The Most Important English Grammar Lesson you will Ever Have (MODALITY)

[@IanKemp1960]

Great video Gideon and everything in here is spot on according to a 60+ year native speaker. On the subject of shall/will, I think it has changed a bit in modern usage, but certainly for an older person, the word 'shall' means a certainly, whereas 'will' means an intention. "I shall return" means it's certain that I will return. "I will return" means that it's my intention to return. If I say "I'll be back" it means "I will be back" meaning it's my intention. When the terminator says "I'll be back" then mentally I assume he's saying "I shall be back" meaning it's unavoidable !!!

[@angelabruschi5624]

I do agree: focusing on the functions of modal verbs is absolutely outstanding both with teaching and learning English as a foreign language.Thank you!

[@romanm5693]

Thank you, you are a hell of a teacher! The best i ever had. Greetings from Kyrgyzstan

[@LetThemTalkTV]

You are the best student from Kyrgyzstan I've ever had. Thanks

[@zarastark9029]

We all are really blessed with THE GREATEST TRAINING AID OF ALL TIME - the Internet, where good people like You share their knowledge with others, thank you a lot for this!

[@mamymimma]

You can be so expressive ! You should have been an actor 😊

[@LetThemTalkTV]

Thank you. I'm still waiting for the call from Hollywood. One day...one day.

[@sofitocyn100]

He should absolutely be an actor!!!!

[@marieparker3822]

A teacher who is not also an actor is not a good teacher. However, only a minority of actors can be teachers.

[@sebastianardila7263]

It MUST HAVE been love, but its over now Infinite greetings from this side of the planet, thank you so much sr, I should have watched this video long before.

[@dr.chrisketo7193]

I've been learning and trying to speak English for more than 50 years and appreciate Your sovereign and different way of giving new aspects, and, by the way, your elegant and dedicated style. Thank you!

[@LetThemTalkTV]

The the pleasure is mine. Thanks

[@2eleven48]

@@LetThemTalkTV ....'The the'? A full stop after Thanks.

[@patriciahadley2374]

@@2eleven48. There are a couple of typing errors in the teacher's comments...which seems weird as he's such a great teacher.

[@vanessamay3689]

@@patriciahadley2374 Typos

[@milossiljko6819]

The best way to learn Eng after you had upgrade some basic grammar is to READ a LOT different kind of topics , novels with bundle of conversational and so on . Also want to gratuliere LetThemTalkTV for his immense contribution about better grasping english grammar .

[@LetThemTalkTV]

Your method makes complete sense. Thanks

[@IanKemp1960]

I am a native English speaker, but based on my experience with other languages I think that the guidelines Gideon gives are fantastic. When you immerse yourself into speaking with english natives you will learn a lot faster if you are aware of his comments.

[@kampai71]

Modal verbs rule for instance concerns this: In today's bureaucracy there's a lot of forms. How to fill them out by filling them in?

[@soniamayrink3295]

Mr.Gideon, you are an awesome teacher. I now know everytthing about these beautiful but sometimes confusing verbs. A million thanks again, again and again.

[@LetThemTalkTV]

An awesome comment. Thanks, glad you liked the video

[@БогданКостюченко-ц4о]

Thank you for this terrific lesson! You're a wonderful teacher and a talented comic!😃

[@bzr593]

You have got a very beautiful way of explaining things! Hats off for putting in alot of effort to make english lessons easy to learn. Thanks Teacher. ❤

[@constantingioev6223]

My favourite teacher, you have told lies a little bit about Spanish verb. On the whole, the Spanish language is considered the easiest of the European languages, and as for Spanish verbs system, it is much easier to learn than the English verbs system. Though, you are still my favourite English teacher. You're the best. None can contend with you.

[@nastyamastereng1893]

It takes a lot of time to make such a detailed video on modal verbs! I proper trust you and will always learn grammar from you!!! Cheers, Teacher!

[@esyromkennel]

Hello, Mr. Gideon. Your ways of teaching are one of a kind. I love your KZbin channel and I am always looking forward to watching your videos day after day. May you continue to be passionate about your work. Your teaching method is unique and always catches my attention. Stay mellow with appreciation - Rommel.

[@dominguezpereira1]

Thank you so much. A great lesson: clear, easy to understand with an important cuantity of examples, and above all useful.

[@LetThemTalkTV]

Glad that you found it useful.

[@averymarcus7245]

I dont mean to be offtopic but does someone know of a tool to get back into an Instagram account?? I stupidly forgot the login password. I would love any help you can offer me!

[@ela6805]

I love your lessons, sir.Words can't describe how thankful I am. You are a perfect teacher, not only are you brilliant but also you are so amusing. Great job!!!

[@rodrigomoruzzi7515]

You are such an amazing teacher and your video lessons are very well done. It is pretty clear how much effort you put on them and how much you enjoy doing it as well. Many thanks !

[@LetThemTalkTV]

You are right it's a lot of effort but I enjoy it. Thanks for your amazing comment. I appreciate it.

[@2eleven48]

@@LetThemTalkTV....'You are right. It's a lot of effort, but I enjoy it.' Or the use of the semi-colon: 'You are right; it's a lot of effort, but I enjoy it'. Or the use of the dash: You are right - it's a lot of effort, but I enjoy it'. Any of these would be better than the construction shown above. Regrettably, nowadays we live in a world of lack of punctuation, especially in the different forms of social media. The sense may be there, but it is not appropriate for a teacher of English.

[@soniamayrink3295]

Oh, I do love the English language and your teaching is .....absolutely perfect, professor Gideon.

[@anni-baalalxindrs8477]

this classes are just gold man!....love your way to do it!....congrats!

[@LetThemTalkTV]

Cheers. You're so kind

[@jerrymcdrake]

You are absolutely brilliant sir. Thanks for the lesson.

[@MiccaPhone]

Excellent way of teaching. All these very clear examples presented with the suitable facial expressions and intonations eases understanding and helps memorization, while making the videos itself entertaining and fun to watch.

[@noctomd8517]

Hi, Gideon. Your videos are wonderful and your example sentences are hilarious :D hilarious and memorable. Would you please make a video about S and Z ending sounds at the end of words such as "says", "pays", "comes"? It'd be extremely helpful.

[@roserosyland3090]

Thanks a bunch sir. You aren't only a good teacher ,but a successful comedian,as well.i appreciate all what you present.👍👍👍👍👍👍🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@maritzajimenez6690]

Great video ! Thank you very much for your constant efforts to help us to learn in the best way!

[@ariltonarruda6005]

There are exceptions, dear Teacher! I speak Portuguese as a mother tongue, however, I have never been obsessed with verbs. I understand what you said though. Yes, my fellow counterparts are obsessed with verbs when it comes to learn another language. Can't blame them though. That's how we were taught at school since early age.

[@eldouser1303]

Every your lesson is the most important i ve ever had. Thanks a lot

[@Kaka10Hojayev]

i love the way that you've been teaching English.

[@चंद्रहास-च4ड]

I might have offered you a cup of tea for this descriptive video if you were with me. Powerful explanation with funny examples. Introduction was funny as well.

[@LetThemTalkTV]

Thanks, I might have accepted your kind offer

[@metalempire6756]

Rock on,thank you for a lot of details that I miss,This is the real grammarian style.

[@soniacgc9184]

I really enjoy listening to this person. Thank you sir. Pretty awesome ways of explaining the concept

[@sumeetkaur3942]

you are a wonderful teacher. It's a delight to listen to you.

[@lexkasper5354]

The lesson is priceless. Wonderful performance!

[@vanessamay3689]

New subscriber. So pleased to be here. My new favourite after Benjamin McEvoy who is an Oxford grad but has instilled a love of long enjoyed Classical literature.

[@isabelatence7035]

Enthusiastic class full of precious insights, I would like to repay you Gideon for your time spent keeping us learning grammar with his wonderful teaching.. ❤️Thanks again

[@LetThemTalkTV]

You've already repaid me by writing such lovely comments.

[@isabelatence7035]

@@LetThemTalkTV you're lovely person 💗

[@mocolaverda]

Thanks a lot for this crystal clear lesson. I shall come back to it a couple of times to assimilate as much as my brains permit me. I am so grateful that English is the world's lingua franca we all have to learn. Why..? Because my madre lingua happens to be Spanish, which is way too complicated by comparision as you may know. Spanish grammar makes me feel learning English a relief. Life is good..!

[@LetThemTalkTV]

Thanks for your message. English certainly has complicated parts to it but not so much with the verbs.

[@carlosmontes6568]

With such introduction can't forget this valuable lesson.... 😊Thank you! 👌👌👌

[@LetThemTalkTV]

Thank you. I'm glad you appreciated it.

[@dorotaka1542]

Hi Gideon.You could,may//might/should/would be an excellent actor,you’ve got a big talent in acting,I love watching at you.By the way,thanks for not interrupting the lesson with this loudly music (Haha!)

[@AidasRusa]

You are a very good English teacher, hands down.

[@christopherlawson4592]

I like this guy. He loves grammar

[@MrMoon-k4j]

You've just made my day. Great lesson. You are one hell of a teacher. Greetings from Minsk!

[@evelynakoublova5610]

It is extremely interesting but very very complicated . I will replay it!!! Thank you so much!!!

[@pedrozampatti7172]

Thank you for this video. It´s the more usefull video about modality I have found so far. There is something I´d like to know; one of the rules for modal verbs is that they are always followed by a regular verb in the infinitive without to be. So, can´t I use a non-modal irregular verb after a modal verb? You´re an awesome teacher.

[@LeRoi715]

I love the way you dress accordingly to the lessons and topics, eh? Cheers from Toronto!

[@saphorr]

At 8:14 you comment that "I was able to" is not the same as "I could", because the latter doesn't indicate that you actually did it. We can however express that with "could" by using "could still".

[@monicas.701]

SAYING THANK YOU CANNOT COVER FOR ALL YOU HAVE IMPUTED IN US BUT I 'LL SAY IT NONETHELESS !!! THANK YOU SWEETHEART !!!!!!!!!!

[@kimberlyperrotis8962]

I learned a lot of this by example, from my parents’ speech and from reading. I also picked up some usage that is considered quaint now in American English, like “should you come across that letter, please send me a copy”, “shall we go”, etc., these are becoming more and more rare in speech here. I also still use only may for permission, not can. Some interesting aspects of English are those gender differences I noticed between the softer, more polite usages of women of my Mom’s generation, and mine (born 1960), and the stronger, more decisive structures of my Father’s. We might say, “I’d really like to” instead of my Dad’s much stronger “I have decided to”. Or “would you mind cleaning the floor next, please?”, instead of “next, clean the floor”. It’s especially tricky for us to use the imperative, this was a no-no for females. With non-native English speakers, the question forms like “would you mind doing” are confusing, so they often answer no, meaning “no, I didn’t do that”. So, it’s become more important for us older women to adjust to using the imperative, with our large population of non-native, very partial, English speakers, who make up most of the work force. My wealthy, educated California county’s population doubles on workdays, when immigrant workers commute in to work at low-paying jobs, mostly domestic and unskilled construction, they can’t afford to live here, sadly. The state is really dividing into two classes: a mostly European-origin (some East Asian) with higher education, doing the white-collar, highly-paid work and a second group of uneducated, mostly Hispanic immigrants with no or little English, making up the majority of the low-paid blue-collar and service workforce. Well-educated Hispanics who know basic English can jump right into the upper class. Truly upper-class people, in terms of wealth, are here but keep an extremely low profile, they don’t want to stand out in any way.

[@muhammadakram8774]

You have got a flair of teaching! Cheers.

[@giselefranca3182]

WONDERFULLY CREATIVE CLASS! SUPER! 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏😘😘😘😘

[@parveshsolanki6020]

Hello. Can you suggest any book on day to day conversation?

[@maritzajimenez6690]

Excelent video. I must watch it many more times. Teacher, by the way, what you call "latin languages", are the so callled "lenguas romance", and they are five: Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese and Romanian

[@RealEstateEnglishAcademy]

Great video. Entertaining and relevant!

[@LetThemTalkTV]

You're too kind. Thanks

[@habtomberaki8917]

I am from Eritrean i am live in uk Leeds but You are my teacher and my dad i learing a lot of for you thanks i am proud of you continay

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Hi, i m from Greece You are such a helpful teacher!

[@ashleyng323]

The material discussed in this video is not rocket science and yet I watched the whole video because there are so many gems amongst the examples that you give are, for example, “You should try the tofu fricasé”; that put a smile on my face.

[@dennyseduardoespinozamendo4947]

Really! Your work is amazing!! thank you. I learned all !

[@royalmirage2005]

Thank you ;daily I learn new things from you. Appreciate alot

[@hellbooks3024]

As far as putting two consecutive modal verbs in a sentence, this can occur in certain regional American dialects, as in “I might could do!”

[@astoumbenediakhate4124]

Thank you a lot for this lesson It's so helpful

[@LetThemTalkTV]

Happy to hear that

[@samreenfatima2551]

The best teacher ever. ❤️

[@LetThemTalkTV]

You are the best! Cheers

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Is good to see you very very good lesson cheers mate from italy

[@LetThemTalkTV]

grazie mille and cheers as well....

[@mohammadalfaraj9426]

How are you? How can I learn English

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Couple years ago I thought you were weird but the more I get to know you I think you are great teacher. Yeah you may call yourself "weird" but I don't think you are weird at all.

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You put all possible efforts to describe the beauty of your pedagogy ... i must say you are a scientist of english language. No offence sir, 2 years ago i used to hate your teaching methods.. but now i need only you to get the end result.... thank you so much.🤝

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My favorite series right now.

[@ЛюдмилаФедорина-ы8м]

You are a hero indeed! Such a feat!

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You are good teacher of english. 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

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Great work! Please continue making videos like this.

[@LetThemTalkTV]

I'll do my best.

[@420JackG]

I've got a question. I hear you commonly use the phrase "standard british English" or some variant of that phrase used to describe clear, relatively slang free, and un-accented English. Is there a "standard American English" and if so who speaks it? I'm from the Pacific Northwest, and we typically like to "fancy" ourselves as the people who speak standard American English, but what do the academics say?

[@TramoTech]

You are doing an amazing job. Many thanks

[@pauldolcerocca154]

Thank you teacher ! Excellent ! As usual

[@NothingMaster]

Forget the linguistic stuff, your comic preludes are absolutely epic. 👏🏻👍🏻 Now I know why your videos always remind me of the Young Frankenstein and the Abby Normal scene.

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FUNtastic teacher ever!

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Ok. In my view, best channel ever

[@YOURTVSTATION1]

Sir! You are one of a kind.thanks a million times for this fantastic lesson.

[@rosvil8323]

Hi! You mention Panama City, I hope you are talking about the city in Panama not in Florida. I'm from Panana. Thanks for your videos, very usefull.

[@LetThemTalkTV]

I didn't even know there was a Panama city in Florida. Of course I was talking about Panama. Though, I've never been there myself. Greetings and thanks for your message.

[@martaferrandezmir4724]

Thanks a lot Gideon...& who will that guy (Perkins) be, anyway

[@dioniziomorais8138]

Simply extraordinary, thanks

[@МавлюдаМансурова-м5е]

Thanks for your work!

[@gabrielepoggi1079]

This is the best video ever made by an English teacher! G.

[@LetThemTalkTV]

I completely agree with you. You are obviously someone of impeccable taste.

[@muniasamymurugan679]

Really amazing video to understand modal verbs ,heartly thanks for you sir

[@venkinec2004]

Great video. Have you written books on english grammar? , could you please suggest some books?

[@arahimikh6382]

Like it! Especially when you counted to 10 in Japanese!👌

[@mcfalcia]

Mustn't...wow...we never use that in American English, although it does sound nice. When I saw the closed captions I was like...what language is this again?! I love it!

[@verymozart]

Excellent, lesson on modal verbs!! 👍👍👍

[@khanhminh7361]

Hi Gideon, what is difference between the words possibility (can) and probability (may,might)? Thank you so much in advance!

[@roshangupta4842]

Great lesson by a great teacher 😘😘😘🤗🤗 thanks again

[@LetThemTalkTV]

Great comment. Thanks

[@СабирЗейналов-ъ6и]

Thanks a lot for this deep explanation! Could you make a video about Phrasal Verbs? Particualrly about how to remember and use them in daily speech. Best of Luck!

[@LetThemTalkTV]

We've already a video about phrasal verbs and how to learn them. Cheers

[@СабирЗейналов-ъ6и]

@@LetThemTalkTV Thank you! I've watched all of your videos, my memory unfortunately doesn't work well😀 Now I see that those videos I've also watched, most probably have to rewatch them ASAP😊.. thank you once again! Really find your effort so helpful!

[@TheAtifzafar]

Very informative indeed . Please send the link on topic semi modal

[@hyginovieira7107]

A perfect lesson, thank you so much.

[@Dominik91N]

Wow. One of the best videos on the English language ever seen! 👍🏻

[@LetThemTalkTV]

You are brilliantly perceptive. Well done!

[@Maya-hs2zj]

Thank you very very much!!! This is an extreeemly helpful lesson! One of the most difficult topics. You've made it easy to understand. Plus your lessons are full of humor and fun:) Teacher, may I ask you a question? There was a sentense : "I will help you prepare for your exams if you like". I didn't hear "to" before the verb "prepare" (there wasn't "to prepare"). Might I have missed that "to" or it is not necessary there for some reason? (If I properly used the modal verb here :) ) Thank you again!

[@LetThemTalkTV]

Thanks for your comment. A good question. In this format Help + obj + inf. HELP is one of the few words were you can say with TO or without TO. There is no difference. I can help you (to) improve your English

[@Maya-hs2zj]

@@LetThemTalkTV Oh, I didn't know about that pecularity. Thank you very much!!!

[@patriciahadley2374]

@@LetThemTalkTV. Whoops! The 'h' from 'where' got lost in outer space.

[@tilakkc2157]

Hi teacher, you are really impressive teacher.

[@Tony32]

In the song 'Yesterday' there's a line that says: "Why she had to go? I don't know, she wouldn't say" what tense is that? Great vid btw, you're a great teacher.

[@LetThemTalkTV]

That's a good question. In the video I said WON'T is used for refusals. WOULDN'T is used for refusals in the past. So it means "she refused to say". I should have included that in the video

[@Tony32]

@@LetThemTalkTV Thank you so much! it makes perfect sense now.

[@2eleven48]

Ummmm....'Why she had to go'. I think the line is rather: why did she have to go? or, why did she go? The use of 'do' is very significant in the English language.

[@mirkomariwan3709]

Good job teacher, thank you so much

[@LetThemTalkTV]

My pleasure

[@LetThemTalkTV]

Say something nice

[@unnamedchannel2202]

🙋‍♀️ I should be able to can soup.

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Something nice

[@Ollivier10x56]

Thanks

[@shinewithanu4836]

You are awesome!

[@lesterdilworth1174]

You are doing amazing job, keep it up!

[@Mathantics864]

Thank you so much sir for posting like this videos

[@LetThemTalkTV]

My pleasure

[@mohammadalfaraj9426]

Hi can you speak with me face to face

[@raykloetstra8501]

Thank you so much for this great discussion of Modal Verbs!! I have a question for you -- Are modal verbs regularly taught in the British educational system? Born and raised in Canada, I have no recollection of ever having been taught about the concept of modal verbs. Almost all of advanced grammar I have learned came by way of learning foreign (French & Spanish) and ancient (Latin & Koine Greek) languages. Hence, my exposure was to the concept of "moods" "voices" and "tenses" for verbs. Resultantly, I generally thought of modal verb constructions in terms of being either subjunctive or conditional. My introduction to modal verbs came by way of seeking to learn my immigrant parents' mother tongues of Frisian and Dutch. The concept of modal verbs was a conceptual revolution for me!!! I conclude with a question -- my perception from Frisian and Dutch is that modal verbs come in present and past forms, the present being more of a "standard" modal form and the past creating closer equivalents to the Romance subjunctive and conditional moods. Hence, could is the past of can, might is the past of may, and would is the past of will. Is this a correct understanding of the English modal verbs or are these forms now considered to be "freestanding" verbs in their own right? Yes, I admit it, a lifetime of exposure to languages has made a bit of a philology and grammar nerd!!! I absolutely love your KZbin talks!!!

[@IanKemp1960]

Ray no-one else has replied so I will dive in as someone that suffered the English school system, to say absolutely not, this kind of understanding of structure was never once discussed in any of my classes. Maybe the advanced classed aged 18+ learned it. 'English language' tuition seemed to be dominated by an attempt to impose latin grammar onto English, so we learned about inifinitive forms and stuff that barely exist in English. In the end I learned most about grammar from my French & Spanish classes, I learned most about English in the playground. I learned the subjunctive from contact with French while I was at university, and belatedly realised that we all use it in English. Worldwide travel in the decades after escaping school gave me a love of language, a love of human communication, and yes a great affection for my beloved English language 🙂 My wife grew up as a native speaker of about 3 asian languages, and for her, the number and variety of tenses in English (and other European languages) is her horror, while for me a delight :-D

[@raykloetstra8501]

@@IanKemp1960 Thanks for your response. We obviously share similar journeys regarding languages, in general, and English grammar, in particular. While English grammar seems difficult to many, the nuance that it creates is amazing!

[@nohahaggag]

Hats go off to you, sir.

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I simply love that one.

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[@diodio520]

Oh my gosh, the examples are exceptional! :-D

[@christianleblanc2842]

The more I learn about other languages, the more I appreciate English.