Why you can't speak English

hello everyone and welcome to my new video  today I'm going to talk about why you can't  

speak English sometimes and why I can't speak  English sometimes either because I'm a non-native  

speaker too I know I hear you and I understand  sometimes it's just so frustrating when you can't  

speak English you've been learning English for  so long and when the time comes you're like yes  

my name is Veronica and that's it that's all  I can say thank you very much thank you very  

much good night so yeah let's dive in and explore  all the reasons behind this difficulty okay first  

English is a very complex language we have to  agree with that my native language is Russian  

which is completely different from English  Russian is a Slavic language and English is  

a Latin language from what I remember so that  creates a lot of problems we have a big problem  

sir and even if your native language which is  Spanish for example something that is closer  

to English than Russian it is still hard because  the grammar in English is complicated there's so  

many words in English that you don't really  know how to translate your native language  

and also homophones there are a lot of words  that sound the same but mean different things  

a couple of days ago I saw the sentence in  English I ate eight eggs for breakfast in the  

morning and I was like I ate eight eggs eight  eight I don't even know what that means we all  

understand guys from the context that it means  I ate eight eggs for breakfast in the morning  

because the words eight and eight sound exactly  the same but they mean really different things  

so these are homophones in English also English  grammar is so complicated if you feel like you  

know everything usually you don't because  sometimes even native speakers yeah guys

I was talking to a native speaking friend of  mine he is from the United States you know a  

native speaker and he said I would have ate and I  was like you would have eaten you mean and he was  

like yeah I would have ate and I was like dude  this is wrong according to English grammar you  

have to say you would have eaten and not you would  have ate but guys can you imagine I decided to go  

to euglish a website that I recommend to use if  you want to check you know something in English  

pronunciation for example or whether or not people  use a certain phrase in English and there are so  

many native speakers who say I would have ate I  was like okay pretty good interesting the you know  

when if you would have just ate the the chocolate  brownie and like appreciated it and savored it and  

look obviously guys the fact that a lot of people  say I would have ate doesn't make it right still  

according to English grammar it's correct to  say I would have eaten and if you're preparing  

for exams or tests you have to know about that  because it is a mistake after all that monster  

defeating me alive but the reason why I decided to  mention here is that when you will be interacting  

with native speakers and if you notice that they  make a mistake it's fine don't worry about it  

because they make mistakes you make mistakes the  most important thing is connection you want to be  

able to talk to this person and kind of share your  ideas your thoughts and your emotions and honestly  

a lot of people don't really care if you make  mistakes in English or if you don't so basically  

I want you guys to feel okay about it to feel okay  about making mistakes it's fine don't stress about  

it too much and here is where we reach the second  reason why so many people can speak English fear  

first of all a lot of English Learners feel judged  judged you they feel that everyone is judging them  

the moment they start speaking English they think  everyone is just sitting there and you know inside  

their heads writing down their mistakes which is  not really how it works obviously that can lead  

to anxiety and the feeling of self-consciousness  and I don't want you guys to feel this way I know  

that you're super excited to hear me talk about  another mistake that a lot of people make so this  

mistake is connected to comparative adjectives for  example when you're saying living in this city is  

safer than living in that City so you're comparing  these two cities and you have to say safer but a  

lot of native speakers would say more safer and  this is wrong again I can't say much safer it is  

correct you can say a bit safer but you cannot  say more safer but again if we go to euglish  

and if we check there are going to be a lot of  people who say more safer that communities are  

going to be more safer in the future so they're  a lot more safer than your car you might say so  

guys my message here is don't be afraid if you  do make a mistake in English don't feel scared  

it should not stop you from doing what you want  if you want to get a job in English don't feel  

ashamed that you make mistakes it's totally fine  I can tell you another story a couple of days ago  

I was talking to tick tock representatives and  a lot of people who work from Tech talk are not  

native speakers and they live in the United States  and they were making mistakes while talking to me  

even if they did make them if they didn't make  them honestly I don't care because for me the  

most important thing was connecting with them I  wanted to discuss Tick Tock things I wanted to  

talk about short videos and creators economy and  monetization and the topic of oh I think this is  

wrong I think you should probably not say it this  way a was not even on my mind okay now let's talk  

about one thing that people hate about English  pronunciation I know guys pronunciation is crazy  

in English because there are rules but sometimes  you know certain words they don't really follow  

the rules or their words with silent letters and  you're thinking why is this letter even there for  

example I have a very important question to ask  you guys why do we say bread but steel but steak  

all of these words have these two vowels EA why is  it that in every single word this combination of  

letters is pronounced differently also of course  our favorite silent letters right like why do we  

have to say I land and not Iceland or Eastland for  example and also why do we have to say castle and  

not cast Leia like what's wrong with that right so  I I hear you pronunciation in English can be quite  

complex and the only way you can really learn the  correct pronunciation is check how native speakers  

pronounce certain words but again it all depends  on their accent for example or where they're from  

like which part of the United States for example  they're from because maybe they're gonna pronounce  

certain words a little bit differently now  let's move on to cultural differences we're  

all different and when we speak English we don't  want to offend anyone obviously and that's why  

sometimes people can't speak English or they feel  you know insecure shy afraid to speak English just  

because they're afraid to offend people because  of the cultural differences and it's normal and  

I understand when I moved to Mexico I didn't  really speak Spanish like at all zero my Spanish  

was estas like I couldn't even say that but I fell  in love with the culture and that's exactly why I  

wanted to stay in Mexico and improve my Spanish  here so we'll go back to talking about English  

a very good example of like cultural things is  jokes and cultural references in English so I  

found this joke online and I really want to read  it why did the tomato turn red because it saw the  

salad dressing foreign if you think this joke is  corny I am sorry but I think it's hilarious just  

because it helps us learn English the Tomato  turned red because it saw the salad dressing  

I feel like it's time for me to stop filming  this video otherwise you're just gonna stop  

watching it because of all my corny jokes sorry  about that I'm not sorry but here are basically  

all the reasons why you can't speak English  and again I wanted to make this video to make  

you feel better I am a non-native speaker too  and I'm sharing my English Journey with you  

on YouTube like all the things that helped  me maybe some of the things are not gonna  

help you maybe you will find other ways to  improve your English which is fine we're  

all different and different study methods  or different strategies work for different  

people however usually we all struggle with  the same things and that's why I decided to  

make this video thank you so much for watching  this video as usual if you like this video make  

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