It's the MELODY NOT the PRONUNCIATION that Matters: (Please don't say Please - bonus)

In this bonus video we look at the importance of intonation in English. It's so much more important than pronunciation. It conveys meaning and if you get it wrong you risk being misunderstood. We look at how the same sentence can be say 3 completely different things; politeness, disappointment and sarcasm just by changing the tone of the sentence.
In addition we'll look at why we use different structures to be polite (such as the future continuous, negative sentences and sentences in the past tense.
Before watching this video make sure you watch part 1 here
• PLEASE DON'T SAY PLEAS...
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It always surprises me how people get great content for free and still think it’s okay to be rude and demanding. You showed great humbleness and patience to respond the critics with a even more positive and careful class, you even used music to show to people! You’re a classy elegant professor. Thank you so much for you generosity of giving us free content!

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Thanks for your support

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Anita Ribeiro I totally agree. He’s extremely kind investing his time to create quality content for free and people get triggered, are demanding and complain about everything. Why are they so rude? I just want say THANKs for the classes, I’ ve learned a lot in this channel and I frequently talk about these lessons and how useful and fun they are. Non-conventional, eloquent and interesting, great content. :)

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@@lamambanegra123 people who are complaining in that way usually are called “sociopaths”. I’m telling the naked truth.

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I am sure there is a way to sound sarcastic in every language, even though you are using the most polite form of speaking...

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Yes, if you want to you can.

[@CELINE0355]

All languages have their own musicality ..learning the right rythm and intonation of a sentence with a xylophone is the best tip ever!Thanks so much Gideon!🎶

[@Dr.Oren_26]

In Russian the same way we are talking something about " You couldn't help me?" or "You don't wanna cup of coffe?" It is very polite form. more polite then to say "Please..." Thank for your videos, Teacher)

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Hi ! Brilliant video. A French tourist, I was on holiday in England for the last two weeks, and I really enjoyed your previous one. I learned something ! When I travel abroad, I’m always afraid of being rude because of my speaking. Thanks to you, I used the magic formula « You wouldn’t put some ice in my glass for me, would you ? ». I do think this made me pose as a quite polite person… and I got my water chill enough.

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On the other hand, I wonder what an American could know about "English" ! If you know, what I mean !

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kind of reminds me of a movie I watched when I was a kid. The quote in the movie My Fair Lady (1964) "The Rain In Spain". Only those that watched the movie will get it.

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Wow! The expressive meaning a single phrase might acquire given the intonation is amazing! Sir, your work is pure gold. I am truly thankful for the top-level content you share with us all. Regards from Mexico.

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You write so well I'm sure that quality is winning the battle over quantity. Thanks for suggesting the content for the video it was very appropriate for this one.

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As Anita already said, it is great that you are sharing such sophisticated and useful lessons with all of us for free! I study English for 15 years now and am amazed how many simple but unknown to me features of your language there are! Thank you for showing me your beautiful language from all unexpected angles!

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My deep appreciation for being a great lecturer ...I teach a conversation in Egypt and this topic is an excellent contribution...You are the best indeed.

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I've been listening to ambulance siren three or four times to catch last fraces "fare thee well" and "thou art wonderful". Thank you!

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I just discovered your videos, they are lovely to watch! As a polyglot (6 languages), I always say to people: try to find the song in the language, once you can produce the right song you will be making so much more progress, even if you don't have an extended vocabulary... English is my 3rd language, used very much in my 'previous' life, not so much anymore these days. That is why I really like to watch your videos, it will help me not to loose too much of what I learned in the past. Thank you very much!

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At the end I feel we're learning not only English but also reinforcing some etiquette through your videos. Thank you

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Many, many thanks to you for such an amazing material for free! Your lessons are so important for us to improve the language and to be actually understood by others)

[@brunettapatrizio8983]

Great video, thank you. In Italian we also use negative forms to sound more polite. Inflection and intonation patterns are very important, but unfortunately they are seldom taught. Thank you for the brilliant and enjoyable explanation.

[@ColHogan-bu2xq]

Absolutely wonderful, relevant and useful lesson. Good game ! And thank you !

[@anniekaren2701]

Fantastic!!! I could tell the importance of melody by the way people talk, especially in movies and series, but I had never heard a detailed reasonable explanation before. Thank you to the moon and back.

[@carpediem6568]

This guy's good. I know about poor intonation from non native speakers but never really addressed my own shortcomings in my second language. Definitely will address that. Thanks.

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You are more than a teacher sir, you are an artist

[@ashleyng323]

“You sarcastic manipulative bastard”, punch, hahaha, you’re so funny. I got hooked on your videos because of your humour.

[@NatanFlayer]

In Hebrew we also have only one form of "you" (actually - two forms, masculine and feminine, but with the same level of politeness or lack of). Much like in English, future tense can be applied for a polite request. On rare occasions third person can be used for extra politeness, that also comes with the equivalent of "Highness".

[@Alex.Recchia]

Your videos make me want to study English all day long! Thanks so much. You rally are a PROFESSOR.

[@marcelroberto2270]

Much obliged Mr. Gideon for this amazing video .I've been learning how to use the intonation since January with my londoner professor .

[@rodrox7180]

I just love your classes. Thank you

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Mr. Gideon, your videos are so helpful! Your advices helped me to get my current job. Great video as always. Wish I could meet you someday during my British scholarship. Hope I could get it with your videos too

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Can't believe I found out about this channel only now! What an amazing resource of useful information. So grateful for your fun, instructional videos. Here are all the various ways I can thank you: Ta, cheers, , Thank you, uber thanks and grazie!

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"I don't understand what you're saying British person" jajaja Funny... Excellent video

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Thanks you as always! A real competence booster.

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Hello from Paris France, Now you are so famous in my country .... Monsieur ,vous êtes un tresor thanks!

[@UnschoolingtheSpitz]

I really love this. We definitely use all these in the Southeastern US except the last. Great point about “thou”; I had never even thought of that before ❤

[@vesaher3091]

I saw the video that prompted this one a few minutes ago, and commented that intonation makes the difference (not with those words, but that was the spirit). I'm so happy that I got it right 😅 You are an excellent teacher ❤️

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You are a great help for me as a I student of the English language. Thanks for your content. Greetings from Brazil.

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Fantastic lesson Following you dear professor

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Thanks so much for this content. It is interesting to learn where the misunderstandings start for the ELL.

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Sir, you’re a great and talented teacher, thanks

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that’s correct. I think Gideon is the best you can get here on KZbin. Top quality videos for nonnative speakers

[@LetThemTalkTV]

Thank you. So kind

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This was super interesting!! You are an excellent teacher, entertaining to watch, easy to follow, and the nicest person. Thanks for taking the time to prepare these videos for us, with such useful and original content. I'm an English learner from South America.

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You are a wonderful teacher, I love your Chanel so much. Thank you so much for making all these videos ❤

[@foxylion9200]

*TL;DR Thanks for the video, it's great. "Manipulation" gets a bad wrap. Keep up the great work.* This is the first video I've seen from you. It's fantastic and filled with great insight. I hope to find someone of your caliber once I reach a similar level of B2+ in Russian. In regards to the "manipulation," I speak as a monolingual individual. 1. The word "manipulation" is neither good nor bad, it's neutral. You could manipulate someone to lose weight/give up addiction just as you could manipulate them to kill themselves. 2. Every individual seeks to attain what is in their best interest. Words are a tool to do just that. 3. Everyone is an actor in their own movie. Everything is based on appearances. Politeness is another way of MANIPULATING how you portray yourself in the world. 4. Let's use an example to drive MANIPULATION home. Your grandmother dies. Your mother is devastated. You want your mother at ease. You use chosen words and body language to comfort her. Is it so terrible that you've manipulated your mother? Is it so bad that you made her favorite cup of tea? Should you be condemned for eternity to fire and brimstone because you MANIPULATED your mother? Maybe we should have let the depression and thigh fat from compulsive eating cling to her like a bad pair of skinny jeans. P.S. Thanks for the video LetThemTalkTV. I thoroughly enjoyed it. P.S. The last time I checked, learning class, sophistication, etiquette, tools to self master, etc. has never been so accessible and digestible. This man is freely giving keys to the puzzle of leveling up. I suppose a housecat who knows he's a lion could become a lion. Meanwhile, an everyday housecat will forever be just that.

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Thanks. It was unexptected

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You are amazing, Gideon 💚

[@CELINE0355]

Thank you Gideon!thou art wonderful too!🌺

[@rickysword3945]

My british spirit is growing like a flame in my soul! Thank you, Sir

[@lunavistapaola]

Very helpful, thank you!

[@capuano3d]

Now we need to find a way to mark intonation in text messages. I've had some misunderstandings because of the lack of it.

[@LetThemTalkTV]

misunderstandings can lead to interesting situations

[@ehess1492]

Alan Capuano there’s this thing we used to do with phones before texting that conveyed intonation. 😂

[@pavlocjura1410]

It freaks me out, I need to use less flattering sentences to have high odds of being understood properly

[@carpediem6568]

LOL saved the planet from nuclear war.

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That's where emojis come in to save the day

[@bolt8987]

You're the best teacher, besides I love your accent, all what i had learnt at school were rubbish. Damn textbooks! Thanks

[@LetThemTalkTV]

Thanks you're very kind. Yes, who needs the textbooks if you have a xylophone?

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You've got a Great method to learn English to others! Tanxsss

[@mohamedkhan7420]

million thanks for your amazing videos.I have learnt a lot.you are an amazing teacher.i am trying all your videos ,your teaching style and rules of grammar in class . hats off Sir

[@mmv9155]

Lol creative way to clear the doubts! great explainer bonus video Thank you

[@Andyhandle]

Great video. I'm a native born English speaker (from down south, London way) and finding it fascinating listening to a breakdown of what I do by habit, including the different ways of sounding polite and the different tonal ending. Negetive questions are used a lot in the UK. Some of it is also to have a longer, gentler introduction to the question, to allow the person time to tune in - rather than just blurting out a question and the person not having time to start listening. When you said about a "feather in the arse" it did make me think of different ways in which people from Britain (different to the UK) say rear, backside, bottom, bum, arse (more common since Father Ted). Unlike in the USA where "ass" seems to be used (not a small horse) and "fanny" which is pretty much the opposite anatomically in the UK! (with women anyway).

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Thou art the best You Tuber teacher in English. Thanks Gideon. You have a fascinating spiffing lesson. I truly benefit from your channel. 🏆🥇👍⭐

[@nowake7610]

this video made me laugh out loud several times. you are definitely giving comedians a good run for their money!

[@rickebuschcatherine2729]

I had the same sentence you said in the video in school lesson, so I had understood your point....

[@Christine-te4mr]

As a teen, I visited my pen pal in Nottingham, I wanted to say something about Metallica. The kids looked at me like I was speaking gibberish. Then I remembered and tried to place the accent on different syllables, me-ta-lli-ca (no - too flat, monochord), mEtallica? hum, nop! metAllica?? Yes, that's it! This slightly embarassing experience taught me something that I never forgot. I actually didn't hear the melody and rarely caught the intonations that you're talking about until I lived in England. Thanks for the video, it is very important and useful to know that indeed!

[@LarnieRadek]

I'm curious, what's your native language, and which syllable is emphasised when it's said with your native accent?

[@mariamkinen8036]

The rhythm of spoken language makes it easier for us to be correct. We do not have an accent. A relief. If you miss a bit, the rhythm gets broken.

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This is both entertaining and educational. Glad to have this popped up on my suggested channels list. Where have you been prior to this? This is English the way it should be spoken. Keep it up.

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Really love this channel.. valuable

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Thanks for your excellent explanation! greetings from Santiago Chile 🇨🇱

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I couldn't afford to miss your lesson, Gideon. After my reunion lunch today, I go straight to watch your video. 😍

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I feel honoured to be part of your afternoon.

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That was amazing.

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I checked through my results and realized the point things turned around positively because of the presence of an amazing teacher like you. I am grateful for your sacrifices. Thank you for being my best teacher that beats the prize of the world's best !!!!!

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Ah that's good news. If your results are improving I'm sure it's mostly due to your hard work and diligence. If these videos helped it any way I feel very proud.

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@@LetThemTalkTV There may be lots of free tutorials online , but nothing comes close to the experience of being personally taught by you. Thank you for teaching me everything i need to know !!!!!!!

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One of the best English teacher on youtube! could you please make a video about legal English? that would be very interesting for many students i guess. Thank you !

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Extremely useful, humorous and unique. This xylophone example goes straight to the brain and memory

[@LetThemTalkTV]

Great. Love the xylophone

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It's Great to see you again here.

[@LetThemTalkTV]

Good to see you too

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Swiftly smart . Love it.

[@LetThemTalkTV]

Cheers. Love your comment.

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SO so true!...Absolutely true ! 😊 😊

[@joseignaciorodriguez1207]

Thank you for sharing with us your knowledge and by the way that musical instrument original name is Marimba it is an indigenous craft from the Americas ( Nicaragua is the country were it was made )

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Communication is a form of art and you are an artist...

[@LetThemTalkTV]

...and you are too kind.

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Great video, love the way you teach. "Gracias gran señor "

[@LetThemTalkTV]

My pleasure.

[@EnriqueAmbia]

I am really enjoying your videos. I use English every day for working and also to enjoy music, movies and books... so far my current boss is from Manchester, his accent is soooooo difficult to me. I am more used to the USA accent from Boston and California, a bit of texan... son the difference is big.

[@artistrespondingoutside6406]

How shocking that you had these negative comments! Your videos are original, warm, witty, informative and very useful for my students. I direct them to you all the time.)

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Best English teacher ever (read it with a Bolivian accent 😂). Keep the videos coming. Greetings from Bolivia !

[@skkoo1935]

In Chinese, to show our respect to someone, we will add a Chinese character 心 "heart" below the character 你 "you" which becomes 您. The pronunciation between them is slightly different. Respectful you is pronounced as nin while the regular one is ni.

[@magorzataprawica756]

How nice!

[@ZIlberbot]

thank you for such details and lessons! I remember was listening BBC English lessons on the radio about such polite forms with help of future continuous for questions in the middle of 1990s when internet was not widespread and no youtube during that time, of cause.

[@LetThemTalkTV]

Yes, they make great content.

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Hello teacher Gideon Thanks for your super videos

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😄😄 Thank you so much for your teachings... these are real masterclasses, so full of humor, grace and common sense. You couldn’t keep on uploading more content like this, could you? (no sarcasm). Greetings from Spain 🇪🇸

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This is really a top lesson! Thanks for this

[@LetThemTalkTV]

My pleasure.

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Brazilian accent also beautiful!!🇧🇷

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Sir, you are a genius!

[@LetThemTalkTV]

YOU are a genius

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Thank you so much for your content you are a great man, an excellent professor and spontaneous comedian 😆 A little recommendation. Would be great a video about muscle exercises for accent reduction. Stay safe 😊

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Thank you so much sir! You are Fantabulous 🙏🙏🙏

[@LetThemTalkTV]

You are fabulous

[@rgun2737]

Wonderfull way to teach the Tone of the sentences, you are an exceptional teacher. Thank you very munch.

[@mocolaverda]

In Swedish it's official since the seventies, I guess, to use the informal "du" for you. It equals the French "toi", just to compare with. The Swedes dropped the formal "er" even to address your boss, or a bishop. The only formality still kept is when you address the king and queen. Yes, they are still into that stuff. While in palace you are expected to say "ers majestät".

[@LetThemTalkTV]

Interesting. When I meet the King and queen of Sweden I'll know what to say. Thanks

[@lbb2rfarangkiinok]

@@LetThemTalkTV but will your melody be right? ;)

[@monidefi2680]

OMG, the xylophone! I can't stop laughing 😂😂 I loved this video. You managed to get the message across impeccably.

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Every time I am surprised that most of your content is very useful and at the same time free. This thought came to my mind while watching your videos and I was amazed at how good the image, charisma, information is! i don't think that there might be some claims to you. From Moscow with love :)

[@LetThemTalkTV]

I read your comment with delight. Many thanks.

[@romanlimas2417]

I never had such a great laugh at your videos sir... Because this is a place to learn, it's serious stuff. But how couldn't I laugh with the examples you acted? Amazing video, thanks.

[@xepho8205]

Thank you so much for your clips .. I heard people in London give street directions using the verb "want", for example: you want to go down this road. I assumed they were trying to be polite somehow (instead of saying "go down this road", or "you should go down this road" - in Italian we'd use the conditional or the subjunctive: dovrebbe andare or vada giù per questa strada, the subjunctive would be less polite, though). I also seem to remember this use of "want" applied to other situations, for example: "you want to re-write this, don't you" ..

[@xirilla]

Thank you for explaning the polite speech rules really well. Though you didn't change my mind on thinking that both English sense of humour and English politness are marked with a good does of passive aggression. I will never get used to it :) PS. I'm Polish and we love to be direct.

[@n0rmaLman]

I love your humor! 👍😀

[@LetThemTalkTV]

Love your comment.