Present Perfect Tense - British and American differences

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  • Опубликовано: 9 авг 2018
  • There aren't many differences in British and American grammar but there are some notable differences in the way we use the present perfect tense.
    This video is a collaboration with Jennifer ESL of English with Jennifer and together we explore how we use the words just, yet and already on each side of the Atlantic.
    You'll learn how we use the present perfect to talk about recent actions and give news and you'll also learn about some interesting differences in when we use the present perfect and simple past past tense.
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  • @javedone
    @javedone 6 лет назад +84

    The most happy couple in the world. You are our ideal.

    • @SimpleEnglishVideos
      @SimpleEnglishVideos  6 лет назад +12

      Ha! Yeah, I was very happy in this video. I found $20 and won the lottery. Jay... not so much! Thanks Javed.

  • @mep6302
    @mep6302 5 лет назад +25

    Thanks. These differences also happen in Spanish. Spaniards use more present perfect than Latin Americans, I'm Latin American and I'd also say those sentences more often with simple past than with present perfect. Thank God I'm studying American English. This makes everything easier for me :)

    • @SimpleEnglishVideos
      @SimpleEnglishVideos  5 лет назад +1

      Oh good. We like to make things easy - and accurate of course. Thanks Mau.

    • @nicholasthorn1539
      @nicholasthorn1539 5 лет назад

      Yes, I've noticed the same in Spanish too. Could it be the greater weight of history in Spain and Britain that's reflected in the use of language?

    • @aritzgaraneda3782
      @aritzgaraneda3782 4 года назад +1

      Yeah dude i'm Spanish and we use present perfect a lot more than you do!

    • @hintergarten
      @hintergarten Год назад

      That is a good remark MEP. Sometimes I think that Spaniards use more often the present perfect because they really dont know the past form of some verbs. I was surprised to find the same thing in the german language. In my opinion, Germans overuse the present perfect form when telling a story.

  • @luiscabrera2232
    @luiscabrera2232 5 лет назад +9

    I'm an ESL teacher from São Paulo, Brazil. I just watched this video and I LOVED it. You guys are AMAZING. Thanks for helping me with interesting comments and real life examples.

    • @SimpleEnglishVideos
      @SimpleEnglishVideos  5 лет назад +2

      Nice to meet you Luis! So glad you liked it! We plan to make some more videos on the p[resent perfect because it's tricky to form and hard to know when to use it.

    • @rosanacanalli511
      @rosanacanalli511 4 года назад

      @@SimpleEnglishVideos you are right Luis, they are great and ..... funny ! :)

  • @raed2178
    @raed2178 6 лет назад +27

    Will you ever stop teasing poor Jay, Vicki? 😂😂😂
    Love you, Guys. 😀

  • @shahsuvar
    @shahsuvar 4 года назад +2

    This channel is a treasure. I really like your systematic approach. I have moved to the UK early this year and as a non-native speaker I have found out that I am speaking a hybrid language, neither American nor British :). This channel is a remedy for me. I will be watching your every single video. Thank you.

    • @SimpleEnglishVideos
      @SimpleEnglishVideos  4 года назад +1

      Yakin, we are so pleased that we are helping you improve your English. Thanks so much for letting us know and thanks for watching our videos.

  • @lucyenglishinstructor4527
    @lucyenglishinstructor4527 6 лет назад +6

    As always, another great and helpful video! Thank you so so so much Vicki and Jay (also Jennifer). A lovely weekend for you guys!

  • @abbysands9510
    @abbysands9510 4 года назад +7

    Jay: I have just lost twenty dollars
    Vicky: I have just found twenty dollars
    Jay: Then that mine.
    Vicky: What was the serial number:
    Jay: What?
    LOL

  • @steffis4480
    @steffis4480 5 лет назад +4

    I'm always astonished that AE and BE actually differs in so many ways! Vicki, Jay and Jennifer - it's amazing how you manage to make explanations so comprensible and clear ♥ Thank you three so much ♥

    • @SimpleEnglishVideos
      @SimpleEnglishVideos  5 лет назад +2

      Thanks Steffi. Yes, we could probably devote a whole channel to just British and American English differences.

    • @mimicrono
      @mimicrono 5 лет назад

      @@SimpleEnglishVideos I hope you will!!!! 😍

    • @monarou3084
      @monarou3084 2 года назад

      @@SimpleEnglishVideos
      Why not ?

  • @habinsha8775
    @habinsha8775 6 лет назад +7

    I'm really happy to see you on screen jay and vicky. I just found this video help me a lot thank you

  • @dreamy2206
    @dreamy2206 6 лет назад +4

    Oh wow! This is so great! :-) I really liked this one here as well. Great idea of letting Jennifer contribute here as well. Keep on with the great work!

    • @SimpleEnglishVideos
      @SimpleEnglishVideos  6 лет назад

      Yeah, it's always fun to work with Jennifer. I'm sure we'll make some more together.

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    @AbdulMalik-dm5tv 5 лет назад +4

    You just smile and teach. Really your way inspires us.

  • @fabifernandes2024
    @fabifernandes2024 2 года назад +2

    I studied American English for years. I'm living in England now and this video explains why I think something is missing in my speech 😆

    • @SimpleEnglishVideos
      @SimpleEnglishVideos  2 года назад +1

      Hi Fabi, this is Jay writing back to you. After more than 20 years with Vicki, I'm still learning about these differences. :-)

    • @fabifernandes2024
      @fabifernandes2024 2 года назад

      @@SimpleEnglishVideos Lol Jay I guess we never stop learning. Thank you guys very much for all the videos. They've helped me a lot lately :)

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    @SadhguruSir 4 года назад +1

    This video is very much needed. Thank you

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      We're so pleased we could add to your understanding, Umm Halil. Thanks for watching.

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    @ahmedshalaby1188 6 лет назад +1

    Simply brilliant :) Thank you Vicki and Jay for this lesson!

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    Thank you so much for this lesson .

  • @ashubhai1
    @ashubhai1 6 лет назад +1

    Another great Video. Really helpful to know the differences between American and British English. Thanks Vicky and Jay

    • @SimpleEnglishVideos
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      You're very welcome Ashish. Have a great week!

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  • @ramazanaslan8921
    @ramazanaslan8921 4 года назад +1

    This video has been useful for me to understand differences between present perfect tense and simple past tense.Thank you

  • @jeancarlosmartinezmoreyra7737
    @jeancarlosmartinezmoreyra7737 6 лет назад +1

    This video is great. Thanks.

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  • @alexrafe2590
    @alexrafe2590 2 года назад +3

    Hello, I’ve seen a couple of your videos on using the present perfect in British and American English, and some of the differences in how it is used. But I’ve never seen you mention that with the verb ‘to get’ British and American English have different present perfect forms. So in British English the present perfect form is the same as the simple past form, got. So in the simple past Brits say and write ‘I’ve got a new set of pencils. Simple past is ‘I got a new set of pencils.’
    But in American English an older simple past form has been retained, gotten. So Americans say and write ‘I’ve gotten a new set of pencils’ in the present perfect, but say and write as the British do ‘I got a new set of pencils’ in the simple past.
    Maybe you cover that in a video on British verbs

    • @SimpleEnglishVideos
      @SimpleEnglishVideos  2 года назад +1

      Hi Alex. Yeah, we cover it in several of our other videos but not this one. If we ever do a remake, we'll be sure to point it out. Thanks for the suggestion.

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    @ahmedazzam3807 5 лет назад +1

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  • @hapgull
    @hapgull 5 месяцев назад

    I really love your videos. Thank you! :-)

    • @SimpleEnglishVideos
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  • @Cricriton
    @Cricriton 6 лет назад +1

    Hello, hello, it's been a long time since the last video I saw (about two or three weeks, I was really busy because of my job), I really missed you. I have to say that it is a marvelous video, present perfect is kind of confusing for me, but really interesting. You made me remember my old days when I used to study English in my institution. So, thank you very much for making me remember this time expression, congratulations. 😊😉

    • @SimpleEnglishVideos
      @SimpleEnglishVideos  6 лет назад

      Welcome back Cristhian! I'm glad it brought back happy memories. I think the present perfect might give some people nightmares! :-) Now go and look at out last few videos and catch up!!!

    • @Cricriton
      @Cricriton 6 лет назад +1

      Simple English Videos I will.

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    @araylymkozhan7218 6 лет назад +1

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  • @karlmeier2280
    @karlmeier2280 5 лет назад

    Thanks for your wonderful films. I'm learning English, because it's a beautiful language. It's good to here the differences between AE and BE and you both explain these very very good. I can understand everything. Thank you so much. Please, make some more beautiful films. Bye

    • @SimpleEnglishVideos
      @SimpleEnglishVideos  5 лет назад +1

      Karl, thanks for your kind words. It is clear that you're doing a good job learning English and we're glad we can help. It isn't always easy to hear the difference between these two forms of English, but we're pleased you've been able to understand it.

  • @HolographicSweater
    @HolographicSweater Год назад

    Well that explains a lot!

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    @danaamirbayeva6568 2 года назад +1

    Thank you 😍

  • @aparecidoferreiravais321
    @aparecidoferreiravais321 6 лет назад +2

    Hi Vicki hi Jay Hi Vicki Hi Jay as always another great video with the participation of Jennifer thanks for your effort and have a great weekend

    • @SimpleEnglishVideos
      @SimpleEnglishVideos  6 лет назад

      Glad you liked it Aparecido. It's always fun to work with Jennifer.

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      Hello Anna and welcome to our channel! We're so glad you like the videos.

  • @paolobrandinali6278
    @paolobrandinali6278 4 года назад +1

    Could you explain the present perfect continous too ? Please, You are really fantastic

    • @SimpleEnglishVideos
      @SimpleEnglishVideos  3 года назад +1

      Hi Paulo. That's an idea! Yes, we should make a video about that.

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      Nice to meet you Adam and welcome. We're glad you've found us.

  • @haiderps4
    @haiderps4 6 лет назад +1

    I watched this lesson yesterday on Jennifer's channel , it's good to watch it again on your channel though... thank you

    • @SimpleEnglishVideos
      @SimpleEnglishVideos  6 лет назад +2

      Pleased to hear it was worth watching twice! Thanks very much, Haider.

    • @haiderps4
      @haiderps4 6 лет назад +1

      Of course it is worth watching more than one time.
      I got a question please which is related to grammar in this video but it's not actually about present perfect.
      In the minute 4:45 of this video, I heard you Vicki saying ( In the British English these sentences would be unusual) my question is what was the reason of using "would" rather than "will" in that sentence I mentioned above. I know it was related to something that was imagined but I couldn't figure out the best explanation.
      Could you please Vicki clear it up for me??

    • @haiderps4
      @haiderps4 6 лет назад

      I can read a part of your reply to the question through the notification center of my laptop and phone but I can’t read the reply from inside the video
      IDK something went wrong unfortunately 🙁

    • @SimpleEnglishVideos
      @SimpleEnglishVideos  6 лет назад +1

      Oh it's so strange Haider. Mt repoly diasappeared. Let me respond again. British people don't generally use the simple past with yet and already. It's possible, but very unlikely. So with 'would' I was indicating that I see it as something that's hypothetical and unlikely to happen. 'Would' creates a distance between what's real and what's hypothetical, and I'm talking about the hypothetical. Another example - do you remember the 2nd conditional: if + past tense, would/could, + base verb. We use that to talk about unlikely or unreal situations too. My sentences was like one half of a 2nd conditional.

    • @haiderps4
      @haiderps4 6 лет назад +1

      Oh thank you very very much Vicki , I took up a lot of your time replying me .
      Would which has a lot of uses and conditionals especially the second one have been the most obstacle that I've been experiencing since I started learning English intensively and I've heard many English teachers saying that mastering conditionals with their derivatives like implied ones are equal to 20-25% of learning English grammar.
      That's why I think it would be a good idea if you made videos about conditional sentences .
      I know there are a lot of videos on youtube and the internet about that topic but I prefer your method because you use a simple way of teaching which involves clips from everyday life , which are make the lesson easy to understand and sink in.

  • @dreamer4957
    @dreamer4957 6 лет назад +1

    i love this.
    good atomosphere

  • @rosanacanalli511
    @rosanacanalli511 4 года назад +1

    great !!!! thanks a lot for all of you :) hugs !

  • @taherelsayed8044
    @taherelsayed8044 5 лет назад +1

    so Thank you

  • @monarou3084
    @monarou3084 2 года назад +2

    It's important to know these differences !
    I often use the present perfect with "just" or "already" and an American frien of mine is always correcting me and he writes me that I must use the past simple.
    But even though everyone uses the past simple to speak about a very recent action, isn't it a grammar mistake ?
    230220 R glé

    • @SimpleEnglishVideos
      @SimpleEnglishVideos  2 года назад +2

      It sounds like your American friend is following American usage rules and you are following British useage rules, Mona. Neither British or American usage is better than the other. They are just different. Hope this helps.

    • @monarou3084
      @monarou3084 2 года назад

      @@SimpleEnglishVideos
      Merci! :)
      My small, old French brain is used to use the "passé composé " to talk about a recent action! (It’s seems not far from the present perfect).
      When I was learning Spanish, it was "preterit" that was normally used...
      It's always a different brain exercice!
      But I like following the rules and I read in grammar articles that to talk about a recent action the persent perfect has to be used. I am perhaps too inflexible !
      220509

  • @waqalhure3710
    @waqalhure3710 5 лет назад +1

    You are the best

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    @misatran1107 3 года назад +1

    Thank Mr and Mrs 😄

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  • @bounty1402
    @bounty1402 4 года назад +1

    This video is very useful to understand real life English 😉

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  • @peterwilliams942
    @peterwilliams942 5 лет назад +1

    Hi guys, great video! How about a video on the PAST Perfect Tense - British and American differences. I notice that Americans don't use it that much and have some other ways instead that sound unusual to other English speakers.

    • @SimpleEnglishVideos
      @SimpleEnglishVideos  5 лет назад

      Hi Peter. Thanks for this. It's is a really interesting suggestion. Was there anything in particular where you're noticed a difference?

    • @mimicrono
      @mimicrono 5 лет назад

      @@SimpleEnglishVideos May I suggest a video on the so-called 4 uses of the subjunctive (formulaic, mandative, volitional, hypothtical were... And the different usages in both BrE and AmE, please, please, pleeeeease?

    • @peterwilliams942
      @peterwilliams942 5 лет назад

      @@SimpleEnglishVideos Yes, British seem to say: I had finished/done it before... Americans: I was finished/done before...

    • @peterwilliams942
      @peterwilliams942 5 лет назад

      Thank you so much. Where can I find this video, please?

  • @The_Ark_Ministry
    @The_Ark_Ministry 6 лет назад +1

    Love to you from India

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      Hello Abir! Love right back at you in India from Philadelphia.

  • @yigitcan5479
    @yigitcan5479 4 года назад

    final consonants witIf there's either a "d" or a "t" or any other consonant, do American native speakers tend to pronounce the final consonants with the stop sounds? Such as:
    e.g.: I talked | to my grandma yesterday
    or what happened |?

  • @David19677
    @David19677 5 лет назад +1

    it was nice

  • @pifviva
    @pifviva 6 лет назад +1

    I like

  • @divinedancer8342
    @divinedancer8342 5 лет назад +1

    Plz make video on how to use "ever"

    • @SimpleEnglishVideos
      @SimpleEnglishVideos  5 лет назад

      Ever? Hmmm. That's an interesting idea. Let me think about it. Thanks Divine Dancer.

  • @user-un5oi3fe7z
    @user-un5oi3fe7z 5 лет назад +1

    I have a small suggestion;Could you make a video by explaining the passive?

  • @karenkaren1448
    @karenkaren1448 5 лет назад +1

    It is a hard one!

    • @SimpleEnglishVideos
      @SimpleEnglishVideos  5 лет назад

      Well luckily Karen Karen, you can use the present perfect or past in a lot of these examples and you'll be fine in one English variety or another. :-)

  • @simomilosic7345
    @simomilosic7345 4 года назад +1

    I'm here for the british english. Thats what l have learned in primary and in high school. In total 8 years. Very helpfull video. Americans allways wanna be something else lol 😂 😂.

  • @anaislee1082
    @anaislee1082 4 года назад +1

    Hello Vicky and Jay, I'm wondering if it's ok to say "I didn't have so much fun for a long time". I've been told this is incorrect in British English. How about in American English?

    • @SimpleEnglishVideos
      @SimpleEnglishVideos  4 года назад

      Anaïs, this is Jay writing back. In either British or American English I would say "I haven't had this much fun in a long time." Another way I might say it is "It's been a long time since I've had this much fun." I hope that helps.

    • @anaislee1082
      @anaislee1082 4 года назад

      @@SimpleEnglishVideos Thank you, Jay!

  • @mirosawborek1025
    @mirosawborek1025 5 лет назад +1

    Great vid:) but there's something that makes me wonder.... in some videos of Rachels English Jennifer is a British speaker(didn't sound British tho) while Rachel is American... I did some research and it turned out that Jennifer is neither British nor American.... I'm all confused right now...

    • @SimpleEnglishVideos
      @SimpleEnglishVideos  5 лет назад

      Hi Miroslaw. This is Vicki writing and I am British. I grew up and spent most of my life in the UK, though I live in Philadelphia in the US now. You're right that Rachel is American. She lives in Philadelphia, like me and we're good friends. We're also friends with Jennifer who lives in Boston. She's American too. I'm the only British speaker of the three. Does that help?

    • @mirosawborek1025
      @mirosawborek1025 5 лет назад

      @@SimpleEnglishVideos Hello. Thanks for the reply ;) In the video you say that Jennifer is American. In Rachel's videos Rachel introduced her and said she was British... I am all confused now :) I did some research and found out that Jennifer's native language was Spanish :D

    • @mirosawborek1025
      @mirosawborek1025 5 лет назад

      Ok OK I am so sorrry ;( my bad! I confused two women! It had been awhile since I saw Rachel's video and that is the reason I got all confused. By the way, How could I have confused them - they don't even look the same :)

  • @uranoob7978
    @uranoob7978 4 года назад +1

    Hi vicki

  • @gleenlivin4792
    @gleenlivin4792 4 года назад +1

    You guys are so sweet

  • @protiv_bio
    @protiv_bio 5 лет назад +2

    Why does it have dislikes?

    • @SimpleEnglishVideos
      @SimpleEnglishVideos  5 лет назад +1

      Who knows hrozhek, but we don't let it get us down. We can always do better and we have lots of nice people like you writing as well. :-)

  • @ShaimaaAAhmed-xe8xt
    @ShaimaaAAhmed-xe8xt 4 года назад +1

    Ha! thank you for your great effort . why you did not say i ve forget instead of i forget and also why did not you say you have not paid the electric bill instead of you didnt pay the electric bill esepcially the tow actions have a relation to the present

    • @SimpleEnglishVideos
      @SimpleEnglishVideos  4 года назад

      Hi Shaimaa. Great questions. In a lot of situations we could say 'I've forgotten' or 'I forgot'. In the US, more people would say 'I forgot'.

    • @ShaimaaAAhmed-xe8xt
      @ShaimaaAAhmed-xe8xt 4 года назад

      thank you very much@@SimpleEnglishVideos

  • @ShaimaaAAhmed-xe8xt
    @ShaimaaAAhmed-xe8xt 3 года назад +1

    think you .
    oh i forgot . this previous sentence should be in the present perfect because the action happened in the past but it has an effect in the present

    • @SimpleEnglishVideos
      @SimpleEnglishVideos  3 года назад

      Yes! You've got it! Sorry we have been slow to respond but well done you for figuring this out Shaimaa.

  • @speakenglishwithmremad3974
    @speakenglishwithmremad3974 6 лет назад +1

    Wow Jennifer herself

    • @SimpleEnglishVideos
      @SimpleEnglishVideos  6 лет назад

      Yes, Jennifer lives in Boston, but we're friends and when we can, we like to collaborate.

  • @unveilingems
    @unveilingems 4 года назад +6

    Why is Winona Ryder teaching English? Lol

    • @rdrd4181
      @rdrd4181 4 года назад

      Lol for real bro i was thinking the same thing

  • @SadhguruSir
    @SadhguruSir 4 года назад +1

    What does the sentence "Your mother's just called" mean? Does it mean "your mother has just called"?
    Somebody please correct me.

    • @bounty1402
      @bounty1402 4 года назад +1

      Yep.

    • @SimpleEnglishVideos
      @SimpleEnglishVideos  4 года назад +1

      Yes, it means "has just called." The 's can either be a shortcut for 'is' or 'has'. So, "Dinner's ready. Come get it." means "Dinner is ready." But "Your mother's just called" means your mother has just called. You can only tell from the context of the sentence.

  • @invgvrbo3051
    @invgvrbo3051 Год назад

    Shouldn't she say 'Oh! I've forgotten' instead of 'Oh! I forgot'? Considering that there's no cleat time frame in the dialogue and the result is what matters to us in the moment.

    • @SimpleEnglishVideos
      @SimpleEnglishVideos  Год назад +1

      The informal and more urgent nature of "Oh, I forgot" is what's important here. "I've forgotten" is certain correct, but as Jennifer pointed out, sounds more formal and has far less urgency then I forgot - a point made when the lights went out :-) Thank you so much for contributing to the conversation, Invgvrbo.

  • @justaplayer3458
    @justaplayer3458 5 лет назад +5

    HE SAYA TOMATO
    AND SHE SAYS TOMÁAAAAAATO

    • @SimpleEnglishVideos
      @SimpleEnglishVideos  5 лет назад

      Hi Accro Player. Jay here. It should just be Tomato. You might enjoy this. ruclips.net/video/icZRl9wAMUI/видео.html

  • @aylinyuzeir5036
    @aylinyuzeir5036 Год назад

    So Americans use past simple more often and Brits use present perfect, am I right?

  • @anaislee1082
    @anaislee1082 4 года назад +1

    Why is it "you didn't pay the electric bill", and not "you haven't paid the electric bill" since it has relevance to the present?

    • @SimpleEnglishVideos
      @SimpleEnglishVideos  4 года назад

      Hi Anaïs. Vicki may have more to say about this, but in my mind "You didn't pay the electric bill" is a statement that makes an accusation. Whereas "You haven't paid the electric bill" is simply a statement of fact.

    • @anaislee1082
      @anaislee1082 4 года назад

      @@SimpleEnglishVideos Thank you, Jay. Is it because the past tense implies it's too late to do so and the damage has already been done?

  • @ShaimaaAAhmed-xe8xt
    @ShaimaaAAhmed-xe8xt 3 года назад

    Why Vicki said I have
    found 20 dollars and repeated the same sentence in the past simple ?

    • @SimpleEnglishVideos
      @SimpleEnglishVideos  Год назад

      Vicki wanted to show the difference in meaning between: "I found..." and "I have found...". Sometimes both forms are possible, but often it depends on the context.

  • @dwws1
    @dwws1 4 года назад +3

    Jennifer is Russian, I can hear it. But her grammar is perfect

    • @SimpleEnglishVideos
      @SimpleEnglishVideos  4 года назад +3

      Hi dwws1. Jennifer is American, but you're right that she has Russian connections. Her husband is Russian and she worked in Russia for some years.

  • @divinedancer8342
    @divinedancer8342 5 лет назад +1

    🌷🌷🌷🌷👍🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷
    *Didya not read my comment yet?*

    • @SimpleEnglishVideos
      @SimpleEnglishVideos  5 лет назад

      I'm not sure which one Divine Dancer. We're working through the comments.

  • @wonderwinder1
    @wonderwinder1 3 года назад +1

    We don’t use present perfect in America half as much they say we do in this video.

    • @SimpleEnglishVideos
      @SimpleEnglishVideos  3 года назад

      It's often hard to rely on your gut feelings about language Whitfield, but luckily there is corpus based research we can use to guide us these days.

    • @wonderwinder1
      @wonderwinder1 3 года назад

      @@SimpleEnglishVideos I hold an advanced degree in applied linguistics, but thanks anyways for your reply that unnecessarily included a Latin word in Latin.

  • @HarryStyles_01
    @HarryStyles_01 4 года назад +2

    i wonder, if you guys have any Indian connection ! 'cause both of yours names sound like indian.

    • @SimpleEnglishVideos
      @SimpleEnglishVideos  4 года назад +1

      Other than having lots of Indian friends, and one Indian brother-in-law, we have no direct Indian connection. Jay is from Brooklyn, New York, and Vicki is from around London originally.

    • @HarryStyles_01
      @HarryStyles_01 4 года назад

      @@SimpleEnglishVideos Aahh thats cool to. I am indian and having English as my second language it's little bit hard for me to understand British / American accent , but your channel is helping me a lot. I know grammar but always failed to understand accents. But you guys are making me to understand the smallest points that i really need to know. Thanks XoXo.

  • @nicholasthorn1539
    @nicholasthorn1539 5 лет назад +1

    Another common example: Did you finish? v. Have you finished?

    • @SimpleEnglishVideos
      @SimpleEnglishVideos  5 лет назад

      Hi Nicholas. Thanks for this. Yes, it's another common phrase.

  • @andawaytheygo3668
    @andawaytheygo3668 5 лет назад +1

    American like me: or American like I?

    • @SimpleEnglishVideos
      @SimpleEnglishVideos  5 лет назад

      Oh, is this a request for a video Mamma and More? It sounds like a great suggestion.

  • @lucaskamdom9258
    @lucaskamdom9258 4 года назад +2

    It was so fake, if he had won the lottery he would probably be jumping

  • @mitsu31280
    @mitsu31280 5 лет назад +1

    Serial number 😹😹😹😹