IS or IT'S - Most Common English Errors | English Grammar & Pronunciation Mistakes

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- Hello everyone and welcome back to English With Lucy.

Hola a tothom i benvinguts de nou a English With Lucy.

Today, I've got a very short little lesson,

Avui, tenim una curta i petita lliçó,

but I'm hoping to correct an error

però espero corregir un error

that I hear and see a lot of you make,

que escolto i veig que molts de vosaltres feu,

especially students that have Spanish

especialment estudiants que tenen el castellà

as their mother tongue.

com a llengua materna.

So, this lesson might not be relevant for everybody.

Així doncs, aquesta lliçó pot no ser rellevant per a tothom.

You might watch this and say

Podeu veure això i dir

"Lucy, do you think we're stupid?"

"Lucy, et penses que som estúpids?"

But no, I started teaching Spanish students,

Doncs no, vaig començar a ensenyar a estudiants espanyols,

because I was teaching in Spain, and I always saw

perquè vaig estar ensenyant a Espanya, i sempre veia

that they really, really struggled with this,

que ells tenien forces problemes amb això,

because Spanish does not have the same structure

perquè l'espanyol no té la mateixa estructura

as English regarding this particular grammar point.

que l'anglès respecte aquest assumpte en particular de gramàtica.

Yours, however, might do.

La vostra llengua, d'altra banda, sí que la pot tenir.

So, if you get through this video

Per tant, si veieu el vídeo

and you find it irrelevant,

i el trobeu irrellevant,

every grammar topic can be relevant for everyone.

cada tema sobre gramàtica pot ser rellevant per a tothom.

Before we can started, I just wanted to

Abans de començar, m'agradaria

remind you to sign up to Audible.com.

recordar-vos que us registreu a Audible.com

You can get a free 30-day trial and audiobook,

Podeu obtenir 30 dies de prova gratuïts i un audiollibre,

which is worth rather a lot of money,

que val més que no pas un munt de diners,

by signing up, clicking on the link below.

tot registrant-vos, fent click a l'enllaç de sota.

I've given out a couple of recommendations,

He esmentat un parell de recomanacions,

I really recommend the Harry Potter books,

Recomano fermament els llibres de Harry Potter,

they are fantastic, and also I found out

Són fantàstics i a més he descobert

that you can have the complete Sherlock Holmes collection

que podeu tenir la col·lecció completa de Sherlock Holmes

read by Stephen Fry, who is one of my favourite comedians.

per Stephen Fry, el qual és un dels meus còmics preferits.

He speaks with Received Pronunciation,

Parla en "Received Pronunciation" (anglès estàndard),

he's got excellent pronunciation, he speaks clearly.

té molt bona pronunciació, parla de forma clara.

I have left the link for that particular collection

Us he deixat l'enllaç per aquesta col·lecció en concret

of audiobooks down below as well.

d'audiollibres aquí sota també.

I recommended it in a previous video

La vaig recomanar en un vídeo anterior

and you guys seemed to really, really like it,

I em va semblar que us va agradar, nois,

so I thought I would mention it again.

per tant vaig pensar en tornar-ne a fer referència.

The one great thing about audiobooks is

El millor dels audiollibres és que

you can practise your listening,

pots practicar el "listening",

but you can also practise your pronunciation,

però també pots practicar la teva pronunciació,

because you're listening to a native person read the book.

perquè estàs sentint a una persona nativa llegint el llibre.

And if you buy the actual book as well,

I si compreu també el llibre real,

it's like you've got a complete listening exercise.

és com si haguéssiu tingut un exercici de "listening" complet.

Anyway, let's start with the lesson.

En qualsevol cas, comencem la lliçó.

Today, I'm going to talk about

Avui, parlaré sobre

the difference between is and it's.

la diferència entre is i it's.

Now, before we get started,

Ara, abans de començar,

I want to just quickly talk to you

Vull parlar-os ràpidament

about the pronunciation of these two words.

sobre la pronunciació d'aquestes dues paraules.

Because I hear a lot of people saying "ees," "eets."

Perquè he sentit un munt de gent dient "iis", "iits".

Both of these are incorrect.

Ambdues són incorrectes.

It should be firstly "ih," a short vowel sound.

La primera lletra hauria de ser "i", el so d'una vocal curta.

Not "ee," "ih."

No pas "ii", "i".

So that's the first mistake corrected.

Per tant aquest és el primer error a corregir.

"Ih," not "ee," "ih."

"i", no "ii", "i".

Stop the voice with your throat.

Atura la veu amb el coll.

"Ih," "ih.

"i", "i".

"Ee," "ih."

"ii", "i".

Okay?

D'acord?

See if you can guess what I'm going to talk about next,

Prova d'endevinar del que parlaré ara,

regarding the pronunciation of the two words.

pel que fa a la pronunciació de les dues paraules.

Is.

Is.

It's.

It's.

Is.

Is.

It's.

It's.

They end with a different phoneme,

Acaben en un fonema diferent,

even though the phonemes are represented by the letter S.

tot i que el fonema es representi amb la lletra S.

So is is a voiced, "zzz," sound;

Així, "is" és vocalitza amb un so "zzz";

it's, unvoiced "sss" sound.

"It's", es vocalitza amb un so "sss".

So "iss" doesn't exist.

Pere tant, "iss" no existeix.

It's is, is, it's.

It's is, is it's.

Is, it's.

Is, it's.

Now if you apply this to your speech,

Ara si apliqueu això al vostre discurs,

you will instantly sound more native.

sonareu de forma automàtica més natius.

Now the next error that I want to correct

Ara el següent error que vull corregir

with these two little words

amb aquestes petites paraules

is the repetition of the subject.

és la repetició del subjecte.

Don't repeat the subject.

No repetiu el subjecte,

Spain it's wonderful.

Spain it's wonderful.

Spain is wonderful.

Spain is wonderful.

Which one is correct?

Quina de les dues és correcta?

What is the subject of this sentence?

Quin és el subjecte de l'oració?

The subject is Spain.

El subjecte és Spain.

If I say "Spain it's wonderful,"

Si dic "Spain it's wonderful".

I'm actually saying "Spain it is wonderful,"

Realment estic dient "Espanya ella és meravellosa",

and that means I've got two subjects.

això vol dir que tinc dos subjectes.

I have repeated the subject.

He repetit el subjecte.

So the it is not necessary.

Per tant "it" no és necessari.

Spain, subject, is wonderful.

Spain, subjecte, is wonderful.

Now, compare these two sentences:

Ara, compareu aquestes dues frases:

Today is sunny.

Today is sunny.

Today it is sunny.

Today it is sunny.

What's the difference?

Quina és la diferència?

Which one is incorrect?

Quina és incorrecta?

Neither of them are incorrect.

Cap d'elles és incorrecta.

Both of them are correct.

Totes dues ho són.

Today it is sunny.

Today it is sunny.

"It" refers to the weather.

"It" fa referència al temps.

Today is sunny.

Today is sunny.

A very slight difference, so be careful with that.

Una lleugera diferència, aneu amb compte.

What does the "it" refer to?

A què fa referència "it"?

Another error that I hear made by Spanish speakers a lot

Una altra errada que he sentit a dir pels parlants de castellà

is "no is," okay?

és "no is", d'acord?

I had a wonderful, wonderful student, an amazing academic.

Havia tingut un meravellós, meravellós estudiant, era increïble.

If you gave him anything to do with computers,

Si li donaves res a fer amb ordinadors,

he would just sort it out, it was amazing.

et solucionava el problema, era increïble.

But he couldn't get it into his head that it's not "no is."

Però no es podia ficar al cap que no és pas "no is".

It is "it's not," or "isn't."

ës diu "It's not", or "isn't".

But because in Spanish you say "no es," "no es asi,"

Però perquè en espanyol dius "no es", "no es así",

some people's brains want to say in English "no is,"

el cervell d'alguna gent vol dir en anglès "no is",

because it sounds so similar, doesn't it?

perquè sembla força semblant, oi?

"No es," "no is," "no es," "no is."

"No es", "no is", "no es", "no is".

But this isn't, isn't, isn't the case.

Però no és pas el cas.

If I was to say "No es, no es el," for example,

Si vull dir "No es, no es el", per exemple,

I have to say "It's not him,"

He de dir "It's not him",

or "It isn't him."

o "It isn't him".

I can't say "No is him."

No puc dir "No is him".

It doesn't exist.

No existeix.

Now, for some people that might seem quite basic.

Ara, per alguna gent que li pot semblar bàsic.

It's hard not to translate things

És difícil no traduir coses

directly from your own language.

directament des de la teva pròpia llengua.

"No," "no."

"No", "no".

"Es," "is."

"Es", "is".

I can totally understand why a Spanish speaker

Puc entendre perfectament perquè un castellanoparlant

would translate "no es" as "no is,"

traduiria "no es" com "no is",

but take it from me, it's not correct,

però feu-me cas, no és correcte,

and if you want to speak and sound like a native,

i si voleu parlar i semblar natiu,

then you need to start saying "it isn't, isn't."

aleshores necessiteu començar a dir "it isn't, isn't".

She isn't nice.

She isn't nice.

It isn't good.

It isn't good.

It's not fair.

It's not fair.

Right, so the points you need to take away

Bé, doncs els aspectes que heu de fer fora

from today's lesson.

de la lliçó d'avui.

Pronunciation.

Pronunciació.

It's, is.

It's, is.

It's, is.

It's, is.

"It's" is "it is" together.

"It's" és "it is" tot junt.

So "is" has no subject, and "it's" has the subject.

Per tant, "is" no té subjecte, i "it's" té el subjecte.

"It" is the subject.

"It" és el subjecte.

"It" is the subject in "it's."

"It" és el subjecte en "it's".

Hoo, this is quite a difficult topic to explain!

Uh, és un tema difícil d'explicar!

It seems so simple, but actually it's not simple.

Sembla molt senzill, però en realitat no ho és pas de senzill.

The next point, be very, very careful

El següent punt, aneu amb molt de compte

when repeating the subject.

quan repetiu el subjecte.

Do you need to repeat it?

Necessiteu repetir-lo?

The answer is almost always no.

La resposta gairebé sempre és no.

Spain is different.

Spain is different.

Spain it's different.

Spain it's different.

Which one is it?

Quina de les dues és?

It's "is," because Spain is the subject.

És "is" perquè Espanya és el subjecte.

And then the final point,

I ara el punt final,

with the negative, it's never "no is,"

amb el negatiu, mai és "no is".

it is always "it is not," "it's not," "it isn't."

Sempre és "it is not", "it's not", "it isn't".

That's it for today's lesson.

Això és tot per avui.

Don't forget to sign up for your free trial at Audible,

no us oblideu de registrar-vos per la vostra prova gratuïta d'Audible,

and download your free audiobook

i descarregueu el vostre audiollibre gratis

by clicking on the link down below.

fent click a l'enllaç d'aquí sota.

Also, don't forget to connect with me

Tampoc us oblideu de connectar amb mi

on all of my social media.

a totes les meves xarxes socials.

I've got my Facebook and my Instagram, and also my Twitter.

Tinc Facebook i Instagram, i també Twitter.

I will see you soon for a another lesson, mwah.

Us veuré ben aviat per una altra lliçó, mua.

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