Hello there. Today, I'm going to teach you about something that's kind of really fun
and easy and entertaining, all in one in English. My name is Ronnie, and I'm going to teach
you about homophones. I always like to sing this word. I don't know why. Homophones are
words in English that sound exactly the same, but their meaning is completely different.
It's fun because this is the way that people play with words. If you read an advertisement
in English, maybe you're going to look at it and go, "That's spelt wrong." But maybe
your English-speaking friend is laughing at something because the way that it is spelt
has a completely different meaning. This will help you get a lot of inside jokes or a lot
of things that people who are native English speakers will laugh at. You just won't understand,
but now you're going to get it. You're going to get more jokes. Your life is going to be
a lot funner and funnier, and it's going to be great. Let's check these out.
The first one is this word, "bite," and exactly the same pronunciation, "bite." When you're
eating something, you take a bite. This is B-I-T-E. A lot of you people that are using
a computer, maybe right now, we always measure a computer's memory by their bites. Same exact
pronunciation, completely different meaning. So, "bite" is computer memory, and "bite"
means to eat something. Homophones.
Next one, "hear," "hear." The first one means to listen or to receive information through
the ears, and the second one is the state of where you are. "Hi, I'm here," "here," "here."
Once again, pronunciation, dead easy, exactly the same.
This one has three, so you're learning three pronunciation words and three different definitions
in one lesson. Isn't that amazing? Multitasking. The first word is "sense." The second word
is "sense." The third one is "sense." Did I say that correctly? Yes, "sense," "sense,"
"sense." The first one means how something smells, or a lot of people use the word "odor"
or "aroma," if you will. So, "sense" is how something smells.
The second one has to do with money, pennies, quarters, nickels, dimes, not dollar bills,
not paper money, but coins are called "cents." And the other one is "sense." If you sense
something, it means that you think you know what's happening. I can sense that you are
enjoying this lesson. You didn't tell me, but I think you are. "Sense," "sense," "sense."
Next one, "ate" is the past of what verb? Does anyone know? It has to do with "bite."
The past of "eat" is the same as the number "ate," "ate," "ate." To be funny, you can
say, "I ate eight pizzas." It's hilarious. Party jokes. The next one is people from a
beautiful country of the Czech Republic. These people are called "Czechs." In the singular,
it would be "Czech." Same as a Czech mark would be a "Czech." And in Canada, the thing
that you want to give me, all of your money, in a written form of paper, is called a "Czech."
This is the Canadian English word. We have two meanings for it. One is a paper, hmm,
I guess, money. Paper money is a Czech. You write it to me, and you give me money from
your bank account. Or if you're at a restaurant, you can say to the waiter or the waitress,
"Czech, please," and they will give you your bill, and then you have to give them money.
In America, they do not use this spelling, but it's the exact same meaning. So a Czech
in America is a bill in a restaurant or the thing that you write to give money. So let
me just write that for you. So "Czech" is a very Canadian word, and it's actually derived
from French roots. That's why it's Canadian. And "Czech" in this spelling is American,
and they mean bill that you would get at a restaurant or paper money. Yay, paper money.
So American, Canadian, Czech, Czech, Czech, Czech.
Next one is a cell and, ooh, a cell. This word means to buy, opposite, sell or vend.
Vending machine is a selling machine. And this word "sell" has many meanings. First
of all, in a jail, you're in a cell. You can't get out. The other one is in science. I can
draw a cell. There's the center of the cell. I forget what that's called. Who cares? A
cell is an organism. You're very small. An organism is science.
So it's also the British word for battery. In Canada, we say a battery. In America, they
say "battery" as well. In England and in the UK, they would say "cell" or "dry cell" even.
Ooh, crazy. Look at this. American, Canadian, British. You're learning everything.
The next one is one of my favorite because everyone says this wrong. We don't actually
say "clotheses." It looks like it should be "clotheses." It's not. Does anyone know how
to say this word? Opposite of "open" is "clothes." "Clothes," "clothes." Everyone, most people,
I hope, wear clothes, and you close the door. So you can remember this. "Clothes," "clothes."
When you're putting on clothes, close the door.
Next one. The thing that a lot of people in North America eat for breakfast -- it's yummy
-- is cereal. This word is the exact same because it's a homophone. "Homophone," "homophone"
is "cereal." "Cereal" means a sequence, or you might also know it as a "cereal number,"
which you get on many products. We'll have a "cereal number," and it means a sequence
number. Again, "cereal," "cereal." This one you eat. Nah, don't eat this one. It tastes
crunchy.
And the last one. This is really, really good because it teaches you some more grammar.
Oh, no. "Chews." If you have a piece of gum, maybe people chew their gum, or you can say
"He chews his gum very loudly."
And then, this one is a verb. "Chews." This is the present tense to select or to pick
something. So this, as a verb, means to select. "Chews," "chews." I spelt this right. Not
"sleet." Crazy. To select or to pick something. So this has the same pronunciation, "chews"
and "chews."
The past tense of this word, there's only one "o." So the pronunciation changes to "chose."
So we have "chews," "chews" in the present tense, and we have "chose." This is the pronunciation.
This is the past tense of this verb.
I hope you enjoyed the lesson on homophones. They're also known as homonyms. So if you
hear someone say "homonyms" or "homophones," you're going to know it's the same thing.
The meanings are completely different, but the pronunciation is exactly the same. I hope
you enjoyed. Ta-ta for now.