Name: What's the difference between GET and TAKE?
Uploaded: 2019-03-04T01:43:05.000Z
Duration: 13 min 9 s
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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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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;

I got a cold because somebody gave it to me.

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

"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.

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

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

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