Welcome to another casual video lesson by Antonia!
So today we are going to discuss English.
The fact is that a lot of my students confuse the following verbs:
'Say', 'speak', 'talk' and 'tell'.
Even though everything seems to be quite logical, but still
Many of my intermediate students make this mistake.
And that's why I've decided to discuss this topic right now.
So this video is going to be quite short. Let's start.
Let's start from the verbs, which are quite close in the meaning
and in grammatical terms too, so 'speak' and 'talk'.
You can say 'speak with somebody' or 'talk with somebody'
and also you can say 'speak to somebody' or 'talk to somebody'.
The difference is British and American English.
So in American it's much more common to say 'speak with somebody' and 'talk with somebody',
while in British English we usually say 'speak to somebody' and 'talk to somebody'.
But basically when you speak with or to somebody it means that you communicate with this person.
So you have a conversation with him or her.
So you are just sitting and talking or speaking, that's it.
That's the meaning of the verbs 'speak' and 'talk', they are very close.
Although 'speak' is more bookish and...
So you can speak in an official situation,
But you are usually talking to your friends, colleagues or relatives and so on.
But if you speak, it doesn't always mean a casual situation, you can speak at a conference or at a meeting.
You hit me.
I know, I'm so sorry, but it... it wasn't me.
I know you would never have done that if you were in control of yourself, but...
But you came back.
To talk with your doctors.
I've been going over and over what happened and I had this thought out of nowhere.
Ever since I've known Scott I've seen his left hand throw things
but always sort of playfully...
Spock?
I need to speak with you.
Fascinating.
If somebody has just found that phone they'd ignore the text like that,
but the murderer would panic.
Have you talked to the police?
Four people are dead, there isn't time to talk to the police.
So why are you talking to me?
Mrs Hudson took my skull.
That's great, dude! I know you think you are being nice,
but I'm pretty sure that Elliot doesn't want to spend her life with someone who doesn't love her.
Oh, you know what? If it's ok with you
I'm gonna go ahead and take my relationship advice from someone whose fiancee is currently speaking with him.
Gimme some champagne! I need a victory sip!
Cheers!
Now let's discuss the verb 'say'.
Providing you use this verb, after it usually you are supposed to use a noun,
so 'to say something', or a clause - 'to say that...'.
For instance, you can use direct speech or reported speech after it.
Let's say that... My friend proposed to his girlfriend and she said 'yes'.
So here you have 'something' after 'say'.
Or the same situation but a different outcome:
My friends proposed to his girlfriend, but she said (that) she's not ready.
So as you can see after 'say' we have a clause, a little sentence after it.
You always move your lips when you read?
Do you always comment on everything that bugs you about me?
I haven't said a word about your tie.
How come you say my list is stupid?
Because everybody knows there's no Santa Claus.
Come here, let me show you something.
And let's move on to the last verb which I wanted to talk about today, and it is 'tell'.
After it you are supposed to use a noun,
for example, you can say 'to tell a story' or 'to tell a joke'.
For instance, 'My friend enjoys telling jokes to people'.
Or you can also say 'she told that...' so in this way this verb is a little bit similar to 'say'.
But usually... so for example if you translate this verb into Russian,
the equivalent would be not to 'говорить', but 'рассказывать'.
By the way you can also say 'talk about something', 'speak about something' or 'tell about something'.
...time outside the body.
Dr. House, you know you can't get herpes...
Some politically correct doctors will tell you that it's impossible to get infected by a toilet seat,
but they'll also tell you not to use the same bath towel to dry your crotch and your face during an outbreak.
See the contradiction?
I always use a paper cover.
No, I completely agree with you. He looks really young.
I know, right? He must take care of himself.
Actually, he told me his secret, and I'm thinking of doing the same thing.
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