Learn English with Alisha (Past Livestreams) - Almost, Just, Nearly, Only, Phone Calls

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0:23 Hi everybody and welcome back to our weekly live stream.

0:27 My name is Alicia and in this week's live lesson,

0:30 we're going to practice talking on the phone.

0:33 I know this can be a very stressful experience when you're learning a language.

0:38 I have had this experience.

0:40 So, today we're going to talk about three different situations.

0:44 You might need to do some things on the phone.

0:47 And we're going to cover a lot of really

0:49 small points that probably you think about and you go,

0:53 I don't know which one I should choose.

0:54 like prepositions, those little words like for and at and by.

0:59 We're going to practice those when you're talking

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3:01 You mean I'm speaking too slowly for you?

3:03 Would you like me to speak very very fast?

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3:08 Francisco, what's up from Nicaragua and Titi?

3:11 Hello.

3:12 Welcome everyone.

3:13 Okay, let's begin because as always,

3:15 I like to explain all the points and talk about your questions.

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3:26 So, let's get started.

3:28 Let's begin with my personal favorite, making orders.

3:32 So, when you want to, for example, call a restaurant to make an order or you

3:37 need to call a business to ask for an item.

3:41 How should we do that?

3:43 Here is a great pattern you can use for all of these cases.

3:47 Okay.

3:48 So, first you pick up the phone and you say,

3:51 "Hello, I'd like to place an order for." Okay.

3:56 I'd like to place an order for the beginning.

3:59 We're going to practice this for restaurants.

4:01 At the end of part one, we'll practice using a pattern for items.

4:06 Okay.

4:06 So, for now, let's practice restaurants and let's break down the sentence.

4:10 So we have hello I'd like to place an order

4:12 for and then we can choose here for delivery or takeout.

4:19 So delivery or takeout.

4:20 Delivery means someone brings the food to you.

4:24 Takeout means I will come into the store.

4:26 I will pick up my food and go home.

4:29 I hope.

4:30 Okay.

4:30 So a couple things to note.

4:32 Number one, I' I'd first mistake I often notice here which you can avoid.

4:39 Now is this I' many learners say I like to.

4:44 Incorrect.

4:45 I like to means an activity you like to do.

4:49 This I' is the reduced form of I would.

4:52 Right?

4:53 Hello.

4:53 I would like to.

4:55 Okay?

4:55 So don't forget this d I' like to.

4:59 You can practice saying it now with me if

5:01 you want to make sure you're practicing it correctly.

5:03 Hello.

5:04 I'd like to.

5:05 I'd like to.

5:06 Okay.

5:07 Second, I'd like to place an.

5:11 An.

5:11 We must use and because order starts with a vowel sound.

5:16 Yeah.

5:16 I'd like to place an order.

5:18 Okay.

5:19 Not place a order.

5:21 And we must use an article here,

5:23 but not a definite article because the other person doesn't know it.

5:26 Right.

5:26 We cannot use the here.

5:28 I'd like to place the order.

5:29 No, no, no, no, no.

5:30 So, this one, you just started the conversation.

5:33 The other person doesn't know what order you mean.

5:36 So, we must use the indefinite and.

5:39 We cannot use the here.

5:40 Okay.

5:41 Third point.

5:42 For.

5:43 I'd like to place an order for.

5:46 I'd like to place an order for.

5:48 For shows the purpose of something.

5:50 So, this one we're kind of thinking about the delivery

5:55 or the takeout as like the purpose or the objective of this order.

5:59 Okay.

6:00 I'd like to place an order for delivery, please.

6:02 Or I'd like to place an order for takeout, please.

6:04 You might have heard also uh takeaway.

6:07 Takeaway.

6:08 Um, [clears throat] excuse me.

6:09 In American English, we say uh takeout.

6:12 Uh or in British English and I think Australian English use take away.

6:18 So, it depends on the type of English you're studying.

6:21 If you uh study with my lessons a lot,

6:24 uh it's probably best to continue using the American English vocabulary.

6:28 Take out.

6:28 Take out.

6:29 So, I'd like to place an order for delivery.

6:31 I'd like to place an order for takeout.

6:32 And the other side will say, "Okay, what would you like?" Or maybe,

6:35 "Wait a moment." And then they'll take your order.

6:38 So, how do you ask for those items?

6:41 Okay, next one.

6:42 I have two patterns here [clears throat] that you might

6:45 hear and that you can use to request the food.

6:49 Okay.

6:50 Uh so can I get can I get okay?

6:56 So can I get for example a something or can I get an something?

7:03 Okay so again we must follow the vowel rule here when we use our articles.

7:09 Can I get a pizza?

7:11 Can I get a a Hawaiian pizza?

7:14 Can I get an apple pie?

7:16 Okay, so we can use this for one item or can I get two pizzas?

7:22 Right, so you can begin your order with can I get can I get Okay,

7:27 Janie in the YouTube chat wrote, "Can I get a Coke?" Perfect.

7:30 Great job, Janie.

7:31 Okay.

7:31 Uh Fouad wrote, "I would like to order a meal." Good.

7:35 Okay.

7:35 I'd like to order a meal.

7:36 Good one.

7:37 Next.

7:38 I think if I can recommend one of these two sentence patterns to you,

7:42 I recommend the second one.

7:43 It's more polite.

7:44 I prefer to be more polite in everyday speech

7:48 because I feel like it's nicer to other people.

7:51 I feel like it's better to be nice to other people.

7:54 So, that's my preference.

7:56 Maybe you feel this way, too.

7:57 So, uh I usually say,

8:00 "Can I please have Can I please have?" So, same thing, can I?

8:05 And I include please have.

8:07 And then I use the verb have here instead of get.

8:10 Right?

8:10 That sounds like I want to receive this thing.

8:13 Okay?

8:14 So, can I please have a pizza?

8:16 Can I please have an apple pie?

8:18 Okay.

8:19 Easy like that.

8:20 Some people will say, "Yeah, I want something.

8:24 Yeah, I want a pizza." You might hear some people say that.

8:27 For me, that's too direct.

8:28 I feel like I want to be nice to the other person, the person taking my order.

8:32 So, I recommend, "Can I please have Okay.

8:36 All right.

8:37 So, uh, the black eagle put a good example in.

8:40 Can I please have a chocolate cake?

8:42 Okay, good.

8:43 Um, all right.

8:45 Let's continue to maybe let's let's talk about this pattern then.

8:50 The second part here is some Oh, that's interesting.

8:54 Thank you for the information, control desk.

8:55 Okay, the next pattern I want to talk about is not just for uh for restaurants.

9:02 Uh, this one is, can I put in an order for item?

9:08 Can I put in an order for item?

9:10 In native speed, this sounds like, can I put in an order for bl for thing?

9:14 Okay, so what is this used for?

9:16 Again, we use this to call a business to ask for something.

9:20 You can use this at a restaurant as well.

9:22 But if you need to order a part for something

9:25 or if you need to order like a computer piece,

9:29 something general general life item, you can use this pattern.

9:32 Yeah.

9:33 Can I put in an order for a new computer or something?

9:37 I don't know what situation you need to use it, but can I put in Can I put in?

9:42 So this put in means like enter or register.

9:47 Okay.

9:47 And then the same thing we have an order.

9:49 This is also here.

9:51 And then our purpose, you know, what do we need it for?

9:54 Can I put in an order for something?

9:55 So you can use this as well uh for more general things.

9:59 Uh usually these are used at restaurants.

10:01 Can I get and can I please have uh you can also say can I order.

10:06 So there are a few different ways uh to approach these situations.

10:09 But these are I think three nice ones that are

10:12 usually okay in most ordering situations on the phone.

10:16 Some examples are coming in on Facebook.

10:18 Ro wrote, "Can I please have a pizza?" Nice one.

10:20 Okay, good.

10:21 What's up?

10:22 Uh YouTube.

10:22 Oh my gosh.

10:23 Rocky wrote, "I'd like to get spaghetti and meatballs, please." Very nice.

10:26 Uh Omar wrote, "I have a question.

10:28 After for if we put the verb, do we put it I ah the ing.

10:32 Hello.

10:32 I'd like to place an order for verbing like

10:35 is that what you mean?" Like for verb ing.

10:39 Like in this pattern, we are requesting an item.

10:42 Yeah.

10:43 So for this pattern, we don't request an action.

10:46 Maybe I'm not I'm not sure if I understand your question.

10:50 If you could send an example,

10:51 that would be super super helpful and maybe I can help you.

10:54 Okay.

10:54 Uh Paloma wrote, "Can I get some spaghetti and wine, please?" Nice one.

10:58 Okay.

10:58 Stalin wrote, "Can I please have the bill?" Yeah, great one.

11:01 So, maybe you don't need to use can I please have the bill on the phone,

11:05 but that is an important one to ask.

11:08 Okay, Fati, why can and not could.

11:10 Could is also okay to use here.

11:12 Can is more for everyday communication, just everyday more casual things.

11:17 You can you could use could here.

11:20 So you say uh could I get or could I please have Perfect.

11:25 It's also okay to use those.

11:27 It sounds a little bit more polite.

11:29 Mhm.

11:29 So it's no problem there.

11:31 [clears throat] Okay, let's continue to uh the next part.

11:34 We're going to go to reservations.

11:37 When you call a restaurant to make a reservation, how do you do it?

11:41 And what prepositions do you need to use?

11:44 Okay, I know this this one especially is challenging for many people.

11:48 So, let's practice this and let's review those those key prepositions.

11:52 So, reservations.

11:53 Our reservation pattern.

11:54 Oh, can we go down?

11:55 Control desk.

11:56 Thank you.

11:57 Okay.

11:57 So, our reservation pattern, our basic reservation pattern, thank you.

12:01 Will be I'd like to make a reservation for number of people on day at time.

12:08 I'd like to make a reservation for number of people on day at time.

12:12 So you can see in blue I marked the parts that we need to enter our information.

12:20 Yeah, this I have three prepositions.

12:23 I have three preposition points for you to practice.

12:26 You can practice saying them out loud with me

12:28 now if you want to do some shadowing.

12:30 Okay, so first again we have four in this sentence.

12:34 I'd like to make a reservation for is preposition one.

12:38 Okay, for number of people on before the day, at before the time.

12:45 Okay, so we've got three prepositions here that show purpose, day, and time.

12:49 And we have the same point from the first example I showed you earlier.

12:54 I' I'd so not I like to, I'd like to.

13:00 Don't forget that D.

13:01 It matters so much.

13:02 You will sound so much more fluent.

13:04 So, let's look at the example sentence.

13:06 Let's break it down.

13:07 I'd like to make a reservation for two people on Tuesday at 6.

13:12 I'd like to make a reservation for two people at 6.

13:14 So, this sentence maybe sounds kind of like, oh, it's so fast, right?

13:19 But these little words connect very easily.

13:22 I'd like to make a reservation for.

13:24 Here we have the number of people.

13:26 Two people.

13:27 I have my preposition again on before the day in this case on Tuesday at 6.

13:35 Okay.

13:36 In this case, it's clear 6 PM.

13:38 I don't usually a restaurant is not open at 6 a.m.

13:41 Maybe a coffee shop.

13:42 I don't know.

13:43 But usually, it's clear what time of day that you mean.

13:47 So, you don't need to say 6:00 p.m.

13:49 or, you know, 12 a.m.

13:51 No, 12 a.m.

13:52 would be midnight.

13:52 That's a very strange restaurant.

13:54 But anyway, you can use these uh to very clearly ask for a reservation time.

13:59 Okay?

14:00 And we're going to talk about in part two some

14:02 other ways to ask for availability to ask for open times.

14:07 So, uh, yes, there are some other patterns.

14:09 We're going to practice it a little bit later when we talk about appointments.

14:13 Okay.

14:13 So, let me check the chat and then we'll go to a break and then part two.

14:17 Oh my gosh, so many things are coming.

14:19 Let me catch up.

14:20 Uh, Nuha wrote on Facebook,

14:22 "I'd like to make an appointment." Ah, on Monday at 8 a.m.

14:25 Perfect, perfect appointment.

14:27 Uh, Jwampy, is that electronic board?

14:29 Yes, this is not a whiteboard.

14:31 I can I can do things.

14:32 I'm afraid to touch it though because I think if

14:34 I do something control desk told me I can zoom,

14:36 but I'm afraid if I zoom it now and I'll like won't be able to put it back.

14:39 Okay.

14:40 Um YouTube YouTube you wrote to Oh my gosh.

14:44 Uh Jamie wrote, "Would I get the bill?" It can be possible.

14:47 No.

14:47 Ask, "Can I get the bill at a restaurant?" But again,

14:50 today we're talking about the phone.

14:53 Yeah.

14:53 So, usually they will give you the bill uh when you pick

14:58 up the item or there's some kind of online order taking service.

15:02 Yeah.

15:03 So, usually you don't have to ask for the bill at the restaurant.

15:06 Okay.

15:07 Uh Omar, ah clarification.

15:09 Great.

15:10 Thank you, Omar.

15:11 If I order something after four, we don't use ing with the verb.

15:14 Yeah.

15:14 So, like if you have an example of what what you mean,

15:18 then that maybe is helpful.

15:20 Like what is there a sentence you have in mind?

15:22 Hello.

15:22 I'd like to order or I'd like to place an order for what?

15:26 For for I can't think of a verb that I would put there that makes sense.

15:31 So, I'm inclined to say nope.

15:32 We don't use an ing there.

15:34 If you have an example sentence that uses that pattern,

15:37 you can send it, but I would say probably no.

15:40 That's not a common verb pattern we use.

15:42 Okay.

15:43 Uh Niazi wrote, "Americans also use the sentence

15:45 pattern let me have or let me get." Yes.

15:48 All right.

15:49 So, American English and I'm sure all

15:51 different types of English use slightly different patterns.

15:54 Like Americans will say, "Yeah,

15:56 I want or can I get or let me get?" Yes, there are other patterns.

16:00 This is not all the patterns,

16:02 but these are very helpful and common and they're nice and polite and clear.

16:07 Okay.

16:08 Um, great.

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17:28 Okay, great job everybody who's writing in the chat.

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17:33 If I missed you in part one, I'm very sorry.

17:35 I will come and check in part two.

17:37 Let's continue to making appointments on the phone.

17:42 On the phone.

17:43 Okay.

17:43 So, how do we make an appointment on the phone?

17:45 We practiced it in part one with a reservation.

17:48 We are going to use a very similar pattern in part two.

17:52 Yay.

17:53 Easy.

17:53 Okay.

17:54 So, this one, when you begin the phone conversation,

17:58 you can start with, "Hello, I'm calling to make an appointment for." Okay.

18:04 Hello, I'm calling to make an appointment for something.

18:07 Okay, so let's break down this base pattern.

18:11 So this is the base pattern for today.

18:13 Again, we have this I'm I'm calling to.

18:17 I'm calling to.

18:18 In part one, I introduced I'd like to.

18:21 You can use that pattern here.

18:23 Hello.

18:23 I'd like to make an appointment for that is also okay.

18:27 I just wanted to give you another pattern.

18:29 I'm calling ing I'm calling to make to make an appointment

18:36 again purpose for I'm calling to make an appointment for thing.

18:40 Okay.

18:41 So the next part the end of the sentence depends on the business you're calling.

18:47 So hello I'm calling to make an appointment for a haircut.

18:50 Right?

18:50 A haircut.

18:51 I'm calling to make an appointment for a teeth cleaning.

18:54 You call the dentist for a teeth cleaning.

18:56 I'm calling to make an appointment for an oil change, right?

19:00 At a mechanic shop or a car shop.

19:02 Yeah.

19:02 So, you can use all these different uh

19:05 of course requests for your appointment in this call.

19:09 It depends on the business.

19:10 So, you can send an example.

19:12 If there is an appointment you need to make,

19:14 try to send it in English in the chat and I'll check it live.

19:16 I'll try to help you with your appointments this week.

19:19 [laughter] I hope that's Watch the chat just explode with appointments.

19:23 A couple points though.

19:24 Uh again we need to consider which article we use before the appointment type.

19:30 Yeah.

19:30 So here we have a haircut because h starts with a a consonant sound.

19:36 A teeth cleaning but an oil change.

19:39 Yeah.

19:40 So again please be careful of your article here.

19:43 Yeah.

19:43 So we got few small points again to think about in this sentence.

19:47 Okay.

19:48 So send me your example appointments.

19:50 I'll check them and then for now I'll continue on.

19:52 I'll come back to you in just a second.

19:54 All right.

19:55 When you choose the time for your appointment,

19:58 we're going to use a similar pattern to part one.

20:00 The base is, do you have time on day at time?

20:05 Do you have time on day at time?

20:07 Let's look at an example.

20:08 Do you have time on Thursday at 12:00 p.m.?

20:11 Do you have time on Thursday?

20:12 So, notice this part.

20:15 Do you have time?

20:17 Right?

20:17 Do you have time?

20:18 This gets squished together.

20:20 Do you have time?

20:21 So it sounds like dia, right?

20:24 Dia, this bit right here.

20:25 Do you do you have time?

20:27 Do you have time?

20:29 That's how you can say it more naturally.

20:30 So, do you have time on Thursday at 12:00 p.m.?

20:34 We have the same prepositions from part one.

20:36 Yeah.

20:37 On day at time.

20:39 Yeah.

20:40 Let's look at one more example.

20:42 Do you have time on Friday at 11:00 a.m.?

20:44 Do you have time on Friday at 11:00 a.m.?

20:46 Okay.

20:46 So again, it's not a long scary sentence,

20:50 but we do have to think carefully about those little connecting words.

20:54 Okay, last one then here.

20:56 Are you available on day at time?

21:00 Are you available on day at time?

21:02 Okay, so this one sounds a little bit more polite.

21:05 Are you available?

21:06 A little bit longer, a little bit more polite.

21:09 I personally use this one when I'm talking to uh maybe someone I'm not close to.

21:15 So, someone I don't see very often, for example,

21:19 like uh like a hair stylist, maybe I see once every month,

21:23 month and a half or so, and I don't know the person super super well,

21:27 but I want to be respectful and polite.

21:29 I could say, are you available on day at time?

21:33 So, are you available on Saturday at to?

21:38 Same pattern we have with the prepositions or uh I also have this one.

21:43 Oh, sorry.

21:44 Oh, thank you.

21:44 You control desk marked with the star here.

21:47 Are you available tomorrow afternoon?

21:50 So you can change the pattern to include something like

21:54 tomorrow or the day after tomorrow and a time period.

21:59 That's also okay.

22:00 Are you available tomorrow morning, tomorrow evening?

22:03 You can choose something like that.

22:05 Or you can use a specific time with the on at pattern.

22:10 Okay, let me check the chat.

22:11 What did you write to me?

22:12 Oh my gosh.

22:13 Great.

22:13 Rocky wrote, "I'm calling to make an appointment

22:15 for a teeth cleaning at 2 PM." Very nice.

22:17 You put it all into one sentence.

22:19 Very efficient.

22:20 We like that.

22:21 Victor wrote, "I'm calling to make an appointment

22:23 for a physical ah physical therapy." So, ah, that's a good one.

22:27 Physical therapy.

22:28 We would say a So, physical therapy is like the topic, like the practice.

22:33 So, we would say, "I'm calling to make an appointment for physical

22:37 therapy with no article because it's we don't count physical therapy, right?

22:42 Right?

22:42 It's like an uncountable noun.

22:44 You could say, however, a physical therapy session.

22:49 That might help some other people watching too.

22:51 When you want to do like um for example like a gym

22:55 session or martial arts or you want to do some kind of training,

23:00 something like that where you work together

23:02 with a professional for like an hour, you might call it a session.

23:06 So, I'm calling to make an appointment

23:08 for a physical therapy session or a personal training session,

23:13 something like that or yeah, a training session.

23:16 So, I would use session there.

23:17 Okay.

23:18 Fati wrote, "Do you have time to see you soon?" "Do you have time to see

23:22 you soon?" I think you need to have uh a different word at the end of that.

23:28 Do you have time to see me soon?

23:31 But soon is very vague.

23:33 When is soon?

23:34 We need to have some idea of when, right?

23:37 You need to include some time for the other person.

23:41 Okay.

23:42 Stalin wrote, "Hello, I'm calling to make an appointment with the dentist.

23:45 Do you have time on Friday?" Perfect.

23:47 Great.

23:47 On Facebook, uh Abdullah wrote,

23:50 "Are you available on Sunday at at 18?" Oh, yeah.

23:54 6 PM.

23:54 Great.

23:55 Good.

23:55 Uh Riad, is this a live stream?

23:57 Yep.

23:57 It's been live for like eight years.

23:59 Same time.

24:00 Same channel.

24:00 Abdullah, hello.

24:02 Oh, you put Dia.

24:03 Good.

24:04 Good for pronunciation, but don't write d.

24:07 It sound It's kind of strange.

24:08 So, just write do you.

24:10 But when you pronounce it, say uh dia.

24:12 Hello.

24:12 Hello.

24:13 Do you have time?

24:13 And then it's good.

24:14 Good for good for trying, though.

24:15 Nice one.

24:16 Uh, and you said, "Do you have time on Friday at 10:00 a.m.?" Perfect.

24:20 Sara wrote, "I'm calling to make an appointment for makeup." Yeah, great.

24:24 Great job, everybody.

24:25 Okay, let's continue to the last part.

24:27 Let's go to part three.

24:29 Work questions on the phone.

24:31 All right.

24:32 when you need to call your coworker or when you need

24:35 to call your colleague or someone you know in a different company.

24:40 How do you do that?

24:41 Or you call like a client in a different company.

24:44 How do you do that?

24:45 There are some key prepositions we need

24:47 to practice that are special for this section.

24:50 Okay.

24:51 Um so let's go through this.

24:53 I'll come back to the chat after after we do this.

24:56 Uh I just want to make sure to get through everything.

24:58 Uh yeah.

25:00 Okay.

25:00 Let's go.

25:00 So the work question pattern the base pattern I want

25:03 to talk about hello again this is name from department

25:09 at company okay how to introduce yourself on the phone

25:14 the reason this sentence is long is because often we don't

25:18 call the person directly we don't call the client directly

25:21 but also they have many people maybe they have many people

25:24 they work with so it's really helpful to give all

25:27 of your information yeah this is name from department at company.

25:31 Here's an example.

25:32 If I called you, maybe I would say, "Hello,

25:35 this is Alicia from the live stream department at English class 101." Okay,

25:40 live stream department isn't a thing,

25:41 but for example, okay, this is Alicia from.

25:45 So, we have my name obviously here our preposition is from.

25:51 Okay, we could say from our department

25:54 and then at before the company or the organization.

25:59 Okay, so we used from before the department.

26:02 So you can think about this for your job.

26:04 How would you introduce yourself on a phone call?

26:08 You uh maybe don't put your real information in the chat.

26:11 Yeah, please be safe.

26:13 Please don't include your real information.

26:15 You can put ABC company or you know

26:18 the the crazy people department or something like that.

26:20 Whatever you want to do.

26:21 So don't put your real information in the chat, please.

26:24 Okay.

26:25 All right.

26:25 So, we can use this to introduce ourselves on the phone very clearly.

26:30 Yeah.

26:30 If you just call and you say, "Hi, this is Alicia." Your client might be like,

26:34 "Who?" Like, maybe they have lots of people they work with.

26:37 They don't remember exactly who.

26:39 So, when you give them your company, it really helps them a lot of the time.

26:43 Oh, yeah.

26:44 Okay, good.

26:45 Yeah.

26:46 So, make sure to do that.

26:47 Then, the next step is to ask for a person you want to talk to, right?

26:52 So if you have a connection at the other company or at another department,

26:57 you can ask is person available.

27:00 Is person available?

27:01 Okay, available sounds more formal.

27:03 You can say is person there.

27:06 It's okay.

27:07 That's okay to use.

27:08 You can use that uh with family as well.

27:10 When you call someone like at your house, you're like, "Hey,

27:13 is mom there?" You can use there in less uh in less formal situations.

27:19 In a polite situation is person available for example

27:23 is Risa available is Risa available right now.

27:26 So you can ask for the person you that means I

27:29 want to talk to that person right but it's not so direct.

27:33 If you say hi I want to talk to blah blah

27:35 blah to Bissa it's like it's clear but it's not so polite.

27:39 Yeah if you have a good relationship you can say I want to talk to that person.

27:43 It's okay but to be polite generally a good idea.

27:47 Is Risa available?

27:48 Is person available?

27:49 Okay.

27:51 Uh, why did you use class instead of pod like your other channels?

27:55 That is not a question for me.

27:56 That is a question for [laughter] the per

27:58 the people the team that manages everything.

28:01 I did not personally choose that.

28:02 So, you'd have to ask a different question.

28:05 Okay.

28:05 Uh, Pabri wrote, "Hello, this is Karat.

28:08 I hope I said that right.

28:09 From XXX department at XXX, Inc." Perfect.

28:12 Good example.

28:13 And good job not using your personal information in the chat.

28:16 Good.

28:17 Okay.

28:17 Uh, Mino wrote, "Hello, this is Mino from Happy Department at Happy Company.

28:21 I'm calling about the appointment." Perfect.

28:23 Well done, Mino.

28:24 Great job not using your personal information.

28:27 I love that.

28:28 Okay.

28:29 Um, let's continue to the last one then, and then I'll come back to the chat.

28:33 If you didn't get to send your introductory message, I'll check it in a moment.

28:37 Last one then.

28:38 I'm calling about topic.

28:40 I'm calling about topic.

28:42 So, you introduce yourself.

28:43 You connect to the person you want to talk to.

28:46 I'm calling about topic.

28:47 So here again I'm right I am plus calling right.

28:53 The purpose of my call is topic.

28:56 So I'm calling about right.

28:59 If you want to make this even more polite

29:02 you can say regarding I'm calling regarding your phone bill.

29:06 I'm calling regarding your presentation.

29:08 Yeah.

29:09 So after this comes your topic.

29:11 Okay.

29:11 For example, I'm calling about next week's live presentation.

29:15 I'm calling about next week's live presentation.

29:17 Have you decided on your topic yet?

29:19 Okay.

29:20 So, I'm is again we have another pronunciation point here.

29:24 So, today we practiced I', right?

29:27 Like I'd like to.

29:28 In this case, I'm calling, right?

29:30 I am calling.

29:31 So, this is a progressive uh grammar point.

29:34 I'm calling about next week's live presentation.

29:37 I think a couple people put their examples in the chat.

29:40 Okay, great.

29:41 That's everything.

29:42 So, let me check the chat.

29:43 Let me check your examples and answer your questions

29:45 and then we'll be done for the day.

29:47 Who did I miss before?

29:48 Victor.

29:49 Hello.

29:49 This is Victor Vidal from Forensic Expert Department at National Police of Peru.

29:54 Oh, that's a scary phone call.

29:56 [laughter] What What's happening there that we need to have it?

29:58 Oh, Reese's actually in the chat.

30:00 Hi, Risa.

30:01 [laughter] Is Rhysa available?

30:03 Rea's in the chat.

30:04 Hi, Reysa's my colleague who does live streams as well.

30:07 Hi, Risa.

30:08 Good to know you're available.

30:09 Oh, hey.

30:10 That's funny.

30:11 Um, good.

30:12 Other examples, uh, on Facebook, Sara wrote, "Hello,

30:16 this is Syla from Jadpur at real maybe

30:18 at real estate." At real estate maybe, I'm not sure.

30:22 So, from so that was your department and then and real estate is your company.

30:30 If that's so then that's okay.

30:32 That's okay to do.

30:33 Um, if your maybe an interesting pattern if your department

30:38 or if your company has like different branches like a different

30:42 city branch like you have like a Shanghai branch and you

30:45 have a Tokyo branch and you have a New York branch, you can say like, "Hello,

30:49 this is Alicia from the Tokyo branch." Uh, sorry, let me backtrack.

30:54 Hello, this is Alicia from uh the live stream department at the Tokyo branch

30:59 of uh English class 101 or from the New York branch of English class 101.

31:04 So you can put a branch at.

31:06 So let me add this.

31:08 I'll put it in red at the I'll put city in here.

31:14 City branch of company.

31:19 Okay, is that clear?

31:20 I hope so.

31:21 So hello, this is Alicia from uh the live

31:25 stream department at the New York branch of company.

31:30 So that introduces an extra level there that if you have a branch,

31:34 if you have a city uh that is attached to your office,

31:38 you can use this one to add the extra information there.

31:41 So we use the word branch.

31:43 B R A N C H branch like the branch of a tree.

31:47 It's like the branch of a tree but for a company.

31:50 Yeah.

31:50 one part of the company.

31:52 So, a little extra information.

31:54 Okay.

31:55 Uh Fatty wrote, "I'm calling about the next business meeting." Good.

31:58 I'm calling about the next business meeting.

32:01 Great.

32:01 I love it.

32:02 Okay, we got through it all.

32:04 Yeah.

32:04 So, if you want to take a screenshot, now is your chance.

32:09 I will put the QR code up now.

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32:27 If you want a screenshot, here is your screenshot chance.

32:30 Great.

32:31 Okay.

32:31 So, that is everything for today.

32:33 Oh my gosh, I made it through.

32:34 Hooray.

32:35 I didn't talk too much until the end.

32:36 Kill me.

32:37 Okay, so we'll finish there for today.

32:40 But I hope that this helps you when

32:43 you need to make phone calls and make appointments

32:45 and reservations because I know when I started uh

32:49 learning Japanese and when I started calling people in Japanese,

32:53 this was so stressful and I because you can't see the other person, right?

32:57 So, I hope that these help you.

32:59 If I could recommend uh practice points from today,

33:02 I recommend uh this I'd like to practice saying this out loud.

33:07 Yeah.

33:08 and practice your uh prepositions.

33:10 We practiced uh like uh for and on and at today as well as some articles.

33:16 So today we practiced a lot of those little words that are very important.

33:20 So definitely uh say those out loud.

33:24 Uh yes, thank you control desk for reminding me.

33:26 If you haven't yet, I'll remind you once more.

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33:53 Okay, so we'll finish there for today.

33:55 Next week I'll be away.

33:57 So I think uh the lovely Daphne will be leading the live stream next week.

34:01 So please enjoy her lesson.

34:03 I will be back in two weeks.

34:06 Uh I have a plan for next week's lesson

34:08 or sorry in for a lesson from two weeks from now.

34:12 What did I choose for next two weeks?

34:14 I don't know uh what Daffy's topic will be.

34:16 My topic in two weeks.

34:17 Ah yes, we're going to cover modifiers.

34:21 For example, we're going to talk about uh almost, just, nearly, and only.

34:27 How do we use those?

34:28 Like because I see lots of mistakes with those.

34:31 So, we're going to practice using those words to talk about like

34:34 those I almost did this or I I I barely did that.

34:38 What's the difference between almost and barely because

34:41 those are tricky words when you think about it.

34:43 Okay, so please join me again in two weeks.

34:46 Next week, please join and enjoy a lovely Daphn's lesson.

34:49 I hope that's great for you all.

34:51 And for now, I will say goodbye.

34:52 So, thank you so much to everybody

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35:08 And also just have a great day, have a great week,

35:10 have a great weekend, and I'll see you again next time.

35:13 Bye.

35:21 Hi everybody and welcome back to our weekly live stream.

35:24 My name is Alicia and in this week's live lesson,

35:27 we're going to practice using almost, nearly, only, and just.

35:33 These are very small words you might not think about a lot,

35:37 but they're very interesting because when we

35:40 put them in different places in the sentence,

35:43 we can change the meaning of the sentence.

35:45 So, these are very important to understand, of course,

35:48 the meaning of, but we also need to know when and where to apply them.

35:53 So today we're going to practice this and we're also going to look

35:56 at some examples of how sentences can

35:59 be correct using these words in different positions.

36:03 And we're going to talk about why those sentences mean different things.

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37:08 Hello everybody in the YouTube chat.

37:11 Hi Rocky.

37:12 Hi Stalin.

37:13 Hi Natalie.

37:14 Victor.

37:15 Uh Matilda.

37:16 Hi Patrick and Zach.

37:19 Hey, John.

37:20 All right, welcome Facebook.

37:21 I don't see people in Facebook yet.

37:23 Maybe they are joining.

37:24 Let's get into the first part of today's lesson.

37:28 Also, if you haven't, please make sure to hit the like button and share

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37:35 So, today we're going to talk about these words.

37:39 These words almost uh just, nearly, and only.

37:44 These are examples of words that are called modifiers.

37:48 So a modifier is used before other information to change how we understand that.

37:55 Right?

37:55 So when we say that something is beautiful for example,

37:59 we change how we understand that word.

38:02 Right?

38:03 But today's modifiers are a little bit tricky,

38:06 a little bit unusual because we [clears throat] can put them

38:09 in different parts of the sentence and change the meaning a little bit.

38:14 So, it's really important to know where these words should go.

38:18 All right.

38:18 So, today I want to practice with these four

38:22 and help you get a better understanding of these.

38:25 So, for your warm-up in the chat, your warm-up task, your warm-up homework,

38:29 I guess, is to try to make a sentence using one of these.

38:34 Use almost, nearly, just, or only to make a sentence.

38:39 Okay?

38:39 You can make any sentence that you want,

38:41 but it must feature, it must include one of these words.

38:45 We're going to practice it today.

38:47 And then you can review the sentence you made at the beginning of this lesson,

38:51 uh, at the end of the lesson to see how you might change it.

38:54 Okay?

38:55 So again, the key point for today that I want to practice is this point.

39:00 Choosing a different place in the sentence can

39:04 change the meaning of the sentence with these words.

39:06 Okay?

39:07 So that means uh many possible correct sentences are okay.

39:12 However, not all of the meanings are what you want to say.

39:15 Okay.

39:16 So we're going to practice this today.

39:18 All right.

39:19 Some examples are coming on YouTube.

39:20 Zach wrote, "I almost made it to the entrance of the auditorium." Okay, cool.

39:24 So that that will be your sentence to think about during uh today's class.

39:29 Great.

39:29 Elma wrote, "I can almost see it." Okay.

39:32 Uh wrote, "I just have dinner." Oh, maybe I just had past tense.

39:37 Maybe you want that.

39:38 Okay.

39:39 So, for today, yeah,

39:41 make your sentence now and then let's go through the lesson together

39:44 and then we're going to you can come back to that sentence and think,

39:48 did I say it correctly?

39:49 Did I use the modifier correctly?

39:51 Okay, so uh let's see.

39:54 Hello everybody that's joining on Facebook.

39:55 Marquez, Thomas, Eric, Johnny, what's up everybody?

39:58 Awesome.

39:59 Okay, let's continue to the first part then.

40:02 I'll go on this side.

40:03 Let's begin with almost and nearly.

40:07 Okay.

40:07 So almost and nearly.

40:09 Both of these words they express close to something.

40:13 We can use it to mean that something

40:15 is close like physically close or conceptually close.

40:20 Okay.

40:20 So let's look at some examples so you can understand.

40:23 I want to note I want to note uh in American English in US English which

40:28 I speak that's the style of English I

40:31 speak almost is more common in everyday conversations

40:35 nearly is is okay to use but it's more common in other types of English like

40:41 British English might use nearly a little more

40:43 often than American English it's okay to use them.

40:47 So, let's compare, sorry, let's compare these two sentences then with almost.

40:53 Okay, let's focus on almost now.

40:55 Sentence A is I almost ate all of the cookies.

40:59 I almost ate all of the cookies.

41:01 Sentence B, I ate almost all of the cookies.

41:06 Okay, so maybe you can see in this sentence,

41:09 the first one here, almost comes before the verb ate, right?

41:15 And in sentence B, almost comes before all, right?

41:21 Oh, I did that backwards, didn't I?

41:22 Sorry.

41:22 So, almost comes before the word all here.

41:26 Okay, so what's the difference?

41:29 Right, in this sentence, in sentence A, I almost ate all of the cookies,

41:34 but this means I did not.

41:36 Okay, so because it comes before the verb ate in this case,

41:41 it means I did not do the verb.

41:44 Okay, I did not eat in this case.

41:46 Okay, in this sentence in sentence B because it

41:50 comes after the verb and before the quantity all

41:54 in this case it means yes I did I ate

41:58 some cookies but I did not eat all the cookies

42:02 right so saying I ate almost all this means

42:06 I ate close to all of the cookies or very

42:10 nearly nearly all of them like 90% of the cookies

42:14 okay so in this situation ation we are talking about

42:18 the quantity in this situation we are talking about

42:21 the action and we know this just because of the position

42:25 of almost in this sentence okay so I'll come

42:29 to check in the chat and see if there's any

42:31 uh examples that are coming there uh Zach nice

42:34 one Zack Zach wrote almost all of my classmates passed

42:38 the exam great example sentence so that uses pattern B

42:42 so it's using almost that uses almost before the quantity, right?

42:47 Almost all of my classmates pass the exam.

42:50 Okay, but again, we could create a sentence with almost before the verb.

42:55 This is correct.

42:56 So many learners will write to say which one is correct,

42:58 which one is the most correct or something.

43:01 Both sentences are correct.

43:03 Okay, but they have very different meanings.

43:05 Okay.

43:06 All right.

43:07 So, with this in mind, let's continue.

43:10 Let's compare this uh to nearly.

43:13 Like I said, nearly is uh is okay,

43:16 of course, to use in everyday US uh English conversation.

43:20 Maybe almost is a little bit more common,

43:23 but let's take a look at some sentences with nearly.

43:26 Okay, so sentence A uses we nearly walked for three hours.

43:32 We nearly walked for three hours.

43:34 Here is my nearly.

43:36 And in this case, I have my verb.

43:37 Okay.

43:39 In sentence B, we walked for nearly three hours.

43:44 We walked for nearly three hours.

43:46 Notice in this sentence,

43:48 nearly is again before a quantity or a time period in this case.

43:53 So again, sentence A 100% correct.

43:56 Sentence B 100% correct.

43:59 But let's break down the difference.

44:01 So we nearly walked for three hours.

44:04 Again, because nearly is before the verb, it means we did not do the verb.

44:11 We did not completely do the verb.

44:14 So, for example, this might be you're using your your phone's GPS,

44:19 but you put in uh the wrong address or you

44:22 made an error or there was some problem and [clears

44:27 throat] you almost or rather you were going to take

44:29 a long walk somewhere like a like on a hike maybe,

44:33 but you realized, oh, this is incorrect.

44:37 So, you could say, oh my gosh, we nearly walked for three hours.

44:41 That would have been a mistake.

44:42 Right?

44:43 So this expresses we did not do that action.

44:46 Sentence B however we walked for nearly 3 hours.

44:51 This sentence means we walked and the time was close to 3 hours.

44:57 So it was not exactly 3 hours but it was close to 3 hours.

45:02 Okay.

45:03 So again both sentences are correct.

45:06 We only changed the position of nearly

45:09 here to change the meaning of the sentence.

45:11 Okay.

45:12 Let me come to the chat.

45:14 Uh hello everybody who is joining.

45:16 Let me see if there are other Okay.

45:18 Um Rocky wrote I ah I was almost late maybe

45:24 you want to say so instead of I almost got late say I almost uh I we would say I

45:30 was almost late for school for homeschool but I made it.

45:34 Yeah, I was almost late.

45:35 Yeah, that would sound better.

45:37 Okay.

45:37 Uh Mino wrote I almost finished all of my homework.

45:42 Okay.

45:42 Almost finished.

45:43 So that one means this.

45:44 So that means you didn't do your home.

45:46 You didn't finish it, right?

45:48 Do you want to say I finished almost uh I finished almost all of my homework.

45:53 So do you want that to be before uh all in this case?

45:58 It depends on what you want to say.

46:00 Yeah.

46:01 Okay.

46:02 Stalin wrote, "I almost missed the party this weekend."

46:04 So that means you attended the party, right?

46:07 Is that what you want to say?

46:08 So the sentences are correct, right?

46:10 But we need to think about uh what we would like to say.

46:14 Okay.

46:14 Zach wrote, "We've lived in this city for nearly two decades." Nice one.

46:18 Nearly.

46:18 Nice use of nearly.

46:20 Uh Victor wrote, "I attended almost 100 English classes." Great example.

46:25 Yeah.

46:25 So, if you attended 95 or 99 English classes,

46:29 you could say, "I attended almost 100." Great, Zach.

46:33 The project is nearly complete.

46:35 We have a few details left.

46:36 Nice.

46:37 Okay, Rocky.

46:38 Yes, nice fix.

46:39 I was almost late for homeschool.

46:40 Got it.

46:41 Nice one.

46:42 Uh, okay.

46:44 Uh, oh, on Facebook, there's one.

46:45 Hi.

46:46 Uh, and well, I'm nearly to the store.

46:48 Ah, yeah.

46:48 Good one.

46:49 So, that one means like physically I am nearly to the store.

46:52 So, I'm not 100% at the store.

46:55 I'm 90% of the distance to the store.

46:58 Nice one.

47:00 Um, Apprenido, hello, wrote.

47:03 Uh, we nearly paid for the iPhone 17.

47:06 So, that sounds like that's 100% [clears throat] correct sentence,

47:10 but yeah, you did not pay for the iPhone 17, right?

47:14 Maybe you thought about it or you were online checking,

47:17 maybe thinking, but you did not pay for the iPhone 17.

47:21 Okay, great.

47:22 Nice job, everybody.

47:23 Great job with this.

47:24 Okay, so with this in mind,

47:27 if you wrote a sentence at the beginning of this live stream,

47:30 you can check that if it used almost or nearly.

47:33 But let's go on to the more I think the more interesting

47:37 pair [clears throat] maybe the most interesting word for today's lesson only.

47:41 Okay.

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48:42 Okay, let's go to only.

48:44 All right, I like talking about only because it's very interesting.

48:48 Even native speakers find this interesting usually this this example.

48:52 Today I will give you a short example of the magic of the word

48:57 only because this is one of the most

48:59 common errors that native speakers make actually.

49:02 Uh this is a common error that book editors have to fix.

49:06 So let's look at what it is.

49:08 What are we what are we going to fix here?

49:10 First only.

49:11 The word only expresses this and nothing else.

49:16 Okay.

49:17 So we have to think carefully about where we put only in the sentence.

49:22 Let's compare today just three sentences.

49:25 Sentence A, B, and C.

49:27 First one, I only saw Sarah at the park.

49:31 I only saw Sarah at the park.

49:33 Here's our only, it comes before a verb.

49:37 Okay, I'll go through the three sentences and then

49:39 we'll break down what is different and why it matters.

49:42 Okay, sentence B.

49:44 I saw only Sarah at the park.

49:47 Okay, so here's only before Sarah.

49:51 Right, we moved the only in the sentence.

49:54 Sentence C.

49:55 I saw Sarah only at the park.

49:58 Okay, here's only in this case it's before the location.

50:03 All right, so all three sentences,

50:06 sentence A, sentence B, and sentence C, 100% correct.

50:10 100% correct, but they mean different things.

50:14 So, what does it mean?

50:15 What is the difference here?

50:17 First one, a I only saw Sarah at the park.

50:22 This modifies the verb saw in past tense, right?

50:26 So, this means I only saw Sarah at the park with my eyes, right?

50:31 I did not talk to Sarah.

50:33 I did not wave at Sarah.

50:35 I did not do a dance with Sarah.

50:38 I only saw Sarah at the park, right?

50:41 She was far away, maybe.

50:43 Okay, so in this sentence, it's about the action.

50:47 The focus is the action.

50:48 I only saw her there.

50:50 Okay, I did not do anything else.

50:53 Let's compare this to sentence B.

50:55 I saw only Sarah at the park.

50:59 Okay, I saw only Sarah at the park.

51:01 Maybe I went to the park because I thought

51:03 a lot of my friends would be at the park.

51:06 But today I saw only Sarah.

51:09 Nobody else at the park.

51:11 Okay, just one person or maybe only one person I knew.

51:16 Okay, so I saw only Sarah today.

51:18 I did not see person A or person B or person C.

51:21 Okay, third sentence.

51:23 I saw Sarah only at the park.

51:26 All right, in this sentence it's before the location, right?

51:30 only comes before the location.

51:32 So in this situation,

51:33 it might mean the speaker went to an event that day with some friends,

51:39 but Sarah was only at the park.

51:43 Maybe at the event and at the store,

51:45 the speaker saw other people maybe, but Sarah was only at the park.

51:51 Okay.

51:52 So, this is a very short example of this, but only, as you can see,

51:57 changes the meaning of the sentence depending on where we place it.

52:01 Okay.

52:01 I'm going to come to check your examples.

52:04 Um, Rocky wrote, "I only saw Sebastian at the park." Yes, this is the same one.

52:08 You've just changed Sarah for Sebastian.

52:10 Okay.

52:11 Zach wrote, "The store is open only on weekends." Great.

52:15 Good.

52:16 Good.

52:16 Good.

52:16 Okay.

52:17 And another one that Zach wrote, "Only you can solve this problem." Okay, good.

52:21 Yes.

52:22 So, the common mistake that people will make,

52:26 native speakers will often make is they don't think

52:29 about where the only should go in the sentence, right?

52:32 So, they will often use sentence A's position.

52:36 They will put it before the verb.

52:38 It's a very common error.

52:40 They'll say, "Oh, I only saw Sarah at the park." But it's like, "Wait, what?

52:43 [laughter] What do you really want to say?" That's a very

52:47 common error is using uh only in the position of sentence A.

52:51 But we need to think about which part of the sentence we want to modify.

52:56 Okay.

52:57 Uh oh, good.

52:57 Some more coming in.

52:58 Patrick wrote, "I only ate the beans and rice in my lunch yesterday.

53:02 Chicken is very expensive." Okay.

53:04 So, I only ate beans and rice for lunch yesterday.

53:08 Right.

53:08 You don't need um an article there because you're introducing it to us, right?

53:13 So, I only ate beans and rice for lunch yesterday.

53:17 That's perfect.

53:17 Great.

53:18 So, I only ate.

53:19 That is correct.

53:20 However, are you emphasizing the eating of the beans

53:24 and rice or are you emphasizing the food?

53:27 Right.

53:27 So, I ate only beans and rice would be the best way

53:31 to express it if you want to emphasize just that type of food.

53:35 Does that make sense?

53:36 I should move on to just Okay.

53:39 Um, let's see.

53:41 Let's see.

53:42 Let's see.

53:42 Uh, Francisco on Facebook wrote, "I bought only this pair of shoes." Good.

53:47 Okay.

53:47 So, that's the only thing I bought, right?

53:50 I did not buy anything else.

53:51 I bought only these pair of shoes.

53:54 Okay.

53:54 And another one.

53:55 I didn't include it here.

53:57 You can put it at the beginning of the sentence, too.

54:00 Like, only I saw Sarah at the park.

54:03 That is also possible.

54:04 Meaning, no one else saw Sarah at the park.

54:07 So, that's another common place to put only.

54:10 Some people did it in the comments.

54:12 Okay.

54:12 Um, let's see any others that I haven't read.

54:16 If if you're sending many examples, great.

54:18 I see you.

54:18 I'm going to try to check sentences from everybody.

54:22 Uh, Juan wrote, uh, I follow you and I understand.

54:26 So, I understand you only in these examples.

54:30 Okay.

54:30 Do you mean you understand only in these lessons?

54:33 So, [laughter] that's great.

54:34 I'm happy that these lessons are helpful and easy for you to understand.

54:38 Uh, this person, uh, can I enroll in your course?

54:41 There's literally a link.

54:42 Click the link in the description if you want to get the course.

54:44 That's the English class 101 course.

54:46 Anybody from anywhere can join.

54:48 Okay, let's go to just.

54:51 Okay.

54:51 Oh my gosh, time.

54:53 How does time go so quickly?

54:54 I love to explain.

54:55 Let's look at just.

54:57 So just can have the same meaning as only.

55:01 It can this one.

55:02 So just can mean this and nothing else.

55:07 However, it can also refer to a very recently completed action.

55:14 Okay.

55:15 So, let's again let's do a comparison of sentence

55:17 A and sentence B here because this is another really common issue.

55:22 Uh something that is not clear in writing.

55:25 Okay, let's compare sentence A and B.

55:27 They use just.

55:29 Sentence A, I just got $1,000.

55:33 I just got $1,000.

55:34 Here is just before the verb got.

55:39 Okay.

55:39 I just got $1,000.

55:42 Correct.

55:42 The sentence is correct.

55:44 B.

55:46 I got just $1,000.

55:49 I got just $1,000.

55:51 Here, the just is before the money, the amount.

55:56 Right?

55:56 So again, both sentences 100% correct.

55:59 Perfect, beautiful, flawless sentences.

56:01 We love them.

56:02 So, what's the difference here?

56:04 I just got $1,000 sounds like I very recently received $1,000.

56:12 Like, yesterday my grandma gave me $1,000.

56:16 Okay, I just got it or I got it as a bonus for my work.

56:20 Yeah, that's exciting.

56:22 So, this sounds like a very recently completed action before the verb.

56:26 Here in sentence B, however, I got just $1,000.

56:32 Just in this sentence, doesn't mean a recently completed action.

56:38 This is more like the only version.

56:40 It has a negative feeling.

56:42 I got just $1,000.

56:45 Maybe I expected $5,000, but I got just $1,000.

56:51 We know this because it's not before the verb in this sentence.

56:55 Okay?

56:55 It comes before the quantity becau in this case the amount of money.

56:59 All right.

57:00 So again both sentences are correct but they communicate very different ideas.

57:05 Okay.

57:06 Let me come to check your sentences.

57:09 Oh my gosh.

57:10 Uh Renee wrote, "I only look for her." Okay.

57:13 I only look for her.

57:14 So that means you will not do anything else.

57:16 You will not talk to her.

57:18 You will not uh wave at her.

57:20 You only look, right?

57:21 Is that okay?

57:22 Is that what you want to say?

57:24 Um, let's see.

57:26 Let's see.

57:26 Let's see.

57:27 Let's see.

57:28 Uh, MSR wrote, "It is just to reconfirm." Okay, you could say that like,

57:32 "This call is just to reconfirm." You might use that on the phone.

57:36 That would work.

57:37 Rocky wrote, "I just got here." Good.

57:39 Okay.

57:40 Salon wrote, "Uh, that's just what I needed." Yeah.

57:43 Okay.

57:43 That's Yeah, that's just that's kind of a set phrase, I guess.

57:46 That's just ah, that's just what I needed.

57:48 It's a bit of a set phrase.

57:49 A little maybe little different from today's topic, but correct.

57:53 Nice.

57:54 Um, Anwell wrote, "I just added $1." Okay,

57:58 so I just added that's a very recently completed action, right?

58:03 So if you you could say again, I added just $1,

58:07 just like in this example, too, to make a different sentence.

58:10 Okay.

58:12 Um, and back on YouTube, Zach wrote,

58:15 "It's just a joke." Okay, so it's nothing more than a joke.

58:18 All right, good.

58:19 Just looks pretty good.

58:20 Uh, Black Eagle wrote, "I just got a present." Yeah,

58:23 very recently received a present.

58:24 Nice ones.

58:25 Okay, that sounds good.

58:26 Maybe only is the one that lots of people need a lot of practice with.

58:30 So, I have included It's kind of hard to see.

58:34 Sorry everybody.

58:35 I ran out of room on this control desk.

58:37 I think will help us.

58:38 So, I included a very very very small guide

58:43 that I hope can help you decide when you

58:46 should use just when you should use only because

58:48 there is a little bit of overlap here, right?

58:51 we can use it uh sometimes in the same situation.

58:54 So for a recently completed action like in sentence a here we can use just.

59:01 So we cannot use only to talk about a recently completed action.

59:05 We don't we cannot use those two in the same way.

59:08 So, use just for a recently completed thing.

59:11 For a quantity, like we talked about here,

59:14 1,000 or uh I guess I didn't use one here,

59:17 but when you're talking about a quantity or an amount, right,

59:20 you can use either like in sentence B, I got just $1,000 or I got only $1,000.

59:28 Both are okay for a quantity or an amount.

59:31 That's what that says there.

59:32 And here at the end of a sentence,

59:35 that's the only place that you that's the only place you can use only.

59:39 Okay?

59:40 Sometimes you'll see uh at the end of a sentence like uh somebody will

59:45 try to say a sentence like this, I saw Sarah at the park only.

59:50 It's sort of strange, but you cannot use just in that position.

59:54 You might see people say only at the end of a sentence.

59:58 You cannot use just in this way.

1:00:00 Okay.

1:00:02 Um, I'm checking for more examples.

1:00:05 Chris wrote, "Uh, it's just kidding." You would say, "I'm just kidding." Right?

1:00:10 For a joke, when you use just, I'm just kidding.

1:00:13 So, to kid means to joke or to tease, okay, as a verb, I'm just kidding.

1:00:19 I am, right?

1:00:20 You need to say that that's what you're doing.

1:00:22 Okay.

1:00:23 Um, let's see.

1:00:25 Some people are spamming today.

1:00:26 What is going on?

1:00:27 Um, all right.

1:00:28 I don't see any other examples of that.

1:00:30 Good.

1:00:30 Oh my gosh, that ended on time.

1:00:32 What a concept.

1:00:34 Great.

1:00:34 Okay, so I got through the whole lesson.

1:00:36 Oh my gosh.

1:00:37 And the time allotted to me.

1:00:38 That's amazing.

1:00:39 That never happens.

1:00:40 So, [laughter] I hope that this was a helpful

1:00:42 lesson for you uh to practice these words, these modifiers.

1:00:46 I know it seems kind of like h this is like it doesn't seem that important,

1:00:50 but it really does change the meaning of sentences.

1:00:53 And it's good to know where we should use these words because it

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1:03:22 Hi everybody and welcome back to our weekly live stream.

1:03:25 My name is Alicia and in this week's live lesson,

1:03:29 we're going to talk about explaining upcoming changes.

1:03:33 Today we're going to begin with a short review of simple future tense.

1:03:38 We're going to cover will, won't, and going to, not going to quickly.

1:03:43 Then we're going to talk about some change expressions.

1:03:47 So, the expressions we use to mark the point of a change

1:03:52 or the ones we use to talk about the point of a future change.

1:03:56 Then lastly, we're going to practice using passive

1:03:59 tense but in the future to talk about things

1:04:03 that are going to happen in the future when

1:04:06 we don't know who is going to do the action.

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1:05:18 Okay, we have a lot to cover as always, so let's begin quickly.

1:05:22 I'll say hello in the chat quickly.

1:05:24 Hello uh Cynthia from Belgium.

1:05:26 Hello.

1:05:26 Welcome.

1:05:26 That's usually don't see people from Belgium.

1:05:28 Welcome Razak.

1:05:29 Hi Elkie.

1:05:30 Hi Rocky.

1:05:30 Hi Luis.

1:05:31 Patrick and Victor.

1:05:33 Welcome everybody.

1:05:34 That's all the names I see so far.

1:05:36 I will come check in a minute.

1:05:37 Facebook uh is up.

1:05:39 I don't see people there yet.

1:05:40 Hello.

1:05:41 And Seno on YouTube.

1:05:42 Hello.

1:05:43 Okay, let's begin with a quick review of simple future tense.

1:05:47 Type frantically.

1:05:48 You can type like crazy your future

1:05:50 tense examples for your warm-up for today's lesson.

1:05:54 So, we're going to use future tense as the main grammar point,

1:05:58 like the base grammar point for today.

1:06:00 Okay.

1:06:01 So, let's begin by quickly reviewing.

1:06:05 Let's quickly review the differences between will and going to.

1:06:09 All right, will and won't in the negative.

1:06:12 When do we use this?

1:06:13 We use this for decisions in the moment.

1:06:17 Like for example, you go to a restaurant and you choose

1:06:20 your lunch item or you choose uh something at a cafe.

1:06:23 You just made the decision, right?

1:06:26 We use will to do that.

1:06:27 Those small everyday decisions.

1:06:30 And we use it when you're not sure of the plan.

1:06:34 Okay, so your weekend plan, like those feelings when you're like,

1:06:38 m maybe I'll do that or I think I'll do that.

1:06:43 So, you're not 100% sure of the plan, right?

1:06:46 But you want to express the future plan and indicate that you're not 100% sure.

1:06:52 Okay, so here are some example sentences with will.

1:06:57 I've used the reduced form.

1:06:58 So, let's take a look.

1:06:59 Let's break these down quickly.

1:07:01 I think I'll have a salad for lunch.

1:07:04 I think I'll have a salad for lunch.

1:07:06 Okay, in this sentence we have here I'll which is the reduced

1:07:11 form of I will and we followed it with the verb I'll have.

1:07:16 Right, the base verb form no change to the verb.

1:07:18 Easy, right?

1:07:19 I think I'll have a salad for lunch.

1:07:21 Second, this weekend I'll probably stay home.

1:07:25 This weekend I'll probably stay home.

1:07:27 Again we have Ile.

1:07:29 I I will.

1:07:30 And here I have modified it with probably and then the verb stay home.

1:07:35 Okay.

1:07:35 So again this is just a quick review.

1:07:38 If you want to know more about how to use will and won't,

1:07:41 you can find one of my lessons on the English class 101 YouTube channel.

1:07:46 Uh and you will be able to practice this in depth.

1:07:49 Okay.

1:07:50 I'm checking the chat really quickly.

1:07:52 Uh Zach wrote they will have a meeting this afternoon.

1:07:54 Good.

1:07:55 Uh, we'll do our best to win the game.

1:07:57 Good.

1:07:57 Nevian wrote, "I won't be able to make the trip tomorrow." Great.

1:08:01 Uh, Rocky wrote, "Someday, uh, I'll be making an audio podcast for myself." Oh,

1:08:06 and I'm excited for it, right?

1:08:07 We don't say I'm dying.

1:08:08 Maybe I'm dying to do that.

1:08:10 We could say.

1:08:11 Okay, let's see.

1:08:13 Cynthia wrote, "I think I'll probably uh come home

1:08:16 from the hospital." Make sure you have a verb there.

1:08:18 I'll probably verb.

1:08:20 Yeah.

1:08:20 And then it's perfect.

1:08:21 Great job.

1:08:22 Uh, Patrick, maybe tomorrow I'll go to the dentist.

1:08:24 Maybe tomorrow I'll go to the dentist this week.

1:08:26 You need to choose one or the other, right?

1:08:29 Tomorrow or next week or this week.

1:08:31 Sorry.

1:08:32 So, maybe tomorrow I'll go to the dentist is okay.

1:08:35 All right.

1:08:36 Uh hello on Facebook.

1:08:37 Hi Abdullah and Leonel.

1:08:39 Welcome everybody.

1:08:40 So, let's compare this now to going to.

1:08:43 Nice job everybody with will and won't.

1:08:46 Now, let's compare this with going to.

1:08:49 going to and not going to.

1:08:51 We use for very strong decisions in the moment.

1:08:55 Something we feel very emotionally connected to.

1:08:59 Like when you are young and your mom or your dad

1:09:04 or your parent or your guardian when they say to you,

1:09:07 you can't go to the party unless you do your homework or you

1:09:11 can't go to that thing you want to do and you say I'm going.

1:09:15 That is a strong decision, a future tense decision that uses going to.

1:09:20 Okay?

1:09:21 I'm going to the party.

1:09:22 All right.

1:09:22 So, we use it for these strong moments, these very emotional decisions.

1:09:27 And we use it for decisions you made before the conversation.

1:09:31 Yeah.

1:09:32 So, meaning you made a plan with someone before the conversation.

1:09:37 Okay.

1:09:38 So, it's done.

1:09:39 It's ready.

1:09:39 Right.

1:09:40 And then, oh, sorry.

1:09:42 Hey, control desk.

1:09:43 Can we maybe move the the this part down a little bit?

1:09:46 Thank you so much.

1:09:47 Okay.

1:09:48 So, we also use it for 100% sure plan.

1:09:51 So, you already know that you are going to do that thing.

1:09:54 Okay.

1:09:55 So, let's take a look at some examples and then

1:09:57 I will look at your examples in the chat.

1:09:59 So, first I'm going to visit my grandparents tomorrow.

1:10:02 Here we have going to right here and our verb is visit, right?

1:10:07 I'm going to visit my grandparents tomorrow.

1:10:10 We use going to because it sounds like

1:10:12 it's a decision you made before the conversation.

1:10:16 You probably talked to your grandparents before this conversation.

1:10:20 Like if I say to my friend, I'm going to visit my grandparents tomorrow.

1:10:24 Probably before this conversation, I talked to my grandparents, right?

1:10:28 I'm coming to visit.

1:10:30 Is it okay if I come on, you know, tomorrow?

1:10:32 [laughter] So that's why we use going to here.

1:10:35 If you say, I will visit my grandparents tomorrow.

1:10:37 Sounds really strange.

1:10:39 It sounds like you're not sure or you

1:10:41 just decided which doesn't make sense here.

1:10:43 So, use going to.

1:10:45 Okay.

1:10:45 Second one.

1:10:46 We're not going to buy a new car.

1:10:48 We're not going to buy a new car.

1:10:50 Here we have the negative not going to.

1:10:54 And our verb is buy.

1:10:55 Okay.

1:10:56 So, the negative here again sounds like we decided before the conversation.

1:11:01 So, if I'm talking to my friend and I say, "Yeah,

1:11:04 we're not going to buy a new car." That sounds like I spoke

1:11:07 with maybe my partner and we decided now is not the right time.

1:11:11 It's too expensive or we can't find the right car.

1:11:15 So, we decided right before this conversation and then

1:11:18 I say we're not going to buy a new car.

1:11:20 Okay, so again, strong decisions like the kid who wants

1:11:24 to go to the party and decisions we made before the conversation.

1:11:28 Okay, let's keep this in mind because

1:11:30 this is important for the base of today's lesson.

1:11:34 Okay, we're done here.

1:11:35 So, let's go back to the main.

1:11:37 Thanks.

1:11:38 Great job, controls.

1:11:39 Uh, so let me check the chat.

1:11:41 Uh, what's up, chat?

1:11:43 Oh my gosh.

1:11:44 Hello everybody that's saying hello on Facebook.

1:11:46 Hello.

1:11:46 Is it every day live here?

1:11:47 No.

1:11:48 Live once a week for like seven, eight years now, I think.

1:11:51 Okay, Zach on the face of YouTube chat.

1:11:54 What are you going to do after graduation?

1:11:56 A question.

1:11:57 We love that.

1:11:57 Okay.

1:11:58 Stalin wrote, "I'm going to travel next month." No, the there.

1:12:02 I'm going to travel next month.

1:12:03 Cynthia wrote, "I'm going to the cinema with friends this evening." Perfect.

1:12:06 Nice one.

1:12:07 Um, Zach, I see you're writing many messages.

1:12:09 Great job.

1:12:10 I'm trying to read from everybody who is writing.

1:12:12 Rocky, I'm going to be live streaming for my Christmas concert this year.

1:12:15 Really?

1:12:16 Is that true?

1:12:16 Good job.

1:12:17 Okay, that sounds cool.

1:12:18 Good luck.

1:12:19 Okay, so let's continue to a super quick break

1:12:22 and then we're going to use this grammar point.

1:12:25 We're going to use this grammar point in part two.

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1:13:37 So, let's continue to part two.

1:13:40 We're going to talk about change expressions now.

1:13:43 So, we practiced our future tense.

1:13:46 Now we're going to use future tense to build

1:13:49 on this to use some key change expressions.

1:13:52 So first let's talk about these two this pair we have

1:13:57 in red here from now on and from this point forward.

1:14:03 So from now on and from this point forward they have

1:14:06 the same meaning but from this point forward sounds more official.

1:14:12 You might use it in like business uh like in a company a company speech

1:14:17 or in a very formal situation maybe

1:14:20 in politics like uh announcing a policy for example.

1:14:25 So in everyday speech I recommend from now on but in more in very

1:14:31 polite situations you can say from this point forward to sound more official.

1:14:36 They mean the same thing.

1:14:37 So let's break it down.

1:14:39 from this point forward means if we look

1:14:43 at this on a timeline where the star is now

1:14:47 this is the future and back here this is

1:14:49 the past we're saying from this point forward or from now

1:14:54 on means starting now something is going to change okay

1:15:00 so we did something one way maybe you can see

1:15:03 the small blue dots here we did something like

1:15:06 this before but starting Now something is going to be different.

1:15:11 Okay.

1:15:12 So in this expression from now on and from this point

1:15:18 forward both refer to this this change point right here.

1:15:23 Okay.

1:15:24 So let's look at this in some sentences so you can see

1:15:27 what the change is and you can try to make your own sentences.

1:15:30 This is very very easy to use with the grammar point we talked about before.

1:15:35 To use this, just put it at the beginning of the sentence.

1:15:39 That's it.

1:15:39 It's really, really easy.

1:15:41 So, let me show you some examples.

1:15:43 First, from now on, we're going to have staff meetings just once a month.

1:15:49 From now on, we're going to have staff meetings just once a month.

1:15:53 Okay, in this sentence here is my future tense section.

1:15:59 This is exactly the grammar we used in part one.

1:16:02 We're going to have staff meetings just once a month.

1:16:05 Here's my going to we're going to have right staff meetings just once a month.

1:16:12 Okay.

1:16:12 And this part from now on shows starting now.

1:16:17 This is the change point.

1:16:18 Okay.

1:16:19 We are expressing a change for the future.

1:16:22 It's so easy to do, right?

1:16:23 This is a really easy way to do it.

1:16:25 Yeah.

1:16:26 Okay.

1:16:26 Let's look at a more formal example then.

1:16:30 From this point forward, I'm going to exercise every week.

1:16:34 From this point forward, I'm going to exercise every week.

1:16:37 This sounds like a very official, right?

1:16:39 Statement, right?

1:16:40 Maybe you've been struggling for a long time

1:16:42 and you say something to sound very official.

1:16:45 You want to make an official announcement to your friends.

1:16:48 It sounds a little bit funny.

1:16:49 It sounds a little funny because it's very official,

1:16:52 but we might do this when we are very serious.

1:16:54 So, here we have the change expression.

1:16:58 From this point forward, here we have the simple future tense expression.

1:17:04 I'm going to I'm going to Here is my verb.

1:17:08 I'm going to exercise every week.

1:17:11 Right?

1:17:11 So, we have our plan and then we have the change expression.

1:17:15 So, this is really really easy to do.

1:17:17 You will note maybe maybe you can see here I've used going to for these.

1:17:24 There's a reason for this.

1:17:26 From this point forward or from now on, usually when we use this expression,

1:17:31 it's because we made a plan, right?

1:17:34 Usually, we don't make the decision in the moment and then say, "Okay,

1:17:39 I'm I I'll change from right now." Yeah, it's a little bit strange.

1:17:44 Maybe there are some situations where it's okay to use will,

1:17:49 but usually we use this kind of pattern when we are announcing a plan.

1:17:54 So most cases, in most cases,

1:17:57 you'll use I'm going to or the going to grammar pattern.

1:18:02 Okay.

1:18:02 All right.

1:18:03 Let me come check your sentences and then we're going to look

1:18:05 at the second pattern which we can use in a lot of flexible ways.

1:18:10 So what did you write?

1:18:11 Uh for Jamal wrote, "From now on, I am going to sleep early." Great.

1:18:16 Okay, good one.

1:18:17 Um, Zach wrote, "We used to allow a casual dress every day,

1:18:21 but from now on, business casual is required on Mondays." Great.

1:18:25 Um, Rocky wrote, "From now on, I'm going

1:18:27 to mind my own business." Okay, just end it there.

1:18:30 I'm going to mind my own business.

1:18:32 Or, I'm always going to mind my own business.

1:18:34 That sounds good.

1:18:35 Mino wrote, "From this point forward,

1:18:37 we'll talk to our customers with polite words." Oh,

1:18:40 I would say one uh use going to again because it sounds like you made a plan,

1:18:46 but that sentence means before you used rude words to talk to your customers.

1:18:52 Was that correct?

1:18:53 So maybe consider what the uh the nuance of the sentence is.

1:18:57 Yeah.

1:18:58 Okay.

1:18:58 Grammatically okay.

1:18:59 Grammatically okay, but think about the meaning there.

1:19:02 Okay.

1:19:03 Uh Patrick, from now on I am going to stop smoking cigars.

1:19:07 Okay.

1:19:08 From now on, I'm going I would say I'm going to stop smoking cigars.

1:19:11 You put every day at the end there.

1:19:13 Does that mean From now on, I'm going to smoke cigars only every week.

1:19:18 Like, what does that mean?

1:19:19 What does every day mean at the end of your sentence?

1:19:21 Grammar is okay.

1:19:22 From now on, I'm going to stop smoking.

1:19:25 When you uh connect stop or start with a verb,

1:19:28 when you link those, you need to put the ing verb form at the end.

1:19:32 Stop smoking or start exercising.

1:19:34 Okay.

1:19:35 Um, Cynthia wrote, "From now on, I'm going to be working from home." Okay, good.

1:19:40 Um, Congo, from now on, this Friday.

1:19:44 Okay, so we don't Good question, Congo.

1:19:46 I think you put question at the end.

1:19:48 Make sure this is a regular action or some

1:19:53 regular change that you are going to do.

1:19:55 If you just want to talk about something that happens this week,

1:19:59 like you put uh this Friday I'm going to sleep

1:20:02 or I have to go to bed at 8:00 p.m., it doesn't make sense.

1:20:06 This is not something for like a one-time change.

1:20:09 We want to use this expression to talk about something we did regularly before.

1:20:15 We did it regularly before and we are going

1:20:18 to do regularly in the future like every day, every week, every month, right?

1:20:23 And we want to express that it is going to change.

1:20:26 Yeah.

1:20:27 So, we want a regular action for this one.

1:20:29 Okay.

1:20:30 Um, let's see some more.

1:20:32 Sio wrote, "I used to sleep late." Uh,

1:20:35 from now on, I'm going to I'm going to bed early.

1:20:38 Okay.

1:20:38 I would say I used to go to sleep late.

1:20:41 To sleep late means like to sleep until a late time in the morning.

1:20:46 Yeah.

1:20:46 So, I used to go to sleep late.

1:20:48 Okay.

1:20:49 Oh my gosh.

1:20:50 Um, some people on Facebook wrote, "I'm going to eat.

1:20:53 I'm going to school.

1:20:54 You have a future tense sentence.

1:20:55 Can you use it to express a change?

1:20:58 This is today's lesson challenge.

1:21:00 So, let's continue to the next sections.

1:21:03 The next pattern uses this expression.

1:21:07 As of.

1:21:08 It starts with as of.

1:21:09 And I gave you a few examples.

1:21:11 We're going to practice this here.

1:21:13 So as of today or as of next week, as of 2026,

1:21:21 we can put any point in time in this pattern.

1:21:26 Okay?

1:21:27 As of.

1:21:28 So this one we use very very similar to this from this point forward pattern.

1:21:34 So as of today or as of next week, what this as of does,

1:21:41 this as of tells us when the change is going to happen.

1:21:47 Okay?

1:21:48 So think of this as of kind of like this, but we can move it.

1:21:55 So we can move it in one direction or another.

1:21:57 It can go this way.

1:21:58 It can go that way.

1:21:59 Always in the future.

1:22:01 So as of today means now.

1:22:04 As of today, right?

1:22:05 As of next week means this change is going to happen in the future.

1:22:10 Yeah.

1:22:11 As of 2026 means very far in the future.

1:22:15 This change is going to happen or this condition is going to be different.

1:22:20 So as of gives us the point.

1:22:22 It introduces the point for change.

1:22:24 Okay?

1:22:25 So you can put that in your note.

1:22:26 As of marks the point of change.

1:22:29 Okay.

1:22:29 So, let's look at some sentences that use as of.

1:22:33 Now, first one, as of next week, there will be no company dress code.

1:22:38 As of next week, there will be no company dress code.

1:22:41 Okay, a couple points in this sentence.

1:22:43 Maybe you've noticed already.

1:22:45 So, as of we have here, this marks the point of the change.

1:22:50 Next week, in this case, okay, so here as of next week,

1:22:55 there will be no company dress code.

1:22:59 Notice we have a will in this one.

1:23:01 So this means it could be a really casual decision that was made.

1:23:06 It could be something that's not so important, right?

1:23:09 So as of next week, there will be no company dress code scope.

1:23:12 It could be something like that.

1:23:14 So it's okay to use a will pattern here.

1:23:17 Like I said before, while usually we use

1:23:20 these patterns to introduce a plan we've decided,

1:23:23 there are some cases where it does sound

1:23:26 natural and it does sound appropriate to use will.

1:23:29 So here we have one.

1:23:30 There will be no company dress code.

1:23:33 All right, let's look at the second one.

1:23:35 As of today, our company will be using only clean energy.

1:23:40 As of today, our company will be using only clean energy.

1:23:44 All right.

1:23:45 So here again as of today in this case so starting

1:23:49 today right this point that I talked about before starting today

1:23:54 our company will be using okay only clean energy so it

1:24:00 sounds like I just decided this thing a little bit maybe

1:24:03 yeah so you could use a going to pattern

1:24:07 as of today our company is going to use clean energy sounds

1:24:11 a little more confident but again maybe the CEO made the decision

1:24:16 today like as of today we will only use clean energy.

1:24:19 So there are some cases where you will

1:24:21 see will being used but we use these patterns

1:24:25 these as of patterns to show when the point uh

1:24:29 will or when the change point is going to happen.

1:24:32 Okay let me check your examples now.

1:24:35 Uh so again Rocky wrote as of next week I'm getting a haircut.

1:24:40 Okay.

1:24:40 Again, we must choose a regular action.

1:24:45 Yeah.

1:24:45 Not a one.

1:24:46 This is not for a one-time action.

1:24:48 So, I'll put that on the board here.

1:24:50 I'll put that uh I'll just write it in black here.

1:24:53 Regular actions.

1:24:55 Okay.

1:24:56 So, these must be not one-time actions, but regular things that happen.

1:25:03 So, we cannot choose like uh something that we do one time.

1:25:07 Yeah.

1:25:07 So in all of these examples,

1:25:10 we have a recurring or an action that happens regularly.

1:25:15 So a staff meeting, we have it regularly.

1:25:17 Maybe before once a week, now once a month.

1:25:21 Here, exercising.

1:25:22 Maybe I never exercised before, but now I'm going to exercise regularly.

1:25:27 In this one, no.

1:25:29 Uh company dress code was everyday company dress code,

1:25:32 but now there's no company dress code.

1:25:35 And in this one, using energy.

1:25:37 That's a regular thing that happens, right?

1:25:39 We don't use this for one-time actions.

1:25:42 Okay.

1:25:43 Um, Sio wrote, "As of today, I will have my own dress code." Okay, good.

1:25:48 That's very funny.

1:25:49 It's good.

1:25:49 Okay.

1:25:50 Fernando on Facebook wrote, "As of today,

1:25:52 I will be better." Okay, what does that mean?

1:25:55 I'm curious.

1:25:55 Your grammar sounds good.

1:25:56 Grammar sounds good.

1:25:58 Uh, Zach wrote, "As of next Monday,

1:26:00 the library will extend its opening hours." Good.

1:26:03 Okay.

1:26:03 Jamal wrote, "As of today,

1:26:05 no one will leave early without telling me." Nice one.

1:26:08 Very nice example sentence.

1:26:10 Great.

1:26:10 So, make sure that these are all recurring activities.

1:26:14 Natalie wrote, "As of tomorrow,

1:26:16 we will use the new password for the door lock." Nice one, Natalie.

1:26:18 Great.

1:26:19 Okay.

1:26:20 Uh Stalin wrote, "Salin, yeah, as of today, I'm going to save more." Okay.

1:26:24 As of today, or you can also use, you may also use uh starting today.

1:26:29 Yeah.

1:26:30 Starting now or starting next week or starting tomorrow.

1:26:33 I'm going to blah blah blah is also popular.

1:26:36 Okay, Mino wrote, "As of next month,

1:26:38 the minimum wage in Japan will go up." Oh, is that true?

1:26:41 Interesting.

1:26:42 Okay, let's stop there.

1:26:43 Oh my gosh, I'm already out of time.

1:26:46 [sighs and gasps] I like to explain.

1:26:47 Let's take uh maybe let's move on real quick

1:26:49 and then I'll remind you again uh at the end.

1:26:53 Okay, good.

1:26:53 Let's talk about the last point for today.

1:26:56 The last point I want to talk about is grammar.

1:26:59 Woohoo!

1:26:59 Great.

1:27:00 So, let's talk about passive voice, your favorite.

1:27:04 So, but let's talk about passive voice in the future.

1:27:08 So, how do we use it to explain things that are going to happen in the future,

1:27:14 but we don't know who's going to do it, right?

1:27:17 This is a real thing like in companies, in the news, in politics.

1:27:22 Something is going to happen in the future,

1:27:24 but we don't know the person who's going to do it, right?

1:27:27 So, let's take a look.

1:27:29 Reminder to make this uh to make this grammar pattern,

1:27:32 we're going to use a simple future tense verb

1:27:35 like will or going to, which we practiced today.

1:27:38 Then we're going to use be and then the past participle verb.

1:27:42 Okay, so let's take a look at some examples

1:27:46 and then let's talk about why we might use this.

1:27:49 So first one, the package is going to be sent tomorrow.

1:27:53 The package is going to be sent tomorrow.

1:27:55 So here we have a future tense passive expression, right?

1:27:59 Let's break this one down quickly.

1:28:02 Let's use red.

1:28:02 Okay, so we have the package is going to Here's our simple future, right?

1:28:09 Going to be plus our past participle verb.

1:28:12 The package is going to be sent tomorrow.

1:28:14 Why is this sentence in passive?

1:28:16 Maybe because I don't know who is going

1:28:18 to send the package or something like that.

1:28:22 like it's coming from some company.

1:28:24 I ordered it from a company online.

1:28:26 I don't know who is going to send the package.

1:28:28 So, we can use the passive to express them.

1:28:31 Okay.

1:28:32 Uh, next one.

1:28:33 The decision won't be made until next week.

1:28:36 The decision won't be made until next week.

1:28:38 Here, the decision won't is our future tense verb be.

1:28:44 We have, of course, part of the passive expression.

1:28:48 And then we have made our past participle verb.

1:28:51 The decision won't be made until next week.

1:28:55 Who is going to make the decision?

1:28:57 I don't know.

1:28:58 Or maybe I want to hide.

1:29:00 Maybe it's me and someone else.

1:29:02 We are making an unpopular decision next week.

1:29:05 Maybe.

1:29:06 So, we might use this sentence to hide

1:29:08 or because we don't know the person making the decision.

1:29:12 Okay.

1:29:13 Check the chat.

1:29:14 Uh, back in the chat on Facebook, Den Diaz wrote,

1:29:17 "Starting today, I will wake up 20 minutes earlier." Nice one.

1:29:21 Okay.

1:29:22 And back on Facebook, Rocky.

1:29:23 Sorry, I don't know what to think of.

1:29:25 That's okay.

1:29:25 Don't worry about it.

1:29:26 Just you will think of it in time.

1:29:28 Okay.

1:29:29 Let's continue.

1:29:30 Last example.

1:29:31 The policies won't be made clear until next month.

1:29:35 The policies won't be made clear until next month.

1:29:38 So, in this sentence again, we have the negative won't.

1:29:42 We have our B in our passive structure.

1:29:44 Be made clear.

1:29:46 We can connect these two.

1:29:47 to make something clear.

1:29:48 The policies won't be made clear until next month.

1:29:52 Okay?

1:29:53 So that means next next month is the point when the change will happen.

1:29:59 But who is going to make the policies clear?

1:30:02 Maybe we don't know or we want to hide that thing.

1:30:05 Okay?

1:30:06 So these sentences are very very useful when we don't know the person

1:30:10 doing the action or when we want to hide the person doing the action.

1:30:14 So I've put that here.

1:30:15 The actor is unknown.

1:30:17 The actor means the person doing the action.

1:30:20 And when the result is important, right?

1:30:23 We want to focus on the result.

1:30:25 In this case, the package, right?

1:30:28 The package sending is very important, not who is sending the package.

1:30:33 And in this sentence, the decision is what is important.

1:30:36 And here the policies are what is important.

1:30:39 Right?

1:30:39 So, we want to focus on the result of the thing, not the actor of the thing.

1:30:44 Okay.

1:30:45 All right.

1:30:46 Let me see your examples.

1:30:48 Um, Fernando on Facebook wrote, "My boss won't be here until next Friday." Okay.

1:30:54 So, my boss won't The grammatically is correct.

1:30:57 Grammatically correct.

1:30:58 All right.

1:30:58 Um, Zach wrote, "This task is going to be done in three phases." Okay.

1:31:04 Um, let's see.

1:31:07 Congo, what do you want to say?

1:31:08 I won't be used to go to the grocery store every morning.

1:31:11 Maybe I won't go to the grocery store every morning.

1:31:14 What do you want to say there?

1:31:16 I think there's I won't be used

1:31:18 to is those are two very different grammar points.

1:31:21 So maybe uh you can simplify try

1:31:24 to make a simpler example sentence and try again.

1:31:26 Good effort.

1:31:28 Okay.

1:31:28 Uh oh my gosh, time has gone quickly.

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1:33:01 Next week I'll be back.

1:33:03 Of course, next week, what did I choose for next week's lesson?

1:33:06 Ah, yes.

1:33:07 Next week's going to be fun.

1:33:08 Next week I have planned a lesson titled explaining nuanced opinions.

1:33:14 Okay, nuanced means those opinions that have like

1:33:17 it's not just one clear opinion like I love

1:33:20 pancakes but like I think this is good but I think this part is not so good.

1:33:26 How do you express opinions that have a little bit of like flexibility?

1:33:30 Yeah, you have to do this.

1:33:32 Thanks.

1:33:34 [laughter]

1:33:33 So, join me next week to do more of this and to practice your nuanced opinions.

1:33:38 So, opinions that have lots of small opinions inside them.

1:33:42 Yeah, it's really important to do that.

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1:34:29 Hi everybody and welcome back to our weekly live stream.

1:34:32 My name is Alicia and in this week's live lesson,

1:34:35 we're going to talk about sharing nuanced opinions.

1:34:40 Nuanced opinions means presenting a few different ideas in your opinion.

1:34:46 So, it's not just A or B,

1:34:49 but how do you talk about the small opinions inside your bigger opinion?

1:34:54 Today, we're going to talk about some patterns you can use to do that.

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1:36:06 I think that everything is rolling.

1:36:08 It looks like Facebook is there.

1:36:09 Hooray.

1:36:10 And I think that YouTube is also there.

1:36:11 Hooray.

1:36:12 Wow, look at all the people in YouTube.

1:36:13 Oh my gosh.

1:36:13 Hi everybody.

1:36:14 Welcome.

1:36:15 Hi.

1:36:15 Can I scooch this forward?

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1:36:17 Is there enough space here?

1:36:19 Okay.

1:36:19 Um [snorts] maybe I'll move this forward too.

1:36:21 Hello uh Natalie and Abdul and uh and Labet

1:36:26 Dign uh Fran Stalin Jamal uh Areno from Brazil.

1:36:32 What's up Salman Mino?

1:36:33 Hi Cherry.

1:36:34 Oh my gosh, so many people today and on Facebook.

1:36:36 Hello Abdi, I saw you just there briefly.

1:36:39 Oh my gosh.

1:36:39 Welcome everybody.

1:36:41 Let's begin today's live stream topic because we have a lot to cover.

1:36:45 Let's begin with our first pattern for part one.

1:36:49 I want to talk about presenting contrasting ideas.

1:36:54 So when you want to express an opinion where you have

1:36:58 two ideas that are kind of not the opposite, but for example,

1:37:03 when you have one idea or one opinion that's

1:37:06 kind of good and another opinion that's a little negative,

1:37:10 how do you combine those two to create a sentence?

1:37:14 Okay, so let's take a look.

1:37:15 The first pattern is very, very simple.

1:37:18 I think X, but I also think Y.

1:37:22 Okay, where X is a simple sentence, your first idea.

1:37:27 So, usually this X part is your kind of positive idea, the good point.

1:37:34 Okay?

1:37:34 And then Y is kind of the not so good point, a little bit negative point.

1:37:39 Okay?

1:37:40 And of course X and Y should be about the same topic.

1:37:47 Okay?

1:37:47 So let's go through the three example sentences I prepared.

1:37:51 You can send me your example sentences in the chat

1:37:54 and I will try to check them live.

1:37:56 So let's take a look.

1:37:57 How do we use this first example?

1:38:00 I think she's a very efficient worker,

1:38:04 but I also think she's very hard to get along with.

1:38:09 Okay, let's break down this sentence.

1:38:11 Let's follow the pattern.

1:38:12 I think X.

1:38:14 Okay, so here is the I think.

1:38:16 Right?

1:38:16 Then X, I said X is just a simple sentence.

1:38:20 Simple sentence one.

1:38:21 Here is my simple sentence.

1:38:23 She's a very efficient worker.

1:38:26 Right?

1:38:26 Very simple.

1:38:27 Inside this we have a subject and then

1:38:30 we have in this case we have an adjective.

1:38:33 But we have this very efficient worker section

1:38:36 to describe the positive part of this person.

1:38:40 Right?

1:38:41 She's a very efficient worker.

1:38:42 Oh, sorry.

1:38:42 And my verb here.

1:38:44 She is.

1:38:44 Right.

1:38:44 She's a very efficient worker.

1:38:46 Sentence one.

1:38:48 Then we present the other point, right?

1:38:51 The negative point with but right.

1:38:55 But I also think she's very hard to get along with.

1:39:01 Here we have simple sentence two.

1:39:04 She is.

1:39:04 So here's our subject and our verb.

1:39:07 And here very hard to get along with.

1:39:11 So hard to get along with someone means

1:39:13 easy to have a good relationship with someone.

1:39:17 Okay, in this case it's a negative thing.

1:39:20 She's very hard to get along with means

1:39:22 it's difficult to make a good relationship with her.

1:39:26 So in this sentence we have in part one X a good point, right?

1:39:31 She's a very efficient worker.

1:39:33 But in sentence Y, we have this kind of negative point.

1:39:37 So in this way we can use this simple pattern to share two parts of one opinion.

1:39:44 Right?

1:39:44 So this together helps express your opinion of a person.

1:39:48 Their good points and their bad points.

1:39:50 Okay?

1:39:51 You can send your message in the chat.

1:39:52 Now that we've practiced this structure,

1:39:54 I'll go on to the next one and then I'll come

1:39:56 back to the chat to say uh to check your examples.

1:39:59 Hello to everyone joining.

1:40:00 Hi Pensry from Thailand.

1:40:02 Welcome Yospel from Cuba.

1:40:04 What's up?

1:40:05 And hello.

1:40:06 Ah.

1:40:06 Oh my gosh.

1:40:08 Juan.

1:40:09 And Leon.

1:40:10 I think I didn't say hello to you before.

1:40:11 Gay.

1:40:12 Hello.

1:40:12 Welcome.

1:40:12 Okay, let's take a look at the second example sentence then.

1:40:16 I think fried chicken for dinner sounds great.

1:40:20 But I also think we should eat something healthy.

1:40:24 Okay.

1:40:24 So, when you make a decision for dinner, you might use this pattern.

1:40:28 Okay.

1:40:28 Let's break this one down in our nuanced opinion.

1:40:31 So I think and then our first sentence is here.

1:40:35 Fried chicken for dinner sounds great.

1:40:39 Okay.

1:40:39 So fried chicken for dinner.

1:40:41 Fried chicken for dinner.

1:40:43 Right.

1:40:44 Sounds Here's our verb.

1:40:45 Great.

1:40:46 That sounds great.

1:40:48 Okay.

1:40:48 So that's a good point.

1:40:49 But but here's our contrast.

1:40:52 I also think we should eat something healthy.

1:40:56 Here's our second sentence.

1:40:58 We should eat something healthy.

1:41:00 So in this case we present a not so healthy option and then a more

1:41:05 healthy option or a suggestion for something

1:41:08 healthy in the second part of the sentence.

1:41:11 Okay.

1:41:11 So in this way we can present two sides of an opinion.

1:41:15 All right.

1:41:16 I see some examples coming in.

1:41:17 Hooray.

1:41:18 Patrick wrote orange juice is good for our health.

1:41:20 Uh maybe unfortunately nowadays the oranges are very expensive.

1:41:24 Uh okay.

1:41:25 So maybe you're using unfortunately here.

1:41:28 like orange juice is good for our health

1:41:30 and then instead of but you used unfortunately.

1:41:33 Do I have that right?

1:41:34 Unfortunately nowadays the oranges are very expensive.

1:41:37 Okay.

1:41:38 So maybe you just used unfortunately here.

1:41:41 That works.

1:41:41 That sounds great.

1:41:42 Okay.

1:41:43 Uh Mino has a good one.

1:41:46 I think she seems to be a good teacher,

1:41:48 but I also think she's too childish to talk logically.

1:41:52 Oh, good.

1:41:52 Okay.

1:41:53 So to talk logically or to think logically maybe could be a good one.

1:41:57 Nice one.

1:41:58 Okay.

1:41:58 Um, Rocky wrote, "I think actor, so you don't need Ann.

1:42:02 I think actor Bob Hope is the funniest guy,

1:42:05 but I also think he's kind of silly in some movies." Great.

1:42:09 Nice one.

1:42:10 Great examples so far, everybody.

1:42:12 Okay, let's look at one more different situation for our third example.

1:42:17 It's kind of long.

1:42:18 I hope you can see.

1:42:19 Uh, so let's break down this one.

1:42:22 Long sentence.

1:42:23 It looks long, right?

1:42:24 But it's the same pattern.

1:42:26 It's a really simple pattern.

1:42:27 Okay, so let's take a look at what's happening.

1:42:30 This sentence is, I think changing jobs could be good for you,

1:42:36 but I also think you're making good money at your current job.

1:42:42 Okay, I think changing jobs could be good for you,

1:42:45 but I also think you're making good money at your current job.

1:42:48 Okay, very real life situation, right?

1:42:51 Let's break this sentence down.

1:42:52 Here we have our I think.

1:42:54 Okay, next.

1:42:56 Changing jobs could be good for you, right?

1:43:00 This is just a simple sentence.

1:43:02 Changing jobs.

1:43:03 So, here's the topic here.

1:43:05 Changing jobs.

1:43:06 And then in this sentence, we have could be, right, for our verb.

1:43:10 So, we're talking about a possibility here.

1:43:13 It could be good for you.

1:43:14 Yeah.

1:43:15 But our contrast point is here.

1:43:18 But I also think and then you're making good money at your current job.

1:43:26 Here's another simple sentence.

1:43:28 You're making so here's our subject and our verb in this case progressive.

1:43:33 You're making good money at your current job.

1:43:36 Right?

1:43:37 So in this way we can present two sides of a situation.

1:43:40 Right?

1:43:41 This is maybe a very real life professional

1:43:44 problem to have or a professional question to have.

1:43:46 Right?

1:43:47 Okay.

1:43:48 Uh, let's see what else is coming in the chat.

1:43:50 Stylin wrote, "I think traveling is a lot of fun,

1:43:53 but sometimes the journey is very tiring." I 100% agree.

1:43:57 I agree with you.

1:43:58 Traveling is a lot of fun, but yes, sometimes the journey is tiring.

1:44:02 Okay, others.

1:44:04 Salman wrote, "I think the party was amazing,

1:44:07 but the weather was terrible." Good.

1:44:09 Okay, so some people uh removed, you can do you can remove this.

1:44:13 So, but uh you can remove this part.

1:44:16 Some people are doing that.

1:44:17 That looks great.

1:44:18 Nice one, Facebook.

1:44:20 I see people saying, "Hello.

1:44:21 I do not see example sentences."

1:44:23 Your YouTube classmates are doing a fantastic job.

1:44:26 They're putting long sentences in the chat.

1:44:28 So, [laughter] make sure that Facebook people also send some example sentences.

1:44:33 Okay.

1:44:35 The Black Eagle, I think you're good at math,

1:44:38 but I also think that you're good at science.

1:44:40 Okay.

1:44:41 I would put an and there because the ideas don't really contrast.

1:44:45 like I think you're good at math and I think you're good at science.

1:44:50 So in in that sentence you're kind of giving two good points, right?

1:44:54 So in my mind to me I think you should use

1:44:57 an and there but right here we use to show contrast.

1:45:01 The two things there's a positive side

1:45:04 and a negative side or two things are very different.

1:45:06 Right?

1:45:07 Okay.

1:45:08 Let's see who else.

1:45:09 Um Theo wrote, "I think sleeping early could be good for your health." Okay.

1:45:15 But I also think you're laying in bed even though you're not tired.

1:45:18 Okay, I see what you mean.

1:45:20 Yeah, I would say to make it a little more natural,

1:45:23 I think going to bed early could be good for your health,

1:45:27 but I also think you might just lay in bed even though you're not tired, right?

1:45:34 So, you might just could mean like that might be a future possibility.

1:45:39 Yeah.

1:45:39 Okay.

1:45:40 Nice examples, everybody.

1:45:41 Where you go?

1:45:41 Okay, Facebook, I'm waiting for your example sentences.

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1:45:46 Get Let's get some examples going.

1:45:48 Okay, let's take Oh,

1:45:49 let's take a quick break and then we'll continue to part two.

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1:46:39 Let's go to part two.

1:46:42 So, in part two, we're going to talk about this doesn't mean pattern.

1:46:47 Okay, and there are a few variations,

1:46:49 but let's take a look at the base pattern I want to use today.

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1:47:00 So, let's take a look at doesn't mean.

1:47:04 So the pattern I want to use is very

1:47:07 similar to pattern the pattern in part one today.

1:47:11 Okay.

1:47:12 The pattern is while X that doesn't mean Y.

1:47:17 Okay.

1:47:18 While X that doesn't mean Y.

1:47:21 So in this pattern again where X is

1:47:24 simple sentence one and Y is simple sentence two.

1:47:29 The grammar of the structure, the grammar in this pattern is very similar here.

1:47:35 However, this that doesn't mean part is a different uh creates a different

1:47:42 type of contrast creates a different type of uh relationship between X and Y.

1:47:49 Okay.

1:47:49 So this sentence, this pattern means that X is true.

1:47:54 Okay.

1:47:54 X is true, but X even though X is true.

1:47:59 Well, yes, it's true, that doesn't mean or that does not negate why.

1:48:05 Okay, so that doesn't mean that Y can't be true.

1:48:09 Okay, sounds confusing.

1:48:10 So, let's break it down with some example sentences.

1:48:14 Okay, so let's take a look at the first one.

1:48:16 While our vacation budget isn't huge, that doesn't mean we can't have fun.

1:48:23 So, while our vacation budget isn't huge, that doesn't mean we can't have fun.

1:48:27 Let's break down this sentence.

1:48:29 First, we have while at the beginning of the sentence.

1:48:32 Okay, so this this is like a big hint.

1:48:35 There's a contrast.

1:48:37 There's a different idea coming soon.

1:48:39 Okay, so while our vacation budget isn't huge, here's X, right?

1:48:46 Sentence, simple sentence number one.

1:48:48 Our vacation budget, here's our subject.

1:48:51 Here's our verb isn't and then we have huge

1:48:55 right really really big right so our vacation budget isn't

1:48:59 huge this is idea number one then we have

1:49:02 this part that doesn't mean okay so that means yes

1:49:07 x is true however then we have often

1:49:12 at the end of this pattern a kind of negative sentence

1:49:16 and when I say negative I mean like a grammatically

1:49:19 negative thing so In this case, we can't have fun.

1:49:24 We can't have fun.

1:49:26 Okay.

1:49:26 So, you might think, "Oh, wait.

1:49:28 Does that mean we can't have fun

1:49:30 because the budget isn't huge?" No, the opposite.

1:49:34 It means that although Y is true, that although Y is true or sorry,

1:49:41 although X is true, Y is still possible.

1:49:46 Y is still possible.

1:49:47 But we use a negative here.

1:49:50 that doesn't mean we can't have fun.

1:49:53 Okay?

1:49:54 So that means we can't have fun is not true.

1:49:57 Okay?

1:49:58 So while our vacation budget isn't huge, that doesn't mean we can't have fun.

1:50:04 Okay?

1:50:04 What's tricky?

1:50:05 I think the challenging point here is often we

1:50:08 use a grammatically negative like we can't have fun here.

1:50:12 Okay.

1:50:13 Let's look at another example sentence and then I'll come to check the comments.

1:50:17 Okay.

1:50:18 So the next one is while I disagreed with the CEO's opinions,

1:50:24 that doesn't mean I think he should have been fired.

1:50:28 While I disagreed with the CEO's opinions,

1:50:31 that doesn't mean I think he should have been fired.

1:50:33 So let's break down this sentence, which is a past tense example.

1:50:37 Okay?

1:50:38 So again, we begin with while.

1:50:40 Okay?

1:50:41 Then I disagreed with the CEO's opinions is X.

1:50:47 Simple sentence one.

1:50:48 Okay.

1:50:49 And here we have a past tense.

1:50:51 I disagreed.

1:50:53 Okay.

1:50:54 This tells us the situation has finished.

1:50:56 It's over, right?

1:50:58 I'm talking about a past situation.

1:51:00 So, while I disagreed with the CEO's opinions,

1:51:05 that doesn't mean, and then here is sentence why.

1:51:09 I think he should have been fired.

1:51:11 So, this is an opinion, right?

1:51:13 In this case, I think he should have been.

1:51:17 So, this again shows us the action happened in the past.

1:51:22 Okay.

1:51:22 So, this means yes, I disagreed with the CEO's opinions,

1:51:27 but in this situation, the CEO was fired.

1:51:31 It's like, oh, that sounds like a surprise, right?

1:51:34 Yes, I did not agree, but I don't think that was right.

1:51:40 I don't think that was a good idea to fire the CEO.

1:51:43 So, we communicate that with that doesn't

1:51:46 mean plus the opposite kind of grammar point.

1:51:50 Okay.

1:51:50 So, maybe you can kind of see this here.

1:51:53 We have different grammar or different uh feelings in sentence

1:51:57 one and sentence two in X and in Y.

1:52:00 In this case, we have a kind of negative in sentence X, right?

1:52:04 I disagreed, right?

1:52:05 I didn't think that was good, but I think he should have been fired.

1:52:10 Right.

1:52:10 So, we're contrasting these two points.

1:52:12 Yeah.

1:52:13 Okay.

1:52:14 Let's see what you wrote in the chat.

1:52:16 I see some examples coming up.

1:52:18 Uh Minnow has a funny one.

1:52:19 While you're the smartest in this class, that doesn't mean you're the greatest.

1:52:23 Nice one, [laughter] Minnow.

1:52:25 I think I think there are some people that should hear that sentence.

1:52:28 Great.

1:52:28 Great.

1:52:29 Good one.

1:52:29 Okay.

1:52:30 Uh Zach, nice one.

1:52:32 While I enjoy your company,

1:52:34 that doesn't mean I want to spend every evening with you.

1:52:37 Very nice example sentence.

1:52:39 Okay.

1:52:40 Um, Victor wrote, "While I'm studying so hard," or I would say,

1:52:45 "Uh, while maybe while I've been studying very hard," or similar,

1:52:49 uh, that doesn't mean that I'm going to get a good

1:52:52 uh a good grade maybe or a good score on my test.

1:52:56 Yeah.

1:52:56 So maybe while while I'm studying very very hard,

1:52:59 that doesn't mean I'm going to get a good score.

1:53:02 Okay.

1:53:03 Um let me see some others.

1:53:04 Hey, finally on Facebook, Miriam, you're our first one today.

1:53:08 Great.

1:53:08 Miriam wrote, "While you have a high grade in math,

1:53:11 that doesn't mean you don't need to practice." Nice one.

1:53:14 That's a great one.

1:53:15 That's a very, very nice sentence.

1:53:17 Great job, Miam.

1:53:18 Okay.

1:53:19 Um back on YouTube, if I have Let's see.

1:53:21 I'm trying to read comments from everybody so everyone has a chance.

1:53:25 Um Jamal wrote, "While bears look heavy,

1:53:28 that doesn't mean they can't outrun us." [laughter] Yes, that's true.

1:53:33 That's a great one.

1:53:34 Thanks, Jamal.

1:53:35 I like that.

1:53:35 Okay.

1:53:37 Um, let's see.

1:53:39 Rocky wrote, "While something is starting to happen." Okay,

1:53:42 something is starting to happen.

1:53:44 That doesn't mean, right, that doesn't mean I'm not going to lose my cool.

1:53:48 What is this situation?

1:53:49 This is You put while something is starting to happen.

1:53:52 Can you be a little more specific?

1:53:54 Like what's the what's the something like while a fight is

1:53:57 starting to happen maybe like a fights or an argument while

1:54:00 an argument is starting or maybe while I can see an argument

1:54:04 is starting that doesn't mean I'm going to lose my cool okay

1:54:09 so watch out at the end of that you put that doesn't

1:54:11 I'm not going to so that doesn't mean I'm a little

1:54:14 confused by that one maybe can you can you help me understand

1:54:18 the situation a little bit more great great effort there okay Um,

1:54:24 and Rodies wrote, "While we have a tight budget for our vacation,

1:54:27 that doesn't mean we can't bargain for some souvenirs." Yeah, great.

1:54:31 Oh, another one came on Facebook.

1:54:33 Aziz wrote, "While while I was in the hospital,

1:54:36 that doesn't mean I was sick." Good.

1:54:38 Okay, good.

1:54:38 Maybe you had an accident or something, right?

1:54:41 So, while I was in the hospital, that doesn't mean I was sick.

1:54:44 Very nice job, everybody.

1:54:45 I was I thought this would be quite a challenging one.

1:54:48 Okay, let's finish with one more example

1:54:50 and then we'll continue to some keywords.

1:54:53 I had a lot I wanted to share today, but I didn't have enough space.

1:54:56 So, I chose the top keywords that I hope will

1:54:59 be helpful to kind of boost your vocabulary this week.

1:55:03 Anyway, let's go to the last one.

1:55:05 While the school's rules are strict,

1:55:08 that doesn't mean students can't enjoy their studies here.

1:55:12 Okay.

1:55:12 So again, while the school's rules are strict,

1:55:15 that doesn't mean students can't enjoy their studies here.

1:55:18 So again, we begin with while.

1:55:21 Okay.

1:55:22 Here is X.