Learn English with Esther | 24 Easy English Lessons for Beginners

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Hi everybody. I'm Esther.
And in this video we're going to talk about some important English expressions.
And let's first start with 'like' and 'like to'.
'I like' and 'I like to'.
First let's look at the board for some examples.
With 'I like', we have to put a person place or thing. Right?
So let's look. "I like cookies." Right?
Food is a thing.
So I could say, "I like cookies. I like pizza."
Okay the next one.
"I like English."
English is a subject in school so that's another thing.
So I can also say, "I like math".
Right?
The next one is "I like you."
You is a person.
I can say, "I like him. I like Sally".
Right? I can say a person.
And "I like dogs."
That's another thing.
I like dogs. Or for me, personally, I like cats as well.
Okay so let's first try these examples.
A little bit faster.
Now please try to follow with me.
"I like cookies."
"I like cookies."
"I like English."
"I like English."
"I like you."
"I like you."
and "I like dogs."
"I like dogs."
Okay. The second example is, 'I like to'.
Now we put a 'to' here.
That means, after, I have to put an activity.
Right? An activity.
For example, "I like to dance."
"I like to dance."
But what I want you to listen for is that 'to'
becomes just like a /t/.
Now it's okay to say, "I like to dance."
"I like to dance."
That's okay. But most native English speakers
will kind of get rid of the 'o' and say, "I like to dance."
"I like to dance."
Here's the next one. "I like to sing."
"I like to sing."
"I like to study."
"I like to shop."
Okay so these are all personally things that I like to do.
Actually I love to do them.
But 'like to' and 'like' is a little more common.
Okay so let's practice these four examples one more time.
A little more quickly.
And please try to follow me.
"I like to dance."
"I like to dance."
"I like to sing."
"I like to sing."
"I like to study."
"I like to study."
"I like to shop."
"I like to shop."
Okay let's look at some more examples together.
I like school.
I like school.
I like dresses.
I like dresses.
I like pizza.
I like pizza.
I like money.
I like money
I like vacations.
I like vacations.
I like food.
I like food.
I like to eat.
I like to eat.
I like to exercise.
I like to exercise.
I like to walk.
I like to walk.
I like to drink coffee.
I like to drink coffee.
I like to meet friends.
I like to meet friends.
I like to travel.
I like to travel.
Okay so now we're going to move on to the expressions 'I don't like'.
And 'I don't like to'
Okay.
So if you look at the board,
I've changed 'I like' to 'I don't like'.
Now it's the same.
At the end, I have to say a person, a place, or thing,
Okay?
So let's look at them together.
"I don't like sushi."
Let's try it a little bit faster.
"I don't like sushi."
"I don't like sushi."
Okay the next one is
"I don't like math."
Right?
We can say, "I hate..."
but "I don't like" is more common.
"I don't like math."
Again a little faster.
"I don't like math."
"I don't like math."
The next one is...
"I don't like him."
"I don't like him."
"I don't like him."
And the last one.
"I don't like snakes."
Right, a lot of women don't like snakes.
"I don't like snakes."
"I don't like snakes."
Okay.
The second example is...
'I don't like to'.
'I don't like to'.
Remember, at the end of this, we have to put an action.
Something that we do.
Right?
So we can say, "I don't like to run."
"I don't like to run."
Remember, again, the 'to'...
You can say, "I don't like to" or "I don't like to".
"I don't like to run."
Let's try the next one.
"I don't like to study."
"I don't like to study."
Okay? After that...
"I don't like to drink."
A little faster.
"I don't like to drink."
"I don't like to drink."
And the last one is...
"I don't like to fight."
Right?
It can get a little bit scary right?
"I don't like to fight."
"I don't like to fight."
Let's look at more... some more examples together.
Okay let's look at some examples.
"I don't like spiders."
"I don't like spiders."
"I don't like snow."
"I don't like snow."
"I don't like winter."
"I don't like winter."
"I don't like chicken feet."
"I don't like chicken feet."
"I don't like heels."
"I don't like heels."
"I don't like ugly guys."
"I don't like ugly guys."
"I don't like to work."
"I don't like to work."
"I don't like to hike."
"I don't like to hike."
"I don't like to wash dishes."
"I don't like to wash dishes."
"I don't like to clean up."
"I don't like to clean up."
"I don't like to eat alone."
"I don't like to eat alone."
"I don't like to drink soju."
"I don't like to drink soju."
Okay so in this video we talked about the expressions
'I like...'
' I like to...'
and 'I don't like...'
'I don't like to...'
But, uh, before we close up I'm going to
talk about 'I like' and 'I don't like' one more time
because there are other ways to say the same thing.
Instead of 'I like', I can also say, 'I enjoy', or 'I love'.
But remember, 'love' is very strong.
Right, for example "I love cats."
"I also love dogs." Right?
So 'love' is stronger than 'like'.
Okay, the next part is 'I don't like'.
I can also say, 'I dislike'
Again, 'I dislike'.
For example, "I dislike snakes."
Right?
or "I hate snakes."
Similar to 'love', 'hate' is a very strong way of saying I don't like something.
For example, "I hate snakes."
Right, "I hate snakes."
Okay, so I hope that helped and hope to see you guys next time.
Bye bye.
Hi everybody I'm Esther and in this video I'm going to teach you how to ask
someone for permission okay so before I teach you that let's first talk about
what permission means okay so when you want to ask someone if it's okay to do
something you're asking for permission okay again you want to do something you
don't know if it's okay so you ask someone for example maybe you
want to borrow something then you should ask someone if you just take it that's
stealing right so you have to ask is it okay alright so there are three ways to
ask for permission in English the first way is to say can I can I okay the
second way is could I could I and the third way is may I may I okay so
can I could I and may I are all good ways to ask for permission but the third
one may I is more polite okay so if you want
to ask somebody who has more power maybe your parents may be your teacher then
you should say may I maybe even to somebody that you don't know very well
it's better to say may I because again it's more polite so let's
look at these examples okay so I've written can I could I and
may I on the board remember after these three you have to
say a verb okay so let's look at the verbs help see have call borrow go speak
and go again okay so I know I went through that a little bit quickly but
we're gonna go through it slowly now okay
so here's what we'll do I'm gonna read and try to switch some around okay so
can I help you can I help you let's try that a little bit faster can I help you
can I help you now remember you can also say could I and may I for example if
you're walking through a department store and the salesperson comes to you
they would probably say may I help you because they want to be polite to the
customer so again may I help you okay can I see you again can I see you
again a little bit faster can I see you again maybe you like someone you met
them and you like them and you want to see them again next time so you say can
I see you again okay can I have some water
can I have some water a little bit faster can I have some water okay let's
try a couple with could could I call you later could I call you later again
remember you can use all three but we're doing could could I call you later
could I borrow some money okay you usually borrow money from a friend or
somebody that you know so that's why it's better to say maybe can I or could
I could I borrow some money okay could I go could I go you want to leave so
you're asking if it's okay could I go okay and remember
may I is polite okay you want to say that to someone who's a little bit more
important maybe someone you don't know again you would use me I so may I speak
to mr. Kim maybe you called his office okay so you say may I speak to mr. Kim
and the last one may I go to the bathroom this one is maybe if
you're asking a teacher right you're in class and you have to go you can ask a
teacher may I go to the bathroom again can I could can and could are both okay
but maybe it's more polite if you want to be polite you should say may I go to
the bathroom and I'm sure the teacher will like that better because you're
being polite okay so in this video we learned three ways to ask for permission
let's go through them one more time can I could I and may I okay well I hope I
helped and I'll see you guys next time bye
hi everybody my name is Esther and in this video we're going to talk about how
to use the word can and can't so first of all let's talk about the meaning of
these words ken means you are able to do something
maybe because you have the skill or maybe because your body allows you to do
that thing and can't it's the opposite right you can't do something you're not
able to do something because you don't have the skill or your body doesn't
allow you to do it okay let's move on to the pronunciation how do we pronounce
these words correctly now I know it's not easy but I know you if you keep
practicing you're gonna get better believe me so let's look at the first
one now this one actually sounds like a man's name 10/10 you'll notice it sounds
more like an e then it doesn't a again practice with me Ken now this one is
can't if you look down here I've written the word ant like the insect chemi right
kami and with the C in front so practice with me can't can't yes again Ken can't
ken can't okay well let's see if you guys can put
it in a sentence i hmm do it i can do it i can do it i can't do
it i can't do it let's do a couple more practices together okay so let's start
practicing with the word ken first here are some examples on the board let's
start with the first one I can swim I can swim I can swim make sure you guys
are following along let's go on to the next one the next one 8 right and let's
try it with she she can eat she can eat she can eat okay
after that is read and let's use he he can read he can read he can read after
that is drive and let's use they with that one they can drive they can drive
they can drive after that run right we we can run we can run we can run okay
let's move on to theme and let's do you you can sing you can sing you can sing
reminding you that ten are okay it's pronounced Ken let's go on to the next
one dance and let's go back up to I I can dance I can dance I can dance and
the last one speak English right let's do that with I as well because I know
you want to be able to say this I can speak English I can speak English I can
speak English alright let's move on to can't okay so
now we're going to prep this with Kent you can see I've only changed this by
putting a t here changing Ken to can't so let's practice again make sure you
guys are following after me I can't swim I can't swim I can't swim let's move on
to eat she can't eat maybe she's full right she can't eat she can't eat next
one is read let's do he he can't read he can't read
he can't read after that is drive and let's use they they can't drive they
can't drive they can't drive next one is run let's use we we can't run we can't
run we can't run after that the next one is seen oh you
you can't sing you can't sing you can't sing dance hmm let's do they they can't
dance they can't dance they can't dance and speak English
hmm let's say you can't speak English well that's what I'm here to help you
with but let's practice again you can't speak
English you can't speak English but again that's something that we're
going to change as we keep practicing okay and let's try a test now okay so
let's try a practice test together it's not that hard all you have to do is
listen carefully and as I read these sentences you have to see if listen and
see if I'm using one can or two can't all right so I'll do this slowly
let's try it together the first one let's do swim and let's use I I can swim
I can swim which one do you think I used well if you listen carefully yes I use
number one ken let's go on to the next one eat and let's try she she can eat
she can eat yes I did number one again Ken after that is read and let's use he
he can't read he can't read that was the second one
can't how about drive let's use he again he
can drive he can drive yes that was number one he can drive after
that run let's use they they can't run they can't run maybe they're too tired
right then I use number two they can't run let's move on to the next one scene
we can't sing we can't sing yes that was number two
next is dance let's do dance again let's do me again we can't dance we
can't dance yes again I said can't number two and the last one you can
speak English you can speak English yes the last one was can number one you can
speak English how did you guys do well that's the end of our quiz I know that
it's difficult and it's gonna take a lot of time but you can do it I'll see you
guys next time bye
hi everybody I'm Esther and in this video we're going to talk about how to
describe the cost or price of something now this is important to people like me
who like shopping right so for example I like shopping especially for dresses so
I might say the cost of this dress is affordable okay this dress is affordable
affordable means that this dress is not too expensive I have enough money and I
can pay for this dress I have enough money I can buy this dress so I would
say this dress is affordable I can also say this dress is in expensive we all
know what expensive is but we say in expensive so that's the opposite in
expensive affordable and inexpensive have very similar meanings again I have
enough money to buy this it's not too expensive then we have cheap this dress
is cheap now cheap is similar it means it's not expensive but it's a little bit
more negative if you say that something is cheap people may think that the
quality is not very good it's not very nice okay now let's look at the opposite
the opposite of these words is expensive this dress is expensive it costs a lot
of money and too much money maybe I don't want to buy it we can also say
overpriced this dress is overpriced that means the price is too high
so again I don't want to buy this dress it's too expensive and overpriced okay
let's look at some more examples together
let's look at some examples the Hat was affordable because it was on sale the
Hat was affordable because it was on sale next I wish this bag was more
affordable I wish this bag was more affordable next this computer is
surprisingly inexpensive this computer is surprisingly inexpensive next these
shoes look beautiful but they are too cheap these shoes look beautiful but
they are too cheap next that jacket is too expensive that jacket is too
expensive lest I cannot buy this overpriced bag I
cannot buy this overpriced bag ok so in this video we learned that when we want
to describe the cost of something as not too expensive we say affordable ok
something is affordable if it's not too expensive if I can buy it with the money
I have on the other hand if something is not affordable if the cost is very high
we say expensive or overpriced for me I think some brands like H&M and forever
21 are affordable some people don't think this way they
think it's cheap sometimes yes some of the items can be cheap but for me I like
those brands because they are affordable another store that I like in Korea it's
called Zara or tada in Korea as they say they have some
items that are affordable and some items that are very expensive too expensive
for me to buy ok well that's what I wanted to share in this video thanks for
watching bye
hello my name is Esther and in this video we're going to talk about how to
use the word borrow or lend me well when do we use this word well let me give you
an example let's say that you're taking a test and you look in your bag and oh
oh you forgot your pencil so what do you do you have to ask someone next to you
or maybe a friend to let them use your pencil and a mistake that a lot of
people make is they say can you borrow me your pencil but that's actually wrong
don't say that don't say can you borrow me your pencil
the actual way to say it goes like this let's look at an example sentence can I
borrow your pencil that's the correct way to say it can I borrow your pencil
okay another way that you can say is can you lend me your pencil let's look at it
again can you lend me your pencil now both of
these ways are okay and they're both correct and right but I think this one
is a better way to say it again let's remember it's not can you
borrow me okay don't say that say this can I borrow your pencil let's look at a
couple more examples sentences is it okay if I borrow your book is it okay if
I borrow your book may I borrow some money may I borrow some money can I
borrow your umbrella can I borrow your umbrella can you lend me your ear a sir
can you lend me your ear a sir would you lend me your book
would you lend me your book please lend me a pen please lend me a pen
alright now in the beginning of the video I taught you to say can I borrow
something can I borrow your pencil but actually there's a more polite way to
say this and that is by saying may I borrow something from you you should use
may I when you're talking to someone you don't know very well maybe it's a
complete stranger or maybe you know that person but you guys aren't really close
friends it's better to use may I so again may I borrow something for
example may I borrow your pen or may I borrow your phone
or maybe like I said in the example in the beginning may I borrow your pencil
or eraser ok well that's it for today I hope you guys learn something and I'll
see you guys next time bye
hi everybody I'm Esther and in this video I'm going to teach you a very
important English word now everybody in Korea should know this word because it
gets this way every summer in Korea right well not just in the summer but
also in some other seasons and that word that we're going to learn today is humid
again humid so this word you need to know it and you especially need to
mention this word when you describe Korea's weather to any foreigners okay
so if they ask what's the weather like in Korea you have to say humid well what
does humid mean well again humid is used to describe whether it means that it's
very wet and hot right you know what I mean so even my best friend
she comes to Korea every year from Southern California which is where I'm
from and she complains about this all the time it's so humid right it's so hot
and wet and she complains about this because where we're from it's not like
that it's hot but it doesn't get very humid so let's look at the board for
some examples on how to use the word okay so here it is today is very humid
today is very humid so that's the word I want to teach you today humid but there
are some other ways to say the same thing instead of humid we can say a
couple of other words for example we can say today is very muggy today is very
muggy okay muggy means humid again hot and wet we can also say today is very
sticky today is very sticky so humid muggy and
sticky all have the same meaning when you're describing the weather now I told
you that where I'm from it's not humid it's hot but it's not humid so what's
the opposite of humid that word is dry so if it's not humid I can say today is
very dry today is very dry ok well let's look at some more example sentences
together ok let's look at some example sentences it's too humid turn on the
air-conditioner it's too humid turn on the air-conditioner
I hate humid weather it's too sticky I hate humid weather it's too sticky
the rain makes it muggy the rain makes it muggy California is dry but Florida
is humid California is dry but Florida is humid ok so in this video we learned
the word humid make sure you guys remember it it's a very important word
in Korea because it describes Korea's weather and summer perfectly now as for
me I've been here for a couple of years and I'm still trying to get used to it
but I have to say I like dry weather better okay well thanks for joining and
see you guys next time bye
hi everybody my name's Esther and in this video I want to talk about a very
important vocabulary word for all Koreans to know okay and that word is
monsoon season what is monsoon season well every summer
many foreigners come and they're surprised by how much rain there is
right in the summer in Korea for about one month usually in July there's a lot
of rain okay and in English we call that the monsoon season so it's very
important for Koreans to have a good umbrella maybe some rain boots right but
also it can cause some problems for some businesses and homes if there's
too much rain and flooding right so if you see a foreigner and they ask about
summer in Korea it's very important that you remember that you tell them about
monsoon season okay so let's look on the board and look at this example sentence
the monsoon season in Korea begins in summer right I just talked about that
again the monsoon let's pronounce it together monsoon monsoon so the monsoon
season in Korea begins in summer and as we said the monsoon season lasts for
about one month and there's lots of rain during the monsoon season okay let's
look at some more examples together let's look at these examples it's very
humid during the monsoon season it's very humid during the monsoon season the
monsoon season is coming the monsoon season is coming I need to buy a new
umbrella for the monsoon season I need to buy a new umbrella for the monsoon
season okay so in this video we learned up
the vocabulary word monsoon season remember it's a time in Korea when
there's a lot of rain and it's very hot and sticky right now in Southern
California where I'm from there is no monsoon season we get a little bit of
rain in the winter time which is very different from Korea but again nothing
like the rain we see here okay so that is something that I'm still trying to
get used to okay so again the word we learned is monsoon
season don't forget it and see you next time bye
hi everybody I'm Esther and in this video I want to talk with you about the
word lag now lag means to do something very slowly or to be very slow okay so
the word lag is appear on the board now the pronunciation it's hard I know but
you have to try and practice lag lag okay
so let's look at these examples she's lagging she's lagging this means she's
taking a long time to do something she's doing something very slowly
she's lagging the next one is stop lagging stop lagging you're telling
somebody hurry up stop being slow okay the next one is a very common problem my
computer is lagging my computer is lagging that means my computer is slow
it's slow I'm trying to do something but it's lagging it's slow and the last one
is I have jet lag I have jet lag you might hear this a lot
especially from people who are travelling so if you travel around the
world maybe to faraway country but you're gonna be changing time zones so
the time will be different and you'll feel very tired your body will feel slow
and tired and your body is taking a long time to adjust to the new time zone your
body is slow to adjust so you have to say I have jet lag okay let's look at
some more examples together okay let's look at a few examples first one she's
always late because she laughs she's always late because she lags the
next one I wish you wouldn't lag so much I wish you wouldn't lag so much next I
can't open the program because my computer is lagging I can't open the
program because my computer is lagging the last one my jet lag is terrible I
keep falling asleep my jet lag is terrible I keep falling asleep ok so in
this video we learned that we use the word lag to describe an action that is
very very slow now my best friend is someone who lags a lot whenever we want
to do something especially at night she takes almost 2 hours to get ready
she has to wash her hair or take a shower then put on her makeup you know
decide what to wear and that can take a very long time so I always have to say
to her stop lagging hurry up we're late stop lagging ok so next time if you have
a friend or somebody that's taking a very long time you can use the word lag
to say stop lagging hurry up ok well that's the end thank you bye
hi everybody my name is Esther and in this video I'm going to talk about the
word pedestrian now I think this is a really important word for all Koreans to
know because there are many pedestrians in Korea well what is a pedestrian a
pedestrian is somebody who is walking they might be walking on the street or
on the sidewalk where all the stores and restaurants are
the sidewalk or pedestrians might be crossing the street on a crosswalk
that's the section with the white lines where you have to go if you want to go
to the other side so let's look at these example sentences don't hit the
pedestrian okay so in Korea there are very many cars and drivers and they have
to be careful not to hit the people that are walking the pedestrians so don't hit
the pedestrian the pedestrian crosses the crosswalk again the crosswalk is
where the white lines are you have to walk there if you want to go to the
other side the pedestrian crosses the crosswalk the last example is there are
many pedestrians on the sidewalk remember sidewalk is the area next to
the street where pedestrians should walk it's safer right so there are many
pedestrians on the sidewalk okay and so that's how we use pedestrian remember it
means somebody who's walking okay that's all thank you bye
hello everybody my name is Esther and in this video we're going to talk about a
slang word that comes from California that's where I'm from
this slang word is actually from Northern California in areas like San
Francisco San Jose and Oakland and this word is the slang word hella mm-hmm and
it actually has two different meanings so let's look at how it's used in some
sentences okay so here's the first example sentence this room is hella hot
hmm how is hella used it's used to mean the word really or very right this room
is very hot or this room is really hot in that case we can say this room is
hella hot mm-hmm so that's the first meaning let's move
on to the second meeting and here's another example sentence there's hella
food at home hmm that doesn't match the word really right let's look there's
really food at home it doesn't make sense actually in the second sentence
hella is used to mean there's a lot of or there's many things right so in this
case instead of saying there's a lot of food at home we can say there's hella
food at home so hurry and go home and eat some of that food now under hella
I've written the word hecta and that's because some people feel uncomfortable
using the word hella right because hella has the word hell right and hell can
sometimes be used to express an emotion that's negative or very strong right and
in that case people use heck right so again instead of hella some people say
hecka mmm-hmm so we can say there's hecka food at home
again it means the same thing there's a lot of food at home there's hecka food
at home but if you don't want to use hella you can use this one and in
same way you can use hecka to substitute hella in the first sentence as well this
room is hecka hot right this room is hecka hot it's very hot in
here but I don't want to say hello but remember again this slang word hella and
hecta is actually from Northern California so you might not hear it or
people might not understand what you mean if you use it in other places such
as New York or the UK so keep that in mind okay so let's look at a couple
examples sentences this pizza is hella good this pizza is hella good you look
hella pretty you look hella pretty your hair is hecka long your hair is Haeckel
long there's hecka people at this concert
there's hecka people at this concert now remember this is the sentence where you
would use hecka to mean a lot of right so again there's hecka people at this
concert I have hella things to do I have hella things to do okay so those are the
ways that we can use hella or hecka in our everyday speech but I want to remind
you guys one more time this slang is used mostly in Northern California now
for those of you who like and enjoy hip-hop music some hip-hop artists from
that area such as efore tea and the Federation use the slang word in their
music they use hella mostly so next time you decide to listen to some of their
music I hope you guys can understand a little better what they're saying and
what that word means okay well thanks see you guys next time
hi everybody I'm Esther and in this video we're going to talk about a
sleighing word and that word is pissed or pissed off now before I start I want
to tell you that pissed can actually have several meanings but today we're
going to focus on one meaning and the meaning that I want to focus on is angry
okay so pissed or pissed off can mean very angry or maybe upset or annoyed
okay so before I explain a little bit more let's look at these example
sentences the first one is I'm pissed this just means I'm angry I'm upset so
again I'm pissed the next sentence is very similar I'm pissed off I'm pissed
off again these two sentences have the same meaning they both mean I'm very
angry about something or I'm very angry at somebody please also notice that we
have to say pissed in the past tense we have to say it with EB if you say I'm
pissed with alpha IDI it actually has a different meaning so again you must say
I'm pissed or I'm pissed off to show that you're angry okay here's the last
sentence I get pissed off when he lies to me that means I get angry when he
lies to me again I get pissed off when he lies to me let's make sure we also
notice the pronunciation pissed off pissed pissed off pissed and let's look
at the example sentence one more time I get pissed off when he lies
to me and for all the women out there you understand what I mean right when
someone you care about or someone you love lies to you you get angry or pissed
off right so let's look at a few more example sentences together I was pissed
off when the other car cut in front of me I was pissed off when the other car
cut in front of me don't get pissed off it was a mistake don't get pissed off it
was a mistake I'm pissed off that he didn't pay me back yet I'm pissed off
that he didn't pay me back yet okay so we looked at a couple example sentences
and we learned the word pissed or pissed off so just remember it's a very common
slang if you use it in America or another english-speaking country
everybody will know that that means you're angry or upset but remember you
should probably only use this with your friends because if you say this to
somebody that you don't know well it can seem a little bit rude okay
so please remember that when you're angry try saying pissed or pissed off
I'm pissed I'm pissed off all right well I'll see you in the next video bye
hi everybody I'm Esther and in this video we're going to talk about an
important expression especially for those of you who are in relationships
for those of you who have a boyfriend or girlfriend and that expression is to
dump someone to dump someone well what do you think that means well for those
of you who are in a relationship maybe you're not happy hmm maybe you don't
love that person anymore or maybe that person is just really
horrible really bad so what do you do well you break up with them right you
say I don't want to be with you anymore and that's where the expression comes in
to dump someone so when you tell your boyfriend or girlfriend I don't want to
be with you anymore you are dumping them okay so let's look
at these examples first he dumped me hmm he dumped me this is a sad situation
right maybe my boyfriend didn't love me anymore or maybe I did something that
made him angry so he dumped me he doesn't want to be with me any longer
hmm I dumped him the next sentence I dumped him this one is not so bad maybe
my boyfriend was really bad or he lied too much so I kicked him I got rid of
him I dumped him okay so let's look at some more example sentences together she
dumped him because he lied to her she dumped him because he lied to her I'm
thinking about dumping my girlfriend because she's getting fat I'm thinking
about dumping my girlfriend because she's getting fat he dumped me I'm so
sad he dumped me I'm so sad okay so in this video we learned the expression to
dump someone remember you can dump a bad boyfriend or girlfriend but they can
also dump you now I want to tell you about one of my
ex-boyfriends he never had time for me he was always busy and he couldn't talk
or hang out so I had to dump him and it felt great
okay well see you guys next time bye
hi everybody I'm Esther and in this video we're going to talk about an
important idiom hit on now hit on doesn't mean to hit right
it means you punch someone or you use your hand to hurt someone so that's not
what it means hit on means well when a guy maybe likes a girl he sees someone
and he thinks that girl is cute he wants to know her better he wants to know her
more so he might go to her and ask for her phone number
try to talk to her that's hitting on that's hit on right he's hitting on her
okay so yes a girl can hit on a guy as well usually but it's usually the guy
that hits on the girl and in Korean they say the word hunting right but in
English we have to say hit on so let's look at these examples he hit on her he
hit on her again this means he went to the girl and tried to talk to her and
know her better so maybe they can be a couple later or have a relationship
again he hit on her the next sentence says she got hit on she got hit on this
is not the same as this sentence right she didn't hit on someone she got hit on
which means that somebody hit on her so don't get that confused let's look at
some more example sentences together okay let's look at these examples she
always gets hit on at the bar she always gets hit on at the bar many guys hit on
me many guys hit on me I saw man hit on a pretty girl
I saw man hit on a pretty girl he's a womanizer he hits on every girl he's a
womanizer he hits on every girl okay so let's review one more time
we learned the idiom hit on again hit on means you like someone that you don't
know you go and talk to them again maybe try to get to know them better or their
phone number or something like that now in America yeah guys hit on girls of
course but I think in Korea a lot more Korean guys tend to hit on girls in
public places like the bus stop or on the street or maybe even on the subway
so that's the word we learned in this video and I hope to see you guys next
time bye
hi everybody I'm Esther and in this video we're going to talk about a slang
word that is what's up mm-hmm so what's up can be used in two ways the
first way is a way to greet people to say hi and actually when we say what's
up it means hi how are you or what are you doing these days right what are you
up to these days so that's the first way we use what's up
the second way is to ask what's wrong is something wrong is something bad
happening to you right so those are the two ways that we can use what's up so
let's look at these example sentences here's the first one hey Susie what's up
hey Susie what's up so this person a is asking Susie hey Susie how are you or
hey Susie what are you up to these days what are you doing these days and here
are some ways you can answer nothing much
that means there's nothing special happening in my life I'm not doing much
or maybe if they said hey Susie what's up Susie can say I'm going to the movies
she would just say what she's doing right another way remember the second
way is to ask what's wrong is everything okay so here is how we would use it you
look upset what's up again you look upset
what's up what's wrong and maybe this person would say I lost my wallet that's
why they're upset I lost my wallet so you can say why you look upset what's
going on what's wrong now let's look at how to pronounce it one more time what's
up it's almost like what's and up are blended like
connected what's up and I also want to mention that some people say what up
they take out the s what up or some people even just say sup right sup that
means the same thing but I want you guys to make sure that you use what's up and
that's the best way to say it let's look at a few more example sentences together
okay let's look at some examples long time no see
what's up long time no see what's up I was surprised to get your call what's up
I was surprised to get your call what's up what's up with you these days
what's up with you these days are you crying what's up are you crying what's
up okay so we've looked at some example sentences now let me remind you that
what's up is a great way to say hello or how are you but remember only to
somebody that you know well so maybe a friend maybe family if you're very close
but never in a business conversation and never in a formal conversation where
you're meeting with somebody very important in those cases you just want
to say how are you not what's up okay alright well I hope this video helped
you guys learn more English and see you next time bye
hi everybody I'm Esther and in this video I'm going to teach you an
important sling used to describe women now women in Korea are very beautiful
and maybe the reason is that they spend a lot of time and money on things like
their hair clothes makeup nails things like that right so in English the Shlaim
that we use to describe women who spend a lot of time and money to look nice are
called high maintenance again high maintenance
maybe they spend maybe one or two hours getting ready right they spend a lot of
time to look nice so maybe they're always late and people always have to
wait for them and remember high-maintenance girls also spend a lot
of money so I don't know what's a lot of money to some people but yes they spend
a lot of money or maybe their boyfriend's money on clothes hair and
any other things to look nice so let's look at these example sentences first
she is high maintenance again high maintenance describes the girl so she is
high maintenance now the opposite of high maintenance is low maintenance
right opposite of high is low so we say a girl is low maintenance if she doesn't
spend a lot of time or money to look nice she can still look nice but maybe
she's a little bit more casual right instead of wearing a dress maybe she'll
wear a t-shirt and jeans and maybe some sneakers instead of high heels or maybe
she won't wear that much makeup anyways a low maintenance girl doesn't spend too
much time or money on the way she looks so here's the next example sentence
he likes low maintenance girls right there are some guys who like low
maintenance girls more he likes low maintenance girls ok well let's look at
some more examples sentences together let's look at these examples she's very
high maintenance she spends two hundred dollars on makeup
every month she's very high maintenance she spends two hundred dollars on makeup
every month his girlfriend is too high maintenance he's thinking about breaking
up with her his girlfriend is too high maintenance
he's thinking about breaking up with her I like casual low maintenance girls I
like casual low maintenance girls she never wears makeup she's low maintenance
she never wears makeup she's low maintenance okay so in this
video we learned the slang high maintenance we learned that we use it to
describe a woman who spends a lot of time and money to look nice and we also
learned that the opposite is low maintenance a woman who doesn't spend
too much time or money to look nice now you can use high maintenance or low
maintenance to also describe men but it's not very common and yeah lots of
people wouldn't really say that and I also want to point out that in America
most men like low maintenance women being high maintenance isn't a bad thing
but men think that if a woman is low maintenance they don't have to spend so
much money or time or be stressed because of that woman so they think it
will be a simpler relationship and things like that so I think that's
important to remember all right well thanks for joining and hope to see you
guys next time bye
hi everybody I'm Esther and in this video I'm just gonna share sort story
with you about how I got my cat my cat's name is Oni and he's very precious to me
I love him very much but it wasn't like that at first so let
me tell you how I got him and yes it's a very kind of funny and strange story so
I've been in Korea for almost four years now and sometimes it gets lonely I live
alone so yeah sometimes when I come home I wish there was somebody there to say
hi to me and to keep me company right to play with me and just spend
time with me so I thought of getting a dog or a cat for some time but it was
too expensive and I knew that it was a big commitment right when you have a dog
or cat I believe you should keep that dog or cat until it dies or until I die
so that's talking maybe 15 years or more right so it was a big commitment and I
wasn't able to do it but I kind of had to do it so let me tell you how that
happened so I tutor I teach English to a couple
people in my building in my office tell and it was a Thursday I went to go tutor
my student he's in junior high school or he's in middle school and when I went to
his house something was strange all the lights were off and he looked very
nervous and usually he's only supposed to use English with me we only talk in
English but he looked very nervous and he said teacher can I just speak in
Korean can I just talk in Korean I have to tell you something I said okay what's
wrong I saw a little kitten and it was playing
around in the kitchen and it was trying to get some food hmm so I took I picked
up the kitten and I asked the student what happened where did you find this
kitten well my student told me he was walking
to school in the morning and he saw somebody leave the kitten at a bus stop
okay so my student he played with the kitten a little and then he started
walking all the way to school but the kitten followed him it wouldn't stop
following him so my student got worried he took the kitten to school his teacher
let him keep the kitten in a closet in a storage closet that's
where you keep maybe the broom all the things you clean with right and after
school my student let's call him Jay okay Jay took the kitten home and that's
why it was there but now Jay was really worried he said my mom is going to be
very angry if she sees the kitten so he wanted me he asked me to take the kitten
home and keep it and he would ask his mom to let him keep the kitten so I
didn't want to the kitten looked cute but dirty I didn't know if his mom was
going to say yes then I would have to keep the kitten it just seemed like a
big mess it just seemed like it would get really complicated really hard so I
wanted to say no but I had to say yes he looked so nervous and worried so I took
the kitten home I gave him some tuna and some water and I went back to finished
tutoring Jay so after tutoring I went back home I gave the kids in a bath I
gave him some more food and I was just waiting waiting for Jay to tell me his
mom said yes well a couple of hours passed
and he called me or he messaged me on the phone and he said his mom said no so
what choice that I have well he said he would try to find some friends at school
who could take the kitten but nothing happened he wasn't able to find anybody
and that's how I have the cat today again his name is Ogie he's very cute
he's not one-year-old yet he's maybe eight months old but he's getting pretty
big and I love him very much and at first I was worried about how I could
keep him but now I don't think I could live without him so yeah in this video I
shared with you the story of how I got my cat I hope you enjoyed it and I hope
to see you guys next time bye
hi everybody I'm Esther and I want to share an interesting story with you guys
in this video and the story is about a cunt a a pervert that I saw while I was
still in America okay so while I was in college
I used to work at a discount store a big discount store and this was during
winter during Christmas time so it was very busy and I my job was to work as a
cashier so I would work the cash registers and get money and things like
that but when it wasn't busy I would walk around the store and I would help
customers find their way one morning it wasn't that busy and a Mexican man came
in he was a customer and he was wearing pajama pants
okay pajama pants now in Korea that seems weird but in America a lot of
people actually wear pajama pants if they're just going somewhere close to
their house because just it's just more comfortable so I didn't think that was
weird but when he was closer I noticed something was a little bit different or
something was wrong his pajama pants were green but I don't know what there
was something weird about this bottom part okay so I didn't really know what
it was but a little later I heard my coworker
she's a little bit older than I am and she's very protective right she wants to
make sure I'm safe and that everything's okay
I heard her yelling at that man to get out right she was very angry get out
don't come back right and later I realized
he actually was showing his man area to me and the other women in the store and
I was just disgusted ill right so that's what happened and that's my interesting
story so see you guys next time bye
hi everybody my name is Esther and in this video I want to tell you about a
horrible trip that I had recently last week my good friend from California
who's living in Korea asked me to go to the beach with her so she planned
everything and all I had to do was go with her she decided we would go to
Kangnam so I packed my bags I met her at the bus terminal and we left at 10
o'clock in the morning unfortunately we forgot that it was the
peak season for you know traveling especially to that area for the nice
beaches so we left at 10 o'clock in the morning but the trip took over five
hours so we arrived around 3:30 in the afternoon well we arrived it was very
hot we were ready to start swimming so we got on a bus and we were going to a
small kind of quiet beach and the neighbor app told us it would take about
thirty minutes by bus so we were waiting we were on the bus and 4050 minutes
passed but we didn't look any closer to the beach in fact it looked like we were
going up a mountain so my friend asked the bus driver and we found that we
actually got on the bus on the wrong side of the street so we had no choice
but to wait until the bus turned around and we just went to the closest beach
that we could find and even when we got off the bus it took 20 minutes to walk
to that beach and by the time we arrived it was already about 6 o'clock
everybody was getting ready to leave the water was cold we didn't have time to do
much we just played in the water a little bit took some pictures and we had
to go that night we decided to just sleep better ginger bang my back hurt it
was so hot and at 3:30 in the morning some loud people came in and woke us up
so the next day we left at about 6:00 in the morning it'll need two two and a
half hours but I was so glad to be home and I hope none of you ever experienced
a horrible trip like that okay well thanks for watching and I'll see you
guys next time bye
hi everybody I'm Esther and in this video I want to
share with you about a culture shock that I got when I came to Korea now
growing up in America I still used to go to Korean markets with my parents and
one of my favorite things to get there was a yogurt drink it's a small drink
it's pink right it has a red cap and I would always buy that and I loved
drinking it and when I took it to school my friends would always ask about it and
I would tell them it tastes like strawberry candy right and I would drink
it it was my favorite thing to drink so when I came to Korea a couple of years
ago one of the things that surprised me and shocked me but in a good way was
seeing a lady and kind of like look who looks like my mom or an aunt she was
pushing a cart and when I found out what she was selling that's when I was
surprised she was selling my yogurt drink the one that I loved so much when
I was young and not only that she sold that but also other drinks from that
yogurt company so I thought it was just a great way to you know get the drink
that you like especially for people who don't have time to go to the store or
people who are far away from a store but are very thirsty who want something cool
to drink especially in spring or summer so that's my story of my culture shock
and I just thought it was a very pleasant surprise when I saw it here
okay so I hope you liked what I shared and I'll see you guys next time bye
hi everybody I'm Esther in this video I'm going to share with you about a
culture shock that I got when I came to Korea now in Korea and America one thing
that I love to do is shop I love shopping but when I first went shopping
in Korea at a department store I was surprised by one thing and that
thing was the salespeople what's surprising is well when you go to store
in America and yes you will have a salesperson come and ask can I help you
or may I help you but if you say no I don't need help
or no I'm just looking that salesperson will usually go away and do their own
work but in Korea it's a little different right when I came to Korea and
I went shopping the salesperson came and they asked me if I needed any help and I
said no I'm just looking but instead of going away they actually kept following
me right they stood next to me or they stood behind me and they kept trying to
help me so if I was looking at something like a t-shirt or a blouse they would
say oh that shirt is very popular or oh that shirt would look great on you or
that shirt is on sale and yes so that's the first difference and another thing
is when in Korea when you go and try on the clothes in a dressing room or
fitting room the mirror is on the outside so after you try it on you have
to come outside where everyone can see and see how you look and you'll probably
have the salesperson there again saying how you look but in America the
fitting room or the dressing room has the mirrors inside so you can just take
all the clothes that you want to try go into the fitting room and just try it on
there's nobody else that can see you so that's a little bit more comfortable for
me right so yes in Korea the salespeople will help you they'll be very kind and
they'll really try to help you choose the right outfit for you while in
America they'll kind of let you have the freedom to choose on your own and try
the clothes out on your own as for me I think I said something similar before
but I prefer shopping in America I like you know not having the salesperson
around when I'm shopping I like doing it by myself okay so I told you guys about
my culture shock story and I hope that you guys enjoyed it okay bye
hi everybody I'm Esther and in this video I want to tell you about a shock
or a culture shock that I had when I came to Korea now what happened was I
used the word ajumma in an impolite way and I didn't know it but I learned
through this culture shock experience so what happened was I was shopping and I
had picked out some clothes that I wanted to buy and I was waiting in line
and the line was rather long and it was taking a long time to pay for my things
and I guess I was starting to feel a little bit annoyed or upset because I
was waiting so long and I finally went to the register the to pay for my stuff
but the person behind me an older woman was kind of pushing me right it was I
was almost done paying but she was pushing me so that she could pay next
and I usually never do this but because I wasn't feeling too good I said to her
in Korean ahjumma please wait or something like that
ahjumma please wait your turn and at first she seemed surprised and she kind
of moved back and she looked sorry but soon her facial expression began to
change and she was angry and she yelled at me in front of everybody
she said is something like you know how dare you call me a demon or who are you
to call me ahjumma and I was very surprised
I thought you call older women ajumma so I didn't know what to say so I quickly
grabbed my stuff and just ran away later I asked my friends what I did
wrong and what I learned is that you shouldn't call people ajumma
even if they are además you should say I should have said chögyal or something
like that so that's what I learned through my experience I should not call
people Atma okay well that's all thanks for watching bye
hi everybody I'm Esther and in this video I want to
share about my first experience at the beaches in Korea now I'm from Southern
California which is famous for its nice weather and nice beaches so one of the
things I loved to do during the summer was pack my bags and go to the beach and
just tan and relax and swim with my friends so when I came to Korea I was
really excited about going to the beach for the first time in Korea but when I
arrived I was very surprised to see certain things first of all I was very
surprised because the girls in Korea were wearing heels
very nice heels but heels to the beach and that was surprising because it seems
like it would be uncomfortable but that's what they were wearing and also
everyone was relaxing under a parasol so that they wouldn't get tanned and that
was surprising as well and the last thing that really surprised me was that
all the girls wore t-shirts and shorts so they were covering themselves they
were covering their swimming suits when they played in the water so those were
three things that were really surprising to me when I first went to the beach in
Korea now there were some things that I didn't like about the beach here in
Korea I didn't like that you had to pay to borrow the parasol I guess it makes
sense but I didn't like that I also thought the waves were too small I like
big waves when I'm swimming and playing at the beach but here the waves were
small and the sand was very rough and it hurt my feet but some things I really
liked about the beaches for example I like that you can borrow a tube to ride
in the water and that was really fun for me
and I also liked that you can order food like chicken or anything and get it
delivered to where you're resting and I thought that was a really cool thing to
do okay well that's what happened when I first went to the beach I really enjoyed
it there okay well thanks for watching bye
hi everybody I'm Esther and in this video I want to talk to you guys about a
big difference between prices in Korea and America well one thing that
foreigners really like when they come to Korea is that when you go to a
restaurant or when you buy something there's no taxes right there's no tax
that you have to pay or when you go to a restaurant or you know get your nails
done at a nail salon you don't have to pay tip right so if I go to a restaurant
and I order a bowl of kimchi jjigae and it's six thousand won that's exactly the
price I have to pay when I finish my meal and that's really good right people
like that a lot but the story is quite different when you go to America because
you have to pay a sales tax whenever you buy something and you have to pay tip
usually to someone who's serving you or helping you so in California which is
where I'm from the sales tax is about 10% now this the sales tax is different
in every state and I think in some places there is no sales tax I've heard
but yes most places you have to pay a sales tax of about 10% so if I buy a
nice coat that's $100 I'll have to pay 10% which is $10 so I'll pay about 110
dollars so when I say when you see a tag that says $100
you should remember I'm going to have to pay a little bit more when I give my
money or my card and the same goes for tip we like I said earlier we have to
pay it to anybody who helps us now for example again if I go to a restaurant
and there's a server which we call waiter right waiter or
waitress we have to tip them to say thank you or maybe a hotel someone
helped me carry my bags the bellboy I have to give them a tip now a tip is
usually about 15% 15% so it's a little bit more than taxes in California but I
say usually because the amount of tip you want to give base shows how happy
you are with the service for example usually people give 15% but sometimes if
somebody was very happy with the service you know maybe the waiter was very nice
and the waiter got everything right and they did everything perfectly and the
customer was in a good mood and maybe they have a lot of money they might give
a very big tip to the waiter sometimes in some nice restaurants people give
$100 tips even though their meal was a lot less ok so again you can show how
happy you are with the tip that you give now on the other hand let's say that you
went to a restaurant and the service was horrible
ok the waiter forgot your food the waiter dropped your drink
the waiter ignored you every time you try to get his attention then you can
leave a small tip maybe 10% maybe 5% in some cases if you are really unhappy if
some people are really unhappy with the service they sometimes leave no tip and
leaving no tip means I'm not coming back here again your service was horrible
right then the waiter will get the idea ah ok I did a bad job right so remember
taxes and tips are something you have to keep in mind when you go shopping or
when you eat somewhere or when you whenever you spend money remember the
price that you see is not the price that you'll pay in the end
ok so don't forget make sure you carry some extra cash or
have your card handy when you go to America all right so I hope you learned
something in this video and see you guys next time bye
hi everybody I'm Esther and in this video I want to share with you a little
about my hometown where I grew up and that place is called Burbank Burbank is
a little city in Southern California it's about 20 minutes away from Los
Angeles and about five minutes away from Hollywood so Burbank is known for its
movie studios if any of you guys like movies out there some of the big movie
studios such as Warner Brothers and Disney have their Studios in Burbank so
one of the things I remember growing up was whenever my mom would drive home we
would see the studios and we could see the famous posters of famous movies and
TV shows on the studios so that was one of the things I remember about growing
up and Burbank now because there are many TV and movie studios in Burbank
another special thing about growing up there was going to school with some
people in movies and TV shows now none of them were very famous there were some
people who were main characters in some popular movies but not any big stars
unfortunately but yes growing up in Burbank not me but people
I know have seen some celebrities and maybe even directors walking around and
coming and speaking at my school and things like that
and one example of that was also when I was in fifth grade my elementary school
teacher was friends with a talk-show host
so I remember being interviewed by him for a Father's Day holiday special yeah
so some of the things if you were to visit
Burbank that you would see might be you know celebrities the studios and Burbank
is also known for having great weather it's pretty hot it's warm on most days
so great weather palm trees lots of little stores and lots of homes for
families so if you do visit Los Angeles why don't you take some time to visit
Burbank it would be a great experience okay well thank you for joining me and
see you guys next time
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