The Top 3 English words you need to know - GET

Hi, James from EngVid. Good thing you'd be here so soon. I almost wasn't ready for you.

I want to teach you the second most important word in English, English, English, English.

No slish, English. Alright? If you check the website, there's a lesson on number one, "have".

There should be a two-parter. There's one done right now and there should be another

by now. I don't know when you're watching this one. Okay, so "get". "Get" in English

has, in the dictionary, approximately anywhere from thirty-seven to fifty different meanings

or usages. To be honest, there's one single meta or overriding or big meaning, but then,

you know, one big meaning and it covers everything. So what I'm going to show you today is how

we use "get" in different circumstances with different meanings, but really they come from

the same root. Okay? Shall we begin? Let's get started. Alright, so, first of all, "get"

basically means "receive". Did you get something? You receive it. Okay? Not bad. Number two,

to go and bring something back. Yeah? So, I say to you, "Did you get some milk?" You

go, "Go get the milk. Come back with it." Right? "Did I get an email?" "Did I receive

an email?" How about this one? Answer, "Can you get the door?" "Can you get the door?"

Alright? And then finally, cause or become something. "Drunk." "Getting drunk." Okay?

Now, if you notice when I use "get", each one of them had an object. So, I'm specifically

teaching the word "get" today with objects. How "get" has an object at the other end.

Okay? Because the subject receives something. Okay? On this side, we're saying an object

of some sort. Okay? Now, you'll notice here, I've said "okay" like five times. I feel like

I'm drunk. Okay? We've got these four definitions. We have four questions, so we'll match them

up in a second or two. But first, I want to show you, because I quickly went over, how

"get" here is showing "receive". Well, "receive" and "receive" is easy. "Did you get an email?"

"Did I receive any?" Nothing. No brainer, as we say. Not anything to think about. Now,

"go" and "bring back" for use. And here's the important part here. Use. Okay? Because

going and bringing back has nothing to do with receiving. It has nothing to do with

receive. You go, what do you receive? You come back. But, to use it, the person when

you bring it back that receives it, will use it. So, we have the "receive" part there,

and the person will use it, will receive it. All right. What about number three? "Can you

get the phone?" "Can you get the door?" Well, can you get the phone? "Bring, bring, bring,

bring, bring, bring, bring, bring, bring, can you get the phone, please?" Answer. Why? Because

you will receive the call. If you don't get the phone, you will "bring, bring, bring,

bring". Annoying? Yes, it is. So, get the damn phone, please. I can hear it right now.

Get it. Come back. The video. Stop. Go. Joke. All right. But, you receive the call. That's

why "receive" and "answer the phone" means "receive". At the door, can you receive them?

Let them in. Our house. Now, calls are become. Getting drunk, for instance, or getting a

haircut. When you get drunk, you get intoxicated. Drunk. Okay. You receive the benefits of the

alcohol. When you get a haircut, you receive an actual change to your hair. Receive. So,

we've just shown how "receive", right, is part of "get". And we've used it with objects.

Later on, I'll show you different ways of using "get". Because, as I said, there are

50. This is the first of two parts. God, I hope not three. If you're not religious or

you are religious, I didn't mean that in a bad way. Listen. I hope you got the message.

See, you got the thought about "get". Okay. But, before we go, short quiz. And it's going

to be a longer quiz at EngVid, so you better go there to make sure you nailed it, right?

That you really get. See, "get" again. That'll be the next lesson. You really get what I'm

saying. Alright? So, first of all, "can" again. Listen. Can you get the door? "Can you get

the door" would be one, two, three, or four. Answer. Receive the person, remember? Receive

them. Let them in our house. Next one. Can you get my shoes, please? My shoes, possessive,

I'm going to use. My shoes, use. So, that would be number two. My hair is getting long.

I need a haircut. Who's going to get the haircut? Me. I will receive the haircut. That would

be, what does it become? Four. And, number one, there's only one space left, so it should

get the answer. Okay. Receive. One. That was easy. Great. Go to the Vid website and see

a harder one. If it wasn't, go to the website and do this all over again, alright? So, where

are you going to get your information from? Well, if you want to receive it, get, you

should go to www.engvid.com, where there are other lessons. As I said, the first most important

word in English. This is the second. The third is a Mr. E that cannot be solved, that cannot

be found, that we will present to you, alright? Have a great day. See you soon. EngVid.