QUITE vs QUIET Meaning, Pronunciation, and Difference | Learn with Example English Sentences

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āĻ­āĻŋāĻĄāĻŋāĻ“āϟāĻŋ āϚāĻžāϞāĻžāύ⧋āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻ—ā§āϰāĻš āĻ•āϰ⧇ āύāĻŋāĻšā§‡āϰ āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋ āϏāĻžāĻŦāϟāĻžāχāĻŸā§‡āϞ⧇ āĻĄāĻžāĻŦāϞ-āĻ•ā§āϞāĻŋāĻ• āĻ•āϰ⧁āύāĨ¤

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Hi, everybody. I’m Esther.
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āϏāĻŦāĻžāχ āϕ⧇āĻŽāύ āφāϛ⧇āύ. āφāĻŽāĻŋ āχāĻ¸ā§āϟāĻžāϰāĨ¤
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In this video, I’m going to talk about two similar and sometimes confusing English words
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āĻāχ āĻ­āĻŋāĻĄāĻŋāĻ“āϤ⧇,
āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻĻ⧁āϟāĻŋ āĻ…āύ⧁āϰ⧂āĻĒ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ•āĻ–āύāĻ“ āĻ•āĻ–āύāĻ“ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­ā§āϰāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻŋāĻ•āϰ āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ 'āĻŦ⧇āĻļ' āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ 'āĻļāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ'
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‘quite’ and ‘quiet’.
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āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϕ⧇ āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻŦāϞāϤ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻšā§āĻ›āĻŋ āĨ¤
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Although ‘quite’ and ‘quiet’ are spelled and pronounced differently,
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āϝāĻĻāĻŋāĻ“ 'āĻŦ⧇āĻļ' āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ 'āĻļāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ' āĻŦāĻžāύāĻžāύ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āωāĻšā§āϚāĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻ­āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āύāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ,
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many students still confuse these words
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āϤāĻŦ⧁āĻ“ āĻ…āύ⧇āĻ• āĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĨā§€ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āϞ⧇āĻ–āĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļ⧇āώ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻāχ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­ā§āϰāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
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especially in their writing.
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By the end of this video, you'll be a master at using them.
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āĻāχ āĻ­āĻŋāĻĄāĻŋāĻ“āϰ āĻļ⧇āώ⧇,
āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āϏ⧇āϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻĻāĻ°ā§āĻļā§€ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āωāĻ āĻŦ⧇āύ⧎
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So keep watching.
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āϤāĻžāχ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āϤ⧇ āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧁āύāĨ¤
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Let’s start with ‘quite’.
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'āĻŦ⧇āĻļ' āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰāĻž āϝāĻžāĻ•āĨ¤
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Listen carefully to how I say it.
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āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻāϟāĻž āĻŦāϞāĻ›āĻŋ āĻŽāύ⧋āϝ⧋āĻ— āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻļ⧁āύ⧁āύāĨ¤
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‘quite’
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'āĻŦ⧇āĻļ'
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‘quite’
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'āĻŦ⧇āĻļ'
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It's an adverb.
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āĻāϟāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāĻŦāĻŋāĻļ⧇āώāĻŖāĨ¤
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it means to a large degree or completely.
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āĻāϰ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻĄāĻŧ āĻĄāĻŋāĻ—ā§āϰ⧀ āĻŦāĻž āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖāϰ⧂āĻĒ⧇āĨ¤
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It can also mean truly or considerably.
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āĻāϟāĻŋ āϏāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻŋāĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ⧇ āĻŦāĻž āϝāĻĨ⧇āĻˇā§āϟ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨāĻ“ āĻšāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āĨ¤
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Let’s look at some examples.
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āφāϏ⧁āύ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻŋāĨ¤
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The first sentence says,
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āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽ āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝāϟāĻŋ āĻŦāϞ⧇,
00:52
‘We've had quite a lot of rain this year.’
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'āφāĻŽāϰāĻž āĻāχ āĻŦāĻ›āϰ āĻŦ⧇āĻļ āĻŦ⧃āĻˇā§āϟāĻŋāĻĒāĻžāϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāĨ¤'
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The word ‘quite’ emphasizes that there was a lot of rain.
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'āĻŦ⧇āĻļ' āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϟāĻŋ āĻœā§‹āϰ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻŦā§‹āĻāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϝ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāϚ⧁āϰ āĻŦ⧃āĻˇā§āϟāĻŋ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
01:00
The next sentence says,
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āĻĒāϰ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝāϟāĻŋ āĻŦāϞ⧇,
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‘I hadn't seen Rebecca in quite a while.’
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'āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻŦ⧇āĻļ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁āĻĻāĻŋāύ āϰ⧇āĻŦ⧇āĻ•āĻžāϕ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻŋāύāĻŋāĨ¤'
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Again, ‘quite a while’ emphasizes that it's been a really long time.
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āφāĻŦāĻžāϰ, 'āĻŦ⧇āĻļ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁āĻ•ā§āώāĻŖ' āĻœā§‹āϰ āĻĻ⧇āϝāĻŧ āϝ⧇ āĻāϟāĻŋ āϏāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻŋāχ āĻĻā§€āĻ°ā§āϘ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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I hadn't seen Rebecca for a very long time.
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āφāĻŽāĻŋ āϰ⧇āĻŦ⧇āĻ•āĻžāϕ⧇ āĻ…āύ⧇āĻ• āĻĻāĻŋāύ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻŋāύāĻŋāĨ¤
01:15
Now, I will talk about the word ‘quiet’.
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āĻāĻ–āύ, āφāĻŽāĻŋ 'āĻļāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ' āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϟāĻŋ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϕ⧇ āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻŦāϞāĻŦāĨ¤
01:19
Listen carefully to how I say it.
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āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻāϟāĻž āĻŦāϞāĻ›āĻŋ āĻŽāύ⧋āϝ⧋āĻ— āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻļ⧁āύ⧁āύāĨ¤
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‘quiet’
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'āĻļāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ'
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‘quiet’
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'āĻļāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ'
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It is usually an adjective.
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āĻāϟāĻŋ āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖāϤ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļ⧇āώāĻŖāĨ¤
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It means there is very little or no sound.
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āĻāϰ āĻŽāĻžāύ⧇ āϖ⧁āĻŦ āĻ•āĻŽ āĻŦāĻž āϕ⧋āύ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āύ⧇āχāĨ¤
01:31
Let's take a look at some examples.
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āφāϏ⧁āύ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ āĻĻ⧇āϖ⧇ āύ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž āϝāĻžāĻ•āĨ¤
01:33
The first sentence says,
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āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽ āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝāϟāĻŋ āĻŦāϞ⧇,
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‘She spoke in a quiet voice.’
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'āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻļāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻ•āĻŖā§āϠ⧇ āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻŦāϞ⧇āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤'
01:38
This means that her voice was very little - I almost couldn't hear it.
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āĻāϰ āĻŽāĻžāύ⧇ āĻšāϞ āϝ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻŖā§āĻ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāϰ āϖ⧁āĻŦ āĻ•āĻŽ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ - āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻāϟāĻŋ āĻļ⧁āύāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻŋāύāĻŋāĨ¤
01:43
The next sentence says,
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āĻĒāϰ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝāϟāĻŋ āĻŦāϞ⧇,
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‘It's so quiet without the kids here.’
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'āĻāĻ–āĻžāύ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāĻšā§āϚāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ›āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻž āϖ⧁āĻŦ āĻļāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤāĨ¤'
01:48
When the kids are not here, it's quiet.
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āϝāĻ–āύ āĻŦāĻžāĻšā§āϚāĻžāϰāĻž āĻāĻ–āĻžāύ⧇ āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇ āύāĻž, āϤāĻ–āύ āĻāϟāĻŋ āĻļāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤāĨ¤
01:51
There is not much noise.
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āϖ⧁āĻŦ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻž āϕ⧋āϞāĻžāĻšāϞ āύ⧇āχāĨ¤
01:53
Now, let's do a checkup.
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āĻāĻ–āύ, āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻšā§‡āĻ•āφāĻĒ āĻ•āϰāĻž āϝāĻžāĻ•.
01:56
In the sentence below, we need to fill in the blanks with ‘quiet’ or ‘quite’.
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āύ⧀āĻšā§‡āϰ āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝ⧇,
āφāĻŽāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ 'āĻļāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ' āĻŦāĻž 'āĻŦ⧇āĻļ' āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻļā§‚āĻ¨ā§āϝāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ āĻĒā§‚āϰāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻšāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤
02:01
Take a moment to think about where these words belong.
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āĻāχ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āϕ⧋āĻĨāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϰāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇ āϤāĻž āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ­āĻžāĻŦāϤ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟ⧁ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āύāĻŋāύāĨ¤
02:10
The first part of the sentence says,
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āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽ āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļ⧇ āĻŦāϞāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇, 'āϏ⧇ _blank_ āĻŦ⧁āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύāĨ¤'
02:13
‘He's _blank_ intelligent.’
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02:15
I want to use the word that shows that he's very intelligent,
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āφāĻŽāĻŋ āϏ⧇āχ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϟāĻŋ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āϚāĻžāχ āϝāĻž āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻžāϝāĻŧ āϝ⧇ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϖ⧁āĻŦ āĻŦ⧁āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύ,
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emphasizing how intelligent this person is.
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āĻœā§‹āϰ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻāχ āĻŦā§āϝāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻ•āϤāϟāĻž āĻŦ⧁āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύāĨ¤
02:23
So which word do I use?
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āϤāĻžāĻšāϞ⧇ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āϕ⧋āύ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻŦ?
02:25
I use ‘quite’.
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āφāĻŽāĻŋ 'āĻŦ⧇āĻļ' āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻŋāĨ¤
02:27
‘He's quite intelligent.’
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'āϏ⧇ āĻŦ⧇āĻļ āĻŦ⧁āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύāĨ¤'
02:29
The second part of the sentence says,
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āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝ⧇āϰ āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāϤ⧀āϝāĻŧ āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļ⧇ āĻŦāϞāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇,
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‘but he is a very _blank_ child.’
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'āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āϏ⧇ āϖ⧁āĻŦāχ _āĻ–āĻžāϞāĻŋ_ āĻļāĻŋāĻļ⧁āĨ¤'
02:35
We need an adjective to describe this child.
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āĻāχ āĻļāĻŋāĻļ⧁āϟāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻŖāύāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āφāĻŽāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļ⧇āώāĻŖ āĻĒā§āϰāϝāĻŧā§‹āϜāύāĨ¤
02:39
‘quiet’ is the right word to use.
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'āĻļāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ' āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻ• āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĨ¤
02:41
So we should say,
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āϤāĻžāχ āφāĻŽāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻŦāϞāĻž āωāϚāĻŋāϤ,
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‘He's quite intelligent, but he is a very quiet child.’
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'āϏ⧇ āĻŦ⧇āĻļ āĻŦ⧁āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύ, āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āϏ⧇ āϖ⧁āĻŦ āĻļāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻļāĻŋāĻļ⧁āĨ¤'
02:49
Now you know the difference between ‘quite’ and ‘quiet’.
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āĻāĻ–āύ āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ 'āĻŦ⧇āĻļ' āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ 'āĻļāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ' āĻāϰ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĨāĻ•ā§āϝ āϜāĻžāύ⧇āύāĨ¤
02:53
They can be confusing especially in writing
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āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻŦāĻŋāĻļ⧇āώ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āϞāĻŋāĻ–āĻŋāϤāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­ā§āϰāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻŋāĻ•āϰ āĻšāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇
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but now you know how to use them well.
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