Learning Clumsy, Klutz, and All Thumbs | Basic English Expressions Lesson

I'm Robin. And in this video, I'm  going to talk about the word clumsy,  

Ako si Robin. At sa video na ito, pag-uusapan ko ang salitang clumsy,

the slang word klutz and the idiom all thumbs.

ang slang word na klutz at ang idiom na all thumbs.

All three of these expressions mean the same thing.

Ang lahat ng tatlong mga expression na ito ay nangangahulugan ng parehong bagay.

We're talking about an awkward person,

Ang pinag-uusapan natin ay tungkol sa isang awkward na tao,

someone who has a lot of accidents or someone who's always breaking things.

isang taong maraming naaksidente o isang taong laging nakakasira ng mga bagay.

OK, it can describe a man or a woman.

OK, maaari itong ilarawan ang isang lalaki o isang babae.

Let's take a look in my example.

Tingnan natin ang aking halimbawa.

He or she

Siya o siya

He always has accidents.

Lagi siyang naaksidente.

He always has accidents, spilling drinks, things like that, and breaks things.

Palagi siyang naaksidente, natabuan ng mga inumin, mga bagay na ganyan, at nakakabasag ng mga bagay.

He always has accidents and breaks things.

Palagi siyang naaksidente at nakakasira ng mga bagay.

He is.

Siya ay.

All right. Here we go.

Lahat tama. Dito na tayo.

The first word, clumsy.

Ang unang salita, clumsy.

That's what we want to use to describe someone

Iyan ang gusto nating gamitin para ilarawan ang isang

who always has accidents and breaks things.

taong laging naaksidente at nakakasira ng mga bagay.

He is clumsy.

Siya ay clumsy.

She is clumsy.

Siya ay clumsy.

Here's the slang word.

Narito ang salitang balbal.

He is a klutz.

Isa siyang klutz.

She is a klutz.

Siya ay isang klutz.

A klutz.

Isang klutz.

OK.  They mean the same thing.

OK. Pareho sila ng ibig sabihin.

And the last one is an idiom.

At ang huli ay isang idyoma.

He is all thumbs.

Todo thumbs siya.

All thumbs.

Lahat ng thumbs.

OK, that's your thumb.

OK, iyon ang iyong hinlalaki.

So if you're all thumbs, every finger is a thumb.

Kaya kung lahat kayo ay hinlalaki, bawat daliri ay isang hinlalaki.

So it's very easy to have an accident.

Kaya napakadaling maaksidente.

OK.

So these are the three expressions we want to use

OK.

Kaya ito ang tatlong expression na gusto naming gamitin

to describe this kind of awkward person.

upang ilarawan ang ganitong uri ng awkward na tao.

Let's take a look at some example sentences.

Tingnan natin ang ilang halimbawa ng mga pangungusap.

OK, let's look at the first example.

OK, tingnan natin ang unang halimbawa.

He always accidentally sits on his glasses. He's so clumsy.

Palagi siyang hindi sinasadyang nakaupo sa kanyang salamin. Napaka-clumsy niya.

He always accidentally sits on his glasses. He's so clumsy.

Palagi siyang hindi sinasadyang nakaupo sa kanyang salamin. Napaka-clumsy niya.

The next one

The next one

She always pours too much coffee into my cup. She's so clumsy.

Lagi niyang binubuhos ang sobrang kape sa tasa ko. Napaka-clumsy niya.

She always pours too much coffee into my cup. She's so clumsy.

Lagi siyang nagbubuhos ng sobrang kape sa tasa ko. Napaka-clumsy niya.

And the next one

At ang sumunod

I'm a klutz when I dance. I hit everyone around me.

ay klutz ako kapag sumasayaw. Binatukan ko lahat ng nasa paligid ko.

I'm a klutz when I dance. I hit everyone around me.

Klutz ako kapag sumasayaw. Binatukan ko lahat ng nasa paligid ko.

The nurse was a klutz. She gave the patient the wrong medicine.

Ang nars ay isang klutz. Maling gamot ang binigay niya sa pasyente.

The nurse was a klutz. She gave the patient the wrong medicine.

Ang nars ay isang klutz. Maling gamot ang binigay niya sa pasyente.

All right. And the next.

Lahat tama. At ang susunod.

He can't play the piano at all. He's all thumbs.

Hindi siya marunong tumugtog ng piano. Todo thumbs siya.

He can't play the piano. At all. He's all thumbs.

Hindi siya marunong tumugtog ng piano. Sa lahat. Todo thumbs siya.

I tried to fix the toilet, but I'm all thumbs. I just broke it more.

Sinubukan kong ayusin ang inidoro, pero todo thumbs ako. Mas sinira ko lang.

I tried to fix the toilet. But I'm all thumbs. I just broke it more.

Sinubukan kong ayusin ang inidoro. Pero todo thumbs ako. Mas sinira ko lang.

Those were some good examples of how to use clumsy, klutz, and all thumbs.

Iyan ang ilang magagandang halimbawa kung paano gumamit ng clumsy, klutz, at lahat ng thumbs.

Remember, they mean the same thing.

Tandaan, pareho sila ng ibig sabihin.

Describing a very awkward person.

Naglalarawan ng isang napaka-awkward na tao.

Now, before we go, I'm going to tell you the story of my cousin Jerry.

Ngayon, bago tayo umalis, ikukwento ko sa iyo ang kwento ng aking pinsan na si Jerry.

Now, Jerry and I are the same age.

Ngayon, magkasing edad na kami ni Jerry.

So as children, we used to play together.

Kaya bilang mga bata, magkasama kaming naglalaro.

And I'm going to tell you that Jerry was the perfect klutz.

At sasabihin ko sa iyo na si Jerry ang perpektong klutz.

He was a very clumsy kid.

Napaka-clumsy niyang bata.

He always broke things, and he always had accidents.

Palagi niyang sinisira ang mga bagay, at palagi siyang naaksidente.

And his glasses, like his eyeglasses.

At ang kanyang salamin, tulad ng kanyang salamin sa mata.

He must have broke them every day.

Dapat ay sinira niya ang mga ito araw-araw.

You know, his mother put tape here and tape here.

Alam mo, ang kanyang ina ay naglagay ng tape dito at tape dito.

His glasses always looked broken and  terrible.

Ang kanyang salamin ay palaging mukhang basag at kakila-kilabot.

Also, his shirt is very dirty. He had a lot of food stains, drink stains when he ate food.

Isa pa, sobrang dumi ng shirt niya. Marami siyang bahid ng pagkain, bahid ng inumin kapag kumakain siya ng pagkain.

You know, ketchup and mustard always fell all over him.

Alam mo, ang ketchup at mustasa ay palaging nahuhulog sa buong kanya.

Anyway, as I said, he's a klutz.

Anyway, gaya nga ng sabi ko, klutz siya.

He used to come over to my house to play with me,

Dati siyang pumupunta sa bahay ko para makipaglaro sa akin,

and he always wanted to play with my toys.

at lagi niyang gustong paglaruan ang mga laruan ko.

And, of course, he always broke my toys.

At, siyempre, lagi niyang sinisira ang mga laruan ko.

And I hated him. I really hated Jerry.

At kinasusuklaman ko siya. Naiinis talaga ako kay Jerry.

And every time he came over, so I used to complain to my mom.

At sa tuwing lalapit siya, nagsusumbong ako sa nanay ko.

You know, I don't want Jerry to touch my toys.

Alam mo, ayokong hawakan ni Jerry ang mga laruan ko.

But, you know, my mom said, you know, you  have to share with Jerry.

Pero, alam mo, sabi ng nanay ko, you know, you have to share with Jerry.

So eventually, when Jerry came over, I just he had my toys,

Kaya sa bandang huli, nang dumating si Jerry, nasa kanya na lang ang aking mga laruan,

and we would watch TV or play something else.

at nanonood kami ng TV o naglalaro ng iba.

Well, anyway, that's the story of Jerry. The perfect klutz.

Well, anyway, yan ang kwento ni Jerry. Ang perpektong klutz.

I hope you understand these expressions.

Sana maintindihan mo ang mga expression na ito.

See you next time.

See you next time.