"I seen it" and other stupid mistakes

Hi. James from EngVid. I was talking to a friend the other day - actually I

Hola. Soy James de EngVid. Estaba hablando a un amigo el otro día - en verdad

was talking to two friends.

estaba hablando a dos amigos.

One was from Detroit, in the ghetto,

Uno era de Detroit, de el suburbio,

a really poor, poor area, and the other one was from down south.

a zona muy, pero muy pobre, y el otro era del sur.

We were having a conversation, and it was the three of us,

Estabamos teniendo una conversación, y estabamos los tres

drinking lattes in Starbucks, and we were chatting about a movie.

bebiendo cafés con leche en el Starbucks, y estabamos hablando de una película.

It was "Green Hornet". I was saying,

Era "Green Hornet". Yo estaba diciendo,

"Green Hornet, it's on Netflix.

"Green Hornet, esto es en Netflix.

I'm going to go watch it." Netflix,

Voy a verla." Netflix,

it's this thing in America.

es esta cosa en America.

You've probably seen it. You can get movies all over.

Tu tal vez lo has visto. Puedes obtener todas las películas.

Anyway, I said, "I want to see this movie,

Bueno, dije, "Quiero ver esta película,

Green Hornet." Now, my friend who was from the ghetto,

Green Hornet." Ahora, mi amigo que es de el suburbio,

he went, "Yo, man, it ain't that good.

él fue, " ¡Oye!, tío, "it ain't that good(no es buena).

It ain't that good. I wouldn't see it if I were you.

It ain't that good (no es buena), Yo no la vería si fuera tú.

I wouldn't see it. It ain't that good." I was kind of confused.

Yo no la vería. No es buena. Yo estaba un poco confuso.

So I looked at my friend from the south and I went,

Así que miré a mi amigo del sur

"What does he mean?" He goes,

¿A qué se refiere? El continuó,

"I seen it. I seen it,

"I seen it" (la vi), I seen it,

too. It ain't that good.

también. No es buena

He's right." I was thinking to myself,

Tiene razón. Yo estaba pensando para mi mismo,

"I need some new friends." Now,

Necesito algunos amigos nuevos. Ahora,

why? I'm going to explain, because in this particular lesson we call it,

¿por que? Voy a explicarme, porque en estas lecciones particulares que nosotros llamamos,

"I seen it", and other stupid mistakes.

I seen it, y otros fallos estupidos.

Now, I'm being unfair. But generally put,

Ahora, estoy siendo injusto. Pero generalmente poner,

"I seen it", and "it ain't good", and "if I were you",

"I seen it" and "it ain't good", and "if I were you"

"if I was you I wouldn't see it",

"if I was you I wouldn't see it"

"if I was you", they are shown in movies and in music and they are

"if I was you", es como sale en algunas películas y en musica y son

used as what we call stereotypes.

usadas como lo que llamamos esteriotipos

A stereotype is when we say,

UIn esteriotipo es cuando nosotros decimos,

anything like this, the rest is exactly the same.

cualquier cosa como esto, el resto es exactamente igual.

So all the people from England drink tea and like Earl Grey and Poupon,

Por lo tanto todas las personas de Inglaterra beben te y les gusta Earl Grey y Poupon,

because it's a stereotype. All Canadians like beer,

porque esto es un esteriotido. A todos los Canadienses les gusta las cerveza,

eh? That's a stereotype. So, it's to say one thing,

¿eh? Esto es un esteriotipo. Bueno, esto es por decir una cosa,

one kind, all are the same.

un tipo, pero todos son iguales.

In this particular case, in North American movies,

En este caso particular, en peliculas del norte de América.

when they want to show someone as being uneducated or stupid,

cuando ellos quieren mostrar a alguien maleducado o estúpido

meaning not intelligent, they usually make them use things like "ain't",

o sea no inteligente, normalmente usan cosas como "ain't"

"She ain't my wife. She's my cousin",

"She ain't my wife"(ella no es mi esposa). Ella es mi prima.

or "seen". Usually in the south,

o "seen". Normalmente en el sur,

Arkansas and Texas, they make them say this,

en Arkansas y Texas, hacen lo mismo,

because they want them to seem simple and nice,

porque quieren pareces simples y bonitos,

or just simple and stupid.

o tan solo simples y estupidos.

In the ghetto, "Yo, man, I seen him with my own two eyes.

En los suburbios, "¡Ey!, tío, I seen with my own two eyes.

He ain't a good man." I'm giving you this background because I'm not saying this,

Él no es un buen hombre. Te estoy dando estos antecedentes porque no estoy diciendo esto,

but if you start using it because you watch the movies and you see these

Pero si empiezar usando esto porque ves las películas y ves estos

stereotypes and you think, "This is how they sound in America.

esteriotipos y piensas, "Aasí es como suena en América.

I will sound like this", they will think you're stupid,

Sonaré así". Ellos pensarán que eres estupido.

and act accordingly. "Accordingly" meaning: treat you that way.

y actúa acorde. "accordingly" significa: tratalo asi

So let's go to the board and do some work.

Pues vamos a la pizzara y vamos a hacer algo de trabajo.

Problem number one, "I seen it before".

Problema numero uno, "I seen it before"

The problem with, "I seen it" is,

El problema con, "I seen it" is,

what they mean to say is,

lo que ellos quieren decir es,

"I saw it". It's very simple.

"I saw it"(lo ví). Es muy simple

It's the simple past. When we say the simple past,

Es el pasado simple. Cuando usamos el pasado simple

we say, something was true.

decimos. algo que fue verdad.

Something happened. It happened before and it is true.

Algo que pasó. Eso pasó antes y es verdad.

That's it. "Seen" is actually a past participle.

Esto es. "Seen" es en realidad un participio pasivo.

Past participle means something in the past,

Participio pasado significa algo en el pasado,

yes. But it participates - participates.

sí. Pero participa - participa.

When you participate, it means you're a part of something.

Cuando tu participas significa que eres parte de algo.

Yes? You've got it. You're part.

¿Sí? Lo tienes. Formas parte.

Well a past participle usually, unless we're speaking of speech - I forgot the speech

Bueno, un participio pasivo normalmente, al menos que estemos hablando de... Lo siento, se me ha olvidado la expresión.

now. It'll come back to me.

Me vendrá ahora.

Trust me. It usually participates by having a perfect form,

Créeme. Normalmente participa teniendo una forma perfecta,

which would be "have", so "have had",

la cual será "have, por lo tanto "have had",

"has had", and "had had", believe it or not.

"has had", and "had had", lo creas o no.

So, here there is no participle.

Por lo tanto, aquí no es participio.

They just said, "I seen it".

Ellos tan solo dicen "I seen it "

They missed the perfect form.

Se comen la forma perfecta.

You need to have the perfect form.

Necesitas tener la forma perfecta.

So, the problem is using the past participle,

Por lo que. el problema es usar el participio pasado,

"seen" when you should use the simple past.

"seen" cuando deberias usar el pasado simple.

Right? Easy enough, "saw" and "seen".

¿Correcto? Así de simple, "saw" y "seen"

Solution number one, "you saw", just just "you saw".

Solución número uno, "you saw", just "you saw".

"I saw the movie", "I saw you yesterday".

"I saw the movie", "I saw you yesterday"

Simple past, it happened. It's done.

Pasado simple, pasó, Está hecho.

The next one we can use is PP.

El siguiente que podemos usar es Past Participle

Past participle has two words, so you should use two words.

Past participle tiene dos palabras, por lo tanto deberías usar dos palabras.

"Have seen", "I have seen it",

"Have seen", "I have seen it",

"I had seen you", "He has seen you".

"I had seen you", "He has seen you".

Done. Cool? Next stupid mistake. Problem:

Bien. El siguiente fallo estupido. Problema:

you say "ain't". "I ain't doing it",

tu dices "ain't". "I ain't doing it",

"She ain't doing it", "I ain't going to do it".

"She ain't doing it", "I ain't going to do it".

I lied a little bit.

Mentí un poco.

There is one situation in which I would use it,

Hay una situación en la que yo lo usaría,

and friends would use it.

y los amigos lo usarían.

Mister E., I've been told, has used it.

Mister E, me han dicho que lo usa.

When you want to be kind of sarcastic,

Cuando quieres ser un poco sarcástico,

and you want to say to somebody,

y quieres decirle a alguien,

"It ain't happening", "I ain't going to do it",

"It ain't happening", "I ain't going to do it",

and I'm saying in kind of a sarcastic way,

y estoy diciendo en una manera sarcástica,

not that I'm stupid. But I'm being simple here,

no que soy estúpido. Pero estoy siendo simple aquí

and this is the way it's going to happen,

y esta es la manera que va a pasar,

and "I ain't going to do it",

y "I ain't going to do it",

simple as that. But usually it shows non- intelligence.

simple como eso. Pero normalmente esto muestra poca inteligencia.

So, you have to see if I'm smirking which is sort of an arrogant smile

Entonces, tienes que ver si estoy sonriendo, lo cual es una sonrisa arrogante

like, "I ain't going there", or "You ain't going there",

como, "No voy a ir allí" o "No vas a ir allí",

it means I'm being combative.

Significa que estoy siendo combativo.

I know what I'm saying.

Sé lo que digo.

I don't care, it's bad grammar on purpose.

No me importa, es mala gramática a propósito.

I'm trying to get you angry or set you off,

Estoy tratando de enojarte o hacerte enojar

or let you know where I am.

o hacerte saber dónde estoy.

However, if you're new to English and you actually think this is English,

Sin embargo, si eres nuevo en inglés y realmente crees que esto es inglés,

or you're in part of those areas I talked about that speak this way,

o estás en parte de esas áreas de las que hablé que hablan de esta manera,

you actually have to learn the verb,

tienes que aprender el verbo

"to be" in its negative form.

"ser" en su forma negativa.

Yes. I'm sorry. You have to learn it.

Si. Lo siento. Tienes que aprenderlo.

There are two, "is not" and "are not".

Hay dos, "no es" y "no son".

The actually contraction is, "isn't" or "aren't".

La contracción real es "no" o "no".

"They aren't here", not "They ain't here".

"No están aquí", no "No están aquí".

"He isn't here" or "He is not here".

"Él no está aquí" o "Él no está aquí".

Please learn these forms. Okay? We got that? Cool.

Por favor, aprenda estos formularios. ¿Bueno? Tenemos eso? Frio.

Problem one and two, so we're cleaning up our language.

Problema uno y dos, así que estamos limpiando nuestro idioma.

Right? "I have seen this before",

¿Correcto? "He visto esto antes",

or "I saw it". "It ain't good" becomes,

o "Lo vi". "No es bueno" se convierte,

"it isn't that good". Now, problem number three.

"No es tan bueno". Ahora, el problema número tres.

This is more a - well,

Esto es más un ... bueno,

I don't know if we would call it a stupid mistake.

No sé si lo llamaríamos un estúpido error.

It's more, maybe a transition in the language.

Es más, tal vez una transición en el idioma.

People are doing this more and more every day,

La gente hace esto cada vez más,

but the formal, when it's written properly or spoken properly is this.

pero lo formal, cuando se escribe o se habla correctamente, es esto.

We do not say, "if I was you".

No decimos "si yo fuera tú".

Do you remember we talked about "was" means a fact in the past,

¿Recuerdas que hablamos de "era" significa un hecho en el pasado,

something has happened? Well "if" and "wouldn't",

¿algo ha pasado? Bueno "si" y "no",

indicates imaginary. It hasn't happened.

indica imaginario No ha sucedido

So we have a problem.

Entonces tenemos un problema.

You're saying here something happened, but you're using the imaginary saying,

Estás diciendo que aquí sucedió algo, pero estás usando el dicho imaginario,

"it hasn't happened". It's very confusing for my little brain.

"No ha sucedido". Es muy confuso para mi pequeño cerebro.

Even Mister E. is having problems.

Incluso el señor E. está teniendo problemas.

He thinks he's a moron.

Él piensa que es un imbécil.

"Moron" is another word for "idiot".

"Morón" es otra palabra para "idiota".

So how do we clear that up in English? I think I said to you

Entonces, ¿cómo aclaramos eso en inglés? Creo que te dije

that we don't usually use the same form when we talked about "ain't",

que usualmente no usamos la misma forma cuando hablamos de "no es",

because people usually say, "I ain't",

porque la gente suele decir "no lo soy",

"she ain't", "they ain't". We change the verb forms.

"ella no es", "no lo son". Cambiamos las formas verbales.

This is a strange case in English where we use the same verb form for

Este es un caso extraño en inglés donde usamos la misma forma verbal para

everything, but in a specific case,

todo, pero en un caso específico,

when we use the word, "if" and and we use the word,

cuando usamos la palabra "si" yy usamos la palabra,

"were", and sometimes even "if", "were",

"were", y a veces incluso "if", "were",

and "would", because these tell us it's called the imaginary form.

y "would", porque estos nos dicen que se llama la forma imaginaria.

So an easy way to remember this,

Entonces, una manera fácil de recordar esto,

because this is more a grammar point,

porque esto es más un punto de gramática,

and if you speak English, this is more your language,

y si hablas inglés, este es más tu idioma,

if you see "if" there, "if" stands for "imagine",

si ves "si" allí, "si" significa "imaginar",

"imaginary". "Imagine" starts with I.

"imaginario". "Imagine" comienza con I.

That tells me if I see an "if",

Eso me dice si veo un "si",

then should use "were" instead of "was".

entonces debería usar "were" en lugar de "was".

It's simple, "If I were you,

Es simple: "Si yo fuera tú,

I would go back and do the lesson again".

Volvería y volvería a hacer la lección ".

See, "if", "I"? "Imagine", "were", don't use "was",

¿Ves "si", "yo"? "Imagine", "were", no use "was",

simple. If you have a problem with "is" or "was" think the S means for

sencillo. Si tiene un problema con "es" o "fue", piense que la S significa

"was", for "situation". You think, "Is this a real situation? No.

"era", por "situación". Usted piensa: "¿Es esta una situación real? No.

Therefore, I cannot use 'was', I must use 'were'." Easy enough? "If",

Por lo tanto, no puedo usar 'was', debo usar 'were'. "¿Es bastante fácil?" Si ",

I for "imagine", "were". Easy, right? So these are stupid mistakes,

Yo para "imaginar", "eran". Fácil, verdad? Entonces estos son errores estúpidos,

but we have easy ways to fix them.

pero tenemos formas fáciles de solucionarlos.

Let's go over them quickly, okay? "Ain't",

Vamos a revisarlos rápidamente, ¿de acuerdo? "No es",

"you can't do it because it ain't right".

"No puedes hacerlo porque no está bien".

We have different pronouns and you must have a different usage of verb form.

Tenemos pronombres diferentes y debes tener un uso diferente de la forma verbal.

"Is" or I-S, for "he", "she",

"Es" o ES, para "él", "ella",

and "it", and for plurals, "are",

y "it", y para los plurales, "are",

"they are", "we are". Easy enough.

"ellos son", "nosotros somos". Suficientemente fácil.

"Seen", well, (joking) you didn't "seen" it. "You done saw it, son."

"Visto", bueno, (bromeando) no lo "viste". "Ya lo viste, hijo".

Sorry, "You saw it." No. People in the south,

Lo sentimos, "lo viste". No. Gente en el sur,

don't get mad at me.

I just watch the movies and I'm saying what they would say.

no te enojes conmigo Solo miro las películas y digo lo que dirían.

Okay? All right? Then we have a lesson on "all right".

¿Bueno? ¿Todo bien? Luego tenemos una lección sobre "todo bien".

Okay, "I seen it" becomes, "I saw it".

De acuerdo, "lo vi" se convierte en "lo vi".

If I want to say, "seen" because I really want to,

Si quiero decir "visto" porque realmente quiero,

I remember the simple rule of PP.

Recuerdo la simple regla del PP.

Past participle has two words because it participates.

El participio pasado tiene dos palabras porque participa.

So I have to say, "have seen",

Entonces tengo que decir, "he visto",

"had seen", "has seen". Those three are okay.

"había visto", "ha visto". Esos tres están bien.

By the way, this lesson is for Mary Alice.

Por cierto, esta lección es para Mary Alice.

Mary Alice, thank you very much.

Mary Alice, muchas gracias.

Thank you. Thank you. You were on Facebook and you asked us to do that,

Gracias. Gracias. Estuviste en Facebook y nos pediste que hiciéramos eso,

and that "seen" part is specifically for you.

y esa parte "vista" es específicamente para ti.

Oh, and the part I forgot was passive speech.

Ah, y la parte que olvidé fue el discurso pasivo.

When we say, "It was eaten by",

Cuando decimos "fue comido por"

passive speech for past participle.

discurso pasivo para participio pasado.

Told you I'd get back it.

Te dije que lo recuperaría.

You didn't believe me, did you? You ain't believing me.

No me creíste, ¿verdad? No me estás creyendo.

You ain't believing me. But you seen.

No me estás creyendo. Pero ya viste.

You seen with your own eyes.

Lo has visto con tus propios ojos.

Sorry. Okay. Before I finish, "if I was",

Lo siento. Bueno. Antes de terminar, "si lo fuera",

"if I was a millionaire, I would be doing this wrong".

"Si fuera millonario, estaría haciendo esto mal".

"If" tells me I for "imagine",

"Si" me dice que "imagino",

then I have to use "were".

entonces tengo que usar "were".

Right? If I were you, I would get up off that couch and write down

¿Correcto? Si yo fuera tú, me levantaría de ese sofá y escribiría

this address. Or better yet, save it, right? You can tell your friends you seen

Esta dirección. O mejor aún, guárdelo, ¿verdad? Puedes decirle a tus amigos que has visto

it before, but now you know you saw it and your English is much better.

antes, pero ahora sabes que lo viste y tu inglés es mucho mejor.

At, where? www.eng- as in English,

¿En donde? www.eng- como en inglés,

because we ain't teaching French - vid - as in video,

porque no estamos enseñando francés - vid - como en video,

which I'm sure you've seen before,

que estoy seguro que has visto antes

.com. www.engvid.com. I bet you wish you were the first one to see it.

.com. www.engvid.com. Apuesto a que desearías ser el primero en verlo.

Have a good day. I ain't seen it before.

Tenga un buen día. No lo he visto antes.

That's good. I've got to call my friends up, damn idiots.

Eso es bueno. Tengo que llamar mis amigos, malditos idiotas.

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