Explain or Explain Me? - Fix a Common Mistake with this English Verb

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Glad you liked it. - Jay

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Thanks a lot! Your British English is so sweet and understandable! By the way, you've explained the topic very well =)

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Yours videos helps me a lot. I am brazilian and I'm a beginer.

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Great to meet you Raimundo. If you are a beginner. you might find these videos easiest to enjoy: www.simpleenglishvideos.com/videos/elementary/

[@WSandig]

Thank you a lot, I'm pretty sure native german speakers make this mistake quite often because the german word “mir“ can mean both, “me“ and “to me“, depending on the context. And it usually follows the german word for explain if you ask for a reason.

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Thanks so much for this Wolfram. You're right. My German students DO make this mistake. And lots of other students do as well - it's a tough one.

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[@SimpleEnglishVideos]

Oh great use of 'explain' Dudoky! It's great to have you with us. Thanks for writing.

[@marymar5646]

Great great great!!! And now you have to explain how your videos can be so funny and so helpful at the same time...

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Ha! So glad you liked it Marymar. Thanks so much for writing.

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Thanks so much Claudio! Come back next week!

[@deividalmeida7393]

Hi, from Brazil! Nice way to EXplain mistakes in English!

[@SimpleEnglishVideos]

Hi Deivid and greetings to you in Brazil. Glad you liked the video and thanks for writing.

[@ashubhai1]

Another Great Video in a Humorous way...

[@SimpleEnglishVideos]

So glad you liked it Ashish. It's great to have you with us.

[@ceciliashecre9902]

You've explained it all right!

[@SimpleEnglishVideos]

That's good to hear. Thanks Cecilia!

[@KenzoAngel]

So clear now. I have never learnt this lesson but I used to use « explain » properly because « explain me » sounds weird to my ears 😅

[@SimpleEnglishVideos]

Hi MINH T. We're really pleased this video was helpful Thanks for letting us know and thanks for watching.

[@melindavermes5139]

It was a real funny one! Very easy learn from u! Thank u!

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[@mollietai8946]

Simple English explains well.

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Ha! Thanks Mollie!

[@dipo4599]

This channel explained "explain" very well to us. :)

[@SimpleEnglishVideos]

Ha! That's good to hear Diego! Thank you!

[@sheno2012]

Thank you, this was very helpful. Keep the good work!

[@SimpleEnglishVideos]

Delighted you liked it. Thanks Shenouda.

[@سميرة-ط6ذ]

Thank u both of u ....I would like to know what is the different between hard and explain

[@SimpleEnglishVideos]

Hi Samra. I'm not sure what you mean. Explain means telling somebody about something in a way that makes it easy to understand. Hard has several different meanings. For example, difficult, not soft,

[@altrefrontiere2354]

It's hard to explain the difference between "hard" and "explain". :) There's no correlation here: "hard" is an adjective and means "difficult" (in this case) and "explain" is a verb. Samra, your question is hard to understand, explain yourself better :)

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Thanks so much Cristina!

[@NickLiao]

Thank you so much. zzzzzzz .....

[@SimpleEnglishVideos]

Ha! Enjoy your sleep Nick but please wake up for next week's lesson.

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Haha it's my favorite video! That's funny and I Iearned a lot,thank you♡

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Büşra Güldü, We're so glad you liked this video. Thanks for letting us know and thanks for watching.

[@hiddendream91]

Thank you for explaining 😊

[@SimpleEnglishVideos]

You're very welcome MalaMi. :-)

[@dreamy2206]

Oh wow! How great! Another new and great idea for your videos! I liked it very much! Thank you! :-)

[@dreamy2206]

Hilarious acting! :-) :-)

[@SimpleEnglishVideos]

That's great to hear. Thanks Dreamy.

[@LaMansionDelIngles]

Very well explained!

[@SimpleEnglishVideos]

Ha! I've just written a skit for us to shoot when you come over, Craig.

[@LaMansionDelIngles]

looking forward to it!

[@bbc953]

could you to do a video explain when to use ' just" please??. I love your videos thanks

[@SimpleEnglishVideos]

Oh what a great question. Thank you for that. I'll add it to the list.

[@aparecidoferreiravais321]

Hi Vicki Hi Jay thanks for yours videos

[@SimpleEnglishVideos]

Thank you so much Aparecido. We're so glad you like them.

[@hernandorodriguez7084]

Hello vicky. Thank you very much for this video. "That explains it"

[@SimpleEnglishVideos]

That's excellent. Thanks Hernando!

[@aisardarwisy8494]

Good explanation, i could not explain it .👍👍👍

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Glad it helped

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I like you ! and your videos ! Thanks !!!

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That's great to hear. Thank you Irina.

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Greaaattttt!! Super funny!

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So glad you like it Miriam. Thanks for writing.

[@Theyoutuberpolyglot]

what an unusual power you have. How do you manage to have a conversation when people fall asleep when you're next to them?

[@SimpleEnglishVideos]

Ha! This is Vicki. Jay's very good at it. :-)

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Thanks a million!

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You're very welcome Gema!

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You are most welcome, Taher. Thanks for watching our videos.

[@maurocarvalho1148]

In Brazilian Portuguese, the verb "explain" (=explicar) is both transitive and intransitive verb. It might be followed by a preposition or not depending on the context.

[@SimpleEnglishVideos]

Thanks for sharing this Mauro. :-)

[@Aspro4]

It may also be useful to point out that the English noun derived from the verb “to explain” is “explanation”, so it looks different from the French word “explication”, which has the same meaning.

[@SimpleEnglishVideos]

Great point Aspro4. Thank you. :-)

[@thiagomenezes547]

Amazing class. I always used wrong hahaha (explain me) Ohhh my gosh!!!

[@SimpleEnglishVideos]

So glad it was useful Thiago! Thanks for writing.

[@gabor6259]

Can you do a video on the verb 'dare', please?

[@SimpleEnglishVideos]

Oh yes, that's a tricky verb. Thanks for this suggestion Gabor. :-)

[@rozram8315]

Could you explain how you are so sweet and kind? ❤️

[@SimpleEnglishVideos]

That's an excellent use of 'explain' Raziyeh. Good job.

[@juliocesarlimadesousa9109]

Hi Vicki! Hi Jay! Here's my example: In this great lesson, Vicki and Jay explained how to use the verb "explain" correctly. I'll see you next week. Bye!

[@SimpleEnglishVideos]

Perfect Julio! Just perfect! :-)

[@ashubhai1]

Love you Ma'am

[@terrydawson1153]

No child likes hearing an angry "Explain yourself!"

[@SimpleEnglishVideos]

Indeed not, Terry. :-)

[@PetrVetchinkin-k7d]

Hello, Simple English) I've got a question. What is more correct? How do you think OR What do you think? Some sources say it's not correct to say 'how do you think?' But I've heard both forms... Please, help me to find it out)

[@SimpleEnglishVideos]

Great question! If you want to know someone's opinion, the standard question would be 'What do you think?' But also note that we often ask 'How do you feel?" This means much the same thing, is also correct and is very common. If people say 'How do you think?' it's probably a slip. They are creating a blend of the two questions - so they start to ask one question but change half way through. We're all human so I expect we've all done that. :-) . But this slip makes no sense because it would mean, 'What physical processes do you go through to think?' so the answer would have to be something like 'I go to a dark room and fire up the neurons in my brain.' Very strange. :-) Hope this helps.

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Jay is Super funny..

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Hi Kailas. Vicki here and I agree with you! :-)

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[@maanomalik3417]

please tell me....shut the door or close the door... close your eyes or shut you eyes. whats the differnce in shut and close? can v use both? plz expound me

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Oh what a great question!. We'll try to make a video about it Maano.

[@ivetcitamedrano6733]

I have to think of a way to explain him and his actions . I have to think of a way to explain his behavior and actions .

[@felicitytang6207]

I have problems with the pronunciation with “youth/youths”、“cloth/clothes”、“wavelength/wavelengths” …… could you pls teach me？thx！

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Oh, great suggestions Felicity. I'll add them to the list. Thanks for writing.

[@e-jolima1845]

😴 Somnia man shouldn't speak anyway lol. Thank you Vicki and Jay.

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Thanks E-JO!

[@BilqisBibil]

would you like to teach us for ielts?(preparation) I'm sorry for bad grammar

[@SimpleEnglishVideos]

Hi Bilqis. I made some videos with my friend Craig about a different Cambridge exam earlier this year and we would like to make some about IELTS in the future as well. It won't happen soon though I'm afraid.

[@Theyoutuberpolyglot]

Vicky, why means and not mean. Could you explain what this word means? You don't use means in interrogative or negative sentences, only in affirmative sentences. There is also a modal verb could.

[@SimpleEnglishVideos]

I'm not sure if I understand the question, but let me take a shot at the anser. 'Mean' is a normal verb. So we'd say 'I mean...' 'You mean....' but 'It means....' because it takes the third person s in the present simple. WE'd form questions and negatives with 'do and 'does'.

[@Theyoutuberpolyglot]

@@SimpleEnglishVideos Yes I know Can You explain what this word means? I see the interrogation icon? Can you explain what this word mean? Why is it wrong? He means, but what does he mean? not what does he means? That is why I asked about the verb to mean. Why do you write Can you explain what this word means? Is this a question. If I see the symbol? For me means a question. Vicky, I know the rule, but here I don't understand why you wrote means instead of mean. Hang on a second- Could you explain- that is a question- What this word means- this part of the sentence is no longer an interrogative sentence.

[@SimpleEnglishVideos]

Ah, these are embedded questions. The question mark belongs to the 'can you' bit at the start. Let me give you a link to a video we made about them: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hne3n6FuZ8qVqJI

[@maanomalik3417]

wear your school bag ,hang your school bag or carry your school bag ...which one is correct? for example...i say to my child hang ur school bag on your shoulder...is it correct? tell me

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Oh great question. My quick answer is I'd probably say 'Carry your school bag on you shoulder' in this context. I've added it to a list of questions and we'll try to make a video about it Maano.

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Thanks Imran!

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You explained a verb to us.

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Ha! We hoped it was clear Kamlesh.

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[@michelesilvestri3672]

I've always said EXPLAIN US..... No!!! Pls is there a difference between Forsake and Abandon and Desert? Thx

[@SimpleEnglishVideos]

So glad it was useful. And that's an interesting question Michele. Forsake and abandon are quite formal words. Perhaps we can make a video about this.

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Thanks

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You're very welcome Eddie!