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  • Hello, Elliott from E.

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  • English here today.

  • I'm starting a new Siri's, which I'm going to update quite frequently on the YouTube channel.

  • On this.

  • Siri's is basically going to be about words which have different meanings.

  • But it's the same word in my example today I'm going to explain about the wordplay, so play P L.

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  • This word can be used in many different contexts and mean many different things.

  • So when I would say I'm going to play football tomorrow, that basically means I'm going to be taking part.

  • Andi play a game or football.

  • That's just the way we say it, saying for any sport similar way, which kind of relates to this is when we play in the playground.

  • In school, for example, kids play in the playground at lunchtime when they have a break from lessons.

  • We would say that they are playing in the playground, meaning they're doing all kinds of different games.

  • Maybe some of them are playing football or tennis or anything, so to play can be a recreational activity, something which we take part in.

  • We can play something Onda that is essentially what that way of saying Play is a swell is playing sports or playing in the playground.

  • You could also play on a PlayStation play on a computer game that's playing.

  • When you take part in something which is recreation or fun, you can also play a musical instrument.

  • So, for example, I I play guitar.

  • That's something I do.

  • If you play a musical instrument, If you know how to use a guitar or the drums or violin, you can say I play the guitar.

  • Now I have another question for you.

  • Have you ever taken part in a school play?

  • This is completely different to the way that I was explaining the word play earlier.

  • So how this is different is that when we take part in a play, a play is like a theater performance or when we act as another character on, we create a story with acting.

  • Some people might say, I'm going to the theater.

  • Some people might say I'm going to see a play.

  • When I was in school, I did drama lessons and I would take part in the school play every year.

  • I really enjoy doing it, and I played different characters, meaning I acted I performed as different characters.

  • I have one more for you and this is a slang term.

  • This is something which you wouldn't say to.

  • For example, you wouldn't say this in an interview or in a formal situation.

  • It's more something you would say with your friends on.

  • That is, Are you playing with me or stop playing with me?

  • Let's say somebody was.

  • You thought somebody was joking around.

  • They were joking about something and they were kind of teasing you or kind of doing something that didn't seem quite right.

  • You would say, Are you playing with me?

  • And it basically means, Are you messing with me?

  • Are you joking around?

  • Are you serious?

  • That kind of thing?

  • Eso We would say this with our friends or, you know somebody close to us.

  • Those are the different ways of saying the word play.

  • You have the entertainment style of play.

  • Something we play is something we do for entertainment.

  • We can also play a musical instrument.

  • We can play in the playground with our friends.

  • If we're younger, I wouldn't be doing that now.

  • I'm a bit too old to be playing in the playground.

  • Oh, and Also, we can play in a play which is a theater performance acting for people.

  • We play a character on DFO.

  • Finally, we can play with someone we can joke with someone we can play with them or ask them, Are you playing with me?

  • So that's all of the different ways of saying the word play.

  • I hope you found this useful.

  • There's so many words in the English language which have different meanings.

  • There's so many.

  • So this is just the beginning.

  • If you enjoyed this video, please like and comment below saying you want me to do Mawr because your feedback really helps me know what to put on this channel.

  • Thank you very much for watching and I will see you in the next video.

  • Mhm.

Hello, Elliott from E.

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