sh!t vs sheet | English Communication Problems

Hi guys my name is Fanni. Welcome to this series on communication problems.

Ndewo ndị nwoke aha m bụ Fanni.

Nnọọ na nsonso a gbasara nsogbu nkwukọrịta.

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

Na vidiyo a,

m ga-agwa gị

gbasara mkpa ịkpọ okwu n'asụsụ Bekee.

Especially the difference between long sounds and short sounds.

Karịsịa ọdịiche dị n'etiti ụda ogologo

na ụda mkpụmkpụ. Gịnị kpatara?

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

N'ihi na n'asụsụ bekee

enwere ọtụtụ okwu

ndị fọrọ nke nta ka ọ bụrụ otu

ma e wezụga na mmadụ nwere ụda ogologo,

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

onye nwere ụda dị mkpụmkpụ.

And they have completely different meaning.

Na ha nwere kpamkpam dị iche iche pụtara.

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

ị maara ... dabere na ogologo ụda.

So let me just give you a simple example.

Ya mere, ka m nye gị ihe atụ dị mfe.

If you say, "beach".

Ọ bụrụ na ị sị, "osimiri".

You know what a beach is right?

Ị maara ihe osimiri dị mma?

You go on holiday. You like going to the beach.

Ị na-aga ezumike.

Ịga osimiri na-amasị gị.

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

O nweghikwa otu ihe ọ pụtara dị ka b!tch.

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

Ị makwa gbaghara m maka ikwu okwu ahụ mana

na... ọ nweghị otu ihe ọ pụtara.

It doesn't have the same meaning.

And it's actually a very rude word, so you should be very careful.

Ma ọ bụ n'ezie okwu mkparị,

yabụ ị kwesịrị ịkpachara anya.

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

Na... Enwere m akụkọ banyere nke ahụ bụ ihe na-atọ ọchị.

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

Ọ bụghị ihe ọchị n'oge ahụ

mana ugbu a ọ na-atọ ọchị n'ezie.

And when I taught English in France,

Na mgbe m kuziri English na France,

I had a student once in my classroom,

enwere m nwa akwụkwọ otu ugboro na klas m,

And you know I was explaining ..ummm.. I think you know some grammar or something

ma ị

maara na

And he was clearly distracted.

m na-akọwa ...

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

Ya mere, iwe were m nke ukwuu, m wee sị,

"Hey! Gịnị ka ị na-eme?"

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

O wee sị,

"Oh, madam, ewela iwe. Ọ dị m nwute na m na-achọ sh!t m."

Umm... so two mistakes.

Umm... ya mere emehie abụọ.

First mistake - he forgot the preposition 'for'.

Mmehie mbụ - ọ chefuru preposition 'maka'.

Ok. So 'search for'.

Ọ dị mma. Yabụ 'chọọ'.

But that's ok.

Mana nke ahụ dị mma.

I understand that.

Aghọtara m nke ahụ.

But he said, "sh!t".

Mana ọ sịrị, "sh!t".

And he actually meant 'sheet'.

Ọ pụtara n'ezie 'ibé akwụkwọ'.

- for you know a piece of paper.

n'ihi na ị maara otu mpempe akwụkwọ.

I didn't get it. And I got really angry, you know.

Enwetaghị m ya.

Iwe were m nke ukwuu, ị mara.

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

Ọ ghọtaghịkwa ihe mere m ji ewe iwe.

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

M wee sị, "Ị nweghị ike ikwu okwu ahụ," ị maara.

And what does he even mean? "Searching your sh!t."

Gịnịkwa ka ọ pụtara ọbụna?

"Na-achọ sh!t gị."

I mean that's getting really weird.

M pụtara na nke ahụ na-awụ akpata oyi n'ahụ.

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

Ya mere, ọ ghọtara na ọ dị ka, "Ee e, mba, mba."

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

M pụtara, ị maara, ọ gosiri m otu mpempe akwụkwọ.

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

Dị ka m kwuru, "Nke ahụ abụghị 'sh! t', nke ahụ bụ 'ibé akwụkwọ'. Ọ dị mma.

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

Ee, echere m na ọ na-enwe nchekasị

n'ihi na ọ maghị ihe mere m ji ewe iwe.

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

Amaghịkwa m ihe ọ bụ. na-ekwu maka ya,

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

echere m na ị kwesịrị ịkpachara anya

Because you know, - long sound, short sound -

n'ihi na ị maara, - ogologo ụda, ụda dị mkpirikpi -

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

ọ bụ okwu dị iche

na nkọwa zuru oke

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

. bụ okwu rụrụ arụ,

mgbe ahụ, ị ​​maara, ọ na-akpasu iwe,

So just be careful, okay?

ya mere ,

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