WHY NATIVE ENGLISH SPEAKERS CAN'T UNDERSTAND YOUR ENGLISH 😅 | Go Natural English

Hey, what is up naturals, how are you? Welcome to my new office

嗨，大家好嗎？歡迎來到我的新辦公室

We're still working on the decor. This video is all about why some people

我們仍然在佈置中

這部影片來談談為什麼有些人無法理解你的英文

can't understand

you

Yes, I don't mean for this to be a negative video

對，我不是指這是部負面的影片

I don't mean for this to be making fun of you or to say that your English is bad

也不是取笑你的英文不好

It's not if you can understand me right now

並不是這樣的，如果你能理解我

Your English is awesome. But we've all been there. Even when we speak a language really well

你的英文真的很棒，但是我們都曾不被理解，就算我們能夠說好一種語言

Like I speak Portuguese really well

像我的葡萄牙語非常好

But there have been situations where I'm trying to communicate and the person I'm trying to speak with doesn't

但是我曾經遇過，當我試著與他人溝通，而並不被理解的情形

Understand me. So in this video, I'm gonna share many many many many many many different reasons. Why

所以在這部影片中，我將與你分享很多很多很多不同的原因

為什麼母語人士和其他非母語人士或者任何與你用英文溝通的人

native English speakers and even other non-native English speakers anyone who's speaking English with you might not

他們也許不理解你的英文

Be able to understand you

sometimes or all the time

在有時候或者任何時候

Not to make fun of you not to tell you how horrible your English is

並不是在嘲笑你的英文有多糟糕

but actually to point out these very specific reasons so that you can fix them and you can do better and

事實上我將指出這些非常特別的原因，讓你可以改進且做得更好

Each day, you can improve your English

順其自然，你可以讓你的英文更流利更進步

fluency

Because each day you're learning English a little bit more and a little bit more and a little bit more and after this video

因為你會在觀看完影片後，每一次都會更進步一點一點又一點

You're gonna be a lot better in English

你的英文將會有很大的進步

You're gonna be able to fix these errors

你將會更正這些錯誤

That you may be making that may be confusing other people and your English fluency is going to improve

你的英文也許讓其他人困惑，你的英文也將會大幅度的進步

So much. So if it's okay for me to share these points with you, then let's do it

所以，如果你願意讓我分享給你這些原因，那我們開始吧

so I remember when I was in Brazil a few months ago, I went to the supermarket and

我記得幾個月前，我居住在巴西，我去了一間超市

這段記憶就是我拍這部影片的原因，我記得我在超市裡尋找香菜

This memory is the whole reason for this video. I remember I went to the supermarket looking for cilantro and

I actually learned Spanish before I learned Portuguese. So I was thinking cilantro is this same?

事實上我先學過西班牙語，之後才學習葡萄牙語，所以我在想香菜的說法是不是一樣的呢？

in Portuguese big mistake big mistake on my part

在葡萄牙語中，這是一個超級大錯誤

I know Portuguese is not the same as Spanish, but sometimes there are some words that are the same for example

我知道葡萄牙語和西班牙語並不一樣，但是有部份的單字是一樣的，像是...

Amigo is in Spanish and Portuguese

Amigo的意思是一樣的

Hey amigo

嘿，朋友

Anyway, I wasn't looking for a friend in the supermarket I was looking for

總之，我可不是來超市找一個朋友的

我是來找香菜的

cilantro, which is

Cilantro in English is cilantro in Spanish

在英文與西班牙文裡，香菜是一樣的說法

But I asked in Brazil for cilantro and the guy the supermarket had no idea what I was talking about

我詢問了在巴西超市裡的人，但是他完全不理解我在說什麼，他非常疑惑

Just like what and I kept saying it a slightly different

我一直在稍微改變我發音的方式

cilantro cilantro

翔菜 想踩 巷才

Cilantro and you're just like no girl. I don't understand anything you're saying

但是他還是完全無法理解這個小瘋子外國人在說什麼

what are you talking about crazy gringa but

finally after I left the supermarket without

在我沒有買到香菜，且離開超市之後

cilantro I

Was able to look up this word in a portuguese dictionary

我終於有機會查詢葡萄牙字典

And I finally realized just not cilantro at all that cilantro in English is Quinto in Portuguese

我終於意識到才不是叫cilantro，cilantro是英文，Quinto才是葡萄牙語

So yay now, I know how to say his launcher in Portuguese, and I'll never forget because of that situation

耶！現在知道怎麼說香菜的葡萄牙語，而且因此我永遠不會忘記怎麼說了

but that is one reason why some people may not

有一個原因，關於為什麼別人不理解你的英文

Understand you in English because you may be using what's called a false

因為你可能說成一個錯誤的類似詞

Cognates or a false friend. We don't want no false friends

或者一個「形近異義詞」，我們不要任何「形近異義詞」

Excuse my bad grammar. That's just

我為我的爛文法道歉

You know how we talk sometimes because why not?

你知道我們有時是這樣說話的，為什麼不？

We would not like any false friends. Let's

我們不會喜歡任何「形近異義詞」

Correct grammar here. All right. This is this is some serious English learning. So be careful of false

讓我們好好的糾正這裡的文法，這是一個認真的英語教學

我們要小心一些錯誤的英文類似詞，像是...

Cognates in English. So for example

Another one in French would be like a tongue is not to attend

另一個詞在法語是不會用到舌頭的

Although they're very similar. That's a false friend or false cognate in English or like Oh,

雖然他們非常類似，在英文中是形近異義詞

Liberty or

或者

Lolly Radia in Spanish is

在西班牙語中不是指英文中的圖書館

Not library in English. It's the bookstore

而是書店的意思

so even though library sounds like love leader dia or

即使英文中的圖書館發音像是

Liberty

Sorry for my French accent. It's not the same. It's a different thing or like in French

我為我的法國口音道歉，這是完全不同的東西，像法語中的...

The magazine is not a magazine in English. It's a store

並不是指英文中的雜誌，而是商店

So I think these things are so interesting what I learned actually, is that in a store

我覺得我所學習的事情非常有趣

也許法國商店裡販賣的「雜誌」，就是這個詞的來源，我也不知道，我認為很好玩

They used to sell magazines and maybe that's where the word magazine came from. I don't know. I think it's interesting

so if you know any other false cognates or false friends in

如果你知道任何英文中的形近異義詞來自你的語言

English that come from your language

Write them in the comments. Let's learn from each other

寫在下方留言，讓我們一起學習

Another reason why people might not be able to understand your English is a lack of correct

另一個人們不理解你的英文原因是，你說的英文缺少正確的重音

syllable stress

stress in English is super important even more important in my opinion than

重音在英文中是超級無敵重要的，在我看來，重音比正確的發音更重要

Pronunciation well stress is a kind of pronunciation. But what I mean is stress is more important than

重音是一種發音，我的意思是重音比各個字母的發音更重要

Individual letter sounds so let me give you an example. I

讓我舉一個例子

live in Missouri

我住在密蘇里州

which is a state in the middle of the United States if

是一個州位於美國中部

I said the same sounds but with a different stress it would be

如果我發出同一個音但是不同種重音的話，會聽起來像是...

misery而是不Missouri

misery not, Missouri

ok, Missouri is the state but

好，密蘇里州是一個州，但是...

misery means

misery是指

Sadness, so if I said I live in misery

悲哀的，如果我說我住在悲哀裡

that's a completely different meaning and

那會是完全不同的意思

正常來說

honestly if I just

interjected that into our

如果我突然插入這句話

Conversation you'd probably think that I had problems

你大概會覺得我遇到了一些問題

I'm probably depressed and I go I need to go get some help

我也許很沮喪而且需要一些幫助

So people might not understand you if you have the wrong syllable stress, so be careful about that

如果你有些重音問題，那人們也許不理解你的意思，要小心這個部分

also, if you have the wrong vowel sound going on in your words vowels are super confusing but also

還有，如果你有些錯誤的母音發音，母音是非常容易搞混的，但這在英文中也非常非常非常重要

Very very very important in English. I remember once when I was living in Boston, and I went to a salon and

有一次，我住在波士頓，我去一間髮廊

I wanted to get my eyebrows waxed and the woman there

我想要做蜜蠟眉毛

有位女士，她不是英文母語人士，她的英文說得超級棒

She was a non-native English speaker in English was super good

But she had some issues with vowel sounds and she asked me if I wanted my brows the sue shit

但是她有些母音發音的問題，她問了我的眉毛是不是要「一氧的形撞」？

And I was like the SIM chip. What is that? What is the sim ship brow?

然後我在想...「一氧的形撞」？那是什麼？什麼是「一氧的形撞」眉毛？

I just wanted a simple, you know brow waxing and I was like, I don't know the sim ship just oh

我只是想要一個簡單的蜜蠟，我真的不知道什麼「一氧的形撞」...

the same

喔！「一樣的形狀」

Shape she was asking if I wanted my brows to be the same shape or if I wanted them to be shaped

她是在問我：眉毛是不是要一樣的形狀呢？還是要其他不同的形狀？

Differently ladies, you know what I'm talking about when you go get your brows done. This is very important matter

小姐們，你知道我在說的，當你們去蜜蠟眉毛的時候，這真的非常重要

You don't want any misunderstandings

你絕對不想遇到任何誤解

But I finally figured it out. She's asking if I wanted the same

當我終於弄清楚，她是在問我是不是要一樣的形狀

Shape these are long

這是一個超長的母音

Vowel sounds so if you don't make the right vowel sound people might not understand you in English

如果你沒有發出正確的母音，人們也許不會理解你的英文

So be careful with those vowels out there. You could be messing up people's brows. That's that's dangerous

要小心這些母音，你可能會搞砸其他人的眉毛，這非常危險

Another reason why some people might not understand your English is actually your English might be from a different

另一個人們不理解你的英文原因是，你使用的英文是來自於其他地區

Region, so you might actually know a different English than they do

你也許知道他們英文用法的不同

for example, if you're out here in Missouri where I'm living and you start using British English, you're like

舉一個例子，如果你開始使用英式英文在密蘇里州

Hey mate want to have a chinwag?

嘿，想聊聊嗎朋友？

Or what? I'm horrible at British English but a chinwag is not something that someone is gonna understand out here

我的英式英文非常糟糕，但是在這個地區我們不理解什麼是chinwag

I think that means to chat if you start using some regional English from

我想這應該是指聊天的意思，如果你是使用其他國家或地區的英文

another country like saying mates or a chinwag or to take the

像是mates 或 a chinwag

或取笑某人，我們這個地區並不理解你的英文用法

Piss out of someone. That's just something that we don't

Understand out here unless of course

當然

We've been to the UK or Australia or we have more exposure

除非，我們去過英國或澳洲，或曾接觸過

But if you're speaking in a way, that's not common where you are

如果你說的英文與你所在的地區，並不是他們常見用法的話

Currently some people might not understand you. So keep that in mind when I was teaching English in Japan to

有些人可能真的不懂你在說什麼，所以，請記住這些

當我在日本教科學家們英文時，我遇到一個超級聰明的女同學

Scientists, I had one of my students super super smart

Woman super brilliant with science and language and everything using really academic

她在科學和語言方面超級出色，她使用很多學術性單字

words and once she asked me how

她問我有關我的「平衡」如何

my

Homeostasis was and she just wanted to ask how are you but instead she was using this really academic words

其實她只是想問我過得如何，但她使用學術性單字替代了這句話

so if you're using overly academic words

所以，如果你過度使用學術性單字

People might not understand what you're saying. So keep it simple. Keep it clear

人們也許不理解你在說什麼，盡量使用簡單、易懂的方式

another reason how people might not understand what you're saying is if you're using

另一個人們不理解你的英文原因是

你使用太過度複雜的動詞時態，如果你試著使用高階英文文法

Overly complicated verb tenses. So if you're trying to use these really

Advanced grammar structures and you're like last Tuesday

像是你說...

上星期四，我晚餐「吃了」一個Taco

I had had a taco for dinner. I would be waiting

我會等你完成你想說的

For you to finish your thought because had-had

因為had-had不是真正的動詞時態，我們只會單獨使用並加入其他的句子

Is not really a verb tense that we would just use on its own like that there would be something else

Coming something like you had had a taco and then what?

像是...你「吃了」一個Taco，然後會加入...之類的

We just need a simple pass there. I had a taco. That's it. Great. I would love a taco right now. I'm so hungry

我們只需要簡單易懂的文法，我吃了一個Taco，就這樣，超棒，我現在好想吃一個Taco，我超餓

anyway

總之

Keep it simple. Keep it simple with your vocabulary. Keep it simple with your verb tenses

盡量使用簡單明瞭的單字，並使用簡單的動詞時態

Let's not overcomplicate things. Let's keep it clear and simple now on the other hand

讓我們別把事情搞得太複雜，保持簡單清楚

另一方面，最後的原因是

the final reason and

Possibly most common reason why some other people might not understand your English

這可能是最常見的原因，為什麼人們不理解你的英文

It's actually not even about you. It's about

事實上可能不是你的問題

是聆聽者他們的問題

Them when you come to the US

當你來到美國，特別是如果你去到一個小城市

Especially if you come to a smaller city

You may meet people who have never left their city. You may be people who have never been to another country or

你可能遇到一些人，他們從來沒有離開過這城市或去過其他國家，從來沒有與不是同鄉的人說過話

Spoken to people who are not from their state

you may meet people who have never spoken to someone who speaks English as a

這些人可能完全沒有遇過說著第二語言的人

Second language and there's some things that are a little different about the way that you communicate

在溝通方面是有許多的不同

They might just not be used to it. So it's actually then they're not used to you and it's not really your fault

他們還沒有習慣這些，沒有習慣你說的方式，這真的不是你的錯

So if you meet someone who's never been out of the United States?

你如果遇到從來沒離開過美國的人

Or if you meet someone who has never tried to learn another language or never had the opportunity to learn another language

如果你遇到從來沒有試著學過第二語言的人們，或他們沒有機會學習另一個語言

They don't really know as much as you do about communication

他們不太理解你的傳達溝通方式

so give them a break be patient explain yourself in different words and

給他們一些時間，多一點耐心解釋你們傳達方式的不同

be curious about

保持高度好奇心在...

What they can teach you and what you can teach them

有什麼事情是你們可以互相學習的

Anyway, I hope that these suggestions these specific points will help you to understand why some people might not be understanding

總之，我希望這些意見和特別的原因，可以幫助到你了解為什麼人們理解你的英文

you

Remember, it might not even be about you

記得，有時候也許根本不是你的問題

But the things that you can control are things like learning about common

有些事情你還是可以掌握的，像是...

學習在不同地區的常見單字

vocabulary that we use in different regions

you know use the words that people commonly use where you are think about syllables stress think about

使用一些大家常用的單字，注意你的重音發音

注意你的形近異義詞的使用

false cognates be careful with those

think about

注意使用簡單易懂的時態

Using simple tenses. Don't try to over complicate things using academic words

別搞得太複雜或使用太多學術性單字

Oh, and of course, keep it clear

當然，盡量保持簡單易懂

keep it simple and speak confidently speak loud enough so that people

更有自信更大聲的說出英文

Can actually hear you obviously people won't understand what you're saying if they can't hear you in the first place

這樣人們可以聽得很清楚，他們立刻會理解你在說什麼！

so be loud be proud make eye contact and

說得大聲一點多一些自豪，多眼神接觸

Help other people to understand you because you have so much to share with the world

這都可以幫住其他人理解你，因為你擁有很多東西可以分享給這個世界

You are awesome, and we want to know all about you where you're from your life

你是最棒的！我們希望了解你和你的生活

So let's keep it going. If you like this video if you found it helpful

讓我們繼續轉動，如果你覺得這部影片很有幫助

Share it. Leave a comment like it subscribe do all the things

請把影片分享出去，給我們一個留言，按一個讚和訂閱我們

I would love to have you as part of our YouTube community here and go natural English

我非常樂意你是我們Youtube社群的一部分

So make sure to click right down there up. Just kidding right down there to subscribe and get on the go natural

確認你按下底下的按鈕，喔我搞錯了哈哈，確認你按下這邊底下的訂閱按鈕，得到更多go natural English的課程

English train and I will see you soon in another video. Bye for now

我們很快會再見！掰掰！