Do you like...? vs What's it like?

Did you know the word 'like' can be all of these things? Now that can be confusing.

Sabies que la paraula "like" pot ser tot aquestes coses? (preposició, adjectiu, conjunció, adverbi i verb) Això pot ser confús.

In this video we're going to look at two meanings of 'like' and fix a common mistake.

En aquest vídeo veurem dos significats de "m'agrada" i corregirem un error comú.

Let's start with 'like', the verb. What are you watching? Detective Smith. Oh, I like

Comencem amb el "like" com a verb. Què estàs veient? El detectiu Smith. Oh, m'agrada

this programme. When we enjoy things, we like them.

aquest programa! Quan gaudim de les coses, ens agraden.

Happy birthday, Jay. Oh, thank you. Oh, it's a bow tie. Oh, thank you!

Per molts anys, Jay. Oh gràcies. Oh, és un corbatí. Oh gràcies!

I love it. Oh I'm so glad you like it.

M'encanta. Oh, estic molt contenc que t'agradi.

So if we think something is nice, we like it.

Així que si pensem que alguna cosa és agradable, ens agrada.

And if we don't think it's nice, we don't like it. Easy huh?

I si no pensem que és bona, no ens agrada. Fàcil eh?

OK. Now let's look at another meaning of 'like'. Come on, Vick. Let's go for a run. Oh no.

D'ACORD. Ara veurem un altre significat de "like". Vinga, Vick. Anem a córrer. Oh, no.

Do we have to? Your heart is like a muscle. You have to exercise it.

Cal que ho fem? El teu cor és com un múscul. L'has d'exercitar.

Oh. If one thing is like something else, it's

Oh. Si una cosa és com una altra cosa, vol dir que és

similar. Like is a preposition here, and we use it to talk about things that are similar.

similar. "Like" és una preposició aquí, i la fem servir per parlar de coses que són similars.

It's freezing out. I know, feel my hands. They're like ice.

Fa molt de fred fora. Ja ho sé, toca'm les mans. Són fredes com el gel.

Now, now darling. You mustn't cry any more. Cheer up. Would you like to hear old uncle

Ara, ara, bonica. No has de plorar més. Anima't. T'agradaria sentir el vell oncle

make a noise like a duck? (duck noises) Well sorry. Hmph.

fent un soroll d'ànec? (Sorolls d'ànec) Bé ho sento. Hmph.

Now there's a question that often confuses my students. Do you know what it means?

Ara hi ha una pregunta que sovint confon els meus estudiants. Saps què vol dir?

Hi! Where are you? I'm in my hotel room. What's it like? It's fabulous.

Hola! On ets? Estic a la meva habitació d'hotel. Com és? És fabulosa.

Is 'like' a verb or a preposition in this question? It's a preposition. So this question

És "like" un verb o una preposició en aquesta pregunta? És una preposició. Així aquesta pregunta

doesn't mean 'Do you like it?' It means what's it similar to? Describe it

no vol dir "t'agrada? Vol dir que és similar a alguna cosa? Descriu-m'ho

for me. We went to a networking event last night.

Vam anar a un esdeveniment de networking (treball a la xarxa) ahir a la nit.

Oh, what was it like? Boring. It was very useful. There were about a dozen

Oh, i com va anar? Va ser avorrit. Va ser molt útil. Hi havia al voltant d'una dotzena

people there and everyone made a short presentation. I didn't like it. Kathy's not asking if you

de gent allà i tothom va fer una breu presentació. No em va agradar. La Kathy no et pregunta si

liked it, Jay. She wants us to tell her about it.

et va agradar, Jay. Ella vol que li'n parlem.

Did you meet any interesting people? Yes. Well, I did. I didn't talk to anybody.

Vau conèixer gent interessant? Sí. Bé, jo sí. No vaig parlar amb ningú.

So these are useful questions and they mean tell me what you think. Use them when you

Així que aquestes són preguntes útils que volen dir: digues-me el que penses. Utilitza-les quan

want people to describe things. Now here's an English food product that I

vulguis que la gent et descrigui coses. Ara: aquí tenim un producte que a mi

like, but most Americans haven't tried it. I'm going to give some to Jase. Let's see

m'agrada, però que molts americans no han tastat. Li'n donaré una mica a en Jase. A veure

if he likes it. Have you ever had marmite before? No I haven't.

si li agrada. Has tastat mai abans "marmite"? No, mai.

Wow! It's almost like Nutella or something. Uhuh. So it's like a dessert. Uhuh. Like a,

Wow! És gairebé com Nutella o alguna cosa així. Uhuh. Així que és com unes postres. Uhuh. Com un,

like a chocolate or something. That's different. It's erm... almost like

com una xocolata o alguna cosa així. Això és diferent. És gairebé com mmmm ...

beef bouillon, or something. Wow! What do you think? It's pretty powerful

brou de carn, o alguna cosa així. Wow! Què penses? És bastant fort.

stuff. It is powerful stuff, isn't it? But all British

És una cosa molt forta, oi? Però tota la canalla

kids grow up on it. Wow! So what's marmite like? Is it really like

anglesa creix amb això. Wow! Llavors, a què té gust el "marmite"? Sembla realment

a chocolate dessert? No. The taste surprised Jase. Marmite is like

unes postres de xocolata? No. El sabor li ha sorprès, a en Jase. "Marmite" és com

beef bouillon. So Jase, do you ever want to have marmite

brou de carn. Així Jase, en voldràs més un altre dia?

again. Erm... Possibly. Do you think Jase likes it or is he just being

Erm ... Potser. Creus que a en Jase li agrada o només està sent

polite? Tell us in the comments below.

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