Why WOULD You? vs. Why DID You? Essential English Nuances

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founder of EnglishAnyone.com and the English  fluency guide welcome to another live video  

here on YouTube uh today's lesson we're going to  be talking about uh would versus did or do uh I  

know these might seem like some pretty complicated  things well Anette is back I am the first nice to  

see you there all right I'm glad chat is working  uh this is actually a request from a fluent for  

life member and so uh he requested can you please  make a video about this and so I wanted to go into  

detail about this uh but before I get started  about the lesson I just want to make it clear  

to people uh when we are uh when we're trying  to learn new words or grammar or whatever in a  

language it's important uh that you don't try to  just take one word and learn all the meanings for  

it at the same time uh it's going to be very  frustrating for you especially if it's a word  

like w that has many uses and so what you want  to do instead is focus on a particular aspect of  

that and then try to understand that very well  and then you move on to other uses of a word  

and then as you learn more then you help uh help  your brain automatically connect these different  

meanings so if I can make this I'll draw like  a very quick diagram of this so if you imagine  

trying to learn some new vocabulary there are  like a few different uh phases you go through  

as you build more certainty about that vocabulary  so we We Begin kind of in the in the center with  

just understanding the word uh and we could move  out maybe this is like if you can imagine the core  

meaning of something and this can be a bit more  challenging especially if we have different uses  

of a word so even a word like I've given this  example before like uh like bark so a word like

bark we could have the sound that a dog makes  so like a dog barks or we could be talking  

about maybe the the skin of a tree the bark of  a tree and so in these cases we learn a word and  

then we might learn one use of it and we really  understand that and then we learn other uses and  

and so we kind of expand out as we learn more  uses so we might learn this usage uh this one  

and then this one uh and then we get further  examples that really help us understand various  

speakers using the vocabulary so even if a teacher  gives you some clear examples and you understand  

what something means you still need to get this  kind of last ring this last example of uh many  

different uh uses of that word or phrase or gram  from different speakers so this is what really  

helps you feel confident that you understand  something again regular English teachers even  

me I'm going to explain things in a simple easy  way as best I can I'm going to speak clearly  

and probably use more vocabulary that's easier  to understand uh but in a conversation so even  

right here if I say something like easy uh let  me write this here so you notice that I I speak  

differently than I would would in a regular  conversation with the native so as an example  

uh let's see why am I keep you know I can't I  can't write and and talk at the same time easy to

understand so this is one example of this easy  to understand and I might say in a regular  

conversation I would blend This Together easy to  understand easy to understand easy to understand  

and I really just kind of blend this it's it's  like almost this a disappears this disappears  

it's like easy to understand easy to understand  it's almost like a like a French like a French  

way of pronouncing this easy to understand easy  to understand okay so I I do some of this in  

lessons here on YouTube what we do influent for  life is really take you from understanding this  

easier level in here where teachers are speaking  clearly to understanding out here which is what  

natives are doing okay so I just want you to keep  this in mind today's video is not going to cover  

every usage of the word wood we're going to focus  on just one aspect so we begin with a word like  

w and we want to focus on just one part of it  and then help you understand that in this video  

hopefully that makes sense all right uh before we  get started let me go back and check any comments  

here see if anybody has any questions as usual  uh as I go through the lesson I'll keep my eye  

on chat uh and try to answer any questions people  have if you have questions about unrelated things  

so a topic other than what this video is covering  feel free to ask those and if I feel I can answer  

that for you then I will help you with that uh  y nice see you good morning it's see burcot from  

Haiti nice there Muhammad W hi there love your  video from Dominican Republic you nice to see you  

there Andy I'm from Afghanistan look at people  representing all over the place Sam says hi my  

teacher from Sudan look at that explain how to  use find out versus figure out all right that's  

a different topic we probably will not cover that  in this video uh oh you guys are talking to each  

other uh let's see I am from yakuts Russia again  Tana is here nice to see you Muhammad I am from  

morania wow look at that look at people all over  the uh all over the place for you you are or for  

me you are the best glad to hear joelan says  hey there to just to clarify the J letter in  

my name is pronounced like a h sound in the word  horse or here H Holan gotcha all right and what  

about Johnny maybe Johnny is also hany could be  Johnny Lopez hello from south of Costa Rica first  

time live but many years following you thanks it's  my pleasure s says from your Eritrea from Brazil  

Brazil oh my goodness all right let's get into  the content all right so this is an interesting  

question uh a slight nuance and a Nuance just  means there maybe is a slight difference in in  

the meaning or a slight difference in what people  are trying to say uh by by changing even one word  

and so this is why it's important to focus on  these little differences and get lots of examples  

the same way natives learn these things all right  so we're going to talk about W uh and I want to  

start with uh just a a basic example uh this was  a question asking about like like why would you  

do something so let's look at a very basic example  uh let's say person a says I went to the grocery  

store we'll just say I went I went to the store  so when native speakers say I went to the store  

typically we mean grocery store because this is  really the most common place you might be going  

uh that's just a like kind of extra little bit for  you so if we you don't really have to say I went  

to the grocery store unless it's really important  that you make that clear but people will typically  

assume that you mean grocery store if you say oh  I went to the store all right uh so if you do not  

mean grocery store usually people will say I went  to the clothes store I went to the sporting goods  

store something like that but typically if you  just say I went to the store it it usually means  

uh a grocery store all right now let's imagine so  person B could respond in two ways actually there  

are really many ways they could respond to this  but we're just going to focus on these two here  

uh so the first one is why did you do that all  right or we could even just say why did you go  

to the store just to make it a bit easier here so  why did you let's just say why did you go to the  

store just to connect these words over here why  did you go to the [Music] store so why did you  

go to the store so somebody went to the store and  then we say why did you go to the store now before  

I explain this let me add a different example over  here we're just going to change this one word so  

we have why would you go to the store now to a  native speaker if we use would in this example  

it would sound weird it would sound a little bit  odd but why that's the point of this video to help  

you understand that all right so if we begin with  I went to the store you're just telling someone  

some information some bit of information something  you did I went to the store so why did you go to  

the store here we're just talking about so why  did you and in uh in this situation when a native  

is using did they're just talking about this one  event so someone at like we imagine sometime in  

the past so here is now at some time in the past  uh like here let's say this was yesterday someone  

went to the store so this event here I went to  the store happened yesterday at some time so I  

went to the store yesterday why did you go to the  store so did meaning we're talking about just this  

one event it's not really uh uh we we we just  want to focus on this one thing why did you go  

to the store so a person might ask this this is a  very common situation so a person says something  

and another person responds why did you do that  uh they're asking for specific information like  

why did you uh go to the store maybe you went to  get some milk or you have to do some shopping for  

something maybe it doesn't matter if they went  to the store or not but a native speaker could  

respond with this so they could say why did you  go to the store now I want to change the example  

just to make this a little bit more clear so I  went to the store let's just say I walked this  

is going to change the example just a little bit  I walked to the store so why did you and instead  

of saying go we would have walk over here now  here we can change the example slightly uh why  

did you walk to the store so I could be meaning  like why did you go to the store like what is  

the reason you went to the store so did you go uh  for some milk or eggs or something like that or I  

could be asking why did you walk like rather than  drive to the store or take a bus or something like  

that okay so this question is still a little bit  vague but it's a very common thing that someone  

might ask oh why did you walk to the store all  right so here in when we're when we're answering  

something like this or asking a question we put  the emphasis on the word we care about so oh why  

did you walk to the store why did you walk to the  store so this means well well you have a car why  

did you walk okay so we might we might make that  kind of uh make that assumption here when we're  

asking a question so if we just say I went to the  store why did you go to the store maybe we only  

care about what they bought and again this is not  an important conversation it's usually some kind  

of small talk where a person says what they did  so maybe person B asks at the beginning oh what  

did you do yesterday oh I walked to the store  and person B says why why did you walk to the  

store why did you go to the store and then person  a responds oh uh I just wanted to buy some eggs  

or something like that whatever the thing is all  right now here's where it gets interesting where  

we replace why did with why would all right now if  we respond a person says I walked to the store if  

we say why would you walk to the store when you  use wood instead you're basically asking well  

that's something sounds odd or weird or you don't  like something about what they said so it's it's  

really a completely different meaning here so why  would you walk to the store now here's something  

interesting that also changes about these examples  again if I walked to the store and I said why did  

you I'm really talking about a specific example  I only am talking about this event when you went  

to the store but as soon as we use wood we're  really talking about that same event happening at  

any time so it we're just talking about the event  not really this specific event that happens here  

we're talking about like an action or something  happening but it could happen at any time so why  

would you walk to the store so this question  could be true for this event or happening here  

or here or here or here or here or here or here  anytime okay so why would you do something in  

this question we're really asking something seems  wrong or we're surprised about something like that  

so why would you walk to the store and typically  just to make this clear when uh when a native is  

responding in this way they usually have maybe  a second sentence or something that's clarifying  

this to make it easier so why did you walk to  the store you have a car so here we're adding  

a little bit more information like why why would  you walk to the store you have a car why would you  

walk to the store when you have a car why would  you walk to the store when you have a car okay so  

here we're imagining that like this could be for  anytime so like anytime because you have a car you  

should take your car to the store okay so this is  a just a simple example uh just to introduce this  

topic to you we will go through some more examples  but hopefully uh this is starting to make sense if  

it's not perfectly clear it's okay I I know we  will uh sometimes have things where we go over  

a few examples and then you finally get it after  a while that's okay but hopefully you're starting  

to see the difference here at the very kind of  foundation of this when we're talking about why  

did you do something we're just asking for more  information about a specific event but why would  

you do something wow that like completely changes  things so where this person is asking there's  

something really odd or surprising or something  they don't like about what this person said so  

when we use would again we're talking about this  as like a kind of potential thing like this action  

at any time so it doesn't matter if we're talking  about the past like so the person let's say could  

say tomorrow if we change the the tense of this  happen uh tomorrow so I'm just going to abbreviate  

this tmrw so tomorrow I will uh go to the store or  it's not a question so tomorrow I will go to the  

store or we'll use our we'll use our same example  from here tomorrow I will walk to the store all  

right now here we can respond in exactly the same  way so why did you go to the store or why will you  

because we're talking about the future why will  you go to the store I'm really just asking for  

basic information oh so someone says I will go to  the store tomorrow why will you go to the store oh  

I need to get some eggs for a party I'm having  okay all right but again we can keep this this  

response is also exactly the same so why would you  walk to the store all right so even though we're  

talking about the future again this this question  is really asking about the action itself it's like  

why would someone do that why would someone who  has a car walk to the store okay and again this  

is not like a big important question but the  point here uh is that we can respond with the  

same question would for any time period and the  reason is because the the question is not really  

asking about a specific action at a specific time  it's talking about just the action in general  

because you could have a car and go to the store  by walking or you know by crawling or something  

like that uh so why would you do that all right so  that activity could happen at any time and that's  

why we have this difference here so if we're just  talking about the basic action uh so yesterday  

I did something or right now I am doing doing  something or tomorrow I will do something then  

usually a native is asking that question because  they just want information about like why why are  

you doing that all right so why did you go to the  store oh I went to the store to buy some milk or  

why will you go to the store tomorrow all right so  why will you do something why did you do something  

and then we're just asking that question just  trying to get basic information but when we use  

wood something happened we're like wait a minute  there's something wrong with this situation I'm  

trying to understand what that is okay so it's  the idea of wood is really just talking about the  

action in general like walking to a store when you  have a car like let's say I walked 10 miles to a  

store so it's not a close trip I like and I know  that so I know my friend he walked 10 miles to  

a store even though he has a car so I would say  why why would you do that why would you do that  

so I could say why did you do that but why would  again it's just like that action sounds weird and  

I'm just focusing on the action itself and it  doesn't matter really when the action happens  

because the action is still weird to me whenever  it happens okay isn't that interesting so just by  

changing this one word why will you do something  we're really talking about just the action and we  

don't we're like I I don't really care about it  there's nothing different for me about the values  

of it or like it doesn't matter okay but if I say  oh why would you do that like I'm thinking there's  

something wrong there there's something incorrect  there's something odd or something surprising it's  

changing or or violating or uh kind of giving me  a different a different perspective on something  

it's challenging me in some way so it's changing  uh the way I might I might think about something  

so something is surprising to me oh why would  you do that why would you do that all right  

let me know if anything is not clear so far again  this is just one example I will give you some more  

examples but I wanted to just start with this one  because this is a very common thing like I walked  

to the store all right so Tom says e yes so you  might you might walk to the store go to the store  

uh but again hopefully you're starting to see the  difference here all right Tom says everything is  

clear all right so again when we're using wood  like the the typical explanation of this is we're  

talking about like a hypothetical or a potential  situation and that it really just means that it  

could happen any time because the time doesn't  matter we're talking about the action itself  

like why would why would someone who drives a  car walk 10 miles to a store why would you do  

that there's something surprising about that maybe  there's an interesting story like I would not do  

that I would not do that I would not do that so  in that potential situation so driving would be  

like a smarter thing to do or a faster thing or  easier or something like that so maybe you have  

a good reason and that's okay usually the person  might respond so if they say oh I walked to the  

store and when I say why did you do that why did  you walk to the store uh then I don't really care  

so much but if I say why would why would you do  that why would you do that and they might explain  

oh like I just want the exercise so they give me a  reason and that's that's like sad satisfying me or  

making me understand okay now I understand okay  so I think something surprising or different or  

whatever uh is is happening and that's why I use  wood all right let me give you another example uh  

I'll check comments very quickly first to make  sure everybody is following along here see if  

they have any any questions let's see Omen says  also is there any Nuance in the words roast and  

Grill uh as always the express criticism criticize  some of these two words are pretty similar uh well  

criticizing is it's basically that's that's  the same thing but roasting and Grilling are  

two different kinds of cooking uh if you if you  if you Google like uh pictures of that you will  

see the difference typically roasting is like you  have like usually fire all around something uh and  

you could like roast it like let's say we like  spit roast something where we have like a turkey  

or whatever and we're going to spin it like this  so the whole we're trying to cook like the whole  

side of it or whatever by like putting heat all  over it somehow uh but grilling typically You'  

got heat under something uh so we put things on a  grill so there's a grill with some you know like  

heat or whatever under there we' got some fire  whatever and so we're going to grill something  

like that so whenever you're looking for uh  for differences in things like this I would  

look at Google images and just look at what the  differences are like look up roast and then you  

will see probably pictures of ovens or rotisserie  that kind of thing like the the chicken on the  

spit and we we're going to turn it around like  that so look at Google Images uh and you will see  

lots of differences between things like that that  will help you understand them more like a native  

rather than trying to translate them all right uh  hi from Soviet Union nice to see you there morning  

teacher youf says sir you're a top teacher in the  world not yet seen on this planet well thank you  

lots of people have seen me though uh because I  got that example uh boy cool I am from Chinese  

you mean I am from China does anyone want to  study English together remember you don't need  

a person to study English with you all you need  is lots of good examples that help you understand  

the language like a native all right if you  remove any doubt you have that's what we're  

trying to do so this hopefully this video gives  you another example that as we remove doubt so as  

we help you understand something better you feel  more confident the fluent communication switch in  

your brain is activated and now you feel more  confident about talking all right so you feel  

more confident about this particular thing so you  master one thing at a time you really understand  

it and then you move on to something else so you  become fluent in particular words and phrases or  

even specific uses of words so you might not  understand every use of wood but the goal of  

this video is to help you understand this use of  wood all right so just focus on that you focus on  

one thing at a time uh and it should be uh become  much more clear uh let's see SMS look like Eminem  

yeah I've gotten that before actually I used to  have kind of like uh bleach blonde hair many years  

ago but I did that before Eminem did it uh let's  see Fabi says I rather be a sparrow than a snail  

you would say I would rather or I'd rather uh D  says very useful Tom says is there a slang word  

for walk or go uh not really the whole point of  slang is is just to make something shorter or to  

communicate in a code and you don't want other  people to know what you're talking about um so  

you could just say I like ran to the store or  I dropped by the store that's not really slang  

but there are different ways of talking about  moving from one place to another all right so  

don't really worry about slang it's just listen to  different examples of natives talking about going  

to a store or whatever and you will get those  different examples from them uh let's see follow  

along just learn this expression thanks glad to  hear it and hey teacher do you learn kanji or not  

yes I do hello teacher I have a question what is  the difference between advice and advice Google  

that that's an easy one to get a just like get the  difference on so one is a verb and the other is a  

noun all right hey teacher do you know oh I got  that one already H says I just saw some of your  

videos and unlock many things to study English  gorgeous teaching method thank you from Vietnam  

it's my pleasure remember I'm just trying to help  you understand things the same way a native would  

so that you unlock that confidence and that's  when you start speaking so you don't become a  

good speaker just by repeating things you become  a good speaker when you understand something very  

well and you naturally want to talk about it okay  so you feel confident about using something like  

the word w in this way that's the whole point of  this video Thomas says greetings from Poland hi  

there are much Nuance differences in English uh as  a non-native speaker yes so there are many of them  

and this is just one example all right uh actually  if you pay attention if you listen carefully to my  

videos you will notice I I kind of teach some of  these things explicitly so that means I'm actually  

taking time to explain them but other things  you will just notice them uh the same way my  

children listen to me and they understand uh more  new things as they get more examples uh let's see  

sometimes it makes me feel English is difficult  yes and this is why it's important to not focus  

on English generally you want to have a specific  Target like what we're doing here so today we're  

just focusing on one word and really understanding  the difference between something like I do or did  

versus would all right hopefully this will become  more clear uh as we go through these examples all  

right uhis says hello from Houston I like your  teaching glad to hear it because there are no  

errors in sentences in terms of grammar uh well  we're talking about different things like nuances  

and errors in grammar those are two different  things uh shun says can it be replaced with  

how could you walk to the store does it give  the same meaning as why would uh that's a good  

question but no uh if we replace like how then  I'm asking in what way did you go to the store  

so that's just a different question and maybe I  care about oh did you walk to the store or did  

you run or did you bike or did you do something  else like that so wood really is it's it's like  

something hit me that was very surprising it  stopped me for a moment and I'm like why would  

you do that why would you do that all right so  if I just say oh why did you do that I'm I'm just  

asking like for like a factual reason but for me  like the why would you question is almost for me  

rather than the other person so I'm surprised  about something the person didn't explain a  

reason so now I'm I'm wondering now let's say  the person says I walked to the store because  

my car was broken okay because my car got stolen  or something like that if they give a reason then  

I'm probably not going to say why would you do  that because there's nothing surprising about  

that all right the surprising thing is already  expl La I walked to the store because my car was  

stolen so I just say like oh well that's too bad  so I don't there's nothing surprising about that  

I'm I'm not surprised or there's it's like why  would you why would you walk to the store don't  

like you have a car and they say oh well my car  was stolen so if they explain that again there's  

there's some reason or some information I feel  like I'm missing or that sounds weird or that  

I'm not happy with in some way but it's it's  making me stop and think about that okay so  

that's the whole point of this using W rather  than talking about that so if we're talking  

about uh how would you do something uh then we're  just we're asking another basic question about in  

what way did you go to the store all right let  me know if that's clear all right so clear to  

understand glad to hear Isabella from Brazil but  for natives the sentences I speak seem to be a  

little awkward and that is why I watch your video  yes so uh again if your if if your sentences are  

a little bit awkward it probably means uh like  it's probably just because of how you learn so  

it's not your fault probably you learned like in  a Korean classroom with Korean teachers who are  

teaching you English through Korean and so you're  thinking through Korean you probably translate in  

your head before you speak because that's how  you learn the language so what I'm trying to do  

is help you understand the way a native would  think about something uh and so this makes it  

easier for you to understand this way all in  English all right this is the same way I would  

explain it to my own kids all right typically  children just come to understand these things  

as they get lots and lots of examples of them but  sometimes it's useful like this just to explain  

something to give you a bit more information to  make that uh that learning process much faster all

right uh all right hold up let him cook says  Daniel nice to see you there everybody says hi  

run drop by got it thanks teacher B vind Isabella  uh con Jo greetings from your hometown Ellen nice  

to see you there Murray hi teacher this is my  first time my concern is I can write everything  

that I can think but I can't speak correctly some  advice please uh this is the same answer I give to  

everybody when you doing a slow activity like  reading or writing you have time to think but  

when you you're trying to communicate you have to  respond quickly and automatically and typically if  

you don't learn English as a first language and  if you don't really uh eliminate the doubts that  

stop you from speaking then you won't be able to  do that so that's the main reason why that happens  

so if you if you can understand things when you  read or write then like that's usually the easy  

thing to do because those are slower skills or  slower activities but when you communicate with  

people you have to be faster you have to be quick  response to understand people quickly it takes a  

lot more processing power for your brain to try  to think about things and translate uh but if  

you eliminate the doubt and understand more like  a native then you will start speaking more like  

a native all right and Tom says I'm practicing  my listening ability while listening to teacher  

Dre yeah that's the that's the idea so like when  we talk about practicing something the practice  

really means understanding something better and  better until you feel confident about using it  

all right uh Connie or S says greetings from  Peru hello here Nancy from Mexico City says  

N I see there R English is easier than Arabic uh  I don't know if that's necessarily true and this  

is something to I just don't know about Arabic uh  but typically children learn to speak their native  

language at the same rate all over the world the  only real difference is if you're coming from one  

language and then trying to read and write so my  Japanese speaking is actually much better than my  

ability to read and write because I can learn that  like the way of speaking uh much faster than uh  

than trying to learn the Japanese characters all  right so that that makes the language difficult  

but uh it's if you're just talking about being  able to communicate every language works in the  

same way and all kids all over the world learn  it at the same rate so that's why you have young  

kids speaking Arabic young kids speaking English  young kids speaking Chinese it's it's all the  

same thing so it's not like you would go to one  country and and kids don't learn to speak until  

they're 10 years old they all do it at the same  rate so there's nothing really difficult about  

a language specifically uh it's just like those  little things like reading and writing that make  

it more difficult uh let's see okay I got the  answer to that one there all right again hello  

from Ukraine to the best teacher you guys are  too kind that's so embarrassed says boy just  

now I made a mistake Mook Chinese for China it's  okay don't feel bad about that Dre s is a goat Tas  

nice to see there Ohio gas let's see comedy says  hello teacher good morning from Korea look at that  

nice to see lots of people from Asian countries  over here uh Smith says from Haiti and what do  

you think about AI as a partner for practicing or  learning language in general uh well I'll tell you  

my perspective as a teacher using AI um if I if  I were trying to learn the language so let I've  

experimented with this for learning Japanese and  I found it not very helpful because there will be  

mistakes and I'm only using chat GPT for that  um just to see what kind of examples it would  

give me and I will have to correct chat GPT  often uh and especially like for for trying  

to teach English I will look at an example so I  can look at something like this with chat GPT and  

chat GPT might try to explain something the way  a normal teacher would do it and I will say no no  

we don't want to explain it like that because  you're not really helping someone understand  

something better so understand that chat GPT  is not or whatever I I I can't I can only speak  

about chat GPT because that's the one I've had  experience with uh other AI systems might be  

different but typically the AI is going to reflect  the people who program the AI and uh most language  

learning information uh like those examples that  AI would get examples of it's just going to teach  

you in the same way um but AI would be useful for  getting more examp examp about things if you know  

the examples are correct so that that's the only  issue like I would probably not trust that and  

even in chat GPT there's a note at the bottom that  says uh chat GPT is sometimes mistaken and so it  

could have like information that's not true or  you're asking for something again I I can check  

chat GPT because as a teacher I can I can give it  questions and see how it responds to those things  

and sometimes it is incorrect like it might say  something or I might I might try to like pretend  

to be a learner and work with chat GPT just to  see what kind of information it would give me uh  

and often it will be uh something confusing that  would not it wouldn't really help a learner who's  

studying by themselves so it's it's trickier to  use that but you can use it to get examples like  

if you want 20 examples of like something like  this like the kind of thing we would do in a in a  

lesson like this uh but again uh as I mentioned at  the beginning of this video we have this uh kind  

of beginning of of a lesson where you really  start to understand something then you start  

to understand various uses of a particular word  but we also still after that need to get uh lots  

more examples from native speakers actually using  something so I might hear something in a lesson  

and I understand the usage but then I'm surprised  because in a conversation native speakers say it  

differently and so here I still need to eliminate  the doubt like all of this is you can think about  

these layers of removing the doubt from uh from  whatever that word is or phrase or grammar Point  

uh and as you go through those then it makes  it easier for you to understand all right so  

chat GPT might help you understand this or like  a particular usage but typically it will explain  

it to you like a regular teacher explaining a  lesson all right and especially if you use like  

translations to do that so if you're a Spanish  speaker and you ask chat GPT a question in English  

it might give you like a Spanish like written in  Spanish explanation about how grammar Works Which  

is less helpful for understanding and using uh  the language fluently so if you can understand it  

in English that's great but chat gbt uh as far as  I've found uh does have its limitations all right  

so just keep that in mind as you learn I think  in the future it could become better but remember  

it's it's only as good as the examples it gets  from people uh and it's not really learning like  

I can I can teach chat G G PT in a conversation  how to understand something and I've done that  

before but then chat GPT doesn't remember that  I'm not actually changing the programming of chat  

GPT itself to help people understand languages  better it will just forget that conversation and  

then each conversation will be new so I'd have  to like explain that thing to chat GPT again and  

again which I have done so it's interesting when  you get into a conversation with chat GPT uh about  

explaining things but often it's it's still it's  still not it's not like perfectly good all right  

uh let's look at another example uh let's see  uh just do something simple like yesterday uh  

so a a says yesterday yesterday yesterday I  played actually let's make this uh we'll make  

this a a current example rather than the past  so we did the past already uh if you still want  

more examples we can cover that as well but  hopefully you're you're starting to see that  

W applies anytime so it's not just for the past  or the present or the future it's anytime all  

right uh so I make this very short and simple  I play the guitar I play the guitar so we're  

talking about something now something happening  in general you're continuing to do that thing I  

play the guitar I play the guitar now you can  imagine how person B might respond to that oh  

I might say why do so this is the present so we're  talking about it right now uh why do you play the

guitar so why do you play the guitar here I'm  just asking about this particular activity for  

them in this moment all right so again I'm using  why do you do something why do you do something  

so person a says oh I play the guitar I say oh  why do you play the guitar all right so I could  

be asking like why do you play the guitar rather  than the piano or something like that all right  

this is it's still kind of a like a general vague  question so not very specific uh but maybe they  

respond with like oh uh so like I play the guitar  and I say oh why do you play the guitar and they  

say uh like oh like my my dad my dad taught me  my dad taught me okay so in this example uh it's  

someone just stating something about themselves I  play the guitar my name is this or whatever I play  

the guitar oh why do you play the guitar and they  say oh my dad taught me all right now we're going  

to change this example a little bit with with a  wood response now watch this again when we think  

about wood there's something surprising there's  some information that's missing there we're like  

wait a minute something something is wrong with  this situation what's going on so if I say why  

would you play the guitar so here I'm going to  add my own reason the reason I'm surprised by  

something so again we usually have a question  and then maybe another sentence or something we  

could actually combine these into one thing  I'll give you an example of that uh but the  

point is there's something surprising here late  why would you play the guitar you don't have any

fingers I'm surprised like a person  this guy says he plays the guitar  

but he doesn't have any fingers so  I'm really surprised to hear that  

wow I play the guitar okay so this  sounds like a regular thing some

like I might say why did you like why did you  choose the guitar if I just want to know more  

information about that but again I'm talking about  just that specific thing I'm looking for uh more  

information or just trying to have a conversation  and keep the conversation going okay but you see  

how this is very different like as soon as I say  would whoa like something surprised me something  

is different from my expectations or I'm like why  I I don't understand why someone would do that so  

anybody in any situation it could be 500 years  ago even someone 500 years ago would probably  

not choose to play the guitar if they have no  fingers I'm guessing somebody might you know  

actually like people you know people you have like  people in wheelchairs who play basketball you know  

it happens uh but again it's a surprising thing so  from this situation and I'm I'm trying to give you  

a little bit more information about the situation  so at first I just I'm talking to a guy who says  

I play the guitar and I say why do you play the  guitar and he gives me some reason for that okay  

but if I'm looking at this guy and I'm really  surprised because he has no has no fingers try to  

hide my fingers over here look he has no fingers  how does he play the guitar so I would say wow  

why would you do that okay why would you do that  that's whoa why would you do that why would you do  

that so there's something surprising there's some  information it's like how is it possible that a  

person understands or can like do something with  with like what what this is okay so how does he  

how is that possible how how are you able to play  the guitar with no fingers like why would you do  

that so here I'm kind of asking why would you  choose a guitar when you have no fingers like  

why not I don't know like play the drum or I don't  know some whatever some instrument you can do with  

uh with with your fingers or with no fingers all  right does this make sense let let me know if I'm  

it's a little bit quiet in the chat but hopefully  I want to make sure people understand the  

difference here if I'm just asking for information  about a specific thing I don't really care so much  

there's nothing surprising or interesting about  it but when I say would whoa I heard something  

interesting that that was that made me think it  made me pause like it made me surprised in some  

way why would you do that why would you do that  okay we'll look at another example in a moment uh  

but first let me check chat make sure anybody has  uh let's see people are people got this over here  

let's see if I got everybody good morning from  Korea uh let's see oh Cony says Drew sense say  

when will and going to Future simple are used  in a similar way I still don't get that if you  

could explain that oh that that's that's I don't  want to focus on the like the difference in in  

those examples in this video uh but I do have that  covered in other videos and we also cover that in  

fluent for Life uh I don't I don't want to like go  off on too many things in one video about that uh  

let's see Juan says those techniques doesn't work  you would mean those Techni techniques don't work  

I don't know what you're referring to though  uh Canon says is this question do is use for  

a question I don't understand what you're asking  would you like to go with me so would you like  

uh it's again a similar usage of wood we're not  talking about that for this uh but it's w like  

a potential thing in the future that's why we  use wood so we wouldn't say like do you do you  

go out with me that's a different question of  like are we doing something or not it's like  

in the future potentially would you like to do  something all right so that's a a related use  

of wood remember we've got our example over here  here's the word wood we've got like out from here  

we've got different uses like what would you like  for dinner would you go out with me like why would  

you do something see these are related but they're  a little bit different so we want to focus on one  

thing at a time and really make sure we understand  it and we could like begin moving into all  

different things you can see people have questions  about other things but I just want to maintain  

the focus uh for this lesson to make sure people  really understand this all right so why would I do  

that why would I why would I focus on one thing to  really make sure people understand it that's why I  

would do that so it doesn't matter when I would do  it that's why I would okay that's why I would do  

something all right uh I can understand everything  that you said like it's my own language yes that's  

the point isn't would V2 and would be V3 what are  you what are you talking about we're like give me  

a specific example what you mean by that uh so  surprise I thank you teacher always a top says  

Osama should I don't have confidence with my word  and copy that yes so again if you are if you're  

uncertain about it it's okay that just means you  need to focus on that thing and really get more  

examples of it until you do feel right now okay  so you do feel you feel like ah now I got it now  

I can use that thing okay all right uh I think  I understand yes if you think you understand  

you're getting closer all right let's look at  another example another example uh also I have  

prepared more examples for you if you look down  in the description below this video you will find  

those uh these are other uses of the same thing  so many more examples I didn't want to cover like  

tons of them we're already at 40 48 minutes so  far in this video uh but if you look down again  

in the description below this video you will find  those examples all right so let's say uh like uh

I I stole a car so a friend a friend says I  stole a car or like a person says that how  

might we respond to that uh let's say actually  let's make this even more specific example uh  

let's say this is like this is a child up here  and this is the parent so child so the child  

says I stole a car and the parent how might the  parent respond to that okay the parent and if  

we're if we're like you know there are obviously  many different ways you could respond but just  

looking at the examples that we're covering in  this video uh why did you do that if we just ask  

a question this is a simple thing again here is  our time period this is now uh the car stealing  

happened at some point in the past here and the  says why did you do that now this is a perfectly  

fine question to ask like why did you steal a  car all right but it becomes much more uh like  

impactful interesting if we don't use did and  we use would instead why would you do that all  

right because it doesn't matter when you stole  a car if you like stealing a car is a bad thing  

to do it doesn't matter if it's here or here or  here or here here why would you do that all right  

in this example the parent parent is surprised  and they're also disappointed and upset with the  

child why would you do that all right why would  you do that why would you do such a thing you'll  

hear that example as well why would you do instead  of that it's like such a thing why would you do  

such a thing why would you do that all right so  why did you again both of these are correct but  

I'm trying to get you to see the subtle Nuance  the subtle difference uh and again here like uh  

yes Daniel we're implying judgment all right so  there's something surprising uh we're like the  

child just says oh I stole a car I said why why  would you do that why would you do such a thing  

all right so I'm surprised I'm kind of putting  my values or my judgments or my reasons or  

something uh and again I'm talking about like I'm  basically saying stealing a car is a bad thing so  

I'm judging my child saying you shouldn't steal a  car now maybe they respond again with like well I  

had to steal the car because someone was going  to die and I helped them get to the hospital or  

something like that so in that case they have a  reason but typically a child would like explain  

that first so a child might say I stole a car  because something and in that case then we just  

say like oh well it's you know stealing a car is  probably a bad idea but I understand that you had  

to steal a car in this case so for this specific  example all right so I stole a car if we don't get  

more information then like we're we're kind of  surprised about that thing so a parent might be  

upset or disappointed or surprised or whatever  but all of those things are implied with wood  

so there's something that we hear that's like  it's making us stop and think all right I need  

more information I'm wondering like why would  you do that all right let's look at another

example so a friend uh let's say a friend says  I quit my job I quit my job and I respond why  

did you do that and again I'm making this  shorter I could just respond like why did  

you like do that I could say why did you  quit your job all right but we understand  

what we're talking about so we just say that  why did you do that why did you do that and  

here again I'm talking about here's our timeline  here here's now person quits the job right here  

I quit all right so we're looking at oh like  why did you quit your job I'm just looking  

for factual information I'm asking about them  and they just say like say is oh like I I was

unhappy Okay so until we get a reason this is  usually what we're doing when we're having a  

conversation we're trying to understand what  the person's reason for doing something is so  

I quit my job oh why did you do that why did  you do that all right now I might not be angry  

about that like in this situation A friend is  just telling me about something I'm just like  

oh like why did you do that why did you do that  all right so why did you do that why did you do  

that I'm I'm surprised but maybe it's I I don't  really you know it's it's not very important I'm  

just saying like for this activity here so I'm  not talking about like anybody quitting any job  

anywhere like that you know I'm not that's not the  surprising thing so there's I'm just I'm surprised  

that that they did it for this situation so I'm  saying why did you do that why did you quit your  

job and then they explain oh I was unhappy all  right now if we change the example we're going  

to change the example a little bit we instead of  using did we put would here and again so why would  

you do that and now again I have some maybe  uh other information about this where I'm I'm  

confused like so my friend says I quit my job why  would would you do that and I might follow this  

up with you were uh like or here let me I'm trying  to think of just a short way to say this uh aren't

you getting a

promotion all right so I'm asking them an  additional question here I quit my job and I meet  

my friend again maybe he told me before oh he's  expecting a promotion at work so now I'm really  

surprised like why would you do that and here the  idea is like most people it doesn't matter when it  

is are probably not going to quit a job if they're  about to get a promotion okay so that's the  

surprising thing that's the the new information  that I'm I'm thinking like wait a minute I already  

know like they're about to get a promotion they  said they're going to get a promotion so let's say  

last week I had a conversation uh my friend said  he's getting a promotion at work but this week  

he says I quit my job so now I'm like whoa wait  wait a minute I'm really surprised about that why  

would you do that aren't you getting a promotion  so why would you do why would you do that like so  

the idea is like why would you quit your job when  you're about to get a promotion and that could  

apply to any time so why would anyone do that all  right so the this this question is not even like  

just for my friend here it's really it's like me  thinking like why would someone do that I'm kind  

of asking the universe why would someone quit a  job if they're about to get a promotion why would  

you do that all right so why did you do that is  for this specific event why did you do that I'm  

just getting information but why would you it's  like whoa like something amazing surprising that  

I'm like maybe I'm upset with that or something  else but there's some information that I know  

about or maybe it's just me personally that I  would disagree with someone about so I'll give you  

that example as well uh but hopefully you see all  of those these are just different ways of talking  

about being surprised about something for some  reason whatever that is and so we're trying to  

get more information that like that makes it clear  for us why would you do that okay why would you do  

that I don't understand I I don't understand why  would somebody do that all right so so far we've  

looked at different examples like you're surprised  or you're disappointed you're upset with someone  

this one you're you're just confused I thought  you were getting a promotion why would you do  

that all right so remember you can both of these  are fine you can say why did you quit your job  

even if you are surprised so even in this specific  thing I still could say why did you the point of  

this video is to really help you understand the  difference like what natives are kind of thinking  

what they understand uh when they're when they're  thinking about using these different words all  

right so it kind of comes out naturally but this  is the way they would understand it if they had  

to explain it to you I quit my job oh why did  you do that aren't you getting a promotion so  

I could say that this is also fine to say but when  I say would I'm kind of talking about like anyone  

anywhere at any time like why would someone do  that all right so I'm not talking about just you  

doing this specific thing at this time it's any  anybody anytime doing that could be 5,000 years  

ago there's a guy who quit his job and uh and he  and he he was about to get a promotion why did he  

do that so there must be like maybe a responds  with like well uh they like I had to like kill  

somebody to get the promotion so there's some  additional information that I'm missing that  

if they explain that to me oh okay now I got  it so if so why I quit my job oh why would you  

do that aren't you getting a promotion yeah well  uh I have to kill somebody to get the promotion  

okay all right well in that case then okay now  my my my surprise I'm satisfied I understand the  

reason uh and now okay that's fine I understand  so again there's like something that changes your  

mind something surprising in in whatever way um  and hopefully that that makes a bit more sense  

and as you get more examples like you can again  look for more examples I've prepared some for you  

in the description below this video uh I'm just  covering a few in this video but hopefully that  

makes sense all right is that is that getting  like a bit more clear for people let me go back  

and check chat so as as we go through these  examples it should become more clear remember  

that sometimes especially a trickier thing like  you're not going to get it from the first example  

so that's why we add layer after layer after  layer of more example more example more example  

and that's when you really start feeling confident  like okay yeah I get it I feel a little bit more  

confident ah now I got it okay so that's okay  that's a normal process that will that will happen  

uh for people all right so it's not remember this  is not about a mistake in in communication so you  

could say why did you do that or why would you  but when you say would it's like you're you're  

like asking everybody like why why would you  do that why would somebody do that okay so it's  

not even like just for this person at this time  it's like for anybody I'm really surprised like  

I thought you were getting a promotion why would  you leave okay all right let's see uh let's see  

uh let's see Neil says I think all right so we're  we're getting there so Annette is getting getting  

closer there aish says I don't understand because  I am late because I'm late it's okay you can go  

back and watch the video from the beginning Conan  says thanks shun says thank you for the advice I  

am quite curious the usual way you speak English  with your native speakers family and friends can  

you do some example right here uh like I gave you  an example before uh in this video I I don't want  

to speak for like a long time about it I've done  this in many videos uh and you can find videos on  

our channel of me doing this so if you watch our  conversation videos the examples from fluent for  

Life uh you will see me speaking like that so I  gave the example earlier of easy to understand so  

easy to understand I'm speaking each word clearly  so you can hear everything it's easy to understand  

but as I say it faster like a native easy to  understand easy to understand easy to understand  

easy to understand easy to understand so even if  I speak it slowly I'm still blending the sounds  

of my words together easy to understand easy to  understand and the the to becomes more like a  

du easy to understand easy to understand easy to  understand all right so that's why it's important  

not only to watch videos of like people explaining  things clearly on YouTube you need to get lots of  

examples of native speakers also talking in their  normal voices all right that's the only way to be  

prepared for that uh let's see yes I think people  are getting it if I can't understand you saying  

you mean like what I'm saying or something let  me know what you mean by that that so why would  

you do that why would you do that you're a good  kid yes so here ex like there's some information  

that we know about them already like wait a  minute like you're a good kid why would you do  

that all right so here we're surprised because  of some other information that we know so why  

would you steal a car learning English is hard  actually it's it's quite easy if you learn it  

the right way all right uh thanks says joah I'm  here but late it's okay thanks teacher bom and M  

learning a language is a marathon not a Sprint it  should be a routine more than a class at least it  

is for me uh remember that language learning  is it's it's neither intrinsically difficult  

or hard but the way most people teach makes it  difficult because they're they're creating more  

doubt and so the goal of language learning is to  eliminate the doubt that's why we're focusing on  

just this one thing to make you really understand  it well to eliminate the doubt you have about that  

so it's better to spend like 30 minutes really  understand something than to like learn it and  

try to memorize a few rules but you still don't  feel confident about saying something so that's  

why it's not um like the the point of what I do in  this video or any video is to eliminate the doubt  

to really help people understand what things mean  so they feel confident about speaking that's the  

whole point okay I got it looks like some people  in the second example you put more emphasis on do  

that uh trying to figure out the meaning by and  quit the job it makes sense yeah so again like  

like I can put emphasis on different words like  why like why did you do that or why did you do  

that all right so if I'm talking about you rather  than someone else all right so the emphasis on the  

words is is kind of less important in this uh than  just this difference between did and would all  

right but yes you can use emphasis to change what  the specific meaning of a sentence is zakar says  

it's like searching for the reasons yes that's  exactly it so you're like you have a you have a  

world view and something changed that world viiew  you got some new information or something happened  

where you're you're surprised or now you're  frustrated or something so now you're trying  

to solve that problem and this is how you begin  that process like why would you do that all right  

why would anyone do that so it's it's really the  question you're asking Elder has it going nice to  

hear you this morning that's right uh let's see  oh Gaz it's nice to see you there got a bunch  

of interesting characters in your name let's see  uh yep I got it says Robson Daniel and if uh the  

other person answers what wouldn't you is uh it's  like doubling down on the opinion or action uh I  

suppose yeah you so you could say that like if I I  say like oh why wouldn't you do that all right but  

they're like you're you're you're challenging the  the person so if if the person says I quit my job  

and I say why would you do that aren't you getting  a promotion and the person says well why wouldn't  

you do that so in this situation if he responds  back with a question like well why wouldn't you  

do that it's like okay uh you know there's not  there's there's not much you can really say to  

that it's just like he believes it's okay to do  that so this is It's like a a question of reasons  

or a question of values where something something  is like not making sense to you and so you like  

it doesn't matter maybe he thinks it's okay to  quit a job if you're about to get a promotion and  

we assume there are no other problems so like  tomorrow he's supposed to get a promotion but  

today he quits the job for no reason then that's  that would just seem very weird to most people  

okay and so like maybe he again it's his life he  can do whatever he wants to he can quit a job uh  

even if it's maybe a good job and there are no  problems or anything but that's why we would have  

something like that all right uh a that's a good  question though says I hope one day I'll be able  

to speak English like you fast and correct well  you focus on it one step step at a time that's  

what we're doing uh in in these examples so we  really want to help you understand something one  

step at a time you focus on something really  get it and then move on to something else uh  

English says uh the difference between did would  is very confusing yes but try to try to focus on  

just these examples where either we're talking  about what somebody did or really what anybody  

would do in that situation so if I hear my friend  did something like quit a job before getting a  

promotion then I would wonder why anyone would do  that all right so this question is really asking  

if I say why would you do that I'm really saying  like why would anyone do that why would anyone why  

would anyone quit a job all right so it's not just  about him for this experience for this activity  

on this day I'm talking about any person anywhere  at any time all right so why would anyone do that  

all right so I could actually respond like like  I'm kind of thinking to myself or let's say my  

friend just says I quit my job and I'm having  like a text conversation with him and then I'm  

just thinking to myself like I don't respond back  to him I'm just thinking like why would anyone do  

that I can be asking this question to myself  it just means I'm trying to figure out what's  

happening all right so typically we would ask  the person like why would you do that all right  

so maybe I'm just thinking like why would anyone  do that particular thing but here uh again if I'm  

speaking with him like I could be having a um like  a a text conversation or an actual conversation on  

the phone or in person uh and still so I could say  like why would you why would you do that um but I  

could I'm really meaning like why would anyone  in your situation do that why would anyone do  

that all right and so that's where this this this  this understanding of wood as like a potential  

thing because it could be anytime it could be  sometime way in the future all right because  

any anytime someone could quit their job even if  they're getting a promotion all right all right  

lots of good questions though but with with each  question we get closer to certainty that's the  

goal here all right uh let's see Robson says per  clear from me yes it makes sense glad to hear it  

all right it's clear teacher but what about if  would theater I don't know what you're if you're  

asking about remember I don't want to focus on  any other uses of wood in this video I don't want  

to confuse anybody I really just want people to  focus on this one thing this first time I watch  

you live says jeny nice to see you there for  example when your best friend come backs or you  

would say like you would say comes back with the  guy she said she wasn't coming back anymore you'd  

say why would she do that yes so you're surprised  like here's another example like let's erase this

one so I went out and this is like a native  way of saying like I went on a date so I went  

out with uh with I don't know let's let's just  say Tina some some girl named Tina so I went out  

with Tina again now here I'm again I could say  why did you do that pardon my quick writing I  

just want to get to the point here so I went out  with Tina again okay now I know something about  

Tina I know they had like a bad relationship they  get together sometimes and then they break up and  

it's like a whole drama so why did you do that  I could say why did you do that but again I'm  

like surprised by something like why would you  do that you said so I'm still talking here you  

said you hated that girl or you just said  you hate let's say you hate you hate that

girl and then I guess he gives me some kind of  Reason about that so I went out with Tina again  

why would you do that you said you hate that  girl all right again it's okay it's correct  

it's grammatically correct it's fine to say why  did you do that you you said you hate that girl  

so I could say did but I'm like asking a kind of  more general question about life when I say would  

that's really what I mean here why would like an  ambulance drive by now why would they do that why  

why are they doing that to me all right so I know  there's a reason there's probably a good reason  

and it's probably more important than what I'm  doing right now uh but again like it's like why  

would why would an ambulance drive by now all  right why would an ambulance drive by now all  

right it's like why like why would they do that to  me why would they do that to me all right so again  

I went out with Tina again why did you do that  or why would you do that if I really want to make  

it like I'm I'm I'm like why why would you do why  would you do that why would you do that so I could  

say why why would you do that or why why would you  do that my my my intonation or my emphasis might  

be on slightly different words it doesn't really  matter um so you said you hate that girl okay uh  

and then like you explain this you know maybe he  gives me an explanation for uh for what you know  

for whatever uh for whatever the reason is okay  so like again this is another example like I went  

out with someone why did you do that you said you  hater what's the reason for that okay so why would  

you I'll give you one more uh I think we got a  similar uh question like this in chat so I thought  

I would cover this also uh like I lied to I lied  to Mom okay so here's like the the child again uh  

here's dad uh so I lied to Mom and I was like oh  like like why would you do that why would you do  

that all right so I'm asking a question like why  would you do that all right why would you do that  

like you are such a good child so I'm surprised  about something why would a good child lie to  

their parents okay so there's something surprising  something happens I could say did that's both of  

these are fine but uh again the point is like I'm  I'm like it's like something like changed in my  

whole world like oh no like why would a child do  that you know all right hopefully that makes sense  

I I think people are getting it though let me know  if you are not if there are still questions about  

this specific thing all right all of these are  just something happened you heard some news and  

now you're you're surprised or something changed  or you're trying to understand something uh and  

you're whatever you could be feeling a certain  way you could be feeling confused or feeling upset  

or feeling disappointed or feeling just wow just  really surprised by that maybe you're not thinking  

about it too much but it's just surpris surprising  interesting information all right but would we're  

really talking about when we when we ask that  question it's just like why would anywhere anyone  

at any time do this okay so why would you do that  all right why would you do that all right so you  

can focus on that uh I'll repeat again remember  this is like we're we've given probably more  

examples about something happening in the past but  it could be at any time all right so tomorrow I  

will do something and I say oh why would you do  that okay I'm still surprised by information it  

doesn't matter when it happens and that's why wood  is useful because or another reason it's useful  

because you can use it at any time all right I  think people are getting it though all right uh  

let's see uh let's see ishna not easy I don't  know what you're referring to but hopefully uh  

if you're if if you have joined us late for this  video I recommend you go back and watch it from  

the beginning uh watch it more than once if you  can Jenny says you make me uh more confident to  

believe my listening ability glad to hear it uh  Williams says I am from Brazil and I appreciate  

your class for me is more difficult to speak or  pronounce something I think my speech is so wrong  

uh if you listen to lots of native examples you  will feel more confident about that also Frederick  

you can download that app in the description  below this video and it will help you improve  

your listening and pronunciation uh detkin says  sir so would can be used in the past present and  

future yes so we're talking about anything we're  responding with this specific like why would you  

do something I can be uh listening to a friend  of mine explain something about the the present  

or the past or the future so tomorrow I will  move uh and I'm like well why would you do that  

like you just got married and got a new job here  okay so I'm I'm like I'm asking like why would a  

person so try to think about it in a general way  like that like why would a person at any time in  

any place uh why would they do something like  this so something is surprising you uh even if  

it's a specific instance that happens you're still  surprised about that particular thing okay but you  

could apply that to anyone at any time doing that  thing all right I'm always late it's okay these  

these lessons aren't aren't like at a specific  time uh Dan says hello teacher I'm so happy to  

be here nice to see there Point taking teacher  says steuart uh let's see abim from Somali uh  

happy for learning English glad dear like you  are shocked why would he do that yes that's it  

why wouldn't I yes and so again like you can ask  that of yourself as well why wouldn't I or like  

or you if you're trying to think of something like  why why would I do that like let's say like in a  

movie or something like a guy like kills somebody  and it just he's like very surprised something  

happened like a demon I don't know in put got in  his head or something like that he's like he's  

like why why would I do such a thing you know he's  he's like trying to figure out something important  

about himself like that so it's not just like why  did I do that it's like why would why would I do  

that why would anyone do that okay that's what  you're really asking why would anyone do that  

all right so remember we're we're we're thinking  about it from our own perspective and we project  

that onto everyone else so these are my values  and I think everyone should want to keep a job if  

they're getting a promotion but maybe that's not  true maybe other people have a different opinion  

or a different value or belief or something like  that okay so it's possible uh that like in in this  

case like they feel one way and and we just have  a conversation about that to to figure that out  

so maybe I even change my opinion like actually  yeah it's a good idea to quit a job before you  

get a promotion for for whatever reason all right  so if I get more information this is usually what  

happens all right but the the basic idea is that  when you would do something like ah okay there's  

some kind of there's something surprising there  and typically you are projecting your own values  

or beliefs onto that person but you're also  thinking about it for people in general okay  

so if you imagine there's like all the people on  the world at all time and here's you over here  

like you're really you're really thinking like  everybody should be thinking like me you know  

in general people are thinking this way so they  think that their own values are the values that  

everyone has okay uh and so when we say like why  would why would you do that it's like why would  

anyone do that like you're talking almost about  yourself like I would not do that so I would not  

do that all right that's basically what you're  saying like why would you quit a job when you're  

about to get a promotion I wouldn't do that so  I would not do that so that again that idea of  

wood as like a potential or hypothetical an  unreal situation so I'm not in that situation  

uh myself but uh again I'm like I'm guessing how  something might uh might be or how how it might  

feel uh let's see Jenny says I have bought your  course on English anyone this time I understand  

what you read when you are having the class you  read the comments yep I'm here but remember our  

courses as well like for for those I I really  try to think hard about explaining things uh  

because I don't have people like when I'm making  just a video for a course or something I have to  

anticipate the kinds of questions or or anything  people might misunderstand um so typically we  

we we cover things again and again especially in  fluent for Life uh canero says hi drew first time  

I heard this the expression why would you do that  from my sister when she got mad at her daughter  

and it sounded so odd to me I was waiting for her  to say why did you do that yes and so again it's  

correct to say why did you but there's a slight  difference in meaning but it's actually quite  

important all right for those things so you  can like there's a difference between what's  

grammatically correct what could you say and what  like actually changes the meaning of something and  

and when is that important to say and it was a  perfect example of using would in questions cuz  

uh with translation it didn't mean proper question  to me glad to hear it look at that you're learning  

in context like a native good job Bridgette says  uh hello Drew nice to see there Chris hi Drew I'm  

new here please say something to me something  to you there you go Jasmine thank you for the  

examples English again would here means something  unexpected situation yes that's correct so you  

are surprised there's something different about  your values or your beliefs or your idea about  

something what you understand is true so something  happens it's like it's like you got punched in the  

head by some information like whoa why would you  do that why why would you do that all right like  

why would anyone do that that's really what  you're saying so you you were saying I would  

not do that why would you do that all right all  right R says yes have you got or known Ang key  

ideas how to help the mind to concentrate when  reading I don't know what that what that means  

do you mean I'm anky like like remembering like  flash cards like that kind of anky stuff is that  

what you mean uh but if you're talking about how  to concentrate when reading I would read something  

number one that you understand at least 80 to 90%  of and number two something you're interested in  

all right if you don't have both of those things  it's probably going to be difficult for you to  

enjoy reading that there uh English oh SL nice  to see you there this exam was so helpful I'll  

definitely be using it with my students thanks  Drew glad to hear it that's why I'm here please go  

out and and and and Spread spread the wood lesson  out to people new natur it's pleasure seeing you  

nice to see you there Max says sir could you  explain the word essentially uh no I won't do  

that right now just because it's going to get us  off topic but you can definitely uh Google that  

and you will get more examples look for different  examples of people using that and it will give you  

that understanding that you need and also thanks  for a new word to me today explicitly yes that's  

like when you explain something I'm actually  saying something so implicitly implicitly is  

the opposite of that where I'm implying something  rather than explicitly saying it all right I think  

I gave an example of that in my last video so if  I talk to my friend and I say oh your your shirt  

it looks a little bit tight around your stomach  so I'm implying that he's fat all right I'm not  

explicitly saying he's fat I'm implying it I'm  being implicit all right uh again El uh from  

Brazil and very much your lives I like them  I always learn new things with you my name is  

Gelson nice to see there uh let's see no no  no no hi teacher from Japan uh how have you  

been I'm happy to know you've been continuing  this support of Life yeah it's my pleasure I'm  

doing well so some said I asked you teacher about  weather meaning of wood why you say let's focus on  

this from I asked you teacher about about rather  meaning of wood yes another meaning of wood so if  

you're if you're asking me about a different uses  usage of wood then I'm not going to focus on that  

in this video because this video could get too  long this is not the video about every usage of  

wood because most people would not watch it anyway  and even if I tried to like cover everything it's  

just it's it's too much information for your  brain to handle even if I do a fantastic job  

of teaching you still need to get more examples of  natives actually using those things so it's better  

to just focus on one thing at a time really  understand that and then move on uh can you  

help me why wouldn't I do that yes why wouldn't  I do that if you're talking about yourself so if  

I imagine myself in that situation if I am about  to get a promotion I'm imagining that uh and then  

I quit my job I don't understand why why would  you do that so why would I do that why would I  

why would I quit a job why would I quit a job if  I'm about to get get a promotion so I'm asking  

myself and what I'm really asking is why would  anyone do that so if there's more information like  

again in the example I gave uh the guy has to kill  someone to get a promotion has like shoot them or  

something like that in that case then that's more  information and oh now I understand what's really  

happening here uh let's see Molly says hi Smith I  guess she'd mean have have you got or known a keyy  

idea I don't know I I I think I think that was  like a misspelling of the word like an key like  

a an k i k i uh for these like like flash cards  or whatever that people are using to remember  

which I I don't really recommend but um I think  that's what the question was about uh but thank  

you for helping uh Marco Marco's exclusive let's  see where are you from teacher I from Chicago in  

the United States and last one some Arabic there  how can I write spelling correctly you should get

Frederick click on the link in the description  below this video to get the app Frederick will  

take you step by step through all of the the  same things that I use to teach my kids to  

read uh the same thing natives are learning and  it will prepare you for actual conversations it  

will make your listening much better and  you can hear me listen uh or pronounce uh  

over 2,000 words and sentences so anybody uh  curious about pronunciation spelling writing  

get the app Smith said it's probably a mistake  during typing the word that happens and it's  

understandable yes that's correct uh zakar  says why is so hard to pronounce these words  

antithesis and toughness is there a rule for  them that makes that mistake when some books  

mention difficult words like that yes so  remember uh just about pronunciation and  

learning words like this typically English  Learners will they will just find a word  

uh like if we have a word like tough  uh or you've got toughness over there

toughness if you if you just like get a random  word like this to uh and and try to learn the  

pronunciation of it uh and then you go to  a different word and then a different word  

you're you're making it difficult for your brain  to understand that because you're not learning  

in a systematic way that can help your brain  understand these pieces of words together so  

we learn we should be learning like a couple  of these things at the same time this like o  

u g h thing like if we learn like through and we  we learn like oh okay I want to I learn tough I  

learn a through or trough or other words like  that um but I'm learning them all at the same  

time and it's after I've already gone through uh  a bunch of other steps where I'm learning basic  

things and then more difficult pronunciation  and then I start learning words like this  

but if you learn them in this order it's much  easier and much faster to learn pronunciation  

okay so that's why we teach them like that in  Frederick so you will not find another app that  

goes through and teaches all these like all  the levels of phonics uh various site words  

that you need to need to learn uh to read and  write well but just get Frederick it's all all  

the work is done for you it's all organized and  you just go through the app and play it like a  

game and then you become better at reading and  spelling and listening uh pronunciation too all  

right uh let's see Advanced civilization is this  correct would you please bring that coffee to me  

yes that's correct that is a different usage a  related usage of would but yes that's uh that's  

correct so if you're asking someone like would  they do something or like what would you like  

that's a different usage and typically an easier  usage of wood because it's much more common people  

will hear that you go to a restaurant like what  would you like what would you like for dinner you  

go to someone's house would you like something to  drink okay so it's like it's the potential like  

like you don't have the drink now what would  you like all right Cano says so why would you  

bleach your hair Drew well you know I thought  it looked cool when I was younger that's the  

reason so like it's like why would you bleach  your hair like why would anyone do that and  

so my hair is pretty dark especially it's not  so dark anymore but it used to be much darker  

um and at that time like I couldn't I couldn't  really bleach it like perfectly I wanted it like  

white like white white but that was really hard  to do for my hair even trying to bleach the the  

color out of it but I remember uh the summer that  I did that I went swimming a lot and I there was  

lots of chlorine that got in my hair and my hair  kind of turned kind of greenish yellow so I it  

it wasn't perfectly white and then it it turned  color and it was just kind of embarrassing for a  

while and I cut it off but it was you know it was  it was a fun I I did it in high school you know  

uh why would you bring that up now yeah that's  another good example why would you bring that  

up now why would you bring that up now all right  I think everybody's getting it though let's see  

what time it is all right 11:13 over here uh  hopefully people have enjoyed this uh if you  

have do like the video because that's important  for YouTube and telling more people about these  

lessons and you can also like email them or  share them on your social media uh especially  

if you know other people who want to improve  and they want to understand things really uh  

to eliminate that doubt that stops them from  speaking the next video should be next Monday I  

think next Monday Japan time uh hopefully I'm on  my vacation right now so so maybe not but we'll  

see uh if I'm not here like around this time then  I'm probably doing something with my family but  

you know we'll see what happens all right uh so  max says always enjoy your lessons glad to hear  

it ran good morning Drew nice to see you there  have a fantastic day do enjoy the lessons you  

can click on the links in the description if you'd  like to learn more about both Frederick and fluent  

for life and also to get more examples of wood  have a fantastic day and we'll see you next time