Meaning of MAN - A Really Short English Lesson with Subtitles

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So you might look at this word and think that I picked a really easy word for today.
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Maybe you already know what "man" means, that you know, I'm a man and you're familiar with
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that definition of the word.
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But what I wanted to talk about today is we also use the word "man" as an expression - an
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expression of excitement or delight.
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So we could say something like, "Man that is a really nice car!"
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You could say something like, "Man I really enjoyed that movie!"
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So we use it at the beginning of a sentence to kind of express something that we were
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excited about or something that we were delighted to see.
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So you could say things like, "Man I really love this song!" or "Man that was just a great
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bowl of ice cream that I just ate!"
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