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everybody welcome back to ask Alicia the
weekly series where you ask me questions
and I answer them maybe first question
this week first question this week comes
from Patrick hi Patrick
Patrick says I know the basic English
words and I understand if someone speaks
in English for example I understand your
videos perfectly but I have problems
building correct English sentences like
when I speak with another person do you
have any tips for how to build correct
sentences
um I think that this just comes with
practice honestly it’s difficult to do
but I know that there’s not always a
person that you can ask for help I will
tell you a secret when I don’t have
confidence with something but I don’t
know how to answer something this is
what I do seriously just google it I put
quotation marks around like the phrase
that I’m trying to make and then I
search google for it and if it’s there
great then that means I can use it maybe
like thousands of people have used that
phrase I know it’s probably a common
phrase if there are no results and that
probably means I’ve made a mistake
somehow so that’s maybe one good way to
help you as you try to build phrases by
yourself so try that out next question
next question comes from hwang sena want
to say now hi I love your name Alicia is
Alicia a common name in the US I happen
to have a friend named ELISA also what’s
your personal favorite name um a common
name in the US Alicia I don’t I don’t
think Alicia is so common in the US and
when I was growing up I didn’t have any
other friends named Alicia also the
spelling of my name is a little strange
usually it spelled a li CIA maybe you
know the artist Alicia Keys that’s how
she spells her name so my name was
commonly confused as Alicia a lot so
I’ve heard like Allison and ELISA and
Allie and so on those are fairly common
I think but Alicia especially my
spelling is not so common actually so
what’s my favorite name my favorite name
is obi-wan Kenobi
next question the next question comes
from long is the H sound not always
pronounced when followed by another
consonant
for example wallhanger or come back home
yes the H sound is often pronounced very
softly it’s quite difficult to pronounce
all of these syllables clearly like in
the example come back home it’s quite
difficult to say the H sound clearly so
in those cases it’s quite common to make
the H sound quite soft like come back
home next question
Romeo from Vietnam hi again Romeo Romeo
says hello Alicia do native speakers say
you aren’t gonna blah blah blah or
you’re not gonna blah blah blah which
contracted form is used more I think
they’re used equally like you can choose
which you prefer me I think I usually
say you’re not gonna I probably use you
are I can track the you are you’re not
gonna you’re not gonna or you’re not
gonna do something I probably use you’re
not more often than you aren’t gonna the
next question is from Wagner Wagner
Wagner Wagner
have you written any operas why do
American people pronounce English class
101 instead of one zero one or hundred
one oh this relates to like University
and college level courses actually so
there are four levels to universities or
to colleges in the u.s. first year
second year third year and fourth year
so the classes for each of those are
numbered so first year classes begin
with one second year classes with two or
third year classes with three fourth
year classes with four so first year
classes like it tends to be like the
basic classes begin with a 1 and like
the most basic of those classes is
usually 101 so like English class 101
that’s kind of making like a friendly
introduction to English in other words
so we say 101 we always use that sort of
pattern when speaking we don’t say 101
we always use 101 or less
one two four or like three six seven I
don’t know what those classes are but we
always say each individual number nice
question interesting next question is
Rob Danny would you tell us about here
you are here you go there you are there
you go and here there we you it baby go
oh gosh okay I’ll talk about the the
ones that you introduced what do they
mean and how do you use them naturally
so let’s talk first about here you are
and here you go so we use these when we
present someone with something so you
give someone something here you are here
you go like you are at a restaurant
maybe your order arrives here you are
here you go something like in a service
situation you might hear this kind of
from like a friendly staff eesh like
staff related person I suppose here you
are
there you go or maybe from a teacher to
a school child maybe here you go we use
it to like present something to present
an object that maybe they are expecting
too busy let’s talk then about there you
go and there you are so we use there you
go when someone is able to do a thing
they’ve been practicing for a while so
for example if the child is learning how
to ride a bicycle and they’ve been
struggling with it for some time but
then gradually they get better at it and
they can do it a parent might say oh
there you go you got it you got it it’s
like that it’s like a support word and
encouragement word there you go the last
one on your list though there you are in
American English we use there you are
in a situation where we’re looking for
someone we’ve been looking for someone
we’re expecting to meet and it’s been
difficult to find them maybe you visit a
few different spots but then at last you
find this person may be like in a break
room or someplace you might not expect
them but when you do find them and you
say oh there you are we say it with that
sort of intonation oh there you are
it sounds immediately to the listener
like oh this person has been looking for
me next question next question is from
loj loj long-lost loj and loj says my
question is about phrasal verb
so what is the meaning of knock out like
here example sentence one knocked me out
of my possession or two knocked the wind
out of me I had a problem with the word
possession knocked me out of my
possession I’m not quite sure this could
refer though to in a very rare situation
we have this word possession which
refers to like this thing called demonic
possession where there’s this idea that
a bad spirit gets into the body and
controls a person’s behavior we call
that possession so we could say like a
priest knocked me out of my possession -
go back to your original question though
the word knock out as a phrasal verb to
knock out means like it means forcefully
or forcibly remove something because if
some impact an object is removed from
its original location so for example a
jogger could be coming at me and they
run into me and they knock my phone out
of my hands so in that case my phone is
being removed because of the impact of
the jogger so to knock something out
means like to remove from its original
location from force in your second
example then knocked the wind out of me
this is an expression we use which means
like to lose our breath because of an
impact so if you get like punched or
kicked maybe in maybe this area you
might feel the air in your lungs come
out of your body so we call that the
wind in this situation so like he
knocked the wind out of me means he
caused me to lose the air in my lungs
the impact was so strong in my body that
the air came out of my out of my lungs
so I like he knocked the wind so the
wind in this case the air in my lungs in
its original location was removed from
me because of this impact you might also
hear this expression in boxing to knock
out or to to
to ko someone means to cause them to
lose consciousness in this case so
consciousness is the thing that’s that’s
going away in this case so to knock
someone out in like a boxing match means
they they lose consciousness in other
where it’s a KO was sometimes safe
the first example sentence is not
actually so clear to me so it could it’s
also possible there’s an error in the
original place I don’t know all right so
those are all the questions that I want
to answer this week thank you very much
for sending your questions to me
remember you can send them to me at
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thank you very much for watching this
episode of ask Alicia and I will see you
again next week and I
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welcome back to ask Alisha
the weekly series where you ask me
questions and I answer them maybe first
question first question comes from Faris
Ghazali Faris Kazanlak
how do I stop translating the meaning 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 for food and drinks with friends
who could not speak English I had no
choice but to use a different language
with them too
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
too you don’t have really the option to
do that in a conversation most of the
time you’re not going to 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 necessarily 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 explained like with body language
times two if I don’t know work so
another thing that really helped me was
not just studying vocabulary words but
actually approaching things as phrases
so not saying okay this word equals this
word in my language but rather here’s a
phrase that communicates a 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 so hope that’s
helpful for you next question next
question is from long Jiang hai long
dongok says I’m curious what do you do
in your days off you gotta know how to
do my days off on my days I’m pretty
normal on my days off I cook I go
jogging I sleep I I build listen to my
favorite DJs I see my friends I eat and
drink and watch TV that’s about it I’m a
pretty normal person next question next
question is from Muhammad’s Ohio 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 is famous Beyonce is popular
but famous doesn’t always mean they are
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
negative next question next question
comes from oh you wrote the
pronunciation of your name very nice
ight on it’s on I think okay okay Leisha
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 and 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 lacking 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 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 that as 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 feel your 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 helps next question next
question comes from Kiara GRA GRA GRA
GRA 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 plain form of the verb I
would suggest is probably the most
natural choice thanks for the question
though next question next question comes
from sheriff sheriff
Emmett sheriff almond 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 so use
the singular form of the verb like same
as like he has or she has my team has is
the correct answer
next question next question comes from
Jeffrey hi Jeffrey Jeffrey asks
sometimes I watch movies and some
characters say you wish with a very
angry attitude or I wish in others
tuitions what do these two sentences
mean and how do I use it
aha interesting question okay when
someone responds with you wish to a
negative suggestion it’s like they’re
mutually together they’re recognizing
that they don’t like each other so
usually the first character will say
something like make a negative
suggestion like you should you should
leave town and get a different job like
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 who recognizes the 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 look they’re kind of fighting
recognizing they dislike each other so
that’s one the other one what was the
other one so I wish we talked about I
wish in the previous the previous
episode of ask Alisha 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 we want to be able to do so
please check the last episode of ask
Alisha for more about I wish like the
positive meaning next question next
question is from Romeo Liu from Vietnam
hello Romeo could you please explain
what the expression try as I may means
this is usually used in an expression
that’s sort of negative like even though
I’m trying my best it’s difficult for me
to do this thing so try as I may I just
can’t get a new job or try as I may I
just can’t earn that much money or try
as I may I just can’t seem to cook this
dish for example so even though I’m
giving my best effort even though I’m
really working hard this other thing
just isn’t happening for me so it’s sort
of like it’s sort of like a sad or like
a disappointed or unhappy expression
actually thanks for the question room
you okay so those are all the questions
for this week’s episode of ask Alicia
I hope that they were useful for you if
you would like to submit a question
remember you can send them to me at
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thanks very much for watching this
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I have purchased a microphone what can
you do with a new mic hi everybody my
name is Alicia welcome back to ask
Alicia the weekly series on our youtube
channel where you ask me questions and I
answer them me so please remember you
can submit your questions to me at
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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 talk with my friends and the
way that I talk regularly is a bit
different than the way that I talk 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 want 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 and 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 that a friend 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 is really interesting to me or
I want to I want to be able to use that
too I’ve put that in my head I think
about that and then I try to replicate
that I try to copy that essentially to
make this explanation shorter mimic
mimic if you want to learn to speak like
me mimic me if you want to learn to
speak like somebody else try 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 talk
next question what does the word litt
mean what does the word live me
litt is actually a slang word it’s
common slang among young people
especially in the u.s. right now maybe
many of you know that the verb to light
has the past tense lit lit is used to
talk about for example a party or some
kind of social gathering usually that’s
really exciting or that’s really really
fun or that’s kind of crazy so lit using
the past tense there you can kind of
imagine that like a fire when you light
a fire it maybe it gets bigger and it
gets kind of wild a little bit crazy
like there’s a spark and then it starts
so if you see the word lit like this
party was lit it means it was really
crazy it was really good it was really
fun you can use it if you want but just
keep in mind that really young people
use that word I don’t use that word for
reference but again I’m not next
question what is correct I thought you
were gone or I thought you are gone I
thought you are gone we need to use I
thought you were gone here I thought you
were gone so I thought past tense and
you were is also past tense
it’s a past tense thought the past tense
situation so please use past tense
yeah next question also maybe about were
and was why do we use if I were and not
if I was this is a great question and
actually a lot of native speakers make
mistakes with this it’s a small point to
be fair but if you want to be correct
you should always use if I were this is
a grammar point it refers to the
subjunctive mood the subjunctive mood an
explanation of subjunctive is a bit
beyond the scope it’s a bit much for
this video but we will always use if I
were when the subject there is I in the
conditional if I were we always use work
you will hear native speakers say if I
was if I was if you want to be extremely
strict and extremely nitpicky word is
actually the correct one but that if you
use was if you make a mistake and you
use was you will still be understood so
but
this is related to the subjunctive mood
in English next question okay next one
isn’t really a question but something I
have noticed that many of you do you
like to put the article up or and before
your adjective before an adjective but
you forget to use and now do you know
how like Mario introduces himself and he
says it’s a me when you forget to use
some kind of you know after after your
adjective or whatever but you sound a
bit like Mario’s it’s a nice it’s a nice
it’s a nice what it’s funny to me it’s a
nice it’s a me you need to include the
noun that you’re referring to it’s a
nice video or it’s a nice explanation
it’s nice for it’s bad or it’s good
where this was a nice explanation but
don’t forget to use your noun after you
use the adjective it’s a nice something
it’s a good subject it’s a bad something
so please know article without a noun
make sure to use your now and it should
be in the singular form if you’re using
up or in you need to use the singular
form of the noun don’t tell Mike Mario
next question what does it mean they
can’t take that away from me who are
they and what does takeaway mean we use
the word they to mean generally just
other people outside of us this is used
a lot to talk about like news or to talk
about general opinions they say that
this pizza is the best pizza in the city
right now they say that your English
will only improve if you study every day
they say that the most difficult thing
you can do in your life is move to
another country they is just anyone
second point what this take away mean
take away means to some object that
belongs in one location is removed from
that location like take away food in
American English we use takeout actually
but take away food is a similar idea
especially like in British English
takeaway so you take away your food from
the restaurant so you’re taking
something else you’re removing your food
from the restaurant so in the expression
they can’t take that away from me they
meaning
other people outside you can’t take
something away from you
next one what does the phrase don’t be a
creep don’t be a creep me but I think
Michael talked about this on an old
English topics video so I talked to a
live stream about the word creepy
adjective creepy so something that
causes like nervous suspense it’s
something that’s creepy the word creep
is used as a noun
don’t be a creep in person who is creepy
a guy can be a creep a girl can be a
creep so a creep is someone who causes
creepy feelings like something bad might
happen I feel nervous like that person’s
a little strange a little weird that
person is a creep
he’s a creep she’s a creep so don’t be a
creep means you should not behave like a
creep don’t create nervous feelings in
the other person don’t be a creepy
person don’t be a creep
everybody that’s good advice don’t be a
creep don’t feel great try to be a nice
and understanding and respectful person
always next question oh that was my last
one this week all right
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why one of the things I can do with my
microphone I wonder I feel like I had
some ideas for this when I was laying in
bed last night and I’ve forgotten them
all oh now I can take my videos on the
road make it like a golf reporter yes
the ball the ball is rolling why am i
Russian I’m a Russian golf reporter now
oh maybe I’ll be a beatboxer how do you
do that
oh I’m going to use the Force to make
you watch this whole video hi everybody
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slash ask - Alicia first question from
Harley passes hard Harley pusle pusle
pasta very sorry Harley asks what is the
use of get plus adverb or preposition
for example I get down this is a
question about phrasal verbs with get we
can use a lot of different things after
the word yet 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 at 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 to get in like
to get into a club to get into a
restaurant to get into a party the
nuance is 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 yet I can’t
talk about all of them in this video
because there are so many so if you’re
curious about the various phrasal verbs
that we can use with the word get check
out a dictionary that’s a really good
place to start 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 tense 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 the sentence I ate breakfast is
a simple
past tense statement I ate breakfast ate
is a simple past tense the past
continuous tense however or the past
progressive tense is something we used
to talk about an action that was
continuing at a specific point in time
in the past if I want to use the past
progressive tense I can say I was eating
breakfast using that continuous tense
using that progressive tense implies I
want to explain something else that
happened at that time or maybe I want to
add some more information so for example
I was eating breakfast at 8 o’clock this
morning or I was eating breakfast when
the phone rang or I was eating breakfast
and watching TV at the same time I was
eating breakfast while studying today by
using the past progressive I am
explaining that an action was continuing
at a specific point in time as in the
example I was eating breakfast at 8
o’clock or I can use past progressive to
show one action was happening at the
same time as another action in the past
if I use just the simple past tense I’m
just saying a simple fact in other words
this action happened I ate breakfast at
8 o’clock if I want to emphasize the
continuous nature of the action for some
reason like I was eating breakfast at 8
o’clock I can use the past progressive
tense in that case it might be in
response to a question like what were
you doing at 8 o’clock this morning so
if someone wants to ask maybe what you
were doing at a specific point in time
like someone is suspicious if you like
what were you doing last night maybe you
can say like oh I was having dinner with
my friends last night but past tense
simple past tense is something we use
for actions which start and finish in
the past but progressive the progressive
tense in past can be used to emphasize
the continuing nature of that situation
or that action next question next
question comes from yes in yeah yes II
yes in from very sorry what’s the
difference between on time and in time
is it you arrived just on time or you
arrived just in time we use on time to
refer to doing something at the correct
time doing something at a scheduled time
so for example I need to get to work on
time meaning at the correct time or did
you make it to your appointment on time
in time however is used when we want to
kind of give a nuance of rushing or
hurrying for something I need to leave
my house now to get to the airport in
time for my flight I need to study for
my test now if I want to be in time for
the party later you should probably
leave now if you want to be in time for
the movie in time for something else so
I want to do action a to make my
schedule meet this other condition this
other thing I would like to do with this
other thing I need to do in time for has
the nuance of a deadline we can use this
expression in like a panic like oh my
gosh I’m not going to make it in time
like to submit a paper I’m not going to
make it in time in time means like
before the deadline whereas on time has
the meaning of completing an action or
completing something at a scheduled time
next question the next question comes
from gearson Silva hi what is the
difference between shade and shadow oh
great this is a great question
both of these words can be used to refer
to a place that is darker than its
surroundings because there’s an object
that is blocking the light we can say
there’s shade over there or there’s a
shadow over there in that sentence they
are used the same however shadow refers
to the dark shape only so a person can
cast a shadow we use cast the verb cast
with the shadow I cast a shadow when I
stand in the Sun for example shade
however as a noun refers to or has the
nuance of a kind of shelter so shelter
provided by some other object shelter
from the light shelter from the Sun so
we would say stand in the shade because
shade has the nuance of shelter we would
not say stand in the shadow shadow does
not carry the nuance of shelter in the
way that shade does interestingly enough
those shade and shadow are both used as
verbs as well to shadow of something
needs to follow something closely to
shadow someone at work means to follow
someone at work and try to
understand their job for example shade
is used as a verb to mean to create
shelter from light for example the
canopy shaded us from the Sun Shade also
has some interesting uses you might hear
the slang phrase to throw shade throwing
shade is a really interesting slang
expression that we use which means to
communicate disrespect or to communicate
like contempt bad feelings for some
things when you’re speaking generally in
most cases when you want to talk about a
dark cool area we should say shade stand
in the shade when you want to talk only
about the dark area that dark object use
shadow next question actually two
questions from Danny hi Danny Danny’s
first question is you talked about lit
as slang yes I talked about lit in
episode 2 so 1 episode 2 of ask Alicia
can you please talk about the verb light
and using it an active and passive sure
light means to start a fire so to light
a fire to light a candle some examples
of active and passive voice with this
verb then why don’t we light some
candles for dinner tonight all the
candles in the restaurant were live on
our camping trip my neighbors lit a fire
and we brought hamburgers to me a fire
was lit in the campsite while we were
gone I was going to light a fire but I
fell asleep so to light means to start a
fire he lit the house on fire we can say
to light la blah blah on fire so there
are a few different examples of using
the verb light in active and in passive
past tense future tense
as well so I hope that that’s helpful
Danny’s second question can you talk
about ride and its uses like take
someone for a ride can I take a ride
Ryan is another verb that has a lot of
different uses you use the example to
take someone for a ride means to drive
together with someone to go for a ride
has the nuance of doing something just
for fun it’s just for fun I want to take
a ride to a location I want to take a
ride to the mountains this weekend or
take a ride to the beach but to take
someone for a ride means to invite
someone to drive somewhere with you in a
car that’s one way to use ride you can
also say give me a ride can you give me
a ride
so this is a request expression I don’t
have a car my friend has a car I want my
friend to take me in their car to a
location I can say can you give me a
ride to the movie theater can you give
me a ride to the lake give me a ride is
a request so give me a ride in your car
so there are a lot of uses of ride if
you want to see all of them or if you
want to see more of them I recommend
checking a dictionary there are quite a
few and I can’t talk about them all in
this video so please check a dictionary
next question okay next question is from
sin M of M what does your too good to be
true mean is it good or not maybe you’ve
heard this in a famous song you’re too
good to be true can’t take my eyes off
of you in that case it’s a good meaning
a different way to say this expression
is you are so good you are so amazing
that I can’t believe you’re real so in
other words something must be wrong
there must be some problem with you it’s
not possible for you to be real because
you are so good you are so great so
you’re too good to be true it’s like wow
I’m amazed by you so it’s a good
expression if however maybe in a more
uncommon situation someone said like
this guy is too good to be true like
maybe reviewing a job application for
example this girl she’s too good to be
true like if it’s said in that way maybe
there’s something suspicious about that
person this doesn’t seem right there’s
just too much good information here
there must be some problem with this
person depending on the intonation it
can portray either a very positive
meaning or a very suspicious meaning in
most cases however it’s a positive
meeting so if you heard this in a song
for example it’s probably a very
positive kind of romantically nuanced
phrase thanks very much for that
question femme next one next question
and Rabia Arshad rate Rabia Arshad Rabia
or fair sorry what’s the difference
between Ken and May I saw this on the
dining like a champ
cheat sheet and noticed these words were
used for requests what’s the difference
can and may for requests in modern
English men modern American English are
used this
if I use them in a statement can refers
to ability may refers to permission
please just be careful can and may are
only used in the same way to make
requests in modern American English next
question is from Taylor ah hi again
Taylor are where are you from and where
were you born the same ah great question
where are you from where were you born
no not necessarily not necessarily where
where you born is only the place where
you were physically brought into the
world maybe your hometown the place you
identify as your hometown is different
from the place where you were born maybe
you were born in Spain but you grew up
in the USA your family moved after that
so you could say I was born in Spain but
I grew up in New York City if someone
asks you where are you from it might be
a good idea to say I was born in blah
blah blah but I was raised in blah blah
blah in a different place if the two
places are different next question next
question is from Hassan Hassan says how
do we use Dada in the negative form so
we did a live stream about half two and
got two and need to on the YouTube
channel and on Facebook a while ago Dada
is a contraction a very casual
contraction of got and two it’s not a
real word gotta is just the sound that
we make when we say got two very quickly
like I gotta go to school today or I’ve
got to finish my homework or I gotta get
to sleep I’m so tired in American
English we do not use gotta in the
negative instead we use have to or need
to
I don’t have to go to work tomorrow I
don’t need to go to work tomorrow and I
don’t need to go to sleep right now but
American English does not use Dada in
the negative form next question next
question is from Saddam I need to
improve my spoken English and my
vocabulary how do I do that I think
there’s a tool on the website where you
can record your voice speaking English
and compare it to a native speaker
saying the same thing so I think that’s
a that’s a feature on the website so
check that out if you haven’t been it’s
in English class 101.com
there should be a recording function
where you can record your voice and
compare it to a native speaker and keep
practicing that until your voice and
your pronunciation matches the native
speakers pronunciation so you’ll see
like little waveforms there even on the
recording page so you can try to match
your voice to a native speaker so of
course practicing with native speakers
where possible repeating so creating
your own speech is important to
practicing with like recording tools
voice recording Toolik when you record
yourself you suddenly hear so many
problems in your speech so recording
yourself can be another good tool but in
terms of building your vocabulary first
I need to define a goal what do I want
to talk about if I want to talk about
food I should look for materials in my
target language talking about food and I
should study those so think about what
it is that you want to do and try to be
specific try to narrow your goal down to
you know what are the words that I need
to do and try focusing there and then
maybe you can widen the focus to other
interests here and there do but start
maybe with the things that are going to
help you communicate the things that you
really want to say so always think about
your goals what do I want to learn how
to say next question from Ricardo Villa
roll oh hey Ricardo welcome back is it
correct to learn several languages at
the same time ooh is it correct
I can’t answer that whether it’s correct
or not so I’ve heard that if you want to
try for whatever your reason is if you
want to try to study more than one
language at the same time it’s better to
try to choose languages that are quite
different so that there’s less chance of
you making mistakes or getting confused
in your studies the other thing that I
think I would say is if you’re studying
more than one language at the same time
your progress might be a bit slower than
if you studied just one language yeah is
it correct
I don’t know I can’t answer that that’s
up to you to decide so those are all the
questions that I want to talk about this
week thank you so much for submitting so
many interesting questions I really
appreciate it
if you haven’t submitted a question yet
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find on the website so definitely check
that out
so thanks very much for watching this
episode of ask Alicia I will see you
again next Saturday
bye bye
bonus vocabulary word for today spoiler
spoiler a spoiler is secret information
key information about your media your
book your movie your TV show if you see
the phrase spoiler alert somewhere it
means the next piece of text the next
information the next thing in the video
is going to be secret information about
the story so if you have not seen the
movie if you have not seen the TV show
or you have not seen the book you might
find information you don’t want to read
it so spoiler means something that will
spoil or something that will ruin the
story for you so no spoilers about Star
Wars until we’ve seen it yeah
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English class 101.com welcome to English
class 101 coms English in three minutes
the fastest easiest and most fun way to
learn English hey everyone I’m Alisha in
this series we’re going to learn some
easy ways to ask and answer common
questions in English it’s really useful
and it only takes three minutes in this
lesson you’re going to learn how to
compliment someone on what they’re
wearing this is a great way to break the
ice and to come across as friendly
interested and generous when meeting
someone new if the conversation slows
down a little and you can’t think of
anything to ask a good way to get it
restarted is to compliment the other
person if you don’t know them well yet a
safe way to do this is to say something
nice about something they’re wearing or
something they have like a bag or phone
case the way to do this is to say I love
your bag or I love your top just replace
the end of the sentence with whatever
you’d like to compliment this can sound
a little bit feminine so if you’re a guy
you could say I like your bag or I like
your shoes a normal response to this is
just thanks or if you want to be modest
oh really
thanks a great way to follow this up and
keep the conversation going is to
where did you get it or where did you
buy it
this gives the other person a chance to
talk about the store country or
situation in which they bought it and
from there the conversation can develop
naturally if you’re complimented and
then ask this question of course the
reverse is true and you have a chance to
tell the other person more about the
item and where you got it the usual
answer - where did you get it or where
did you buy it is something like I got
it at store name in city name I got it
at H&M in San Francisco this is
appropriate if you bought the item in
the country you’re currently in so the
other person may know of the store if
you bought it in a different country
though its usual to say I got it in
country name I got it in France you
don’t need to say the name of the store
unless it’s world famous as the other
person probably won’t have heard of it
anyway
now it’s time for Alicia’s advice in
some cultures it’s considered totally
fine and even polite to ask how much
something costs but in english-speaking
countries like the UK Australia and
America this is usually considered very
rude and is a question that can only be
asked by very close friends and even
then it’s risky
remember not to say something like it
looks expensive or how much was it when
you’re complimenting something that
someone else owns see you next time
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welcome to English class 101 coms
English in three minutes the fastest
easiest and most fun way to learn
English hey everyone Alicia here in this
series we’re going to learn some easy
ways to ask and answer common questions
in English it’s really useful and it
only takes three minutes in this lesson
you’re going to learn how to ask what
someone’s hobbies are without using the
word hobbies you’ve probably seen the
question do you have any hobbies or what
are your hobbies
in an English textbook before however
native English speakers almost never use
the word hobbies when asking about them
a much more natural way to ask the same
question is what do you do for fun let’s
practice this question what do you do
for fun what do you do for fun you can
also ask what do you do in your free
time what do you do in your free time so
how would you answer this question let’s
look at how native speakers would do it
the easiest way is to say I like to or
just I like followed by what you like to
do for example if you like watching
movies you could say I like to watch
movies or I like watching movies I like
to watch movies or I like watching
movies and if you like golf you could
say I like to play golf or I like
playing golf I like to play golf or I
like playing golf you can emphasize how
much you like your hobby by adding a
word like really in front of like for
example I really like watching movies on
the other hand if you want to play down
how
she likes something you can say kind of
for example I kind of like playing
tennis now it’s time for Alicia’s advice
if you don’t have any special hobbies or
don’t want to be specific a good way to
reply is I like hanging out with my
friends and stuff like that I like
hanging out with my friends and stuff
like that just use I like and add
hanging out with my friends and then add
and stuff like that how do you answer
the question where are you from it
doesn’t even have a verb we’ll cover
this and more in the next English in
three minutes lesson see you next time
hi everybody and welcome back to top
words my name is Alisha and today we’re
gonna talk about 10 ways to motivate
yourself when learning English let’s go
the first way to motivate yourself is to
imagine that one day you will live in
the United States so to do this imagine
what is your day going to be like when
you live in the u.s. where will you go
who will you meet where will you shop
and so on
imagine your day in the United States ok
the second way to motivate yourself when
you’re studying English is to study
other aspects of the culture - which
makes it more rewarding to study English
ok so this means of course studying
English as a language but if there’s a
specific country that you would like to
visit or a specific part of that
country’s culture try to learn about
that - if you like music if you like the
food if you like the history try to find
something about a specific country or a
specific part of that country’s culture
that you enjoy in addition to studying
the language ok way number 3 to motivate
yourself is finding funny words in
English ok so finding a word that sounds
funny or a word that you enjoy using or
a phrase that you enjoy using can really
increase your motivation for using that
word and for interacting with people so
if you can find those phrases that you
think are funny or are fun they can be
really really helpful for you as you
learn your language
the next way to motivate yourself is to
make friends with people who speak
English so of course if you don’t have
any friends who are English speakers
especially native English speakers it’s
a really good idea to make some friends
this way you can practice with them you
can learn from them and you can just see
maybe what their life is like and how
their life is different from yours so
this is a great way to practice a great
way to learn and a great way to think
more internationally as well the next
way to motivate yourself is watching
youtube videos of other people who have
successfully learned English so you can
listen to people what worked for them
how did they study where did they go
what materials did they use what did
they find
not helpful so you can try to find a
strategy that works well for you through
using resources like YouTube for example
it’s a great way to find people that
maybe match with what you need
ok the next way to motivate yourself is
by watching English movies and TV shows
and enjoying the feeling when you can
understand a word or a sentence yeah I
do this too when you enjoy something
when you find entertainment value in
something like music movies TV and you
there’s that moment when you pick up or
when you understand what your favorite
character said or you understand like a
key point in the story it’s a really
really good feeling it makes you want to
continue watching I think so that’s a
really really nice feeling I think and
you can do that by enjoying media so
it’s a fun way to learn and it’s a fun
feeling to experience ok the next way to
motivate yourself is by reading English
news articles blogs and magazines to get
a feel for formal and casual language so
the style that we use here like an
English class 101 and this on the videos
on this channel is quite casual most of
the time or at least in these videos
it’s very casual but the way that I
speak in the way a newspaper is written
the way a magazine is written the way
a newscaster presents the information
these are all different ways of
communicating we’re using the same
language yes but there are different
styles so it’s important to try to
understand those differences and to
become familiar with them so try to find
a few different things that you can
enjoy the next way to motivate yourself
is after dinner you write about your day
in a journal in English okay this is an
interesting idea so just take a few
minutes after dinner or before you go to
bed to write something in English about
what you did that day or maybe so you
have a chance to talk about future tense
or to use the future tense you can use
you can talk about your upcoming plans
or the things you’re going to do the
next day so you can talk about past
tense what you did that day maybe
present tense how you’re feeling as
you’re writing your journal for the day
and future tense to talk about your
upcoming plan so journaling can be a
really effective exercise for motivating
you okay the next way to motivate
yourself inspire practicing with
flashcards of useful words and phrases
for 15 minutes every day on the train I
actually do do this I use but I use an
application to study in Japanese to
study kanji and 15 minutes every day
adds up over the course of a week you
can learn a lot of information in a
short period of time and if you live in
the country where your target language
is spoken then you might even find the
word you studied on the train you see it
like after you leave the train you might
see that word later on in your day so
you can immediately feel like an extra
sense of motivation by knowing that this
thing you’re studying is applicable it’s
something you can use right away it’s a
really cool feeling so this is a tip I
honestly I use this last I make sure to
thank anyone and everyone who corrects
my English yeah I think this is really
important because people are really nice
they don’t want to correct you when you
make a mistake but sometimes people do
they’re really polite about it and they
tell you the more tell you a more
natural way or they give you a
suggestion for how to improve your
English
make sure you say thank you like repeat
after them and then say thank you so
that you know it’s motivation for them
to tell you again in the future to help
you again in the future so make sure to
say thank you to anyone who helps you
with your English so that’s the end so
those are 10 ways that you can motivate
yourself when you learn English if you
have a different strategy for how you
like to motivate yourself to learn
English please let us know in the
comments please be sure also to like
this video and subscribe to our channel
if you haven’t already thanks very much
for watching I hope this video motivated
you to keep studying we’ll see you again
soon with more fun stuff my vamos a la
piscina that means we’re going to the
movie theater right
alright hi everybody my name is Alisha
welcome back to top words today we’re
going to be talking about must know
expressions for agreeing and disagreeing
very useful so let’s go exactly exactly
when you agree 100% with something
someone else has said you can say
exactly for example Raman is one of the
best foods in the world exactly I don’t
agree I don’t agree
you have a different opinion from the
other person they tell you I think that
soccer is the best sport you can say I
don’t agree but be prepared to provide
your own opinion after this I think
soccer is the best sport I don’t agree I
think that football is oh that could
cause some problems soccer football
Americans say football when we mean
American football but the rest of the
world says football when they mean
soccer maybe maybe is when you don’t
know when you can’t make a decision or
when you’re not sure about something ok
so someone tosses you an opinion someone
says their their idea to you I think
it’s gonna rain tomorrow you can say
yeah maybe you don’t know for sure yes
or no but it’s possible it’s a good sort
of in-between expression but if you use
maybe all the times gonna sound really
strange and it’s gonna sound like you
can’t make a decision so use maybe very
sparingly don’t use it so often maybe is
very commonly used it’s a soft no it’s
up to you to figure that out among the
people that you’re talking to though do
you want to stay over at my house is
we can maybe I couldn’t agree with you
more you are in complete agreement with
the other person and really want to
communicate that to them you think that
what they have just said is really
really correct super correct yes you are
completely on board with that idea you
can say I couldn’t agree with you more
I couldn’t the negative form I could not
agree with you more meaning it’s not
possible that I could agree more with
what you’re saying
next week it’s really important that we
have a barbecue because summer is ending
and then your friend can say I couldn’t
agree more that’s a fantastic idea I’ll
buy steak I think we’re going to have to
agree to disagree agree to disagree this
is a kind of it seems like a simple
phrase agree to disagree so you’re
agreeing with the other person you agree
that we have a different opinion agree
to disagree I would use this expression
at the end of a discussion so person a
and person B have different opinions and
they’ve been discussing those opinions
for a long time and person a is not
changing his or her opinion person B is
not changing his or her opinion so you
can say at the end of the conversation
okay we have to agree to disagree let’s
just accept our different opinions and
move on in the conversation you have a
point there this is not necessarily an
agreement or disagreement phrase it’s a
small agreement within a larger
discussion so maybe you’ve been
discussing a topic for a long time and
you’ve disagreed with the other person
until this this time this person says
something and you agree with that ah you
have a point there so there’s one thing
that this person has said that you can
agree with you can say you have a point
there I think that’s correct or I agree
with that point that’s exactly how I
feel that’s exactly how I feel
meaning my feeling is the same as your
feeling or my opinion is the same as
your opinion that’s exactly how I feel
maybe you can use this if someone
describes your feeling very accurate
for example you can say I feel like the
company is really heading in a nice new
direction you can say yeah that’s
exactly how I feel I really like the new
boss I don’t think so I don’t think so
it’s soft it’s not so direct it’s not a
hard I disagree but just I don’t think
so of course you can use it to discuss
opinions but you can also use it when
you’re making plans are you going to
that party this weekend I don’t think so
it’s not a disagreement but it can be
used as a negation phrase and a negative
response to something when used as an
opinion I think Chinese is the hardest
language to learn you can say I don’t
think so I think that Arabic is the
hardest language to learn yes you’re
right yes your rights means you’re
correct yes I agree with you I think
that’s the right information I think
that’s the correct opinion just a very
clear agreement phrase you’re right it
also has the nuance of being correct so
maybe there was there were there was a
possibility the other person could be
incorrect did you know that pepperoni
pizza is the most delicious pizza in the
world yes you’re right you could change
it too that’s right for that opinion you
can use your to talk specifically about
the person itself but that’s right yes
that’s right that information is correct
I guess so I guess so it’s sort it’s an
agreement but it’s sort of a flaky
agreement I guess so
it’s like you don’t really want to make
a decision but you don’t feel strongly
in one like in agreement or disagreement
you can say I guess so it’s usually said
with this tone of voice I guess so you
know we don’t really say I guess so
generally it’s like you can’t quite make
a decision or you don’t want to make a
decision you can say I guess so hey
we’re gonna go for Chinese food for
dinner tonight do you want to come yeah
I guess so you don’t feel strongly
either way I guess so I’m afraid I
disagree it’s a rather polite expression
that you can use in a business situation
for example I’m afraid here doesn’t mean
I’m actually scared or I’m really
frightened but just it’s a softener
that’s used at the beginning of
sentences to introduce a negative
opinion so I’m afraid I disagree or I’m
afraid I can’t agree with you for
example I think that you need to adopt a
new policy for your company
I’m afraid I disagree it’s a soft
disagreement that sounds a bit more
formal than some of the other phrases
we’ve talked about so far absolutely
absolutely means 100% yes exactly
precisely definitely it’s a quick and
clear and can be polite as well as
casual word that means you agree with
the other person hey do you want to go
to the beach this weekend yeah
absolutely absolutely oh that’s in so
those are some phrases that you can use
to agree and disagree with other people
there are a lot of them so and you can
kind of mix and match them as you see
fit so give them a try thanks very much
for watching this episode of top words
and we’ll see you again soon bye
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everybody my name is Alisha and today
we’re gonna be talking about 10 phrases
that you always want to hear so let’s
begin
you win the first phrase is you win you
win if you hear the phrase you win it
means you have won something you are
probably going to receive something for
free whoo that’s a very happy thing
right you want to give free things
congratulations you win a car yay here
are the keys to your new car great thank
you and I brought you something special
this is exciting to hear because it
means this little something special as I
call I thought only of you so I brought
you this I brought you something special
really thank you I miss you I miss you I
miss you is nice you can use this with
your friends your family members your
partner whoever I miss you shows that
you want to meet the other person
probably you haven’t you haven’t seen
them as much as you would like to so you
can say I miss you I miss you call your
husband or wife or boyfriend girlfriend
whoever on the phone maybe you haven’t
seen them for a long time you can say I
miss you I miss you too take a break
I’ll do the cleaning today take a break
I’ll do the cleaning today this means
someone else is going to clean up your
house for you or clean up something for
you I would be very
happy to hear this phrase right now
because my apartment is a disaster
because I am only there to sleep so
maybe you’ve had a long day at work or a
long day doing something you come home
and somebody else has offered to do this
for you so take a break I’ll do the
cleaning today and you can reply really
thank you so much I’m gonna relax
the budget is unlimited the next phrase
that you always want to hear is the
budget is unlimited the budget is
unlimited this could be at work this
could be a budget a personal budget
maybe but it just means there’s no limit
to the budget you can spend as much
money as you want very exciting so let’s
see in a business context perhaps you
have this new client who’s gonna give
you a lot of money to build a new house
or something maybe you’re building
houses that’s your project your boss
comes to you the budget for this project
is unlimited really let’s go crazy
there’ll be a bonus at the end of the
month yeah this is a phrase that you
probably are very excited to hear it
means you are going to receive extra
money from your job at the end of the
month whoo-hoo very exciting extra money
maybe you’ll hear this from your boss or
your manager or maybe your coworker at
work maybe you see it in an email
there’ll be a bonus at the end of the
month really I’m gonna use mine to buy a
new car really I’m gonna use mine to go
out on a date really I’m gonna use mine
to get a new fish you did a great job
you did a great job you did a great job
it’s something you’ll probably hear from
well I don’t know you could hear this
from pretty much anybody any time you’ve
done a good job someone will
congratulate you or tell you their
opinion with this phrase you did a great
job you finished a project at work and
your boss says you did a great job nice
thank you so much it was really fun or
thank you
just just say thank you you look great
today you look great today the other
person thinks that your physical
appearance is nice today don’t think
about that today part you know just just
just take the compliment oh really thank
you so much you look great today oh
thank you so much I got a new haircut
thank you so much I
I got enough sleep yeah you were right
you were right this means that something
that you said in the past was correct
and everybody likes to be correct I
think I saw that movie that you
recommended you were right it was really
good
oh good I’m glad you enjoyed it don’t be
like I know or yeah I knew I was right
don’t do that just say oh good I’m glad
you’re an excellent cook you’re an
excellent cook this is a nice compliment
especially for someone who enjoys
cooking if you say you’re an excellent
cook it means you enjoyed their food so
let’s see at a dinner party for example
you’re an excellent cook this food is
delicious oh thank you so much I’m
really glad you enjoyed it and that’s
the end so those are things that you
want to hear so keep in mind it’s nice
for you to hear these things but other
people also want to hear them too so
compliment other people tell them that
they are awesome if they are awesome
tell them that they have good skills in
whatever it is that they like to do
people like to be complimented people
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Alisha and today we’re gonna be talking
about 15 questions that you should know
so these are 15 questions that not
necessarily you need to know how to ask
them perhaps you know some of the
questions already but you will probably
also hear these questions as well so
we’ll practice a few different answers
for these questions too so let’s get
started
do you like American food the first
question is do you like American food
you will probably be asked this question
do you like American food you can either
say yes or no or you can give a specific
example someone says do you like
American food yes I love Philly
cheesesteaks I would recommend saying
yes or a little or or or you can just
say I don’t know what do you recommend
have you been to the United States
the next question is have you been to
the United States have you been to the
United States so someone asks you have
you been to the United States you should
reply with either yes I have or no I
haven’t or maybe no I haven’t yet but I
want to when you want to ask someone
this question you can say have you been
to Japan have you been to Egypt have you
been to China whatever you can use your
own country when you ask this question
how are you how are you when someone
asks how are you don’t say I’m fine
thank you and you please don’t say that
please say something more natural like
good great I’m good how are you
something like that is much better than
I’m fine thank you and you be a little
more genuine in your reply also when you
ask this question maybe one point to
help you sound a little more natural
when you ask someone else don’t like
trying to say how are you how are you
instead of how are you or and make sure
your intonation is correct I’ve had a
few people ask me how are you like a
little too moon yeah with this question
or like how are you but how are you
should be the intonation with this how
are you how are you it’s a little bit
more natural how long have you been
studying English how long have you been
studying English how long have you been
studying English great question to know
the answer to your answer should be I
have been studying English for
bla-bla-bla years or bla-bla-bla months
or twelve more weeks but if that’s too
much for you you can just use the time
how long have you been studying English
six years how long have you been
studying English two months so just pick
the time if the whole sentence is quite
long for you how old are you
we don’t really go around asking people
how old they are like just the first
time you meet them necessarily
especially if they’re older much older
than you like in particular it’s
sometimes considered rude to ask
especially women how old they are so
just be careful with this question but
if you’re about the same age group you
know maybe you’re at an event or a party
or something and you just want to check
how old the other person is you can use
this phrase when you reply to this just
say I’m plus the number to make a really
simple response so how old are you I’m
15 how old are you I’m 42 whatever the
answer is just stick by
in front of it not i but i’m i am but
use the contracted form to sound more
natural i’m number if you want to make a
full sentence you can say i’m number
years old don’t forget that s in years
i’m a million years old what did you say
what did you say if you couldn’t quite
hear something that someone else said
you can use this question to confirm
sorry what did you say it’s a little
nicer than just saying what what did you
say
or what did you just say sorry what did
you say I couldn’t hear you what’s this
what’s this when you don’t know what
something is what’s this when you’re out
for dinner you’re out for lunch or
something and you find a new food or you
just you’re curious just say what’s this
to reply to this question just say it’s
bla bla bla what’s your name what’s your
name of course you should know how to
ask this question and how to answer this
question what’s your name is a little
more natural than what is your name
again contracted form will help you
sound much more natural so what’s your
name someone asks you you can just give
your name Alicia that’s fine you can say
Alicia you can say I’m Alicia that’s
fine too you could say my name is or my
name’s Alicia either any of those are
fine in a more formal situation a
business situation I would I would use
my name is Pablo and while I shake hands
or something what’s your phone number
the next one is what’s your phone number
I would not ask this question right away
like maybe you’ve met the person a few
times but you would like to contact them
whether it’s because you’re romantically
interested in them or because you want
to be better friends with them but just
that if you meet someone for the first
time and you’re like what’s your phone
number like a little it’s a little too
much so use this question after you’ve
met the person a few times and you know
you want to become better friends when
you want to give your phone number just
say it’s and the number that’s fine just
it’s blah blah blah or my phone number
is blah blah blah with the number 5 5 5
1 million and 5 to 6 when is your
birthday so maybe you want to plan a
birthday party for example or it’s just
another fun question the first time you
meet someone when did your birthday so
when you want to tell someone your
birthday just give the month and the
date
January 15th August
42nd that’s a real day if you want to
make a full sentence you can say my
birthday is month date where are you
from
the next word the next question is where
are you from this can refer to your
country or your city mmm but I feel like
prop more stuff and it refers to your
country so where are you from your
answer should be I’m from places I’m
from China I am from Japan I’m from
Vietnam I’m from America
whatever I’m from there where did you
learn English the next question is where
did you learn English where did you
learn English if you’re speaking great
English you can say I learned English at
the English class 101.com yes you did
because you’re watching no anyway where
did you learn English in this case in
the case of like these videos I learned
English online or I learned English from
and then the school name or the program
name so I learned English from English
class 101.com for example if you studied
English at university you can say I
learned English at university or I
learned English from my friends perhaps
where do you live where do you live
depending on the situation where you’re
asked this this can mean your country
like I live in America I live in China
sometimes it’s about the place in the
city where you live sometimes it’s about
the country where you live so you can
kind of feel I think which question
which type of question is being asked
where do you work where do you work is
talking about your job you can use the
pattern I work at company name or I work
for company name either is fine I work
at ABC company I work for ABC company
either is okay but you know if if you
have answered with the wrong information
the other person will just ask you like
oh I mean where is your office or oh I
mean which company do you work for use
the force this one where is the bathroom
where is the bathroom
very important question where is the
bathroom in American English where is
the bathroom or where is the restroom is
more common than where is the toilet
using the word toilet is a little bit
too direct in American English so I
recommend bathroom or restroom so those
are 15 questions that you should
definitely know
know how to ask these questions and know
how to answer these questions they are
very useful and very important for
everyday conversation thanks very much
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mmm oh no all right welcome back to
weekly words my name is Alisha and this
week we are going to talk about commonly
used onomatopoeia this is going to be a
fun one we talked briefly about an
onomatopoeia zoom in a previous episode
of weekly words we’re gonna talk some
more about some more talk some more
about some more we’re gonna talk about
more today the first word is beep oh
beep beep is any kind of electronic
sound or a car sound and was also in a
popular American cartoon Wiley coyote
and the roadrunner the roadrunner would
commonly say meat meat car sound will
usually make a beep or a honk sound for
electronics however the beep becomes a
little bit more robotic will often say
like beep beep so in a sentence let’s
say you have a computer problem you tell
your friend the computer won’t stop
beeping at me what do I do next is the
sound
jingle jingle is any kind of light
ringing sound this word gets used a lot
in holiday seasons particularly
Christmas Thanksgiving New Year’s any
jingling sound is very commonly assigned
to bells like the song jingle bells for
example is a perfect example of this
jingle it’s just the sound that a Bell
makes in a sentence
let’s see you might say she has a small
Bell attached to her phone so she
jingles everywhere she walks it’s really
irritating okay the next word is thump a
thump is for something to hit heavily to
give an example the people who live in
the apartment above me often thump on
the floor it sounds like maybe they’re
dropping something heavy or they’re
stepping very heavily
all right next is splash anything that
falls into liquid lands in liquid makes
a splash it’s that sort of sound that
comes from water or any other liquid
really we refer to that as a splash
sound there is also a popular Tom Hanks
mermaid movie called splash this has
nothing to do with that about him
falling in love with a mermaid
I made a big splash when I jumped into
the swimming pool this summer
next is blurt it means to say something
quickly i blurt it out the news as soon
as I heard it like I blurt it out the
secret I couldn’t hold it in any longer
it means you just say something without
thinking to blurt the first part of the
word what that blurr sound it sounds
like something it’s just kind of sort of
slips out on accident and then the
harshed blurt that T at the end is like
a kind of a final like oh my gosh I’ve
just said something as I slipped and
then I’ve said something oh no I didn’t
think about that all right that’s the
end of that one so I hope you learned a
few new onomatopoeias that you can try
out next time thanks for joining us for
weekly words and I will see you again
next time if I want to finally start
speaking in your target language in this
guide you’ll discover the top 7 ways to
practice speaking on your own with our
lessons let’s begin number 1 shadowing
shadowing is a proven learning technique
where all you do is repeat what you hear
in order to practice speaking
so access any audio or video lesson on
the site and press the play button to
start then as you listen or watch just
repeat the conversations or even easier
read along out loud with the dialogue
section the script is right there in
front of you with our lessons you can
master entire conversations just like
that number 2 read out loud I just
mentioned it but reading out loud is
another powerful tactic and deserves its
own mention with every lesson you get
written transcripts and translations so
as you play the lesson read the dialogue
out loud as you hear it why by reading
out loud you’re also practicing your
speaking skills
you can do this with the lesson notes
the lesson transcript or the dialogue
tool with the dialogue tool you can
listen to each line again and again and
repeat out loud until you master them
all number three speed up your reading
to speed up your speaking being able to
speak without thinking is a sign of
language mastery if you’re talking to a
native and can respond quickly they’ll
assume that you’re fairly fluent how can
you do this when you read out loud try
increasing your speed a little bit every
time so start by reading with a dialogue
tool if you’re like most learners you’ll
read the first line slowly that’s
because you’re still getting used to the
words which is okay reread it on your
second try you know most of the words
and you’ll read a little faster reread
it again on your third try you’ll be
even faster at a native speaker speed
and being able to read these phrases out
loud and fast will help you speak fast
number four record and compare yourself
with native speakers in order to sound
like a native speaker you must imitate
native speakers so here’s how access the
voice recorder which is in the dialog
study tool in every lesson click on the
microphone icon listen to the native
speakers audio and then record yourself
you can then compare the two recordings
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and again until you perfect your
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