Do You Get It
hi i’m vanessa from speak english with
vanessa calm today i hope this lesson
helps you to get more english let’s get
started today i want to teach you a
casual different expression that you can
use to mean understand the expression is
to get something to get something
usually when you get something you have
something i got something at the store
i’m going to get something at the store
but this expression means to understand
let me give you some sample sentences
the first week that i moved to france my
french host family took me to the south
of france to visit their family so for
every lunch and dinner we had a big
crowd of people maybe 10 15 20 people
for every meal were gathered together
and laughing and joking and having a
great time together but for me i didn’t
get it I didn’t get anything it was only
my first week in France so my French
level was still really low and everyone
was having a nice time but for me I
didn’t get it I wish that I had
understood what they were talking about
but I didn’t I didn’t get what they were
saying I want to tell you two common
situations where you could use this
expression to get something the first is
if you are in a loud crowded space maybe
a lot of people are talking and you’re
trying to speak English with someone and
you can’t really hear what they’re
saying you could say oh I’m sorry I
didn’t get it can you say it again oh
I’m sorry I didn’t get that can you say
it again it’s really polite to add some
more expressions to get something if you
say I’m sorry I didn’t get it could you
repeat that I didn’t get it it’s really
polite if you only say huh I didn’t get
it it’s a little bit direct and a little
bit rude so I recommend adding other
words I’m sorry is the easy
I’m sorry I didn’t get it could you
repeat that I didn’t get it so if you
are in a crowded loud room this is a
great expression to use I’m sorry I
didn’t get it maybe some of you are
familiar with the expression catch
something I’m sorry I didn’t catch what
you said you could also use this the
second situation is if someone is
telling a joke I know a lot of my
students want to understand and tell
jokes in English they want to be funny
in English maybe you want to be funny in
English but it’s probably happened that
someone has set a joke and you didn’t
get it you didn’t understand why it was
funny so in this situation there’s
nothing wrong with asking I’m sorry I
didn’t get it can you explain why it’s
funny uh I didn’t get that joke can you
explain it please most people will be
more than happy to explain it to you
because they want you to think that
they’re funny if you don’t laugh hmm
when they tell a joke maybe they feel a
little bit uncomfortable so if you tell
them oh I’m sorry I didn’t get it can
you explain it please they’ll feel
relieved ah my joke is just not
understood it’s not that I’m not funny
it’s just that they didn’t understand it
they didn’t get it so someone will be
more than happy to explain the joke to
you on my website I’m going to give some
more details in sample sentences using
to get something so if you’re not on my
website click the link below this video
and you can see the full free lesson
with more details and sample sentences
and on my website I encourage you to
write a sample sentence using get
something to get something tell me about
a time when you didn’t get something
maybe someone explained it to you later
or maybe you never got it you still
don’t know what they said or why it was
funny let’s write a sample sentence with
to get something and I’ll check your
sentence and give you some feedback I’ll
see you there goodbye
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