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Hi everybody.
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I'm Esther and in this video we are going
to talk about an important idiom hit on.
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Now, hit on doesn't mean to hit.
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Right?
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Hit means you punch someone or you use your
hand to hurt someone.
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So, that's not what it means.
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Hit on means well when a guy maybe likes a
girl he sees someone and he thinks that girl
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is cue.
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He wants to her better.
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He wants to her more.
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So, he might go to her and ask for her phone
number.
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Try to talk to her.
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That's hitting on.
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That's hit on.
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Right?
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He's hitting on her.
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Okay?
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So ah... yes a girl can hit on a guy as well.
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Um… usually but it's usually the guy that
hits on the girl and in Korean they say the
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word hunting.
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Right?
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But in English we have to say hit on.
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So, let's look at these examples.
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He hit on her.
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He hit on her.
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Again this means, he went to the girl and
try to talk to her and no her better.
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So, maybe they can be a couple later or have
a relationship.
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Again, he hit on her.
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The next sentence says she got hit on.
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She got hit on.
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This is not the same as this sentence.
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Right?
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She didn't hit on someone.
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She got hit on which means that somebody hit
on her.
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So, don't get that confused.
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That's a good some more example sentences
together.
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Okay?
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Let's look at these examples.
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She always gets hit on at the bar.
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She always gets hit on at the bar.
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Many guys hit on me.
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Many guys hit on me.
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I saw a man hit on a pretty girl.
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I saw a man hit on a pretty girl.
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He's a womanizer.
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He hits on every girl.
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He's a womanizer.
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He hits on every girl.
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Okay?
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Let's review one more time.
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We learned the idiom hit on.
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Again, hit on means you like someone that
you don't know.
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You go and talk to them.
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Again maybe try to get to know them better
or their phonenumber or something like that.
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Now, in America um... yeah guys hit on girls
of course.
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But I think in Korea, a lot more Korean guys
tend to hit on girls in public places like
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the bus stop or on the street or maybe even
a on the subway.
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So, a that's the word we learned in this video
and I hope to see you guys next time.
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Bye.
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