hey there Aubry how's everything going today I'm great Lindsay how are you ah glad to see
you on camera guys we're on YouTube today as well as on the podcast so go check out our
YouTube channel Aubrey we are on there we try to record some videos once in a while some of these
podcast episodes on YouTube how is it different for you when we're on video versus just the mic
it really does make a difference when I can see your reactions when I'm recording with Jessica
and she's laughing like we have to actually try to hold back the laughter sometimes but
it is it's fun you see our facial expressions and our hand gestures and it's more interactive
if you're a visual learner I highly recommend you watching the video of the podcast recording yeah
we're going to be doing some exciting things over on YouTube this fall right Aubry so we are ready
and excited to try new things over there so guys go over and subscribe to the YouTube channel for
all ears English all right good stuff so where are we getting started today for our listeners well we
have a little question I can ask you this Lindsay what is something you need to get done today oh
my gosh today I what I need to get done is that I need to make some calls to California because I've
been helping out my aunt who's getting older and you know this is what we do for our family members
as you know as our family members get older we're taking care of her so I need to make some calls
to California make taking a trip out there next week the rules kind of reverse right I bet when
you were younger she took care of you I bet she I don't know if you do cookies and took care of you
maybe watched you when your parents are out of town and now it's your turn to take care of her
I think it's beautiful yeah we try to do our best for our family members right I think our
listeners know that maybe even more so than we do here in the U.S right families stick really close
together in different countries as what I've seen through my travels and you've probably seen that
too Aubry right definitely I agree I feel like the United States could learn lessons in that
from other countries for sure but let's dive in here because the question I asked you and I just
said you know what do you need to get done is related to a very good listener question that
we got on YouTube yes and we want to dive into this because it you guys need to know this you
need to be able to use this right Lindsay yeah I love it so I'm going to go ahead Aubry and read
the question for our listeners and then we're going to answer it we're gonna Dive Right In
are you ready yes okay our listener says thanks for the amazing podcast I'm a big fan of Euler's
English and I've learned a ton from you guys I have a question that's been bothering me for
some time and I was hoping you could help me out here I'm confused with this structure what
I want what I need what I hope is should it be followed by the verb form to do or doing or do
like should I say what I want is past the exam or what I want is to pass or passing the exam
also does the same rule apply to the structure all I want need hope is thank you so much for reading
this and I'm looking forward to hearing from you guys awesome we don't have the student's name do
we Aubry but you know next time we'll try our best to have the names sometimes on YouTube sometimes
the um your username will just be like a letter or something yeah usernames on social media are
a little tricky so sometimes we don't know your name with your social media comments so you could
also include your if you're willing to have your name online or the name you'd like us to read
include it in your comment so that we can give you a shout out that's so fun 100 and speaking
of names I want to make sure I call out some of our listeners who have left us a rating and a
review for this podcast I'm gonna you know it's really nice when our listeners take that extra
step Aubry to let us know what they think of the show so they deserve a call out all right
yes I love that let's hear some names all right from Iran Marcos from Barcelona from Luxembourg
Sarah gorbani from the UK Muhammad vatanzadeh from Iran juvenile Santos from Brazil wow guys
thank you for your ratings and reviews and Aubry what should our listeners do now if they haven't
reviewed us yet yes if you haven't please leave us a review this helps people find us right and
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any of our amazing episodes here at allers English yes love it love it so let's get into it all right
we're gonna break it down Aubry let's go for it yeah just a quick note on the grammar here right
want and need have very similar grammar but this listener also asked about Hope which does have
different grammar so we'll cover that in a future episode again make sure to follow so you don't
miss that and we're going to dive in today in the grammar answer her question about what I want and
what I need which is very interesting and high level um in itself just to say what I and then
a verb right natives do this all the time yes it is really high level right it's not something that
you've probably seen in your textbook it's not not slang but it's just a fun creative way to express
yourself yes the average language learner might just say I need this I need that right whereas
a native might be like what I need is yes so much more interesting so let's get into some examples
okay so first there are two ways that the two different options for the grammar and first is
to have it be followed by an infinitive so for both what I want is infinitive and then what I
need is followed by the infinitive so let's read a couple of examples Lindsay okay what I want is to
pass the exam yes and your infinitive there is two pass right an infinitive in English is two with
the verb love it here's another so good and here's the next one with the infinitive guys what I need
is to exercise every day I want to make sure our listeners are writing these down guys write these
down take notes today okay definitely and the it is the same structure for for all I want you
know this listener had asked and what about all I want is the same the meaning is slightly different
there's a little bit of a nuanced different like all I want is this but it's the same grammar
structure you would say all I want is to pass the exam all I want is to exercise every day now keep
in mind because there's a little bit of a Nuance different I would say what I need is to exercise
because I don't you know or you could say all I want all I need but you have to think about
what's the meaning is this really something I need or something I want to do right like you might say
oh the doctor said what I need is to exercise every day but it's not necessarily something
you really want so you wouldn't say all I want is to actually even need right I might say all I need
is some chocolate and really what I mean is all I want yes so that all eye is really just for things
that you want not necessarily what you need yeah and that's really that could be another episode
in itself just that phrase and how to use that to show emotion and desire right yes because our
intonation really changes right yes clearly guys so you know make a mark on that we'll come back to
that another day make sure you hit follow on all there's English so you don't miss any of these
really good points these uh nuances of English exactly okay let's dive into the second way that
the grammar can affect this right yes you can use these followed by a noun so what I want is noun or
what I need is noun let's get into some examples okay what I want is a hot shower I could imagine
saying this after coming out of a hike like coming down from a hike you know like a camping
trip right or after a mud run we signed up muddy Dash where you're like filthy and muddy after
and I know I'm gonna be like what I want is a hot shower have you ever done the Tough Mudder I could
imagine you doing the Tough Mudder no I haven't my sister wants it to do it with me and I need to I
think I would love it I need to do it before I'm so old that I'm like right all right what is the
Tough Mudder just so our listeners know that's kind of a fun little cultural thing yes it's
like an obstacle course and you're doing it in the mud so this it's a lot like the mud run that we're
going to do in Phoenix but I think it's branded as the Tough Mudder and is probably more intense yeah
I know people that are super into that it is not my thing but I have more power to getting muddy so
so again same structure here for all I want oh we we have one more example that I don't want
to skip because I think it's such a fun one it's what I need is a stiff drink and we do we'll use
this idiomatically right if it's not like you really want to go to the bar and have a drink
because you are referring to an alcoholic beverage here but even someone who doesn't drink would say
this just if you're having a tough day things are not going great you might be like what I
need is a stiff drink a stiff drink and when you say stiff you mean strong right I'll break hard
liquor yeah hard liquor not absolutely nope we're not talking about a cider here hilarious that's
so funny I love it but again same structure for all I want the meaning is just slightly different
right all I want is noun all I want right now are apples or all I want is an apple all I need
so just a little bit of a different meaning same as the other wear it's really what you want even
if you say all I need is rather than what you need love it okay Aubry I think our listeners
love it when they we show them role plays you know exactly how does this get used in the real
world in a real conversation for sure and these are definitely useful at work so we are going
to show you in the role play how these could be used in a conversation at work Lindsay and I are
co-workers in this role play okay here we go all right what we want sorry well let me start again
start over start over here we go here we go what we want is to land this account yes but we need
to make some changes what the client needs is to feel supported I think what they want is to feel
heard and understood for sure what we need is better communication yeah so it's unlikely as
Michelle and I always say in these role plays it's unlikely you would see this structure
three or four times in one conversation yeah it's too much it's overwhelming but just for
the the example sake guys you can see how it can be used in a lot of different ways with
different vocab right exactly let's break this down the first thing you said is what we want
is to land this account could easily they're very interchangeable you could also say what
we need is to land this account yes I love that so we've got the infinitive there right Aubry
exactly right followed by the to and the verb land which you have all for sure heard the noun
land but we also use this verb to mean we want to get an account we want them to sign up we
want that to be contracted we say we want to land this account I love that that's a great bonus for
our listeners today can you think of something else that you might say oh I landed a job right
I want to land this job if you have an interview and you're really excited you'd say I've gotta
land this job or I've got to land this interview I would say meaning before the interview I need to
do well yeah it's often we use land something when we're given something we're given some kind of an
opportunity right we're chosen for something that we're getting picked from a presentation
just means I need to do this well okay perfect and then in the second example actually you didn't
say what right you just said but we need to make some changes all right yeah that's a good example
of how every time we hear want and need it's not going to be this grammar structure It won't always
be what we want is we also would just say we need to make some changes right so that's later in the
sentence we've got it right what the client needs is to feel supported and there it is again yeah so
you're going to go back and forth guys from like the textbook way that you're used to saying it to
this more creative way and then what did I say and then you said I think what they want is to
feel heard and understood and this is interesting because sometimes depending on the context you
wouldn't say need it wouldn't make as much sense to say I think what they need is to you're you are
literally talking about what you feel they want they have had this conscious thought of of okay
what we want is to feel understood yes I love that and I think also this structure what they
want is is when we're thinking a lot about the person's inner like what's going on inside with
them we're like zooming in on that person that group those people that team what do they need
right what they need is what they want is right it's like something about feeling into needs and
walls it's a very high level skill to think about this right you are if you're in sales you are much
more likely to be successful if you are doing this if you're discovering what's the need that
needs filled what's lacking how can I solve that problem I find sales people very interesting you
know that extra level of emotional intelligence they have how good they are at talking to people
it's really fascinating yeah true yeah it's really cool um all right so what else Aubrey so then you
said I think what they want is to feel heard and the last one what we need is better communication
so again even though it's separated by that adjective better is communication is still
our noun so don't let yourself get thrown off still think about what's really next a noun
even if it's a noun with an adjective modifying it right what we need is communication better
communication better communication so good all right Aubry what should we leave our listeners
with today I love that we did a grammar episode for our listeners today yes so interesting right
and this is difficult high level grammar to know whether to use an infinitive or a conjugated verb
after these but today's tips really simplify this so you can take these two phrases and use them at
work use them with your friends to sound native and natural definitely don't shy away from these
yeah guys don't be afraid to use something that you haven't seen in your textbook in terms of
grammar try something new be more interesting have two or three ways grammatically to say
the same thing right that's where we're trying to get you to that 99 fluency level that is 99
fluent what when you can say the same thing Aubry in three or four different ways grammatically yeah
and recognize some of you might be thinking but wait is this too informal for work no right we're
actually often quite informal at work so you have the textbook more formal way of saying it yeah
even at work even in a job interview natives will say it this way right it does sound a little more
informal but only in a way that makes you sound more natural and yeah in a way that makes you
sound too informal yeah I think it's expressive and natural it's not rude it's not informal in
a way of being rude it's just expressive and natural and Native guys so good exactly all
right so guys if you want more grammar episodes we are trying to do a few more grammar episodes
this fall right Aubry so go ahead and hit follow to make sure you don't miss a single one all right
Aubry thanks for hanging out with me today I'll talk to you very soon thanks Lindsay bye-bye bye
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