@marianoscotti8899, Thanks so much for continuing to watch our videos. This is Jay writing back to you. I'm glad you had a chance to watch the Travel phrasal verbs lesson. We're just about to release a video on the main uses of the world Look. That will be followed by a video on Phrasal Verbis with the word Look. Look for me, Tom and Yana with these new videos over the next month. - Jay
One can always brush up on one’s English... I wasn’t looking for that, but I’m so glad youtube suggested your videos! Excelent job, Vicki and Jay. Thank you for sharing your expertise :)
I just learned today new phrasal verbs with you like "get in"or "setting off", very useful, as well, firt time I heard "out and about", I figurating the meaning now.
I already knew all these expressions but it reinforces my knowledge of them, which is why I watch all your videos. I like to think that my English is good, but I sometimes find myself learning new things. I enjoy it so much! Thanks Vicki and Jay for your tremendous videos. 😻
Your way of teaching is amazing please make more videos of all phrasal verbs you have in your mind or in world of phrasal verbs... with the help of acting .. i have started enjoying, learning and practicing english with you beatiful guys ❤😊
@abrarsaigal, as a matter of fact, Tom (Vicki's son), his wife Yana, (both English teachers) and I are working on a phrasal verbs video focusing on the word "look." It should be out mid-September at the latest. Thanks for writing to us and thanks for watching. - Jay
It was a fun video to make Alexandra because we had two of our favourite things on set: Kathy, who is always lots of fun, and a big box of doughnuts. :-) So glad you liked it.
Donuts!!!!!!!!! 😘I have never used "stop off" before. Is it not a New York thing to say? I usually say "stop at," as in "I stopped at the grocery store," or "stop by." Interesting!
Hey Jenny! Great to see you! Merriam Webster has stop off here: www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stop%20off so it can't be just my odd British take on it. My British self takes full responsibility for the spelling of doughnut though. Oh and travelling with 2 Ls as well. :-)
Great video! ❤😊 I have a question tho Is it okay if I say "John stops off at my house to study together every now and then." ? Is "at" the right preposition in this case?
I am grateful for answering. Can we say that "catch " is used with means of transportation that are scheduled. But we say I caught a taxi . I understood catch is opposite miss . Thanks in advance
Hi Hanaa. Vicki here. Yes, we use 'catch' with scheduled transportation. So we catch a bus, but we would say 'take a taxi' because taxis don't run on public schedules.
Hello Elena. Great question. The meanings are very similar. 'Is she coming here?" would be the straightforward question, so why did Jay say 'She's coming here?' 'She's coming here?' certainly sounds natural and appropriate in this context. I think it's because he's checking he's understood and expressing surprise. Or maybe it's because he's speaking informally? What do other people think, I wonder?
Very interesting. I love your funny video. It's really easy for me to learn English. And I have a question. I don't understand the meaning when you said"out and about". Can you explain for me? Thank you.
Hello Emad. Great question. When I said 'out and about' it was a very non-specific answer. It meant I had been travelling round, but I didn't say exactly where. It can also mean 'doing what you normally do'. So if someone has been sick but they're getting better, they might say 'I hope to be out and about soon'.
I love you! You are wow! The best Teachers! I have a big problem. When I listen English or read, I can't understand anything, that's why I always translate. I Don't want that. I want to stop doing it. Please help me. What Can I do?
Ah, you're not alone Kevin. Lots of learners have this problem. I think it's very natural to want to translate, but if you can train yourself to think in English, it really helps. Have you seen this video? www.simpleenglishvideos.com/think-dream-english/
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My learners struggle with this grammar rule; they usually say: "This is the man that I saw him yesterday". Due to L1 interference, they insist on using the object pronoun - 'him' in this example - after the relative pronoun - 'that' in this example - as they do in their L1. Do you think you can make a video on that Vicki? Thanks!
Hi Fathun. Great question! According to the Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary an expression is a word of phrase and an idiom is a group of words whose meaning is different from the meanings of the individual words. So all idioms are expressions, but not all expressions are idioms.
Hi Fathom. A common phrase like 'How are you?' or 'I'm fine thanks' would be an expression. But an idiom might be something like "What's up?" or "What's cooking?" Does that help?
The meanings are very similar. If you're making a stop on a plane journey, it's a stop over. If you're on your way home, and you go to the supermarket to by milk, you stop off to buy milk.
Hi Hanaa, we certainly understand what you mean by 'writing homework' but the common collocation is 'doing my homework.' Notice I put the word 'my' in there. I hope that helps. Thanks for writing to us and thanks for watching.
Oh well done, Dalil. Yes, you're right. We were looking at meanings to do with travel here but take off has several other meanings. Removing clothes is a common one. Another one (less common) is to copy someone. If we're making fun of someone we might take them off. And TV shows and programmes can be taken off the air - that's when they are no longer played.
Ranjana, if someone is 'out and about' it means they have left one place, home or work, to do different things. We use that term when we can't specify exactly what activity a person is engaged in when they've gone out. This is Jay writing back to you. If i know Vicki has gone to the supermarket, and someone asked me where she is, I might say "She's gone shopping" or "She's out food shopping." But if I didn't know her plans, I could simply respond by saying "She's out and about." I hope that helps.
Hi, how are you doing? I have a question for you. He is pretty tired / good. How I know that " Pretty " here in this context means " very " or " fairly " . Please don't disappoint me since I see from the manner or the method you explain your lessons that you are a brilliant and distinguished instructor, or tutor, or teacher.
Hello Arnold Mike. Flattery will get you everywhere. :-) Yes, 'pretty' means fairly in that context. It's not as strong as very. In British English we could also say 'quite' but 'quite would mean 'very' in American English. I plan to make a video about that one day.
Ha! Great try Mohamed. Here's how I might say it. I'm going to take a trip to Texas. I want to spend a day there. I'm going to travel by plane. It'll be a long journey.
Hi Hanaa. This is Jay writing back to you and Vicki might have more to say about this. But usually, we only miss means of transportation that are scheduled. I missed my flight, or I missed my train would be accurate. Another example would be the bus that stops regularly at your corner, and it just closed its doors and left as you approached. You missed the bus :-) We have two videos about Miss and Lose that might be helpful for you. ruclips.net/video/uBx8-2Y_PQY/видео.html and ruclips.net/video/NDvK_C66Bsg/видео.html. Thanks for writing to us and thanks for watching.
Hi Francis. At the end of the day is informal and it roughly means 'after everything else has been taken into consideration'. This is one of those phrases that some people complain are overused. It's been found to be very common in Business English corpora and it seems to be growing in frequency. It's an old phrase but you can see its sharp increase in written use here: books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=the+end+of+the+day&year_start=1800&year_end=2000&corpus=15&smoothing=3&share=&direct_url=t1%3B%2Cthe%20end%20of%20the%20day%3B%2Cc0. I don't know but, as it's used informally, I suspect this increase might be even sharper in spoken English. So why is it so popular? I'm afraid I have no idea! Maybe some other readers will have some thoughts on this.
Well spotted Fernando. Great question! Sometimes people don't invert questions in spoken English and they indicate questions with intonation alone. Notice his intonation was rising. If you're writing, it could be confusing to write this, and if you're taking a spoken English exam, it's best to avoid this, but you'll often hear native speakers doing this in normal conversation.
It's the same in Spanish. We only change intonation. Structure of sentences is very flexible. Is she coming here? Can be: ¿Ella va a venir aquí? ¿Va a venir ella aquí? ¿Va a venir aquí ella? Or even ¿Aquí va a venir ella? And ¿Aquí ella va a venir? All of them are correct, each one has its own emphasis.
Great question frukk0. I can't give you a reason because I have no idea. :-) It's just what we say. Key of the car would sound very strange and formal here.
@@SimpleEnglishVideos Thanks a lot for your feedback. These small details often cause me big confusion because only native ppl can handle them so well :) hence I will learn it by memory. Sometimes the preposition "to" do sound to me like "toward something", a movement, and to my mind your sentence morphs to something like "keys toward the car" which to my foreign brain doesn't make sense. It would be great if you walked us through a lesson on how to use "of" and "to" in such cases. BTW: great lessons!!!
Yes, these things are a matter of usage and I think you're right to approach them one by one. I will add to and of to the list. In case it helps, we have made a video about to and for. ruclips.net/video/pj_T8ZrNMq4/видео.html
@@SimpleEnglishVideos Quite.....I'm just surreptitiously dropping in a few words in the comment section that your non British Students might pick up on...oh...and Jay!
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Poor Jay, always to be blamed for anything. 😂😂😂
Ah yes. I'm lucky to have him around Ra'ed. :-)
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@marianoscotti8899, Thanks so much for continuing to watch our videos. This is Jay writing back to you. I'm glad you had a chance to watch the Travel phrasal verbs lesson. We're just about to release a video on the main uses of the world Look. That will be followed by a video on Phrasal Verbis with the word Look. Look for me, Tom and Yana with these new videos over the next month. - Jay
I love Vicki and Jay. You're really great! I love your lesson, keep it up. :)
Oh thank you for the kind words Hoang! We'll keep trying.
Love Vicki and Jay!! Keep doing some more videos.
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That's so nice of you to say, Jose. Thanks for writing to us and thanks for watching.
I like the Rachel cameo in the middle :) You guys are so fun!
Ah, we're very lucky because Rachel lives in Philly Connie, so she sometimes comes to help us on shoots.
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"I will😆" Haha, loved this so much!
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So glad you like it An Pham. Thanks for writing.
You teach very well!
I like this way of learning!!!
HI Valerie. Thanks for letting us know you like how we teach. And thank you for watching our videos.
I like your story and I've learned many verbs that I didn't know before
That's great to hear. Thanks Imran.
Hi Vicki Hi Jay it's a pleasure to watch your videos they are very excellent
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Excellent video, really simple and useful
Silvina, we're really pleased you found this video useful. Thanks for letting us know and thanks for watching.
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Thanks Diana. Much appreciated.
That was a really funny and useful lesson which is full of information :)
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Interesting, I really love your videos and it is a good way to learn new vovabulary, word expressions and why not... Phrasal verbs...
So glad you like it Cristhian. It was fun to make this one.
Love your videos!!
Thanks so much Daniela. :-)
Thanks for video, I’m a Spanish speaker and I need to include more phrasal verbs to my vocabulary thanks you’re great!
Hi Helena. So glad you liked this video. Here is our playlist on phrasal verbs: ruclips.net/video/EdtT2pJPAdQ/видео.html
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Farideh, that's a lovely compliment. Thank you so much. Be well and thank you so much for watching.
As allways, excellent lesson! I love all of you!!!
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Thanks so much Sani. :-)
One can always brush up on one’s English... I wasn’t looking for that, but I’m so glad youtube suggested your videos! Excelent job, Vicki and Jay. Thank you for sharing your expertise :)
Thank you again, Mr. Glukhas for the kind words. Have a wonderful New Year :-)
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That's great to hear. Thanks Arkan. :-)
Your vidoes are great! Best greetings from Germany.
Glad you like them David W! Greetings to you in Germany! Thanks for writing. :-)
Fantastic lesson and I love the way you teach English
Oh that's great to hear Vijay. So glad you like it.
It was awesome, actually you nailed it ❤❤❤
it's a very good video to watch, I adore you guys!
Thanks so much Teacher Guzy! We're glad to have you with us.
Vicky, again, was the cutest thing on the video. I loved the way she said "I'll find out". 😍😍😍😘😘 Congrats on the video, guys!! You are outstanding!
So glad you liked it Mariana. It was fun to make because our friend Kathy is such fun to work with. Plus we had doughnuts. :-)
that's was amizing .really you are kind of interisting team
So glad you liked it Ahmed. Thanks for writing.
Poor Jay! He's in hot water with his manager now :) Just fascinating, and really entertaining, Vicki and Jay! Thank you for this video :)
Thank you so much. So glad you like it, Ahmed.
I just learned today new phrasal verbs with you like "get in"or "setting off", very useful, as well, firt time I heard "out and about", I figurating the meaning now.
That's great Italo. :-)
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That was really nice just keep up with english lessons because I like it
So glad you liked it Marcelo. We'll try to make some more phrasal verb videos soon.
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I already knew all these expressions but it reinforces my knowledge of them, which is why I watch all your videos. I like to think that my English is good, but I sometimes find myself learning new things. I enjoy it so much! Thanks Vicki and Jay for your tremendous videos. 😻
That's great to hear. Thanks so much Marc-Etienne. It's great to have you with us.
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Thank you so much Wiola. We had a lot of fun making this one.
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Your way of teaching is amazing please make more videos of all phrasal verbs you have in your mind or in world of phrasal verbs... with the help of acting .. i have started enjoying, learning and practicing english with you beatiful guys ❤😊
@abrarsaigal, as a matter of fact, Tom (Vicki's son), his wife Yana, (both English teachers) and I are working on a phrasal verbs video focusing on the word "look." It should be out mid-September at the latest. Thanks for writing to us and thanks for watching. - Jay
Good evening. This video is very good. Rich in information. It makes you want to listen several times. Congratulations on your work.
Thank you so much Rodrigo. So glad you like it.
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I liked this video a lot. You guys are awesome! !! Thank you!
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Very funny! I like the way you arranged the layout of the video: no subs first, and then useful text :) Thank you so much!
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Great! This is a very fun and very useful lesson.
So glad you liked it Luciano. :-)
Haha! What an interesting lesson. I would like some donuts anyway😀😀
It was a fun video to make Alexandra because we had two of our favourite things on set: Kathy, who is always lots of fun, and a big box of doughnuts. :-) So glad you liked it.
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Delighted to like it, Mintu Roy. Thank you.
Very good! I liked this video lesson a lot. Thanks!
So glad you liked it Julio. It was fun to make because we had doughnuts on the set. They didn't last long.
It is so funny!!! I love it. 😄
Oh that's great to hear Iran. Thank you!
Donuts!!!!!!!!! 😘I have never used "stop off" before. Is it not a New York thing to say? I usually say "stop at," as in "I stopped at the grocery store," or "stop by." Interesting!
Hey Jenny! Great to see you! Merriam Webster has stop off here: www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stop%20off so it can't be just my odd British take on it. My British self takes full responsibility for the spelling of doughnut though. Oh and travelling with 2 Ls as well. :-)
Great video :D Sad story :( !!!
Thanks for these videos!!!
Ha! Sad for Jay but not for me. :-) So glad you liked it. Thanks Juan.
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So glad you like it Ten Minutes.
Great video! ❤😊
I have a question tho
Is it okay if I say "John stops off at my house to study together every now and then." ? Is "at" the right preposition in this case?
I am grateful for answering. Can we say that "catch " is used with means of transportation that are scheduled. But we say I caught a taxi . I understood catch is opposite miss . Thanks in advance
Hi Hanaa. Vicki here. Yes, we use 'catch' with scheduled transportation. So we catch a bus, but we would say 'take a taxi' because taxis don't run on public schedules.
I enyoied the story but I was ready worried for Jay!
Oh, your very kind Romie. But don't worry, here didn't get fired. :-)
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Thanks a lot! I have a question. Why is there such structure of sentence: She's coming here? Why not Is she coming here?
Hello Elena. Great question. The meanings are very similar. 'Is she coming here?" would be the straightforward question, so why did Jay say 'She's coming here?' 'She's coming here?' certainly sounds natural and appropriate in this context. I think it's because he's checking he's understood and expressing surprise. Or maybe it's because he's speaking informally? What do other people think, I wonder?
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Very interesting. I love your funny video. It's really easy for me to learn English. And I have a question. I don't understand the meaning when you said"out and about". Can you explain for me? Thank you.
Hello Yen. So glad you like the video. Out and about means generally travelling around.
Well done my friends , but I have a question. what dose out and about mean ?
Hello Emad. Great question. When I said 'out and about' it was a very non-specific answer. It meant I had been travelling round, but I didn't say exactly where. It can also mean 'doing what you normally do'. So if someone has been sick but they're getting better, they might say 'I hope to be out and about soon'.
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When I listen English or read, I can't understand anything, that's why I always translate. I Don't want that. I want to stop doing it. Please help me. What Can I do?
Ah, you're not alone Kevin. Lots of learners have this problem. I think it's very natural to want to translate, but if you can train yourself to think in English, it really helps. Have you seen this video? www.simpleenglishvideos.com/think-dream-english/
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My learners struggle with this grammar rule; they usually say: "This is the man that I saw him yesterday". Due to L1 interference, they insist on using the object pronoun - 'him' in this example - after the relative pronoun - 'that' in this example - as they do in their L1. Do you think you can make a video on that Vicki? Thanks!
Oh interesting. I'm not sure how I'd tackle that problem Ahmed but I'll add it to the list.
Appreciate it, Vicki and Jay!
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I'm sure Angel Merkel would be very pleased at the comparison. Have a great day Sadfsdf asdasd.
Hi Viki, hi Jay. I have a question to ask. What's the difference between expression and idiom? Thanks in advance.
Hi Fathun. Great question! According to the Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary an expression is a word of phrase and an idiom is a group of words whose meaning is different from the meanings of the individual words. So all idioms are expressions, but not all expressions are idioms.
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Would you mind to give me examples of idiom itself and expression wich is not idiom?
Hi Fathom. A common phrase like 'How are you?' or 'I'm fine thanks' would be an expression. But an idiom might be something like "What's up?" or "What's cooking?" Does that help?
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Got it. Thanks for the explanation and examples.
I like all your videos and the way you two deliver your lessons 😘
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Vicky correct me please. I think you can also say to stop over or off.
The meanings are very similar. If you're making a stop on a plane journey, it's a stop over. If you're on your way home, and you go to the supermarket to by milk, you stop off to buy milk.
Thanks for all your videos .Is it correct to say : I am writing homework? Why ? Why not ?
Hi Hanaa, we certainly understand what you mean by 'writing homework' but the common collocation is 'doing my homework.' Notice I put the word 'my' in there. I hope that helps. Thanks for writing to us and thanks for watching.
Thanks . Would it be wrong If we didn't write "my" ?
Notice: does not (Take off) mean also to change the clothes ? to no more wear them
Oh well done, Dalil. Yes, you're right. We were looking at meanings to do with travel here but take off has several other meanings. Removing clothes is a common one. Another one (less common) is to copy someone. If we're making fun of someone we might take them off. And TV shows and programmes can be taken off the air - that's when they are no longer played.
Vicky used out and about ....what does that mean? Could you please explain.
Ranjana, if someone is 'out and about' it means they have left one place, home or work, to do different things. We use that term when we can't specify exactly what activity a person is engaged in when they've gone out. This is Jay writing back to you. If i know Vicki has gone to the supermarket, and someone asked me where she is, I might say "She's gone shopping" or "She's out food shopping." But if I didn't know her plans, I could simply respond by saying "She's out and about." I hope that helps.
Thanks Jay for the explanation......I believe this is colloquial term
Hi, how are you doing? I have a question for you. He is pretty tired / good. How I know that " Pretty " here in this context means " very " or " fairly " . Please don't disappoint me since I see from the manner or the method you explain your lessons that you are a brilliant and distinguished instructor, or tutor, or teacher.
Hello Arnold Mike. Flattery will get you everywhere. :-) Yes, 'pretty' means fairly in that context. It's not as strong as very. In British English we could also say 'quite' but 'quite would mean 'very' in American English. I plan to make a video about that one day.
Travell. Trip. Journey.
I want a trip to travell to get a journey day in Texas
Ha! Great try Mohamed. Here's how I might say it. I'm going to take a trip to Texas. I want to spend a day there. I'm going to travel by plane. It'll be a long journey.
If I were you I might say it!
Ha! :-)
How cool was that, i,ve been done comment if i can do once more i well do
We're glad enjoyed the video, Taher. Thanks as always, for writing to us and watching our videos.
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Thanks a lot.We say 'I caught a taxi' . Can we say 'I missed the taxi ?
Hi Hanaa. This is Jay writing back to you and Vicki might have more to say about this. But usually, we only miss means of transportation that are scheduled. I missed my flight, or I missed my train would be accurate. Another example would be the bus that stops regularly at your corner, and it just closed its doors and left as you approached. You missed the bus :-) We have two videos about Miss and Lose that might be helpful for you. ruclips.net/video/uBx8-2Y_PQY/видео.html and ruclips.net/video/NDvK_C66Bsg/видео.html. Thanks for writing to us and thanks for watching.
Poor Jay! You shouldn't take off Vicki! !🤔🤔😉
Ha! Yes, I should probably treat Jay better, Alberto. But then I wouldn't have so much fun writing the video scripts. :-)
I think Vicki was wrong in this story, but it was always Jay who was blamed.
Hello Maths Corner. This is Vicki. I write the scripts for the stories and I like to get Jay into trouble. :-)
Why do people so often use the phrase "at the end of the day?" How long has this phrase been used? 🤔 ❓❓
Hi Francis. At the end of the day is informal and it roughly means 'after everything else has been taken into consideration'. This is one of those phrases that some people complain are overused. It's been found to be very common in Business English corpora and it seems to be growing in frequency. It's an old phrase but you can see its sharp increase in written use here: books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=the+end+of+the+day&year_start=1800&year_end=2000&corpus=15&smoothing=3&share=&direct_url=t1%3B%2Cthe%20end%20of%20the%20day%3B%2Cc0. I don't know but, as it's used informally, I suspect this increase might be even sharper in spoken English. So why is it so popular? I'm afraid I have no idea! Maybe some other readers will have some thoughts on this.
Why did Jay say "she's coming here?" instead of "Is she coming here?"
Well spotted Fernando. Great question! Sometimes people don't invert questions in spoken English and they indicate questions with intonation alone. Notice his intonation was rising. If you're writing, it could be confusing to write this, and if you're taking a spoken English exam, it's best to avoid this, but you'll often hear native speakers doing this in normal conversation.
It's the same in Spanish. We only change intonation. Structure of sentences is very flexible.
Is she coming here? Can be:
¿Ella va a venir aquí?
¿Va a venir ella aquí?
¿Va a venir aquí ella?
Or even
¿Aquí va a venir ella?
And
¿Aquí ella va a venir?
All of them are correct, each one has its own emphasis.
Why you say "...key to the car.." instead of "...key of the car..."? Thanks
Great question frukk0. I can't give you a reason because I have no idea. :-) It's just what we say. Key of the car would sound very strange and formal here.
@@SimpleEnglishVideos Thanks a lot for your feedback. These small details often cause me big confusion because only native ppl can handle them so well :) hence I will learn it by memory. Sometimes the preposition "to" do sound to me like "toward something", a movement, and to my mind your sentence morphs to something like "keys toward the car" which to my foreign brain doesn't make sense. It would be great if you walked us through a lesson on how to use "of" and "to" in such cases. BTW: great lessons!!!
Yes, these things are a matter of usage and I think you're right to approach them one by one. I will add to and of to the list. In case it helps, we have made a video about to and for. ruclips.net/video/pj_T8ZrNMq4/видео.html
When the police arrived the thief took off......scarpered more like!
Ha! Indeed. :-) Now there's a word I could teach one day...
@@SimpleEnglishVideos Quite.....I'm just surreptitiously dropping in a few words in the comment section that your non British Students might pick up on...oh...and Jay!
It is very usuful and you both look much younger than you used to be. I think making new video makes you younger you had better more video
Ha! Oh Gulsum, you win the prize for our favourite comment!