Why you can't speak English — Transcript

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1. 0:00hello everyone and welcome to my new video  today I'm going to talk about why you can't
2. 0:05speak English sometimes and why I can't speak  English sometimes either because I'm a non-native
3. 0:12speaker too I know I hear you and I understand  sometimes it's just so frustrating when you can't
4. 0:18speak English you've been learning English for  so long and when the time comes you're like yes
5. 0:25my name is Veronica and that's it that's all  I can say thank you very much thank you very
6. 0:33much good night so yeah let's dive in and explore  all the reasons behind this difficulty okay first
7. 0:39English is a very complex language we have to  agree with that my native language is Russian
8. 0:45which is completely different from English  Russian is a Slavic language and English is
9. 0:51a Latin language from what I remember so that  creates a lot of problems we have a big problem
10. 0:57sir and even if your native language which is  Spanish for example something that is closer
11. 1:03to English than Russian it is still hard because  the grammar in English is complicated there's so
12. 1:10many words in English that you don't really  know how to translate your native language
13. 1:15and also homophones there are a lot of words  that sound the same but mean different things
14. 1:21a couple of days ago I saw the sentence in  English I ate eight eggs for breakfast in the
15. 1:27morning and I was like I ate eight eggs eight  eight I don't even know what that means we all
16. 1:34understand guys from the context that it means  I ate eight eggs for breakfast in the morning
17. 1:41because the words eight and eight sound exactly  the same but they mean really different things
18. 1:49so these are homophones in English also English  grammar is so complicated if you feel like you
19. 1:56know everything usually you don't because  sometimes even native speakers yeah guys
20. 2:05I was talking to a native speaking friend of  mine he is from the United States you know a
21. 2:10native speaker and he said I would have ate and I  was like you would have eaten you mean and he was
22. 2:19like yeah I would have ate and I was like dude  this is wrong according to English grammar you
23. 2:25have to say you would have eaten and not you would  have ate but guys can you imagine I decided to go
24. 2:31to euglish a website that I recommend to use if  you want to check you know something in English
25. 2:36pronunciation for example or whether or not people  use a certain phrase in English and there are so
26. 2:42many native speakers who say I would have ate I  was like okay pretty good interesting the you know
27. 2:50when if you would have just ate the the chocolate  brownie and like appreciated it and savored it and
28. 2:55look obviously guys the fact that a lot of people  say I would have ate doesn't make it right still
29. 3:01according to English grammar it's correct to  say I would have eaten and if you're preparing
30. 3:06for exams or tests you have to know about that  because it is a mistake after all that monster
31. 3:12defeating me alive but the reason why I decided to  mention here is that when you will be interacting
32. 3:17with native speakers and if you notice that they  make a mistake it's fine don't worry about it
33. 3:23because they make mistakes you make mistakes the  most important thing is connection you want to be
34. 3:28able to talk to this person and kind of share your  ideas your thoughts and your emotions and honestly
35. 3:34a lot of people don't really care if you make  mistakes in English or if you don't so basically
36. 3:40I want you guys to feel okay about it to feel okay  about making mistakes it's fine don't stress about
37. 3:45it too much and here is where we reach the second  reason why so many people can speak English fear
38. 3:51first of all a lot of English Learners feel judged  judged you they feel that everyone is judging them
39. 3:58the moment they start speaking English they think  everyone is just sitting there and you know inside
40. 4:04their heads writing down their mistakes which is  not really how it works obviously that can lead
41. 4:11to anxiety and the feeling of self-consciousness  and I don't want you guys to feel this way I know
42. 4:17that you're super excited to hear me talk about  another mistake that a lot of people make so this
43. 4:23mistake is connected to comparative adjectives for  example when you're saying living in this city is
44. 4:30safer than living in that City so you're comparing  these two cities and you have to say safer but a
45. 4:37lot of native speakers would say more safer and  this is wrong again I can't say much safer it is
46. 4:46correct you can say a bit safer but you cannot  say more safer but again if we go to euglish
47. 4:53and if we check there are going to be a lot of  people who say more safer that communities are
48. 4:58going to be more safer in the future so they're  a lot more safer than your car you might say so
49. 5:03guys my message here is don't be afraid if you  do make a mistake in English don't feel scared
50. 5:09it should not stop you from doing what you want  if you want to get a job in English don't feel
51. 5:15ashamed that you make mistakes it's totally fine  I can tell you another story a couple of days ago
52. 5:21I was talking to tick tock representatives and  a lot of people who work from Tech talk are not
53. 5:27native speakers and they live in the United States  and they were making mistakes while talking to me
54. 5:34even if they did make them if they didn't make  them honestly I don't care because for me the
55. 5:39most important thing was connecting with them I  wanted to discuss Tick Tock things I wanted to
56. 5:45talk about short videos and creators economy and  monetization and the topic of oh I think this is
57. 5:53wrong I think you should probably not say it this  way a was not even on my mind okay now let's talk
58. 5:59about one thing that people hate about English  pronunciation I know guys pronunciation is crazy
59. 6:06in English because there are rules but sometimes  you know certain words they don't really follow
60. 6:12the rules or their words with silent letters and  you're thinking why is this letter even there for
61. 6:19example I have a very important question to ask  you guys why do we say bread but steel but steak
62. 6:28all of these words have these two vowels EA why is  it that in every single word this combination of
63. 6:36letters is pronounced differently also of course  our favorite silent letters right like why do we
64. 6:43have to say I land and not Iceland or Eastland for  example and also why do we have to say castle and
65. 6:51not cast Leia like what's wrong with that right so  I I hear you pronunciation in English can be quite
66. 6:59complex and the only way you can really learn the  correct pronunciation is check how native speakers
67. 7:06pronounce certain words but again it all depends  on their accent for example or where they're from
68. 7:12like which part of the United States for example  they're from because maybe they're gonna pronounce
69. 7:17certain words a little bit differently now  let's move on to cultural differences we're
70. 7:22all different and when we speak English we don't  want to offend anyone obviously and that's why
71. 7:27sometimes people can't speak English or they feel  you know insecure shy afraid to speak English just
72. 7:34because they're afraid to offend people because  of the cultural differences and it's normal and
73. 7:40I understand when I moved to Mexico I didn't  really speak Spanish like at all zero my Spanish
74. 7:45was estas like I couldn't even say that but I fell  in love with the culture and that's exactly why I
75. 7:54wanted to stay in Mexico and improve my Spanish  here so we'll go back to talking about English
76. 8:00a very good example of like cultural things is  jokes and cultural references in English so I
77. 8:07found this joke online and I really want to read  it why did the tomato turn red because it saw the
78. 8:13salad dressing foreign if you think this joke is  corny I am sorry but I think it's hilarious just
79. 8:20because it helps us learn English the Tomato  turned red because it saw the salad dressing
80. 8:28I feel like it's time for me to stop filming  this video otherwise you're just gonna stop
81. 8:33watching it because of all my corny jokes sorry  about that I'm not sorry but here are basically
82. 8:39all the reasons why you can't speak English  and again I wanted to make this video to make
83. 8:45you feel better I am a non-native speaker too  and I'm sharing my English Journey with you
84. 8:50on YouTube like all the things that helped  me maybe some of the things are not gonna
85. 8:55help you maybe you will find other ways to  improve your English which is fine we're
86. 9:00all different and different study methods  or different strategies work for different
87. 9:05people however usually we all struggle with  the same things and that's why I decided to
88. 9:11make this video thank you so much for watching  this video as usual if you like this video make
89. 9:16sure to give it a thumbs up and subscribe to my  channel and I'll see you guys in my next video