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  • Hi, there.

  • My name's Ronnie.

  • Are you confused?

  • I'm confused a lot.

  • But, I mean, about English, because this is what you're here for.

  • I'm going to teach you today about two confusing verbs that maybe, after this lesson, will

  • not be confusing.

  • Yes!

  • The two verbs that are very confusing in English are "get" and "take"; or "got" in the past

  • tense and "took".

  • So, you might be translating from your language, and you would say: "I took a beer", and maybe

  • your friend goes: "Oh my god, that's terrible."

  • And you say: "Well, no, it was delicious.

  • I quite liked the beer."

  • So, we have to be careful when we use these two verbs.

  • And it's a little bit difficult to explain, but hopefully I can do it.

  • Yes.

  • Come on.

  • Go.

  • Confusing verbs: "get", "take"; "got", "took".

  • The easiest way for you to think about this is: "got" is going to be a passive situation

  • for you.

  • So, think about it, that you are not doing anything; you're just sitting there, looking

  • dull-eyed at something, and someone is going to-dunh-dunh-dunh-dunh-give you something.

  • So, if you can understand that "get" and "got" is passive; that someone gives it or gave

  • it to you - this is the foundation of understanding "get" and "got".

  • In this situation, you're going to have two people: You and the person who actually gives

  • you something.

  • Stay with me, here.

  • "Take" and "took" is going to be only one person; it's going to be you, and you are

  • doing the action.

  • So, we can think that this verb is going to be active; there's only you and you are doing

  • the action.

  • So, you do or you did something to get, or to achieve, or to obtain the item.

  • In this one, someone gi-...

  • La.

  • Give.

  • Someone gave it to you or someone gives it to you.

  • We need the "s" here, because this is singular.

  • So, someone gives it to you or someone gave it to you.

  • Think about in a restaurant.

  • You're sitting in a restaurant or a bar, and you would like a drink.

  • You're thirsty.

  • You want a big glass of milk.

  • So, you wait there and the server comes over, and they give you the milk.

  • Yes, you're so happy.

  • So, you take the milk and you drink it.

  • So, what about a beer?

  • Are you going to say: "I got a beer" or "I took a beer"?

  • What's the difference?

  • If you say: "I got a beer", it means that someone gave you the beer; someone delivered

  • you the beer.

  • But if you say: "I took a beer", you have to be careful, because this means that you

  • are stealing.

  • Uh-oh.

  • So, if you take something, you have to be careful.

  • If you take it without permission, it's stealing.

  • But if someone says: "Here, here, here.

  • Take this", then it's okay.

  • So, if you say: "I took a beer", this can have two meanings.

  • One, it can mean that you went to the fridge; you took the beer yourself.

  • There's nobody else to serve you or to give you a beer.

  • The second meaning with this is that you're actually stealing the beer, so you go, and

  • you take the beer.

  • So, "take" has the extra element of having permission or without permission.

  • So, "permission" means someone said it's okay; and without permission, you are stealing it.

  • So, without permission is illegal, and I do not recommend it; unless you want to steal

  • some money from a bank and then give it to me.

  • That's a good thing.

  • I will take your money.

  • Okay?

  • Give me your money.

  • I'm going to get your money.

  • Give it to me.

  • Let's go through some examples.

  • Let's see if this makes sense to you.

  • So, I want you to think.

  • If we have the noun: "a cold"-achoo-do you get a cold or do you take a cold?

  • So, colds or viruses are transmitted through people, so logically, this is two people;

  • someone actually gives you a cold.

  • So, the correct answer here would be...

  • Uh-oh.

  • I got a cold because somebody gave it to me.

  • Ya-.

  • No, that's a bad thing.

  • This word: "a flyer".

  • Do you know what the noun, "a flyer" means?

  • Not someone who flies.

  • "A flyer" is like a brochure or a paper advertisement.

  • So, you can go to the mall or you can go somewhere, and people will have flyers.

  • Now, usually there's a flyer sitting on a counter.

  • What do you do?

  • Do you get the flyer or do you take it?

  • You take the flyer, because it's only you.

  • Nobody is saying: "Here.

  • Here; have a flyer."

  • You are going to take a flyer.

  • Next one.

  • In supermarkets, sometimes people are very nice and they give you free food.

  • Yay.

  • This is called "a sample".

  • So, "a sample" means a small portion of something you get for free.

  • Usually they put a tray on a counter, or they hold it, and they say: "Take one.

  • Do it.

  • Take one."

  • So you are physically taking the sample.

  • So, again, you would use "take", because you're grabbing it.

  • You do the next one.

  • "A raise".

  • Let me tell you what it is first.

  • So, "a raise" means an increase in your pay.

  • This is a very good thing.

  • So, do you take a raise or do you get a raise?

  • Thinking time.

  • The answer is: "get" or "got".

  • So, your boss gives you the raise, and there's two people, so you can say: "I got a raise"

  • or "I get a raise".

  • Next one.

  • Uh-oh.

  • This is with money as well.

  • A paycheck.

  • "A paycheck" means your pay at the end of your slaving work hours.

  • So, do you think that you can steal a paycheck?

  • Can you take a paycheck or do you think you get a paycheck?

  • Does someone give you the paycheck or do you physically obtain the paycheck?

  • What do you think?

  • The answer is "got".

  • So, your boss or someone gives you the paycheck, so you got the paycheck.

  • Do you get it now?

  • Do you get it?

  • Oh, I hope so.

  • Do this one.

  • A coffee.

  • So, you and your friends are tired and you say: "Hey, let's go ____ a coffee."

  • Are you going to take a coffee or get a coffee?

  • Do you have money?

  • If you have money, you are going to get the coffee because someone in the coffee shop

  • is going to make it for you and they're going to give it to you.

  • So, you got the coffee.

  • Now, if you don't have any money or you're feeling a bit mischievous, and you say: "I

  • took the coffee", that would mean that you stole it, which is not good.

  • Don't steal coffee.

  • Steal money.

  • Rob banks; give it to me.

  • A new car.

  • Oh, by the way, if you would like to buy me a new car, I really like Hondas.

  • Oh, you don't want to give me a new car.

  • Maybe I will take a new car.

  • So, if I take a new car, I would go to jail because I'm stealing.

  • So, I would get or I got a new car because you gave it to me.

  • Thank you.

  • I can have more than one.

  • So, Ronnie got new cars from the help of everyone out there.

  • Oh, no I didn't?

  • Okay.

  • So, you would say: "I got new cars."

  • For Ronnie.

  • If you took the car, you would be stealing it.

  • Bad people; don't steal cars.

  • What about this one?

  • If I say: "I ____ a car."

  • This is an example.

  • If you steal it, you would say: "I took a car", but don't tell people.

  • Right?

  • Then you get caught.

  • So, this, if you take a car, this is without permission; very bad.

  • The last one: If you are on medication or you have to take some drugs...

  • No, no, no, not that kind of drugs.

  • We call medication "pills", so pills are things that the doctor gives you to help you.

  • Do you think you get pills every day or do you take pills every day?

  • So, you think about it.

  • You wake up in the morning, there are the pills.

  • There's no one there.

  • There's no one there to serve you the pills, so you are going to do the action yourself;

  • you are going to take your pills.

  • So, you can say: "I took..." or "Every day I take my pills."

  • So, I want you to understand something very important about English grammar and confusing

  • verbs is a lot of the time there are exceptions to the rules or exceptions to an idea.

  • For example, if I say: "I am going to take a dump"...

  • "Why is that funny, Ronnie?

  • 'Take a dump', what does that mean?

  • Why?

  • Where are you taking it and what is a dump?"

  • So, a dump means a poo or number two, or a big...

  • I can't say that word; it's a bad word, but it's "s-h-i-t".

  • So, if you have to take a big dump, you're going to say: "I am going to take a dump."

  • And then it's confusing because when you do the action, there's only one person.

  • I hope.

  • Right?

  • There's only one of you.

  • And you don't need permission; you're doing it yourself.

  • But you're not actually receiving anything.

  • The toilet is receiving something, but you're not.

  • So this is an exception to the rule.

  • You're definitely not... someone's definitely not giving you the dump; that would be disgusting,

  • but you're taking the dump.

  • So, we have to be careful with our English verbs because there are many exceptions to

  • this.

  • I'm going to take a lesson.

  • Huh?

  • Are you stealing my lessons?

  • Oh.

  • Are you stealing my lessons again?

  • Flattery.

  • No, don't steal my lessons.

  • So, if you take something without permission, somebody might steal your poo.

  • Go ahead.

  • You got my poo.

  • Awesome.

  • So, confusing verbs: "get", "got"; "take", "took".

  • They're so confusing, we have extra rules for them.

  • If you have more confusing verbs that you would like me to put in a lovely video, please

  • comment; and maybe, if you're lucky, I'll do them for you.

  • Okay?

  • Go.

  • Comment.

  • Bye.

Hi, there.

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