Learn the English Phrases KEEP UP and KEEP OUT - A Short English Lesson with Subtitles

In this English lesson I wanted to help you

learn the English phrase, keep up.

When you tell someone to keep up

it means you want them to go the same speed as you.

Often times when I'm walking somewhere

my children walk a little bit more slowly

than I do, and I'm often saying to them,

try to keep up.

Try to walk the same speed as dad.

Most times I slow down a bit.

I'm not a mean dad, but sometimes

they just walk a little too slowly.

They dawdle a little bit.

There's a new word for you probably.

So, when you tell someone to keep up

it means you want them to go the same speed as you.

Maybe you're driving somewhere

in two separate cars and you might tell your friend

who is driving in the other car,

try to keep up with me.

I don't want to get separated when we're on the highway.

So, when you try to keep up with someone

it means that you're trying to go the same speed as them.

The other phrase I wanted to teach you today

is the phrase, keep out.

You will often see this phrase on signs

and it means that you should not enter

whatever has this sign on it.

If a building has a sign that says keep out

don't go in that building.

If a place that you are visiting

has a sign that says keep out,

don't enter that property.

It's just a place where you are not supposed to go.

Sometimes the sign will say, do not enter.

Sometimes the sign will say, keep out.

Sometimes the sign will say, no trespassing.

But, they all mean the same thing.

It's a place that you are not supposed

to go into or visit.

So, if you were to come to my farm,

if I had a sign that said keep out,

it means that you shouldn't come on my property.

I don't have a sign like that though.

Maybe I should get a sign like that someday.

Not a lotta people visit way out here in the country,

so it's not a problem right now.

Anyways, to review.

If you tell someone you want them to keep up

it means you want them to go the same speed

that you are going.

And if you tell someone to keep out

or if you see a sign that says keep out,

it means that you should not enter.

Let's look at a comment from a previous video.

This comes from Vladimir and Vladimir says,

how is it going, Mr. Bob?

Tell me please what's your favorite exercise

for learning French and why.

Thanks.

And my response was this.

My favorite thing is to watch French TV.

I usually watch a good series every month.

Right now I'm finishing up Dix Pour Cent

which is a French show, by the way,

which is really funny.

After that I would say having a conversation

each week with my French friend.

We talk for 30 minutes in French on Zoom

and then for 30 minutes in English.

So Vladimir, thank you so much for that comment.

I think this is actually a comment

from a couple of days ago.

But, thank you for that comment.

It's a good one.

I think it's always good to know what people's

favorite thing to do is when they're studying a language.

It was cool to see the results

of the survey that I did a little while ago

on my other channel.

It was cool to see that a lotta people

liked certain things and other people

liked other things.

And yeah, I think listening is my favorite thing to do.

Certainly watching French television shows

and listening to French music

are two of my favorite things.

But, I really like talking

to my French friend every week.

We've been talking since last spring.

It's a great exchange.

If any of you can find a language exchange partner,

it's just a wonderful way to practice

your English while you're teaching

someone else your native language.

So, it works really well.

I will admit I'm a little nervous each week.

It's kind of funny, if my French friend is watching,

I'm not sure if you knew that, but it is

a little bit nerve racking we would say

when you know that you have to speak

a different language with someone

for a little bit.

But, it is wonderful practice.

Like I've mentioned so many times before,

knowing that I'm going to be talking French

once a week makes me study French

a lot harder the rest of the week.

You'll have the same thing.

If you know you're going to have

an English conversation with someone

you'll just work a lot harder at it.

So anyways, keep up the good work.

I'm sure all of you are working hard

as you continue to learn this fun language

we call English.

I hope that you are enjoying it and I hope

you have a favorite thing that you do

when you're studying it.