Learn the English Heteronym PRESENT with Pronunciation and Practice Sentences

Hello, everyone.

Bonjou tout moun.

My name is Fiona.

Non mwen se Fiona.

Today we're going to be looking at two words

Jodi a nou pral gade de mo

that will really help your English pronunciation

ki pral reyèlman ede pwononsyasyon angle ou

and listening skills.

ak konpetans koute.

They look the same,

Yo sanble menm,

and they almost sound the same.

epi yo prèske son menm jan an.

But what's the difference?

Men, ki diferans ki genyen?

Keep watching to find out what it is.

Kontinye gade pou w konnen ki sa li ye.

Let's begin.

Ann kòmanse.

Are you ready?

Èske ou prè?

I want you to really listen hard,

Mwen vle ou vrèman koute,

because this one's tricky.

paske sa a difisil.

First, I'll say the sentence quickly.

Premyèman, mwen pral di fraz la byen vit.

‘Let's present the present to him.’ Hmm..

'Ann prezante kado a ba li.' Hmm ..

Okay, second time, but slower.

Oke, dezyèm fwa, men pi dousman.

Really listen.

Vrèman koute.

‘Let's present the present to him.’

'Ann prezante kado a ba li.'

Okay, I'll show you.

Oke, mwen pral montre w.

‘Let's present the present to him.’

'Ann prezante kado a ba li.'

What words go in these two blanks?

Ki mo ki ale nan de espas vid sa yo?

Well, the answer is

Oke, repons lan se

‘Let's present the present to him.’

'Ann prezante kado a ba li.'

Oh No! They look like the same word.

Oh non! Yo sanble menm mo a.

Again, It's pronunciation  that's really important here.

Ankò, se pwononsyasyon ki vrèman enpòtan isit la.

It changes the meaning.

Li chanje siyifikasyon an.

Let me explain in more detail.

Kite m eksplike an plis detay.

Let's take a closer look at our two words.

Ann pran yon gade pi pre nan de mo nou yo.

We have ‘present’ and ‘present’.

Nou gen 'prezan' ak 'prezan'.

They're spelt the same way,

Yo eple menm jan an,

but the pronunciation and  the meaning is different.

men pwononsyasyon an ak siyifikasyon an diferan.

It's what we call a ‘Heteronym’.

Se sa nou rele yon 'Eteronim'.

What is a ‘Heteronym’?

Ki sa ki se yon 'Eteronim'?

It's where two words are spelled the same way,

Se kote de mo yo eple menm jan an,

but the meaning and the  pronunciation is different.

men siyifikasyon an ak pwononsyasyon an diferan.

Let's look at the meaning and  pronunciation of our first word.

Ann gade siyifikasyon ak pwononsyasyon premye mo nou an.

‘present’

'prezan'

‘present’ is a verb.

'prezan' se yon vèb.

It means to give or reward  formally or in a ceremony.

Sa vle di bay oswa rekonpanse fòmèlman oswa nan yon seremoni.

And I have two sentences to show you.

Apre sa, mwen gen de fraz yo montre w.

The first one,

Premye a,

‘I like to present awards to my students.’

'Mwen renmen prezante prim bay elèv mwen yo.'

I like to give my students awards.

Mwen renmen bay elèv mwen yo prim.

The second sentence,

Dezyèm fraz la,

‘A celebrity will present the prizes.’

'Yon selèb pral prezante prim yo.'

A celebrity will give you your prize.

Yon selebrite ap ba ou pri ou.

Now repeat after me.

Koulye a, repete apre mwen.

‘present’

'prezan'

‘present’

'prezan'

Now let's have a look at our second word,

Koulye a, ann gade nan dezyèm mo nou an,

‘present’.

'prezan'.

‘present’ is a noun.

'prezan' se yon non.

It means a gift something  that you give to someone.

Sa vle di yon kado yon bagay ke ou bay yon moun.

And I have two sentences to show you this.

Apre sa, mwen gen de fraz yo montre ou sa a.

‘Thank you for the wonderful present.’

'Mèsi pou bèl kado a.'

Thank you for this wonderful gift

Mèsi pou bèl kado sa

that you have given me.

a ou ban mwen.

Number two,

Nimewo de,

‘I didn't get a present for my birthday.’

'Mwen pa t resevwa yon kado pou anivèsè nesans mwen an.'

I didn't get a gift for my birthday.

Mwen pa t resevwa yon kado pou anivèsè nesans mwen.

No one gave me anything.

Pa gen moun ki ban mwen anyen.

Okay, let's have a look at pronunciation,

Oke, ann gade nan pwononsyasyon,

‘present’.

'prezan'.

‘present’.

'prezan'.

Okay, let's look at our  main sentence one more time.

Oke, ann gade fraz prensipal nou an yon lòt fwa ankò.

‘Let's present the present to him.’

'Ann prezante kado a ba li.'

Let's ‘present’, let's give,  the ‘present’, the gift, to him.

Ann 'prezante', ann bay li, 'prezante', kado a.

Okay, repeat after me.

Oke, repete apre mwen.

We'll go slowly first,

Nou pral ale tou dousman an premye,

and then like a native speaker.

epi apre sa tankou yon moun ki pale natif natal.

‘Let's present the present to him.’

'Ann prezante kado a ba li.'

And faster now.

Ak pi vit kounye a.

‘Let's present the present to him.’

'Ann prezante kado a ba li.'

Well done.

Byen fè.

Great job, guys.

Bon travay, mesye.

You got some awesome listening

Ou te gen kèk koute awizom

and pronunciation practicing today.

ak pwononsyasyon pratike jodi a.

If you want to leave a comment

Si w vle kite yon kòmantè

to let me know what you thought of this video,

pou fè m konnen sa w panse de videyo sa a,

leave them down below.

kite yo anba a.

And as always,

Epi kòm toujou,

I’m really, really thankful  for my student support.

mwen vrèman, reyèlman rekonesan pou sipò elèv mwen an.

I'll see you in the next video.

Mwen pral wè ou nan pwochen videyo a.