Learn the English Words "whatsoever" and "somewhat"

In this English lesson,

I wanted to help you learn the English word whatsoever.

This is kind of an interesting word,

and Konstantin asked if I could explain it.

When you use the word whatsoever, it means at all.

If I was to say,

"There isn't any traffic behind me whatsoever,"

it would mean that there are no cars or trucks behind me.

By the way, sorry if I'm squinting a lot.

It's very bright out here.

I tried to stand in the shade,

but it's still hard to keep my eyes open.

I should have brought my sunglasses

because there aren't any clouds

in the sky whatsoever right now.

It's a clear blue sky, and it makes it hard to see.

The second word I wanted to teach you today

is the word somewhat.

This means the same as a little bit.

You could say, "It's somewhat cold out here today."

It's minus two degrees Celsius, so it's not super cold.

It's just somewhat cold.

It's a little bit cold.

When I make my English lessons,

I'm sometimes somewhat talkative,

so I'm a little bit talkative.

I talk a little bit too much.

So to review, when you use the word whatsoever,

it means at all.

So there's not a cloud in the sky whatsoever.

Today there weren't any students at school whatsoever,

because we don't start teaching until tomorrow,

which is actually today for you.

Wednesday is the first day of second semester.

I'm making this video on a Tuesday.

And when you use the word somewhat, you mean a little bit,

so I talk somewhat loud when I'm teaching my classes.

I'm kind of a loud talking teacher.

I'm somewhat loud, so it means I'm a little bit loud.

I don't yell at my students, but I'm somewhat loud.

But hey, let's look at a comment from a previous video.

This comment is from Padma,

and Padma says...

I can't get my paper open, 'cause I got my gloves on.

It's somewhat difficult to get the paper unfolded.

Padma says, "When I watch your video,

I always have a feeling

that I am hanging out with a good friend of mine."

And my response.

"That's a very nice way to describe it.

Thanks for the kind words,

and good use of the phrase from the last video as well."

It is kind of like hanging out a bit.

I try as best as I can

to be myself when I'm making my videos.

I don't try to put on some sort of fake personality.

The Bob that you are seeing and hearing right now

is the same Bob I am when I'm at home,

and so I can understand that.

It's fun for me to talk to you.

It's fun to read comments from all of you

and respond to them.

It's fun to get to know you a little bit.

So in a certain way, we are hanging out a little bit.

We're somewhat hanging out.

I guess you could use it that way.

Anyways, I'm walking through my downtown right now.

I just thought I would come out here

on this bright, sunny day.

I'm not sure where my sunglasses are.

I thought they were in the van, but they're not.

But I'm just taking a little stroll here,

just having a look around.

You can see the intersection behind me is somewhat busy,

so that means it's a little bit busy.

It's not crazy busy, but it's definitely somewhat busy.

I'm gonna keep walking.

I think you have seen parts of this town before.

Behind me is what's called a credit union.

Actually, no, this is an actual bank.

Sorry, I got that wrong.

A credit union and a bank are kind of the same thing.

There's a bank behind me.

This is the place you go

if you have to renew your driver's license

or your license plates.

It's called a ServiceOntario.

It's a little place where you go when you need to do that.

I'm just gonna walk over here in the shade,

so that I can see how much time I have left.

Oh, 30 seconds.

That's great.

Now I'm just walking through a little parking lot.

You can see that the town

is starting to get a little bit busy.

It's about four o'clock in the afternoon right now.

That's when people start to get off work.

They start to come to town,

and they start to do the things they need to do.

I feel like I should say bye,

and go find out if my tripod is still there.

I'll do that.

See ya.

Ah, yes, there it is. Good.