When NOT to use 'to' in English

"Are you going to home?" "Are you going home?" "Where are you going?" "What are you doing?"

“Are you going to home？” “Are you going home？” “"Where are you going？” “"What are you doing？”

You're watching a video. My name's Ronnie. I'm going to teach you one trick. Finally,

我的名字是Ronnie, 在这里我要教你一个方法

you will understand why in English, we say "I'm going to school" or "I'm going to work."

最终你会理解为什么我们用英语会说 “ I am going to school ”或“I am going to work。”

But when we talk about our beautiful, warm, and cozy home we don't say "to".

但是，当我们说到我们的美丽， 温暖又舒适的家，我们不说“to”。

Why, why, why, I don't know. It's just English, isn't it? I can give you some clues. I'll

为什么呢，为什么呢，为什么呢，我不知道。这就是英语，不是吗？ 我可以给你一些线索。

give you some words. You will get this right away. It will be easy for you to do. So if

给你一些单词。你会马上理解为什么我们要怎么说。 这对你来说简单就能做到。因此，如果

you look at this sentence, "Are you going home?" A very, very big mistake that everyone

你看看这句话，“Are you going home？“每个人都犯了一个非常非常大的错误

says will be, "Are you going to home?" And I go, "No, no 'to'. Don't say 'to'.

他会说，“Are you going to home？”那时我会说 我去，“不，不，不。”不要说'to'。

Don't say 'to', no!"

不要说'to'，不！“

Okay, okay, okay, "Are you going home?" Yes, don't say "to", but why? You learned that

好的，好的，好的，“Are you going to home？”是， 不要说“to”，你知道为什么吗？

when you are going someplace, you say "to". For example, "Are you going to bed?" We don't

当你去某个地方时，你会说“to”。 例如，“Are you going to bed？”我们不说

say "to the bed", by the way. We just say bed. "Are you going to bed?" "Are you going to work?"

“to the bed”。我们只是说睡觉。 “Are you going to bed？” “Are you going to work？”

Or you can use the past tense, "Did you go to work?" "Did you go to school?" "Did you

或者你可以用过去时，“Did you go to work？“ ”Did you go to school？“ ”Did you

go to engvid.com today, and check out a new lesson?" But when you say "home", you do not

go to engvid.com today,，去学习新的课程？“但是当你说”home“时，你却没有

use "to". So you know the rule, maybe that this is a noun.

用“to”。所以你也知道规则， 也许这里是一个名词在那里。

This is a noun, so when you use going to a place which is a noun, you have to say "to",

这是一个名词，所以当你使用going to a place 后面是一个名词，你必须用“to”，

and then you come along, and you find this beautiful home, and Ronnie freaks out, because

然后你接着听这个句子，你发现了 美丽的home在后面，Ronnie吓坏了，因为

you say "to" and then you don't understand why. I don't know but I will give you a list

不是要用“to”吗？，然后你不明白为什么。 我不知道，但我会给你一个

of words that are places.

地点的列表。

But all of these words on this board, you cannot use with "to". So "are you going abroad?"

但是在这个板上所有的单词，你都做不到 和“to”一起使用。那么“are you going abroad？”

You cannot ask someone, "Are you going to abroad?" If you look in the dictionary; the

你不能问别人，“"Are you going to abroad？“ 如果你看着字典;

dictionary, one of those books. If you look at an online dictionary it'll tell you that

这个字典，可能是一本纸质的字典。如果你看 在一本网上词典的话，它会告诉你

these are adverbs of location, whereas the other ones you've learned are nouns.

这些是位置的副词，而 你学到的其他都是名词。

But hold on, "home" is a noun. Home is just this big exception going, "No, I am a noun.

但接着思考，“home”是名词。那这样home就是 这个例外，“不，我是名词。

I don't want to have "to". All of these ones are not proper nouns, they're adverbs of location.

我不想有“to”。所有这些都是 不合适的名词，它们是位置的副词。

Let's go through underground, underneath the surface of the land.

我们来看看地下， 在土地表面的下面。

If you have ever been to London, there's a big system called the Tube. It's also called

如果你去过伦敦，那里有就 大系统叫做tube。它也被称为

the "underground". Most places in the world call it the "underground". In Canada, we call

“underground”。世界上大多数地方 称之为“underground”。在加拿大，我们叫

it the subway -- "sub" means "under".

它subway - “sub”的意思是“under”。

So you can say, "I'm going underground. I'm going underground." If you know The Jam -- "Wow,

所以你可以说，“I'm going underground。I'm going underground. “如果你知道 Jam - ”哇，

what an amazing band, Ronnie," I know. You will know this song called "I'm Going Underground."

这是个多么棒的乐队，罗尼，“我知道。你将会 知道这首歌叫做"I'm Going Underground.”

Maybe by the magic of video, we'll put on that video for you.

也许是通过视频， 我们会为您播放那个视频。

"I'm going underground." "I'm going downtown," or you can say "uptown". I would just sing

“I'm going underground。” "I'm going downtown," 或者你可以说“uptown”。我想要为每个

songs for everything, "Uptown Girls" -- little bit of Billy Joel for you. Uptown, downtown

单词唱歌曲，“Uptown Girls” - 稍稍和你谈论了下 Billy Joel。住宅区，市中心

-- you don't need the "to".

- 你不需要“to”。

There, here, anywhere, nowhere, somewhere -- you don't need "to". In, inside, out, outside,

在那里，在这里，任何地方，任何地方，某处 - 你不需要“to”。在里面，外面，

upstairs, downstairs don't use "to". They're not nouns. They're places.

楼上，楼下不要用“to”。 他们不是名词。他们是地方。

One other thing to be very careful about, please, when you say this you want to say

还有一件事要请非常小心， 当你想说这个单词的时候，你应该说

"upstairs" and "downstairs." Too many times I hear people say, "I went down-stair."

“upstairs”和“downstairs”。我太多次了 听到人们说，“I went down-stair”

Only one, just one stair, I made it.

只有一个，只有一个楼梯，我做到了。

"I went up-stair." And then what did you do? You just stood there? Wow, don't say "down-stair,

I went up-stair. ”然后你做了什么？您 只是站在那里？哇，不要说“down-stair，

up-stair". Please use all of the stairs. Go up, okay? That'll be fun, more exciting. You

up-stair" 请使用stairs。上去，好吗？ 这将是有趣的，更令人兴奋的。您

can fall down the stairs too, that's fun. But again, we don't say "to". "I'm going downstairs."

也可以从stairs上掉下来，这很有趣。但 再说一遍，我们不说“to”。 “I'm going downstairs."

"I'm coming upstairs."

“I'm coming upstairs."

If you are confused, or if you have ever been confused about when to use "to",

如果你感到困惑，或者你曾经如此 对何时使用“to”感到困惑，

the only advice I can give you is please remember this list of words. Once you have remembered this

我能给你的唯一建议是请记住这个单词列表。 一旦你记住了这

list, you'll go, "Oh that was easy."

列表，你将会说， “Oh that was easy.”

[That was easy.]" Yes, it was. Thank you, goodbye.

[Oh that was easy.]“是的，确实如此。 谢谢你，再见。