"That seems a bit iffy!" | English vocabulary

[@erislayneoliveira5771]

When you like the video without even watching it because you know it's going to be amazing haha

[@papateachme]

This is why you're cool, eri!

[@mamymimma]

Same 🤗

[@manjirabanerjee7169]

I do agree with you

[@adamarmstrong555]

Likewise

[@НатальяДемченкова-н5з]

Isn't it incredible? I completely can understand everything Aly says even without subtitles! I really like his pronounciation and his sense of humor! I'm still laughing! And the words dodgy, fishy, iffy are very useful for me, because I always see something suspicious and untrustable everywhere)) To my mind, Aly's channel is one of the best ones for learning English pronunciation and new words. I highly recommend Learn English with Papa Teach Me for everyone who try to study English just like me)

[@papateachme]

Please tell your friends about me ✌️😁

[@SabineHossenfelder]

I was 21 yo, in LA. First vacation on my own, first time in the USA, first time I rented a car. I had a 9 hour jet lag and got lost in what I only later learned was a rather dodgy part of the city. T'was before the days of nav systems. Got out of the car, promptly started crying, and was immediately surrounded by a group of black guys. I tried to explain my problem to them, with my broken English and all. They were incredibly nice and one of them brought me to the hotel. That's it. There's no "but then". Haven't thought of this for ages. I've since learned that the 5 digit numbers in LA street addresses aren't ZIP codes. I'm still trying to learn to properly speak English. (Your channel is awesome, I have learned tons from it.)

[@markoldgeezer167]

Thanks for sharing this anecdote. This reminds me that there are good people in America - something that I need reminding of. You were so lucky! But it does happen. There are wonderful people in America.

[@FifthCat5]

No, they are zip codes. Essential for mail and used as a kind of shorthand for neighbourhoods. Not just in LA but in the whole USA.

[@markoldgeezer167]

@Choco Bun "Zip code" is the American term. "Postcode" is the British term.

[@FifthCat5]

@@markoldgeezer167 Right, they’re like postcodes, but people use the whole 5-digit number in casual speech, as one would say SW3 or EC1 in London to indicate a neighbourhood. Best known example is probably 90210 for Beverly Hills.

[@estersmejova]

"Of course I didn't drop the bagel! It was the most delicious thing ever!"

[@markoldgeezer167]

Ester Smejová "Of course I *didn't* drop the bagel! It was the most delicious thing ever!" Listen to it again 7:33 - he did not drop the bagel

[@estersmejova]

@@markoldgeezer167 yeah... That was a typo. Thanks for pointing it out.

[@dinakarmampilly5601]

" wig hair " 😂😂😂😂

[@ARMENIAN_EAGLE22]

No dislikes there. I think this shows on what level of quality Aly's work actually is.

[@oksanashlychkova418]

Hello, Aly. Here’s my story. I remember my arrival with my family to Venice in 2018, a gorgeous city, actually. My parents, my sister and I were supposed to meet there with Maria, my niece. She met us at the airport, then we arrived at a river station , it was evening, there weren’t lots of people in the street. And we were going to buy tickets for a river tram. While my niece and I were doing this, the rest of our group were looking around, it took one dodgy guy literally 5 minutes to steal our purse 👜 with all the passports and cash in it. That was a good lesson to all of us how to keep all the passports and money in one bag🙂

[@nygatayev]

If shady guys come to me and ask something strange or creepy, I'm answering with Russian accent. 😎

[@alexey8364]

lol, I wanted to add the same comment. Everyone should fake a Russian accent in the doggy area.

[@arijdah_g8399]

why!!! how does it help

[@arijdah_g8399]

@English Bitesize no i mean why russian accent !!!

[@nygatayev]

@@arijdah_g8399 stereotypes about Russians.

[@arijdah_g8399]

@@nygatayev i get it thanksss

[@hexhexhex666]

When I was going through dodgy area and met some guys, you know, I was pretending be dodgy

[@karolfforhsak6929]

Ye, my country is awesome! Greetings to all from Colombia!! And That's true, Papa english,. .. No den papaya...

[@mariajosebarrazarojas1966]

Jajajaja I'm from Colombia, I can completely relate to that, I laughed a lot, and I'm glad you think like that about Colombia, great video

[@papateachme]

❤️🇨🇴

[@karanpandey1349]

Maybe that guy had recognised you and wanted to talk, since you're such a brilliant teacher😅

[@leen8175]

😂😂😂but still, that guy reacted in a creepy way

[@maznihanim8851]

I swear, I laughed when you were singing trying to remember the title of the song..🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Thanks for this lesson, Aly! I always love all your videos!!! I'd hit the like button even before I watched the video just because I knew that it'd be an amazing video from you.

[@zainabamiri7845]

My first comment after watching almost two years in a row. I'm just fascinated by your drawing and I'm just trying to figure it out how to be able to draw like you but my drawing is ending up like this :( By the way, you are amazing 👍

[@claudiamuramoto]

São Paulo, Brazil. Teenager me was going to meet a friend at a shopping mall far from my house, by bus, for the first time. I was distracted in my phone, when I overhear a woman talking to another something like "oh, when I was visiting my husband in jail...", I look around, and realize I was passing by a favela, very dodgy area. Luckily, everything went right, and my friend's father got me home, after I tell him this story. (Uber didn't exist that time)

[@ARMENIAN_EAGLE22]

Sorry for the life stories? An exceptional and significant video actually, with nothing similar there in KZbin. In fact, bein an advanced English speaker (ofc having watched ALL of Your videos, and i think, the main reason of my progress is Aly) , I've still learned a lot of new expressions. Gotta constitute, there's no language teacher at least in the internet, leave alone KZbin, than Aly.

[@MasambaKalaba-xo4oi]

Oh my gosh 😂 i ain't gonna keep my wits about my avenue coz everybody knows me

[@hohoiboshi8654]

Thank you for the stories from your life. That's what makes your lessons and vocabulary memorable.

[@stefanlopuchovsky5118]

I wish you a beautiful and blessed Christmas holidays I wish you to be happy and to always have such great joy with what you do sincerely with all my heart I wish you health and a smiling face is the greatest gift

[@Marvelous_Mate]

I am from Ukraine. My whole country looks dodgy...

[@ThaisaBaccarin]

I don't know why a lot of people feel that way about latin american countries. The international midia normally shows the bad stuff, I reckon. The only time I was mugged I was living in Europe lol Great video😁👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@saifuloen]

i imagining how those 5 men reaction when by any chance watching this video... LOL

[@LaMansionDelIngles]

I got help up in a car by gunpoint in Venezuela one time. That's probably why I'm wary of travelling in Colombia.

[@Martin-dp9ss]

You're a very good teacher. You've explained it quite understandable. Greetings from Chile .

[@tomaporou6994]

thx for making teaching english video always support u

[@papateachme]

Cheers dude! 🤘

[@markoldgeezer167]

Hi, Aly. I love your anecdotes and your rants. I think that's what makes you a superior teacher.

[@trancongnhatlinh529]

you're the best teacher on earth! the lesson is funny and helpful. I've met lots of shady people before and I have always kept my guard down. It's not safe, right? :D

[@vladimir7434]

I'm that shady person who lives in a dodgy area in Russia =) Do you have any phone with a camera? I need to make a call

[@justastudent6243]

Do you have some seeds?

[@tuareg1119]

Hi, Papa, great lesson, as always! You're the best. There are something very simple that turns out to be hard for me: pronouns. To me, for me? At the party, in the party? The keys to the safe? For? Would you return to that matter?

[@angelab.6444]

Unfortunately that's my problem too! Doesn't help that most of the English people I know do not know how to explain this xD

[@badermoumad2606]

Ali is the best storyteller ever

[@muskanverma7833]

Our teachers keep telling us that y'all gonna have exam next month of 1st year but then shifts to 2nd year and it's been 3 months now no exams are held so the whole University is extremely dodgy to us now n we better keep our wits about us!

[@W.e.s.l.l.e.y.r]

You have an awesome way to teach English man, thanks a lot! ✌🇧🇷

[@jeffersonleonardo2]

Não creio...

[@cristinagarrasi3792]

Riding a moped 🏍 to rob people in the street is a very common crime in Sicily too.... Sicily, the godfather you know?!

[@fariskkraft6042]

I’ve been there this holidays, luckily nobody attempted to rob us

[@ersantoli]

When I was younger, I used to live in a DODGY area, and when I was on my way to school, a guy I knew was PRETTY SHADY , went by bicycle and asked if I wanted a ride, the school wasn’t far, but I didn’t want to walk, i was not keeping my wits about me, I thought it was a good idea to go with him, it was when we passed by a dude on the street who sold things, like mirrors, brushes, hammocks, chairs (VERY COMMON IN BRAZIL), that’s when I realize how stupid i was, The SKETCHY guy said: "I forgot my gun at home and that if it wasn't for that he would steal that guy and I would have to help" can i belive it? No way!!!!

[@lamyaetaaj2872]

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[@germanmorganti9686]

Great lesson, Aly! Not only does it enrich our vocabulary, but it also warns us about daily crime in London. By the way, if you come to Argentina, keep your guard up, especially when you see someone on a moped. We call them "motochorros" and they will do their best to steal your cell phone, wallet or backpack as they pass you by...

[@papateachme]

Ahhh same here. Motochorros? 🤔🤔🤔

[@germanmorganti9686]

@@papateachme "moto": informal for moped, motorbike and "chorro" slang for thief...

[@hyelimsong5171]

Brilliant! ❤️

[@matheuswerly5320]

One day my mother, my sister and I took a Uber to go to a shopping mall. The GPS took the driver into a favela here in Rio. We went to an odd favela, a dark bridge and then to a empty street with only grass around. Suddenly the car broke. The driver did his best to make it work but we went on foot. We had to pass through the empty street, cross the dark bridge (I barely could see my feet) and pass through the odd favela again, but on foot! I never felt so safe when we arrived to a more secure area. We then decided to visit a person instead. We never went to that shopping mall again.

[@jeffersonleonardo2]

Não creio...

[@matheuswerly5320]

@@jeffersonleonardo2 Pois é :D Hoje em dia a gente ri muito quando lembra.

[@annaserg6437]

Ur wigs are awesome! From russia with love

[@angieguidez4283]

Thanks Aly! Good video! Il love your stories🥰🥰 I went to Spain in Valencia and I didn t take the good bus to go back to the family's house where I lived. I asked the bus driver but my Spanish was not very good and I misunderstood his answer.. So I had to get the bus in the other way. Somebody wanted to help me but I found him dodgy..🤔 I didn't trust him.. So I ran fast and went to a supermarket.They help me to get the bus to go back home.. It was a scary experience.😱 So I keep on my wig now when I m in a bus!! Like you in Colombia!! 😇

[@ilaria-emiliabuscatti8160]

Amazing lesson as usual. Teaching comes so natural to you... thanks 🙏🏻

[@gautomdeka581]

I've seen your pharsal verb videos of UP , off, ... But didn't find " out" please make a video on pharsal verb with "out"

[@marinabovkush631]

So, this is what Slim Shady means! I watched Eminem’s music video in 1999 for the first time and only 21 years later I’ve finally got to know the meaning))

[@itsmedebris722]

Once when i was still in middle school i used to take the english course which was placed in a dodgy area. Heaps of people told me that there have been so many people got scammed by some bad guys who intended to steal their phone. But mate, i was so stupid. I didn't believe in that story and i didn't keep me guard up every time i went there. Until this one day, the place was so quiet cos there were only few people there. There was a shady guy that came in. He acted so strange though. But, I didn't mind even a bit cos the lesson i got that time was kinda mind numbing. When the class was done, i got this a bit skeptical feeling cos the atmosphere in that place was bloody oath dodgy. Then i got out and waited for me mum to pick me up in the pavement. Suddenly, there's a guy who told me that he needed to borrow me phone for transferring data. At first, i knew this guys was bloody oath iffy. But, my stupid kind polite mind just lent him me phone. Strangely, he didn't do anything with me phone, he just scrolled randomly and open my messenger. So, i took my phone back, and sat down on a bench (I thought that guy wouldn't follow me). But, MATE. He followed me and insisted on borrowing me phone. I wanted to get in, but i didn't wanna make others in danger. So i kinda rushed outside, to find a crowded pavement. But that guys chased after me by using his motorcycle. That guy yelled at me, "Give me your phone, or i'll kick your butt." So yeah... i still wanted to live on. So, i handed him my phone. Thanks for the Lesson SIR!!

[@nicemuffin7016]

Last year I was in Spain, Barcelona. I waited for a bus at the bus station. Had one backpack and a huge ecobag with me. 3 shady people came to ask me about the bus schedule. It was really fishy but I wasn't wary of that. Eventually, they distracted me to mug me . Unfortunately, I didn't keep my wits to keep that backpack before me so had the most unpleasant experience of travelling ever. Seems like the bus station was kinda a dodgy area.

[@TheZeusGod]

Insted of iffy, now people say "I don't know Rick" xD And Venezuela is a Dogdy country :'(

[@dennygonzalez1338]

Ahahahhaa I loved this one! I was I. The public transportation and I laughed a lot xD haha. Great practice and vocabulary also...you're really the best teacher ever! XD

[@ravzasali5550]

This summer in the evening my family and I were back from village we were taking out our stuff from the car .And a man was passing near us and he was looking to the flats.This guy was acting sketchy and weird.But nothing bad happened as far as I am concerned.

[@MARA610]

Destiny's Child's song reference in the middle of the video is why we love you ♥

[@VivienOge]

I've actually been mugged by someone on a moped before in Nigeria. It was very early in morning at about to 6:am I was going to work. My handbag that has my phone, gate-pass, Id cards, money and all got snatched. Returning home wasn't an option so i had to trek to work appearing like a half insane and half lost human. It was a terrible experience and I've been wary of people on mopeds ever since.

[@hrystynivka]

Wooow, this video is great!!! It helped me alot, since I want to become the best oral translator in my country(English isn't my native language).

[@natacha7283]

Also I'd like to tell you something rather funny than fishy... or so ? well here it is : in English you say "fishy" for smthng "dubious" and in French we often say "il y a anguille spus roche" (literally : there is an eel under the rock). I wonder why fish are always so untrusty !!

¡No se puede dar papaya! I LOVE that phrase, it's one of the best we have in Colombia for telling people to keep their guard up!. BTW, Papa English, you were right about it! and keep making your videos because We love them and they are really useful for us (non-native English Speakers) 😎

[@sergiorivaslamas]

Hehe....in Bolivia you have to keep your guard up every time you go for a walk since streets are no man's land. Unpunished noisy motorcycles are everywhere not to mention a shameful drunk drivers problem. with an unpresent State. and the worst part is that when you go to the police the moment you enter to the station...everything looks shady and lugubrious (I had to look for that word in a dictionary, but it describes it well)

[@whiskyart8775]

great lesson ! i had a bad experience in moscow in 2005. three guys wanted to stole my wallet....they behaved like policemens but they aren’t., finally i tore myself away and ran as fast as i can. anyway, i’m still loving moscow. bad things could happen in many areas all over the world to you. Thanks for this helpful channel you are a good teacher

[@sayranmuhammad695]

I need those expressions special THX Aly 👍👏👏

[@timurogai7498]

When I was about 7-8 someone was really fishy at that night. I went to the shop in front of my apartment and after I went out from there I saw a guy who was staring at me, of course I momentarily kept my guards up!! 'Cause I'm a bit wary of people like that, fortunately it ended good though. He decided to go in another direction)

[@anamilena3257]

Hey!! Dodgy used to be the name of an English band, if memory serves. And I'm glad you managed to keep your bagel! 😂

[@parizadsakan6515]

I can't believe a human can be such amazing like you!😂 I've never laughted like this in my whole life:) I can't thank you enough.

[@daniipieper2486]

Just a few days ago I found an online shop and the prices looked a bit iffy, everything on there was much cheaper than elsewhere. The legal info looked kind of shady, too. One day later it turned out to be a fake store! Be careful whilst christmas shopping online, folks!

[@livemovimiento]

Hahaha...runnig with a baggel in that situation seems to me so sweet from you. And tanks for the class really handy as always 💛👍

[@АлександраТретьякова-д7й]

When I was in Athens, I stayed at a nice hotel, but it was very close to a dodgy area. Every time I wanted to walk around I got right into this very dodgy area wihout realizing how could that be, because I tried to avoid that district 🤣🤦‍♀️

[@devrimeskibina9521]

One year ago, When I visited Eskişehir with a friend. We didn't keep our wits about us and found ourselves in a fishy place. It was a pretty dark place with no street light on. I was sure that was the end for me

[@wiltedflower2545]

You should keep your wits about you for a bunch of iffy, stray dogs and iffy gangster-looking lugs, on strolling around the neighborhoods in some countries. It is possible that comes to your vision a bit dodgy those dubious underground bars and sketchy teenagers.

[@nancyp.7351]

I love your videos and I love you as well teacher Aly 📝🥰 thanks for all the English learning you give us.

[@ZOTANx]

In Brazil has lots Of Dodgy area

[@Jack-zc9ml]

Hey ali I LOVE YOU SO MUCH It's my first year in the English department so your videos helps me alot with my English and iam really grateful for you Thank you soooo much

[@papateachme]

Wooo!! Good luck!

[@Jack-zc9ml]

@@papateachme Thank you❤

[@ilariapizzola1893]

I’m Italian. you use to say that if you go to Naples you have to be careful on the phone. there are dodgy people. it’s an old thought, now things are different.

[@amaninasser4591]

I like your video and the way you are explaining the content.your videos also so useful.

[@SPEAKLANGUAGESTRAVELTHEWORLD]

Super video as always!! Really enjoyed it! Will recommend it to my students!!

[@romanticscent89]

I'm glad you could run that fast so didn't get stabbed and are safe now....!!

[@Vivaswaan.]

I have seen these words used so many times. It's really helpful to understand what they mean with the help of examples. I can understand people's talk better now!

[@pujiwilastari4767]

I'm waiting for the next lessons Aly....

[@ayeshamehtab2059]

Please make a video about FREAK vocabulary! :)💜

[@mojif9995]

another such a amazing video of papa english i really like you use common words and expression ta very much aly

[@billy-cg1qq]

if i learnt any thing new today is that when i'm in doggy areas and meet doggy people i'll respond with "Psh! Yeah. No mate!"

[@elenamargarena199]

I really do like the music of this amazing channel, and don't know what its name is.

[@motazhagag3730]

I love u so much from egypt 🇪🇬 and love the way you learn

[@queennadya6913]

Interesting stories, Aly! :D Thanks

[@atsuko1422]

I’m glad that you didn’t drop the 🥯 bagel that you loved.

[@fulaahmed9762]

The best Eng teacher of all times. Period.

[@Luka-ec1gk]

I'm here studying... So good. Who else here?

[@mevlutakdag3947]

Whenever i decide to go to an iffy area in a foreign country or city i always grow my beard to look dodgy, lol :)

[@akshaisuresh5421]

❤❤❤❤❤ your so amazing tbh

[@adamarmstrong555]

Yes that email with a Nigerian accent saying they're the prime of Nigeria or from America.

[@abil5438]

STREAM SAY MY NAME BY DESTINY'S CHILD 😂😂😂😂

[@pedropetrucci2884]

You're so nice at giving explanations and not stigmatizing people, places, and cultures. I'm in Colombia right now "dar papaya" is a sin here Lol. Dodgy areas are everywhere but of course, there are some of them that are really scary (I'm not gonna mention names jajajajaj to follow your polite mood). Thanks for today's lesson. So Shady is strange?

[@papateachme]

Yeah and like you don't trust it or that kinda behaviour

[@davyli9418]

hi! can you do an video which explain the deal of the Brexit please?

[@kasunsir5692]

🤔🤔🤔 Do "dodgy and iffy" have the same meaning ?

[@mrsembayev6073]

I love your very interesting lessons, thank you for cool videos

[@John-qt6qk]

Hia I'm colombian and I been chattin to bitish peeps since I war 17 lol " I'm off for a kip" rofl memories

[@olegsavsejenko84]

Really good one:). How about : Funky?

[@amenaislam4750]

Even Without watching the video first I press the like button 🙂 because I already know some educational lesson is coming in very hilarious and joyful way.thank you Aly.

[@papateachme]

I approve of this 😂

[@mamymimma]

I'm happy you didn't experience dodgy areas when you went to Naples 😏

[@BMWRR-rg5ev]

100% of my country's area is dodgy, sketchy, and shady, at the moment

[@bolt8987]

You are the best, really brilliant! Thanks mate

[@brayan7449]

are you getting used to wearing exentric wigs, dude? lol

[@poojarawat1565]

Papa english you are a great teacher, you make learning fun!

[@goddamnezgi]

5:01 wouldn't you like to know weather boy

[@bulaily6974]

Come to Yogyakarta Indonesia. No dodgy area