How to use the word 'afraid' and Q&A - Learn English with Simple English Videos

This week's lesson is a Q&A.

La lliçó d'aquesta setmana és un "Q & A".

Question and answer.

Question and answer (pregunta i resposta).

Hey, we're back in our room with interesting things.

Hola, hem tornat a la nostra habitació amb coses interessants.

Yes, they come from all over the world, like the questions you've sent us.

Sí, vénen d'arreu del món, com les preguntes que ens heu enviat.

So what's this lesson about?

Llavors, de què va aquesta lliçó?

We're going to look at a way to say 'go away' - and also how we use the word 'afraid'.

Veurem una altra manera de dir "go away" i també com fer servir la paraula 'afraid'.

And we want to tell you about our live classes.

I volem informar-vos sobre les nostres classes en directe.

But first I want to say a huge thank you to our viewers for the captions they've been writing

Però primer vull dir un enorme "gràcies" a els nostres espectadors pels subtítols que han estat escrivint.

Oh yes.

Oh, si.

That's been amazing.

Ha estat increïble.

A few weeks ago we asked for help.

Fa unes setmanes us demanàvem ajuda.

We asked our viewers to write captions for our videos in other languages.

Demanàvem als nostres espectadors que escrivissin subtítols dels nostres vídeos en altres llengües

The response was amazing.

La resposta ha estat increïble.

Since then we've had more than 70 or 80 different caption files submitted.

Des de llavors hem tingut més de 70 o 80 subtítols presentats.

It's incredible.

És increïble.

I feel really touched that so many people have been helping us with this.

Em sento molt emocionada (touched) que tanta gent ens hagi estat ajudant.

Touched is when you feel emotional about something.

"Touched" és quan alguna cosa t'emociona.

That's how I feel.

Així és com em sento.

People have been so kind and I feel so happy and grateful to them.

Heu estat molt amables i em sento molt feliç i agraïda.

These captions are helping us grow our channel and they're helping learners who need a little

Aquests subtítols ens estan ajudant a fer créixer el nostre canal i estan ajudant els alumnes que necessiten una mica

more support in English.

més de suport en anglès.

And they help people who are deaf or hard of hearing too.

I ajuden a les persones sordes o amb dificultats auditives també.

I want to say thank you to Anatoliy, David,

Vull donar les gràcies a Anatoliy, David,

Dreamy2206, Danny, Marina, Nives, Wilson, Donnie D, Heiricar, Merav, Mayela, and a big

Dreamy2206, Danny, Marina, Nives, Wilson, Donnie D, Heiricar, Merav, Mayela, i un gran

merci beaucoup to you Cecille, you're a star.

"merci beaucoup" a tu Cecille, ets molt gran (literal: ets una estrella)

You're all stars!

Tots vosaltres sou molt grans!

And we also had a caption file from Vietnam but I didn't know who sent it.

Ens van arribar també uns subtítols del Vietnam però no sabia qui el va enviar.

You don't?

Ah no?

No, sometimes the system doesn't tell us so I hope I didn't miss anyone.

No, de vegades el sistema no ens ho diu així que espero no haver-me oblidat de ningú.

If I did, please forgive me.

Si ho he fet, si us plau, perdoneu-me.

We're really very grateful.

Estem realment molt agraïts.

And if anyone wants to help, please do.

I si algú vol ajudar, sisplau, feu-ho.

I'll put a link to the video here so you can find out more.

Posaré un enllaç al vídeo aquí perquè en pugueu saber més.

OK, now what about a question.

Bé, ara mirem-nos una pregunta.

Nimky had a question about a video we showed where someone says 'Beat it'.

Nimky tenia una pregunta sobre un vídeo on mostràvem algú que diu 'Beat it'.

Go on now. Beat it.

Ara, segueix. "Beat it".

Nimky says 'Beat it - what it means?'

Nimky diu 'Beat it - què vol dir?'

So he means, what does 'Beat it' mean?

Vol dir, què significa "Beat it"? (estan corregint gramaticalment la pregunta)

Yeah OK. Nimky it means get out of here.

Sí. D'acord. Nimky, vol dir surt d'aquí.

Leave me alone.

Deixa'm estar.

Go away.

Vés-te'n.

It's very direct - an order.

És molt directe - una ordre

But I think it's quite an old fashioned expression.

Però jo crec que és una expressió bastant antiquada.

What do you think, Jay?

Què n'opines, Jay?

Yeah.

Sí.

Yeah, I would say just 'Get out of here.'

Sí, jo diria simplement "Get out of here '

That works in British English too.

També és correcte per a l'anglès britànic.

And in British English we could say, 'clear off'.

I en anglès britànic, podríem dir, 'clear off'.

That's very direct too.

Això és molt directe també.

I would probably say it to someone I was close to but probably not my boss.

Probablement li ho diria a algú que conec bastant però probablement no al meu cap.

Umm. Would you say 'clear off' in American English, Jay?

Umm. Diries 'clear off' en anglès americà, Jay?

Absolutely not.

En absolut.

I would just say 'Get out of here'.

Simplement diria "get out of here"

OK, that was a great question Nimky.

OK, era una gran pregunta Nimky.

Thank you.

Gràcies.

OK, next question.

Bé, la següent pregunta.

Amit Chakroborty writes I saw most of the people use the sentence 'I'm afraid that...'

Amit Chakroborty escriu He vist que la majoria de la gent fa servir la frase "I'm afraid that..."

Ah, I think he means I saw many people use the sentence, yeah.

Ah, crec que vol dir He vist que molta gent fa servir la frase, sí.

I'm afraid that.

"I'm afraid that" (estan corregint gramaticalment la pregunta)

But I don't know, what does it exactly mean.

Però no sé, què vol exactament dir?

So what does it mean exactly?

És a dir, què vol dir exactament? (estan corregint un altre cop)

Could you tell me how I can use this sentence, I'm afraid that...

Em podríeu explicar com puc fer servir aquesta expressió? "I'm afraid that..."

Another great question!

Una altra gran pregunta!

The word afraid has a couple of different meanings in English.

La paraula "afraid" té un parell de significats en anglès.

The first one is to feel fear - to be frightened because you think you might be hurt or something

El primer és sentir por - estar espantat perquè hom creu que pot ser ferit o alguna cosa

bad could happen.

dolenta podria succeir.

What kinds of things are people afraid of Jay?

De quin tipus de coses té por la gent, Jay?

Umm. Heights, for example.

Umm. De les alçades, per exemple.

When you're high up and look down and feel dizzy.

Quan estàs a una certa alçada i mires cap avall i et sents marejat.

Yep, afraid of heights.

Sí, por de les alçades.

And I'm afraid of spiders.

I jo tinc por de les aranyes.

Argh!

Argh!

And going to the dentists.

I d'anar al dentista.

I'm afraid of that.

Tinc por d'això.

I know something else that you're afraid of.

Jo sé alguna cosa més de la qual tens por.

What's that?

Quina cosa?

Mice.

Ratolins.

Help, help!

Ajuda, ajuda!

What?

Què?

I saw a mouse.

He vist un ratolí.

Where?

On?

It ran into your office.

Ha anat corrents al teu despatx.

I'm afraid to go in there.

Tinc por d'anar-hi.

So we use afraid to say we're frightened of or nervous about something.

Així doncs, utilitzem "afraid" per dir que tenim por o estem nerviosos per alguna cosa.

But there's another meaning of afraid, and I think that's what Amit is asking about.

Però hi ha un altre signficat per a "afraid", i crec que això és el que està preguntant Amit.

Yeah, it's a different use of afraid and it's very common.

Sí, és un ús diferent de "afraid" i és molt comú.

If we want to say we're sorry about something we can say 'I'm afraid...

Si volem dir que alguna cosa ens sap greu podem dir 'I'm afraid..." (em temo que...)

We use it when we're being polite.

La fem servir quan estem comportant-nos educadament.

So, let's look at sales.

Vinga, anem a veure les vendes.

I'm afraid we don't have this month's figures yet.

Em temo que no tenim les dades d'aquest mes encara.

Never mind.

No importa.

We can use last month's.

Podem utilitzar les del mes passat.

Oh good.

Oh bé.

Last month's were better.

El mes passat eren millors.

So 'afraid' is like an apology there.

Així 'afraid' és com una disculpa en aquest cas.

Yes, an advance apology because we think we're going to disappoint someone or upset them

Sí, una disculpa per avançat perquè pensem que decebrem algú o els entristirem

or annoy them.

o els farem enfadar.

It ran into your office.

Ha anat corrents al teu despatx.

I'm afraid to go in there.

Tinc por d'anar-hi.

What happened?

Què ha passat?

It's gone.

Ha marxat.

Well where did it go?

Bé, on ha anat?

I'm afraid it went to your office.

Em temo que ha anat al teu despatx.

Well, I'm afraid we don't have time for any more questions.

Bé, em temo que no tenim temps per a més preguntes.

Ah.

Ah.

But come back again and we'll answer some more.

Però torneu de nou i en respondrem algunes més.

Now we need to tell everyone about our live classes.

Ara cal que us parlem sobre les nostres classes en directe

Oh yes, that's very exciting.

Oh, sí, això és molt emocionant.

Starting in the fall we're going to hold regular live classes on YouTube every Sunday.

A partir de la tardor impartirem classes en directe a YouTube cada diumenge.

We'll be broadcasting live from Philadelphia and we'll have people joining us from all

Estarem transmetent en viu des de Filadèlfia i tindrem amb nosaltres gent de tot

over the world.

el món.

Our friend Fluency MC says he'll come.

El nostre amic Fluency MC diu que hi serà.

Yeah, and lots of other people have said they'll come.

Sí, i moltes altres persones han dit que hi seran.

It's gonna be great.

Serà genial!

And because the lessons are live you'll be able to communicate with us in the chat window.

I com que les lliçons són en directe podràs comunicar-te amb nosaltres a la finestra de xat.

If you want to come to a live class, sign up for our newsletter so we can tell you the

Si vols assistir a una classe en directe, registra't al nostre butlletí perquè puguem dir-te

schedule.

l'horari.

We'll put a link in the description below.

Posarem un enllaç a la descripció de sota.

Yes, and thank you everyone who has been leaving comments and questions and suggestions for

Sí, i gràcies a tots els que ens heu estat deixant comentaris i preguntes i suggeriments per

new videos.

als nous vídeos.

We love getting feedback.

Ens encanta rebre comentaris.

Bye now.

Vinga, adéu!