Dynamic and Stative Verbs - Correct Usage of Stative and Dynamic Verbs

okay next let's go to question two uh so  here from vasil please forgive me if i  

mispronounce your names guys um could you tell me  about some stative verbs used in the continuous  

form understand like hope consider wish think  and so on could you build up more on this topic  

thank you from the bottom of my heart of  course and i would love to answer this question  

so let's talk about stative verbs what does that  mean and we'll look at them in the continuous form  

this is a very good and kind of higher level  grammar question so stay tuned guys for the answer  

first let's look at the two kinds of verbs we have  dynamic verbs and stative verbs so a dynamic verb  

describes things that happen within a limited time  that have a clearer beginning and a clear end and  

these are verbs we can use in the simple form the  perfect forms like present perfect past perfect  

and the continuous or progressive forms so  these are all things that again clear beginning  

clear end and happen in a limited  time for example eat walk and learn  

the other kind and these are verbs that we're  very used to and they follow all the normal rules  

but then we have something called stative verbs  so these usually have to do with the state or  

condition which is unchanging usually a  state of being so often these have to do  

with our thinking or things about thinking and  our minds or relationships between things so these  

really stative have to do with a state of being  okay so we'll write that there so these include  

things like believe and think meaning have an  opinion like i think or disagree so these are  

states and verbs of relation so let's take a look  we cannot use stative verbs in the same way so  

right this question is about the continuous forms  let's give it a look so here's an example using  

a dynamic verb and remember dynamic verbs are  normal right we can use all of these tenses simple  

right a simple present simple past and  simple future i run i ran i will run  

continuous forms i am running  i was running i will be running  

perfect forms uh present past and future i have  run i had run or i will have run and perfect  

continuous i have been running i had been running  i will have been running so all of these we can  

use with dynamic verbs again like eat walk and  play for example but stative verbs are a little  

different and remember these have to do with a  state of being things about our mind words like  

think and know and believe uh so let's take a look  at this state of verb no so here we can use simple  

and perfect tenses and these sentences are all  correct i know i knew i will know i have known i  

had known i will have known but we cannot use the  continuous tenses with this verb i am knowing no  

i have been knowing no so we cannot  use them in quite the same way so here  

uh we have a in another example so we've seen  dynamic verbs in their correct forms stated verbs  

they're correct forms and that we can't  use them with the continuous forms  

and now we see a verb that kind of we can use in  a few different ways has a few different meanings  

so have here we can use the simple form for  possession means it's mine i own it i have a car  

i had a car i will have a car in the continuous  form we can we we can use the continuous form  

to describe an activity like having a good time  this is kind of a phrasal verb have a good time  

that is always together it's a it's a phrasal verb  so we can say i am having a good time i was having  

a good time i will be having a good time but we  cannot use the continuous form for possession have  

right i have a car we do not say i am having  a car right it's just i have or i don't have  

okay so let's take a look um this is one of those  situations in english where really this comes from  

practice and uh really being familiar just like in  a previous lesson we talked about past participles  

like i have known i have seen i have walked  some of those irregular ones there's no easy  

way to remember them it's just practice so let's  take a look at some little tips for which verbs  

are always stative which ones are always dynamic  and so on so here verbs that are always stative  

have to do with mental states mental means  your mind okay and emotional states how you  

feel so this includes let's start with mental  states words like admire doubt want no and need

uh so there can be some common errors with these  like uh remember with stative we cannot use  

the continuous forms which is ing right  progressive forms so i do not say i am knowing  

or i am needing or i am understanding these  are some common mistakes we can just use their  

simple and perfect forms like i know john we need  some help and i don't understand what you mean  

next let's look at emotional states words  that we use often like love like hate and care  

so again we don't usually say  something like i'm loving or uh  

i'm hating here we might say something like  remember the we don't use the continuous forms  

just simple and perfect the kids love  she likes and i hate okay a couple more  

that are always stative means no continuous  form have to do with possession which means you  

own something it's yours or mine right senses  like the word here and then we have some others  

uh so these are the verbs that we see that we do  not use in the continuous forms and it would be  

grammatically incorrect to do so so uh as always  guys this powerpoint this ppt is posted so you can  

go and use this as a resource here we have some  more oh my gosh some that depend on the situation  

so again we see that this can be pretty uh  complicated and difficult but let's look at these  

four verbs uh that that are that we have examples  for so here they could be stative which means  

not continuous forms or dynamic which is a normal  verb like run that we can use in all of the forms  

and it depends on the situation or  the meaning so let's look at think  

if i'm saying i think and i'm about to you talk  about my opinion this is a stative verb which  

means not no continuous forms right so if i'm  asking for your opinion like what do you think  

well this is stative asking about your opinion  or i think you should accept that job offer that  

is correct i cannot say i am thinking you should  we would say this would be grammatically correct  

i think you should now the dynamic verb is  the act of thinking what are you thinking  

about right this is the action not opinion right  not a noun my opinion is but the act of thinking  

what are you thinking about i'm thinking about  what to do next so here the active thinking  

we also have this with have the stative verb  refers to possession i have a car i have a  

phone and the dynamic refers to an activity  which we saw in a previous example i'm having  

a party we're having a great time right that  those are activities oh sorry guys my allergies  

itchy nose uh so we also have this let's look  at two more verbs taste and the be verb if  

we're talking about this state of being or  a quality using taste taste as a equality  

it tastes delicious this is stative i would not  say it is tasting delicious it tastes delicious  

and if it's an activity she is tasting the soup  right so here we can see uh in these a theme a  

quality a thing a state of being a possession or  a relation these are stative activities activities  

activities are dynamic and last let's look at the  be verb they are they are being so they are refers  

to a general condition or state right it's a  state so it's stative they are helpful i wouldn't  

say they are being helpful no matter what happens  they are helpful it's equality condition or state  

they are being is a temporary so not forever  temporary state they are being helpful under  

the circumstances they are being helpful for now  at this moment so again this is all on the ppt you  

guys i really encourage you to look this over and  this is something we may talk about in the future