Prática de Shadowing: “Never have I”, “Little did I know”, “Not only is” | English Word Order Inversion - Aprenda a falar inglês com vídeo
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Hello, I'm Gill at engVid,
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and today's lesson is a rather advanced lesson on word order changes,
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also known as word order inversion,
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which happens after certain words and phrases, which we have in red here on the left.
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And this is something that it's a little bit unusual it sounds a bit strange.
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It's a rather almost poetic kind of style, something that you'd see more in writing than in speaking.
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If people spoke like this, it would sound a little bit unusual,
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a little bit strange, unless they're actors in a play that was written 100 years ago or more, then you would hear that sort of thing.
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And also, if you're reading a novel or a story that was written quite a long time ago,
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you might see these kinds of word orders written in the story in a book.
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So, it's a useful thing to know about.
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And if you ever never need to use it yourself.
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It's a useful thing to be able to do if you want to write in a certain style.
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So, okay, so let's have a look at the examples.
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So, if you start a sentence with never, that's when you have to change the word order,
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and instead of saying saying, if you started with I,
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I have never seen, then it's I have never seen.
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But if you start the sentence with never, maybe for emphasis, it's more dramatic in a way,
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never have I seen, and it's a sort of strong dramatic statement.
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So, never have I seen, rather than never I have seen.
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So, you can start with I have, I have never seen, but if you start the sentence with never,
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you have to change the order of I have to have I, never have I seen such a lovely flower.
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Okay?
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So, this is the same kind of idea all the way through where we're reversing some of the words.
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So, similarly then, only then did I realise.
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I suppose if you're not going to start the sentence with only then,
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you'd say, I realised then who she was,
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and then you don't even need the auxiliary verb did,
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but because we've started only then, did I realize. So only then...
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You wouldn't say only then I realized, it doesn't sound quite right.
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You have to use did with it.
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Only then did I realize who she was if you meet somebody famous and you don't really recognise them at first.
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But then when the person begins to speak, oh, you recognise the voice,
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and then, only then did I realise who she was, a famous actress maybe.
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Okay.
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Again, it's more dramatic.
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Only then did I realize.
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Okay.
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So then this one, not only, and then with a but somewhere in the sentence.
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So, not only is she a singer, but she's an artist too.
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So if you weren't beginning the sentence with not only,
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you'd say she is not only a singer but also an artist,
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but that doesn't sound quite so good.
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So, it sounds better to begin with not only.
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Not only is she a singer, I think the order the words come in, the rhythm of it, the shape of it.
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Sounds better this way.
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Not only is she a singer, but she's an artist too, so the words kind of come at the right moment.
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It sounds better.
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Okay, then this word is a bit unusual.
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Seldom, but it means not often.
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Not very often.
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So, seldom means not often, seldom have I heard such a beautiful song.
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So you could start with I have seldom heard, and you would have a different word order.
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So if you start with seldom,
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you've got to have I have reversed instead of I have seldom heard,
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it's seldom have I heard." Such a beautiful song.
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But that's a very sort of old -fashioned sounding style.
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You would read it in a book, I think, or hear it in a play that was written many years ago,
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but you wouldn't hear people saying it, I don't think, nowadays in everyday day conversation.
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Okay.
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And the next one, little.
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Did I know how my life would change? So in...
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Without little, you would say, I didn't know, because little is a kind of negative.
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I didn't know how my life would change, but little did I know.
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It's quite a dramatic way of saying it when something, a big change happens in your life.
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Little did I know when I walked into that room and met a certain person, how my life would change.
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Okay.
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So again, little did I know is a sort of rather dramatic way of speaking.
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Okay.
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Next one, in no way can we agree to that.
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So, instead of just saying, we can't agree to that, this is much stronger.
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In no way, it's much more definite.
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In no way can we agree to that.
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So, quite dramatic, really, and very strong emphasis saying,
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no way, no way, we're not going to do that. So, okay.
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And then similarly, in no way and on no account, mean the same thing.
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So on no account should we sign that contract, meaning we should not sign that contract contract.
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So, on no account, there's the negative no, we should not, but on no account should we,
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instead of we should, should we sign that contract.
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Okay?
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Then, only when I got home did I...
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Again, we've got a did, did I, with only then and now only when,
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only when I got home did I realize what I'd done.
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So, how would you say it more normally?
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I only realized when I got home what I'd done.
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But it doesn't sound quite so good.
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Only when I got home did I realize what I'd done.
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So, it's still a bit poetic, it doesn't sound really like everyday speaking.
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Okay.
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Right.
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And then, only by regular study can you, instead of you can, can you improve your English.
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So, without starting here, you'd say,
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you You can only improve your English by regular study,
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but starting with only by, it's more...
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It gets your attention straight away.
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Only by regular study can you improve your English, okay?
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So, next one no sooner, no sooner had I left, instead of I had left,
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it's had I left, no sooner had I left, left the house perhaps, when it began to rain.
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So, the more normal way of saying that would be just to say,
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as soon as I had left the house or as soon as I left the house,
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it began to rain.
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So, no sooner.
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It's a bit more poetic, I suppose.
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Okay.
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And then there's this one that you use instead of saying, if.
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So, if I had known, what would happen next?
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If I had known, I wouldn't have gone to that party.
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But instead of if, you just start with, had I known, instead of using the word if at all.
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Instead Instead of I had known, it's had I known.
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Had I known what would happen next, I wouldn't have gone to that party.
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Okay. So, I hope that's a useful way of perhaps expanding your knowledge of English
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and some unusual constructions that are perhaps a little bit old -fashioned or poetic,
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but things that you might recognize if you're reading a certain type of book, like a novel, or reading a play,
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perhaps, where people are speaking in a certain style.
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So if you'd like to do a quiz on this to test your knowledge, just go to the website,
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www .engvid .com, and give the quiz a try.
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And so thank you for watching, and hope to see you again soon.
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Bye for now.
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Vocabulário e dicas de fala para esta lição
Este vídeo tem 118 frases e 1300 palavras para praticar shadowing. A fala dura 11:32. O falante mantém um ritmo estável de cerca de 113 palavras por minuto, confortável para o shadowing. 86% das palavras estão entre as 3.000 mais comuns do inglês; vale a pena estudar o restante antes de começar.
Vocabulário principal deste vídeo
15 palavras do vídeo que vale a pena aprender, com pronúncia e significado:
| Palavra | Pronúncia | Significado |
|---|---|---|
| seldom advérbio | /ˈsɛldəm/ | raramente |
| dramatic adjetivo | /dɹəˈmætɪk/ | dramático |
| unusual adjetivo | /ʌnˈjuːʒ(u)əl/ | inesperado, inusual |
| poetic adjetivo | /poʊˈɛtɪk/ | poético |
| everyday adjetivo | /ˈɛvɹiˌdeɪ/ | cotidiano |
| lesson substantivo | /ˈlɛs.ən/ | lição |
| reverse substantivo | /ɹɪˈvɝs/ | contrário |
| similarly advérbio | /ˈsɪm.ə.lə.li/ | similarmente |
| emphasis substantivo | /ˈɛmfəsɪs/ | ênfase |
| quiz substantivo | /kwɪz/ | quiz |
| actress substantivo | /ˈæk.tɹɪs/ | atriz |
| flower substantivo | /ˈfloʊɚ/ | flor |
| phrase substantivo | /ˈfɹeɪ̯z/ | expressão, frase |
| nowadays advérbio | /ˈnaʊ.ə.deɪz/ | hoje em dia, atualmente |
| rhythm substantivo | /ˈɹɪð.əm/ | ritmo |
Gramática neste vídeo
As estruturas que o falante mais usa, com as palavras exatas do vídeo:
| Estrutura | No vídeo |
|---|---|
| Frases condicionais if + oração, will/would + verbo — uma condição e seu resultado | If people spoke like this, it would sound · if I had known, what would happen |
| Present perfect have/has + particípio passado — uma ação passada que ainda importa agora | have never seen · we've started · have reversed |
| Voz passiva be + particípio passado — o foco está no que acontece, não em quem faz | was written |
Pronúncia para ficar de olho
O falante usa 33 contrações e formas reduzidas, como you'd, doesn't, wouldn't. Diga-as na forma curta, do jeito que você ouve.
- Os sons de “sh” e “zh”: unusual /ʌnˈjuːʒ(u)əl/, inversion /ɪnˈvɚ.ʒən/
- Palavras longas — acerte a sílaba tônica: unusual /ʌnˈjuːʒ(u)əl/, similarly /ˈsɪm.ə.lə.li/, auxiliary /ɔɡˈzɪl.(jə).ɹi/
Como praticar com este vídeo
- Ouça o vídeo inteiro uma vez sem falar e anote as palavras que você não conhece.
- Faça shadowing frase por frase na velocidade normal, repetindo cada uma até o seu ritmo ficar igual ao do falante.
- Grave a sua voz e compare com o original, prestando atenção a palavras como seldom, dramatic, unusual.
O que é a Técnica de Shadowing?
Shadowing é uma técnica de aprendizado de idiomas com base científica, originalmente desenvolvida para o treinamento de intérpretes profissionais. O método é simples, mas poderoso: você ouve áudio em inglês nativo e repete imediatamente em voz alta — como uma sombra seguindo o falante com 1-2 segundos de atraso. Pesquisas mostram melhora significativa na precisão da pronúncia, entonação, ritmo, sons conectados, compreensão auditiva e fluência na fala.