i need to get some of it
hi
james from engvid uh i was just thinking
how i have to
finish reading my book
yeah that's right i have to finish
reading my book
i'm sure you heard me say i need to yes
well today's lesson is on need to and
have to what's the difference
most of the times if you come to canada
oh no sorry i keep saying canada there's
a big world out there that speaks
english okay and that there's england
canada america that's the united states
australia new zealand india
they don't know it but they speak
english okay it's an english colony
bottom line a lot of times when you're
taught grammar you're taught the
necessities and you've got
must
have to blah blah blah
but then when you actually go to these
countries you hear people say i need to
now this is interesting because i
actually had a student come to me one
day and we had like a 20 minute
discussion on teacher you are wrong
i don't need to say have to say i said i
don't need to say have to
and we're talking about and talking
about it i tried to explain and try to
and i finally stop
you need to stop right now no you have
to stop
and he said why what's the difference i
went need to is benefit for you have to
because there's a consequence
so let's go to the board
all right
we say have to having i mean obtaining
when you have something
it you belongs to you right i have a
marker i have a book they belong to me
or they're in my hand when you have to
let's break it down into two parts
the preposition or the particle two
means
oh let's put it up here it means either
goal
or
direction
okay so once you figure out
two means goal or direction it leads you
to an interesting place have as we know
is i have a marker it is in my
possession right possess so have means
possess and two means goal or direction
why do we say have to well literally you
have an obligation it's in your
direction that you must do
or there's going to be a problem for you
right
so here's a good example
i have to go to the washroom right now
if i don't the consequence is wet pants
this is not good i don't want to wet my
pants so i have to go so when i people
hear you have to do something they tend
to respond with
urgency
you have to pay your taxes now
there's an urgency there is an
obligation because something will happen
to you right there's a direction or a
goal something you may want that will be
affected by your actions
i have to do this right i have to go why
my wife is waiting with a shotgun if i'm
not home by eight i'm dead okay
so what's the difference would need to
because often you hear canadians say
that instead of have to
well sometimes you want to do things and
there's not the same urgency
however it is important to you and
here's the key knee me knee me knee
knee knee me okay
enough big bird
knee and me means me the benefit is for
me when i need to do something i get a
benefit from doing this i'm thinking
more personally of the benefit than i am
of the pain that i will suffer or the
problems i will get if i don't do it so
they're the same side of the coin you
have to do it you need to do it but one
i'm thinking about the benefit to me the
other i'm thinking about the problem
that i will get
slide and enter in need to
i need to go to the washroom
i'm just thinking about it see my face
i need to go
i'm deciding now is a good time
i have to go
i don't have a choice
wet pants
bad
need to go
i would feel better if i took two
minutes in the washroom
benefit
oh nimi see and i don't mean
neemi i mean good for me it rhymes so
you'll remember okay so i need to go to
the washroom there's a benefit i will
feel much better i will feel much much
better yeah have to go i'm going to have
problems
so simply when you know
would have to remember we both have
goals see two is for goal or direction
there's something i want in both cases
but in the need to knee me it's all
about me one is my benefit from the
situation and have to it's all about i'm
gonna have a problem and i don't want a
problem see
devil snake
good worm mystery
no mystery here and here's another well
it's not a mystery something i think
you have to do oh and before i go i will
say this
often to students and this is a good one
so listen carefully and this is where my
student had a problem i told him you
have to do your homework he came back
and said i don't have to do my homework
i need to do my homework and i went
i'm your teacher you have to do this
you're my student you need to do it for
the benefit
if you understood that statement
you're good
and if you want to know and check come
do the quiz at well where would you go
well there's only one place you have to
go to if you don't go there you'll never
get the information see have to or the
consequences you lose out
that is w w w dot
as in english vid
is video dot com
you need to come soon because the
benefit's all yours and you're the only
one missing out i'll see you there
you