Learn the English Words CHICKEN and SCAREDY-CAT - A Short English Lesson with Subtitles
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In English, if you ask
someone if they're chicken,
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you're basically asking them
if they're afraid of something.
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I don't like going to the dentist.
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If Jen wanted to make fun
of me or bug me a little bit
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on the day where I have
to go to the dentist,
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she could say to me, "Oh,
you're afraid of going?
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"What are you, chicken?"
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Basically what she would be saying is,
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"Are you afraid to go to the dentist?"
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It's not a nice thing to say.
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It's something you would
say very informally
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to someone you know well, maybe as a joke
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or to joke around, or maybe
just to bug them a little bit,
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but when you say to
someone, "Are you chicken?"
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you basically are asking them
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if they are afraid to do something.
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Notice you don't ask someone
if they are a chicken.
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You say, "Are you chicken?"
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That's exactly how you would say it.
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What are you, chicken?
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You don't want to go to the dentist?
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What are you so afraid of?
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So again, you don't say a chicken,
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you just say, "What are you, chicken?"
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if you want to informally
and in a bugging way
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ask someone if they are afraid.
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You can also call someone a scaredy-cat.
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In this case, you do use a in front of it.
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You could say to someone,
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"Oh, you don't want to go to the dentist?
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"What are you, a scaredy-cat?"
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Basically, a scaredy-cat is someone
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who is afraid to do something as well.
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So again, not a nice thing to say.
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Only say this if you are just
joking around with friends,
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and one of them is afraid to do something.
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You could say to them, "Come on.
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"What are you, a scaredy-cat?
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"What are you, chicken?"
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I don't think any of you
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are afraid to learn English, though.
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I don't think any of you are scaredy-cats,
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and I don't think I would ever say to you,
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"What are you, chicken?"
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if you were afraid to
speak English to someone.
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I think you can do it, and
I think you can do it well.
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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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Thanks to all of you that
came to the livestream
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on my other channel this morning,
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and I will see you again Monday
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with another short English lesson.
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