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Hello!
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Welcome to English for Everyone.
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Today we're talking about of and off.
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How to pronounce them and how to use them correctly.
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First, let's look at the pronunciation of off.
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Pronunciation off.
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The first sound is aw.
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To make this sound correctly, you want to open more.
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Aw, make the sound back here.
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Aw, like ball and call.
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Aw.
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This sound?
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F, F.
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We make the same position as V, but we blow air.
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F, F, F.
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There's no vibration.
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There's no voice.
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off again all off off a common phrasal verb with off is turn off
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and we can say it in different ways turn the light off
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or turn off the light let's practice can you turn the
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light off yes I can turn off the light can you turn the light off.
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Very good.
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Another phrasal verb, get off.
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Pronunciation, the T changes to a D, so we say ged, get off.
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When you finish the conversation, you get off the phone.
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Get off.
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Can you get off the phone?
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Yes, I'll get off the phone in a minute.
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Can you get off the phone?
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Very Another way we use off is to say, I am off.
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I'm not working.
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I'm off today.
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Or I have a day off.
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Monday is my day off.
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Are you off today?
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No, I'm not off today.
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When do you have a day off?
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I have a day off tomorrow.
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Are you off today?
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When do you have a day off?
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Very good.
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Let's look at the pronunciation of, of.
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Pronunciation of.
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Make the sound, uh, uh.
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This sound is just open a little bit, uh, it's almost closed.
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Uh, uh.
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And you just relax and make the sound, uh, uh.
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Like cup. And up.
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To make this sound correctly, make sure your mouth is wide.
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Together, of.
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Do you have a bottle of water?
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Yes, I have a bottle of water.
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Do you have a bottle of water?
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Very good.
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Would you like a cup of tea?
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Yes, I'd like a cup of tea.
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Would you like a cup of tea?
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Very good.
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Would you like a glass of milk?
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Yes, I'd like a glass of milk.
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Would you like a glass of milk?
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Very good.
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Also, with the pronunciation of before a consonant, you don't hear the sound,
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so you hear bottle-a, bottle o' water, bottle o' water.
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Example cup a cup of tea because you have the consonant tea cup of tea or glass of milk
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I'd like a glass of milk.
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Do you have a bottle of water?
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Yes, I have a bottle of water would you like a cup of tea or a glass of milk?
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I'd like a glass of milk please.
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Do you have a bottle of water?
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Very good, would you like a cup of tea or a glass of milk?
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Very good.
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When you have a vowel like O in oranges, we need to pronounce the V in of.
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So before vowels, pronounce the V sound.
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A bag of.
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A bag of oranges.
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Hey, you're going to the store.
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Can you buy a bag of oranges?
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Yes, I can buy a bag of oranges.
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Can you buy a bag of oranges?
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Very good.
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Here we have two pronunciations that are correct.
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Here we have one of them.
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We don't pronounce the V because you have a consonant. So one.
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One of them.
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One of them is correct.
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One of them broke the vase.
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Another pronunciation.
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We can say one of them.
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We don't pronounce the TH because them is not stressed and usually you hear um only um.
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You don't hear the sound so eliminating that you hear one of them.
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One of them.
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One of them broke the vase.
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Did one of them break the vase?
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Yeah, one of them did it.
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Did one of them break the vase?
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Very good.
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Usually we see out of together.
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Pronunciation.
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The T is pronounced like a D, so you hear it out.
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Out of.
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And there are two pronunciations.
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You can say out of and pronounce the v sound at the end, out of, but sometimes people don't.
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They say outa, outa.
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Example.
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You can say he's getting outa, out of the car.
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He's getting out of the car.
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Or you can say out of, he's getting out of the car.
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Is he getting out of the car?
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Yes, he's getting out of the car.
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Is he getting out of the car?
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Very good.
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When something is not working, we say it's out of order.
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And remember, you have a vowel, so we need to pronounce the v sound here.
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Out of order.
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The toilet is out of order.
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Is the toilet working?
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No, it's out of order.
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Is the toilet working?
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Very good.
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We use out of for an expression when you don't have something that you usually have.
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Usually I have eggs, but today I'm out of eggs.
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Are we out of eggs?
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Yes, we're out of eggs.
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Are we out of eggs?
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Very good.
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Another expression we use, out of, we say he's out of his mind.
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It means he's crazy.
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And pronunciation here, we see of his together.
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Now his is not stressed, so we don't pronounce the h.
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We just say is, is.
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So you need to pronounce the v because the next sound is a vowel.
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out of viz viz he's out of his mind is he
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going bungee jumping yes he is do you think he's out
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of his mind yes he is out of his mind what
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about you do you think he's out of his mind very good
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so we see the difference when we use of the sound changes and sometimes we don't pronounce because of is never stressed.
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A bottle of water.
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Bottle is stressed and water is stressed but of is never stressed so the sound changes.
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A bottle of water.
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Off is stressed.
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It's always stressed so we need to keep the same pronunciation.
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We don't change it.
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Day off.
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Both words are stressed.
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He has a day off.
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Thank you for watching and remember if you want to improve your pronunciation
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Lo scenario: Pronuncia e uso di "of" e "off" nella vita quotidiana

Immagina di dover chiedere a un amico di spegnere la luce, di parlare del tuo giorno libero o di finire una chiamata telefonica. In queste situazioni, le parole "of" e "off" sono spesso fonte di confusione per gli studenti di inglese. Il video ci insegna non solo come pronunziarle correttamente, ma anche come usarle in contesti reali, come "turn off the light" (spegni la luce) o "I'm off today" (oggi sono libero). Questi esempi semplici ma pratici ci mostrano come queste piccole parole possono fare la differenza nella comunicazione chiara.

Frasi e collocazioni utili da memorizzare

  • "Turn off the light" / "Turn the light off": Due modi per dire "spegni la luce" – la parola "off" può stare dopo l'oggetto o alla fine della frase.
  • "Get off the phone": "Finisci la chiamata" – nota come la "t" in "get" si trasforma in "d" nella pronuncia veloce: "ged off".
  • "I'm off today": "Oggi sono libero" – usato per dire che non lavori o non hai impegni.
  • "Have a day off": "Avere un giorno libero" – esempio: "I have a day off tomorrow" (Domani ho un giorno libero).
  • "Pronuncia di 'off'": "Aw" (come in "ball") + "f" (senza vibrazione vocale) – diversa da "of", che si pronuncia "uh" (come in "cup") + "v" (con vibrazione).

La tua sfida: Shadowing in inglese

Ora è il momento di mettere in pratica quello che hai imparato con il shadowing in inglese, una tecnica efficace per migliorare pronuncia e intonazione. Ecco come fare: riproduci il video, metti in pausa dopo ogni frase (es. "Can you turn the light off?") e ripetila immediatamente, cercando di imitare la pronuncia, il tono e la velocità. Ripeti questo esercizio per 5-10 minuti al giorno: è un modo semplice per allenare l'orecchio e la voce. Se vuoi approfondire, puoi usare un shadowing site o cercare altri video su YouTube (ricorda che imparare l'inglese con YouTube è una risorsa fantastica!). Il shadow speech (o shadowspeaks) non è solo un esercizio: è un modo per "entrare" nella lingua e sentirsi più confidente nella comunicazione. Prova subito e noterai i risultati!

La grammatica di questo video

Le strutture che chi parla usa di più, con le parole esatte del video:

StrutturaNel video
Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — qualcosa che succede adesso o in questo periodowe're talking · I'm not working · Is he getting
Obbligo: must / have to / need to dire che qualcosa è necessarioneed to pronounce · need to keep

Cos'è la tecnica dello Shadowing?

Shadowing è una tecnica di apprendimento delle lingue supportata da studi scientifici, originariamente sviluppata per la formazione dei traduttori professionisti e resa popolare dal poliglotta Dr. Alexander Arguelles. Il metodo è semplice ma potente: ascolti un audio in inglese di madrelingua e lo ripeti immediatamente ad alta voce — come un'ombra che segue il parlante con un ritardo di solo 1–2 secondi. A differenza dell'ascolto passivo o degli esercizi di grammatica, lo shadowing costringe il tuo cervello e i muscoli della bocca a elaborare e riprodurre simultaneamente i modelli di discorso reale. La ricerca dimostra che migliora significativamente la precisione della pronuncia, l'intonazione, il ritmo, il discorso connesso, la comprensione dell'ascolto e la fluidità del parlato — rendendolo uno dei metodi più efficaci per la preparazione alla prova di speaking dell'IELTS e per la comunicazione reale in inglese.

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