I really have to get a better opening T. Hi, James from EngVid. How are you? I have a lesson
that I have to teach to you today, and I'm hoping it will have the effect of helping
you learn faster. What I want to do is teach you about the three top words in English that
you need to know to improve your English, or even better yet, understand when English
people are speaking to you. Today's letter, uh, letter, today's word, number one, will
have a great impact on you. Now, if you've been listening carefully, I've been using
it several times, okay? Now, this word has to do with actions. We often use it to replace
actions in sentences. So, uh, I'll come back and give you an example in a second. Another
thing we use it for is possession of things, people, ideas. We use it for possession. Sometimes
we use it to show necessity. You need to do it. Right? It's a model. You take the model,
because it is a model, of necessity. Other times, we use it to show the past tense for
models, lost opportunities or past events, when we talk about models. So we talk about
models in the past. It makes models in the past, puts it in the past. And finally, we
use it because it's perfect. It's absolutely perfect. And in all of these things we do,
what we're trying to show, ultimately, is some kind of connection. How is this connected?
How are things connected? How are people, places, and things connected? What is this
word? Well, I'm sure you've heard, don't be absurd, I'm trying to rhyme, okay? Dr. Seuss,
I ain't. Okay. This word is "have." Very powerful word. A lot of times, students come
by and say, "Teacher, I hear 'have' everywhere. They say it for everything. I'm going crazy!"
For instance, some of my students had a party over the weekend. Or they say, "I'm having
a party this weekend." And you say, "What do you mean, having a party?" Well, in this
case, "have" is replacing the action of something. Or the best example to give you is, "I'm having
breakfast." "Having breakfast" means eating. Eating. "Having" means eating. Or they might
say, "I'm having a wonderful time at your party." It means, "I'm enjoying myself."
So instead of saying, "I am enjoying myself at your party," "I'm having fun at your party."
It replaces action verbs. Cool. And in "possession," we talk about possession for, well, things,
people, right? Events. Example. In Canada, I have a brother and two sisters. Now, when
we say "possession," let me be clear here. We're talking about connection. That means
for people, the connection is we have a relationship in our connection. Okay? In the actions, there's
a connection between myself and whatever is happening. If I'm eating breakfast, I'm connected
to the action of eating, right? Me and the food have a connection, not somebody else.
Mr. E is not eating my food. I am connected to that action. I have something to do with it.
When we talk about possession, the connection for people is a relationship that we share.
I have a boss. I have friends. We have a relationship. I do not own them. Okay? Slavery is gone.
Okay? Now, for things, "possession" means the connection is this belongs to me. It is part of
my stuff. "Stuff" means things, my things. I own them, possess them.
When we talk about mobiles of necessity, we say "have to." "Have to" is because there's a
consequence when we say that. Please check out the video on "have to," "need to," and "must."
We have a video on models of necessity. When you have a model of necessity, like I have to do
something, the connection is the consequence comes to me if I don't do it. That is the connection
with that, right? I have to do it because there's a consequence. Connection? I feel the consequence.
Cool. All right? Then we talk about models of the past. Well, when we talk about models of the past,
I'm actually going to skip down to number five. Bear with me. That means wait a second. You'll
know why. When we talk about perfect, "perfect" in English, when we talk about "perfect,"
okay, that could be either the present perfect, the past perfect, or the future perfect.
They're all connected to the past. Operative word "connected." I have been studying English for
six years. The past is connected to the present, right? That's how I know the amount of time.
I hadn't studied English for six years. It means there was a beginning point in the past
and an ending point in the past because I no longer do it, and they're connected to give
you that time. I will have finished my homework by 10 o'clock, which means I've started the homework
not now because I'm speaking to you now, sometime in the future, but it will be finished in the
future. When you look back in that, it goes to the past. Don't worry. There'll be a long lesson
on future perfect. You'll like it, I'm sure. Okay? But it's a connection to that past. So in this
case, when we talk about the perfects, right, we say there's a connection with the past in the grammar.
Now I'm going to go back up here because we take that connection to the past,
because remember, the perfect is actually the verb "have." That's how we have it, okay?
When we talk about modals, "could," "should," or "would," we're saying these were possibilities
that we could have done, but we didn't. So we're connecting that past opportunity. We're saying,
look, that was your opportunity. That connection isn't just random anywhere. It was something you
could have done, you should have done, and we're connecting it to you, and that opportunity is now
lost to you. Cool? Great. So this is why you hear these all the time. A quick review. Actions. I'm
having a party this weekend. Do you want to come? Me, E, and Silver Snake are going to be there.
Okay? Having a party. Possession. I have two markers. Notice the connection here. Necessity.
I have to finish this video before 20 minutes are up, otherwise YouTube will cut it, right?
Necessity. That's the consequence. It comes to me. I want to keep talking. Modals of the past.
I should have started this lesson earlier, and I could have given you more information,
okay? Connection is my lost opportunity to help you, okay? And then finally, the perfects.
I have been teaching this class for about 10 minutes. Probably will end in two minutes,
but I'm hoping you got exactly what you need to know. The number one top word you should learn
in English, and the five ways it's used, and that's why you hear it all the time. Stick around.
Lessons two and three are coming up. The why. You can just go and check for the lessons at
www.eng as in English. Such a beautiful language, right? It has a lot going for it. See? Has.
Vid is in video. That's something you have to watch, right? Necessity.com,
where there are myself and other teachers who are looking forward and happy to teach you. In fact,
we're having a wonderful time doing this over, and I keep doing it for a while. Anyway,
have a great day. See? Have, have, have, have, have. See the connection? Ciao.