Shadowing Practice: Effortless English - Changed - Vocabulary - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Hello, this is AJ.
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Welcome to the vocabulary lesson for changed.
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Okay, let's start.
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In In the beginning, the woman writes, my husband of 39 years,
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so they have been married 39 years.
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My husband of 39 years no longer hugs me.
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No longer means not anymore more.
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No longer means in the past, yes, in the past he did it,
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in the past he did, but now he does not.
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So he no longer hugs me.
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Hugs, hugs means holds, H -O -L -D, right?
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Hug Hug means to hold someone that you like or love, to hug.
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Okay, so her husband does not hug her anymore.
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No longer hugs me or shows me any affection.
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Affection.
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Affection.
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Affection means kindness.
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Love.
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Usually affection means touching.
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Touching somehow.
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Maybe kissing.
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Maybe hugging.
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Maybe holding.
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Those are all affection.
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Affection.
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So affection means how you show your love.
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Kissing, hugging, holding hands.
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Those are all affection.
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Okay, so no more affection from him.
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She says, I have seen him through cancer and diabetes.
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Diabetes, diabetes, diabetes is a blood sugar disease,
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blood sugar disease, blood sugar problem.
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Cancer, you probably know cancer, cancer is a serious disease, serious disease, hard to cure.
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Cure is C -U -R -E, C -U -R -E.
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So cancer is hard to cure, difficult to cure.
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So her husband in the past, in the past, he had cancer and diabetes.
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She says, I have seen him through, seen him through cancer and diabetes.
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Okay, to see someone through means you helped them with,
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right?
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It means you stayed with them.
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You stayed with them and you helped them.
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So, I have seen him through cancer means I stayed with him and helped him when he had cancer.
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When he had cancer, I did not leave.
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I stayed and I helped him him.
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That's what see him through or seen him through means.
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For example, I might say,
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my mom saw me through many diseases.
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Okay.
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When I was a child, I was sick.
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My mom saw me through those diseases, right?
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She stayed with me.
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She took care of me.
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She helped me.
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She saw me through.
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Okay.
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So this wife saw him through cancer and diabetes.
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She stayed with him.
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She helped him.
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Learn the whole phrase, to see someone through, right?
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Don't worry about each word.
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If each word you think, oh, I don't understand, right?
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Just remember the whole phrase.
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the three words together to see someone through something some problem see someone through a problem okay
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she says we have four grown children okay the children are older now they're adults
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And we have been seeing a therapist for a year and a half.
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A therapist.
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A therapist is a professional helper.
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Maybe a psychologist.
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Maybe a family counselor.
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So a therapist helps you with your problems.
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You talk to them and they help you.
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So maybe if you feel bad you say, oh I feel bad, I'm sad, and the therapist talks to you,
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helps you feel better so the husband
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and the wife are going to a therapist seeing
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a therapist seeing here seeing means meeting m -e -e -t meeting or going to right so sometimes the the verb
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See has a different meaning.
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It means to meet or to go to.
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Sometimes it means to date, like a man and a woman.
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I say I'm seeing her.
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It means I'm dating her.
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I'm going with her.
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I'm meeting her a lot.
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So they're meeting a therapist a lot.
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They're seeing a therapist.
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and they started a year
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and a half ago they go they say we have problems please help us okay
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so she's then she says he is kind generous and friendly okay so her husband is nice
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But there are no compliments.
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Compliments.
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Compliments.
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A compliment is a nice word or sentence about someone.
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You say something nice to someone.
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For example, you say, oh, you are very beautiful.
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That sentence, you are very beautiful, that is a compliment.
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It's something nice you say to another person.
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It's a compliment.
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So her husband does not say nice things to her now.
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Not anymore.
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No more compliments.
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And also she says there are no compliments or any of the flirtatious banter we used to enjoy.
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Banter.
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Banter means fun conversation, not serious, not serious.
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Banter is not serious conversation.
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Banter is fun conversation and maybe funny conversation.
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Flirtatious.
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Okay, this comes from flirt.
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To flirt, a verb, to flirt means to attract the opposite sex.
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For example, a man talks to a woman because she is beautiful.
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He says, oh, I like you.
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You are pretty.
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Come to dinner with me.
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We call that flirting.
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Flirting.
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Talking to someone you want a date with.
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Talking to someone you are attracted to.
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Someone you like.
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So flirtatious is an adjective.
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So flirtatious banter, the phrase.
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Flirtatious banter.
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means fun conversation about dating
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or about affection or maybe about sex.
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That's flirtatious banter.
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It's playing, playing with conversation with someone you like.
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Maybe husband and wife, maybe, you know, woman and man.
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We call that flirtatious banter, kind of fun conversation between a man and a woman.
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Okay.
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So, but that's not happening now.
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Finally, last paragraph.
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She says, He swears he's not having an affair.
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Okay, the verb, to swear.
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To swear, here, To swear means to promise. To promise.
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So he promises he's not having an affair.
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He swears.
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Swear has another meaning. So be careful.
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Swear also means to say bad words like shit.
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If you say shit, then you are swearing.
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So that's the second meaning.
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But here, swear means to promise. To promise.
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He promises.
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He swears.
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He's not having an affair.
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Okay, an affair.
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An affair is, means, an affair means dating another person.
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When you are married.
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So if you are married,
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but you have another girlfriend or boyfriend,
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then you are having an affair.
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Okay, so an affair means seeing an extra girlfriend or boyfriend or meeting an extra girlfriend or boyfriend.
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That's having an affair.
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We use the verb have.
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Having an affair.
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So he promises he's not having an affair.
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He doesn't have another woman.
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And he doesn't know why he has changed.
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He doesn't know why he's not showing affection.
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He's not fun with his wife anymore.
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He doesn't know why.
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And then finally she says, perhaps you do.
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You, you meaning Abby, right, or us, us, the people reading the letter.
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Perhaps we know.
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It's got a question.
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Okay, that is all.
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That is all of the vocabulary.
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She signs this, Grace in Phoenix.
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Grace is a woman's name.
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Okay, Grace is a name.
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Phoenix is a city.
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Phoenix.
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Phoenix, Arizona.
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Arizona is the state.
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Phoenix is the city.
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And Phoenix, Arizona is in the southwest part of the United States.
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She lives in Phoenix, Arizona.
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Okay, that is all of the vocabulary lesson.
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Listen to it many times.
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Bye.
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Thank you.
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Deze spreekles is gebaseerd op de video “Effortless English - Changed - Vocabulary”. Deze woorden komen het vaakst terug: affection, affair, cancer, banter, therapist. Deze video bevat 177 zinnen en 1163 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 14:47. De spreker praat langzaam, ongeveer 79 woorden per minuut, zodat je tijd hebt om elke klank na te doen. 82% van de woorden hoort bij de 3.000 meest gebruikte Engelse woorden; de rest kun je beter vooraf bekijken.
Belangrijke woorden in deze video
15 woorden uit de video die het leren waard zijn, met uitspraak en betekenis:
| Woord | Uitspraak | Betekenis |
|---|---|---|
| therapist zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈθɛɹəpɪst/ | therapeut, therapeute |
| compliment zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈkɑmpləmənt/ | compliment |
| diabetes zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˌdaɪəˈbiːtiːz/ | diabetes, suikerziekte |
| hug werkwoord | /hʌɡ/ | elkaar omarmen |
| cure werkwoord | /kjɔː/ | genezen, helen |
| verb zelfstandig naamwoord | /vɝb/ | werkwoord |
| phrase zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈfɹeɪ̯z/ | uitspraak |
| vocabulary zelfstandig naamwoord | /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/ | woordenschat, vocabulaire |
| lesson zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈlɛs.ən/ | les |
| attract werkwoord | /əˈtɹækt/ | aantrekken |
| generous bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /ˈd͡ʒɛn(ə)ɹəs/ | grootmoedig |
| southwest zelfstandig naamwoord | /saʊθˈwɛst/ | zuidwesten |
| paragraph zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈpæɹəɡɹæf/ | alinea, paragraaf |
| kindness zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈkaɪnd.nəs/ | vriendelijkheid, aardigheid |
| psychologist zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˌsaɪˈkɑl.ə.d͡ʒɪst/ | psycholoog, psychologe |
Zinnen om te herhalen
Korte, volledige zinnen uit de video die je in alledaagse gesprekken kunt gebruiken:
- I say I'm seeing her.
- It means I'm dating her.
- I'm meeting her a lot.
- It's something nice you say to another person.
- It's playing, playing with conversation with someone you like.
Grammatica in deze video
De structuren die de spreker het meest gebruikt, met de exacte woorden uit de video:
| Structuur | In de video |
|---|---|
| Present perfect have/has + voltooid deelwoord — iets uit het verleden dat nu nog telt | have been · have seen · has changed |
| Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — iets dat nu of in deze periode gebeurt | I'm seeing · I'm dating · I'm going |
Uitspraak om op te letten
De spreker gebruikt 14 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals I'm, doesn't, they're. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.
- De “th”-klanken: therapist /ˈθɛɹəpɪst/, southwest /saʊθˈwɛst/
- De klanken “sh” en “zh”: affection /əˈfɛk.ʃən/, flirtatious /flɚˈteɪʃəs/
- Lange woorden — let op de klemtoon: vocabulary /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/, psychologist /ˌsaɪˈkɑl.ə.d͡ʒɪst/
Klanken die Nederlandstaligen lastig vinden:
- Stemhebbende eindmedeklinker — /b/, /d/, /g/, /z/, /v/ niet verscherpen: diabetes /ˌdaɪəˈbiːtiːz/, hug /hʌɡ/, verb /vɝb/, phrase /ˈfɹeɪ̯z/, adjective /ˈæd͡ʒ.ɪk.tɪv/
- /æ/ — opener dan de Nederlandse “e”: vocabulary /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/, attract /əˈtɹækt/, paragraph /ˈpæɹəɡɹæf/, banter /ˈbæntə/, adjective /ˈæd͡ʒ.ɪk.tɪv/
- /g/ — een harde plofklank, geen Nederlandse “g”: hug /hʌɡ/, paragraph /ˈpæɹəɡɹæf/
Zo oefen je met deze video
- Luister de hele video één keer zonder te spreken en noteer de woorden die je niet kent.
- Spreek zin voor zin na op normale snelheid en herhaal elke zin tot je ritme gelijk is aan dat van de spreker.
- Neem jezelf op en vergelijk met het origineel; let daarbij op woorden als therapist, compliment, diabetes.
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