ENGLISH ADDICT Lesson 12 - LIVE Chat - imperatives - SUNDAY 1st DECEMBER 2019 - Duncan in England

I'm just warming up my voice me no me no

so this is what we have to do you see as YouTube superstars we have to warm our voices up

okay I think that will do so here we are look at that

now that isn't a recording by the way you are not looking at a recording

that is the view right now outside the window yes it is another glorious day here in

the UK welcome to another English addict live

for those who are watching the other day you will know that I was outside and I

think I'm not sure but I think I might have caught a slight cold because my

nose keeps running so I have a very wet nose like a dog today unfortunately I

don't know why but I think it might have something to do with the fact that I was

outside doing a live stream or some of my live stream in the garden in freezing

temperatures that might have something to do with it that's what I'm thinking

so here we go then it's nice to see you here how has your weekend being has it

been a good weekend has it be in a cheerful weekend or has it been a woeful

weekend oh now this is a very interesting word even though it is a

little depressing and negative it is an interesting word it sounds like

something from another century but we still use it now so you can be woeful

you can be full of woe so if you are feeling down if you are feeling unhappy

about something maybe a situation you are not happy with or satisfied with

something you feel slightly depressed about and let's face it in these day and

age is it is easy to become woeful so these days these ages of being alive in

2019 some people might say that we live in woeful times especially after the

events of the past couple of days so I hope you are okay anyway let's cheer up

let's be happy because it's not only Sunday it's December

I am so excited because December has arrived welcome to a new month it is the

final month of the year as we say goodbye to 2019 and of course during

this month we will be talking about the past 11 almost 12 months of the year

because it's been a very strange one I'm not going to pretend that this year has

been a normal year it's been very strange for various reasons I'm sure

some of you some of them you know about already hello to everyone on the live

chat nice to see you here today we are talking about a lot of things today as I

mentioned it is the first of December today the first day of the 12th month

and this is English addict live for those who don't know what is going on my

name is Duncan and I teach English on YouTube and I've been doing this for a

very long time over 13 years on YouTube teaching English to you so that's my

name I have some important information as well to give you a little bit later

on concerning my live streams and when they

are happening so there will be a slight change just a small change very small

and it will be made on Wednesday this week so this Wednesday the time of the

livestream will be slightly different anyway we are here today and that's all

it matters for all of you English addicts for those who can't get enough

of the beautiful language as I said talking of dates some people will say

the date in one way whilst other people will

say it in a different way for example there we go so some people say December

the first whilst other people will say the first of December that is to say

that some people will put the day the month and the year in that order so for

example we have the first of the 12 2019 so the day will come first followed by

the month and then we have the year however some people will put the month

first so here we go we have the month the day and the year so for example we

have the twelfth month the first day and 2019 so quite often in America in the US

and in other part of the world as well you will see the date like this you will

see the month first and then the day and then the year however in the UK and some

other countries around the world as well you will see the day first so for

example you have the first of the 12th 2019 so in this case we put the day

first in the UK and in the USA they tend to put the month first which can cause a

lot of confusion especially on this particular date because it looks as if

it might be the 12th of January but it isn't it is the 12th month and the first

day and in the UK once again I will mention we put the day first and then

the month and then the year so that's why sometimes you will see these things

mentioned or used in different ways so you will see December the first is often

used in American English and here we put the day first so we often say the first

of December or December first so I hope that is that's explaining that because

sometimes these small details can cause a lot of confusion they can so even the

tiniest even the smallest detail in English even if there is only a slight

difference they can cause lots of confusion let me tell you lots of people

are joining us now oh thank you very much for spending your Sunday with me

here on YouTube and as I said before I am here normally on Sunday Wednesday and

Friday at 2 p.m. UK time however however let me show you something that I have

behind me there is a change coming soon there is because on Wednesday I will be

with you at a different time now it is only for Wednesday this week so the week

that is coming now Wednesday 8:00 p.m. UK time we are doing a special late and

live English addict so a little later than normal on Wednesday there are many

reasons for it most of which I will not go into at the moment but let's just say

I am going to be very busy with mr. Steve doing something and Steve has told

you and told me not to mention it to anyone so I can't tell you what it is we

are doing because Steve said this morning he said to me he gave me very

firm instructions he said don't tell anyone

what we are doing so maybe at a later date maybe later on we will tell you

anyway because of that we will be with you a little later on Wednesday 8:00

p.m. UK time so that is one change so that is the only thing that's changing

however I will be with you on Friday and Sunday next week at the same time and

there might be an extra live stream on Saturday I'm not sure at the moment it

all depends on the weather ah so there might be an extra live stream next

weekend we will see what happens it all depends on what the weather is doing

because at the moment the weather here in the UK is terrible we're having some

awful weather even there were over the past few days the weather has been

rather nice as I showed you earlier outside look at that so that is the view

right now looking out of the window and another view looking in the opposite

direction look at that that is a live camera pointing out of the window and

for those who don't believe me I will go over to the camera and give it a little

shake so wait there you know so now you know it's definitely live thank you very

much for your company today it's nice to see you here I'm always happy to see

people here because I know sometimes at the weekend people can be very busy I'm

sure you have had lots of things to do this weekend

so thank you very much for your company I always appreciate it hello to the live

chat oh hello there don't worry I haven't forgotten about you hello live

chatters and a big hello to Jimmy from Hong Kong who says hi hi to you Jimmy

and guess what you are first on today's live chat

I am happy for you and I hope you are happy because I am happy for you and if

you are happy then I'm happy as well in fact I hope we are all happy today

hello to VCS hello BTS a big greeting from Lithuania hello to you and nice to

see you here once again Julie is here also Luis Luis Mendez thank you for

joining me again from France flower Espoir so many regular viewers now I was

mentioning this this morning to Steve I said Steve guess what it would appear

that I get lots of regular viewers now so the same people are now joining my

English addict live stream isn't that nice hello Martha

hello also to Cristina also we have Massimo Pham also maverick hello

maverick nice to see you here as well hello also to Tian who is watching in

Vietnam Hanna we have Anna here as well Connell hello Connell nice to see you

here as well so many regular viewers also Belarusian is here

Olga hi Olga nice to see you as well Eric Beatrice Palmyra Pedro yes we will

be doing something different on Wednesday just to let you know again on

Wednesday I will be with you at 8 p.m. UK time now that is just one change so

this isn't every week this is just next Wednesday so hopefully you will be

joining us live if it's not too late hello also to Jimmy again mr. Jimmy mr.

Duncan you're mr. Jimmy I'm mr. Duncan mr. Duncan could you spare some time

telling us perhaps why you renamed the title as

English addict well it's a long story I'm not sure if I want to tell you the

whole story because it might take a while but things on YouTube are changing

and there are some big changes taking place on YouTube you may have heard

about these things but the way in which YouTube shows videos and allows people

to watch the videos is changing so I have decided to move my base away from

YouTube I will still be on YouTube however I will be moving my base my home

from YouTube to my own website which means that I have to use something

called branding hmm so what I've had to do I've had to rebrand everything I do

in preparation for the new website so that's what's happening so I'm not going

to talk about it too much because to be honest with you I'm sure a lot of people

out there find this very boring so I'm not going to talk about why I'm doing

this so there is the new name this is the 12th livestream using English addict

live and it is for those who can't get enough of the English language like me I

am crazy about English so that's the reason why Jimmy I hope that explains it

so there will be some big changes many of them are out of my control I can't

control most of these changes so I'm sure you will hear more about this over

the next few months but some of the changes that are taking place on YouTube

are big and they will affect a lot of people hello also - Theo Kwang hello

also - zu seeker hello to you as well nice to see you here again

hello Marella hello also - my ruse Larousse I like your name by the way or

I think actually it's la rúa la rúa I like it hello rose sir hello mr.

Duncan hello moderators thank you very much for joining me

sweetness is here also Rahul is here as well

oh my goodness a very busy live chat today thank you very much we're going to

play a game soon would you like to play a game so this is something a word game

this is something that I'm going to do today we also have the mystery idiom

coming soon so here is an interesting thing that I'm going to talk about

briefly and we will talk about this later on as well when do we use me and

when do we use I so when we are referring to something that one person

or two people or if we are referring to you as yourself and someone else when do

we use me and when do we use I so this is for me or I game I wish I had some

lovely music there to play but we didn't have any so I'm very sorry about that

although we do have the mystery idiom as well so let's not forget about that here

is today's mystery idiom it is a well-known phrase in the English

language all you have to do is tell me what it is so here it comes right now

today's mystery idiom

mr. e idiom time there it is just say what you see all you have to do is say

what you see if you think you know what the mystery idiom is let me know as well

I would be ever so pleased if you put forward your guess I would appreciate it

very much hello also to Hodja

hello Hodja hello also Touro sir hello a brill hello a brill I like your

name by the way it sounds almost like Avril but it's a brill

hello Abril the weather in Much Wenlock is marvelous here in Mexico it is

horrible it is hot and it is supposed to drop so when the temperature gets cooler

we say that the temperature will drop so you might say today it is very hot but

they say that tomorrow that the temperature will drop it will drop so

I'm sorry to hear that it's it's rather warm at the moment in Mexico it's nice

here it's freezing guess what the temperature is today the temperature

outside today is one I'm not joking the temperature outside the window is one

one degree that's all we have today unfortunately so it's only one degree

Celsius for those who are insisting that I be precise hello also to Siddiqui

hello Siddiqui merci beaucoup Monsieur Duncan thank you very much

ooh very nice I like your French ooh la la

hello Lina have you decorated your roof I have been busy outside preparing my

Christmas decorations because of course we can't forget it's December

for those who haven't realized yet it is December it is the first of December and

this month is very busy especially here in the UK because we have our general

election taking place on the 12th and also Christmas as well I think most

people seem more concerned with the general election than Christmas

I'm sure quite a few people have forgotten completely about Christmas

because they are so concerned with all the politics that is taking place at the

moment people arguing who is Right who is wrong who is telling the truth who is

telling lies Wow so a very busy month here in the UK

hello to everyone who is here right now hello also to Anna hello man man Gianna

hello to you I think you are watching in Vietnam as well

hello also to Lewis again Rolfie nice to see you here as well on Friday I was in

the garden for a short time and I think I might have caught a cold to be honest

my nose feels very wet so I was in the garden on Friday feeding the birds and I

was asked at the time if I ever put water out for the birds and my answer to

that question is yes I do I always put water out for the birds

even in the winter so quite often I will put some water outside and if it freezes

I will just break the ice so the ice that forms on top of the water I will

just break it and then the birds can still drink some water even when it is

very cold so the answer to that question is yes I do give not only food

not only seeds and peanuts but also I give lots of water to the birds as well

especially at this time of year because the water is often frozen especially

today because the temperature today is 1 just 1 degree today it's freezing hello

to everyone so many people are here today it is nice to see so many people

on the live chat well one of the things about doing this is quite often you have

to multitask so whilst I'm talking to you I also have to keep an eye on the

live chat and also I have to watch the controls as well for this live stream

it's so involved always something to think about

so in a moment we will be looking at the uses of me and I when we are talking

about something that yourself and another person is doing so it is a type

of sentence that is referring to me and another person so the game is called me

or I and that is coming up very shortly but now I'm going to have a break for a

few moments because I want to have a drink of water to clear my throat and

whilst we are doing that maybe you would like to have a beverage as well we are

going to take a look at one of my short lessons this is a very short lesson

where I talk all about English imperatives

in today's lesson we will take a look at imperatives in English imperative

statements are used to give an order command instruction warning and to make

a request the imperative is one of the three moods of the English verb the

other two being indicative and subjunctive

a basic example of an imperative is give me that coat please to make an

imperative it is necessary to use the infinitive of the verb without using to

for example sit down come here stand there to make a negative

imperative put do not or don't before the verb for example don't go

do not walk on the grass don't talk if you are including yourself in the

imperative you can use let's to show that this is the case for example let's

stop now let's have some lunch let's walk the negative of let's is let's not

let's not tell her about it let's not fight let's not go there

when it comes to giving orders it is unusual for adults to tell each other

what to do unless one is in a position of authority orders are often given to

children and to animals teachers often give both instructions and orders so it

would be fair to say that imperatives are used a lot by teachers and those

with some form of authority another type of imperative is the

warning to stress the importance of something when expressing danger is a

warning you warn a person of danger the intonation of a warning is always

stressed with the last word of the sentence often being higher in tone than

the others for example watch out look out

don't cross sit down now you will notice in the last example that the tone at the

end of the sentence drops this helps to enforce the warning so is to make the

sentence seem less like a request

another type of imperative is advice you offer your thought or comment on

something as a way of offering help advice is normally stressed so as to get

the helpful message across don't quit your job yet wait until your thoughts

are a bit clearer don't eat too much don't go now wait for a while finally we

have the request to request is to ask someone to do something in a polite way

a request is not a warning examples of requests include please take a seat

please wait here please don't smoke here it is worth remembering that an

imperative sentence does not require a subject as the pronoun U is implied so

to recap an imperative can be an order a warning a piece of advice or a request

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mm-hmm so if you are encouraging someone to do something if we are urging someone

to do something we will often use an imperative you are right

yes we are here today it's time now to play the me or I game oh I'm going to

give you some sentences and I want you to tell me if we are supposed to use me

or I so this is a little bit of fun using grammar so here we go here is the

first sentence have a look at the sentence and the question is do we use

me or I here it comes right now

there is the sentence you can see there is a missing word there is something

that is missing when do you want to meet Dave and is it me or I when do you want

to meet Dave and what is the answer is it me or I when do you want to meet Dave

and me or I what do you think give me your guesses right now and I will tell

you why that is the case so is it me or I when do you want to meet Dave and I

will give you time okay we're getting lots of correct answers thank you very

much but why do we say it so the answer is do-do-do-do-do-do it is me when do

you want to meet Dave and me but why why do we say me well what you have to do is

break down the grammar of this sentence so take away the other person and then

use the grammar that you would normally use in that sentence so if you were to

say when do you want to meet well of course you would say me when do you want

to meet me so if you are talking about more than one person then when do you

want to meet Dave and me because the basic grammar is that so we never say do

you want to meet I you never say that no one ever says do you want to meet I

tomorrow you always say do you want to meet me so

in this sentence the answer is me when do you want to meet Dave and me another

one shall we have another one okay then this is fun isn't it isn't this fun

isn't this fun when do you want to meet mr. Jenkin and me you and we'll always

be friends you and we'll always be friends is it me or I so do we use me or

I in this Center you and we'll always be friends

which one is it and why why this is a great way to teach Thank You Ralphie

Zakia says I Maria says I Eric says I am Christina hi mog mog oh hello mog mog I

like your name by the way there was a place near where I live with a very

similar name Zakia also Vitesse thank you very much

Rolfie also gives an answer as well thank you oh man cristela

so you and is it me or I me or I do do do do do do do do do there it is

the answer is I you and I will always be friends because I will we never say me

will so again what you have to do is break the sentence down to the basic

grammar so me will know we never say me will we say I will so I will always be

your friend you and I will always be friends so again it is all about

breaking down the grammar to its most basic form and there you will see the

answer one more

Dave and we'll go to town later I must be honest

Dave is going to be very busy next week he seems to be seeing me a lot Dave and

will go to town later but which one is it

which one is it me or I me or I Dave and we'll go to town later me or I I will

give you a few seconds to answer because I know there is a delay a lot of people

complain they say mr. Jenkin why don't you answer my question straight away

well that's because there is a 30-second delay unfortunately I can't do anything

about that unfortunately I'm very sorry Lewis says me Helena says I Rahul says I

in fact many people say I Dave and will go to town later is it me or I

once again the answer is I because if you break down the basic grammar we

don't say me we'll go to town we always say I will go to town so Dave and I will

go to town later we never say Dave and me Dave and me will go to town later

Dave and I because once again you are breaking down the grammar - it's simple

for I will we never say me will I will Dave and I will go to town later so

there it is a very simple example some very simple questions there although it

can be very complicated so this is a very small rule as I said earlier

English can have lots of small rooms that can cause a great deal of confusion

so I hope you enjoyed that something a little different there hello -

christelle hello - Luis Luis Munoz hello to you what is going on there are you

being naughty this is very funny mr. Duncan it is a funny way to learn

English thank you very much Chris tell that's very kind of you I was talking to

a friend says Luis oh really well sometimes you have to be polite to your

friends or else they might not be your friends anymore mmm

oh yes sir hello there when you are in the position of the subject you say me

yes well you and me but in that sense we are just saying the two people are

concerned with a certain thing yes the subject is I however if you are in the

position of the subject or the object you say me

hello Alexandra hi mr. Duncan what is the difference between a word abstain

and restrain well abstain means not to do something so you stop yourself from

doing it so you abstain so maybe if you decide that you are not going to smoke

anymore you will stop doing it you abstain from smoking you abstain you

avoid doing it so you forbid yourself from doing it

restrain often means to hold back so maybe you restrain a person who is

trying to attack you you restrain them so you hold them back you stop something

from happening you restrain so quite often restrain is a physical thing you

will do it physically to a person you will restrain someone you will hold them

thank you very much also to Sharda hello to Cristina hello also to Chu hello Chu

or Cho I can never remember if I get your name right hello to MD cyfle hello

to you as well hello mr. Duncan I'm new here nice to see you here as well

hind' sally is here as well lots of new names on today's live chat it's very

good to see you here at the back of my house you may remember that there are

lots of sheep at the back of my house however the field at the back of my

house is actually on a slope so the field at the back of my house is not

level unfortunately it is on a slope and many of the sheep unfortunately fall

over they slip on the mud especially at the moment because it's very wet outside

so some of the Sheep unfortunately are falling over and they are injuring their

legs so there are quite a few quite a few sheep at the moment limping limp

they are limping they are hobble in around the field because they have

fallen over and quite often they will injure one of their legs so there are

quite a few sheep that have been injured during this very wet weather because at

the back of the house it's almost under water there is so much water around at

the moment yes the field is on a slope so it isn't straight it isn't level it

is on a slope so when we talk about slopes we mean something that is not

straight it is not level it is on a slight slope we like your sheep it is

very cute oh I see there is my little sheep can you see it very nice I have

two of these yes you might limp you will hobble so if you injure one of your legs

quite often you will limp and the reason why you limp is because you can't put

your weight on the leg because you've injured it so maybe you have injured a

muscle or maybe you have twisted your leg or twisted part of your leg and now

it is very painful hello Adrian hello Adrian hello my name is Adrian I

live in Monaco and I have been following you for 13 years

but this is the first time that I see you live you are the best teacher in the

world Thank You Adrian that's very kind of you can I also congratulate you for

following me for 13 years on YouTube wow thank you very much hello also to Irene

is saying something to Louie Mendes Beatriz what a lovely little sheep yes

there are lots of sheep at the back of the house at the moment one of the

things that has happened recently this time of year now this is a very delicate

subject so if you are easily offended can can you put your fingers in your

ears now oh sorry not me so if you are easily offended so at the moment the

mating season for the Sheep has arrived so normally in spring we will have lots

of little lambs running around in the fields but before that can happen the

the lady sheep has to join with a male sheep so at the moment at the back of my

house I can't believe I'm talking about this but at the back of my house there

is one male sheep in a field with lots of lady she can you believe that

so that sheep that one man that one male sheep now has to mate with all of those

other sheep all of the use that are in the field what a job that's an

incredible job isn't it imagine that right right Billy because that's his

name the sheep's name is Billy right Billy

what I want you to do I want you to go into that field over there and I want

you to mate with all of those sheep but the only problem is poor little Billy

has slipped over on the mud and he's actually injured one of his legs so at

the moment he's having difficulty performing his duty because he's hurt

his leg so poor little Billy the boy goat at the back of my house is supposed

to be mating with all of the ewes but unfortunately he's hurt his leg so

he can't do what he's been told to do unfortunately

changing the subject let's have a look at today's mystery idiom hmm today's

mystery idiom if you think you know what the answer is then please tell me please

give me the answer to the question in case you know what it is if you don't

know what it is do not fear I will give the answer before I go today it is

English addict with myself mr. Duncan that's me by the way for those who are

wondering yes Christina thinks poor Billy poor Billy the Sheep he has to

mate with 40 use unfortunately he is broken his leg he's hurt his leg so at

the moment he's he's walking around the field looking very sad and dare I say

frustrated because he can't perform his duty Noemi hello everybody sadly I

couldn't use the live chat on my mobile phone today if you are having difficulty

can I just suggest that you can refresh your page so sometimes the live chat

won't work first time so you might have to refresh your page so if you are

watching on your computer or on your phone you might have to refresh your

page and then hopefully it will work is the idiom around the clock no it isn't

mr. Duncan oh I have bought a new mobile phone just to see you better thank you

very much Pedro that's incredible I can't believe that you've gone out to

buy yourself a new smartphone just so you can watch me clearly that's really

nice by the way yes there are live caption

all you have to do is press C on your computer keyboard yes poor old Billy I

feel very sorry for Billy I was watching him this morning walking around the

field and all of the use are there they're waiting patiently do you know

what I think I should start doing other things instead of looking out the window

watching the sheep I think so does Billy mate with the lady sheep using his leg

no he doesn't but he needs his leg to

sharda says mr. Duncan can we have your email address again yes you can here it

is right now

so now there is no excuse you should know my email address and also my

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free I've been doing this with no charge for 13 years can you believe it

fam says there is a problem with the subtitles can I just say if you are

watching live with the captions you will notice that the captions will come a

little bit after the words I say so I will say something and then a few

seconds later the caption will appear so that isn't a problem that isn't a fault

that is just because I'm doing this live so the captions don't know what I'm

going to say so it takes a few moments for the captions to actually process so

if you are watching live with captions then that's the reason why so there is

always a slight delay before the captions appear so there you go mr.

Duncan you look different today you look really nice Thank You Alexandra

that's very nice of you to say thank you we mentioned time at the start of

today's lesson and I thought it would be interesting to talk about time when we

are using the words in on and at because depending on what we are talking about

we use different words different ways of expressing an action or something we

intend to do so for example if we are talking about the month then we often

talk about things happening in in so in the month in January in December so in

December we will celebrate Christmas when we talk about a date we often use

the word on to describe the act that is taking place on that date so for

example on the 25th of December it will be Christmas Day on so when we mentioned

the date and an action we always use the word on you do something on that date

you don't do it in that date you do it on that date if we are talking about a

single event on a single day we say on and the same thing applies if we are

talking about a day of the week as well so if you mention a day of the week you

will do it on that day on Friday I will go to town on Saturday I will do

an extra live stream on Wednesday I will be doing my live stream slightly later

than usual so on in the month on the date and also on a certain day then we

have in a certain day so maybe in a certain period of time so in that day so

we are not talking about a particular day of the week we are just talking

generally so in that day we do something so in that period of time so by this we

are talking about a period of time so within that 24 hours so in a certain day

a period of time that occurs in a certain time we also have act when we

are talking about time I will see you at 10 o'clock I will see you on Wednesday

at 8 p.m. UK time so at when we are talking about an arrangement that may be

we are going to make or May be an occurrence that will happen at a

certain time we can also say in when we are talking about time as well so in a

certain period in 20 minutes in 20 minutes I will go in 20 minutes I will

say goodbye so in a certain period of time something

will happen so in two days from now I will be preparing my next live stream in

when we are talking about a future event that will happen or a period of time

that is occurring also for as well so we can use for when we are talking about

time if you are doing something for a certain period of time so you might boil

an egg for five minutes you boil an egg for five minutes so that is how long you

are doing it for then we have during now during is interesting because you can

use it for all types of expressions with time month and also day so you can say

during the hour during the month during the day we can even say during the week

so during the week I will often prepare my English lessons during the day I will

often go out for a short walk so it's sometime during the day at some

time during the hour so we can use during in many ways during a certain

time during a certain month and during the day and of course during

the week Rolfie says prepositions are the main cause of insecurities for us as

English learners I think so prepositions do cause a lot of confusion

and heartache however there is a lesson on my youtube channel and this is

something that will be changing soon you will be able to find my lessons easier

so there are many lessons on my youtube channel and because I've been doing this

for so many years there are now over 700 english lessons so my new website will

also make finding my lessons much easier so there are some big changes taking

place Abdullah says hi mr. Duncan and also for the new

subscribers the which order is best to watch your videos thank you Abdullah

well that is very strange because I was just talking about that how strange I

was talking about the order and how to watch my videos and you asked the same

question isn't that weird oh wow so my new website hopefully will be

putting all of these answers into perspective and also everything will be

much more clear so on my new website that it will be much easier to find

certain lessons so that's another reason why I am actually moving away from using

YouTube as my homepage so in the future my new homepage will be an individual

website it will be my website and it will belong to me so something very

exciting coming up Pedro is going to leave

I know Pedro has things to do on Sunday so I will see you later Pedro don't

forget we are here on Wednesday if I can find my piece of paper

so I am back on Wednesday a slight change to the time I will be with you on

Wednesday at 8 p.m. UK time so something a little different will be occurring on

Wednesday 8 p.m. UK time row sir is going bye everybody see see you have a

wonderful week thanks a bunch mr. Duncan well I'm not going just yet I will be

with you for a few more minutes so don't worry

hello also to Alamgir and also to can I say hello to satury know if you want to

learn well then the use of prepositions and to listen how the native speakers

use them in the context and this is one of the reasons why my lessons are very

useful not only live but also recorded as well so when you listen to English

being spoken when you listen to it being used you can absorb the way the words

and the sentences are constructed so that's one of the reasons why

surrounding yourself with the English language making English part of your

life is very important and this is something that I say very often when I'm

asked how to learn English I still don't know your website address well the

reason why you don't know it is because it's not active so my website is still

being constructed I have been very busy over the past few days building my

website learning how to create a website because I've never done it before

it's my first time so I've had to learn all of these things Lewis also Noemi

oh hello Noemi you deserve to have your own page thank you very much I didn't

realize just how much work is involved in creating your own website I must be

honest with you I I didn't realize let's have a look at the live chat who

else is on today Julie also amma hello Amma it's my first time here

is it really welcome Amma to my SuperDuper livestream and I hope you

will like what you see and I also hope that you will subscribe as well so two

ways to help my work continue you can like and also you can subscribe as well

so here it is the answer to today's mystery idiom so the mystery idiom a

well-known phrase in the English language but what is it

I wonder quite a few people said working around the clock which which is a good

guess it's a very good guess unfortunately it is incorrect so I

always say when you look at my mystery idiom you should say what you see say

what you see so what can you see you can see clocks but what do the clocks tell

they tell you the time so you can see those clocks are actually posted on

signs so today's mystery idiom is a sign of the times

Oh mr. Duncan you are so naughty you naughty naughty man

congratulations to those who got it right

a sign of the times the meaning is an indication of how the present day is

moving normally used in a negative way to show how things are changing for the

worse hmm bad things that appear to be

occurring more are seen as being a sign of the times

maybe people worried about their general safety when they are walking around the

streets we might say yes people are more afraid to go outside and walk around

sadly it is a sign of the times it is the way things are changing and they are

changing in a negative way so quite often we will say the sign of the times

when we are referring to the way things are changing during the present time it

is a sign of the times unfortunately I love your live lessons I

can understand easily your explanation thank you Zakia Zakia 10 thank you very

much very nice apparently yes there have been

some songs called sign of the times in fact there are quite a few there was

a song by Prince do you remember Prince Prince had

something very similar to me in common what does Prince and myself have in

common there is something we share something we share together but what is

it it is our love of the color purple there we go

Prince when he was alive he used to be a big fan of purple and I like I quite

like purple as well you may have noticed that my set and also my tie has a lot of

purple and pink satury no do you use the software we

WordPress to set your website WordPress is free and there are lots of guides on

the Internet when I am using various things to construct my website because

my website will be text and also video so there will be a lot of text and also

video on my new website so all of that coming soon not yet

so don't worry I will still be here with you for the next few weeks on YouTube

and also the next time I'm with you will be on Wednesday at 8 p.m. UK time so a

slight change so normally I'm with you at 2 p.m. UK time on Sunday Wednesday

and Friday however this Wednesday I will be with

you later 8 p.m. UK time there is a reason for

that which I can't tell you because Steve has told me to keep my mouth shut

which to be honest with you it's not an easy thing to do it's almost time to go

unfortunately thank you Christina I was a big fan of

prints me too I loved his music also palmira also to sooraj my English is

very weak how could I make my English strong well you are in the right place

because everyone here is crazy about English many people join my live streams

and maybe their level of English is low but over time the more you watch the

more you listen the more you learn so can I just say you are in the right

place flower s Bois asks have you brought any gifts for Christmas I

haven't bought anything yet even though I'm looking for a lovely present for mr.

Steve because he deserves something nice I think so

I'm not sure if I'm going to get any Christmas presents this year I don't

know it depends whether or not I've been naughty or nice we'll have to wait and

see thank you very much for your company I

am going in a moment one last look outside it is lovely outside the Sun is

already beginning to set so in an hour it will actually be dark here it's true

so by the time 4 o'clock comes it will be dark here in the UK and also across

the way into the distance you can see once again everything is looking nice

today we've had a lovely day today I'll be honest with you the weather has been

nice even though it is only one degree where I live it's freezing cold

thank you for today's lesson Thank You Connell thank you

zhuzi care Thank You Omar thank you everyone

Christelle thank you also for your lovely message today isn't that nice

I will see you on Wednesday I will mention it again slightly later

than normal Wednesday 8 p.m. UK time I will be back

with you on YouTube I know for some people it will be very late but I have

no choice unfortunately there is something else happening Valentin have a

lovely day thank you and I hope you enjoy the rest of your weekend as well

have a super-duper day thank you also to Irene thanks a lot to Eric thank you

very much the more you listen to English the more you will empower your mind to

speak and get lots of input and your output or the way you use English will

come out naturally and easily yes so the more you learn the more you listen the

more you absorb the better your English will become it will happen slowly

over time this is mr. Duncan in the birthplace of English saying thanks for

watching me today I hope you've enjoyed it you can get in touch you can also

email me you can also follow me on Facebook and also you can give me a

little donation as well because I do everything here for free it doesn't cost

you a dime

I know I know I know what you mean yes I am I'm very lucky to have this weather

today because I know in many parts of the world people are having horrible

weather at the moment so I do appreciate that

yes here in the UK we are having the weather isn't too bad at the moment it's

crispy very crisp very cold but also very sunny

I'm going now thank you very much thank you very much - ciao Irene

Massimo parting is indeed sweet sorrow but don't worry I'm back on Wednesday at

8 p.m. and of course you know what's coming next yes you do...

ta ta for now ! 8-)