Learn Subject Pronouns + Not | Basic English Grammar Course
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Hi, everybody.
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In this video, weāre going to talk about
subjective pronouns,
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ābeā verbs,
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and how to use them with the word ānotā.
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Okay. So, letās look at the board to help us out.
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Now the first sentence says, āIām not
a studentā.
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āNotā means itās not true.
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No.
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So remember, āIām a studentā means āyesā.
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āIām a studentā.
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I go to school, and I learn.
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āIām not a studentā means ānoā.
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āIām a teacherā or
āNo, Iām not a studentā.
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Okay.
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Now, notice, we first have the subjective
pronoun and the ābeā verb.
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Then, we put ānotā.
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Okay.
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āNotā comes after.
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And then we have the noun.
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Okay.
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āIām not a studentā.
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Okay.
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Now, also, listen carefully.
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āNot aā¦ā sounds like one word.
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āIām not a studentā.
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āNot aā¦ā.
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āIām not a studentā.
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Okay, letās look at the next one.
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āHeās not a studentā.
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āHeās not a studentā.
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āSheās not a studentā.
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āSheās not a studentā.
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āItās not a dogā.
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Remember, āitā is used for place, thing or animal.
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So, āItās not a dogā.
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Okay.
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āYouāre not a studentā.
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āYouāre not a studentā.
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Okay, the next one is a little bit different.
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We have āwe areā.
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āWeāreā.
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Now, remember, āweā means more than one.
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Many.
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Okay.
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So we say āstudentsā.
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We put an āsā and we donāt put an āaā in front.
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āWeāre not studentsā.
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āWeāre not studentsā.
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Okay.
And ātheyāreā is the same thing.
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It means more than one.
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So, āTheyāre not studentsā.
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āTheyāre not studentsā.
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Okay, weāre going to look at some more examples.
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I want you to listen carefully and repeat
after the examples.
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Letās start with the first one.
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āIām notā.
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āIām not a boyā.
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āIām not a boyā.
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āIām not a girlā.
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āIām not a girlā.
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āHeās notā.
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āHeās not a manā.
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āHeās not a manā.
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āHeās not a boyā.
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āHeās not a boyā.
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āSheās notā.
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āSheās not a womanā.
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āSheās not a womanā.
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āSheās not a girlā.
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āSheās not a girlā.
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āItās notā.
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āItās not a chairā.
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āItās not a chairā.
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āItās not a catā.
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āItās not a catā.
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āYouāre notā.
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āYouāre not a singerā
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āYouāre not a singerā.
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āYouāre not a friendā.
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āYouāre not a friendā.
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āWeāre notā.
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āWeāre not sistersā.
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āWeāre not sistersā.
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āWeāre not brothersā.
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āWeāre not brothersā.
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āTheyāre notā.
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āTheyāre not peopleā.
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āTheyāre not peopleā.
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āTheyāre not carsā.
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āTheyāre not carsā.
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Okay, so in this video, we learned how to
use subjective pronouns
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with the ābeā verb
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and how to use them with the word ānotā. Okay.
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So, I wrote some sentences about myself using what we learned.
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So remember, āIām not aā¦ā.
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Okay.
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āIām not a boyā.
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āIām not a boyā.
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āIām not a studentā.
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āIām not a studentā.
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āIām not a Canadianā.
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āIām not a Canadianā.
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And the last one.
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āIām not a loserā.
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āIām not a loserā.
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Okay.
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So that was a little bit about me.
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Thanks for watching and Iāll see you guys next time.
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Bye.
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