Carter, bring me the newspaper. Carter, get the newspaper. Why don't you go
and fetch it yourself? No, he has to learn. Carter, bring me the
newspaper. I don't think it's working.
This lesson's about some very common verbs
that can be confusing. These four verbs are all irregular. Can you
remember them? Come, came, come. Go, went, gone. Bring, brought,
brought. Take, took, taken. Great! Now the tricky thing is the meanings.
Let's start with 'come' and 'go'. I'm getting hungry. Well, we're having dinner
with Graham and Carole tonight. Now are they coming here or are we going there?
We're going there. Oh good. You don't like my cooking. (Laughter) I love
your cooking. We use 'come' for movements towards us.
We use 'go' for movements away. Come. Good boy. Good boy. Go to your crate.
Good boy. Bring' and 'take' are similar. The direction
is important. The mailman's brought the mail. I'll take
it to Vicki. So we use 'bring' for movements towards us.
We use 'take' for movements away. There's a good boy. Jay, erm, if you bring
me his leash I'll take him out. OK. Thank you. There's a good boy.
So it's easy, huh? Come here. Go away. Bring it here. Take it away.
Well not quite. 'Go' and 'take' are straightforward. We use them to talk about movement to another
place. But 'come' and 'bring' are a little tricky
because sometimes we imagine ourselves in the position of the person we're talking to.
We choose the verb that matches their point of view, not ours.
A dinner party? Oooo, we'd love to come. What can we bring?
So I'm speaking about the position of the person I'm talking to here.
A dinner party? Oooo, we'd love to come. What can we bring?
So here's a way to think about it. Coming and bringing - movement towards you or the
person you're talking to. OK. Dinner's ready. I'm coming. OK. Dinner's
ready. I'm coming. Is Juan here yet? No. Erm.. Where are you
holding the meeting? Room 306. I'll bring him up when he arrives. Thanks.
Is Juan here yet? No. Erm.. Where are you holding the meeting? Room 306. I'll bring
him up when he arrives. Thanks. Now there are two more verbs to look at before
we stop. 'Fetch' is a regular verb and 'get' is irregular.
Get, got, gotten. Get, got, got. No it's get, got, gotten. British and American English
are a little different. OK, I'll be back in half an hour. Oh, are
you going to the cafeteria? Yes. Could you get me a doughnut? Yes.
So 'get' means go to a place and bring something back. In British English we can say 'fetch'
here too. It means the same as 'get'. OK, I'll fetch you a doughnut. You mean you'll
get one for me. Yes. Great! 'Fetch' sounds very old fashioned in American
English. Oh, did you get me a doughnut. No, sorry.
They'd sold out. I got a cheese sandwich instead. But I don't like cheese. Well, not to worry.
I do.
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