PEDESTRIAN | Learn English Vocabulary Meaning, Grammar, and Usage in Example English Sentences

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Hi, everybody. My name is Esther. 
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And in this video, I'm going to  talk about the word ‘pedestrian’. 
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A pedestrian is somebody who is walking.
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They might be walking on the street.
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Or on the sidewalk where all  the stores and restaurants are. 
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The sidewalk or pedestrians might be  crossing the street on a crosswalk. 
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That's the section with the white lines where you  have to go if you want to go to the other side. 
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So let's look at these example sentences.
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“Don't hit the pedestrian.”
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Okay.
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So in Korea there are very many cars and drivers
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and they have to be  careful not to hit the people that are walking.
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The pedestrians.
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So "Don't hit the pedestrian."
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The pedestrian crosses the crosswalk.
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Again, the crosswalk is where the white lines are.
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You have to walk there if you  want to go to the other side.
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The pedestrian crosses the crosswalk.
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The last example is,
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"There are many pedestrians on the sidewalk."
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Remember, ‘sidewalk’ is the area next to the street where pedestrians should walk.
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It's safer, right?
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So "There are many pedestrians on the sidewalk."
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Okay. And so that's how we use ‘pedestrian’.
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Remember, it means somebody who's walking.
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Okay. That's all. 
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Thank you. Bye.
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