Today I'll be answering a load of your questions that you've been asking
about the English language and about the UK in general on hinative.com
I receive so many messages asking
"Can you check my pronunciation?"
"Does this sound natural?"
those types of questions I would love to answer each one of you
but if you ask your question on hinative.com
it's a community of people who are native speakers they can answer your question
within minutes, within seconds it's the Internet
and sometimes I'll be there to answer your questions too
Okay let's have a look!
Fromb asks:
"Please show me how to pronounce 'this, that, these, and those'"
Well for you guys I just have, but on the website I guess I'll need a microphone
Oh! I can answer with a microphone, a voice message! Awesome!
I hope this helps, have an awesome day!
okay next question
ooh okay this question I get a lot
Varitmaha says:
"How do you say this in English (UK) "Schedule"
I'm gonna answer with a voice message again this is fun
in British English we pronounce it Schedule
but in the U.S they pronounce it Schedule
However, British people also say Schedule, it's fine
I've seen that you can check someone's pronunciation, I want to do that.
Okay BalwantSinghDanu41 is asking
"How's my pronunciation? please record yours too"
Okay so I can check your pronunciation as well.
Let's have a look!
"Do you like to spend time with your friends? Why?"
I like these voice messages they make answering these questions very easy do you like to spend
The pronunciation wasn't bad
I could understand him
but his native language is Hindi
and for Hindi the tongue position tends to be a bit further back in the mouth
producing these quite hard consonant sounds
so my advice to you would be
Try modelling your pronunciation on a native English speaker
also be aware that the tongue position is quite different
It's more down, it's more relaxed
Try some YouTube pronunciation tutorials! ;)
Okay let's find some questions about the UK
Chombarios from Mexico is asking
"How are people in England? Are they happy, nice, serious, what?"
Meh, we're okay! We're not great we're not bad
but give us a beer and we'll be your best friend
IAmALearner asks
"How is the weather like in London these days?"
You don't even need to ask this question, everyone knows
Always assume it's raining and sunny and windy and hot and cold all in the same day
When you come to London you need to be prepared for every type of weather
in one day
FirdosGazmi1 is asking
What's the difference between however and henceforth
and used to and accustomed to
Ooh this is an interesting question!
"However" that is another word for "But"
"I wanted to go out, however, I don't like being social"
"Henceforth" is completely different, it doesn't mean "but"
"Henceforth" means from now to the future
For example
"I'm leaving my job. Henceforth I no longer work here"
but it's quite old-fashioned
We don't really use it today
I don't think I've heard it or seen it
outside of a contract or legal stuff
So "however", "henceforth" completely different meanings
used to and accustomed to
I see where the confusion is, this question happens a lot in my classes
"Used to" talks about a past habit, a past regular action which doesn't happen now
I'll give you an example
"I used to smoke"
now I don't
past action now it's different
Don't confuse that with "BE USED TO", with "BE USED TO"
"Living in London I am used to this crazy weather"
This means this weather it's normal for me, it's not strange it's not different
I am accustomed to it
that's where the confusion is
"Accustomed to" is the same as "BE USED TO" doing something
Or to BE USED TO a noun
Next!
NadeemKahn0703 is asking
How do you pronounce "hoty give me a huge"
I think he means 'hug'
(Hottie) give me a hug
Don't say that to a girl, if you like a girl, be respectful, be yourself
Don't say "Hottie give me a hug"
People often ask me "What should I say to a girl or a guy who I really like?"
Don't say "Hottie give me a hug"!
Compliment her hair. She probably worked very hard to get it just right
Like I would know!
or shoes! Everyone likes a shoe compliment
Rauchanrai369 is asking
"How do you say this in English: 'I am gone' is it right or wrong? Please explain"
If you're completely drunk, then you might say "I'm gone!"
"I'm gone!" it means you're dead you can't do anything
but I don't think you mean that
if you want to say I'm not here anymore
"I've moved to a different place" you should say "I have left"
Okay MarsKBello wants his pronunciation checked
"My brother, my sister and me like watching Harry Potter"
Grammatically it should be my brother my sister and I like watching Harry Potter
The reason is you don't say "Me like watching Harry Potter"
Grammatically it should be the subject pronoun first, right?
So, "I like watching..."
but pronunciation was great
Except for the word "Potter" it sounded a little bit unnatural
Dude, very good pronunciation, the only thing I would change is the "O" sound in Potter
The way you said it was a bit too long
It sounded like Porter
Should be Potter Potter very short sound
otherwise, very good!
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