english is my second language and i'm already fluent so i almost didn't click on this video, but i ended up clicking and it turned out super helpful lol you explained a lot of things i usually do without knowing the reason behind
Hello, Canadian girl here! In Canada I often hear it called "the States" when people are talking about "when I was in the States..." or things like that. Especially if they go there a lot and want to sound cool about it lol
1. Don't say the USA. The US, America, the States (comparison) 2. Little use of contractions (Do not, cannot etc) 3. Pronunciation (A, I) 4. Overpronuancing (T, H) -> I wanT To go To The store and I want Him to go to the party w/ me ( I want 'im) 5. I skipped it :(( 6. Phrasal verbs 7. Drop the "that" 8. Reverse modals (Non-native: You did come home last night, no? | Native: You did come home last night, didn't you?)
I'm a brazilian guy trying to learn English... Can some nativer speaker be my friend? It would help me sooooo much and also I could teach you Portuguese or Spanish if you want to
Well but America is a continent. If I want to sound 'fluent' and make it short, I'll say the states. Being south american I just can't call it America because it feels wrong.
I just discovered your channel 😊 I'm learning German and trying to get better in French and English, specially at grammar and pronunciation (Spanish is my native language). This video and the one about resources for German were so helpful. Thanks!
Phrasal verbs in English are like verbs with separable prefixes and a lot of inseparable prefixes. Like "anfangen" which means literally, "to catch on." To catch on is a phrasal verb in English meaning, "to become popular or fashionable," as in the lyric, "The Monster Mash, it caught on in a flash."
Outra coisa que eu percebo entre os não nativos especialmente aqui no Brasil é quando eles vão falar algum número que ultrapasse de 1000 por exemplo, 1500 vocês americanos geralmente vão falar "fifteen hundred" enquanto os não nativos falarão "one thousand and five hundred".A propósito, ótimo vídeo
This may be a regional thing (I'm also considered a "southerner" but no one around here thinks that; I'm from the Mid-Atlantic) but I virtually never use uncontracted phrases. Even if I wanted to emphasize the "not" in something like "do not," I would just say "Don't _do_ that!" with emphasis on the "do" for some reason. I guess it's a normal speech pattern around here. There's also sometimes an extra syllable added, i.e. "Don't do that-_*UH*_," where the last syllable is stretched into a pitch-descending "uh" sound, particularly with younger people (I heard this a lot in middle school, and still occasionally today.) The addition of this "uh" syllable at the end is usually an indication of annoyance or exasperation, but is sometimes added in a more friendly context to show, I guess, "friendly" annoyance. Edit for clarity: the "Don't _do_ that!" I would use as an imperative, i.e. a command, but if I was simply recommending someone not do something, I'd put the emphasis on the don't: "*don't* do that." However, in this second case, it would also be a little more muted. I'm placing the emphasis on _don't_ but I'm not doing it emotionally.
This is so true! One of the things I used to do when a beginner was using "that" in unnecessary/awkward places. In portuguese our equivalent is the "que"(such as in Spanish) and this word is actually pretty common and has a tone of possible gramatical functions. Today, instead of thinking "why don't they use 'that' right here?", I think "why do WE use this word this way?"
First, thanks for posting this informative video. Well, the main reason why of my comment is to stand out how shocked I got when you told you didn't know what a phrasal verb was before searching deeply. Seriously, I got speechless. Even because for me - a native portuguese speaker - to learn english, it was for sure among the most struggling structures to definetly learn and naturally use. And as you told, yeah, it's actually a pretty often used term between we learners =D
Great video. Awesome tips. Thanks. Just one thing, regarding the use of Reverse Modals (I think I learned them as Tag Questions).. if maybe one finds a little tricky how to use them properly because the inversion can be a bit confusing, I think one can just say “right” at the end of the question.. (at least that’s what I’ve seen in several movies, etc) but I don’t know if that would sound as natural as the reverse modal thingy..
You are correct that you can add "right" at the end in the same way you would add a Reverse Modal. In both cases you're in effect asking them to confirm what you said is correct. I think using "right" you sound slightly more sure of yourself than with a Reverse Modal, but that's a smaller detail than even most native speakers would notice. Disclaimer: I'm just some unqualified native english speaker.
seconding elysse’s sentiments in this video, and the sentiments of another commenter, americans tend to be much more accepting of accents than people of other nationalities. most americans understand that we are almost all foreigners to this land.
Thank you so much for this video ❤️😅🙏 I'm Portuguese and I do voiceovers in Portuguese from Brasil and Portugal sometimes. This is perfect for me, cause i know I have an American accent but I wanna be better and my goal is to achive the perfect accent 😁❤️❤️
I feel like Americans(non racist) are the most okay with accents and mistakes. We are used to immigrants. Other people can be rude. I get laughed at with my Spanish sometimes lol
- When texting, I ALWAYS type double contractions like couldn't've. I'dn't've expected to see that explained in a video! - Turkish has there version of a short i, written un-dotted as "ı".
I really enjoy your video! I felt like was having a conversation with you xD I don't know why .... ! I'm new here, so I hope you've done more videos like that
I had to pause the video at 13:28 for a moment, trying to figure out how she'd have had said that phrase herself. Not gonna lie, it felt really good getting it right. Also, I would like to say that after years of studying English, mostly in it's written form, but also speaking-focused courses. The most difficult things for me about learning the English language are reverse modals and phrasal verbs.
It must really be hard to be a spy trying to pass as an American. So many phrasal verbs, etc. Although i've had some German professors who've startled me when I finally got to hear them speak english, because you'd think they were born here their american english is so good. Also...when reading articles on the the internet, etc. you can tell when the author's not a native speaker because of phrasing nuances you see, and some mistakes or uncommon word choices can even give you a hint as to where they're from, because odds are the person who taught them English wasn't a native speaker.
huberfloover very true with phrasal verbs! i see people say stuff like “i’m going to bring up this in conversation”, the phrasing is so exact. it’d have to be i’ll bring this up. so many nuances, i feel bad for non natives that we have this :(
@@elyssespeaks Whether the prepositions in phrasal verbs come before or after their objects is a complicated matter, and there are linguistics research papers on the topic. Consider "I can see through it" (i.e. I think it's a lie) versus "I can see it through" (i.e. I can finish it). Or "I gave up the project" versus "I gave it up", where the noun "project" strongly prefers "up" to come first, but the pronoun "it" requires "up" to come after.
Hahaha the USA thing is funny because I always felt the same. USA is an uncommon way for an American to talk about America lol. However, I also speak Spanish so I wouldn’t say America in Spanish referring to the states either
As an Australian , we love to help people learn English and don’t make fun of people for their mistakes when learning a language. I feel scared to speak my other languages as I feel like European people and with all different languages would mock me almost if I made a mistake I don’t know if it’s just in my head haha but I think that English-speaking countries are more ‘welcoming’ to error
there's a weird letter "ы" in russian that non-native speakers struggle a lot with. in fact the way it is transcribed is always wrong and some have explained it as a sound you make when you're punched in the stomach... yeah. so the way you said information is probably one of the closest ы sounds i heard! damn i think we found a great explanation of how to properly say it. ыыыыыыы *makes weird happy sounds in russian* (because when you say ы you kinda smile)
important note about the reverse modal that confused me when i was learning it: you say "aren't I?" instead of "amn't I?"even though you don't say I are
What I've also noticed with non-native English speakers is that they'll sometimes not say the articles a/an and the. So instead of "the English language" they say "English language" 'a' is a very quick schwa sound but it is noticeable.
Malay speaker here. One more thing I would add is that, I think the thing that is under appreciated by native English speakers is that native speakers have a lot more descriptive adjectives in their head, and therefore what they say may sound more pinpointed versus, say Malay. For example, you could just use the adjective “important” in your explanation, but you used “integral” instead because that has brings more accuracy to what you wanted to convey. Malay does not have an original word for integral, and I imagine many languages don’t. Basically I want to say English speakers have the upper hand, in terms of expressiveness.
yall gringos(not using it as an insult, sorry if sum of yall get offended) are rlly nice the ones that are not nice are the hispanics that were born there, i as a hispanic myself thought i was gonna get help from them but no, they would bring up my accent and make me fall about
For the t sort of becoming a d sound, I think that’s just to do with the fact that a t is a voiceless d. Try saying d then t, and notice that for d you use your voice, and for t you just expel air.
The problem with phrasal verbs is that there is a variety of those which can sound really informal in many situations and instead of giving a good impression of your skills, it can turn out to be completely awkward if you don't master them at all, so for that I think many people tend to use more Latin words. For example, I can often notice, from people who try to use some idioms or jargon in Spanish, they sound strange when they want to speak in that way because most of those words are commonly learned by native speakers due to the cultural environment they have been exposed. So, that situation, at the same time, is making me wonder I could be doing the same in English and also is making me question about to what extent someone needs to actually be aware of learning a language.
Phrasal verbs aren't just idiomatic or slang. They're an integral part of the language, just as separable verbs are in German. They should therefore be learned along with the rest of the English vocabulary.
@@LVWelch well, I'm not saying that phrasal verbs are idiomatic or slang, but the incorrect usage of some idiomatic expression, slang and phrasal verbs can lead to awkward situation because of the lack of experience associated to them.
@@ANTONIO-yr9bh I think this is true of any vocabulary, and also of grammatical structures very foreign to those of your native language. English phrasal verbs are like that to speakers of Spanish: not only are the words foreign, but so is their grammatical usage. For both Spanish and English speakers there are similar difficulties with Russian noun cases and Chinese noun classifiers.
I've recently heard that responding "I'm doing good" to a "How are you doing?" it's grammatically wrong. The right way to respond, grammatically speaking, is "I'm doing well" or "I'm doing fine" Other thing is that reversal models are pretty used in the UK, aren't them? (Although I don't know if it was well said). I said that because I've heard them more often in British speakers.
even though it's grammatically correct, you will never hear a native speaker say "I'm doing well". it just sounds insanely formal. same with 'i'm doing fine', i don't hear it often. and we all use question tags (reverse modals) equally, we just use different ones. British people use "innit" (isn't it), whereas we tend to say "right?"
Pls tell me that it is your normal pace of speaking, cause i apparently understood everything u said, maybe im already fluent haha Edit: I just noticed i put the "that" after the verb "tell" lol
yeah i get it! i love your accent,voice and intonation,i'm curious... what is your zodiac sign? thanks a lot for sharing this tips!a warm greeting from italy, see you in the next time! byeeee
Do you, guys (native speakers), when writing an email or an essay, still use abbreviations such as "don't, hasn't, I'll, I'd" or do you rather using the complete form in order to sound less informal? Because sometimes, in portuguese (I'm Brazilian), the way we speak is completely different from the way we write... (generally) we speak SO grammatically wrong that in order to sound formal we tend to change everything.
hey! do you teach english online? if so, do you do it for people who live outside u.s? i’m brazilian and i’m looking for native speakers to practice conversation with.
a mistake I see a lot is people using "an" in front of any word that begins with a vowel. An is only used in words that start with vowel sounds, so "an European" is incorrect, and "a hour" is also incorrect
I once sent to voice message to a friend from the us and he said that my accent is close to native,but i speak in my voice like Indians Now How should I sound more native? Like your accent that's so petty
Yeah, that sounds natural enough. I use 'right' in that context pretty often. A slightly different way to say it would be, "You came home last night, right?" I can't speak for everyone here in the US, but a lot of people tend to be "lazy speakers." We use as few words as possible, which is why things like "shouldn't've" happen in spoken conversations. I think the only case where I would slip in 'did' there would be if I wanted to emphasize it and make it a more serious question. "You /did/ come home last night, right?" With the implication that there will be some form of consequence if the answer is no.
I don't think America is a good term to use to refer to the USA. America is all the countries of america, from Canada to the land of fire in Argentina. A great song that speaks to this issue of the US referring to them as "America" is one by the Resident called "This is not america".
Really ? I wouldn't know because I'm American. Can I hear a good amount of your English? Obviously I'm a native English speaker. From my experience, a lot of foreigners seem to struggle with it.
kendra campbell i know . A lot of people don’t know how to study another language at all . They just study to pass the test and think it’s enough to learn . Actually i am still improving my english but i am study Japanese at the same time and yaa it’s clearly more hard 😂 I am just fourteen so I still have time kkkkk
english is my second language and i'm already fluent so i almost didn't click on this video, but i ended up clicking and it turned out super helpful lol you explained a lot of things i usually do without knowing the reason behind
I am a native English speaker but this is so fascinating to me
Lol xD
everything is fine and dandy until you get handed your own language on a silver platter XD
Hello, Canadian girl here! In Canada I often hear it called "the States" when people are talking about "when I was in the States..." or things like that. Especially if they go there a lot and want to sound cool about it lol
that's so weird hahaha. thanks for the input!
Yeah I was thinking that I hear "the States" a lot. I'm also Canadian - wonder if it's just a Canadian thing.
@@derpydayha its def not
ive noticed it's people outside of the US that say "the States"
phrasal verbs has always been a kind of a counterintuitive thing to me, I would love a video on that
1. Don't say the USA. The US, America, the States (comparison)
2. Little use of contractions (Do not, cannot etc)
3. Pronunciation (A, I)
4. Overpronuancing (T, H) -> I wanT To go To The store and I want Him to go to the party w/ me ( I want 'im)
5. I skipped it :((
6. Phrasal verbs
7. Drop the "that"
8. Reverse modals (Non-native: You did come home last night, no? | Native: You did come home last night, didn't you?)
5. The word get
As a little advice for number one: Call it US instead. It's shorter and pretty common
I would like a video about common phrasal verbs.🙏
i will take note of that!
me too
Me too!
me too
I’m American, why am I watching this?
Ruzzianii It’s still interesting to be on the other side 😂
Lmao dude I said the same shit. However, I was interested in the youtubers take on what she has heard from non native American English speakers
am arabin and i find my self hanging around arabic teaching videos every now and then x)
i cant belive that?
I'm a brazilian guy trying to learn English... Can some nativer speaker be my friend? It would help me sooooo much and also I could teach you Portuguese or Spanish if you want to
Well but America is a continent. If I want to sound 'fluent' and make it short, I'll say the states. Being south american I just can't call it America because it feels wrong.
I call it the USA and I'm from there
Being from Europe I also don't want to call the country the hole continent! I prefer using USA or US
@@ndescruzur4378 usa and us definitely work the best
Exactly
Totally. US is better and it doesn't sound ignorant as "America"
You were so didactic and detail. What an AMAZING video, really. Thanks from Brazil !
Glad it was helpful! :)
When you're a native German speaker where overpronouncing the T and Ch is a given 👀
As someone who’s been learning German for 8 months, yeah.
You should try learning British English. Only some of us drop the ts and ch is more pronounced than in American English.
The "a" in the word "dad" is very present in the swiss (bernese) german. We write it as "ä".
Because I speak Spanish as my first language I have it easy lol
I just discovered your channel 😊 I'm learning German and trying to get better in French and English, specially at grammar and pronunciation (Spanish is my native language). This video and the one about resources for German were so helpful. Thanks!
Betina Cecilia Feld awww thank you! good luck!
You said "Brazil" so I pressed "like". You could talk about American slangs in one of your next videos. Great job, Elysse!
Had to represent. Obg bro ♥️
Thank you that was really useful since I'm not a native English speaker, loved the tips, sigo aprendiendo mucho de ti 💓💓
I noticed that many natives use "right" instead of the reverse modals. e.g. you finished your homework, right?
Isn't that right?
yeah, thats something i do
That's what I do, lol hahaha
yep
Phrasal verbs in English are like verbs with separable prefixes and a lot of inseparable prefixes. Like "anfangen" which means literally, "to catch on." To catch on is a phrasal verb in English meaning, "to become popular or fashionable," as in the lyric, "The Monster Mash, it caught on in a flash."
Outra coisa que eu percebo entre os não nativos especialmente aqui no Brasil é quando eles vão falar algum número que ultrapasse de 1000 por exemplo, 1500 vocês americanos geralmente vão falar "fifteen hundred" enquanto os não nativos falarão "one thousand and five hundred".A propósito, ótimo vídeo
This may be a regional thing (I'm also considered a "southerner" but no one around here thinks that; I'm from the Mid-Atlantic) but I virtually never use uncontracted phrases. Even if I wanted to emphasize the "not" in something like "do not," I would just say "Don't _do_ that!" with emphasis on the "do" for some reason. I guess it's a normal speech pattern around here. There's also sometimes an extra syllable added, i.e. "Don't do that-_*UH*_," where the last syllable is stretched into a pitch-descending "uh" sound, particularly with younger people (I heard this a lot in middle school, and still occasionally today.) The addition of this "uh" syllable at the end is usually an indication of annoyance or exasperation, but is sometimes added in a more friendly context to show, I guess, "friendly" annoyance.
Edit for clarity: the "Don't _do_ that!" I would use as an imperative, i.e. a command, but if I was simply recommending someone not do something, I'd put the emphasis on the don't: "*don't* do that." However, in this second case, it would also be a little more muted. I'm placing the emphasis on _don't_ but I'm not doing it emotionally.
When we learned about reverse modals in high school we called them question tags.
That's what I htought. I learned it as tag question!
My favourite, not everywhere fully standard, phrasal verb is “come with”.
This is so true! One of the things I used to do when a beginner was using "that" in unnecessary/awkward places. In portuguese our equivalent is the "que"(such as in Spanish) and this word is actually pretty common and has a tone of possible gramatical functions. Today, instead of thinking "why don't they use 'that' right here?", I think "why do WE use this word this way?"
First, thanks for posting this informative video. Well, the main reason why of my comment is to stand out how shocked I got when you told you didn't know what a phrasal verb was before searching deeply. Seriously, I got speechless. Even because for me - a native portuguese speaker - to learn english, it was for sure among the most struggling structures to definetly learn and naturally use. And as you told, yeah, it's actually a pretty often used term between we learners =D
as an english learner, this is SO helpful, ty!
Great video. Awesome tips. Thanks. Just one thing, regarding the use of Reverse Modals (I think I learned them as Tag Questions).. if maybe one finds a little tricky how to use them properly because the inversion can be a bit confusing, I think one can just say “right” at the end of the question.. (at least that’s what I’ve seen in several movies, etc) but I don’t know if that would sound as natural as the reverse modal thingy..
You are correct that you can add "right" at the end in the same way you would add a Reverse Modal.
In both cases you're in effect asking them to confirm what you said is correct.
I think using "right" you sound slightly more sure of yourself than with a Reverse Modal, but that's a smaller detail than even most native speakers would notice.
Disclaimer: I'm just some unqualified native english speaker.
seconding elysse’s sentiments in this video, and the sentiments of another commenter, americans tend to be much more accepting of accents than people of other nationalities. most americans understand that we are almost all foreigners to this land.
Thank you so much for this video ❤️😅🙏 I'm Portuguese and I do voiceovers in Portuguese from Brasil and Portugal sometimes. This is perfect for me, cause i know I have an American accent but I wanna be better and my goal is to achive the perfect accent 😁❤️❤️
i speak 2 languages ( italiana and bulgarian ) since i was little and english is my third language and this was so helpful !! tysmm
Thank you. Although I've been speaking English about my whole life, I did make some of this mistakes such as using the word that very much. Greets !
I feel like Americans(non racist) are the most okay with accents and mistakes. We are used to immigrants. Other people can be rude. I get laughed at with my Spanish sometimes lol
- When texting, I ALWAYS type double contractions like couldn't've. I'dn't've expected to see that explained in a video!
- Turkish has there version of a short i, written un-dotted as "ı".
"Get" is somewhat widespread as a solo word in the US south. Mainly dealing with an animal you don't want near you. Generally pronounced as "gyit".
I really enjoy your video! I felt like was having a conversation with you xD I don't know why .... ! I'm new here, so I hope you've done more videos like that
12:34 - I'm super impressed with your 2 seconds of hot Spanish, great accent (or lack of one)!
I had to pause the video at 13:28 for a moment, trying to figure out how she'd have had said that phrase herself. Not gonna lie, it felt really good getting it right. Also, I would like to say that after years of studying English, mostly in it's written form, but also speaking-focused courses. The most difficult things for me about learning the English language are reverse modals and phrasal verbs.
Yes the contractions is a big one.
Yes, I would love a video about phrase verbs and more videos about German. Thank you!
It must really be hard to be a spy trying to pass as an American. So many phrasal verbs, etc. Although i've had some German professors who've startled me when I finally got to hear them speak english, because you'd think they were born here their american english is so good. Also...when reading articles on the the internet, etc. you can tell when the author's not a native speaker because of phrasing nuances you see, and some mistakes or uncommon word choices can even give you a hint as to where they're from, because odds are the person who taught them English wasn't a native speaker.
huberfloover very true with phrasal verbs! i see people say stuff like “i’m going to bring up this in conversation”, the phrasing is so exact. it’d have to be i’ll bring this up. so many nuances, i feel bad for non natives that we have this :(
@@elyssespeaks Whether the prepositions in phrasal verbs come before or after their objects is a complicated matter, and there are linguistics research papers on the topic. Consider "I can see through it" (i.e. I think it's a lie) versus "I can see it through" (i.e. I can finish it). Or "I gave up the project" versus "I gave it up", where the noun "project" strongly prefers "up" to come first, but the pronoun "it" requires "up" to come after.
I love how fast you speak n i think your voice is so soft 😂❤️
my a.d.d watching the video at 1.5 speed, while reading comments, while writing this 😩🤣
Hahaha the USA thing is funny because I always felt the same. USA is an uncommon way for an American to talk about America lol. However, I also speak Spanish so I wouldn’t say America in Spanish referring to the states either
As an Australian , we love to help people learn English and don’t make fun of people for their mistakes when learning a language. I feel scared to speak my other languages as I feel like European people and with all different languages would mock me almost if I made a mistake I don’t know if it’s just in my head haha but I think that English-speaking countries are more ‘welcoming’ to error
I think in Germany very few people would mock you if you'd make mistakes as a non-native.
@@honkytonk4465 I started learning german last school year and oh god, my accent so far is really bad
@@misspickljuice accent doesn't really matter
The short a and i exist in Swabian, a south german dialect. We have so many sounds, the Latin alphabet simply isn't big enough to fully represent it.
there's a weird letter "ы" in russian that non-native speakers struggle a lot with. in fact the way it is transcribed is always wrong and some have explained it as a sound you make when you're punched in the stomach... yeah. so the way you said information is probably one of the closest ы sounds i heard! damn i think we found a great explanation of how to properly say it. ыыыыыыы *makes weird happy sounds in russian* (because when you say ы you kinda smile)
4:34, I just understood why people sometimes write "shouldn't of" 😂
Yeah pls!! Make a vid saying Phrasal Verbs. I speak Spanish. Ilyy
The last thing is "question tag"
Yep
Please i need the most common phrasal verbs
important note about the reverse modal that confused me when i was learning it: you say "aren't I?" instead of "amn't I?"even though you don't say I are
Un vídeo sobre los verbos frasales más usados por favor, (los que usas diariamente), muchas gracias por todo lo demás.
What I've also noticed with non-native English speakers is that they'll sometimes not say the articles a/an and the. So instead of "the English language" they say "English language" 'a' is a very quick schwa sound but it is noticeable.
Good tips , thank you !!
Me realizing that everyone I've talked with in English probably thinks I'm awkward because of the way I talk 😂😂😂
Thanks a lot, your videos are amazing and really helpful
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Best regards from Colombia 🇨🇴
Really good video ! Make more videos about English learning !!
Very useful tips! Thanks!
Malay speaker here. One more thing I would add is that, I think the thing that is under appreciated by native English speakers is that native speakers have a lot more descriptive adjectives in their head, and therefore what they say may sound more pinpointed versus, say Malay. For example, you could just use the adjective “important” in your explanation, but you used “integral” instead because that has brings more accuracy to what you wanted to convey. Malay does not have an original word for integral, and I imagine many languages don’t. Basically I want to say English speakers have the upper hand, in terms of expressiveness.
“Integral” is used around 6:17
thanks a lot, Muchas gracias por los concejos .
yall gringos(not using it as an insult, sorry if sum of yall get offended) are rlly nice the ones that are not nice are the hispanics that were born there, i as a hispanic myself thought i was gonna get help from them but no, they would bring up my accent and make me fall about
For the t sort of becoming a d sound, I think that’s just to do with the fact that a t is a voiceless d. Try saying d then t, and notice that for d you use your voice, and for t you just expel air.
The pronunciation of “I got something”
I go- sommin
Igosomin
The problem with phrasal verbs is that there is a variety of those which can sound really informal in many situations and instead of giving a good impression of your skills, it can turn out to be completely awkward if you don't master them at all, so for that I think many people tend to use more Latin words. For example, I can often notice, from people who try to use some idioms or jargon in Spanish, they sound strange when they want to speak in that way because most of those words are commonly learned by native speakers due to the cultural environment they have been exposed. So, that situation, at the same time, is making me wonder I could be doing the same in English and also is making me question about to what extent someone needs to actually be aware of learning a language.
Phrasal verbs aren't just idiomatic or slang. They're an integral part of the language, just as separable verbs are in German. They should therefore be learned along with the rest of the English vocabulary.
@@LVWelch well, I'm not saying that phrasal verbs are idiomatic or slang, but the incorrect usage of some idiomatic expression, slang and phrasal verbs can lead to awkward situation because of the lack of experience associated to them.
@@ANTONIO-yr9bh I think this is true of any vocabulary, and also of grammatical structures very foreign to those of your native language. English phrasal verbs are like that to speakers of Spanish: not only are the words foreign, but so is their grammatical usage. For both Spanish and English speakers there are similar difficulties with Russian noun cases and Chinese noun classifiers.
I've recently heard that responding "I'm doing good" to a "How are you doing?" it's grammatically wrong. The right way to respond, grammatically speaking, is "I'm doing well" or "I'm doing fine"
Other thing is that reversal models are pretty used in the UK, aren't them? (Although I don't know if it was well said). I said that because I've heard them more often in British speakers.
even though it's grammatically correct, you will never hear a native speaker say "I'm doing well". it just sounds insanely formal. same with 'i'm doing fine', i don't hear it often.
and we all use question tags (reverse modals) equally, we just use different ones. British people use "innit" (isn't it), whereas we tend to say "right?"
@@elyssespeaks Now that you mention it, I’m more accustomed to use “right” instead of the other question tag
In England it’s way more common to say “im doing fine or good”
A. R. Im from england and it just depends which part because many people say cheers but also thanks and thank you
A. R. Plus it depends what type of stranger if its someone formal or respected we would never say mate it is just too casual
Thanks for the video) Really useful info
Also, native English speakers never use brackets like that, my Russian dude)
Pls tell me that it is your normal pace of speaking, cause i apparently understood everything u said, maybe im already fluent haha
Edit: I just noticed i put the "that" after the verb "tell" lol
Great video, thank you so much!
yeah i get it! i love your accent,voice and intonation,i'm curious... what is your zodiac sign?
thanks a lot for sharing this tips!a warm greeting from italy, see you in the next time! byeeee
I hit the Like button because: 1) These tips are really interesting and brilliant for me as a non-native English speaker; 2) You're so cute... 😊
I’m a native english speaker...why am I watching this..what
Do you, guys (native speakers), when writing an email or an essay, still use abbreviations such as "don't, hasn't, I'll, I'd" or do you rather using the complete form in order to sound less informal? Because sometimes, in portuguese (I'm Brazilian), the way we speak is completely different from the way we write... (generally) we speak SO grammatically wrong that in order to sound formal we tend to change everything.
Thank you so much!!
tbh i have no idea how did i learn english but def it wasn't bc of school lol
Great like your content
Reverse Modals....AZA Question Tags
"U.S. and A, second greatest country in world", a perfectly natural English sentence spoken by Borat.
hey! do you teach english online? if so, do you do it for people who live outside u.s? i’m brazilian and i’m looking for native speakers to practice conversation with.
a mistake I see a lot is people using "an" in front of any word that begins with a vowel. An is only used in words that start with vowel sounds, so "an European" is incorrect, and "a hour" is also incorrect
Parabéns pelo vídeo! Sugestão: grava este conteúdo em português explicando esses erros pra ajudar os brasileiros que estão aprendendo inglês! 👏👏🥰🥰
good looking teacher
I once sent to voice message to a friend from the us and he said that my accent is close to native,but i speak in my voice like Indians
Now
How should I sound more native? Like your accent that's so petty
Is it also native enough to just say 'right' as a question tag? As in 'You did come home last night, right?'
Yeah, that sounds natural enough. I use 'right' in that context pretty often. A slightly different way to say it would be, "You came home last night, right?" I can't speak for everyone here in the US, but a lot of people tend to be "lazy speakers." We use as few words as possible, which is why things like "shouldn't've" happen in spoken conversations. I think the only case where I would slip in 'did' there would be if I wanted to emphasize it and make it a more serious question. "You /did/ come home last night, right?" With the implication that there will be some form of consequence if the answer is no.
Sooo I don’t think that English is a mess. It’s pretty simple.
2:50 ahahahha
Good to see people are still watching my old videos bahahaha
If I don't overpronouce the H I don't pronounce it at all.
Not me watching this and I’m from Michigan
Wait I never heard of people saying u.s lol, and I’m English
I call it US, not America. Same when refereeing to its citizens, US citizen or Estado Unidenses.
I don't think America is a good term to use to refer to the USA. America is all the countries of america, from Canada to the land of fire in Argentina. A great song that speaks to this issue of the US referring to them as "America" is one by the Resident called "This is not america".
Sempre falava U.S.A pra me referir ao Estados Unidos. 🤡
Hahaha no se sinta mal, não é um erro, é só que não é tão comum.
Elysee out here confusing british viewers who always overpronounce their 't's despite being native
Whomst'd've'ly'yaint'nt'ed'ies's'y'es watching this in 2020?
English is sooo easy it’s probably the easiest language in the world 😂😂
Really ? I wouldn't know because I'm American. Can I hear a good amount of your English? Obviously I'm a native English speaker. From my experience, a lot of foreigners seem to struggle with it.
kendra campbell i know . A lot of people don’t know how to study another language at all .
They just study to pass the test and think it’s enough to learn . Actually i am still improving my english but i am study Japanese at the same time and yaa it’s clearly more hard 😂
I am just fourteen so I still have time kkkkk
kendra campbell i am portuguese and at least in my country its mandatory to study english
@@lucasilva7390 Well, for fourteen you have very good English. But considering your age I'm impressed.
kendra campbell thanks😊
Definitely the not pronouncing t for example 40 forty pronounced f or - ee
Also me as a British cringing at how she says store and not shop
Honestly, I prefer to not sound natural than stop saying USA. America is a continent, and united states can refer to other countries too.
I hate that 't' 'd'ish sound XD
thank you tho, for the tips!
You are so cute
Irrelevant comment
I will say USA as long as I live. America is a continent not a country. I don't care what you call it.
Hi, I'm from the united states of America haha
Good tips! Thank you!
I would love to know the most common phrasal verbs