Are you pronouncing 'Harry Potter' wrong? Aly Answers English Questions on HiNative! #Spon

Today I'll be answering a load of your questions that you've been asking

about the English language and about the UK in general on hinative.com

I receive so many messages asking

"Can you check my pronunciation?"

"Does this sound natural?"

those types of questions I would love to answer each one of you

but if you ask your question on hinative.com

it's a community of people who are native speakers they can answer your question

within minutes, within seconds it's the Internet

and sometimes I'll be there to answer your questions too

Okay let's have a look!

Fromb asks:

"Please show me how to pronounce 'this, that, these, and those'"

Well for you guys I just have, but on the website I guess I'll need a microphone

Oh! I can answer with a microphone, a voice message! Awesome!

I hope this helps, have an awesome day!

okay next question

ooh okay this question I get a lot

Varitmaha says:

"How do you say this in English (UK) "Schedule"

I'm gonna answer with a voice message again this is fun

in British English we pronounce it Schedule

but in the U.S they pronounce it Schedule

However, British people also say Schedule, it's fine

I've seen that you can check someone's pronunciation, I want to do that.

Okay BalwantSinghDanu41 is asking

"How's my pronunciation? please record yours too"

Okay so I can check your pronunciation as well.

Let's have a look!

"Do you like to spend time with your friends? Why?"

I like these voice messages they make answering these questions very easy do you like to spend

The pronunciation wasn't bad

I could understand him

but his native language is Hindi

and for Hindi the tongue position tends to be a bit further back in the mouth

producing these quite hard consonant sounds

so my advice to you would be

Try modelling your pronunciation on a native English speaker

also be aware that the tongue position is quite different

It's more down, it's more relaxed

Try some YouTube pronunciation tutorials! ;)

Okay let's find some questions about the UK

Chombarios from Mexico is asking

"How are people in England? Are they happy, nice, serious, what?"

Meh, we're okay! We're not great we're not bad

but give us a beer and we'll be your best friend

IAmALearner asks

"How is the weather like in London these days?"

You don't even need to ask this question, everyone knows

Always assume it's raining and sunny and windy and hot and cold all in the same day

When you come to London you need to be prepared for every type of weather

in one day

FirdosGazmi1 is asking

What's the difference between however and henceforth

and used to and accustomed to

Ooh this is an interesting question!

"However" that is another word for "But"

"I wanted to go out, however, I don't like being social"

"Henceforth" is completely different, it doesn't mean "but"

"Henceforth" means from now to the future

For example

"I'm leaving my job. Henceforth I no longer work here"

but it's quite old-fashioned

We don't really use it today

I don't think I've heard it or seen it

outside of a contract or legal stuff

So "however", "henceforth" completely different meanings

used to and accustomed to

I see where the confusion is, this question happens a lot in my classes

"Used to" talks about a past habit, a past regular action which doesn't happen now

I'll give you an example

"I used to smoke"

now I don't

past action now it's different

Don't confuse that with "BE USED TO", with "BE USED TO"

"Living in London I am used to this crazy weather"

This means this weather it's normal for me, it's not strange it's not different

I am accustomed to it

that's where the confusion is

"Accustomed to" is the same as "BE USED TO" doing something

Or to BE USED TO a noun

Next!

NadeemKahn0703 is asking

How do you pronounce "hoty give me a huge"

I think he means 'hug'

(Hottie) give me a hug

Don't say that to a girl, if you like a girl, be respectful, be yourself

Don't say "Hottie give me a hug"

People often ask me "What should I say to a girl or a guy who I really like?"

Don't say "Hottie give me a hug"!

Compliment her hair. She probably worked very hard to get it just right

Like I would know!

or shoes! Everyone likes a shoe compliment

Rauchanrai369 is asking

"How do you say this in English: 'I am gone' is it right or wrong? Please explain"

If you're completely drunk, then you might say "I'm gone!"

"I'm gone!" it means you're dead you can't do anything

but I don't think you mean that

if you want to say I'm not here anymore

"I've moved to a different place" you should say "I have left"

Okay MarsKBello wants his pronunciation checked

"My brother, my sister and me like watching Harry Potter"

Grammatically it should be my brother my sister and I like watching Harry Potter

The reason is you don't say "Me like watching Harry Potter"

Grammatically it should be the subject pronoun first, right?

So, "I like watching..."

but pronunciation was great

Except for the word "Potter" it sounded a little bit unnatural

Dude, very good pronunciation, the only thing I would change is the "O" sound in Potter

The way you said it was a bit too long

It sounded like Porter

Should be Potter Potter very short sound

otherwise, very good!

Well that was really fun!

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