Difference between Lunch, Dinner, Supper

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[@rendellbarreto2382]

Hi, I am from Brazil, do you use the term brunch for meal?

[@chandrapaldabria1947]

Lovely jenny

[@mohammedmaqsoodali8733]

India🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳

[@mabmab6260]

I've tried both Dinner and Supper. I have to tell you that they are different. Dinner is pretty good. It tastes good. Supper is pretty gross. It tastes disgusting. That's the big difference. If someone is going to serve you "Dinner" it is probably going to taste good. If someone is going to serve you "Supper" it is probably going to be pretty gross. That's the difference.

[@azerbaycan6303]

Hello, Thanks teacher. Hello from Azerbaijan❤🇦🇿

[@JForrestEnglish]

Hello!

[@user-mykola-melnyk]

When I studied at school, my teacher taught that dinner is mid-day meal and supper is last meal of the day. Approximately а year ago I understood, that dinner and lunch is not the same :)

[@JForrestEnglish]

You're the best! 😘

[@didboy74]

Dinner for lunch is a Midlands or Northern thing. However school lunches are served by dinner ladies lol.

[@Louie-w9u]

First off Thank you for this video... If I may share how I was raised (late 1960's small town Illinois) Mid-day meal at home ie 11:am - 1:pm = Dinner Last meal of the day at home; 5:pm-6:pm = Supper If at work or school... mid-day meal, 11:am - 1:30pm = Lunch A special occasion (A date) Last meal of the day 7:pm-8:30pm = Dinner Also; from about May 8th until October 18th = a treat on the porch at 9:pm ( ie ice cream on peach cobler... for example) If at home that day; Breakfast = 7:am-8:am Work or school; Breakfast = 6:am-7:am Mid morning snack= 9:ish Something along the lines of; Celery with cream cheese or cucumber slices. Coffee for the adults Sun brewed sweet Tea later in the day

[@JForrestEnglish]

Amazing job! 🥳

[@williamgomez4754]

It is an amazing approach to teach English

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William Gómez glad you enjoyed!

[@chrisdugas1226]

I've been thinking about this alot. I say breakfast, lunch, dinner. My parents always say breakfast, dinner, supper.

[@JForrestEnglish]

Yeah mine too when I was a kid.

[@nalinispkc8432]

Very Nice..simply explained

[@JForrestEnglish]

Thanks for watching!

[@hamedamanzadeh7250]

Many thanks for this nice video, specially for historical points.

[@JForrestEnglish]

Glad you enjoyed the history! I enjoyed learning about that too ;)

[@juliogutierrez5818]

Thank you honey for the excellent explanation, now is clear for me

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Thanks for watching! 😁

[@PauloSilva-il8wf]

Good efternoon teacher-coach Jennifer Forrest !!!

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Hey Paulo!

[@PauloSilva-il8wf]

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[@Jawaher-haji]

thank you Jenifer for the historical information about the names of the daily meals,,appreciated.

[@JForrestEnglish]

Glad you enjoyed! It was interesting for me to research as well. 😄

[@zuhrihidayat1919]

Hi Jennifer, my name is Zuhri from Indonesia. Thanks a lot for the the information. Now, i understand clearly between dinner and supper 👍

[@JForrestEnglish]

Awesome! 😁

[@akramsha970]

Thanks

[@JForrestEnglish]

Thank you so much! 😊

[@zeina9290]

Hello Jennifer you are brilliant 😘

[@JForrestEnglish]

Glad you enjoyed the video!

[@zazajibladze2226]

Hi Jennifer! Thanks a lot for this lesson. My biggest meal of the day is lunch.

[@JForrestEnglish]

Interesting, seems to be quite popular!

[@acykiks9772]

Thank you so much..

[@maurorosario9977]

Greetings from Angola 🇦🇴

[@JForrestEnglish]

Greetings! Thanks for being here :)

[@Guillermo19548]

Interesting, thanks as usual.

[@JForrestEnglish]

Glad you enjoyed! This was fun to research :)

[@manpreetgill1636]

nice video🤗🤗

[@hydrolito]

British woman in another video says in some parts of Britain Supper is a big meal and in other parts it is a late-night snack. They also have brunch that starts between 9:30 and 11: am. They also have tea and high tea.

[@atlantia]

In the UK we are now split on this, upper class would always call it breakfast, lunch, dinner, lower class called it breakfast, dinner, tea, and sometimes supper before bed, but times have changing and more and more are calling it lunch and dinner, I live in the north of England and many still call it breakfast, dinner, tea and supper. Tea is always served earlier, between 4 and 6 as this was when the husbands and children came home for the day and mostly served hot, Sunday tea was always cold due to the large Sunday roast dinner

[@JForrestEnglish]

So interesting! Thanks for sharing!

[@lamaa6551]

Here in Saudi Arabia we eat the big meal (kabsa) in the middle of the day, so I think we can call it dinner, and we often have a snack at the end of the day so I think it's better to call it supper ♥️

[@JForrestEnglish]

Interesting! 😍

[@liveoakgap7489]

@@JForrestEnglish it's proper etiquette.

[@jdcc8657]

Dinnertime in the Midwest was between five and eight pm, but suppertime was ten between 9:30 to 1:00 pm.

[@JForrestEnglish]

That's so interesting, @jdcc8657! Thanks for sharing! 😄

[@kathulachandrashekar7888]

NICE EXPLANATION BETWEEN DINNER AND SUPPER .THANKS A MILLION .

[@JForrestEnglish]

Glad you enjoyed!

[@kashifalikhan5124]

Great

[@JForrestEnglish]

Thanks for watching!

[@Guillermo19548]

I am from Venezuela 🇻🇪.

[@JForrestEnglish]

Awesome to have you!

[@MrJay197409]

Brunch too.

[@JForrestEnglish]

Totally!

[@chrissargeofficial9609]

Hi Teacher, Supper is any meal had from 4 p.m. till late. And dinner can be seen as a special kind of supper that sometimes comes occasionally, a lot more food is served than at supper.

[@JForrestEnglish]

Thanks for your comment :)

[@44bthknuckles]

do one on brunch and linner aka (lupper)

[@JForrestEnglish]

Or dunch (dinner + lunch) 😆

[@mcritzerleadershipseok7664]

Breakfast (or break your fast) lunch/luncheon/dinner, and supper

[@JForrestEnglish]

I didn't know that's where "breakfast" comes from. Wow, thanks for sharing!

[@rikkiburgess1960]

What book uses the word supper? What book seems to be read more in agricultural areas?

[@JForrestEnglish]

Great questions!

[@ibomchatourangbam7580]

go to d point

[@therealboomshlamian700]

I never have been confused with breakfast or lunch but I have been confused by supper and dinner because sometimes my mom uses supper and dinner interchangeably usually it’s dinner though also I usually eat dinner/supper at 3 - 6pm

[@JForrestEnglish]

Haha, thanks for sharing!

[@liveoakgap7489]

So I three dinners a day?

[@nozrep]

makes sense pretty much. Growing up as a city boy from the ‘burbs, we always called Sunday lunch after church, “Sunday dinner”, whether or not we stayed at home and cooked or went to a restaurant. But the rest of the week, we still called lunch, lunch. And the evening meal wad dinner. My grandma used the word supper but yah with the evolution of language, we never did. I am intentionally trying to restart saying the word “supper”, however. Because, I very much enjoy the puzzeld looks that I get from it. And I take great solace in the secret condescension or snobbery that I think about when I see the puzzled look of a face who is either uneducated or does not read history or watch history videos often. I am talking about lifelong English speakers too. I am NOT talking about English as their second language speakers. But yah, supper!

[@JForrestEnglish]

Interesting, thanks for sharing.

[@calebbrown551]

I say breakfast. But living in the south it seems we alternate lunch and dinner. For example every Sunday after church we have a big Sunday dinner between noon and 2. Then later on around 7 we have supper. But any other day of the week its breakfast, lunch, and supper.

[@Patrick76399]

So if we get a lunch break at work that means we are not meant to eat lunch a home?

[@sxmmii_gxchaa774]

30 years ago I read that dinner is for big meal that is prepared with a lot of stuff, but supper is prepared with less stuff.🙏

[@JForrestEnglish]

Thanks so much for sharing, @sxmmii_gxchaa774! 😄

[@vivalavida6505]

Thanks a lot for the lesson. Can I ask you a question? It's about 'know your way around '. I got the meaning, but to pronouncie linking together 'way ' with 'around' is not easy to me , I usually get stuck between two words because of vowel sound + vowel sound. Do you have any tips for me?

[@JForrestEnglish]

I'll add this to my list of future videos, as pronunciation isn't something you can explain in text. It's about sound, so you need to hear it, not see it.

[@vivalavida6505]

Thanks a lot.

[@diprabaidya8299]

In India we take the last meal of the day in between 9 p.m to 11 p.m. In my home we take it between 10 p.m to 10: 30 p.m. And the average Indian family takes it last meal of the day arround this time.

[@carloskross818]

Thank you, I was studying "the marriage supper of the Lamb" in the book of Revelation 19:6-9, and I now have a better understanding! Thank you. As Christians we are called labourers for the harvest (Matthew 9: 38). So after a days work we only need supper. What do you think? God bless you!

[@JForrestEnglish]

Interesting!

[@liveoakgap7489]

The lord's supper.

[@mahmoudali-u9t]

I heard someone distributed the meals around the day like breakfast, brunch, elevenses, lunch, tea, supper, and dinner. Could you tell me the right?

[@JForrestEnglish]

That's a great idea!

[@thebliever1]

Y r great

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Thanks for watching!

[@didboy74]

Breakfast (pre 11 meal). Brunch for those wake up late and have time to brunch with no pressure of work. Elevenses is for winnie the pooh and those who breakfast early and usually a light snack, Lunch large meal if not working - however for most working folks its a light meal sandwiches etc , Tea light meal approx 4 to 5 pm, Dinner largest meal, Supper light meal after 8, Midnight feast for greedy guts eating cold cut sandwiches after a sunday roast or a holiday dinner. Note Tea also means dinner in parts of Scotland and the north. Also Dinner can also mean lunchtime meal in Midlands

[@JForrestEnglish]

Thank you so much! 😊

[@govindasubedi2592]

I’m an intermittent faster. My first meal is around 2pm. Is that my breakfast? Because it breaks my overnight fast.

[@JForrestEnglish]

That's an interesting one. We really only use breakfast in the morning, so best to say "lunch" ;) Ex/ I have lunch at 2:00 pm. It's my first meal of the day because of intermittent fasting.

[@АлександрТеслюк-ш9х]

We live in Ukraine, and in our family it is customary to have the heartiest breakfast. Lunch is a little easier. But since we have lunch at 4 o’clock, we often go without dinner. Or we eat fruit for dinner. Fruits and vegetables are constantly present on our table. We eat soups and dairy dishes all the time.

[@JForrestEnglish]

It's cool to hear about how mealtime customs vary in different cultures.

[@wafiyaimtiyaz6034]

I m from India and here we eat breakfast lunch supper and dinner at morning midday evening and night respectively

[@JForrestEnglish]

Oh so you have two meals in the evening? Interesting! Thanks for sharing!

[@PauloSilva-il8wf]

I love you so much, your work is so good, your sign-perforn on it is awesome, thanks a lot and congratulations !!!

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Thanks, I'm glad you enjoyed!

[@richardhendrix7894]

for my family dinner was around 5 to 6 pm and supper came after around 8 to 9pm.. Breakfast ,brunch, lunch, dinner ,supper was more formal. Midnight snack hum.

[@aparecidoferreiravais321]

Hi Jennifer how are you doing As always your videos are excellent and very helpful and you're amazing teacher Have a nice day and merry Christmas my beautiful teacher 😉👍

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Thanks, I'm glad you enjoyed! And Merry Christmas to you too :)

[@aparecidoferreiravais321]

@@JForrestEnglish you're amazing person Merry Christmas and Happy New Year for you and your family 😉👍

[@liveoakgap7489]

In Europe, dinner was the noon meal.

[@sageerahamad.9320]

U R Osm.

[@JForrestEnglish]

Not really sure what that means. I think you mean "awesome". If so, thanks!

[@kashifalikhan5124]

Super

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Thanks for watching :)

[@hydrolito]

Midnight snack or sometimes after midnight snack is last meal.

[@PauloSilva-il8wf]

Here in my country area, we get a big meal at the lunch. It act between 11am to 2pm .

[@JForrestEnglish]

Cool, thanks for sharing!

[@MsSSnow]

brunch?

[@JForrestEnglish]

That's a great one. It's a combination of breakfast/lunch, generally eaten between 10 am - 2 pm.

[@jameslong1644]

When I spent time in the South Supper was an earlier dinner.

[@JForrestEnglish]

Interesting!

[@franklinrogers6388]

I cant imagine trying to learn English from scratch, it's too specific and there's a ton of interchangeable words. I respect any foreigner at least trying, and I'll definitely work with them. Some folks ignorantly say "SPEAK ENGLISH", not so easy considering many of our citizens can barely speak it let alone write it.

[@HakimMoussalli-ck5fs]

My largest meal of the day is lunch

[@JForrestEnglish]

That's so interesting, @HakimMoussalli-ck5fs! Thanks for sharing! 😄

[@HakimMoussalli-ck5fs]

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[@siambawixtar1272]

In North East India, (mostly) we have two heavy meals in a day. How should I call them? Both as "Dinner" ???? 1. 8-10 AM 2. 5-7 PM

[@JForrestEnglish]

The AM meal is always called breakfast. Just saw "we eat 2 main/heavy meals".

[@fazzaahmed7193]

COoL

[@papinfrancoraherisoa7644]

I am from Madagascar and here we always eat large meal even if in lunch or dinner unless in breakfast

[@JForrestEnglish]

Papin Franco Raherisoa cool! Thanks for sharing!

[@mcritzerleadershipseok7664]

Jesus ate the last supper...f*ck dinner, lol

[@Valentina-bw2ef]

My brain and stomach are really confused since I move to Canada I am from Mexico and our eating times are totally different,still not getting adapted to it.

[@JForrestEnglish]

I bet!

[@abdobenbrahim4586]

For me the only difference between all is that my cute teacher has never invited me to eat some of course delicious one hhhh thank you

[@JForrestEnglish]

ABDO benbrahim I’m sure I will one day :)

[@abdobenbrahim4586]

@@JForrestEnglish thank you ,be well

[@hydrolito]

I grew up with breakfast, dinner and supper then after fifth grade went to city school and they used breakfast, lunch and dinner.

[@caromiciomiao]

Hi Jennifer! In ìtaly we call the lunch “pranzo” end it’s very important for us! Usually we eat pasta! Pasta it’s wonderful!

[@JForrestEnglish]

Yumm, I love pasta! I’m jealous of all your delicious Italian dishes! 🍝

[@garyb8186]

On the farm at noon ring the dinner bell. last meal always was supper, I never heard of lunch util i started school.

[@JForrestEnglish]

Interesting! Thanks for sharing.

[@fodilbenayeche]

أهلا وسهلا بك جينيفر

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Hope you enjoyed!

[@fodilbenayeche]

@@JForrestEnglishyes, thank you

[@safwatalakkad7356]

👍🏻

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Thanks for watching!

[@hydrolito]

Some people also call it chow instead of food.

[@نسيبةنسيبة-س3م]

My largest meal of the day is at mid day ,,so I can say,, Breakfast*dinner instead of lunch*and at the end of the day is Supper ** 💕💕

[@JForrestEnglish]

Awesome! Thanks for sharing :)

[@paulocesardacunha1149]

In Brazil we say that in the morning, King's coffee, prince's lunch and commoner's dinner ... hahaha.

[@JForrestEnglish]

Oh cool! thanks for sharing :)

[@tristanvarsovia]

Breakfast, lunch, supper Dinner refer to a formal meal or a bigger meal with coueses.

[@JForrestEnglish]

Whoo hoo, way to go! 🏆

[@mcritzerleadershipseok7664]

Supper comes from Latin, supere, the last (meal) and dinner comes from French, to dine

[@JForrestEnglish]

Good to know!

[@rabeemotar8007]

Here in Iraq some people eat in the afternoon this is called here Asriya Rabee from Iraq

[@JForrestEnglish]

Thanks for sharing!

[@Patrick76399]

If someone asks you “what did you have for lunch today?” on your day off from work you can technically says nothing because you didn’t get a lunch break since you are not work?

[@Logcly]

In Nova Scotia lunch and dinner are used interchangeably, I call it both depending on the situation and supper is always supper. If I packed a lunch I’d say it’s lunch time, if I was going to restaurant on break I’d say dinnertime.

[@JForrestEnglish]

Very interesting! Thanks for sharing. It's really cool to see how this usage changes from place to place.

[@Logcly]

JForrest English yup, on Thanksgiving or any other holiday meal we usually call it dinner because it is usually around 2-3 and seems more of a gathering and event compared to just having supper.

[@nottinghamboy9409]

I agree... I'm 50 and at work we have a dinner break at 1pm. However, my daughter has a lunch break at 1pm. Basically, it often depends on your company, I use dinner with my friends and older generation. But with youngsters . Also, in Manchester or north of England it's usually dinner. In the south it's often lunch. I'm from Nottingham and noticed the difference when I traveled south.

[@jdcc8657]

Supper is a small meal or snack before bedtime.

[@JForrestEnglish]

WHOO HOO! 🥳

[@whiteoldwolf6051]

👏👏👍👍🧿

[@JForrestEnglish]

Thanks for watching! 😁

[@mahdimallaki]

My largest meal is lunch because I'm at work and I have a lot of thinking activity and I become very hungry at about 1 pm to 2 pm

[@JForrestEnglish]

Cool, thanks for sharing!

[@liveoakgap7489]

You eat your dinner and lunch.

[@rogerwelsh2335]

This was painful Why was breakfast and lunch even mentioned and why were we talked to like children

[@JForrestEnglish]

This video is for non-native English speakers, perhaps that's why you found the tone too basic ;)

[@heatherhenderson139]

Lmaooooo riiiite!

[@heatherhenderson139]

...I tried friend but I can't even finish this 🤣

[@atlantia]

Roger, growing up I never know what "A lunch" was till I was in my 20 and it started to become a fingle fangle way of saying oh look at me i'm posh I say lunch now,

[@wannlopes]

I'm Brazil and my biggest meal is of mid-day

[@JForrestEnglish]

Interesting, thanks for sharing!

[@ketchup2115]

Watching this a year ago was completely different

[@metropolitanenglish]

Long story short. SUPPER= informal meal eaten at home DINNER= Tends to be the term chosen when the meal is more formal. Done.

[@JForrestEnglish]

That's what I thought too!

[@prabhusankar8346]

She speaks so slow, the way she speaks is like ballet 😄

[@JForrestEnglish]

Way to go! 🙌

[@mcritzerleadershipseok7664]

Kinda...we say breakfast, like have you eaten breakfast. Or, you can say, have you broken your fast? Or, did you break fast.

[@JForrestEnglish]

Interesting!

[@stephenpitt6363]

Supper is a late night snack, ie a fourth meali

[@JForrestEnglish]

Stephen Pitt ah interesting guess!

[@liveoakgap7489]

@@JForrestEnglish breakfast, brunch, lunch, dinner, and supper. I try to get all of them in.

[@tHepAnT_]

U speak very slow might be cos of everyone to understand..i had to fwd this video than also i thought its quite slow

[@morehn]

I always thought dinner was more formal and European, while supper was cheaper type of food and more American

[@JForrestEnglish]

WHOO HOO! 🥳

[@thinthinkhine4578]

We eat largest meal breakfast . 🎉

[@JForrestEnglish]

Oh wow, that's great!

[@morehn]

I believe supper comes from soup. Soup is zup in German. Light meal.

[@JForrestEnglish]

Thanks for watching! 😁

[@ibomchatourangbam7580]

no time consuming comments

[@jayjay-bz3rr]

Breakfast is breaking your fast from not eating over night. 🥚 🥓 ☕️

[@JForrestEnglish]

Way to go! 🙌

[@kaveellilmohun2453]

breakfast lunch and supper

[@JForrestEnglish]

Cool!

[@manuelcampos2357]

Come on

[@dong6839]

Uptalk and vocal fry? makes me wince. It's like nails on a chalkboard!

[@JForrestEnglish]

Thanks for watching!

[@primeautism2355]

In the German language we only have "Frühstück (Breakfast), Mittagessen (Lunch/Dinner) and Abendbrot (Supper)".

[@JForrestEnglish]

Oh wow, thanks for sharing!

[@jdcc8657]

There is brunch, which is between breakfast and lunch.

[@JForrestEnglish]

That's awesome! 🤩

[@manuelcampos2357]

Dinner