don't you like to watch videos yes
aren't you Ronnie no yes
I don't know today I'm going to teach
you about something it's really been
bothering me for the last I don't know
six years it is negative questions in
English the reason why this bothers me
is because it's taking me so long to
figure out how to teach it to you
properly and how we as native speakers
actually handle these questions first of
all let's go through some examples of
negative questions first one don't you
like pizza so you can ask someone don't
you like pizza yes yes you don't like
pizza or yes you like pizza yes I like
pizza
so why didn't you say no no I don't like
pizza but you don't like pizza do you
see my confusion you must be confused
let's look at this question hmm
aren't you hungry no no I'm not hungry
okay good yes aren't you hungry yes
aren't you hungry yes yes I don't know
if you're hungry or not um can't you
play football no no you can't play
football or yes you can't play football
I am still baffled
which means confused about if someone
asks me a negative question if I give
them a yes or no answer the
the answer is still unclear so why would
someone ask you a negative question why
would you ask someone a negative
question this answer I can do for you
most people like pizza do you like pizza
yes I like pizza
good do you like pizza no oh you don't
like pizza
I am surprised by your no answer so the
easiest way and the best way maybe the
only way that I can help you with this
is we would only ask a negative question
if at first you ask the positive
question and we're surprised by the
answer let's write this down positive
question do you like pizza no you got to
do the phase 2 you don't like pizza
surprise no I don't like pizza because
um I don't like red things
okay whatever to help you with this
negative answer what you have to do is
you have to give the person more than a
yes or no example - hmm if I asked you
like this are you hungry
and you said no you have not eaten
breakfast or lunch aren't you hungry no
I'm not hungry again
you're going to say the rest of the
sentence No
I'm not hungry we would only use this
negative question if our first question
is a note and if the answer is a
surprise to you if you're from Brazil hi
can't you play football you're from
Brazil every person in Brazil can play
football no they can't that's not true
but someone can ask you you're from
Brazil you can't play football and you
say yes no you can say yes I can play
football or you can say no I can't play
football there is a way to answer this
and unfortunately you are going to have
to use more than a yes or no answer
so maybe the best advice I can give you
when you're beginning or when you're
practicing English is don't ask negative
questions only ask a negative question
if you are surprised by the person's
answer okay if someone asks you a
negative question and you definitely
know your opinion to get the answer out
clearly what you have to do is justify
if you want to say no you have to repeat
no I do like it no I don't like it yes I
like it yes I don't like it which
doesn't make sense so what you have to
do is either say yes or no
and then give the positive or the
negative answer don't you want to take a
quiz of course I want to take a quiz
Ronnie perfect answer don't you want to
get a hundred percent on the quiz no
what no I do want to get a hundred
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