Just A Quick Lesson
hi i’m vanessa from speak english with
vanessa calm today i just want to make a
quick video to just help you understand
a useful natural expression let’s get
started
actually i have already used this word
two times i said i just want to make a
quick video to just help you understand
a useful natural expression can you
guess what this word is it is the word
just just so today I’m going to explain
two ways that you can use the word just
to sound natural in fluent in your
conversations
the first way to use the word just is to
explain something spontaneous something
quick almost like by the way something
not too serious let me give you an
example my first example is before you
visit Chicago I just wanted to tell you
that you should probably watch out for
pickpockets I just wanted to tell you
before you go to Chicago this is a quick
explanation something quick oh I just
wanted to tell you watch out for
pickpockets it’s a last minute thought
oh I just remembered I want to tell you
something and if you would like more
help using the word showed it probably I
have just made a video about that you
can go to my website speak English with
Vanessa comm to find that lesson I just
wanted to let you know another example
of using just to describe something that
you want to tell someone quickly is if
you said oh I know you’re busy this
weekend but I just wanted to invite you
anyway I just wanted to invite you
anyway and note the pronunciation on
this word I just wanted to invite you
anyway
I don’t really say the T sound I just
wanted I just
I just wanted to invite you anyway this
is something I’m thinking of doing that
isn’t very serious I just wanted to
invite you anyway another example is if
I were talking with a guy if I were
talking with a man and my friend says to
me oh Vanessa who’s that I could say oh
he’s just my cousin he’s just my cousin
it’s nothing serious
don’t worry he’s just my cousin this is
a great way to use the word just or just
in a natural way now let’s talk about
the second way you can use just the
second way you can use the word just is
to describe something that happened
recently so for example you could say I
just came home from work five minutes
ago I just came home from work five
minutes ago
not that long ago I just came home you
could also say I came home five minutes
ago I recently came home but just is a
really natural word that you can use to
describe something that happened quickly
so you could even say I just got home
and the person you’re talking to can
understand it happened recently maybe
five minutes ago I just got home another
example could be ah I didn’t see the
package in the mail I just checked one
hour ago maybe it’s not going to come
until tomorrow
I just checked the mail one hour ago I
recently checked the mail a final
example is he just told me that he can’t
come to the party tonight he just told
me he told me recently that he couldn’t
come to the party now I have a question
for you can you write a sample sentence
below this video using the word just for
example you could say Vanessa I just
wanted to tell you that I just watched
the video oh this uses both ways that
you can use the word just amazing now
it’s your turn you can use one way both
ways other ways that you know of
is your chance to use English I look
forward to seeing your sentences and
talk to you later goodbye