3 Funny Stories About English Communication Problems

Hi guys my name is F@nny. Welcome to this series on communication problems.

Hi guys ang pangalan ko ay F@nny.

Maligayang pagdating sa seryeng ito sa mga problema sa komunikasyon.

And in this video, I'm gonna talk to you about the importance of pronunciation in English.

At sa video na ito, kakausapin kita tungkol sa kahalagahan ng pagbigkas sa Ingles.

Especially the difference between long sounds and short sounds.

Lalo na ang pagkakaiba sa pagitan ng mahahabang tunog at maikling tunog. Bakit?

Why?

Because in English there are a lot of words that are almost the same

Dahil sa English ay maraming salita na halos magkapareho

except that one has a long sound, one has a short sound.

maliban na ang isa ay may mahabang tunog, ang isa ay may maikling tunog.

And they have completely different meaning.

At mayroon silang ganap na magkakaibang kahulugan.

...you know... depending on the length of the sound.

...alam mo... depende sa haba ng tunog.

So let me just give you a simple example.

Kaya hayaan mo akong bigyan ka ng isang simpleng halimbawa.

If you say, "beach".

Kung sasabihin mong, "beach".

You know what a beach is right? You go on holiday. You like going to the beach.

Alam mo kung ano ang beach? Magbakasyon ka. Gusto mong pumunta sa beach.

And does not have the same meaning as b!tch.

At walang katulad na kahulugan sa b!tch.

And you know forgive me for saying the word but and...

At alam mong patawarin mo ako sa pagsasabi ng salita ngunit at...

It doesn't have the same meaning.

Hindi ito magkapareho ng kahulugan.

And it's actually a very rude word,

At ito ay talagang isang napaka-bastos na salita,

so you should be very careful.

kaya dapat kang maging maingat.

And... I have a story about that which is quite funny.

At... Mayroon akong kwento tungkol doon na medyo nakakatawa.

It wasn't funny at the time but now it's funny actually.

Hindi nakakatawa noon pero ngayon nakakatuwa na talaga.

And when I taught English in France,

At nung nagturo ako ng English sa France,

I had a student once in my classroom, and you know I was explaining ..ummm.. I think

may estudyante ako minsan sa classroom ko, and you know I was explaining ..ummm.. I think

you know some grammar or something.

you know some grammar or something.

And he was clearly distracted.

At halatang distracted siya.

So I got really angry and I said, "Hey! What are you doing?"

Kaya nagalit talaga ako at sabi ko, "Hoy! Anong ginagawa mo?"

And he said, "Oh oh madam I'm sorry. I'm sorry I'm searching my sh!t."

At sabi niya, "Oh oh madam pasensya na po. Pasensya na po hinahanap ko ang sh!t ko."

Umm... so two mistakes. First mistake - he forgot the preposition 'for'.

Umm... so dalawang pagkakamali. Unang pagkakamali - nakalimutan niya ang pang-ukol na 'para'.

Ok. So 'search for'.

Ok. Kaya 'search for'.

But that's ok. I understand that.

Pero ok lang yun. Naiintindihan ko iyon.

But he said, "sh!t". And he actually meant 'sheet'.

Pero sabi niya, "sh!t". At talagang 'sheet' ang ibig niyang sabihin.

- for you know a piece of paper.

- para alam mo ang isang piraso ng papel.

I didn't get it.

Hindi ko nakuha.

And I got really angry, you know.

At nagalit talaga ako, alam mo ba.

And he didn't understand why I was getting angry.

At hindi niya maintindihan kung bakit ako nagagalit.

And I said, "You can't say that word," you know.

At sabi ko, "Hindi mo masasabi ang salitang iyan," alam mo.

And what does he even mean?

At ano ang ibig niyang sabihin?

"Searching your sh!t." I mean that's getting really weird.

"Hinahanap ang iyong sh!t." I mean nagiging kakaiba na talaga.

And and so then he understand he was like, "No, no, no."

At kaya naiintindihan niya na parang, "Hindi, hindi, hindi."

I mean, you know, he showed me a piece of paper.

I mean, you know, may pinakita siyang papel.

As I said, "That's not 'sh!t', that's 'sheet'. Okay.

Gaya ng sinabi ko, "Hindi 'sh!t' 'yan, 'sheet' 'yan. Okay.

So yeah I think he got really stressed out because he didn't know why I was getting angry.

So yeah I think na-stress talaga siya dahil hindi niya alam kung bakit ako nagagalit.

And I didn't know what he was talking about.

At hindi ko alam kung ano siya. pinag-uusapan.

So I think you should really - you should be careful.

Kaya sa palagay ko dapat talaga - dapat kang mag-ingat

Because you know, - long sound, short sound -

Dahil alam mo, - mahabang tunog, maikli ang tunog -

It's sometimes it's a different word with a completely different meaning.

Ito ay minsan ay ibang salita na may ganap na iba't ibang kahulugan.

And if the word that you're saying is rude, is rude, then, you know, it's quite annoying.

ay bastos, kung gayon, alam mo, ito ay medyo nakakainis,

So just be careful, okay?

kaya't mag-ingat, kaya salamat

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gusto kong makipag-usap sa iyo tungkol sa mga problema sa komunikasyon na nangyayari

when we use different kinds of English because as you know we don't have the

kapag gumagamit kami ng iba't ibang uri ng Ingles

dahil tulad ng alam mo, hindi kami pareho ng Ingles sa UK at sa US, halimbawa.

same English in the UK and in the US, for example.

So some Americans don't understand me when I speak English

Kaya, hindi ako naiintindihan ng ilang Amerikano kapag nagsasalita ako ng Ingles

because I don't have the same pronunciation and because I don't always use the same words.

dahil hindi ako magkapareho ng pagbigkas at

dahil hindi ako palaging gumagamit ng parehong mga salita.

Most of the time we do understand each other

Kadalasan, nagkakaintindihan kami

but sometimes we don't and it can be quite confusing at times.

pero minsan hindi namin naiintindihan at minsan nakakalito.

For example, umm, to me there's a ground floor in a building.

Halimbawa, umm, para sa akin may ground floor sa isang gusali.

To an American person my ground floor is their first floor.

Para sa isang Amerikanong tao ang aking ground floor ay ang kanilang unang palapag.

So if I talk about the first floor, I don't mean the same floor as an American person.

Kaya kung pag-uusapan ko ang tungkol sa unang palapag, hindi ko ibig sabihin ang parehong palapag bilang isang Amerikanong tao.

So see it can get a bit confusing.

Kaya tingnan ito ay maaaring maging medyo nakalilito.

And talking about confusion, I have a story which is quite funny.

And talking about confusion, I have a story which is medyo nakakatawa.

I was in college at the time and I was on the phone with an American friend

Nasa kolehiyo ako noon at nakikipag-usap ako sa telepono kasama ang isang kaibigang Amerikano

and we talked you know for 20-25 minutes and

at nag-usap kami na alam mo sa loob ng 20-25 minuto at

then we decide to go grab a drink together. So I'm like, "yeah we should we you know we

pagkatapos ay nagpasya kaming sumabay sa inuman. So I'm like, "yeah we should we know you

should go out and have a drink."

should go out and have drink."

And she's like, "Okay yeah sure. What a good idea." And then she says,

And she's like, "Okay yeah sure. Anong magandang ideya." At pagkatapos ay sasabihin niya,

"Let me just put on some pants."

"Hayaan mo akong magsuot ng pantalon."

Now you have to know pants in the USA,

Ngayon kailangan mong malaman ang pantalon sa USA,

means like trousers.

ibig sabihin parang pantalon.

Okay your pants. Okay like these.

Okay ang iyong pantalon. Okay ganito.

In British English, pants are underpants. Okay?

Sa British English, ang pantalon ay underpants. Sige?

So for me, when she says, "Let me put on some pants."

Kaya para sa akin, kapag sinabi niyang, "Hayaan mo akong magsuot ng pantalon."

I get this image of my friend talking to me for 20 minutes naked.

Nakuha ko ang larawang ito ng aking kaibigan na nakikipag-usap sa akin sa loob ng 20 minutong hubad.

You know with no underpants on.

Alam mong walang salawal.

So I was quite shocked and I said,

Kaya medyo nabigla ako at sinabi ko,

"What?"

"Ano?"

She said, "Yeah, yeah. Just grab some pants.

Sabi niya, "Oo, oo. Kumuha ka na lang ng pantalon.

I said, "What do you mean pants?"

Sabi ko, "Anong ibig mong sabihin na pantalon?" Sabi

She said, "Oh no no no, I mean trousers."

niya, "Oh no no no, I mean pantalon."

And then we just laughed so hard because you know

At saka kami tumawa ng malakas dahil alam mo

for a minute there, there was a just a lot of confusion.

na minuto doon, nagkaroon lamang ng maraming pagkalito

Um, so yeah, depending on where you come from, I think you shouldn't underestimate ...um..

Um, kaya oo, depende sa kung saan ka nanggaling, sa tingin ko ay hindi mo dapat maliitin ...um..

you know the differences. And you have to be careful sometimes with

alam mo ang mga pagkakaiba at kailangan mong maging maingat minsan

the words that you choose. You know? So...

ang mga

Yeah that's something that can happen. So you see even native speakers sometimes

salita na iyong

..um.. don't really understand each other.

pinili

That happens as well.

Gusto

So yeah that's what I wanted to tell you.

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Hello, guys. My name is fanny.

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And in this video, I want to talk to you about communication problems.

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And when you're an English teacher working abroad or even if you've traveled,

At kapag ikaw ay isang guro sa Ingles na nagtatrabaho sa ibang bansa o kahit na naglakbay ka,

you do know that there are often communication problems.

alam mo na madalas na may mga problema sa komunikasyon.

And from my experience as a teacher, I think these problems and often arise because

At mula sa aking karanasan bilang isang guro, sa tingin ko ang mga problemang ito at madalas na lumitaw dahil

people try and translate their mother tongue into English.

sinusubukan ng mga tao at isalin ang kanilang sariling wika sa Ingles.

And my main piece of advice as a teacher, to you, is don't do that.

At ang pangunahing payo ko bilang isang guro, sa iyo, ay huwag gawin iyon.

Don’t try and translate.

Huwag subukan at isalin.

Because every language has their own words

Dahil ang bawat wika ay may kanya-kanyang salita

and expressions you know…and I know that when you're not that fluent,

at ekspresyon na alam mo...at alam ko na kapag hindi ka ganoon kahusay,

it's reassuring to use your own language and translate it.

nakakapanatag na gamitin ang iyong sariling wika at isalin ito.

Unfortunately, it doesn't, it's not going to work out.

Sa kasamaang palad, hindi, hindi ito gagana.

And, umm, For example, let's just and take an example.

At, umm, Halimbawa, gawin natin ang isang halimbawa.

I taught…umm.. English in France for a few years.

Nagturo ako...umm.. English sa France sa loob ng ilang taon.

And French has a lot of expressions and we for example say, umm,

At ang French ay maraming expression at halimbawa ay sinasabi namin, umm,

“To get a blue.” So that's the expression in French.

"Para makakuha ng asul." Kaya iyon ang expression sa Pranses.

“Avoir un bleu.” And that means ‘to get bruised’.

“Iwasan ang un bleu.” At ibig sabihin 'to makakuha ng bugbog'.

Okay so ‘a bruise’ in French is literally ‘a blue’.

Okay kaya ang 'a bruise' sa French ay literal na 'a blue'.

So.. but, you can't say, “I got a blue.” If you say, “I got a blue,”

Kaya.. pero, hindi mo masasabing, “I got a blue.” Kung sasabihin mo, "Nakakuha ako ng asul,"

you… you're actually translating the exact words from French into English.

ikaw… talagang isinasalin mo ang eksaktong mga salita mula sa Pranses sa Ingles.

And I'm not gonna understand what you mean.

At hindi ko maintindihan ang ibig mong sabihin.

And I've had people say that.

At may mga taong nagsabi niyan.

I've had someone one day, umm, say “oh I got a blue,”

Nagkaroon ako ng isang tao isang araw, umm, sabihing "oh nakakuha ako ng asul,"

and I obviously didn't know what that meant.

at halatang hindi ko alam kung ano ang ibig sabihin nito.

So…

Kaya...

And that is something that you should avoid doing okay?

At iyon ay isang bagay na dapat mong iwasang gawin okay?

Um… and I got a story about that. For example, umm,

Um... at may nakuha akong kwento tungkol diyan. Halimbawa, umm,

I was correcting an essay once because I worked in a high school.

nagwawasto ako ng isang sanaysay minsan dahil nagtrabaho ako sa isang high school.

And some … this student had written you know an essay in English.

At ang ilan ... ang estudyanteng ito ay nagsulat ng alam mong sanaysay sa Ingles.

I think she was describing a holiday or something.

Sa tingin ko siya ay naglalarawan ng isang holiday o isang bagay.

And, umm, at some point I can read,

At, umm, sa isang punto ay mababasa ko,

“Oh on the last day, I was so sad and because

"Oh sa huling araw, ako ay malungkot at dahil

I was walking in the garden and suddenly I fell and broke my face.”

naglalakad ako sa hardin at bigla akong nahulog at nabasag ang aking mukha."

And it honestly took me a good 10 minutes to understand what she meant.

At sa totoo lang, tumagal ako ng 10 minuto upang maunawaan kung ano ang ibig niyang sabihin.

And it's actually because there's an expression in French,

At sa totoo lang, may expression sa French,

"suis cassé la figure" Which is literally, “to break your face,”

"suis cassé la figure" na literal, "to break your face,"

and it means to hurt yourself. And so, she wanted to say, “I was walking

and it means to hurt yourself.

At kaya, gusto niyang sabihin,

in the garden, suddenly I fell and hurt myself,”

"Naglalakad ako sa hardin, bigla akong nahulog at nasaktan ang aking sarili,"

But she translated French into English

Ngunit isinalin niya ang Pranses sa Ingles.

You know… Thinking umm, and I guess you know we all think that.

Alam mo...

Nag-iisip umm, at sa palagay ko alam mo na iniisip nating lahat iyon.

We all think, oh my language is the reference.

Iniisip nating lahat, oh wika ko ang sanggunian.

Ito ang pamantayan at lahat ng iba pang wika ay ginagaya sa akin.

It's the standard and every other language imitates mine.

And just you know I can simply translate.

At alam mo lang na kaya kong isalin.

But, unfortunately, you can't.

Ngunit, sa kasamaang-palad, hindi mo magagawa.

So as a teacher, again, with years of experience, umm please don't try and do that.

Kaya bilang isang guro, muli, sa mga taon ng karanasan, umm mangyaring huwag subukan at gawin iyon.

Don't translate your mother tongue. You just have to learn as much as you can.

Huwag isalin ang iyong sariling wika.

Kailangan mo lang matuto hangga't kaya mo.

Watch films. Read books.

Manood ng mga pelikula. Magbasa ng mga aklat.

Try and understand how people talk in English. You know the expressions that they use,

Subukan at unawain kung paano nagsasalita ang mga tao sa Ingles.

Alam mo ang mga expression na ginagamit nila, tandaan ang mga ito at gamitin ang mga ito.

remember them and use them.

But don't translate your mother tongue into English.

Ngunit huwag isalin ang iyong sariling wika sa Ingles.

Okay?

Sige?

I hope this helps. Umm thank you very much for watching guys

Sana makatulong ito.

Umm maraming salamat sa panonood guys at kita tayo sa susunod na video.

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