Name: Learn ENGLISH with Pokémon
Uploaded: 2026-01-29T01:14:39.000Z
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So Pokemon is undoubtedly one of the most famous anime in the world.

with more than 1200 episodes and counting, children and adults alike continue to enjoy Ash and Pikachu's adventures.

Without saying, I'm really excited to present to you with today's lesson.

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In the world of Pokemon, once children turn 10, they are allowed to choose a Pokemon partner to adventure with, catch more Pokemon, battle against gym leaders, and

aspire to become a Pokemon champion by defeating the best trainers in their region, the Elite Four.

Ash has just turned 10, and it's time to choose his partner.

But he overslept and he's late to meet Professor Oak, who will give him his first Pokemon.

it took me a long time, but I finally decided to choose Squirtle.

Though already taken by someone who was on time, I wish I hadn't overslept.

Did you hear how fast Ash says this sentence?

We have three instances here in which the letter T is pronounced as a flap T.

We have an interesting grammatical structure here.

I wish plus a simple past versus I wish plus the past.

You can use this structure to express regret for something, or to say that you wanted something else to happen instead.

For example, if you say I wish I woke up earlier, you're saying that you don't wake up early now in the present moment.

Basically, you're stating that you want to establish a new routine.

However, if you say, I wish I had woken up earlier, you're saying that you didn't wake up early at a certain point in the past.

Now you're expressing regret about something that has already happened.

This is how Ash uses this structure here.

To oversleep means to sleep too much more than you should.

In this scene, frustrated because the Pokemon he wanted is not available anymore, Ash is expressing regret about having overslept.

That's why he says, I wish I hadn't overslept.

Check out this clip where Ash uses this structure again.

I know it doesn't sound easy, Ash, but you're the only one who matches the legend perfectly.

Well, right now, I wish my mom had named me Bob instead of Ash.

The phrase the early bird gets the worm is a proverb that means whoever arrives first has the best chance of success.

Did you know that in English, people who like to wake up earlier than everybody else and who feel more productive in the morning are called early birds?

When something is gone, it's not available anymore either because it was taken, used, or stolen.

Let's watch another example from the series.

The phrase in that case here has a similar meaning to if you insist, we can use this phrase when we agree to something we didn't agree with before, or when we change our mind about something.

For example, once I tried to convince my older brother to lend his Super Nintendo to my friend.

At first, my brother wasn't very happy about it, but

then I told him that if he lent his Super Nintendo, my friend would lend us his Gameboy so we could play Pokemon on it.

After I said that, my brother replied, well, in that case, okay, I'll lend him my Super Nintendo.

What is Ash's name in the original Japanese version of Pokemon?

If you watch the anime in Japanese, then you already know that the main character's name is Satoshi, not Ash.

This is in honor of the man who created Pokemon, Satoshi Tajiri.

When he was a kid, Satoshi collected bugs in the wood by his house.

His friends even called him Dr. Bug because he was so obsessed with collecting and cataloging them.

Creating Pokemon was a way for him to reconnect with that fascination.

He had with nature and different creatures.

As a kid, you might be surprised that Ash's last name, Ketchum, is a great way for you to learn about Kinect speech.

Oftentimes, natives reduce pronouns in fast speech.

Him becomes Im, her becomes er, and them becomes em.

So in fact, Ash's last name is derived from the theme song and catchphrase of the series in the usa.

You probably know gotta is a reduction of got to.

So what the catchphrase is saying is that you have got to catch them all, which is one of the objectives in the video games and series.

Check out these examples from friends with the reduction Gadda.