a / an before a vowel or consonant sound | Indefinite Articles | Learn English Grammar

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āĻ­āĻŋāĻĄāĻŋāĻ“āĻŸāĻŋ āĻšāĻžāĻ˛āĻžāĻ¨ā§‹āĻ° āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻ—ā§āĻ°āĻš āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻšā§‡āĻ° āĻ‡āĻ‚āĻ°ā§‡āĻœāĻŋ āĻ¸āĻžāĻŦāĻŸāĻžāĻ‡āĻŸā§‡āĻ˛ā§‡ āĻĄāĻžāĻŦāĻ˛-āĻ•ā§āĻ˛āĻŋāĻ• āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤

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Hi, I'm Alexandra.
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āĻšāĻžāĻ‡, āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ†āĻ˛ā§‡āĻ•āĻœāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§āĻ°āĻžāĨ¤
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In today's lesson, I am going to teach a basic English video about the indefinite articles:
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āĻ†āĻœāĻ•ā§‡āĻ° āĻĒāĻžāĻ ā§‡, āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ…āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻŸ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻ—ā§āĻ˛āĻŋ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻ•ā§‡ āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻĨāĻŽāĻŋāĻ• āĻ‡āĻ‚āĻ°ā§‡āĻœāĻŋ āĻ­āĻŋāĻĄāĻŋāĻ“ āĻļā§‡āĻ–āĻžāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ¯āĻžāĻšā§āĻ›āĻŋ:
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‘a’ and ‘an’
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'a' āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ 'an'
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and how to use them before a noun.
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āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§‡āĻˇā§āĻ¯ā§‡āĻ° āĻ†āĻ—ā§‡ āĻ•ā§€āĻ­āĻžāĻŦā§‡ āĻ¸ā§‡āĻ—ā§āĻ˛āĻŋ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧāĨ¤
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Let's look at the board.
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āĻāĻ° āĻŦā§‹āĻ°ā§āĻĄ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ•āĻžāĻ¨.
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Let's focus on ‘a’ and ‘an’.
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āĻ†āĻ¸ā§āĻ¨ 'a' āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ 'an'-āĻ āĻĢā§‹āĻ•āĻžāĻ¸ āĻ•āĻ°āĻŋāĨ¤
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When do we use ‘a’ and ‘an’?
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āĻ†āĻŽāĻ°āĻž āĻ•āĻ–āĻ¨ 'a' āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ 'an' āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻ°āĻŋ?
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All right, so first sentence here:
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āĻ āĻŋāĻ• āĻ†āĻ›ā§‡, āĻ¤āĻžāĻ‡ āĻāĻ–āĻžāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻĨāĻŽ āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āĻ¯:
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“I'm ____ woman.”
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"āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ ____ āĻŽāĻšāĻŋāĻ˛āĻžāĨ¤"
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So woman starts with a ‘w’.
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āĻ¤āĻžāĻ‡ āĻ¨āĻžāĻ°ā§€ āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ 'w' āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡ āĻļā§āĻ°ā§ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĨ¤
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The answer here is ‘a’.
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āĻāĻ–āĻžāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻ‰āĻ¤ā§āĻ¤āĻ° āĻšāĻ˛ 'āĻ•'āĨ¤
00:33
“I'm a woman.”
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"āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āĻœāĻ¨ āĻŽāĻšāĻŋāĻ˛āĻž."
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Okay, second one.
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āĻ āĻŋāĻ• āĻ†āĻ›ā§‡, āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¤ā§€āĻ¯āĻŧ āĻāĻ•.
00:40
“I'm _blank_ artist.”
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"āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ _āĻ–āĻžāĻ˛āĻŋ_ āĻļāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻĒā§€āĨ¤"
00:44
‘artist’ starts with an ‘a’
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'āĻļāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻĒā§€' āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ 'a' āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡ āĻļā§āĻ°ā§ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧ
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so the answer is ‘an’.
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āĻ¤āĻžāĻ‡ āĻ‰āĻ¤ā§āĻ¤āĻ°āĻŸāĻŋ 'an'āĨ¤
00:51
“I'm an artist.”
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"āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āĻœāĻ¨ āĻļāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻĒā§€."
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All right. Now, if we keep going, we've got a little bit longer sentence.
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āĻ āĻŋāĻ• āĻ†āĻ›ā§‡. āĻāĻ–āĻ¨, āĻ¯āĻĻāĻŋ āĻ†āĻŽāĻ°āĻž āĻšāĻ˛āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻŋ, āĻ†āĻŽāĻ°āĻž āĻāĻ•āĻŸā§ āĻ˛āĻŽā§āĻŦāĻž āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āĻ¯ āĻĒā§‡āĻ¯āĻŧā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāĨ¤
01:00
“My niece is _blank_ university student.”
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"āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻ­āĻžāĻ—ā§āĻ¨āĻŋ _blank_ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ˛āĻ¯āĻŧā§‡āĻ° āĻ›āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ°āĨ¤"
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So ‘university’ starts with the vowel ‘u’, right?
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āĻ¤āĻžāĻšāĻ˛ā§‡ 'āĻ‡āĻ‰' āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻ°āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡ 'āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ˛āĻ¯āĻŧ' āĻļā§āĻ°ā§ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧ, āĻ¤āĻžāĻ‡ āĻ¨āĻž?
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That's the letter ‘u’. It's a vowel.
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āĻāĻŸāĻžāĻ‡ 'āĻ‰' āĻ…āĻ•ā§āĻˇāĻ°āĨ¤ āĻāĻŸāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻ°āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻŖāĨ¤
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So what's the answer?
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āĻ¤āĻžāĻšāĻ˛ā§‡ āĻ‰āĻ¤ā§āĻ¤āĻ° āĻ•āĻŋ?
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“My niece is a university student.”
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"āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻ­āĻžāĻ—ā§āĻ¨āĻŋ āĻāĻ•āĻœāĻ¨ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ˛āĻ¯āĻŧā§‡āĻ° āĻ›āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ°āĨ¤"
01:22
Okay, put that in.
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āĻ āĻŋāĻ• āĻ†āĻ›ā§‡, āĻāĻŸāĻž āĻĸā§āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¨āĨ¤
01:24
“There's an ‘a’.
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“āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻž 'āĻ' āĻ†āĻ›ā§‡āĨ¤
01:26
Okay, last question.
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āĻ āĻŋāĻ• āĻ†āĻ›ā§‡, āĻļā§‡āĻˇ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻļā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
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“My aunt is _blank_ honest person.”
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"āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻ–āĻžāĻ˛āĻž āĻāĻ•āĻœāĻ¨ _āĻ–āĻžāĻ˛āĻŋ_ āĻ¸ā§Ž āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻ•ā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĨ¤"
01:34
Is it ‘a’ or ‘an’?
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āĻāĻŸāĻž 'āĻ•' āĻ¨āĻžāĻ•āĻŋ 'āĻ†āĻ¨'?
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Well ‘honest’ has an ‘h’, right?
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āĻ†āĻšā§āĻ›āĻž 'āĻ¸ā§Ž' āĻāĻ° āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ 'āĻāĻ‡āĻš' āĻ†āĻ›ā§‡, āĻ¤āĻžāĻ‡ āĻ¨āĻž?
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It starts with the consonant ‘h’.
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āĻāĻŸāĻŋ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻžā§āĻœāĻ¨āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻŖ 'āĻš' āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡ āĻļā§āĻ°ā§ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧāĨ¤
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And it's pronounced honest.
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āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻāĻŸāĻž āĻ¸ā§Ž āĻ‰āĻšā§āĻšāĻžāĻ°āĻŋāĻ¤ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧ.
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“My aunt is an honest person.”
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"āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻ–āĻžāĻ˛āĻž āĻāĻ•āĻœāĻ¨ āĻ¸ā§Ž āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻ•ā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĨ¤"
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All right, so if you don't understand when or why to use ‘a’ or ‘an’,
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āĻ āĻŋāĻ• āĻ†āĻ›ā§‡, āĻ¤āĻžāĻ‡ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ¯āĻĻāĻŋ āĻŦā§āĻāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ¨āĻž āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§‡āĻ¨ āĻ•āĻ–āĻ¨ āĻŦāĻž āĻ•ā§‡āĻ¨ 'a' āĻŦāĻž 'an' āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻ°āĻŦā§‡āĻ¨,
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then this is the video for you.
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I will explain exactly when to use ‘a’ and ‘an’ before a noun.
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āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§‡āĻˇā§āĻ¯ā§‡āĻ° āĻ†āĻ—ā§‡ āĻ•āĻ–āĻ¨ 'a' āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ 'an' āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻšāĻŦā§‡ āĻ¤āĻž āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ–ā§āĻ¯āĻž āĻ•āĻ°āĻŦāĨ¤
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Also keep watching until the end because there will be homework and a quiz.
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āĻāĻ›āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻ“ āĻļā§‡āĻˇ āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻ¯āĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ āĻĻā§‡āĻ–āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•ā§āĻ¨ āĻ•āĻžāĻ°āĻŖ āĻšā§‹āĻŽāĻ“āĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ• āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ•ā§āĻ‡āĻœ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻŦā§‡āĨ¤
02:11
So let's get started.
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āĻšāĻ˛ āĻļā§āĻ°ā§ āĻ•āĻ°āĻž āĻ¯āĻžāĻ•.
02:14
Before we learn about ‘a and ‘an’,
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'a' āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ 'an' āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻ•ā§‡ āĻœāĻžāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻ†āĻ—ā§‡,
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it's important to know what consonants and vowels are.
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āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻžā§āĻœāĻ¨āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻ°āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻ•ā§€ āĻ¤āĻž āĻœāĻžāĻ¨āĻž āĻ—ā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖāĨ¤
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The English alphabet has 26 letters.
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21 letters are consonants and there are five main vowels:
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21āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ…āĻ•ā§āĻˇāĻ° āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻžā§āĻœāĻ¨āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻĒāĻžāĻāĻšāĻŸāĻŋ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻ°āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻ°āĻ¯āĻŧā§‡āĻ›ā§‡:
02:29
a e i o u
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02:34
Now is a good time to learn the rule of when to use ‘a’ and when to use ‘an’ before a noun.
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āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§‡āĻˇā§āĻ¯ā§‡āĻ° āĻ†āĻ—ā§‡ āĻ•āĻ–āĻ¨ 'a' āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻšāĻŦā§‡ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ•āĻ–āĻ¨ 'an' āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻšāĻŦā§‡ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧāĻŽ āĻļā§‡āĻ–āĻžāĻ° āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻ–āĻ¨ āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ­āĻžāĻ˛ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧāĨ¤
02:41
As young learners your English teacher probably taught you this rule:
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āĻ¤āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āĻˇāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĨā§€ āĻšāĻŋāĻ¸ā§‡āĻŦā§‡ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻ‡āĻ‚āĻ°ā§‡āĻœāĻŋ āĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āĻˇāĻ• āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻ­āĻŦāĻ¤ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻāĻ‡ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧāĻŽāĻŸāĻŋ āĻļāĻŋāĻ–āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡āĻ›ā§‡āĻ¨:
02:46
‘If a noun begins with a consonant, we use ‘a’.’
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'āĻ¯āĻĻāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§‡āĻˇā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻžā§āĻœāĻ¨āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡ āĻļā§āĻ°ā§ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧ, āĻ†āĻŽāĻ°āĻž 'a' āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻ°āĻŋāĨ¤'
02:50
‘If a noun begins with a vowel, we use ‘an’.’
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'āĻ¯āĻĻāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§‡āĻˇā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻ° āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡ āĻļā§āĻ°ā§ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧ, āĻ†āĻŽāĻ°āĻž 'an' āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻ°āĻŋāĨ¤'
02:54
Let's take a look at the board again to check this rule.
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āĻāĻ‡ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧāĻŽ āĻšā§‡āĻ• āĻ•āĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ†āĻŦāĻžāĻ° āĻŦā§‹āĻ°ā§āĻĄā§‡āĻ° āĻĻāĻŋāĻ•ā§‡ āĻ¨āĻœāĻ° āĻĻā§‡āĻ“āĻ¯āĻŧāĻž āĻ¯āĻžāĻ•āĨ¤
02:58
First, we have “a bag.”
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āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻĨāĻŽāĻ¤, āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ° "āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ—" āĻ†āĻ›ā§‡āĨ¤
03:02
‘bag’ starts with a ‘b’. That's a consonant so “a bag.”
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'āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ—' āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ 'b' āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡ āĻļā§āĻ°ā§ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧāĨ¤ āĻāĻŸāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻžā§āĻœāĻ¨āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ‡ "āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ—āĨ¤"
03:07
Second, we have “a cat.” ‘cat’ starts with ‘c’.
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āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¤ā§€āĻ¯āĻŧāĻ¤, āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ° "āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻ˛" āĻ†āĻ›ā§‡āĨ¤ 'cat' āĻļā§āĻ°ā§ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧ 'c' āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡āĨ¤
03:13
That's a consonant so this is correct.
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āĻāĻŸāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻžā§āĻœāĻ¨āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ‡ āĻāĻŸāĻŋ āĻ¸āĻ āĻŋāĻ•āĨ¤
03:16
“a cat”
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"āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻ˛"
03:18
Next, we have “an apple.”
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āĻāĻ° āĻĒāĻ°ā§‡, āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻ•āĻžāĻ›ā§‡ "āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ†āĻĒā§‡āĻ˛" āĻ†āĻ›ā§‡āĨ¤
03:22
‘apple’ starts with ‘a’ which is a vowel.
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'āĻ†āĻĒā§‡āĻ˛' 'a' āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡ āĻļā§āĻ°ā§ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ¯āĻž āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻ°āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻŖāĨ¤
03:26
So ‘an’ is correct.
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āĻ¤āĻžāĻ‡ 'an' āĻ¸āĻ āĻŋāĻ•āĨ¤
03:28
Then we have “an eraser.”
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āĻ¤āĻžāĻ°āĻĒāĻ° āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ° "āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ‡āĻ°ā§‡āĻœāĻžāĻ°" āĻ†āĻ›ā§‡āĨ¤
03:31
‘eraser’ starts with an ‘e’.
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'āĻ‡āĻ°ā§‡āĻœāĻžāĻ°' āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ 'e' āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡ āĻļā§āĻ°ā§ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧāĨ¤
03:33
‘e’ is a vowel.
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'e' āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻ°āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻŖāĨ¤
03:35
This is correct.
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āĻāĻŸāĻž āĻ¸āĻ āĻŋāĻ•āĨ¤
03:37
Next is “an iron.”
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āĻāĻ° āĻĒāĻ°ā§‡ "āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ˛ā§‹āĻšāĻž"āĨ¤
03:39
‘iron’ starts with an ‘i’.
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'āĻ†āĻ¯āĻŧāĻ°āĻ¨' āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ 'i' āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡ āĻļā§āĻ°ā§ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧāĨ¤
03:41
‘i' is a vowel.
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'āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ' āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻ°āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻŖāĨ¤
03:42
“an iron” is correct.
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"āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ˛ā§‹āĻšāĻž" āĻ¸āĻ āĻŋāĻ•āĨ¤
03:45
Then “an oven.”
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āĻ¤āĻžāĻ°āĻĒāĻ° "āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻšā§āĻ˛āĻžāĨ¤"
03:47
‘oven’ starts with an ‘o’.
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'āĻ“āĻ­ā§‡āĻ¨' āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ 'āĻ“' āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡ āĻļā§āĻ°ā§ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧāĨ¤
03:49
‘o’ is a vowel.
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'o' āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻ°āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻŖāĨ¤
03:51
This is also right.
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āĻāĻŸāĻžāĻ“ āĻ āĻŋāĻ•āĨ¤
03:52
And finally, “an umbrella.”
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āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ…āĻŦāĻļā§‡āĻˇā§‡, "āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ›āĻžāĻ¤āĻžāĨ¤"
03:55
‘umbrella’ starts with a ‘u’.
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'āĻ›āĻžāĻ¤āĻž' āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ 'āĻ‰' āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡ āĻļā§āĻ°ā§ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧāĨ¤
03:57
‘u’ is a vowel.
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'u' āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻ°āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻŖāĨ¤
03:58
This is correct.
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āĻāĻŸāĻž āĻ¸āĻ āĻŋāĻ•āĨ¤ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ¯āĻĻāĻŋ āĻāĻŸāĻŋ āĻĻā§‡āĻ–ā§‡āĻ¨
04:00
If you look at it, it's the vowels:
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, āĻāĻŸāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻ°āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻŖāĻ—ā§āĻ˛āĻŋ:
04:03
a e i o u
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aeiou
04:09
So it looks like the rule is working very well
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āĻ¤āĻžāĻ‡ āĻĻā§‡āĻ–ā§‡ āĻŽāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻšāĻšā§āĻ›ā§‡ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧāĻŽāĻŸāĻŋ āĻ–ā§āĻŦ āĻ­āĻžāĻ˛ āĻ•āĻžāĻœ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ›ā§‡
04:12
but actually this is not the real rule.
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āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻ†āĻ¸āĻ˛ā§‡ āĻāĻŸāĻŋ āĻ†āĻ¸āĻ˛ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧāĻŽ āĻ¨āĻ¯āĻŧāĨ¤
04:17
Let's take a look at the next board.
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āĻ†āĻ¸ā§āĻ¨ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§€ āĻŦā§‹āĻ°ā§āĻĄāĻŸāĻŋ āĻĻā§‡āĻ–ā§‡ āĻ¨ā§‡āĻ“āĻ¯āĻŧāĻž āĻ¯āĻžāĻ•āĨ¤
04:20
So again, let's look at these two first examples:
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āĻ¤āĻžāĻ‡ āĻ†āĻŦāĻžāĻ°, āĻ†āĻ¸ā§āĻ¨ āĻāĻ‡ āĻĻā§āĻŸāĻŋ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻĨāĻŽ āĻ‰āĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ āĻĻā§‡āĻ–āĻŋ:
04:24
“a cat”
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"a cat"
04:25
‘cat’ starts with a ‘c’.
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'cat' āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ 'c' āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡ āĻļā§āĻ°ā§ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧāĨ¤
04:27
That's a consonant.
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āĻāĻŸāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻžā§āĻœāĻ¨āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻŖāĨ¤
04:28
That's right.
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āĻ¸ā§‡āĻŸāĻž āĻ āĻŋāĻ•.
04:30
“an apple”
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"āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ†āĻĒā§‡āĻ˛"
04:31
‘apple’ starts with an ‘a’.
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'āĻ†āĻĒā§‡āĻ˛' āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ 'a' āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡ āĻļā§āĻ°ā§ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧāĨ¤
04:33
That's a vowel.
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āĻāĻŸāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻ°āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻŖāĨ¤
04:34
So that's also correct.
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āĻ¤āĻžāĻ‡ āĻāĻŸāĻžāĻ“ āĻ¸āĻ āĻŋāĻ•āĨ¤
04:36
“an apple”
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"āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ†āĻĒā§‡āĻ˛"
04:38
Now, let's look at these two.
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āĻāĻ–āĻ¨, āĻāĻ‡ āĻĻā§āĻŸāĻŋāĻ° āĻĻāĻŋāĻ•ā§‡ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ•āĻžāĻ‡āĨ¤
04:41
“a university”
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"āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ˛āĻ¯āĻŧ"
04:45
‘university’ starts with a ‘u’.
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'āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ˛āĻ¯āĻŧ' āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ 'āĻ‰' āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡ āĻļā§āĻ°ā§ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧāĨ¤
04:49
So ‘u’ is a vowel.
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āĻ¤āĻžāĻ‡ 'āĻ‰' āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻ°āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻŖāĨ¤
04:52
Why does it go with ‘a’?
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āĻ•ā§‡āĻ¨ āĻāĻŸāĻŋ 'āĻ•' āĻāĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§‡ āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ?
04:54
“a university”
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"āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ˛āĻ¯āĻŧ"
04:57
And what about this one,
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āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻāĻ‡ āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻ•ā§‡ āĻ•āĻŋ,
04:58
“an hour.”
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"āĻāĻ• āĻ˜āĻ¨ā§āĻŸāĻžāĨ¤"
05:01
‘hour’ starts with an ‘h’.
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'āĻ˜āĻ¨ā§āĻŸāĻž' āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ 'h' āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡ āĻļā§āĻ°ā§ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧāĨ¤
05:03
And ‘h’ is a consonant.
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āĻ†āĻ° 'āĻš' āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻžā§āĻœāĻ¨āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻŖāĨ¤
05:06
So why is it “an hour”?
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āĻ¤āĻžāĻšāĻ˛ā§‡ āĻ•ā§‡āĻ¨ āĻāĻŸāĻž "āĻāĻ• āĻ˜āĻ¨ā§āĻŸāĻž"?
05:09
You can see ‘a’ before a vowel
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āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻ°āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻŖā§‡āĻ° āĻ†āĻ—ā§‡ 'a'
05:13
and ‘an’ before a consonant.
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āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻžā§āĻœāĻ¨āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻŖā§‡āĻ° āĻ†āĻ—ā§‡ 'an' āĻĻā§‡āĻ–āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§‡āĻ¨āĨ¤
05:17
The real rule is
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āĻ†āĻ¸āĻ˛ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧāĻŽ āĻšāĻ˛
05:20
‘a’ comes before a consonant sound.
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āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻžā§āĻœāĻ¨āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻ§ā§āĻŦāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ° āĻ†āĻ—ā§‡ 'a' āĻ†āĻ¸ā§‡āĨ¤
05:24
And ‘an’ comes before a vowel sound.
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āĻ†āĻ° āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻ°āĻ§ā§āĻŦāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ° āĻ†āĻ—ā§‡ 'āĻ†āĻ¨' āĻ†āĻ¸ā§‡āĨ¤
05:29
‘c’ is a consonant sound
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'c' āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻžā§āĻœāĻ¨āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻ§ā§āĻŦāĻ¨āĻŋ
05:31
so we use ‘a’.
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āĻ¤āĻžāĻ‡ āĻ†āĻŽāĻ°āĻž 'a' āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻ°āĻŋāĨ¤
05:33
‘a’ is a vowel sound
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'a' āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻ°āĻ§ā§āĻŦāĻ¨āĻŋ
05:37
so we use ‘an’.
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āĻ¤āĻžāĻ‡ āĻ†āĻŽāĻ°āĻž 'an' āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻ°āĻŋāĨ¤
05:41
The ‘u’ in university sounds like ‘ya’.
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āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ˛āĻ¯āĻŧā§‡ 'āĻ‰' āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻŸāĻŋ 'āĻ‡āĻ¯āĻŧāĻž' āĻāĻ° āĻŽāĻ¤ā§‹ āĻļā§‹āĻ¨āĻžāĻšā§āĻ›ā§‡āĨ¤
05:46
‘ya’ is the ‘y’ sound.
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'ya' āĻšāĻ˛ 'y' āĻ§ā§āĻŦāĻ¨āĻŋāĨ¤
05:49
And ‘y’ is a consonant.
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āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ 'āĻ¯' āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻžā§āĻœāĻ¨āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻŖāĨ¤
05:51
Because it has that y consonant sound
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āĻ•āĻžāĻ°āĻŖ āĻāĻ¤ā§‡ y āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻžā§āĻœāĻ¨āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻ§ā§āĻŦāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ†āĻ›ā§‡ āĻ¯āĻž
05:54
we use, ‘a’.
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āĻ†āĻŽāĻ°āĻž āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻ°āĻŋ, 'a'āĨ¤
05:57
And ‘h’ is silent.
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āĻ†āĻ° 'āĻš' āĻ¨ā§€āĻ°āĻŦāĨ¤
06:00
‘hour’ begins with a vowel sound.
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'āĻ˜āĻ¨ā§āĻŸāĻž' āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻ°āĻ§ā§āĻŦāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡ āĻļā§āĻ°ā§ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧāĨ¤
06:03
“hour”
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"āĻ˜āĻ¨ā§āĻŸāĻž"
06:05
Because it has that vowel sound, we use ‘an’.
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āĻ•āĻžāĻ°āĻŖ āĻāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ¸ā§‡āĻ‡ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻ°āĻ§ā§āĻŦāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ°āĻ¯āĻŧā§‡āĻ›ā§‡, āĻ†āĻŽāĻ°āĻž 'āĻ†āĻ¨' āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻ°āĻŋāĨ¤
06:11
So it's important when choosing ‘a’ or ‘an’,
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āĻ¤āĻžāĻ‡ 'a' āĻŦāĻž 'an' āĻŦā§‡āĻ›ā§‡ āĻ¨ā§‡āĻ“āĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ
06:14
not to focus just on the letter,
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āĻļā§āĻ§ā§āĻŽāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ° āĻ…āĻ•ā§āĻˇāĻ°ā§‡āĻ° āĻ‰āĻĒāĻ° āĻĢā§‹āĻ•āĻžāĻ¸ āĻ•āĻ°āĻž āĻ¨āĻ¯āĻŧ, āĻ…āĻ•ā§āĻˇāĻ°āĻŸāĻŋ
06:17
but also the sound that the letter is making.
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āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻŸāĻŋ āĻ¤ā§ˆāĻ°āĻŋ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ›ā§‡ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻĻāĻŋāĻ•ā§‡āĻ“ āĻĢā§‹āĻ•āĻžāĻ¸ āĻ•āĻ°āĻž āĻ—ā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖāĨ¤
06:22
All right, let's move on.
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āĻ āĻŋāĻ• āĻ†āĻ›ā§‡, āĻšāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨ āĻāĻ—āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡ āĻšāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨.
06:24
All right, let's take a look at these four examples.
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āĻ āĻŋāĻ• āĻ†āĻ›ā§‡, āĻ†āĻ¸ā§āĻ¨ āĻāĻ‡ āĻšāĻžāĻ°āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ‰āĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ āĻĻā§‡āĻ–ā§‡ āĻ¨ā§‡āĻ“āĻ¯āĻŧāĻž āĻ¯āĻžāĻ•āĨ¤
06:29
Remember, don't look at the letter,
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āĻŽāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻ°āĻžāĻ–āĻŦā§‡āĻ¨, āĻšāĻŋāĻ āĻŋāĻ° āĻĻāĻŋāĻ•ā§‡ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ•āĻžāĻŦā§‡āĻ¨ āĻ¨āĻž,
06:32
but listen to the sound that it makes.
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āĻ¤āĻŦā§‡ āĻāĻŸāĻŋ āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻŸāĻŋ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡ āĻ¤āĻž āĻļā§āĻ¨ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
06:36
“a uniform”
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"a uniform"
06:38
‘uniform’ starts with the consonant sound ‘y’
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'uniform' āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻžā§āĻœāĻ¨āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻ§ā§āĻŦāĻ¨āĻŋ 'y' āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡ āĻļā§āĻ°ā§ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧ
06:44
so it gets ‘a’.
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āĻ¤āĻžāĻ‡ āĻāĻŸāĻŋ 'a' āĻĒāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧāĨ¤
06:47
Again, “a European”.
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āĻ†āĻŦāĻžāĻ°, "āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ‡āĻ‰āĻ°ā§‹āĻĒā§€āĻ¯āĻŧ"āĨ¤
06:50
‘European’ also starts with the consonant sound y - "ya"
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'āĻ‡āĻ‰āĻ°ā§‹āĻĒāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ¨' āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻžā§āĻœāĻ¨āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻ§ā§āĻŦāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡āĻ“ āĻļā§āĻ°ā§ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧ y - "ya"
06:55
So “a European”.
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āĻ¤āĻžāĻ‡ "a European"āĨ¤
06:59
“an honor”
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“āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨â€
07:01
Remember, before we saw ‘hour’?
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āĻŽāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻ†āĻ›ā§‡, āĻāĻ° āĻ†āĻ—ā§‡ āĻ†āĻŽāĻ°āĻž 'āĻ˜āĻ¨ā§āĻŸāĻž' āĻĻā§‡āĻ–ā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛āĻžāĻŽ?
07:04
And the ‘h’ in honor and hour is silent.
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āĻ†āĻ° āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ āĻ“ āĻ˜āĻ¨ā§āĻŸāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ 'āĻš' āĻ¨ā§€āĻ°āĻŦāĨ¤
07:09
So it starts with the vowel sound.
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āĻ¤āĻžāĻ‡ āĻāĻŸāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻ°āĻ§ā§āĻŦāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡ āĻļā§āĻ°ā§ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧāĨ¤
07:12
So “an honor”.
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āĻ¤āĻžāĻ‡ "āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨"āĨ¤
07:14
Now look at this one.
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āĻāĻ–āĻ¨ āĻāĻ‡ āĻāĻ• āĻ¤āĻžāĻ•āĻžāĻ¨.
07:16
“an F.B.I. agent”
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"āĻāĻ•āĻœāĻ¨ FBI āĻāĻœā§‡āĻ¨ā§āĻŸ"
07:19
Let's focus on the ‘f’.
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āĻ†āĻ¸ā§āĻ¨ 'f'-āĻ āĻĢā§‹āĻ•āĻžāĻ¸ āĻ•āĻ°āĻŋāĨ¤
07:21
The sound that the ‘f’ makes:
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'āĻš' āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻ§ā§āĻŦāĻ¨āĻŋāĻŸāĻŋ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡:
07:24
f
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f
07:27
f
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f
07:29
So it's a vowel sound.
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āĻ¤āĻžāĻ‡ āĻāĻŸāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻ°āĻ§ā§āĻŦāĻ¨āĻŋāĨ¤
07:31
So it gets ‘an’.
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āĻ¤āĻžāĻ‡ āĻāĻŸāĻŋ 'āĻ†āĻ¨' āĻĒāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧāĨ¤
07:33
“an F.B.I. agent”
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"āĻāĻ•āĻœāĻ¨ FBI āĻāĻœā§‡āĻ¨ā§āĻŸ"
07:36
All right let's move on to some extra practice.
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āĻ āĻŋāĻ• āĻ†āĻ›ā§‡, āĻ†āĻ¸ā§āĻ¨ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§ āĻ…āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ°āĻŋāĻ•ā§āĻ¤ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻļā§€āĻ˛āĻ¨ā§‡ āĻāĻ—āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡ āĻ¯āĻžāĻ‡āĨ¤
07:40
All right let's practice using ‘a’ or ‘an’.
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āĻ āĻŋāĻ• āĻ†āĻ›ā§‡ 'a' āĻŦāĻž 'an' āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻļā§€āĻ˛āĻ¨ āĻ•āĻ°āĻž āĻ¯āĻžāĻ•āĨ¤
07:45
“Let's meet in â€Ļ hour.”
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"āĻšāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨ ... āĻ˜āĻ¨ā§āĻŸāĻžāĻ° āĻŽāĻ§ā§āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻĻā§‡āĻ–āĻž āĻ•āĻ°āĻŋāĨ¤"
07:49
Listen closely -
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āĻ˜āĻ¨āĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ āĻ­āĻžāĻŦā§‡ āĻļā§āĻ¨ā§āĻ¨ -
07:51
“hour”.
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"āĻ˜āĻ¨ā§āĻŸāĻž"āĨ¤
07:53
We know from before that the ‘h’ is silent.
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āĻ†āĻŽāĻ°āĻž āĻ†āĻ—ā§‡ āĻĨā§‡āĻ•ā§‡āĻ‡ āĻœāĻžāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ¯ā§‡ 'āĻš' āĻ¨ā§€āĻ°āĻŦāĨ¤
07:57
So, “Let's meet in an hour.”
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āĻ¤ā§‹, "āĻāĻ• āĻ˜āĻ¨ā§āĻŸāĻžāĻ° āĻŽāĻ§ā§āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻĻā§‡āĻ–āĻž āĻ•āĻ°āĻŋāĨ¤"
08:04
Okay.
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āĻ āĻŋāĻ• āĻ†āĻ›ā§‡.
08:06
“He will study â€Ļ M.B.A. course.”
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"āĻ¸ā§‡ â€Ļ āĻāĻŽāĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻ•ā§‹āĻ°ā§āĻ¸ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻŦā§‡āĨ¤"
08:11
Listen closely to M.B.A.
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āĻāĻŽāĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻŽ
08:16
em
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āĻāĻŽāĻŦāĻŋāĻ -
08:18
M.B.A.
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āĻ•ā§‡ āĻ˜āĻ¨āĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ āĻ­āĻžāĻŦā§‡ āĻļā§āĻ¨ā§āĻ¨
08:20
Obviously ‘em’ is the vowel sound,
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āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻˇā§āĻŸāĻ¤āĻ‡ 'āĻāĻŽ' āĻšāĻ˛ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻ°āĻ§ā§āĻŦāĻ¨āĻŋ,
08:23
so “He will study an M.B.A. course.”
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āĻ¤āĻžāĻ‡ "āĻ¸ā§‡ āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻāĻŽāĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻ•ā§‹āĻ°ā§āĻ¸ āĻ…āĻ§ā§āĻ¯āĻ¯āĻŧāĻ¨ āĻ•āĻ°āĻŦā§‡āĨ¤"
08:32
“She's â€Ļ happy student.”
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"āĻ¸ā§‡... āĻ¸ā§āĻ–ā§€ āĻ›āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ°ā§€āĨ¤"
08:36
Okay, look up here.
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āĻ āĻŋāĻ• āĻ†āĻ›ā§‡, āĻāĻ–āĻžāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻĻā§‡āĻ–ā§āĻ¨.
08:38
Here, the ‘h’ was silent,
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āĻāĻ–āĻžāĻ¨ā§‡, 'āĻš' āĻ¨ā§€āĻ°āĻŦ āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛,
08:40
but here, we pronounce the consonant ‘h’ sound.
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āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻ–āĻžāĻ¨ā§‡, āĻ†āĻŽāĻ°āĻž āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻžā§āĻœāĻ¨āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻŖ 'āĻš' āĻ§ā§āĻŦāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ‰āĻšā§āĻšāĻžāĻ°āĻŖ āĻ•āĻ°āĻŋāĨ¤
08:44
‘happy’ ‘ha’
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'āĻ¸ā§āĻ–ā§€' 'āĻšāĻž'
08:46
‘happy student’
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'āĻ¸ā§āĻ–ā§€ āĻ›āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ°ā§€'
08:48
So, “She's a happy student.”
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āĻ¤āĻžāĻ‡, "āĻ¸ā§‡ āĻāĻ•āĻœāĻ¨ āĻ¸ā§āĻ–ā§€ āĻ›āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ°ā§€āĨ¤"
08:58
“He has â€Ļ excellent score.”
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"āĻ¤āĻžāĻ°... āĻšāĻŽā§ŽāĻ•āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸ā§āĻ•ā§‹āĻ° āĻ†āĻ›ā§‡āĨ¤"
09:02
Listen closely.
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āĻ­āĻžāĻ˛ā§‹āĻ­āĻžāĻŦā§‡ āĻļā§āĻ¨ā§‹.
09:04
‘excellent’
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'āĻšāĻŽā§ŽāĻ•āĻžāĻ°'
09:06
‘excellent’
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'āĻšāĻŽā§ŽāĻ•āĻžāĻ°'
09:08
That's a clearly a vowel sound.
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āĻāĻŸāĻž āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻˇā§āĻŸāĻ­āĻžāĻŦā§‡ āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻ°āĻ§ā§āĻŦāĻ¨āĻŋāĨ¤
09:11
So, “He has an excellent score.”
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āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤āĻ°āĻžāĻ‚, "āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ āĻ¸ā§āĻ•ā§‹āĻ° āĻ°āĻ¯āĻŧā§‡āĻ›ā§‡āĨ¤"
09:19
“That's â€Ļ useless book.”
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"āĻ“āĻŸāĻž... āĻ…āĻ•ā§‡āĻœā§‹ āĻŦāĻ‡āĨ¤"
09:23
Listen closely here.
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āĻāĻ–āĻžāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻ˜āĻ¨āĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ āĻ­āĻžāĻŦā§‡ āĻļā§āĻ¨ā§āĻ¨.
09:25
‘useless’
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'āĻ…āĻ•ā§‡āĻœā§‹'
09:26
Ya, it's that consonant ‘y’ sound.
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āĻ‡āĻ¯āĻŧāĻž, āĻāĻŸāĻž āĻ¸ā§‡āĻ‡ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻžā§āĻœāĻ¨āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻŖ 'y' āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĨ¤
09:30
‘useless’
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'āĻ…āĻ•ā§‡āĻœā§‹'
09:31
So, “That's a useless book.”
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āĻ¤āĻžāĻ‡, "āĻāĻŸāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ…āĻ•ā§‡āĻœā§‹ āĻŦāĻ‡āĨ¤"
09:39
All right. Great students! Let's move on.
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āĻ āĻŋāĻ• āĻ†āĻ›ā§‡. āĻŽāĻšāĻžāĻ¨ āĻ›āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ°! āĻšāĻ˛ āĻāĻ—ā§‹āĻ‡.
09:42
Now you know when to use ‘a’ and ‘an’ before a noun.
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āĻāĻ–āĻ¨ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻœāĻžāĻ¨ā§‡āĻ¨ āĻ•āĻ–āĻ¨ āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§‡āĻˇā§āĻ¯ā§‡āĻ° āĻ†āĻ—ā§‡ 'a' āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ 'an' āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧāĨ¤
09:48
But you're not finished.
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āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻļā§‡āĻˇ āĻ¨āĻž.
09:50
This video is not enough practice.
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āĻāĻ‡ āĻ­āĻŋāĻĄāĻŋāĻ“āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ¯āĻĨā§‡āĻˇā§āĻŸ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻļā§€āĻ˛āĻ¨ āĻ¨āĻ¯āĻŧāĨ¤
09:53
It's time for homework and a quiz.
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āĻāĻŸāĻž āĻšā§‹āĻŽāĻ“āĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ• āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ•ā§āĻ‡āĻœ āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ. āĻ•ā§āĻ˛āĻžāĻ¸ āĻšā§‹āĻŽāĻ“āĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ•
09:56
Please check the description of the video to find links to the class homework
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āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ•ā§āĻ‡āĻœ āĻ˛āĻŋāĻ™ā§āĻ• āĻ–ā§āĻāĻœā§‡ āĻĒā§‡āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ­āĻŋāĻĄāĻŋāĻ“āĻ° āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻŖāĻ¨āĻž āĻšā§‡āĻ• āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻ¨
10:00
and a quiz.
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10:02
Also be sure to comment below
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āĻāĻ›āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻ“ āĻ¨ā§€āĻšā§‡ āĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤āĻŦā§āĻ¯ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ­ā§āĻ˛āĻŦā§‡āĻ¨
10:04
and let me know if you have any questions.
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āĻ¨āĻž āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻļā§āĻ¨ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻ˛ā§‡ āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻœāĻžāĻ¨āĻžāĻ¨āĨ¤
10:07
If you want to see more videos from me in the future,
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āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ¯āĻĻāĻŋ āĻ­āĻŦāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ¯āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻžāĻ› āĻĨā§‡āĻ•ā§‡ āĻ†āĻ°āĻ“ āĻ­āĻŋāĻĄāĻŋāĻ“ āĻĻā§‡āĻ–āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻšāĻžāĻ¨,
10:10
please remember to like this video and watch my other videos, too.
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āĻĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡ āĻāĻ‡ āĻ­āĻŋāĻĄāĻŋāĻ“āĻŸāĻŋāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ˛āĻžāĻ‡āĻ• āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ­ā§āĻ˛āĻŦā§‡āĻ¨ āĻ¨āĻž āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ­āĻŋāĻĄāĻŋāĻ“āĻ—ā§āĻ˛āĻŋāĻ“ āĻĻā§‡āĻ–ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
10:14
Bye-bye.
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