Wait, Hope, Expect & Look forward to - Future verbs

I've got a new trick to show you. Oh good. Now you sit over here and I'll sit over here.

Tinc un nou truc de màgia per ensenyar-te. Oh, que bé! Seu aquí que jo seuré aquí.

Uhuh. And then I'll wave my magic wand.

Ahà! I ara mouré la meva vareta màgica.

Nothing's happened. Oh hang on. We've changed places. Yes. Well, I didn'texpect that.

No ha passat res. Oh, un moment. Ens hem canviat de lloc. Sí. Vaja, no m'ho esperava.

Here are four very common and very useful

Aquí tenim 4 verbs molt comuns i útils

verbs and they have similar meanings so they can be confusing.

que tenen significats semblants (esperar) i que ens poden confondre.

Let's look at what you need to know to get them right. We'll start with 'wait'.

Anem a veure el que necessites saber per usar-los bé. Començarem amb "wait" (esperar)

Mmmm. This is good. Wait! It's not ready yet. Waiting is doing nothing until something else happens.

Mmmm. Està bo. Espera! No està acabada encara. "Wait" és esperar sense fer res fins que alguna cosa passi.

Carter's waiting for Ksenia to come. She's

En Carter espera que arribi la Ksenia.

going to take him for a walk.

El portarà a passeig.

Wait for me. I'll be about ten minutes.

Espera'm. Hi estaré uns 10 minuts. Molt bé Sr Hunter.

All right Mr Hunter. So waiting is just staying in a place and

Així doncs, "wait" vol dir estar-se en un lloc i

passing the time. Travellers wait for busses. Pedestrians wait to cross the street.

passar el temps. Els viatgers esperen l'autobús. Els peatons esperen per travessar el carrer.

And surfers wait until a big wave comes along. Notice what follows the word 'wait'.

I els surfistes esperen una onada gran. Fixa't què segueix la paraula "wait".

We can wait for something. We can wait to do something. We can wait until something

Podem esperar alguna cosa (wait for). Podem esperar-nos a fer alguna cosa (wait to do). Podem esperar-nos fins que alguna cosa

happens. And we can just wait. But notice that we can't wait something.

passi (wait until). I podem simplement esperar (no preposició). Però tingues en compte que no podem dir "wait something" (esperar cosa)

'Wait' isn't followed directly by a noun. Now here's a nice expression to learn.

"Wait" no va seguit de nom directament. Mira quina bona expressió per aprendre.

When we say we can't wait for something, it means we want it to happen very soon.

Quan diem que no podem esperar per alguna cosa (I can't wait) vol dir que tenim moltes ganes que passi ja mateix.

Milk and cookies. Santa Claus is coming tonight. I can't wait.

Llet i galetes. El Pare Nöel arriba avui. No em puc esperar (estic molt impacient)

So if you want something to happen soon, say you can't wait. I'm so tired, I can't wait

Així que si vols que alguna cosa passi molt aviat, digues que no et pots esperar (I can't wait). Estic tan cansat que no puc esperar que arribi

for the weekend. Now let's compare 'wait' with another verb.

el cap de setmana. Ara comparem "wait" amb un altre verb.

I'm waiting for Jay to come home. I expect he's looking for a parking space.

Estic esperant que en Jay arribi a casa. M'imagino que està buscant lloc per aparcar.

Waiting is passing the time, but when we expect something, we think it's probable.

"Wait" és passar l'estona, però quan usem "expect" és que pensem que és probable que passi alguna cosa.

Ah Jay, this weather's lovely. Yeah, but we're expecting hurricane force winds tonight.

Ah Jay, aquest temps és genial. Sí, però s'esperen vents huracanats aquesta nit.

Oh, we'd better take the deck furniture in. Yup. OK, give me a hand.

Oh, millor que portem els mobles de la terrassa cap a dins. Sí. D'acord, dóna'm un cop de mà

If we don't think something is probable, then we don't expect it.

Si pensem que alguna cosa no serà probable que passi, no l'esperem (no usarem expect)

For you. Oh, I didn't expect that. Thank you. Come in. Oh, it's you. Well, who did you expect?

Per a tu. Oh, no m'ho esperava això! Gràcies. Endavant! Oh, ets tu. Vaja, qui t'esperaves que fos?

Frank Sinatra? So if something's a surprise, say you didn't

Frank Sinatra? Així doncs, si alguna cosa és una sorpresa, digues que no

expect it. Nothing's happened. Oh, hang on. We've changed places. Yes. Well, I didn't

te l'esperaves. No ha passat res. Oh, un moment! Ens hem canviat de lloc! Sí. Bé, no

expect that. Well, well. This is a pleasure. I didn't expect

m'ho esperava això. Bé, bé. Un plaer. No m'esperava

to see you Charlie. But Chris, you asked me. My wife. Well it's good to see you anyway.

veure't Charlie. Però Chris, m'ho has demanat. La meva dona. Bé, està bé veure't en qualsevol cas.

Now here's another expression. If a woman is going to have a baby, we can say she's

Hi ha una altra expressió, a més més. Si una dona tindrà un fill, podem dir que està

expecting. Mmm. Come in. Oh hi Rachel, sit down. Hi Rachel.

esperant un fill. Mmm. Endavant! Oh, hola Rachel, seu. Hola Rachel.

Hi. How are you? I'm fine thanks. You look terrific. Thank you. You've put on

Hola. Com va? Bé gràcies. Estàs preciosa. Gràcies. T'has engreixat

a lot of weight Rachel. Well, yes Jay. I'm pregnant.

molt Rachel. Bé, sí, Jay. Estic embarassada.

You're expecting? Yes. Congratulations! So you're not fat.

Estàs esperant un fill? Sí. Enhorabona! Així que no estàs grassa.

Now something to note. When we expect something we generally have a good reason to believe

I ara atenció. Quan ens esperem quelcom, en general tenim una bona raó per creure

it's going to happen. So we're waiting for Jason. Yes. Where is he?

que succeïrà. I, doncs, estem esperant en Jason. Sí. I on és?

He left at ten so I'm expecting him any minute. OK.

Ha marxat a les 10 així que arribarà en qualsevol moment. Ok.

If Jason left at ten, we can expect him soon. If there are dark clouds, we can expect rain.

Si en Jason ha marxat a les 10, podem esperar que arribarà en breu. Si hi ha núvols foscos, podem esperar que plourà.

So we expect things when there's evidence that they'll happen.

Així que esperem coses (expect) quan hi ha evidència que passaran

Now notice that expecting isn't about what we want to happen. We have other verbs for that.

Però fixa't que "expect" no té a veure amb coses que volem que passin. Tenim altres verbs per a això

I got Vicki a necklace for Christmas. I hope

Li he comprat un collaret a la Vicki per Nadal. Espero

she likes it. I hope you like the dinner. Sure. It's fine.

que li agradi. Espero que t'agradi el sopar. I tant. Està bo.

When we hope something, we don't know if it will happen or not. Perhaps he'll like the

Quan esperem alguna cosa (hope), no sabem si passarà o no. Potser li agradarà

dinner, or perhaps not. I'm expecting a baby. I hope it's a boy.

el sopar, o potser no. Estic esperant un bebè. Espero que sigui un nen.

So 'expect' is logical and rational, and 'hope' is more emotional. It's about what we want

"Expect", doncs, és lògic i racional; i "hope" és més emocional. Té a veure amb què volem

to happen. We didn't win the lottery. Did you expect

que passi. No ens ha tocat la loteria. Que t'esperaves

to win? No, but I hoped we would. OK. So we've looked at the verbs 'wait', 'expect',

que guanyaries? No, però esperava que podria ser (tenia esperances). Ok. Bé doncs, hem vist els verbs "wait", "expect",

and 'hope', and there's one more. So when are you going to California, Jason?

i "hope", i n'hi ha un altre més. I quan vas cap a Califòrnia, Jason?

Erm, the twenty second. I'm looking forward to seeing some old friends.

Ehm, el 22. Espero veure vells amics.

When something good is going to happen and we think about it with pleasure, we look forward to it.

Quan ha de passar alguna cosa bona i hi pensem amb ganes que passi, ho esperem (desitgem, volem)

I am going to take Carter for a walk. Oh,

M'emporto en Carter a fer un passeig. Oh,

look at his tail wagging. He's really looking forward to it.

mira-li la cua movent-se. Realment ho està esperant.

When we're looking forward to something, we're happy and excited about it.

Quan esperem alguna cosa (looking forward to something), estem contents i excitats.

Good morning. I'm Joan Spencer. Oh yes, Miss Spencer. We're expecting you. Won't you have

Bon dia. Sóc la Joan Spencer. Ah sí, senyora Spencer. L'esperàvem. No vol

a seat? Thank you. How do you do Miss Spencer. Ready to go to

seure. Gràcies. Com està senyora Spencer. A punt per

work? I'm looking forward to it, Mr Arnold. You'll often hear this verb in business contexts,

treballar? Ho estic esperant (desitjant), Sr Arnold. Sentireu aquest verb en contextos laborals

and you'll often see it at the end of business emails, when we're referring to future contact

i sovint al final de correus electrònics sobre feina, fent referència a un pròxim contacte

and what's going to happen. 'Look forward to' is always followed by a noun.

i que passarà. "Look forward to" sempre va seguit per un nom.

We look forward to things like parties, birthdays and holidays or vacations.

"We look forward to" coses com festes, aniversaris i dies festius o vacances.

So what happens if you want to use a verb after 'look forward to'? I'm looking forward

I què passa si vols fer servir un verb després de "look forward to"? Espero veure

to seeing some old friends. You have to add -ing. That way you make a gerund.

vells amics. Has d'afegir -ing. Així faràs un gerundi.

A noun form of the verb.

La forma que té el verb quan és un nom.

Jay, your mum called earlier. Oh yeah? Yeah,

Jay, ha trucat ta mare abans. ah sí? Sí

she's looking forward to seeing us on Sunday. Sunday? Oh!

espera veure'ns el diumenge. Diumenge? Oh!

And that's it for these verbs. We hope you've enjoyed this video and we look forward to

I això és tot per a aquests verbs. Esperem que us hagi agradat el vídeo i esperem

seeing you again soon. Bye!

veure-us aviat un altre cop. Adéu!!