How To Feel Confident About English Vocabulary To Speak Fluently

let's see if we get this started see if we have  any chats here if you can see the chat go ahead  

and comment something it might take a second to  load in all right here we are I am Drew Badger  

the founder of EnglishAnyone.com and we're here  for another live video and I'm going to help you  

feel more confident about vocabulary uh what I'm  going to show you in this video it's obviously  

going to be easier with a teacher but this is how  you would do it by yourself if you're trying to  

improve by yourself uh the lit man nice to see you  there hello sir nice to see everybody out there  

all right let me wipe off the board and we'll get  started I'm starting a little bit earlier [Music]

today now I wanted to make this video what Nils  is there first and George right on time oh no  

as you thought you were first or so you thought  oh Diana is there nice to see there Elaine all  

right great to see everybody here uh let's hop  in and just get started in the video Let me let  

me see if I might be might be crooked over here  let me fix this camera all right let me know if  

that's looking better I think that should be  okay all right thanks for spending your time  

with me well thank you for spending your time  with me it's nice to see everybody out there  

all right uh the reason I wanted to make this  video is because a member of fluent for life was  

asking a question about a particular grammar  Point sometimes I like to do this to go even  

into more detail we answer questions inside the  program for people every day so whatever people  

have questions about uh the goal is to end the  doubt that people have about vocabulary or grammar  

or whatever so that they can use their really  their voice their uh ability to speak without  

having to think or hesitate or translate or have  any worries things like that uh so this question  

in particular uh I thought this was was very  interesting and uh like my team were kind of  

thinking about it like how do we actually like  explain this the best way uh and so when we're  

providing answers to people it's important for  us we try to give different perspectives if we  

can uh just to really remind people that obviously  you want to get lots of different examples uh when  

you uh when you hear when you're trying to like  learn grammar I'll talk more about that in this  

video uh but the important thing is that we want  to end the doubt so any doubt you have if we can  

end that I'm going to show you how to do that by  yourself in this video uh but let's get started I  

think someone just said oh Bella said good night  good night is what you say when you're going to  

bed if you're just in the evening you would say  good evening and this is actually an interesting  

point about uh like what we're going to talk  about in this video so I'll mention it very  

briefly so if we say good good evening so I had  not planned to talk about this but why don't we  

get started with this anyway because it's a very  interesting and very simple and also very common

example uh now I don't want to go through like a  long list of steps or anything I've put a a very  

V kind of basic framework of what I do in the  description below this video uh it's basically  

four things uh the first one is we want to get  some kind of example so we have an example right  

here anything where we might know something  or we hear something but we're still not 100%  

confident about that vocabulary whatever that is  so this one like maybe you think you're saying the  

correct thing maybe you're not um but we want to  get something and uh if we're also trying to get  

like let's say we get a longer sentence we want  to simplify that as much as possible and then the  

next step is really to understand when people  do things okay so we really want to connect  

vocab ulary with situations this is what natives  are doing rather than trying to take a rule or a  

definition and then connect that with vocabulary  so as an example we have this perfect one just to  

start the video with uh again I had not planned  on this but here we go so when we hear something  

like this we want to get our example we want to  simplify it as much as possible we can't really  

make this more simple this is as simple as it  could get for our example uh and then we want  

to compare so we're actually able to do that  right here because we have these examples so  

if we're try if we're trying to understand which  is the correct phrase for the situation we have to  

understand when people use them so let's say  I'm out you know in the evening I'm walking  

around it's night time I go and meet my friends  which one of these would I say so a native would  

say which one good evening or good night good  evening or a good night now these are tricky  

for a non-native because it sounds a little bit  obviously they sound very Sim similar it's you  

know why would you pick one versus the other but  if you pay attention to when natives use one or  

the other I'm going to say good evening all  right so at the at night time while I'm going  

out and seeing people I would say good evening so  if if you're meaning uh for this video if you're  

introducing yourself or you're just giving some  kind of greeting and it's night time you would  

say good evening all right but before I go to bed  I'm saying good night all right so at the end uh  

of like uh you know you're meeting even with your  family or your friends and you're going to leave  

and go home or you're going to bed you would say  good night all right so good evening we're still  

in like the evening like kind of before maybe  like around dinner time before going to bed so  

that's good evening and then good night before  he sleep go uh good night good night all right  

so this is a very basic example of what we'll be  talking about in this video let me look at chat  

very quick and then we'll get into that example  uh but I'm glad I saw this because it reminds  

us that even some basic things we need to really  make sure we are certain about them to use them  

confidently and fluently all right let's see  if I missed anybody uh let's see here jacine  

says catch you live for the first time but I was  just taking my puppy out to do this thing going  

back to bed now watching later okay let's see  uh Neil says for what need I the word a't well  

I don't I don't really recommend you use it you  don't have to use it but you will understand uh

a it's just like is not that's basically what  it mean it's isn't this is the correct English  

but you will hear ain't sometime okay but  the correct English is isn't or is not all  

right so it's it's works exactly the same way  it's just incorrect English but you will hear  

it sometimes like I ain't I ain't like I ain't  and the whole sentence will usually be uh like  

shortened so I ain't uh GNA I ain't going to  go I I ain't going to go I ain't going to go  

so it's like I and then I ain't is like I  am not g to go so it functions in the same  

way it could be like like uh again how bad the  like the grammatically incorrect English could  

be it could be isn't uh it could be am not uh  it could be they like they are [Music] not so  

like I ain't G to go or they ain't going to go  or you ain't going to go okay so this is this  

is it's useful to understand this English  but I don't recommend you use it because  

it's again it's incorrect like don't write  a business letter and write ain't in there  

okay so I ain't going to do something uh you  would say isn't or am not or they they are not  

or they aren't all right but yes you will you  will hear that so ain't May mean also hasn't

uh well I suppose like let's say let's say the  example is like he uh hasn't uh he hasn't gone  

so he he ain't he ain't gone either yeah I mean  you could use it that way also yes it's very  

it's actually very useful it's just incorrect all  right so we have specific rules for the language  

and people break the language all the time uh but  I ain't going to do something or he he ain't he  

ain't he ain't gone that's that's like really  a bad usage of ain't even it's even incorrect  

for that but uh it's hard to say when ain't  is correct or not correct because it's it's  

just incorrect General all right so it's useful to  understand but it just means is not it's like the  

what whatever the thing is it's not happening so  like I not going to go okay so I am not going to  

go I I ain't I ain't I ain't G to I ain't GNA go  I ain't G to go all right that's a good question  

though so he hasn't or he ain't or whatever  uh ain't mean may also hasn't yes it could it  

could mean that's right I saw it in a song yeah  I bet all right uh how do you use the word whom  

uh that's a that's a that's another what you can  look this up very easily I'll just answer it very  

quickly because I can uh natives will confuse this  too but it's interesting uh like part of this is  

is is what I'm actually going to talk about this  uh and I'll never use so I I'll talk about this  

later in this video uh but when we're trying to  compare different examp examples if you're trying  

to remember uh like who versus whom so let's  say oh I have so who who did something who did  

it or we say like whom which do we use all right  typically the the way you would use it or the way  

you can remember how to use this is by making a  question out of it so are we are like you could  

say like who are we giving it to so who are we  giving it to who are we giving it to all right as  

an example okay so who are we giving it to this  it's like a weird kind of sentence in English  

you will often hear this uh people will tell you  not to end a sentence in two uh and this sounds a  

bit awkward but the reason it sounds awkward is  because like the correct thing would really be  

like to whom like to whom are we giving it okay so  if we want to like to whom are we giving something  

all right because when we're talking about like  something going to a person if we can answer the  

question with like like him then we would say whom  like him we get whom or her all right but if we're  

talking about like he did it so like who did it he  did but whom is him okay so it's like you're you  

can think about the rule logic but it's better to  just get lots of examples like we'll talk about in  

this video um but in general if you can answer  the question of like who did it he did it so  

what is the question like who did that so who who  did that very quick question Who did that so the  

answer would be maybe he did that or she did that  or I did that uh and so this is correct who did  

it but if our answer is like him or her or them  then we would use whom all right now this is not  

a terribly difficult thing to understand it's just  trying to ask these kinds of questions just to get  

the sense of that the same way a native would but  remember that natives do make this mistake a lot  

especially with this uh this kind of construction  because it's much more natural to ask a question  

this way rather than like to whom which would be  correct but it just sounds a little bit kind of  

like older English that people don't really use  so much so like so where where are you going or  

where are you going to you probably wouldn't  add the the two at the end but you will hear  

that sometimes from natives all right so remember  my job is to help you understand native speech and  

sometimes natives speak incorrectly okay like  ain't all right so I I ain't got time for that  

I ain't got time for that all right let's see  what we got here uh raldo says could you help  

me with share looking for and see seeking how  to use the term I'll come back to that later  

share and see well those are like two different  looking help me with share oh you're asking like  

looking for and seeking yeah those those would  be the same thing but I I'll explain to you in  

this video how you can kind of answer questions  like that for yourself uh jelman says I will be  

using the method you teach to learn Portuguese  it's different from the ways I've learned and  

I haven't figured out totally how I can learn the  language with this approach yeah so I'll show you  

more about that in this video all right uh just  into 19 likes 17 watching let's give a thumbs up  

let's go team thank you very much for example how  to take the time to understand something while I  

avoid using a dictionary of translations yep so we  will talk about that in this video this should be  

an interesting example uh and and these are the  kinds of questions that I think about as someone  

who's helping people learn so I need to think how  can I make this very easy I need to eliminate the  

doubt from Learners so that they feel confident  when they speak but if you don't have a teacher  

like like if you're not a member of fluent for  life or you're just learning by yourself then this  

is something you can do all right so here's the  example we got uh this was the difference between  

let me see if I remember it exactly it was already  very simple so I tell people of course if you get  

a longer sentence we really want to just simplify  or remove um like the the particular thing that  

you're struggling with so if you have a longer  sentence like I went to the store and I did this  

and that but there's only one part of that that  you don't understand you want to focus on that  

thing and then we really want to try to understand  what is the situation and when so when would we  

use something we don't want to think about a  rule or look up a definition or something we  

want to understand so a a situation is happening  uh and that can be like even like this blue marker  

this blue marker is a situation it's just  a particular thing and so we can uh without  

giving a a translation we can just say oh blue  marker and I can compare that with a red marker  

or black marker something so you understand it  well all right so this is an interesting example  

uh of the the car let's just say uh the car let  me use black I think this is not not so clear I  

want to be very precise with this okay the car  oo that's very nice look at that marker wow the  

car didn't start the car didn't start and we also  had the contrasting example so I also recommend  

like trying to understand uh oops got two D's  in there you know I have this problem of trying  

to speak and write at the same time so the car  didn't start uh and then we also have the car

wouldn't start I suppose I could put the car the  car ain't start over there too but let's put that  

up there for an example there you go the car the  car ain't start the car ain't start so yeah yes  

that would be correct for the example even though  it's incorrect but I'm not going to focus on H  

this incorrect English but look how look how  amazing this word is I really should just do  

a whole lesson on ink uh because it's so useful  but anyway we will just focus on these so this is  

an interesting question the car didn't start and  the car wouldn't start pardon this really long  

apostrophe here but notice what I'm doing uh the  the example actually came this way uh so I think  

that was Brett maybe who was asking this uh so the  car didn't start and the car wouldn't start or the  

car ain't start for that matter thought it was  my credit card yeah yes pardon me I always I need  

to focus I think my problem is uh maybe you maybe  you do this sometimes if you're listening like if  

I'm listening to a a podcast or something while  I'm walking or doing something and I don't hear  

any sound for a while I think there's something  wrong so I like to always have some kind of sound  

or something and that's why when I'm writing I  try to speak at the same time uh but anyway so  

the car didn't start and the car wouldn't start  uh so this was an example already because the  

learner was wondering well what's the difference  I wonder if anybody knows the difference in these  

and without trying to think about examples uh  this is it it is actually quite a tricky example  

to think about which one we might be using and  so that would be a cause for really a lack of  

confidence so if you don't feel certain which of  these we could use in this situation then that  

would be uh a reason for you to be struggling  in the conversation so we want to fix that so  

we answered a couple of things about this in uh  just in the members area uh but I wanted to talk  

about this in more detail because it really is  an interesting question so the car didn't start  

versus the car wouldn't start does anyone have  a reason why we would use one rather than the  

other all right now I will Begin by saying that we  really don't have much information we really don't  

have much information so we could assume this is  just like maybe this morning so it just happened  

one time today so let's give that a little  bit uh extra information here so this morning

so this morning and then these would be  lowercase T's over here this morning the  

car didn't start or the car wouldn't start  so how do we know which one is correct or is  

there a difference in the meaning between  these two things any ideas I'll give you  

all a moment as I collect a quick sip  of water over here if anybody has any  

idea uh about which would be uh correct or  why you would use one rather than the other

or if you just want me to do all the work okay  fine all right so the car didn't start and the  

car wouldn't start and this is a tricky example  because we have so little information I've just  

given you some extra information we're talking  about maybe one time so it tries and says the  

car wouldn't start George says wouldn't start is  broken didn't start do not turn on those are some  

interesting examples but uh we don't really  know we actually can't guess uh the didn't  

versus wouldn't in this case if we only know the  car didn't start and I even added this uh extra  

information here but if we're just looking uh  you could use either and both of them would be  

correct but what's the difference and so this  is an interesting thing when we're learning  

languages and we encounter some example like  this so something we don't understand we need  

to look for more more examples to really help  us understand something or we need to try to  

get more information from something so we'll  leave this here and I'll come back to it in  

a moment let's see if somebody else had something  just says the car didn't start this morning am me  

says maybe the car didn't start is a statement of  fact the car wouldn't start implies resistance or  

repeated attempts right yes so you've got like  the kind of grammar definition understanding  

of it Arkham says this morning the card didn't  start uh because there is a certain past timeline  

uh possibly nil says I think both are correct  the second is perhaps more polite uh it could  

actually both of them are correct you can use  both of them uh and this is I think I've drawn  

this before uh this little uh V diagram of when  you're trying to learn for trying to understand  

the difference between some kind of nuance like  this with English or even if there's no Nuance  

at all it's just like you're looking at like  the car didn't start versus the the computer  

didn't start so that's an interesting uh but very  simple thing we can easily tell the difference uh  

but here we're looking for examples of where  we can only use one uh or we could use both or  

we could only use another something like that so  the difference is about probability says joelan  

uh glena says good morning oh it looks like uh I'm  guessing that's Vietnam flag uh the car wouldn't  

start yesterday night again yesterday night you  would say like last night if you want to say that  

uh but it's not about politeness uh Kus says at  the beginning of my journey to learn English do  

you focus on hearing first or all skills what  should I do we'll come back to that later but  

in general the goal is really just to understand  the language well enough to use it so basically  

you have a switch inside your brain that if you  are unconfident stop basically stops you from  

speaking so even if you know some vocabulary  if you still have some kind of doubt about the  

language like this so this is an example where  you would have a doubt I want to say about I want  

to talk about this car but I don't know what's  correct do we say the car didn't start or the  

car wouldn't start which would be correct for  that and so that kind of doubt would stop you  

from speaking and maybe you would say nothing or  you would try to say maybe something else or you  

would just pick one and hope it's correct all  right so that happens and again like same thing  

for me as a learner of Japanese uh like I I know  what this is like so having these kind of things  

if you have a doubt about something you won't  be able to speak so the question for language  

learning in general is not really should you  listen or watch or read or whatever the point  

is how quickly can you understand something well  enough to feel confident about using it all right  

so more I guess the the fastest way to say this  is how quickly can you eliminate the doubt okay  

so how quickly can you eliminate the doubt uh and  you can do that in a variety of ways but uh all of  

them excuse me uh all of them can be helpful it  just depends on what you need for that situation  

all right uh jman says the difference is about  probability uh no that's not it the car didn't  

start says Adriano uh with didn't you're sure the  car doesn't work that's not necessarily true and  

again like these are all good ideas and these are  the the kinds of things you would test so if you  

think about that like the car didn't start and the  car wouldn't start we don't really know for sure  

we can't like all of these things we're thinking  about we we honestly can't tell we don't know the  

difference uh just with this limited information  and I I'll explain why it's a tricky thing in  

in just a moment all right let's see uh hello  from New Jersey sa Paulo your class has helped  

me a lot glad to hear it so you would say your  classes have helped me a lot it's my pleasure  

all right the don't star low from Kuba let's see  bro you changed my life from 0 to 0.00001 awesome  

or 00 0 I don't even know what fraction that  is uh it sounds like all right well you made  

some improvement there there you go fantastic all  right let's look at a different example and we'll  

come back to this in just a moment all right  now slightly different example uh I didn't go

running and we're going to  contrast that again with I

wouldn't go right now maybe it becomes a little  bit clearer maybe we'll talk about this uh but I  

want you to think about these two examples here I  want you to try to think about a native and think  

about when this is the important thing so I'm  still not giving you much information all right  

I'm not giving you much information but it's a  little bit different from the above uh even if  

we like eliminate the this morning or whatever uh  this is a little bit different from this one it's  

a little bit easier to understand the difference  I'll give you a moment to see if you can think  

about why why they might be different all right  so what is different between these and these over  

here all right so if you've heard this again if  you don't have a great sense for this particular  

grammar distinction it's okay that's the point of  this video to help you understand that uh because  

it is a very commonly used thing and natives  aren't really thinking about it logically uh  

we got some grammar examples before about when  you might use things like this but rather than  

just teach you some rules uh I I want to help you  understand it like a native I want to eliminate  

the doubt we want to give you a fluency trigger to  really help you understand it feel confident about  

using it so forget about this morning for now I  just want to compare these two sets of examples  

over here all right let's see if anybody I'll  try not to get in your way as I look over chat  

let's see the car didn't start implies a single  instance of failure the car wouldn't start suggest  

repeated attempts over time is that a good way  to describe it it's possible but not necessarily  

again I could be describing let's say I I have a  car if we're going to talk about the car example  

so I put my key in the ignition and I turn it  one time I could say the car didn't start I  

could also say the car wouldn't start I can use  both of those all right so grammatically there's  

no difference there all right so you're right  like that that thinking that's you got the right  

idea about that but a native could still say  the car didn't start or the car wouldn't start  

all right and that's why we need to get more  examples to really feel more confident about  

what the difference might be because sometimes  just like I gave this little example before so  

right here we're in this area in the Middle  where we have didn't over here and wouldn't  

over here and both of those would be correct they  actually do mean something slightly different but  

we don't really have much information for this  example so we can't know for sure okay so that's  

the kind of trickier thing about this example  over here all right but but good uh good I mean  

it keep thinking over there so Simo says hello  how to get from intermediate level to advaned  

kind of stuck uh thank you yeah you're you're  what's in uh what I call the fluency Gap uh  

and this just means where you know English but  you have trouble speaking and the way to cross  

that is by eliminating any doubts you have about  vocabulary grammar whatever so that's what we're  

doing in this video Ernest says uh B night a  good night all right I'm more than lost son of  

bit you'd say son of a [ __ ] son of a [ __ ]  all right in on Father's Day all right son of  

a [ __ ] now son of a [ __ ] Daniel says is it  bad to repeat yourself when you're talking to a  

native uh not necessarily does it have to do with  conditionals not necessarily uh JC says I wouldn't  

go running without a pair of shoes yes so that's  a conditional statement right there so there's a  

there's some reason why we would do it jelman  says wouldn't in the second pair of sentences  

refers to hypothetical situations not necessarily  I didn't go running this morning all right let me  

just tell you uh how I'm thinking about this as  a native because everyone's giving lots of good  

ideas uh but I want to make it clear clear how  a native would be thinking about this and we're  

we're trying to do that with just some uh some  very simple examples here so if a friend of mine  

tells me and they only tell me this I didn't  go running I will assume as a listener uh oh  

I didn't go running it means they're really  talking about one time so first of all so I  

I don't know any other information all they're  doing is they're choosing between this word or  

this word if they say I didn't go running I will  I will assume I might not be correct but I will  

assume they mean oh like they're talking about  one time like I didn't go running this morning  

okay so they didn't say that but if this is the  only thing they tell me I didn't go running all  

right but if they're talking about and both of  these I will assume it's in the past somehow so  

we're talking about maybe something that happened  in the past so I didn't go running I will assume  

they mean one time so they're talking about a  particular instance of something I didn't go  

running all right so part of this uh we'll explain  a little bit in more detail but if I if I hear I  

wouldn't go running then I would assume this is  like multiple multiple again let me write this

multi multiple times okay so if I hear a friend  say oh I didn't go running this morning I didn't  

go running this morning they're telling me so  they're talking about one specific instance  

and an additional bit of information by using did  they're just telling me a fact they're just giving  

me some information there's no reason behind  it uh and I'm not they're not encouraging me  

to ask them why okay I could ask why but they're  not really asking me uh or encouraging me to ask  

that but if they say I wouldn't go running  then I will assume they mean like you know  

at like times in the past when something happened  so this will be a bit more clear as I expand this  

now uh I also I want to say sometimes you'll  hear me say more clear and clearer and again  

this is one of those situations you can use both  uh you will hear people using both of those here  

uh so I didn't go for a run this morning yeah so  if you're talking about like a specific instance  

typically we would use did we're just stating  a fact something happened one time I didn't go  

running and so if I hear wouldn't I will assume I  will think they're talking about multiple things  

okay so let's update the example a little bit so  I didn't go running uh let's say uh when I was  

young if we make the example a little bit longer  I'm trying to fit this in here so for both of  

these so I didn't go running when I was young all  right in this case I didn't go running when I was  

young so we have a like a longer period of time  in the past I didn't go running when I was young  

they're just telling me about like during that  time I didn't do something it's just a statement  

of fact they don't really care I'm not curious  It's just like like did you did you ride horses  

when you were young no I I didn't ride horses so  I'm not going to ask them why because it doesn't  

really matter like I don't I don't it doesn't  you know when we talk about didn't there's no  

there's no real feel like caring here it's just a  statement of fact all right generally speaking so  

possibly uh they they could have a reason for this  but if they say I wouldn't go running when I was  

young now that becomes much more interesting  just by changing this one word over here oh  

I wouldn't go running when I was young now I'm  going to wonder o why not all right because I'm  

assuming there is some kind of Reason in their  their their employ lying that there's a reason  

because they because they said would all right  so again even just this slight difference if  

they say did it probably means there's a reason  but maybe it's not important or they don't care  

I'm not going to ask them why or be curious  about that but if they say yeah I wouldn't  

go running it means there's probably some reason  why they didn't do that okay so this is why this  

sentence up here these two examples it becomes  more difficult to understand because we don't  

have a lot of information so let's say uh the car  didn't start would imply probably like we put the  

key in the ignition we turn it one time oh the  car didn't start okay but maybe I take like five

minutes the car wouldn't start okay so in that  case we know a little bit more now we're talking  

about multiple times of trying to do something  there's a long like a little bit more information  

we have uh if we know that information but this  is why you have to pay attention uh it's it's  

It's Tricky for people when they just kind of  start like like I will get questions from people  

sometimes about some random vocabulary and I say  well the meaning depends on the situation because  

that the the vocabulary is always connected to  some kind of situation okay so it's more difficult  

if you just say like here are two words what does  that mean or what's the difference I will usually  

ask the the person asking me I will say well what  exactly is the situation can you describe what's  

happening okay so we we want to understand the  whole situation to get as much information as  

possible uh and that will help us to understand  like the difference between these things so this  

is much easier than trying to get a like a rule  book or something I want to look through a grammar  

book about okay like the difference so wood is  like usually it's multiple times it's habitual or  

it's repeated something like that so I can look  in a book and get that but really I want to pay  

attention to what natives are saying when they do  these when they say these different things and I  

might even ask a person like some some people if  you have a friend obviously if you have a teacher  

you can ask them but if you have a friend uh you  can say oh that's interesting you said I didn't go  

running why did you why did you not say I wouldn't  go running and they might you know if they're kind  

of thoughtful about it they might give you an  answer like that so that's that's my job but  

if you don't have me or you're not influent  for life or one of my programs or whatever  

uh this is the kind of thing you should be doing  so you should be looking for more examples until  

you can really understand like okay what's the  difference here why would why would one uh use  

one thing rather than the other all right so up  here uh grammatically there's no difference and  

there's no real difference in Nuance because we  actually could be talking like you put the key  

in the ignition you turn it one time and you  still could say both of these H oh no the car  

didn't start so I put the key in the ignition the  car didn't start or I put the key in the ignition  

the car wouldn't start I can use both of those  all right now the slight difference in Nuance  

could be that maybe there's like a reason why it  didn't start but we don't know from just this 1  

2 3 four so one these these few words up here we  don't really know okay so it's important if you  

get something like this uh rather than trying  to like force yourself to understand this you  

want to get more examples try to compare it with  more things okay so I didn't go running when I  

was young so when I was young implies like it's  you know maybe a couple of years or something so  

that's a long period of time so there's probably  like if you did go running there would be a  

repeated action so I wouldn't go running was oh  maybe there was an actual problem and it becomes  

much more interesting you want to find out you  ask why so typically when natives use did you  

don't usually get a question back from them like  oh why like why not now maybe you might you can  

ask that but more people would ask why when they  hear W because oh there's some kind of reason so  

if I heard that you I I didn't go running when I  was young people would just think oh okay you know  

maybe you just didn't you didn't go running cuz  it's not uh it's like you just didn't do it maybe  

some people you know I didn't I didn't swim when  I was young okay there's not like oh I I could  

ask oh why not but they would probably just reply  oh like I didn't have a pool or we didn't go by  

the ocean or whatever it's just not important  but if like I wouldn't go swimming it's like o  

wow maybe there's a real difference here there's  like U like a reason uh like we have maybe they  

were scared of running or scared of swimming  or whatever okay so as we get more information  

and we can compare something rather than looking  just one example the reason this becomes tricky  

is because it we really could use either it's one  of those situations where we could use either so  

we're looking for something when could we only use  one or the other Okay so so your job to eliminate  

the doubt the fluency trigger comes when you  find like some example so for this example  

here it's it's basically impossible to know the  difference because you could say either one and  

actually mean the same situation but for these  you could say the same thing but they really do  

mean something different okay especially if we  get more information all right is that a little  

bit more clear hopefully that's a little bit more  clear uh I can give you some more examples if you  

need them but this is the basic idea so when we  find something we don't know we really want to  

understand the situation we really want to make  sure okay I want to I want to make a sentence or  

have another example sentence but I only want to  change one thing about it so I want to focus on  

like the car didn't start versus the car wouldn't  start all right and and this works with vocabulary  

again the car didn't start or the computer didn't  start so I'm only changing one example and that  

really helps your brain understand the difference  so the car didn't start or the computer didn't  

start we know the change is in the the vow or  the uh uh the noun over here and we're just  

talking about two different things but here we're  talking about oh there's a grammar question here  

do I understand the Nuance of that all right  so there are other things we can we can learn  

from this so again we've got the difference like  typically something that you did is you're just  

talking about like one time that you did something  or if you did not again even when you were young  

it's like basically no times uh but wouldn't  implies some kind of like habitual thing like  

you did it often or regularly or you're repeating  some kind of thing so it doesn't necessarily do  

that but this is the slight difference in Nuance  when you're especially talking about something  

like this this is a reason why a native would  say would rather than did okay so when you're  

asking someone like and and I also want to make  it clear we don't want to like take a take a look  

at a a word like would and and try to look at  every definition of what it means and all the  

different uses of it this is why it's so important  to focus on this situation so we're talking about  

something in the past that didn't happen and  we're talking about why did versus would for  

this situation it's really important for this dis  for this situation I don't want to teach you the  

word would and then try to give you like every  definition of it we want to be uh focused on that  

all right so especially for a lesson like this  a specific question about the difference between  

these you don't want to add more information and  confuse yourself more all right but hopefully this  

makes sense uh let me check comments and see if  anybody has any questions about that uh let's

see uh gentleman says wouldn't the second  pair of sentences refer to uh a pair of a  

hypothetical situations no not not necessarily  I mean you're just talking about what you didn't  

do uh or again like where we're not like and  and that's another tricky thing about this  

where we're we're not looking at like I would do  something if it if if this condition like that's  

a hypothetical but here we're not talking about  that we're actually talking this is a different  

situation than than a hypothetical we just  saying oh I didn't do something and there's  

probably a reason for it that's the like extra bit  of information there so it's really important like  

as a learner you will probably know oh wood  that that means like that's for conditional  

statements right or when we want to give like  more information and did is for one time and  

expressing facts or something so you can think  about it that way but I'm trying to get you to  

think about it more like a native because if you  change the way you think then it will make more  

sense ah okay like for this particular situation  you need to understand the grammar as a as like  

a tool in that specific situation so it's not  about taking the word would and learning all  

the different uses of it we just want to learn it  like this this is how natives learn vocabulary so  

they have a situation so someone's like oh like  I put the key in the ignition no the car didn't  

start or I put the key in the ignition oh the car  wouldn't start so like a native English-speaking  

child would see that a parent is a parent is  trying to do something and they they learn oh  

you could say both the car didn't start or the  car wouldn't start but here we have a slightly  

different example all right up here we don't  know like like let's say let's say we change the  

example slightly all right now I'm going to change  the example and you should feel kind of like a a  

fluency trigger in your mind about like ah it  makes more sense now so let's say if we add for

years for years the car didn't start and for  for years the car wouldn't start now now we  

have wow that's that's actually quite a bit more  information so we had up here before this morning  

but if we're talking about for years the car  didn't start that would sound a little bit odd  

all right it could be grammatically correct yes it  didn't start but it would sound more natur natural  

because we're talking about something happening  multiple times it's happening again and again all  

right so for years the car didn't start yeah  you could say that but it sounds a little bit  

more interesting and natural the car would not  start because we're talking about something that  

happened again and again sometimes you know  over over some period of time four years has  

happened okay so whenever you're talking about  something happening over a long period of time  

typically it's it's like something happening  again and again and that's when we would use  

wood but I don't want you to think about it like  like a grammar rule okay this word means this it's  

not like that it's like the word comes from the  situation the situation is more important now the  

situation is changed because we're not talking  about one time today where you could use both  

of these we're talking about really something  happening again and again and in that case wood  

sounds more natural okay so we're not trying to  teach like would and then a whole bunch of uses  

of it we just really want to help you understand  this usage in this situation okay so you feel  

confident one thing at a time this is why we  say you get fluent in something one step at a  

time one thing at a time rather than in like the  whole the whole thing let's see does it called  

second conditional or third conditional sentences  don't worry about that if you want to know like  

the definitions I the reason I don't talk about  that stuff is because it's not helpful to know  

that a native speaker will not know if something  is a first conditional or second conditional or  

whatever because who cares it doesn't matter the  interesting thing is natives are just thinking  

about the situation and then what words so when  do we use something what words do we typically  

use in this situation so here if we just say  the car didn't start or the car wouldn't start  

we could use either both of those are fine but  if we now have more information for years the  

car didn't start or the car wouldn't start and we  add maybe a reason in there too typically would  

goes with some kind of reason so we would get  for years the car didn't start uh because there  

was a squirrel in inside the car like living in  the engine or something all right so for years  

the car didn't start because of something that  would sound a little bit odd it's correct you  

could say that but it would sound a little bit odd  typically we're talking about oh there's a reason  

for something uh the car wouldn't start because  of something that's a condition the reason the  

squirrel uh the squirrel is the reason for the car  not starting so that's the condition in that case  

so we we as we get more information it becomes  more clear which one of these would be kind of  

sounding natural but I'm trying to help you build  this one step at a time okay I don't want to just  

give you like a really long sentence I want to  explain why even with something short the car  

didn't start or the car would start it actually is  a little bit more difficult to understand because  

we don't have much information so we could use  either one of these so again we have our little  

Vin diagram for did or didn't for this specific  example it's really in here it could be either a  

native actually could say the car didn't start  or the car wouldn't start I bet if you went to  

a uh like a like a auto mechanic shop and you and  you just listen to people there you would probably  

get maybe a few few more people saying wouldn't  but they would mean like maybe they tried it or  

something like that okay but the card didn't  start you will hear both of those in the same  

situation but if we start adding more information  now we get like two separate ideas this is where  

the Nuance becomes more accessible where we can  actually understand more and we would see why  

a native would pick one word rather than another  so if we say for years the card didn't start that  

would sound weird you would hear fewer natives  using that you could say that but you would hear  

fewer people saying that you would hear many  more people saying the car wouldn't start all  

right and so the same thing down here I didn't go  running I will assume okay if I don't know what  

you're talking about but maybe if I understand  the context if I ask you oh like what did you  

do this morning and my friend says oh I didn't go  running then that is really the only correct thing  

to say my friend would not say oh I wouldn't go  running that would sound weird because he's it's  

talking about a specific time what did you do this  morning so oh I wouldn't go running well well why  

are you talking about that you mean you didn't  go running that's what you mean okay so this  

is again we want to start with something small  look at examples and things like this if they  

are tricky get more examples and try to look at  like the difference between like oh like I didn't  

do something versus I wouldn't do something so  when would it be important important that we  

would have uh one word rather than another okay  so if we know for sure something is one time and  

we don't really care about the reason we're just  stating a fact oh I didn't I didn't do it okay  

so very simple like 10 years ago I didn't uh go I  didn't go to Korea okay I I just didn't go but if  

I say 10 years ago I wouldn't go to Korea people  were like o wow like why not you know what's the  

what's the reason for that like oh I wouldn't I  wouldn't do that you know like I like I wouldn't  

do that it means there's some reason uh and maybe  that's important maybe I don't want to talk about  

it but it you can see in that case it becomes  a much a much more important thing okay does  

this make sense so this is why like you see I I  don't I don't draw like a grammar table up here  

and and try to say like well this is this and  this is the rule and we're going to go through  

10 grammar points in one hour or whatever that  stuff is mostly a waste of time uh if you don't  

really understand it all right so you have to  feel confident like raise your hand let me know  

if this if this video made you feel more confident  about this all right or or like do something all  

right let me let me know if this makes sense  if you still have questions let me know I will  

go back and check uh the chat though and see if  I've missed anybody all right uh let's see hello  

from Syria where did I get back to so I didn't  go for a run this morning Wellington why did you  

put running in jiren same in the past well you for  this you you could do you could do either one I'm

just so that's another interesting example like  uh natives will often talk about like the activity  

like to do something or to to go running as  like you can use either of those in this case  

like you can use both so I didn't go running uh  or I didn't run you could use either of those go  

running is is is kind of like an idea or like  the name of an activity so I didn't go running  

I didn't go fishing I didn't go what's another  thing go skating there other things like like  

activities where we just talk about them in that  way so I could say I didn't fish when I was young  

all right but it sounds more natural to say go  fishing in because that's like we're talking about  

the activity there all right but you could say  that I didn't fish when I was young both of those  

are fine but good question good question that's  another example of like oh like why did we use  

this rather than that interesting all right uh did  I skip anybody okay looks like some good questions  

up here all right um all right Dena says hi there  sorry for delay came to class here I like class I  

always use it to practice my skill of listening  so skill of listening and I'm uh increasing this  

ability thankful to you hello from Syria did you  know the important English grammar for spe oh did  

you know well there there's no real difference  like writing versus speaking it's you should  

be correct in both of these things new natural  says both phrases describe the same outcome but  

the second one adds a layer of resistance on the  car's part yes it's that's again like you can you  

can put you can put that in there but it might  not necessarily be true all right so I can I can  

and this is what we're looking for we want to we  want to use our discernment our logic and think  

like could we say both in this situation the car  didn't start or the car wouldn't start uh would  

both of those be correct even if there's some kind  of nuance in there and this is the important thing  

for learning because really you want to know  is there a difference is it important at all  

because if there's no difference then we don't  need a lesson I just say use both it doesn't  

matter all right but there is a difference uh  and and if we want to communicate that then  

we we want to usually give more information but  sometimes like this up here this example like we  

could use didn't or we could use wouldn't or we  could use both it just depends on the situation  

but we have to be careful uh about why we like  add something or change something or if we are  

we are putting in our own thinking into the  situation when it's not there so we do want  

to get more examples and this is why I often ask  people uh when they say drew what does this word  

mean I will say Well when did you hear that all  right what was the situation explain more about  

that because we could hear a word and it could  mean something completely different depending  

on the situation all right Academy Book Club says  why do natives use wood for conditional sentences  

and would for talking about habitual things why  uh well again we that typically a different word  

would be used because we want to communicate like  a different meaning all right and it sounds like  

a simple like a straightforward response but let's  say we only had didn't like I didn't go for a run  

it's just we don't really know if you're talking  about just stating a fact or if you're talking  

about doing something repeatedly or habitually or  whatever and this is how the language evolves over  

time I can't speak about like when these words  were created but typically new words are created  

when we need a new way to describe something all  right so that's why we would have something like  

that uh mean it says if I were you I wouldn't go  running uh what about the feeling you get about  

this phrase yes so this is a different situation  this is we're here we're talking about something  

in the past uh I mean as example we're talking  about something like in general like general  

advice or talking about for the future like if I  were you I would not walk down that way so I'm I'm  

giving a conditional statement uh saying there's  probably a reason I have not said the reason but  

you should probably not do that thing all right so  that's different again it's important when we just  

hear a word like would there are different uses  of it here we're talking specifically about the  

past like didn't versus wouldn't okay so we want  to be clear about that make sure you understand  

one thing at a time if you do then you can talk  about something else all right just like for  

keeping that so I would remember that if I were  you okay keep this in mind I would remember this  

idea idea Neil says I wouldn't go running because  I hurt my leg Yeah so in that in that case like uh  

like if you're talking about the past I wouldn't  go running because I hurt my leg you're giving a  

reason that's the important thing the information  people need to know and often when people use wood  

in the past they give a reason all right but if  I just say like oh I wouldn't uh I wouldn't go  

to the park when I was young people will think oh  wow like what happened what's the reason for that  

you know but if I did say I wouldn't go to the  park because something then you're just telling  

the reason again you could say I didn't go to  the park when I was young because something but  

uh would like it it the the the the Nuance here  is just slightly different for that okay so am I  

stating a fact it's not very interesting I don't  care I'm just saying something happened uh and now  

I want to give more information or explain maybe  there's a cause and that's important and that's  

why we use wood in this situation okay I want to  be very very clear I'm not trying to teach you  

every use of the word wood I want I don't want to  focus on that the point is helping you understand  

this like a native so if you understand this usage  of wood then other uses of wood become more clear  

okay all right uh well says thanks I understood  jman says that's what I like about these videos  

you really get a deeper understanding of the words  compared to other methods yeah so again if you if  

you have doubt about something you won't use it so  I need to keep digging until the doubt is gone all  

right like that's what we're going for here so  even me like I spent I don't know like an hour  

thinking about this yesterday it's like all right  how can I explain this uh so that people really  

get the idea and they're they're very clear about  it let's see Suman says hi Drew my first time  

ever joining this live though I've been watching  and following your channel for months now hoping  

I'll get to the level of ownership soon haha well  don't laugh about that you got the idea remember  

remember that you get to the ownership level in  individual words and phrases as you understand  

them so you can do it hopefully you got to the  ownership level about this that's the point and  

uh for people who don't know what I'm talking  about when you when you learn something you get  

exposed to it first then you understand it you've  got an awareness level and the ownership is when  

you really removed all the doubt that's when  you feel uh finally confident to use something  

really appreciate uh all your hard work uh and  the perspective glad to hear it let's see here h

ah oh you're in you're in my Miami oh look at  that I'm trying I'm like what is that K uh t  

h well welcome uh enjoy hopefully uh Florida  is uh doing well for you Arizona T you should  

change your name to Florida ttle all right chewy  excellent lessons I highly appreciate glad to hear  

Adrian this is what I call a great class glad to  hear it welcome teacher hi I'm from Thailand says  

cam nice to see you again Academy Book Club thanks  a lot teacher Drew I have been following you for  

years on YouTube glad to hear it all right our  ex uh interesting class make sure you like the  

live yes if you enjoy this thing click the like  button and let other people know hey uh if you  

want to remove some of that doubt we going  to clear out the confusion then tell people  

to join us over here uh let's see Anar Kumar good  morning love you Z glader and GL says does it call  

okay I answer that question so if you if you care  about like what is the third conditional or the  

second conditional you might need to know that  for a test like if the teacher is asking you I  

feel bad if that if that's true but uh it's not  important that you know that information for uh  

and you can just think about it like conditionals  like there's a reason or a cause in general all  

right so I don't Focus focus on that uh because  it's not necessary to speak and if natives don't  

know that information you don't need to know  that information either you probably don't  

know it even in your native language you might uh  if you're learning through translations but it's  

not necessary to do that like if if I'm learning  something in uh in Japanese I'm doing the same  

thing so I don't think like is this like the first  conditional or the second conditional it's like  

like in Japanese we've got like like uh like Tada  and uh and nada in like the same the same kind of  

thing like or like the first conditional or the  second conditional it's like which of these do  

we use I don't try to just look at the grammar  definition I want to get lots of examples and  

hear ah okay so natives are using it like this  like if I hear like which of these things like  

like typically in a like in an advertisement  it's like if you're doing this you should do  

this other thing over here so like oh I learn  it that way I'm not trying to study a bunch of  

rules uh it's helpful I guess to know the names  of things if you want to look them up but other  

than that uh it's not really going to improve  your ability to speak uh and hopefully that's  

why you're here all right I've got it says raldo  Nails says love the way you teach with heart and  

soul glad to hear Adriano it does make sense glad  to hear all right ven says you're an astonishing  

teacher really easy to understand the core idea  yes that's what we're going for Monica hello this  

is my first time joining here I'm from Japan well  that's interesting are you in Japan right now I'm  

in Nagasaki Lewis uh yoshioka says I wouldn't  use a gun if I do resolve something oh if I  

could resolve yes in that in that case you're  talking about in general and remember that's a  

different use of wood it's a different use of  wood that's why the name of this video is not  

how to use every use of wood this is just like I  I want I didn't even put that in the title because  

I don't want you know like some people might look  for that but uh maybe we'll make like a uh like a  

short video or something with this um speaketh  Old English look at that uh gun says W is more  

repeated yes in general if we're talking about  the past so this is like a specific thing for  

this situation so I wouldn't do something like  in the past like my mother did something or my  

mother wouldn't cook with uh with rice okay so my  mother wouldn't do something we're talking about  

like there was an opportunity and she didn't do it  there was another opportunity and she didn't do it  

there was another opportunity and she didn't do  it this is the the basic idea of like a repeated  

thing even if you didn't do something all right  so listen carefully to this uh I've got a lot of  

stuff let me clear this clear the board over  here just to make it clear because it sounds  

a little bit weird when we talk about repeating  something but you're not doing it but it's more  

about the opportunity or the chance and then  you don't do that thing so if I didn't I didn't  

do something and I wouldn't wouldn't so it's same  act uh same vocabulary here I'm not changing this  

but hopefully this makes it a little bit easier  typically when I say I didn't do something there  

was an opportunity and I did not do that thing  okay so I'm stating a fact but really the more  

important thing is it's really just one thing so  if I'm talking about like this morning for example  

so this morning I didn't run so this morning I had  an opportunity I could have run I don't even want  

to say that I mean it's it's correct but I don't  want to explain like more and and go into would  

and could and should and all of that uh but I just  want to focus on this so wouldn't implies there  

typically multiple opportunities over some period  of time and you did not do those things okay so I  

didn't go running this morning it's pretty clear  we have an opportunity one opportunity and we did  

not do something but if I wouldn't go running  when I was young it's like I had probably many  

opportunities to do that and I just didn't do  it all right so it implies I wouldn't do that  

and maybe there's an interesting reason why or  maybe maybe not all right so it could again it's  

it's important to understand like I could say uh  I didn't go running when I was young I can it's  

possible to say that it's grammatically correct  but the slight difference in Nuance is like  

there's probably a reason so it's multiple times  of something there's probably a reason that's  

important okay hopefully that makes sense but  that's what we're talking about so I would like  

I would like if we if we want to make this like a  little bit easier and it's expressing the opposite  

look I did I did go running when I was young here  I mean probably I went running many times I ran  

many times and you can use both of those so I ran  many times or I I would I went running you can say  

that U so I did do that thing so we could talk  about one time or it could mean we have multiple  

opportunities and I did it many times okay  or I would go running it means like yes I had  

many opportunities and I did do that thing okay  all right let me know if I'm explaining uh too

much uh let's see all right I think I answer that  one Meg says I wouldn't go swimming in the ocean  

because I've learned how to swim oh you can say  I haven't learned how to swim so you would say I  

wouldn't go swimming in the ocean and I don't know  you like you could use wood for talking about the  

past and the future and again this is why uh it's  important to know know specifically what you're  

talking about but if you're giving like a kind  of conditional about the past like I wouldn't do  

something because you know there were sharks  in the water all right so in that case we're  

we're talking about something like I I wouldn't  do something because of whatever that reason was  

and so it becomes like you can change the sentence  just maybe one word so listen carefully I wouldn't  

go swimming because there are sharks in the water  I wouldn't go swimming because there are sharks in  

the water I wouldn't go swimming because there are  sharks in the water now that would mean oh there's  

like some particular like actual sharks and we're  talking about now or any advice for some kind of  

future activity okay so I wouldn't go I wouldn't  go swimming now uh because there are sharks but  

if I'm talking about the past I would say the  same thing but I wouldn't go swimming because  

there were sharks in the water so that implies  like maybe there were sharks but there are no  

sharks anymore and now I can go swimming all right  so be clear about the about what you're saying if  

you're talking about the past or giving specific  information or advice or something about the  

future so you can be talking about yourself like  I wouldn't do that but you can also use I wouldn't  

do that for um like just giving advice to someone  else like I wouldn't wear uh a bright yellow shirt  

but maybe you could do that like I wouldn't do  that like and probably the reason would be uh  

is like you know I don't like that thing whatever  that example is all right uh okay hopefully that  

makes sense all right uh hij Bill Han says if you  are enjoying the lesson hit the like button yes  

said hi sire well you would say sir you could say  that if you like sire is like it's like hello my  

king you're like my sire I'm I'm sure sure that's  probably a typo but uh the same thing this is why  

it it it becomes in interesting like sir sir is  just like a polite thing for a man hi sir but  

Sire oh look at that that becomes a completely  different word isn't that interesting if you'd  

like to learn more this is called the magic e so  it turned this short vow into look at that the  

long vowel sound so we have sir becoming sire you  will hear this in movies with knights and castles  

and kings and things like that uh but in Frederick  you can learn more about that by clicking on the  

link in the description uh below this video if  you'd like to learn more about uh pronouncing  

words and spelling words that kind of thing all  right uh so watching from India I haven't go or  

I didn't go well you would say I haven't gone uh  that's a different thing I don't want to get into  

like additional grammar points where this video is  going to get too long we've already past an hour  

uh but again you can do the same kind of thing  where we're comparing uh two different things and  

you will find out more information about that uh  Wellington says great do you speak Japanese yes I  

speak Japanese MD says you are the best teacher  oh you guys are twoo kind I think if you if you  

look on like anybody's YouTube video there will  be people who say you are the best teacher I  

do appreciate the compliment though Raina says  greetings from Venezuela Compass plus hey good  

morning H Ray hi Lewis another yoshioka here yes  if you're in uh Brazil there are like many people  

with uh like like Japanese names over there  I wouldn't study English when I was young yes  

that's correct so I wouldn't study English when  I was young in that case it means like you didn't  

do it or you refused to do it you didn't want to  do it or you just you know had some opportunities  

and you didn't take them so I wouldn't do that  so if you say I didn't study English when you  

were young that's just a statement of fact you're  just yeah like when I was young I didn't have an  

English teacher you know that kind of thing  Academy again says which is better clear the  

board or erase the board both of them are fine  remember that there's never just like one perfect  

way to say something you could explain things in  many different ways and this is how we get like  

what I call naturally varied review remember  natives are beginning with a situation so if  

the situation is clearing the board so this is the  situation I'm doing some kind of action right here  

I could wipe off the board I could wipe down the  board I could clear the board I could erase the  

board lots of different ways to uh to explain  this and it's not like one of them is better  

than the others it's just you would hear different  people saying different things so usually the way  

I often explain it is for a particular situation  whatever that situation is you will have maybe a  

like a bell curve of particular phrases that you  might hear so if the situation is ordering food  

at a restaurant all right let's say we're going to  McDonald's or something and I want to order some  

food uh often you will hear people say like can I  get because this is a casual way of saying this so  

if we have 100 people go McDonald's you would have  like a lot of people saying can I get so can I get  

can I get can I get can I get and you might have  a few people who say may may I have but it would  

be fewer people and they're speaking more politely  people are going to be less polite at a McDonald's  

because it's casual okay and so these are the  things like you you get a sense for what is more  

useful or more often used than something else but  both of them are fine okay but this is again why  

it's important we begin with the situation we want  to think about when people are using things why  

is it important for someone to you know to learn  these particular things as you get more examples  

it's more examples that help you understand  the language better you don't become fluent  

by learning one thing and repeating it again and  again because because often in real conversations  

people will say something different oh like I'm  wiping the board but my teacher said clear the  

board okay they're both fine so in that case  you're you're getting multiple examples because  

you really want to learn the same way natives do  this is why we give so many examples INF fluent  

for life that's the whole point of the program  all right let's see if we uh but good question  

Myra said uh absolutely 100% 100 uh uh wonderful  example one uh excuse me wonderful explanation  

glader yes my bad MZ just opened my eye in the  middle of the night it's so frustrating see you  

later it's okay remember these are uh you can  join us for the live but the replays are always  

available uh B says hello teacher and all of you  watching learning English all right Miami toar as  

you said I changed my handle name much appreciated  now you can just say handle handle means name so  

you can just say handle I changed my handle good  work though all right Meg says because I haven't  

learned how to swim yeah all right so if you're  talking about like from the past even up until now  

the same thing all Myra says I wouldn't eat fish  because I have an allergy is that what you mean  

an allergy y I wouldn't eat fish because I had  an allergy so in that case like uh you would be  

talking about something in the past so I wouldn't  eat fish because I have an allergy uh you would  

probably just say like I don't eat fish because  I have an allergy so in that case you're stating  

a fact uh if you say I would eat fish because I  have an allergy is like maybe you you didn't in  

the past but you would now all right so again  that's a slightly different usage of it uh but  

if you're talking about like something you would  do or something you would not do it's important  

also to to keep the tense correct so I wouldn't do  something because I had an allergy in that example  

it means you didn't do something because you had  an allergy and that would mean now I don't but if  

you you're talking about in general like for my  whole life and I'm continuing I'm still alive so  

my whole life I have had an allergy to fish and  so I have not eaten fish I don't I don't eat any  

fish so you could just very simply say I don't  eat fish because I I'm am allergic that's the  

like fastest way to say it all right so you  you can begin with something simple but if  

we're talking about something that happened in  the past and now that's changed so a condition  

again that's what we mean by a conditional like  what is the condition what is the reason so if I  

had a reason the reason was allergy uh and I don't  have that reason anymore then the sentence changes  

so I wouldn't eat fish because I had an allergy I  wouldn't eat fish because I had an allergy but now  

I'm fine so that's what that means it's like  before I had an allergy when I was young but  

now the allergy is gone so I can eat fish now all  right so pay attention uh and uh think carefully  

about what you want to say like again it don't  start with the words think about the situation  

oh okay I had an allergy before now I do not so I  can talk about something that happened before but  

now something has changed all right uh let's see  uh okay Osburn says I wouldn't go running meaning  

whenever I faced a chance to decide if I went  running or not the answer is always no yes so if  

you're talking about like I wouldn't go running  like I wouldn't I wouldn't take my shirt off at  

the beach all right that means like anytime I go  to the beach I did not do that thing all right uh  

what time is it all right Sebastian says respect  respect thank you all right I think I answered  

that one already uh do you teach I English for  Young Learners uh if you're looking for something  

like Young Learners like uh or even adult Learners  get Frederick uh so you can click on the link in  

the description below this video that will allow  them to teach them themselves English um and so  

like what I do is uh it's obviously useful for  preparing for certain tests uh and it will help  

you speak which will help you on any kind of  speaking test it doesn't matter what the test  

is but I'm not a specific I Els or or or toic or  whatever that kind of teacher so if you want that  

specific kind of training to pass a test look for  that kind of teacher if you want to speak that's  

what I do all right let's see all right you guys  getting lots of questions in here all right uh rth  

says I could not do that yeah if you're talking  about the past hello teacher have a nice day today  

teacher what uh do you have a cup of water well  I have my usual bottle thank you for reminding

me yes usually I need to have a a cup might be  better but uh how can we buy your FFL in China  

since China has no paper pay can we pay using alip  pay or WeChat I think we might allow that in the  

future we don't currently uh typically we have  people joining us from China just use a credit  

card and a VPN I think um or they just ask someone  to pay for them and then pay them back in cash so  

we do have members in China um I don't know if the  government knows about that but however they are  

able to pay uh people we do have people in China  from uh who are fluent for Life members though  

all right but we uh look forward to welcoming  you to the program uh how do I understand what  

I'm reading uh you should read things that you  understand I know that sounds like that's kind  

of a a weird response to that but you should be  reading things that you understand most of already  

uh and then you slowly expand your understanding  or to talk about things that uh like you should  

you basically you should be understanding 80  to 90% of what you read so that new things  

it's easy to understand within the context and  that helps you learn this way you're trying to  

connect again understand situations rather than  just trying to learn vocabulary by stopping and  

looking things up in a dictionary uh Unice again  nice to see you there kaen Chin Chin Ching how got  

though let's see uh Academy Book Club thank you  so much uh Charles back long time no see what is  

the shortcut to get a perfect score for toek test  as a second learner again uh look for someone who  

focuses on that I can't tell you the best advice  and you should have good advice uh so find people  

who focus on toic I'm sure you can find people  right here on YouTube that do that uh and ask  

them Sebastian says when we have to use who which  uh I covered that a little bit earlier in the  

video uh but these are again like these kind of  differences this is this is the kind of thing we  

do in fluent for life so we make whole videos  that are like helping you understand this and  

it's it's actually with like videos of stuff you  can see like actions happening it's much easier to  

understand it that way uh I just try to write  things and keep them simple up here uh but if  

you'd like to learn more about that uh then you  can do that uh let's see all right Ash girl hey  

Elder says how's it going Drew just in time let's  learn some English from you it's my pleasure well  

we'll see how much longer we go if I can get to  the end of these comments if people keep asking  

me questions over here MD says speaking not very  fluent sir very day try again yes typically if  

you can understand what I'm saying but you can't  speak you are at the fluency Gap so this is where  

you you know English I'll just draw like a little  Cliff over here and a cliff over here most people  

are like you know they're kind of on this side  over here and they want to be on the fluent side  

and the way you get here is by deleting destroying  ending the doubt that you have about individual  

words in grammar so you actually cross this for  individual words and phrases that's how you get  

from the awareness level to the ownership  level when you can speak all right so you  

need to eliminate the doubt that's why I spend so  much time on individual lessons I'm not trying to  

teach you a thousand things at the same time uh I  really want to help you understand and eliminate  

any doubt you have about particular pieces of  you know what could be uh vocabulary or grammar  

or pronunciation whatever uh let's see here all  right yeah these the comments like scrolling up  

too fast over here unit again would has many  uses would you do that for me permission yes  

that's correct like would you like you can ask  someone else if they would like something you  

know like I I bring a glass of water to your table  or something would you like some more water all  

right uh thong says I noticed that sometimes the  native speakers do ignore the word ending sound  

is that okay okay yes uh I don't I don't want to  like speak generally or I guess specifically about  

it uh but it depends on the situation and yes  you will hear people speaking faster not saying  

whole sentences or whole words or eliminating  different pieces like that uh it's in the middle  

of sentences as well not just at the end uh let's  see Lewis says much appreciate I do understand it  

now glad to hear it says would can be substituted  with used to right no that's a different thing uh  

again it depends on for that situation so like  uh if if you're talking about something you did  

in the past you could say yes I would or you used  to but like used to and would are not always the  

same so I really want to make that clear like  I got this sometimes you can use uh used to  

and that has its own meaning or would has its  own meaning sometimes they mean the same thing  

so it's important to understand when people say  things always go for the situation first really  

understand the situation and then try to think  think about what are the words people are using  

in that situation Academy learned a lot glad to  hear it looks like lots of uh clapping hands over  

there receiver says I wouldn't and I used is there  the same difference I wouldn't didn't all I don't  

want to go into too much detail about that uh but  again these are the kinds of things that we cover  

in fluent for Life maybe in another lesson uh  here we can cover more distinctions like this uh  

so for my next video I don't know what I'll talk  about yet but if you have specific questions let  

me know what's the difference between used two  and W yes as another example for another time  

hello I'm from Iran ameg says I wouldn't talk  to people when I was a teenager because I was  

too shy is it correct yes that's how you would  say it all right so remember it is possible you  

can say I didn't talk to people when I was a  teenager because I was too shy but would you  

are using it correctly it has the better Nuance  for that situation all right uh Ash girl you are  

doing amazing teaching glad to here I appreciate  it please tell us about the fever of the English  

program well if you'd like to learn more about  any of our programs just click on the link in  

the description below this video or you can  go to English anyone.com and learn more about  

things let's see thanks for your explanation you  could say thanks for your explanation let's see

AR that's an interesting name I do have this  huge pressure on me that I have to be native  

speaker be a native speaker in a short time while  I'm in the states I never watch American shows uh  

and talking to others in English so my English is  so bad well if it why why are you not if you're  

putting pressure on yourself why are you not  watching shows or trying to talk with people I  

I don't understand but if you want to uh it's okay  to put pressure on yourself to learn but it's more  

I should put pressure on myself to keep like to  stay with something until I really get it if you  

don't understand that thing uh it's okay to like  stop and maybe get get some more examples and come  

back another time uh but you really should uh be  focusing on on a particular thing like we're doing  

this so I will keep like for myself I will keep  hitting something until I knock that thing out  

and so I like to do the same thing for my students  because if I can give you that fluency trigger and  

really help you understand something then you  will finally feel confident about using that  

particular thing then we move on to something else  all right but it's best to focus on one thing at a  

time sebas says I want to buy a course to achieve  B2 level do you have material for sale yeah it's  

called fluent for life you can click on the uh  Link in the description below uh B says a student  

from Iran I'm not your enemy well I'm not your  enemy either you know I don't have any enemies  

all right thank you for your an sir thanks let's  see I want to learn English for IELTS from you  

can I again we don't focus on IELTS but obviously  all the things that we do teach will improve your  

I score and we have many Learners who do uh do  well after they uh they take our program we just  

don't like Focus specifically on tests so I can't  give you the best advice for that receiver do you  

have a video about using self-reflection pronouns  uh I think we probably have yes uh in fluent for  

life we should have that thanks for answering my  question explain what does a nuance mean a Nuance  

is like a slight difference about something so  in the example before the car didn't start or  

the car wouldn't start uh they really could  mean the same thing uh but the slight Nuance  

the slight difference in meaning is that uh this  car like didn't start maybe I tried something one  

time uh or I don't care about the reason but uh  the car wouldn't start maybe I've tried it many  

times or there's a reason the car wouldn't start  because of some other reason but if I just say  

the car didn't start I'm just telling you a fact  it doesn't really matter maybe there's no further  

information you need all right I used to to study  Japanese when living in Japan but now I study on  

my own who glad to hear your voice is clear and  I understand speaking all right oh no and look at  

that we got a siren right at the end of the show  all right uh we will close it down for today if  

you do have questions uh and you didn't uh get to  join us in the live video do let me know if you  

have specific questions I can cover things I think  I've probably even covered used to uh in previous  

videos I'm pretty sure I have and we definitely  cover that influence for life uh as well but  

uh remember the important Point here is to find  something you want to make it simple compare it  

with other things if you're if you already don't  have uh something so this this learner actually  

had the these particular things for this situation  um but we really want to find something simple  

and then get lots of examples until we really  understand that thing so focus on the situation  

when would we use something and then you will feel  confident about using it for that situation and  

remember that we often will have multiple ways of  expressing something for a particular situation  

hopefully that makes sense all right let's see  final sir could you make a video on difference  

between notion and concept I mean that that's  you don't need a whole video about that uh very  

quickly though like an interesting thing about  like a notion is just kind of like it's almost  

like a quick thought but a concept is typically  something you you spend more time developing all  

right so if I have a notion like ah I think  it would be interesting to do something but  

I haven't thought about how to do it or I have an  idea about teaching or something so like a notion  

is like people should understand before they  speak that's like kind of notion like a thought  

but I develop that into an idea of like I should  give you a fluency trigger that's a concept where  

we actually help you understand something and I'm  thinking about it more developing uh like a notion  

into a a bigger idea all right look at that extra  extra bonus lesson all right uh plural nuances in  

English is are the same Portuguese nuances well  I I can't speak to Portuguese uh but we will come  

back for another video next time should be uh this  Thursday I believe Japan time around the same time  

uh come on back join us uh and I hope you guys are  en enjoying but if you'd like to learn a lot more  

you can click on links in the description below  this video to learn more about frederck uh fluent  

for life let's see I heard that people don't use  the word native instead of native speaker what  

you do is that the case for all native speakers  uh it doesn't matter you can use both of those  

that's fine all right well that's enough before I  lose my voice completely I will see you next time

byebye