"I seen it" and other stupid mistakes

[@xz9261]

Absolutely , better than my school English teacher .

[@andalanraihad6817]

A LOT BETTER

[@barssen3901]

our english teacher sucks its like we students are teaching her

[@hemaarya4950]

So true

[@yujinnn._.8]

EXACTLY!

[@timanosik7931]

Indeed

[@PlanetRockJesus]

I love this. No matter how you look, it's good to have a solid understanding of basic grammar. No matter what you might think, people do judge you by the way you speak. And, bad grammar can severely limit your career opportunities.

[@andreapoppini3993]

@@AfiaMurutasibo no! You were struggling with English. Now you can watch engvid

[@jaimecastillo4521]

wow, I have always thought "ain't" was correct because I saw it on movies or maybe at school. You are an excellent teacher!

[@johnajsumulong5475]

Ain't is informal

[@lionforceful3919]

Rush hour 1. when Chris Tucker said it like that

[@richarvasquez76]

I´ve "seen" some of your videos and I like the way how you teach. If I "were" you, I will continue guiding those who don't know the correct ways to use English. Some people "aren't" paying attention to this privilege to have you as a teacher.

[@jincyroby2602]

I think it should be paying ATTENTION

[@richarvasquez76]

@@jincyroby2602 you´re right

[@arizonacolour8793]

You can remove the word "how" at the beginning

[@applejuices]

If I were you, I *would continue

[@wojtas2524]

I don't think I have any problems with my English, I just love to watch these videos :D

[@alanmiranda9313]

So, can you teach me? Ahahah

[@TouchofShunshine]

It's weird. I am a native speaker and I watch James. I was surfing videos and found his channel.

[@artemisfowl3rdchannel612]

Likewise.

[@saeidsaber2522]

You are great man, I can undrestand almost 90percent of your points easily.

[@Ahmed_Alhatimi]

Ghalib Ahmad Good for you

[@wuggydoofx3]

I always use "if I were you" becasue Beyonce sings "if I were a boy" :D

[@kaskaokaos]

After two years in New Zealand I don't think that my English is that bad, but I still watch your videos because they give me confidence :) I hate making mistakes when I talk to someone, which usually happens when I'm talking to people that I don't know...by the way, you're a really good teacher!

[@abdelrhmanahmed8894]

it's been 10 years , how's your English now ?

[@Sergiocrivelin]

hahah this guy is awesome

[@kezangthinley8]

hahahah this guy is awesome

[@pratikgupta7373]

hahahah this guy is awesome

[@gonzalo4658]

hahahahah this guy is waesome

[@vitaliinnest]

Haha

[@ddrci88]

He ain't that that awesome

[@arianoooamari6949]

This man is pure gold! Protect him at all costs!

[@dominiqueriosDP]

You are really a good teacher, thanks James!

[@malewisdom99]

When i'm watching some of your videos i realize how time goes quickly... Really you are the best english teacher in whole youtube... Thank you for share with us your precious knowledge!!!

[@oiuyoiuo]

This guy is really awesome! I wish I had a teacher like him

[@samox5866]

You'v got a fantastic sense of humor

[@7afiz-Crypto]

15 people ain't got time for that!

[@bulgab9657]

hahah

[@mansdoctooor]

haha

[@haskoabdrg5792]

hehe

[@tressinar]

7afiz you seen that too huh

[@adancabreara6436]

If I was them, I would like the video anyway.

[@Wesmosis]

Am a libyan doctor living in Canada, I appreciate what you're doing :) Thank you so much

[@kimkimteacher]

Thank you so much! I'm sharing this with my students Monday. Your funny style of teaching this will help the message get through.

[@skylend3884]

This guy has magic when explaining things

[@Dantriel]

Awesome guy! Awesome lessons, I will go through all of them now to strengthen my grammar skills. Thank you!

[@minjonparappilly]

You are the teacher that every student needs.

[@samaracatto7274]

All videos from engvid are wonderful and very instructive. I really enjoy tem...

[@ДжэмАлтун]

Even though I do not have any problems with English, I cannot stop myself from watching him. I really think he is gifted.

[@bassamabulela]

"Yo man, it ain't that good, I won't see it if I was you!" "I seen it too, it ain't that good, he's right!!" "I was thinking to myself, I need some new friends" ROFL 🤣

[@Happypotato917]

What’s the point of this comment

[@_DashingAdi_]

@@Happypotato917 to express his opinion

[@tiong7787]

Honestly, I could not catch up to you previously and got less understanding because you speak so fast, but now with the help of subtitles the situation is different, the impression you have made on me is far more better than before when there was no subtitles, so thank you very much and subtitles as well.

[@bethshair]

Hey James. I'm a native English speaker learning Spanish and I stumbled onto your vids. The title of this vid caught my eye because I've been hearing other native speakers take this mistake one step further. They say SEENT. "I SEENT it". Or "I SEENT him yesterday." Horrible, horrible English lol. I cringe every time I hear it. People don't realize how unintelligent they sound when they speak like this.

[@mohansahareti4678]

Love this. Glad you posted the aint and seen phrases. That drives me up the wall. It’s so common now.

[@smartgirlkitty]

That's really helpful for me! thanks a lot!:) I always hear of my native colleagues saying like ' i seen it' and sometimes ' i have seen it' etc and that really confuses me when to use the correct one, also I found its hard to distinguish when to use p.p and simple past tense, would like to know more about that. Anyway, love your video and please keep going!! xx

[@xochamity]

One of the best teachers in this channel.Excellent.

[@exea]

i saw it-------when? yesterday , last night ,last year , 1 hour ago.. etc i've seen it-- when? (i dont know or is not important)

[@samuelpadiernazapata2978]

androide androgino when you're talking in a participle you cannot say when the action was done

[@yes2542]

androide androgino I saw the movie yesterday. Or I had seen the movie yesterday.

[@jguillermooliver]

If you want to use saw you need to say when that has happed. You don´t need that with the Past Participe. You can say only I´ve seen the movie.

[@drogadepc]

YeshuaJesusisking V "I had seen... yesterday" is incorrect. if it was yesterday than you saw it.

[@ambrosia417]

I'm a native English speaker and this was a helpful refresher for me! Thank you!

[@singerjttm11]

Boy you are good!!! WOW!!!! I have lived ALL OVER the US and I was so happy in the way that you explained or "broke down" the concept of economic stereotyping based upon grammatical usage! VERY impressive! :~D

[@olezcar]

I have no idea how much time you take to create these kind of videos. Really appreciated my friend.

[@sashamackie-proudisraelite2625]

I love this guy! He makes English looks like a walk in the park. I didn't understand how to write a persuasive essay until I watched his video. He is amazing. Damn man, thumbs up to you James! Muah*

[@alchemygbb]

I've heard a lot of expressions like that in the movies. I don't want to be an idiot. Mr. James you clarify my grammar. Thank you for bringing up this topic to youtube. You are a great teacher.

[@marcoscandido7434]

hi James, I've been studying in Canada for 1 year and so far I can't understand everything young people talk. Do you think you can make a video talking about young vocabularies using their accent? they use too many contractions and different English such as "yo hommi", "ayee". BTW this video was so cool, thx!

[@drogadepc]

Marcos Candido slangs

[@ivetterodriguez1994]

Yeah, the school doesn't really teach slang they teach more formal speech. I guess if I had to try to explain "yo homie", it's something along the lines of a very casual "hello, friend" or maybe just person. However, you wouldn't say it in a formal setting.

[@jezzayang749]

Yeah! Good idea.

[@Lubiteljidkosti]

Thanks so much for this video!!! I've been arguing with my colleagues about that for ages! I really love English and the best way to show it is to speak it correctly! Again thanks! So nice to know that there's someone who thinks the same:-)

[@Usernet1]

Thank you very much. You are a excellent teacher

[@johnnylee4135]

***** *an* excellent teacher

[@jhsofficialbluray4573]

@@johnnylee4135 yo i was about to correct the same thing

[@OGornbo]

You're a great teacher. You have been helping me a lot with those videos. Thank you.

[@fjml503]

I have learned a lot with you teacher. Especially in this summer that there's not summer classes in my school. Keep doing this ESL classes. Great job! :-)

[@SunClub2018]

you're one of the most outstanding teachers out there on youtube. thanks for the video teacher.

[@Andrea02carito]

since fourth grade I had the doubt of the " if I were..." Thank you so much!

[@sunnyclaire6378]

Thank you for the possibility to test the lesson understanding.

[@murphygayheart2259]

James..... I believe 'I've seen it' is pronounced as 'I seen it' (not grammatically correct anyway ) because people who usually 'slang' the American English omit certain words because of how fast those people speak. For instance ' what did you say' is spoken as ' what you say/ whatchu say'..........That doesn't make it wrong so long as its recognized accepted and used among Americans

[@viviaguilar29]

Thanks, amazing lesson!

[@otaviofernandes7307]

it Was a pleasure to meet you, but this lession should be in the grammar playlist. A hello from Brazil.

[@Dilon330]

0:31 Hits joint.

[@charliebrownsdad178]

Thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you Please make more videos. I spent years in school for nothing it seems....I work with I Seen all day and it drives me nuts. I salute you.

[@gildardobarrios3115]

That snake with the question mark over its head is funny.

[@SilvanaCostasioux]

I think it's just a video with a talented teacher explaining a little bit about the difference between formal and informal English. Cool.

[@hellomarjory]

loving your videos, funny and helpful

[@MrJuninhoFraga]

James, you are the best teacher ever. Love the way you teach.

[@MrPierangelina22]

I think that, for spanish speakers (i'm spanish speaker), it's hard to hear the difference between "i've seen it before" and "i seen it before", or i'm the only one?

[@sergiomendoza9464]

No, you are not

[@brunopereira3692]

It's true. I'm spanish and portuguese speaker and sometimes I've that difficulty too

[@lucypereira6520]

i'm a spanish speaker too, and i don't have trouble with that, because if you hear it well you'll notice that there is a difference in sound, when they say "i seen it" for us sounds like "ai sinet", but when they say "i've seen it" it sounds more like "av sinet", i know it's hard at first but, the more you hear the natives, the more you'll understand the differences, i'm not an expert that's for sure, just wanted to help you, and i hope i did it.

[@darianamartinez4815]

My native language is spanish and I have the same problem. the famous tongue exercise "la hija del relojero de Guadalajara tiene orejas rojas" is very easy to pronounce

[@domingogaleano3914]

Pier Bonini I'm Spanish speaker too . it's hard to hear the 've. I've seen it

[@ratnamishra6707]

How beautifully you interpret the topic!

[@AlexisCurt]

You made me laugh. Good video. Congratulations from Mexico City ;)

[@alexandrevasconcelos7601]

Hey, man... wanna practice some english together? Add to skype? aleks_kf See u.

[@AlexisCurt]

Where are you from? Are you interested to learn spanish? :)

[@alexandrevasconcelos7601]

For sure!!! I'd love much more learning Spanish. Can you help me with that? By the way, I'm from Brazil.

[@AlexisCurt]

Yeah. For sure. I have no prob with it :) Let me download skpye to add you.

[@alexandrevasconcelos7601]

Thanks a lot, dude! I do appreciate that... Let me know when you're ready for, ok? See you

[@lionforceful3919]

i'm glad that i had already known the solution of these mistakes before James started to explain.

[@bereniceascua4819]

i love the way he explain it! this is a useful chanel

[@jayaflower]

*channel

[@shawnlin4741]

This channel has a lot of good teachers. I especially love James and Adam.

[@businessvelociraptor]

You are AMAZING! Thank you for your effort, I'm actually learning a lot :D

[@Carl1973100]

You're a big help as I am learning Spanish and working with ELLs.

[@missysss8547]

I love everything about you..you look handsome, good entertainer and most importantly you are a very good teacher💖💖

[@chaitziwei2333]

Your method is better than a my English teacher! I wish that you're my English teacher.

[@hellomarjory]

great, great lesson

[@alexmga9303]

Thanks for making this video. I don't use those expressions but one I was thinking to start using them because in every American movie the actors say it all the time.

[@matheusmascarenhas]

If I don't specify the time when the action happened, can I use "I've seen it" instead of saying "I saw it"? Is it right?

[@matheusmascarenhas]

+kookla G. Thank you! :)

[@fatimaessam4632]

yes, you can😊

[@TheVannalle]

+Matheus Mascarenhas The difference lies on what are you trying to say. If you saw a movie and have an opinion about it 'saw' explains it. If you've lived a situation that repeats itself "have seen it' explains it better. For example: I saw you in that bar X I've seen you in that bar. The first on tells you were there one time for sure. The second suggests you were there more than once.

[@OfficialElrax]

+Matheus Mascarenhas well if it doesn't have to do anything in the present and the future then it is.

[@drogadepc]

Matheus Mascarenhas if you only saw a movie once than no, you can't say I've seen. "I saw the Fantastic Four reboot movie once and it was awful" "I've seen Star Wars movies these days".

[@fion4788]

You encourage me to learn English! love you,James

[@lakospeter]

"Well, you didn't seen it, you done saw it, son!" You cracked me up there :)

[@acg088]

I just found Eng Vid lessons and I love them! Thanks for your effort and generosity.

[@Anjinink]

I like you =) easy to understand your speach and that helps me to believe what I know it language well. Take care funnyman!

[@wenrickne]

thank you so much for these lessons they will help me a lot

[@yessyong]

Hi James..you are great and funny teacher.

[@ginalyngahisan8616]

I love the way you teach. Thank you

[@MoeDeta]

but when we stop using aint we wont be able to say "aint nobody got time for dat" :P

[@INOGADGET]

You can say "Nobody has not the time for that"

[@MoeDeta]

indeed i can, but that was not my point, i was remarking on the popular word "aint"

[@locoiamable]

"Nobody has time for that"

[@MoeDeta]

u still missed my point Pharlin Médard

[@goldiewankenobi5853]

Pharlin Médard i think he was joking

[@guilhermeferreira8092]

oh my God, how i love your classes, thank very much to help us, Hugs from Brazil!

[@richwicz]

Native English speakers make grammar mistakes all the time. It's really not that much of a big deal, in my opinion. Native speakers of English aren't going to speak slowly and clearly with perfect grammar for learners.

[@richwicz]

Why, I'm just stating a fact. Native English speakers aren't going to slow down their speaking to accommodate non-English speakers. Why should they? If you can't understand a native speaker because they talk too fast and occasionally make grammar mistakes then that's your problem.

[@johnnylee4135]

Helmut McFranklinstein You don't have to speak slowly to avoid making grammatical errors. It is either "I saw it." or "I've seen it." not "I seen it."

[@kobron1559]

+Ghalib Ahmad wow dude relax lol I think it's good for people learning English to learn the correct way then later learn slang if they like

[@yes2542]

Helmut McFranklinstein Im a native english speaker and trust me, you need good grammer. No one in english ever says "I seen the movie." Its VERY important! You need to at least make since . . . Especially if you want to live in america or england. Of course you can say ain't every once in a while but it depends the state you are in. In Texas its fine they super chill. :) Move to texas its freaking awesome.

[@yes2542]

kobron1559 Ya

[@helianapinho5950]

You're the best teacher ever!!!!

[@angecarrillo7789]

"Ain't No Sunshine" Ain't no sunshine when she's gone It's not warm when she's away. Ain't no sunshine when she's gone And she's always gone too long Anytime she goes away. Wonder this time where she's gone Wonder if she's gone to stay Ain't no sunshine when she's gone And this house just ain't no home Anytime she goes away. - Bill Withers. :DD

[@elizabethhogan3296]

Love this video! This stuff drives me crazy too! Another stupid mistake is when people use the simple past when they SHOULD use the past participle. Example, " I should have went" . Another one is when people say, " If I would have..." Instead of, "If I had...."

[@Gwiedert]

Is it possible to say "have seen" instead of "saw"?

[@dursleysmustache-6769]

Guido B it is.however if there is words which telling you a certain time ,you cannot use" have seen" unless if there aint no"" since " or" for" word :) Example:I've seen him every day since he arrived the city

[@drogadepc]

Guido B have seen suggests a continuous action of seeing. saw on the other hand suggets the opposite. you saw it end of story. so I'd say no you can't use seen instead of saw. at least in most cases and if there's any exception I'd tell you not to use it if you're insecure.

[@lenchenes]

Nope.

[@2degucitas]

Yes. I've seen it. We have seen the movie. Have seen is allowed.

[@oldmanx]

Literally the best teacher ever!

[@АтайБелашаров]

You made me laugh! :)

[@HaniHani-sf6bo]

Thankyou me dear

[@emilesjoseph6542]

Hey Mister James, I love your videos Sir! I am Haitian and have been living in Haiti since my birth, and I love English language. Your lessons are very useful to me, you know. Please give me a holla as soon as you read my message. Shout out to you! Emiles, Haiti.

[@Misswetty214]

Im from Morocco and i like your videos, you are really a good teacher,

[@MrLAntrim]

More Americans need to see this video. Well done.

[@andorei14]

I just fucking love watching his vids!!! :D

[@TheJoeillingworth]

This is great. I'm a native English speaker with decent grammar overall, but I finally understand the "were"/"was" thing. I was basically guessing before. :-)

[@therealabelmagwitch]

If you are going to teach a particular genre of communication or a particular variant of English (General American I guess), you ought to be explicit about that - rather than demeaning fully functional variants of English. One would expect as much from a person claiming enough proficiency to actually teach the language. It is really backwards to think of removing regional variance as "cleaning up our language". (On a side note: many regional variants of English have the possibility of expressing modalities not possible in Standard English grammar.)

[@teo5146]

Erik Nilsson 1) No, not really, he doesn't need to clarify what variant he teaches because it would be wasting valuable time, you can just read his about page. Besides, it's not like you are entitled to that explanation, truly. 2) It's never clear what general American is. There is no general consensus. I have a fairly standard American accent, yet I may pronounce some words slightly differently. 3) «Claiming enough proficiency»? .... No words.

[@Pamhamlet]

He's good! I wish more people would learn what he's teaching.

[@jhsofficialbluray4573]

ya absolutely and the way he does the thing like a comedian , making every moment speical in the video

[@melissaatkinson1732]

AAVE (or African American Vernacular) is a unique dialect of American English with it's own grammar rules, not just "stupid mistakes" as you simply put it. There is nothing wrong with "I ain't that good" it's just not standard English. Obviously, I understand as an English teacher you would need to the standard English, just dismissing AAVE as just "stupid mistake" is off putting and just plain incorrect. I also really cringe when I hear people describe the area where poor people of color live as "the ghetto". Can we stop doing that, god!

[@truongphanquang4788]

bull shits

[@charliebrownsdad178]

I can agree with alternative forms of language, but when a person is in a leadership position or on national television it is ridiculous to hear. I don't use correct grammar when I baby talk with my dog, but when I talk to superiors or elders in public, rules should apply. The rules really should apply.

[@diegoj9030]

What a salty girl!!!! Lmao

[@wg1886]

You are the best teacher.I really love your videos!

[@rane6146]

I thought u broke ur neck at 10.16 lol

[@xEvander685]

Your a phenomenal English teacher. Thank you for helping me improve my english

[@CrestialWintersmith]

There's nothing to do with the way that you spoke your language. Just don't write it on essay or document Because ain't nobody got time fo dat in our convo!

[@murphygayheart2259]

I side with you bro........Many people seem to forget the fact that, spoken language is a different thing all together from the written one

[@calipso2016]

This is just "another great one" from you!! My students saw it in class. Thank you!!

[@GreeneChakra]

LAWD!

[@english4me237]

ain't nobody busisness but i have to watch more of these great videos! Thanx James!

[@nooragh6818]

Any Arabian students ?

[@unknownuserr5121]

Noor Agh way :/

[@marcusmarques845]

Even a person who does not speak English can understand you. thank you (very much 😅) a lot! James you’re the best. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@kozmicluis2552]

Another funny thing ghetto people say is: 'them' instead of 'those.' "Yo, check out them girls."

[@romundahamilton7229]

James, you are a great teacher.

[@ErnestoPetit]

Thanks, I didn't know that expression was not good. It is better because I am learning.