Learn the English Phrases TO HIT THE SACK and TO HIT THE HAY - A Short English Lesson with Subtitles
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Today, I wanted to help you learn
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the English phrase, hit the sack.
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I'll give you a few examples
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in the past and in the future.
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The phrase hit the sack in
English means to go to bed,
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to go to sleep.
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When you are tired,
you can say to someone,
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"I'm really tired.
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"I think I'm going to hit the sack."
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If you said that a little
quicker, though, you'd say,
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"Yeah, I'm really tired.
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"I think I'm gonna hit the sack."
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That's full-speed Bob the
Canadian talking, by the way.
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So when you say to someone that
you're going to hit the sack
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it means that you're going to go to bed.
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In the past tense, you
would say things like,
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"Last night, I hit the sack at nine p.m.,"
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and that would mean that last night,
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you went to bed at nine p.m.
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And in the future, of
course, you could say,
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"Tonight I will hit
the sack at nine p.m.,"
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or, "Tonight I am going to
hit the sack at nine p.m.,"
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although that would be
pretty early, wouldn't it?
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And this is a pretty common phrase.
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I just used it last night.
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That's why I'm teaching it today.
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Last night, I said to Jen, "Oh, I'm tired.
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"I think I'm gonna hit
the sack pretty soon."
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So it means to go to bed.
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And if you watched my video
on my bigger channel today,
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you already know that hit the hay means.
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It means to go to bed
as well, to go to sleep.
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So when you are tired,
you could say to someone,
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"Wow, I'm really tired.
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"I think I'm going to hit the sack,"
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and you could also say, "I
think I'm going to hit the hay."
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They mean exactly the same thing.
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I don't know why we don't just say,
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"I'm going to go to bed now." (laughs)
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I don't know why, in English,
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we have so many different
ways to say things.
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I guess it simply makes the language
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more enjoyable to talk, to speak,
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and it makes the language
just a little more complex.
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Sorry, it makes it
harder to learn, as well.
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But anyways, Bob the Canadian here.
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You're learning English with me.
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Hope you're having a good day,
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and I'll see you in a couple days
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with another short English lesson.
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