DONT SAY THIS IN ENGLISH What

have you ever been confused when

someone’s speaking to you in English

have you ever wondered what are they

saying I don’t understand and have you

ever said what

don’t ever say what today I’m gonna

teach you why and show you what to say

instead I’m teacher Tiffany let’s jump

right in

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alright

don’t ever say what now here’s the deal

in English when you are speaking to

someone and let’s say they say something

you don’t understand saying what is

actually extremely rude and impolite now

as an English Learner you may say it or

you may have said it in the past and not

realize that it was rude so let me show

you exactly how to respond when you

don’t understand what someone is saying

give you two ways of responding okay

so here we go first we have politely

interrupt them that’s right

you can politely interrupt and then

you’re going to ask them to kindly

repeat what they said now the second

thing you can do is politely interrupt

them summarize what they said and ask

them to repeat what they said so these

are two different ways of actually

responding when you don’t understand now

let’s look at some real examples of how

to apply these two ways okay so looking

at the first one again politely

interrupt and ask here we go uh pardon

me would you mind saying that one more

time I didn’t quite catch what you were

saying alright now I want you to repeat

after me for pronunciation sake okay

again pardon me

very good would you mind saying that one

more time good I didn’t quite catch what

you were saying excellent now let’s

look at this really quickly okay this

first part says pardon me now in English

saying pardon me is just like saying

excuse me

but it’s extremely polite I remember

growing up my mother used to always tell

my sister and I to never say what again

the purpose of this lesson to never say

what but instead to say part of me what

did you say it’s a very polite way of

letting someone know that you didn’t

understand what they said but you really

do want to understand okay now in this

example there was an expression that I

want to explain to you the expression is

catch what you were saying okay

so that’s what you were saying just

means I didn’t understand or grasp what

you said I wasn’t able to understand

exactly what you were trying to say this

is a very natural English expression we

say I wasn’t able to catch what you were

saying okay so again the first one is

pardon me would you mind saying that one

more time I didn’t quite catch what you

were saying now next again politely

interrupt and then ask a question so we

can say I’m so sorry can you repeat that

last part for me one more time now again

for pronunciation after me I’m so sorry

good can you repeat that last part for

me one more time very good now again

this is another way to let someone know

that you didn’t understand what they

said but you want to be very polite and

asking them to repeat themselves now if

you say it like this I guarantee people

will repeat what they said and they’ll

also be impressed with your English okay

so again one more time I’m so sorry

can you repeat that last part for me one

more time all right next we have this

one excuse me I’m sorry but can you run

that back for me one more time I wasn’t

able to catch what you said now you see

I used cats again now you

stand what catch or understand means

right okay so for pronunciation after me

excuse me

very good get that sound excuse me

good I’m sorry but can you good job

run that back for me one more time very

good I wasn’t able to good catch what

you said

excellent job all right now within this

example I want to show you an expression

right here

run that back for me okay so you’re

probably wondering teacher why are we

running I don’t understand don’t worry

I’m gonna explain it to you okay so run

that back for me literally just means

please repeat what you said that’s

exactly what this expression means

please repeat what you said one more

time okay so in English we use this

expression often we use it in many

different situations and all throughout

our conversations so again if you don’t

understand and you want someone to

repeat what they said you can say I’m

sorry can you run that back for me again

all right okay so one more time let’s

look at it excuse me I’m sorry but can

you run that back for me one more time I

wasn’t able to catch what you said all

right now moving on to the second option

the second method politely interrupt

plus summarize and ask them to repeat so

you’re going to actually summarize the

portion that you actually did understand

so again when you’re watching my videos

or when you’re watching the videos of

other amazing YouTube teachers teaching

English you make it a lot of what we say

but there may be some portions that you

don’t understand the same is gonna

happen to you in a conversation okay so

the parts that you do understand you

want to summarize them what happens is

you let the person know that hey I am

listening to you I just didn’t get

everything you say all right so let’s

see how can we do

all right so here we go first example

pardon me

I understood the part about our homework

and the vocabulary let me pause really

quickly so again the bolded words

represent the pattern that I want you to

use okay represent the pattern and also

the way I want you to say this okay so

again pardon me

I understood the part about dot dot dot

this is where you’re going to summarize

what you actually understood okay so I

understood the part about our homework

and the vocabulary but would you mind

saying the other part one more time I

didn’t quite catch what you were saying

so you see how I combined what we went

over in the first method alright again

if you do this people are gonna be so

impressed with your English skills and

they will also be more likely and be

happy to actually repeat themselves okay

alright so moving on to the next one we

have this example I’m so sorry

I was able to catch the first portion of

what you said about the show but can you

repeat the last part for me one more

time alright so you’re seeing right here

I was able to catch or I understood that

that that I understood the first portion

ah

now the word portion you see it’s

underlined portion is just another word

for part or a section okay so we say

portion now for pronunciation one more

time portion very good portion excellent

job okay so again I’m so sorry I was

able to catch the first portion of what

you said about the show but can you

repeat that last part for me one more

time alright and next excuse me I feel

like I understood the vocabulary but the

expression is another story let me pause

really quickly again the bolded portion

is the part that we’re learning the

pattern right we’re learning the pattern

so after me I feel like I understood

very good so again

I feel like I understood dot dot dot

then you’re gonna summarize the part

that you did understand hey teacher you

know what I feel like I understood what

portion means but and then you go into

the part that you did not understand

alright and here I said but the

expression is another story

now I taught this expression another

story in a previous video but another

story is just used when you want to say

what I previously said is not currently

the case what I’m saying right now is

opposite of the previous situation or

previous statement so my previous

statement was I feel like I understood

but the expression is another story

meaning I did not understand the

expression gotta make sense all right so

let’s continue I’m sorry but can you run

that back for me one more time I wasn’t

able to catch what you said so now again

you’re seeing that I’m giving you

another way of letting someone know that

hey I didn’t understand what you said

and you don’t have to be shy it’s okay

even as an American a person whose

mother tongue mother language is English

there are times when I have to ask

people to repeat themselves like I’m

sorry one more time I didn’t catch what

you said you see how it just naturally

flowed off of my tongue because I use it

all of the time and you can too don’t be

shy if you don’t understand ask us to

repeat it’s a-okay all right so going

back to my screen now if you want to

watch part two of this lesson where I

have an interview with my friend and

it’s hilarious we talked about what our

parents did when we were younger and we

said what that was not acceptable

because it’s so rude but again part two

is always available inside of the

Academy I’ll put the link right on the

screen right now so that you can see

exactly how to join and how to be a part

but again the link is right in the

description if you want to see part two

and you want to see the conversation I

have with my friend about this topic you

can watch it right now

joining but I really hope you understood

and enjoy this lesson remember don’t say

what it’s very rude but you can say the

other examples and the other methods you

can use them to sound like a native

English speaker well I hope you

understood and I’ll talk to you next

week but as always remember to speak

English are you ready oh yeah ok it’s

story time

alright now last week’s story time was

emotional but I want to say that the

comments I read every single comment and

I tried to respond to each and every one

of you they were over I think 300

comments and I was so touched by all of

your words

I really appreciated everything you said

um yes I was so appreciative of my

friend and she was also touched and she

said thank you too so today I realized

that you guys enjoy hearing a lot of my

personal stories and um you want to get

to know me more so I want to tell you

another story and it actually is gonna

include a song so don’t leave because

you’re gonna hear a song now don’t worry

no tears today but I know you guys

aren’t worried I know you actually are

understanding and you actually love me

as a teacher and I love you guys but I

want to tell you a story really quickly

so I had a nephew but unfortunately he

passed away when he was five years old

because he got brain cancer and if

anyone watching this video has cancer or

has ever had a family member with cancer

you know that it is serious and I’ll be

praying for you because I know it’s not

easy but what I wanted to tell you about

my nephew he was a Dora ball such a

happy kid he was always smiling you guys

tell me I smile that kid was always

smiling when I was in Korea he was about

I think he was three and he would call

me on Google Hangouts and he would say

hey auntie tip

how are you so my nickname for my nieces

and my nephew at the time was auntie

TIFF and it still is auntie TIFF but he

always make me stop smile but there was

one song that he loved his favorite song

came from a movie um just what is it

coat of many colors the story of Joseph

from the Bible and the song is called

you know better than I and when I say

that kid used to sing that song

so in English is an expression we say

belt a song out and it just means to

sing really loud with all of your might

he used to belt the song out and man

when I say it used to make me smile

because he was little but he loved the

song so I want to sing some of the song

for you ok

so let me go to my screen and open up

the lyrics this is his favorite song ok

I may have to get a little bit of water

and clear my throat you guys know I’m

getting over a call but uh I don’t mind

singing for you hold on alright so here

we go again the song is called you know

better than I here we go I thought I did

what’s right I thought I had the answers

I thought I chose the surest Road but

that road brought me here so I put up

fight and told you how to help me now

just when I have given up the truth is

coming clear cuz you know

and you know the way I let go the need

to know why for you know better than 9

now that was just the first verse and

the course but that song has meant so

much to me even before he passed away I

liked the song but after his passing

this has become one of my favorite songs

and not just because he loved it so much

but because of the message you see the

message about God knowing better than us

God knows the plans he knows the reasons

why he allows things to happen and

remember last week I told you I failed

my exam two times and how difficult it

was and I my friend helped me now God

knows why he allowed that to happen but

in the midst of that difficult time I

met my friend and we’ve been friends

ever since while I knew her before that

but our friendship got deeper so the

same is for you you are having

difficulties right now studying English

it’s not easy and some days you feel

discouraged but remember that God knows

why he’s allowing you to go on this

journey God put you and me together he

allowed me to be your teacher he allowed

you to find this video so I hope you

enjoy the song don’t forget the message

that he knows better than we do and He

loves us and I love you too well I’ll

see you next week but as always remember

to speak English

you