KNOW vs NOW | What is the difference? | Learn American English | Go Natural English
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Hey there!
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What's up?
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Welcome to Go Natural English.
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Luigi, a community member at Go Natural English
asked, "What is the difference between two
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words that are spelled very similarly but,
I think the pronunciation is different.
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So the words are, I"m going to spell them
for you first, "k-n-o-w" and "n-o-w".
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So, I'm going to talk about the pronunciation
difference.
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Thank you for your question, Luigi.
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I think it's going to be helpful for a lot
of people.
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Alright, so, first of all, the way we think
about English needs to be considered.
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Now English is kind of a crazy language.
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That's kind of interesting because we have
many different roots and have many different
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borrowed words from different language roots,
different cultures, different historical periods
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so, the pronunciation such as a "K" that we
do not hear has to do with etymology, which
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is the study of words and there's historical
reasons.
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I'm not going to get into them in this episode
but if you're curious you can do some research
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and find out more.
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OK, so Luigi, you want to know the difference
between how we say these two words.
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Well, "k-n-o-w" is to "know" which actually
sounds like the word "n-o" like when you say,
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"no", right?
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I hope you now know the difference between
"know" and "now, n-o-w".
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So, now is the time, right?
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"Right now, now."
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Why do they sound different?
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Well, you know what, they just do, that's
the simple answer, and as I mentioned before,
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the more complicated and perhaps more interesting
answer is in the history of the English language
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itself.
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So, if you love learning about the English
language, and you also love being able to
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speak the English language in a real, natural
way, then I encourage you to visit gonaturalenglish.com
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where you can grab your copy of a free eBook
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English premium course.
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or on Twitter @gonaturaleng.
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Alright, I hope to see you there and I'll
see you back here real soon.
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