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hey everybody welcome back to let's talk
this is me meera and today i'm going to
clear out a confusion now this confusion
is related to chances when i say chances
i mean that there are times when people
invite you for a party or you get a
message that are you going to be
visiting us or your facebook invitations
your instagram invitations and you get
confused
as to what to say what do i reply am i
going i am
not going i'm probably going
maybe i'm going but i don't know what it
means
does that happen to you
yes and i've often seen people getting
confused with the message i remember
this time when i told my mother that i'm
probably coming home
late
right and when i went home she yelled at
me and said
you said you are probably getting late
you never said that you are going to get
so late super late so i said mom
probably
means there's a high chance of me
getting late well guys don't worry just
like my mother if you are confused don't
worry that night i cleared her confusion
today i will clear out your confusion
are you ready let's get started guys
so we have four columns over here let's
get quick revision of what are the words
in these columns
probably
possibly
maybe
or perhaps
now let me tell you one thing very
clearly you would not use these these
words for anything that is factual
anything that is realistically factual
and proven for example
we are
probably living on earth
what
we are living on earth of course unless
and until you are a comedian or you want
to pass a sarcastic comment or a funny
comment you can but otherwise you cannot
now
let's see what all of these mean and how
they are different from one another
probably means
that
there are more than
half that means more than 50 percent
of chances high chances of something
happening
okay
i'm probably dieting that means i'm
more than 50 sure that i will diet okay
possibly second word for the day
less than 50 chances half chances of
something happening i'm possibly on a
diet i'm not sure yet that means
there is
very less chance that i'm going to
diet i will definitely eat a pizza today
well
maybe
means that there is a
50 50 chance
i may be writing i may not be writing
who knows right 50 50 chance and perhaps
is nothing
but
a formal way of saying maybe and a very
fancy way and a very if i may say so a
very english or a british way of saying
maybe okay
now are you clear with the first
confusion quick revision
high chances of something happening is
probably probably probably remember
possibly means less than less than half
less than 50 percent of chances of
anything happening that's possibly
maybe
who knows 50 50. and perhaps is a formal
maybe now that i've cleared that doubt
let's get to sentences and examples all
right guys
now
this is a sentence my question could
have been
would you like to visit us this summer
and the answer
is
probably i would visit what does that
tell you does that tell you that there
are high chances of me visiting or there
are less chances
probably means there are high chances
that i would visit which is a great news
that means i would definitely visit
high chances
of
high chances
all right
of me visiting
now
let's say i have asked
i've asked i've i'm at the air i'm at
this airport right and i am asking an
attendant or a manager
sir is there a possibility of
me
changing the flight
and the attendant or the manager says
possibly not
i don't think so
what is he trying to say he's trying to
say that there are
less chances of that happening
but
i insist i push him and i say could you
please try i'm in an emergency i need to
change my flight asap is there anything
i can do
to change my flight
and he says
there is a possibility
if you pay more okay
there is a possibility
if you pay more that means if i'm going
to pay extra
money
am i going to get the tickets
changed my flight's changed
yes and that is exactly what he's trying
to say if when i asked him in the first
uh first question he said possibly not
because that's not happening but when i
told him that i will do anything then he
said if you pay more money
you might be able to change your flight
tickets
now maybe
let me ask you a question
do you think she will win this
competition do you think
india will win
miss world this time and you say
maybe she will win that means there is a
50
chance
that she may win
or there is a 50 chance that she
may not win right
well that is maybe
a chance that you're just not taking a
risk to answer okay
would you like to come for a party maybe
maybe i will maybe i won't don't take my
word for it i will tell you later that's
what you mean now perhaps
if i'm asking you the same question do
you think she will win and you can
replace
maybe with the word perhaps
and say perhaps she will win it's the
same as maybe moving on to the last
point of the day and for the lesson you
guys
look at this sentence there is an
addition and try to guess what that is
now
um i get a phone call
and the customer service executive asks
me is this a good time to talk or is
this a good time to call
and the and i reply to that
probably a bad time to call that means
that was not a good time for her to call
me but i want you to focus on the
addition which is the word uh your now
guys whenever we talk about these words
probably possibly maybe and perhaps in
terms of probably you can use
what the word er the article uh
and
or the
in the sentences whenever you can
whenever you're using the word probably
a bad time
a bad
time to call probably a bad time to call
so here i have used uh let's see what
i've used in the next sentence
possibly
is this do you like this phone that you
have bought maybe you've bought a new
phone right and i'm replying or i'm
giving my advice or suggestion or
feedback to a friend and i say possibly
the worst phone i have ever used
here i have again used the article the
year as well i can use uh
and
or
the
after
these words after the word possibly
okay a bad time a bad the worst phone
okay
now
maybe
let's see what this sentence means now i
have said that oh my god she's in a
terrible mood since morning what can i
do to help
maybe
an
ice cream would help
here i have used the article
anne
maybe an ice cream would help
perhaps not a good time
the sentence is in a negative state
which is where i've used the word not
but we're talking about articles and i
have used
over here perhaps not a good time to
talk i will talk to you later points to
remember you can use
words like articles
uh
and
the whenever you're using any of these
four words okay you can also make
negative sentences but i will make sure
that i take a different lesson for it as
i don't want you guys to get confused
about it i hope the confusion is now
clear where probably high chances
possibly less chances maybe 50 50
chances and perhaps is the formal
version of maybe all right guys that was
the lesson for today i hope you have
learned something make sure you practice
these words and use these words okay i
will be back very soon with another
interest interesting lesson until then
keep smiling keep practicing spread a
lot of love you guys this is me meera
signing off for the day bye