifically trying to speak clearly.

  • So I'm clearly separating my words.

  • The way that I talked with my friends in the way that I talk regularly is a bit different in the way that I talked on this channel.

  • But if you want to try to get this kind of pronunciation.

  • The best advice I have is just to repeat this kind of pronunciation.

  • It depends on your goal.

  • If you walk to learn to speak like me or to speak like somebody else that you really admire, you should try to mimic them.

  • That's what I do on.

  • That's actually a strategy that I use when I study other languages as well.

  • So if I hear something interesting that a vocabulary word the different has used, like in Japanese, for example, or they have a really good intonation or just the way they deliver the way they say something, it's really interesting to me or I want Thio.

  • I want to be able to use that to I put that in my head.

  • I think about that, and then I try to replicate that.

  • I tried to copy that, essentially, to make this explanation shorter.

  • Mimic limit If you want to learn to speak like the mimic me, if you want to learn to speak like somebody else, tried to mimic someone else.

  • But just keep in mind that the way that I talk in these videos is different from the way that I talked to realize Next question.

  • Next question is from Suha.

  • How do we write a good paragraph?

  • Number one.

  • You need to think about the position of your paragraph in your overall document.

  • Let's think about writing a document in terms of three parts and introduction of body and the conclusion in the introduction section.

  • You need to introduce the key information your reader needs to know what they're going to read about later in your documents.

  • So if your paragraph is in the introduction, you need to think about how to introduce your information there.

  • Second, the body section of your document should be where you include your evidence.

  • You're supporting materials, your opinions, any references that you have.

  • So if your paragraph falls in the body of the document, you should have these things in Monte.

  • If your paragraph is in the conclusion of your document at the end, you should be concluding or finishing your ideas.

  • It's typically a good idea to summarize the ideas you presented in the body and the introduction of your document in the concluding section.

  • Do use transitions when you're writing.

  • It's good to transition from one sentence to another and to use good transitions between paragraphs themselves, says some example.

  • Transitions could be 1st 2nd 3rd or next.

  • Then, finally, after that.

  • Moreover, additionally furthermore, so transitions help the reader connect the ideas that you're presenting in your writing.

  • Three.

  • Avoid trying to include too much information in one sentence.

  • Remember, you need to try to present your ideas as clearly and accurately as possible.

  • So if you find you're just writing and writing and writing and the sentence is becoming extremely long, take a moment and look at the goal of this sentence.

  • What are you actually trying to communicate if you need to break it into smaller sentences and connect them with transition?

  • Next question.

  • Next question comes from Garrison Silva again years.

  • When can I used the expression take for granted?

  • Take for granted.

  • This is an expression which we typically use in the negative.

  • Like don't take something something for granted.

  • Don't take bubble block for granted.

  • It means, um, don't forget to appreciate this thing or this person.

  • So, for example, don't take your parents for granted or don't take this opportunity for granted.

  • These expressions mean don't forget to appreciate these things for, um don't just disregard your parents or don't disregard this opportunity recognized the importance of something.

  • So if you are given a good opportunity, for example, or someone gives you good advice or a very nice gift, perhaps we would typically use this with the negative.

  • Don't take something, something for granted.

  • You don't forget to show your appreciation for that thing or for that person.

  • Question comes from Carla Carla Carla asks.

  • How do you native speakers used to have?

  • I have seen five.

  • I have got formal and informal.

  • Sure, we use the verb to have for a lot of different meaning.

  • There's a grammatical function for the verb half when we parent with the past participle form of effort like I have plus past participle to make the present perfect tense.

  • Or I had plus past participle to make the past perfect tense.

  • So there's that kind of grammatical function of the verb half.

  • However, if you just want to use the verb have in everyday situations like I have a phone or I have a camera or I don't have any money, for example, then to have in that case just means to own something or to hold something to be keeping something, so please consider the sentence that you're looking at with the verb have in it.

  • If it comes before a verb in the past participle, it's probably a past perfect or present perfect expression.

  • If you're seeing something after the verb have like an object in my examples, like a phone or a camera or money, then it's probably referring to owning something or keeping something.

  • So those air probably two of the most common ways that you'll see the verb have and its variations in at least American English speech.

  • Next question.

  • Next question.

  • Next question comes from Daniel Silva Ero Hi, Daniel!

  • Daniel asks, What is the difference between wish and desire?

  • Greetings from Paraguay.

  • Hey, uh, what is the difference between wish and desire?

  • Wish is used to express a once when you want something that is different from the present situation, so we often use it with I wish I were or I wish I could something we, uh, we want or an ability we want, but that we do not have now something for the future.

  • So I wish I could speak seven languages or I wish I had a $1,000,000 or I wish I were taking more time off every week, for example, something that is different from the present condition.

  • The present situation we use wish or I wish you would call me, for example.

  • I wish you would.

  • Or I wish you could, to express something that is not happening now.

  • Desire.

  • On the other hand, desire tends to be used more formally on it also can carry more romantic nuances.

  • It's not used as much conversationally as the word wish is Wish is used to express wants things that we want that are not true now.

  • Desire is used more in romantic situations, like to desire another person or he desired more of her time, for example, but it sounds unnecessarily formal.

  • A few you might use it in a in a more formal like a business context, like our client desires, Maur information about the situation that could be a different use of the word desire, but in general it sounds a bit more formal and a bit more romantically charged at times, depending on the situation when it's used.

  • If you're talking about a person as well, like if you say for example, I desire you.

  • It sounds I'm actually quite odd, at least in American English.

  • If you want to use the word desire, I think in romantic situation it might be applied in a phrase like, uh, he was filled with desire or she was filled with desire, used more as a noun than as a verb.

  • So I would recommend not using desire so much to talk about your wants as it can sound a little bit too formal or can give perhaps the wrong nuance to the situation.

  • But Wish is used to express a A hope for something or wanting something that is different from the present situation.

  • So I hope that helps.

  • First question comes from Ferris Ghazali Virus guzzle.

  • How do I stop translating the meeting of English words in my head?

  • I can tell you about the things that have helped me and maybe they'll help you.

  • I put myself in situations where I could not escape into my native language.

  • In my case, I could not escape into English.

  • I would go out like four food and drinks with friends who could not speak English.

  • I had no choice but to use a different language with them to something that I've noticed some of my students do.

  • That actually kind of bothers me.

  • They bring a dictionary to their lesson, and they'll stop conversations in lessons to check words in their dictionary and say a single word at a time instead of just trying to find a different way to explain that one.

  • It totally stops the flow of conversation to you don't have really the option to do that in a conversation.

  • Most of the time you're not gonna be carrying around your dictionary with you, I hope, unless it's in your phone, I suppose.

  • Third, I think that this is a chance to develop a better skill.

  • Instead of trying to translate into English or to translate into a different language, you should think about finding a different way to explain the word you want to use.

  • Let's say, for example, that you want to use the word beautiful, but you can't remember the word.

  • How would you explain that?

  • So think about other ways to communicate an idea, even if you don't have the vocabulary words, so going to your dictionary shouldn't unnecessarily be the first course of action.

  • It shouldn't necessarily be your first step.

  • Think about a different way to communicate the idea you're trying to communicate.

  • Think of examples to explain the word you're looking for.

  • And then the other person can teach you, like if you're working with somebody or you're talking with somebody who understands you're not a native speaker.

  • Chances are if you can explain the word you're looking for, they will tell you they will be your teacher.

  • I just explain, like with body language sometimes, too, if I don't know where.

  • So another thing that really helped me was not just studying vocabulary words but actually approaching things as phrases.

  • So not saying OK, this word equals this word in my language, but rather here's a phrase that communicates and meaning that is interesting to me or that I hear my friends use a lot.

  • I'm going to use that phrase, so don't just input input input.

  • Start outputting to the next question.

  • Next question from Han Yang Hee Han han Unique 100 keepers are Paley Show.

  • What's the difference between maybe probably, perhaps, and possibly great question?

  • Maybe probably, perhaps possibly.

  • Okay, maybe probably, perhaps, and possibly thes air all adverbs they have the same grammatical function.

  • Maybe probably, perhaps, and possibly maybe and perhaps are very closely related.

  • Maybe.

  • And perhaps, are they have the same meaning, but just different levels of formality.

  • Maybe, is like the lower level, the more casual version of the word perhaps.

  • So maybe I'll go to the beach this weekend, and perhaps I'll go to the beach this weekend.

  • They have really the same meeting, but perhaps sounds more formal.

  • Probably, however, is different.

  • Probably expresses a higher level of possibility than the other words on this list.

  • I'll probably go to the beach this weekend is like a 75 to 80% chance the speaker is going to go to the beach this weekend.

  • Possibly, however, possibly has more of a nuance of just that something can be done.

  • It is possible to do something we use possibly Maurin requests like Could you possibly blah, blah blah for me?

  • Could you possibly send me this file?

  • Possibly sounds a little too formal for casual conversations and invitations, but if you're using it at work, for example, could you possibly meet me later this week instead of Could you maybe meet me so the difference between maybe and possibly, and perhaps their possible.

  • Has that route Yeah.

  • Possible able to So maybe.

  • And perhaps don't have that nuance Possibly sounds like Is it possible?

  • Is it Are you able to do this thing?

  • Maybe And perhaps don't contain that nuance.

  • So to recap, maybe, and perhaps air used to express the same thing.

  • A chance of something happening, perhaps is more formal, possibly is used in a similar way.

  • However, it refers more to simple possibility than is it is Are you able to do that thing?

  • Probably Express is a high chance of something.

  • Next question.

  • Next question is from long Jang ik hi Long diet says I'm curious.

  • What do you do on your days off?

  • You don't know how to do my days off my days.

  • I'm pretty normal On my days off.

  • I cook, I go jogging, I sleep.

  • I build this into my favorite DJs.

  • I see my friends.

  • I eat and drink and watch TV.

  • That's bad.

  • I'm a pretty normal person.

  • First question, this comes from Shinichi Saito.

  • Hi, Shunichi.

  • Uh, she needs she says.

  • I want to know what does, though mean.

  • For example, it's very expensive, though.

  • I see the word, though at the end of a sentence very often.

  • Yeah, a lot of you have sent this question in recently.

  • So I talked in a previous episode of Ask Alicia about using the Word though T H o U G h.

  • At the end of a sentence, it means but at the end of a sentence, and we use it kind of casually.

  • So when you see the word, though, T H o, it's like an even more casual version of the O.

  • T.

  • H O u G H at the end of a sentence.

  • So you'll see this a lot.

  • Unlike social Media, you'll see this when you're on like Facebook or Twitter or instagram.

  • Text messages maybe, though just means but but at the end of a sentence.

  • So in your example sentence, which was it's really expensive, though it means it's really expensive.

  • But however, it's like just putting that little but that little disagreement kind of feeling at the end of the sentence.

  • So it's sort of like a soft, you know, disagreement or a soft sort of difference of opinion, though, means though t h o means though T h o u G h, but it's just extremely, extremely casual.

  • So for a little bit more detail, you can check this video where I talked a little bit more about a T h o u G h at the end of a sentence with some other examples.

  • So I hope that that helps you.

  • I know many of you have asked that question likely.

  • Next question.

  • The next person asked two questions.

  • So the next two questions are from SA war.

  • See Adi.

  • Where?

  • Where?

  • Society question one from Issa.

  • Can you explain through thorough, though, and thought they sound similar?

  • Yes, indeed, they do sound similar, and they even look similar in writing for sure.

  • However, these words have different meanings and different functions in speech and in writing.

  • Let's look at through to begin with, though, through means to pass into something and to come out the other side of something.

  • So, for example, to go through a tunnel or if you're looking at a document, for example, to go through a document means to read through, read all of the content of the document from beginning to end, so through something is to begin at something and pass through all of the content to pass through everything and come up, come out the other side or to complete something.

  • So we also use the word through to mean finished in American English like Are you through with dinner or I'm through with my homework.

  • So through those air, a couple of different ways, we use the word through the second word.

  • Thorough, thorough.

  • So different from through thorough means.

  • Um, comprehensive, thorough means completely Pharaoh means well done.

  • It has typically a positive meaning.

  • So, for example, she was very thorough in her explanation of the word through.

  • Or she was very thorough in her explanation of the word thorough.

  • Sorry.

  • She was very thorough in her presentation, meaning she gave a lot of information in her presentation.

  • Thorough means well done, containing a lot of knowledge, a lot of information in something thorough.

  • So please be thorough in completing your homework or he wasn't very thorough in cleaning his room.

  • So thorough means well done, completely done, finished, considering everything, considering all points of something.

  • Even the small details is considered pharaoh, so we can use thorough for presentations for activities that require small details a thorough safety check, for example, so these air actions that are done completely fully to the small details.

  • So that's the road.

  • Next word here is, though, though, though you can think of, though, in the same way you think of the word.

  • But so it's used to contrast information.

  • It's used to express a difference in something so you could follow someone's opinion with an expression like though.

  • So, for example, I think summer is the best season, though winter is pretty fun, too.

  • So you can think of, though in the same way as you think of but a though be so you're presenting a and then a contrast ing opinion be and you're connecting those two ideas with, though in the same way you would.

  • But so, though, though although is similar, we use, although and though and but in similar ways what's the difference but is much more casual and but is used much more in casual conversation in everyday conversation.

  • If you're writing a document, a formal document or if you're making a formal statement, you could use, though in place of.

  • But so, though, shows contrasting information, the last one on this list is thought thought thought is the past tense of think when used as a verb.

  • So I thought you were coming today or I thought it was going to rain later.

  • Or I thought this was such a great afternoon Thought is used as the past tense of think.

  • We can also use thought to refer to an idea as a noun.

  • So I had a thought, for example.

  • Or do you have any thoughts about this project so we can use thought as a verb past tense of think or, as in now, to refer to an idea.

  • So again, that's through thorough, though, And I thought some of you might be wondering, How do I remember which is which?

  • When I'm reading or when I'm listening, you have to pay attention to the grammar of the sentence.

  • They all have different for medical functions, so you need to think about the grammar surrounding the word.

  • Next question.

  • Next question from Hanyang.

  • He hunt Hanyang Paley show.

  • What's the difference between maybe probably, perhaps, and possibly great question, maybe probably, perhaps possibly.

  • Okay, maybe probably, perhaps, and possibly thes air all adverbs.

  • They have the same grammatical function maybe probably, perhaps, and possibly maybe and perhaps are very closely related.

  • Maybe.

  • And perhaps, are they have the same meaning, but just different levels of formality.

  • Maybe, is like the lower level, the more casual version of the word perhaps.

  • So maybe I'll go to the beach this weekend, and perhaps I'll go to the beach this weekend.

  • They have really the same meeting, but perhaps sounds more formal.

  • Probably, however, is different.

  • Probably expresses a higher level of possibility than the other words on this list.

  • I'll probably go to the beach this weekend is like a 75 to 80% chance the speaker is going to go to the beach this weekend.

  • Possibly, however, possibly has more of a nuance of just that something can be done.

  • It is possible to do something we use possibly Maurin requests like Could you possibly blah, blah blah for me?

  • Could you possibly send me this file?

  • Um, possibly sounds a little too formal for casual conversations and invitations, but if you're using it at work, for example, could you possibly meet me later this week instead of Could you maybe meet me?

  • So the difference between maybe and possibly, and perhaps their possible.

  • Has that route?

  • Yeah, possible able to.

  • So maybe.

  • And perhaps don't have that nuance possibly sounds like Is it possible?

  • Is it Are you able to do this thing?

  • Maybe, And perhaps don't contain that nuance?

  • So to recap, maybe, and perhaps air used to express the same thing.

  • A chance of something happening, perhaps, is more formal, possibly is used in a similar way.

  • However, it refers more to simple possibility, that is, it is.

  • Are you able to do that thing?

  • Probably Express is a high chance of something.

  • Next question.

  • Next question is from Mohammed So high.

  • Oh, what is the difference between famous and popular?

  • Great question Famous is something that is well known.

  • Many people know about that thing or that person.

  • Beyonce is famous.

  • The Statue of Liberty is famous.

  • The Eiffel Tower is famous.

  • Popular, however, means many people know about it, and it is liked.

  • It has a positive image.

  • So, like Beyonce is popular or like a famous candy is popular like chocolate cake is popular.

  • It's a famous food, and many people like it.

  • So Popular is famous, plus like a positive image.

  • Sometimes we can use those two words for the same thing.

  • So Beyonce's famous Beyonce is popular but famous doesn't always mean they're popular, so someone can be famous for a bad thing.

  • In that case, though, it's typically better to use the word infamous, infamous, infamous means famous for a bad reason.

  • So famous for something Nick on two questions do from ESA What does Love to Hate Me and when Can I use it?

  • Love to hate means it's something that you really, really dislike, but it's sort of enjoyable to dislike.

  • So, for example, this is an expression we can apply to reality TV.

  • So many people think reality TV is not very good entertainment, or it's not very high quality entertainment.

  • However, it's really, really fun.

  • Tow watch.

  • So maybe, for example, you just hate a character on a reality TV show.

  • But somehow you enjoy watching that TV show, too, so something that you feel very strong dislike for, and yet you really enjoy it at the same time.

  • That's something you can love to hate.

  • You love to hate that thing.

  • Next question.

  • Next question comes from Oh, you wrote the pronunciation of your name very nice.

  • Eitan Eitan big.

  • Okay, Alicia.

  • Well, my level is intermediate.

  • They feel that they're stuck at the intermediate level and want to reach the advanced level.

  • They're watching lots of videos on YouTube, reading academic articles on the web, but still feel that progress has somehow stopped.

  • Could you give me some advice?

  • Okay.

  • You say in your message that you feel your progress somehow has stopped.

  • I have been here to the intermediate plateau like you begin learning a language.

  • It's like, Yeah, I'm learning all these things And then you kind of like plateau.

  • You get to a level where things don't continue and you feel like progress goes much more slowly.

  • I would say in this case, first identify how you feel.

  • Your progress has stopped.

  • By that, I mean, like, do you feel like your vocabulary is locking or do you find that it's hard to listen to people and to understand what they're saying?

  • Do you find it's hard to write?

  • Is it hard to like to read things?

  • So, first, identify.

  • What is that thing that you feel like you're not good, and then start to approach your further studies with fat is the focus.

  • I think that if you can think about your different skill, sets your different levels in reading, writing, speaking and listening.

  • You can identify which of those four things is weakest for you and start there.

  • So when you feeling progress has stopped, think like Okay, what am I not good at doing and then focus your time there.

  • So maybe that's a helpful first step for you.

  • Hope that hope This week's first question is a question from Behar Behar Behar.

  • Very sorry, Alicia.

  • I'd like to learn about as and like What's the difference between to begin with, like is a proposition.

  • Remember, propositions are words we use to show relationships to other words or to position the elements in a sentence.

  • So, for example, at and by also propositions the word life is a proposition.

  • However, the word, as is a conjunction.

  • Conjunction is a word that connects elements in a sentence.

  • So, for example, and but or for so these words are conjunctions, that's 0.1 we use, like and as to make a comparison.

  • It's the general agreement.

  • How to use like and as at this point in time, is that if you are following the word like with a simple statement like a noun phrase.

  • You should use the word like if, however, the part that comes after the word like where, as has a verb in the claws, there's a verb in that part of the sentence you should use as to do that, because as functions as a conjunction, remember, it's connecting the elements in a sentence.

  • So we should use, like if there's just a simple Fraser is like a simple now phrase, something like that after, like or ask so to give some examples, my coworker eats like a pig.

  • In that case, I've used the word like because after, like comes a pig, it's just a simple now.

  • Afraid.

  • If, however, I said, my coworker eats as if he were a pig.

  • I'm using a verb I'm using.

  • The verb were as if he were, so we can use ads in cases where we follow the statement with Avery, we can use, like in cases where we follow that statement with a simple now phrase.

  • Generally, we use them both to make comparisons.

  • I'll say, though, that native speakers often make mistakes with this.

  • Generally speaking, now, especially in spoken conversation and casual spoken conversation.

  • At least American English speakers tend to use let more often than as in everyday conversation.

  • I tend to use like I rely on, like heavily for my comparisons in everyday situations.

  • It's like you were It's like he waas It's like blah, blah, blah, as I feel is more common, at least among American English speakers in writing.

  • So you might see as if And as though both of those used to make comparisons like comes before a simple noun phrase, as is used before, something containing for Yeah, thanks for that question Bar.

  • Next question.

  • Next question.

  • Come from Chiara!

  • Chiara!

  • Chiara!

  • Chiara here asks, Uh, I'll help you studying and I'll help you to study what is the correct one?

  • Thanks.

  • I'll help you something.

  • I'll help you do this.

  • So just the regular in plain form of the verb, I would suggest is probably the most natural choice.

  • Thanks for the question.

  • Next quest junk.

  • Next question comes from Sheriff Sheriff Amit.

  • Sheriff.

  • Okay.

  • Should I use the singular or plural verb after colloquial names, for example, my team have won the match or has won the match.

  • Okay, in this case, my team has won the match.

  • My team has won the match, and so use the singular form of the verb like, same as that he has or she has.

  • My teen has is the correct answer.

  • Next question.

  • The next question is from Taylor.

  • Taylor asks.

  • Which one sounds better?

  • I read a newspaper every morning, or I read it the newspaper every morning.

  • Nice question.

  • This is a question about articles.

  • This is just about being specific.

  • If, for example, there's a specific newspaper that you want to read like I read the ABC newspaper every morning, you should use the if it's not important to you to be specific about newspaper.

  • And if you want to imply that you just read any newspaper every morning, you can use a newspaper.

  • I read a newspaper every morning.

  • Using the instead, though, shows that there's maybe a specific newspaper using the before a newspaper.

  • In this case, though, it sounds like there's a specific newspaper you read every morning.

  • If you say I read up newspaper every morning, it sounds like you just choose any newspaper that's available to you on that day and you read that newspaper, so using the shows that there's a specific where it implies that there is a specific newspaper you read every day, you don't have to be specific about which one you can like.

  • I read that New York Times every day, or I read that guardian every day, for example.

  • But if you say I read a newspaper every day, it sounds like you don't choose the same paper each day.

  • That's the difference between these two phrases.

  • Most people, however, do choose the same newspaper every day.

  • And so they use.

  • I read the newspaper every day.

  • You can say I read the news every day as well.

  • But using that set phrase the news, it's like the news for the day.

  • I read that day's news every day, the previous day's news every day.

  • So usually we say the news.

  • We don't use a news.

  • It sounds a little strange to use news, so the same sort of thing applies to a newspaper.

  • Most people choose the same newspaper every day, so we say the newspaper instead of a newspaper.

  • But back to that question, they look nice.

  • Next question expression comes from Jeffrey Hi, Jeffrey?

  • Jeffrey asked.

  • Sometimes I watch movies and some characters say you wish with a very angry attitude or I wish in other situations.

  • What do these two sentences mean and how do I use it?

  • Ah ha.

  • Interesting question.

  • Okay, when someone responds with you wish to a negative suggestion.

  • It's like there mutually together.

  • They're recognizing that they don't like each other, so usually the first character will say something like making negative suggestions like you should you should leave town and get a different job.

  • Leave us alone, something like that.

  • And then the other character will say, Yeah, you wish like, Yes, this this character recognizes You want me to do that?

  • Yes, but I'm not going to do that.

  • In other words, so it's sort of like a challenge.

  • So this person says, like this negative suggestion the other person recognizes.

  • This suggestion says No, I'm not going to do that, but I know you want me to do that.

  • So you wish in this way means it's like a negative challenge, that kind of fighting, recognizing they dislike each other.

  • So that's one the other one was.

  • So I wish we talked about I wish in the previous the previous episode of escalation, so please check that out.

  • But essentially, I wish refers to something that we cannot do now or something that is different from the present situation.

  • But we want we want to happen or we want to be able to do so.

  • Please check the last episode of Ask Alicia for more about I Wish like the positive.

  • Next question.

  • Next question comes from Brain Brian.

  • Brian, I'm very sorry.

  • Hey, Alicia, what's your height?

  • I am 1000 centimeters tall Or maybe I'm six centimeters tall.

  • This whole thing is to spend scan Next question.

  • Next question comes from Bowie Dent Day, Bowie Valley.

  • Then day found into asks When can I use ever in a present perfect sentence like I have ever, ever means at any time or at all times you can use ever when you're asking a question like Have you ever blah blah?

  • Have you ever been to France?

  • Have you ever eaten Roman?

  • Have you ever taken a trip to the mountains?

  • For example, We can use ever when making questions that's one, but because ever means that all time we're at any times we've may not use it to answer a question like that.

  • Have you ever blocked love law?

  • We usually say yes or no in that.

  • In response to that, we can say I have never, ever taking a trip to France or I have never, ever I forgot my key use.

  • For example, I have never, ever blah blah law.

  • But in that case, it still means never an expression like never, ever just emphasizes the word never so to use ever.

  • We need to pair ever with a verb in a sentence.

  • So we can't say I have ever just I have plus over.

  • We cannot say I have ever.

  • That's incorrect.

  • I have at some at any time or at all times it's it's redundant, it's it's not necessary.

  • We can, however, use ever in a negative expression like I haven't ever been to France or she hasn't ever eaten cheese, for example.

  • So we have two pair ever with a negative to make a response.

  • We use ever for present perfect, tense questions and paired with a negative have or has to make a response to make a negative response.

  • So please keep those two in mind first question.

  • Bram Harley pasa.

  • Lt's hard Harley puzzle puzzle Puss.

  • Very sorry, Harley asks.

  • What is the use of get plus adverb or proposition?

  • For example, I get down.

  • This is a question about phrase a ll verbs with get.

  • We can use a lot of different things after the word get in your example to get down.

  • We use it when dancing, for example, like I want to get down this weekend.

  • It's sort of an old fashioned expression, though, to get down.

  • We can use a lot of different words after the verb yet, though for example, get into to get into something means to become interested in something you might hear to get at like get at me or get your professor to get at means to reach out, to or to communicate with.

  • But it's a very casual expression.

  • You can say get after like I need to get after my homework, for example.

  • It means to like chase after or try to do something.

  • Also get in, like to get into a club, to get into a restaurant, to get into a party, the nuances that something is challenging, but you can gain access to that thing like I got into the party last night, but I wasn't on the list.

  • There are a lot of different uses of the word get.

  • I can't talk about all of them in this video because there are so many.

  • So if you're curious about the various phrase all verbs that we can use with the word get, check out a dictionary that's a really good place to start.

  • Next question comes from Alexander.

  • Hi, Alexander, Alexander says highly show.

  • What's the difference between the words intelligent, smart and clever, intelligent and smart have the same meaning.

  • They mean someone who has a lot of knowledge and the images that they got it from books, from studying from classrooms from lectures, intelligent and smart.

  • They have that same feeling about them.

  • But intelligence sounds more formal.

  • Smart is used, Ah, lot among young people who have good academic abilities.

  • For example, clever also means that someone has a lot of knowledge.

  • But the idea with clever maybe they have knowledge from books and classes, Yes, but their knowledge is from world experience, so they're really good with like people in situations, and they can think quickly, Maybe and they have good ideas that someone who is clever, sometimes clever has Theo image of being a little bit like sneaky to next question.

  • Next question comes from long and long and asks, What is the difference between simple past tense and past continuous tense or past progressive tents?

  • Simple, past tense we use for actions that started and ended in the past.

  • So the beginning of the action and the end of the action happened in the past.

  • So, for example,

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