الفرق بين a an في اللغة الانجليزية : قواعد اللغة الانجليزية كاملة من الأفلام — Transcript

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1. 0:00English grammar is a major problem for
2. 0:01many people, and you might be one of
3. 0:03them. You might know a certain rule but
4. 0:05still struggle to use it or speak with
5. 0:07it. This is because you studied the rule
6. 0:09as it is, like a math formula, and no
7. 0:11one explained why the rule says that or
8. 0:13why it couldn't be any other way. In
9. 0:15other words, no one made the rule
10. 0:16logical in your mind, and since logical
11. 0:18things are never forgotten, that is the
12. 0:20goal of this course. This course will
13. 0:22cover every rule in the English language
14. 0:24, and starting from this episode, you
15. 0:26will study it in a way you haven't
16. 0:27before.
17. 0:28Keep in mind very carefully that what
18. 0:30you learn in this course will be the
19. 0:31foundation for the writing course. So
20. 0:33that you can use the rules to write
21. 0:35topics you've composed yourself in
22. 0:36English during the grammar course.
23. 0:38Starting today, we won't just explain
24. 0:40the rule. We will also explain why the
25. 0:42rule says what it says. We will take
26. 0:44many video clips from movies and
27. 0:45programs for every rule. And you will
28. 0:47practice with me. I will ask you why
29. 0:48this actor said this word in that way,
30. 0:50and after I'm sure you've fully
31. 0:51understood the rule, I will start
32. 0:53testing you with exercises that we solve
33. 0:54together in the episode. At the end of
34. 0:56every episode, you will find a homework
35. 0:58quiz to solve in the comments, and we
36. 0:59will correct it in the next episode. If
37. 1:01you are new here, I also advise you to
38. 1:03follow the vocabulary and sentence
39. 1:04course. Search on YouTube for "
40. 1:06Comprehensive English learning course
41. 1:07from scratch." This will appear in the
42. 1:09search results. Follow this course in
43. 1:11order as well. And walk with me to level
44. 1:12up your proficiency. Let's start right
45. 1:14after the break. Stay with me.
46. 1:22Peace be upon you and God's mercy and
47. 1:23blessings. I am Ibrahim Adel. And you
48. 1:25are watching the English learning course
49. 1:26on the ZAmericanEnglish channel. The
50. 1:28grammar section. Grammar. Keep in mind
51. 1:30that this course has levels. And this is
52. 1:31the first level. This is what builds
53. 1:32your foundation in grammar in general.
54. 1:34We will lay a solid foundation here.
55. 1:36After which we can take off quickly.
56. 1:37This is the method we follow here abroad
57. 1:39in developing. Grammar curricula. To get
58. 1:41the maximum benefit from this course,
59. 1:43two things are required of you: number
60. 1:44one, try to forget the grammar you
61. 1:46studied before and start fresh with me.
62. 1:48I'm not saying what you studied before
63. 1:50is wrong. No. But if I'm telling you a
64. 1:52story and you already know the ending,
65. 1:54your focus. On it will be less, and as a
66. 1:56result, you will miss points you
67. 1:57actually need. And you might have
68. 1:58studied them before. And grammar rules
69. 2:00are stories. So forget the old story and
70. 2:02start with me anew. Number two, try not
71. 2:04to get ahead of the rule. What does that
72. 2:05mean? It means if there is a specific
73. 2:07part of a rule I didn't explain,
74. 2:08understand that it isn't part of the
75. 2:09level. First of the rule. And I strongly
76. 2:11advise you not to study it now or think
77. 2:13about it. Keep your full focus only on
78. 2:15the part I gave you. The other parts are
79. 2:17coming with us. And we won't leave any
80. 2:19part of any rule, big or small, without
81. 2:21studying it, God willing. Agreed? Very
82. 2:23excellent, we will study now. Today, two
83. 2:25things: "a" and "an." Focus with me very
84. 2:28hard on what's coming. If I asked you,
85. 2:29what is this called in Arabic? You would
86. 2:31tell me "feel"(elephant). And if I asked
87. 2:32you what it's called in English? You
88. 2:34would tell me "elephant." Right? No,
89. 2:36wrong. I’ll tell you why now. If I ask
90. 2:38you what this is in Arabic? You'll say "
91. 2:40kora"(ball). Okay, and what is it called
92. 2:41in English? What? You'll say "ball,"
93. 2:44right? Also wrong. So why is "elephant"
94. 2:47wrong? And why is "ball" wrong? They’re
95. 2:49wrong because they aren’t singular. Oh,
96. 2:51really? Are they plural then? No. Not
97. 2:53plural either. So what are they? I don’t
98. 2:55know. You didn’t tell me. You left it
99. 2:57open for me.
100. 2:58And to understand what I mean, let me
101. 3:00tell you that nouns. In English are
102. 3:01abstract and don’t indicate a number. If
103. 3:04I tell you "feel"(elephant) in Arabic,
104. 3:06you understand that it’s one, a singular
105. 3:08elephant. One of the strengths of the
106. 3:11Arabic language is that the nouns, by
107. 3:13their very nature, indicate number, but
108. 3:15English nouns aren't like that at all.
109. 3:17They don’t indicate a number. You know
110. 3:20that in most cases we add an "s" to the
111. 3:22noun, for example, to make it plural.
112. 3:24But what you might be missing is that if
113. 3:26you leave the noun as it is, that won't
114. 3:28work. You still have to add something to
115. 3:30indicate that it is singular.
116. 3:33Just as you add something to indicate
117. 3:34it's plural, you also have to add
118. 3:36something to indicate it's singular.
119. 3:38So for elephant we’ll say "an elephant,
120. 3:41" and for ball we’ll say "a ball." We
121. 3:43will explain why "a" and why "an" now.
122. 3:46First, remember that without "a" or "an
123. 3:48," you haven't specified whether the
124. 3:50noun is singular or plural. Okay, let me
125. 3:52see if you’re focused or not. First,
126. 3:54what are these called?
127. 3:56Is it "a car,""car," or "cars," first?
128. 4:00One "cars." Why did we add "a"? What I
129. 4:03have in front of me isn’t singular. We
130. 4:05don't want "a,""a" is for singular, so
131. 4:07that’s wrong. Second thing, "car.""Car"
132. 4:10like that is vague, it doesn't indicate
133. 4:12a number. So, it’s wrong.
134. 4:14So "cars" is the correct one. Okay, one
135. 4:17more question to get past this point.
136. 4:19What is the singular of the word "stars
137. 4:21"? "Stars" is plural, what is its
138. 4:23singular, huh? If you say "star," then
139. 4:26it's wrong, because "star" is vague and
140. 4:28doesn't convey meaning. Its singular is
141. 4:31"a star." Got it? We understood that if
142. 4:34it's singular, we’ll use either "a" or "
143. 4:36an." And we’ll know their details now.
144. 4:38Okay, before we continue, let’s watch
145. 4:39this clip. And try to focus, will you
146. 4:41understand or not?
147. 4:47Huh, did you know what she said?
148. 4:49She said "a girl."
149. 4:54Meaning I am a girl. My question to you
150. 4:57: why didn't she say "a"? "I'm girl."
151. 5:00Because "girl" isn't singular that way.
152. 5:02It won't give any meaning. It needs an
153. 5:04addition to make it singular. "A,""a.""
154. 5:07Girl," and keep in mind that "a" has two
155. 5:09pronunciations in speech.
156. 5:11You can say "a" open like this, like the
157. 5:14girl said "a girl,""a girl."
158. 5:16Or you can say it as a broken "ay,"
159. 5:19meaning the girl could have said "ay."
160. 5:23Listen to this clip,
161. 5:31Huh, what did he say? Did you focus on
162. 5:33the sound of the letter "a"?
163. 5:35He said "a movie,""movie star."
164. 5:39And he broke the sound of the letter "a
165. 5:40.""Movie star" means a cinematic star.
166. 5:42We call it in Arabic "star of cinema."
167. 5:44They call it a movie star, "movie star.
168. 5:47" Listen again, and focus on the sound
169. 5:49of the letter "a."
170. 5:54Alright, now we know the purpose of "a"
171. 5:57and "an" in speech. They make a noun
172. 5:59singular. Well, since this is the first
173. 6:01level, you aren't required to know the
174. 6:03names of the grammar rules in English.
175. 6:05But in the second level, that will be
176. 6:06required of you. And in the third level
177. 6:08, I will be asking you questions and
178. 6:10speaking to you mostly in English only.
179. 6:12So, my advice to you in the first level
180. 6:14: don't worry about the rule's name, and
181. 6:16focus only on the usage. Okay, "a" and "
182. 6:18an" make a noun singular. So, when do I
183. 6:20say "a" and when do I say "an"? I
184. 6:23explained this to you in the
185. 6:24introductory grammar course here on the
186. 6:25channel. And I told you that the rule of
187. 6:28thumb is to add "a" to all nouns.
188. 6:30Everything takes "a" to become singular
189. 6:33. Unless a problem arises, then we
190. 6:35switch from "a" and use "an" instead to
191. 6:38avoid the problem. Meaning, the singular
192. 6:41of "tables" is "a table." No problem
193. 6:45there, "a table." The singular of "
194. 6:47chairs" is "a chair." No problem there.
195. 6:50The singular of "eggs" is "egg," wait a
196. 6:53second.
197. 6:55"a egg" doesn't work. There is a problem
198. 6:57here. What is the problem? That I am
199. 6:59saying "a egg." That "a-e" sound is very
200. 7:03harsh on the ear.
201. 7:05So when that happens, we have to
202. 7:06separate the two sounds and add "an."
203. 7:09So it becomes "an egg," not "a egg."
204. 7:13"An egg," that is. So it is not because
205. 7:15of a vowel letter, no, there is no such
206. 7:17thing. You have A, E, I, O, U; they will
207. 7:20tell you these are the vowels. And when
208. 7:23you find a word starting with them, you
209. 7:25add "an." No, that is not true. Don't
210. 7:27worry about the letter the word starts
211. 7:29with. You should worry about the sound.
212. 7:31If the starting sound is a vowel, then I
213. 7:34cannot add "a" and say "a-e," so I will
214. 7:36say "an."
215. 7:38Alright, let's take an example and
216. 7:39explain it, and after that, we'll take
217. 7:41another example from a movie. This word
218. 7:43is called "x-ray." Again, "x-ray." So,
219. 7:47we want to specify that it is singular,
220. 7:49what will we say? Will we say "a" or "
221. 7:51an"?
222. 7:53The first letter "x" is not one of the
223. 7:55five vowels. We should add "a" not "an,
224. 7:58" right? No, that's wrong. The first
225. 8:00letter is "x," fine. Now, what is the
226. 8:02word called? It is called "x-ray." What
227. 8:04is the first sound in the word? Focus, "
228. 8:07a x-ray,""an x-ray."
229. 8:09There you go, so we will add "an," not "
230. 8:11a." And we will say "an x-ray,""an x-ray
231. 8:15."
232. 8:15One more example, what is this word
233. 8:17called?
234. 8:18"Hour," meaning 60 minutes. We want to
235. 8:20determine if it is singular "a" or "an"
236. 8:22?
237. 8:22I do not care what the word starts with
238. 8:24. The first sound in it is "our", "a our
239. 8:27". The letter H is silent. We will take
240. 8:30silent letters in the phonetics course.
241. 8:32"our", so we will add "an" not "a".
242. 8:37Listen to this clip.
243. 8:43Okay, listen to the next clip as well.
244. 8:45And fill in the blanks with what you
245. 8:46hear.
246. 9:01That is correct. So, the word "our" had
247. 9:03"an" added to it. While "mat" and "math
248. 9:06" took "a". Meaning, a word might start
249. 9:10with a consonant, not a vowel. But the
250. 9:12sound of the word starts with "a". So,
251. 9:14we will add "an". Even if the word
252. 9:16starts with a letter. That is not a
253. 9:17vowel. Conversely, a word might start
254. 9:20with one of the vowels. However, despite
255. 9:22that, the first sound in the word is not
256. 9:24"a". Therefore, we will not say "an",
257. 9:26because it is unnecessary. A word like "
258. 9:29uniform", for example, means the formal
259. 9:31outfit. "Uniform" starts with a vowel,
260. 9:34U. So, should we add "an" or "a" to it?
261. 9:37Let's listen. The first sound again, we
262. 9:40say "uniform". Huh, did you hear an "a"
263. 9:43sound?
264. 9:44No. We said "uniform".
265. 9:46So, no problem, we will add "a" and say
266. 9:48"a uniform".
267. 9:50Let's hear an example in this clip.
268. 9:58Why did he say "a" and not "an"?
269. 10:02Even though the first letter is U. The
270. 10:04answer is because the U here did not
271. 10:06make an "a" sound. If it made an "a"
272. 10:08sound like "umbrella", then we would add
273. 10:11"an". And say "an umbrella". That's it,
274. 10:13the explanation part is over. We will
275. 10:15move on to the confirmation part from
276. 10:17the movies, and then the exercises. And
277. 10:18keep in mind that all new words in the
278. 10:20episode can be found in the vocabulary
279. 10:22section under the video if you are on
280. 10:23the app, in case you want to memorize
281. 10:25them. Let's look at number one, a donut
282. 10:31, a donut, a donut.
283. 10:35Huh, do you know why he said "a" here?
284. 10:38Okay, no explanation needed. Number two
285. 10:41, evil man.
286. 10:47A, an, man.
287. 10:49So, evil man, evil man means a bad man,
288. 10:51it starts with "e", so we add "an".
289. 10:54Before we take the third example, let me
290. 10:56show you this picture. What is this?
291. 10:59This is what we call an elevator shaft,
292. 11:02the opening the elevator moves in going
293. 11:04up and down. So, what is this opening
294. 11:06called? It is called a shaft. And the
295. 11:08elevator is called an elevator. So
296. 11:10together it is called an elevator shaft
297. 11:12. Shaft, elevator. Shaft. Let's see.
298. 11:26Of course, it started with "e".
299. 11:29And therefore we added "an".
300. 11:31Be careful, any other rule that comes to
301. 11:33your mind during the explanation or
302. 11:35examples, ignore it completely.
303. 11:36Everything is coming with God's. Will.
304. 11:37Focus on today's rule only. Okay, let's
305. 11:40look at another example.
306. 11:48Okay, this is easy.
307. 11:50We added "an" to the next example. There
308. 11:53is a new word, meaning legend. Let's
309. 11:56listen.
310. 12:04Of course, because the word "old" starts
311. 12:07with an "old" sound, we said "an old".
312. 12:12So, a final example before we move to
313. 12:14the exercises. A, an.
314. 12:25Of course, because "a" starts with "a",
315. 12:28we said "an", okay. Now it is your turn
316. 12:30to solve some exercises. Ready? We will
317. 12:33start first with written exercises, you
318. 12:35see the question and answer. And after
319. 12:37that, we will take listening exercises
320. 12:38from movies. Let's go. Fill in the
321. 12:40blanks after each question. I'll give
322. 12:42you three seconds. And then I'll answer
323. 12:45it.
324. 12:50The answer,
325. 13:02The answer,
326. 13:11The answer,
327. 13:20The answer.
328. 13:23All right. Now let's do some listening
329. 13:25exercises. I'll show you a clip with its
330. 13:27words written below. And you are
331. 13:28required to fill in the blank using "a"
332. 13:31or "an".
333. 13:32I will repeat each clip three times. And
334. 13:34then I'll show you the solution. Let's
335. 13:36go.
336. 13:37Thank you. Please everybody have a seat
337. 13:38.
338. 13:39What an honor to be with you today.
339. 13:43Thank you. Please everybody have a seat
340. 13:45.
341. 13:46What an honor to be with you today.
342. 13:49Thank you. Please everybody have a seat
343. 13:51.
344. 13:52What an honor to be with you today.
345. 13:55Are you a
346. 14:02Don't enter without an invitation, man.
347. 14:08Don't enter without an invitation, man.
348. 14:14Don't enter without an invitation, man.
349. 14:18Test or not, it's a problem.
350. 14:21Test or not, it's a problem.
351. 14:24Test or not, it's a problem.
352. 14:36And now it's time for homework. You will
353. 14:38see three questions in front of you now
354. 14:39. Solve them in the comments. And we
355. 14:41will correct them next episode, God
356. 14:42willing. Okay, great. If you are on the
357. 14:44app, don't forget. To solve the test
358. 14:46under the video. Thanks for watching.
359. 14:47I'll see you next episode, God willing,
360. 14:49with a new rule. Thank you. Peace be
361. 14:50upon you and God's mercy and blessings.
362. 14:54Yes.
363. 14:59Yes.