Question Tags | Easily Speak Like a Native!*

Hello, everyone.

And welcome to English with Lucy.

哈囉，大家好！歡迎收看English with Lucy！

Today I've got a grammar lesson for you.

今天，我準備了一堂文法課給大家！

A lot of you have asked for this one because

很多人問我關於這個文法

I did mention going into further detail about this topic

因為我有提到

有關這文法更進一步的用法，在我前一個影片中

in the previous video.

If you want to watch that one,

如果你想要看那段影片

then you can click right here.

你可以點擊上方連結

Today we're going to be talking about question tags.

今天我們要講是「附加問句」

If you learn how to appropriately

如果你學會正確理解

understand and use question tags,

並正確使用「附加問句」

You're going to...you're going to

你的口音將會A聽起來更像...

a) sound more like a native speaker when you speak,

當你說話時，你將會更像母語者的口音

and b) be able to understand native speaker when they speak to you.

B. 理解母語者的意思

當他們和你說話時

So it's really really important thing to learn.

所以，真的是個很重要的文法，值得學習

So this lesson is going to help you

這堂課將會幫助

with your English grammar and your English speaking,

你們的英文文法和口語

and your listening as well really.

當然也有聽力

But if you want to take your English to the next level,

但是，如果你希望更增進你的英文能力

then I cannot recommend italki enough.

那我不得不推薦你italki

I've been working with italki for over a year now.

我和italki已經合作超過一年了

And so many of my students have had such fantastic results.

而很多我的學生確實得到好的學習成效

It's an online language learning platform.

它是個線上學習語言的平台

You can learn basically every language there is,

基本上你可以在這個平台學習各種語言

but you'll hate to learn English,

不過你是為了學英文看我影片

so imagine that's what you want to learn.

所以我想你應該就是要學英文吧

And italki has thousands of native teachers at incredible prices,

另外italki有數以千計的母語老師

收取不可思議低的價格

and they can help you become more fluent, more quickly.

他們可以幫助你說英文更加通暢流利

You can book yourself in for a conversation lesson,

你可以為自己訂購一堂會話課

or a plan lesson any time of the day

或是計畫上一堂課，在任何時候

with native teachers, non-native teachers, whatever you want.

和母語老師或是非母語老師

你可以自由選擇

And italki has very kindly given me an offer to give to you,

italki很棒地讓我

提供給你們

which is ten dollars worth italki credits

價值10美元的折扣

when you make your first ten-dollar purchase.

當你訂購你的第一筆10美元交易

So it's like buy-one-get-one-free lessons.

因此，就像買一堂課送一堂課

All you have to to is click on the link below,

你需要做的只有，點擊下方連結

make your first purchase.

購買你的第一堂課，接著將有48小時的課

And then within 48 hours,

the credits will appear in your account.

折扣將會在你的帳戶中

Happy talking!

祝你有個愉快的會話課

Right. Let's get started with the lesson.

好的，回到我們的主題

So what are question tags?

所以說，什麼是「附加問句」

你知道是什麼東西嗎？"對吧？"

Oh, that was one there.

沒錯，這就是了！！！

So a question tag is a very short question

「附加問句」就是一個非常短的問句

placed at the end of a statement.

放在一句話的最後面

They are used when asking for two things.

通常使用在兩個地方

And these two things are

這兩個地方就是

1) confirmation

第一：確認 第二：認同

and 2) agreement.

So in order to better understand native speakers,

所以，為了更能理解母語者的意思

you need to listen to their intonation

你必須聽他們的腔調

when they use question tags.

當他們在使用「附加問句」的時候

So let's cover this first

好的，讓我們先來看看

and then move on to how they're formed.

然後我會接著解釋他們的規則

So let's do this one.

我們開始吧

你喜歡蛋糕，對吧？

你喜歡蛋糕，不對嗎？

當我說：你喜歡蛋糕，對吧？

It means, I know you like cake,

表示我知道你喜歡蛋糕

I'm just trying to confirm the fact that you like cake.

我只是在確認你喜歡蛋糕這個事實

當我說：你喜歡蛋糕，不對嗎？

I'm not sure if you like cake.

我不確定你到底喜不喜歡

I'm not sure about what the answer will be,

我不清楚正確的答案

so I'm checking the fact again.

所以我是在重複確認事實

因此，如果語調往上，我是想要知道答案

I want to know the answer I'm not sure.

表示不清楚的意思

如果語調往下，表示我知道

I'm making conversation,

I'm confirming something that I've already known.

我只是在確認我已經知道的事實

一般來說，肯定句

後面將會接否定的附加問句

你喜歡蛋糕，對嗎？

而否定句將會接

肯定的附加問句

你不喜歡蛋糕，對嗎？

See the difference?

知道差異在哪了嗎

So it's somthing that's really really simple,

這應該很簡單可以理解吧

but I still have a lot of students that get really really confused with question tags.

但是仍有很多學生

對於「附加問句」的用法感到困惑

So let's clarify this now.

那就讓我們一起來詳細說明吧

我們先從肯定句開始

否定附加問句

你很快樂，對嗎？

肯定的are和否定的aren't

他在家，對嗎？

那很棒，對嗎？

他們很累，對吧？

你說得很漂亮，對吧？

他說得很糟，對吧？

你吃了很多，對吧？

我讀得很認真，對吧？

你已經到了，對吧？

我們會在那裡，對吧？

你可以做到的，對嗎？

我們看得到他們，對吧？

我們必須離開，對吧？

我們應該做決定，對吧？

Now, so those are the negative ones.

接著，我們換換否定句

There are just a couple of exceptions.

有幾個例外

The first exception is with "am".

第一個例外是am

我是金髮妹，對嗎？

注意！我不是說 "I'm blonde, am I not?"

which you can say,

當然也可以這樣說，但太文謅謅了

but it sounds very very formal.

我們通常會說 "I'm blonde, aren't I?"

另外一個例外是Let"s

我們走吧，好嗎？

我們走吧，好嗎？

所以let's和shall是一組的

下一個，否定句接肯定句的附加問句

使用方法完全一樣，除了一些例外

第一個例外是am

我沒有要去，對嗎？

我們在這不會使用 aren't

有些例子在使用時

這些我們之前舉的例子是．．．

你還沒吃，對吧？

他不友善，對吧？

Now statements using

接著，句子中有no, neither, nobody,

none, nothing, seldom, barely,和 hardly

are all treated as negative statements.

都被視為否定句

所以應該這樣用 "Nobody came, did they?"

So at first glance,

乍看之下，它像是肯定句

it might look like a positive statement,

and a positive question tag.

伴隨著肯定的附加問句

But you need to make sure

但你要先確認你有看到

that you see the negative word before it.

否定的字眼

OK, guys. Your homework today is

好的，大家～你們今天的功課

to write in the comments three statements with question tags.

就是寫下三個評論

並使用我們今天學的附加問句

Using what we've learnt today,

and I want you to make me laugh.

你要讓我可以會心一笑

I want you to make them as funny as possible.

要盡可能地讓我覺得好笑

So see if you can do that.

那就看你們的表現囉

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