The trickiest word in English - Quite!

What's the trickiest word in English? For Vicki and Jay it's the adverb quite.
Sometimes quite means the same thing in British and American English, but sometimes it's used differently.
Is the meaning of quite, very or completely? It looks like a small difference but it can lead to big misunderstandings.
In this video we show you
- how to use quite to mean completely
- how to use not quite (meaning not completely) to criticize someone gently or say you disagree.
- how quite can mean very in American English, but fairly or pretty in British English
- how you can often tell what the meaning of quite is depending on whether it's used with gradable or ungradable adjectives.
Finally we have some advice for any American guys who are going on a date with a British girl.
Don’t tell her she’s quite pretty!
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[@randolpho-]

Jay: It's QUITE cold out. It's 9º. Vicky grabs her light sweater, goes outside, shocked how cold it is, realizes Jay said it's "very" cold and it's 9ºF (-13ºC)

[@sq7238]

This made me laugh, specially because I pictured her ranting about it lol

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Ha! Hi reddragonshirt. Vicki here. I LOVE this comment. It could happen! Maybe we should make a video about this.

[@disoriented1]

@@SimpleEnglishVideos Vicki...love the 'Quite' video. I now know I was a bit premature in accepting praise from my U.K. friends! I never knew 'quite' could be anything but 'very'!

[@sarahpanda3252]

Oh right, it's quite difficult! To get the difference. I'm always utterly impressed how you manage to make these awesome skits! You both got an amazing talent for acting haha!

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You guys rock!!!

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Thanks so much Dicas de Ingles by Diou. So glad you liked it. :-)

[@ChitraJayawardena]

@@SimpleEnglishVideos That is my thoughts in his words too

[@thoughtfortheday7811]

When I used to teach English as a foreign language, the most common mistake that intermediate students, adults, would make was with "hardly". Example, turn adjectives into adverbs by adding "ly" to the adjective. Examples : slow /slowly, quick /quickly... then hard /hardly. OK, use "hardly" in a sentence, and they say: "I study hardly", meaning "I study a lot" but actually saying "I study very little". That's a tricky one.

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Hi Thought for the day. We agree, it's very tricky. You might like this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iZzYqnRmoKd2haM

[@thoughtfortheday7811]

@@SimpleEnglishVideos thanks for the great link. As a quick story, when I was teaching hard /hardly, I corrected a student and asked for a different example, they replied ug/ugly. 😁 I loved it! Such a great job!

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Ug/ugly! Ha! Good one. :-)

[@WSandig]

@@SimpleEnglishVideos I just realised that both of these work in german as well... ug -> hassen, ugly -> hässlich and hard -> schwer, hardly -> schwerlich (though the last one sounds is very uncommon, we usually say "kaum" instead) anyways... great Video, thanks you very much.

[@plislegalineu3005]

It's like "It was *hard* to learn for me"

[@porterwilson2439]

As an American, I’ve never really seen “quite” as a difficult word. But seeing it from this perspective really makes me think. To be honest, you made the word quite tricky for me now! Still a nice video though 👍

[@SimpleEnglishVideos]

Hi Porter. Vicki here. It seemed like an easy word to me too until I moved to the US. :-)

[@eftitasusarani5865]

😂

[@kamleshsainiindia]

I've always been confused about the word "quite". Today you both British and Americans solved my problem. Thank you very much!

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That's great to hear Kamlesh. It took me a while to work out too! So glad you liked it. :-)

[@Crissel]

Please make a video about word "actually"

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Here you are Krystian: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aZfGe6WCe8Z1f7M :-)

[@Crissel]

@@SimpleEnglishVideos Thank You, I couldn't find that :)

[@LoanKim-ns8yy]

It's very interesting to learn the differences between British and American English. Now it's clear to me when 'quite' means 'fairly' and 'completely' in British English, but I'm a bit confused when 'quite' means 'fairly' in American English. Thanks Vicki and Jay for the great lesson.

[@SimpleEnglishVideos]

Hi Loan Kim. Thanks so much for writing. Vicki here. I think it's confusing too and that's why I think it's the trickiest word in American English. :-)

[@ayrtonfry3094]

In Australian English, all that really matters is the stress/tone, and sometimes the context. A sentence like "she looked quite nice" may be hard to understand when just reading it. If you meant "very nice" you would inflect your tone up at the end of both 'quite' and 'nice'. If you meant "fairly nice", you would start 'quite' with a high tone, then lower it, and do the inverse for 'nice'. Confusing I know! Thanks Jay and Vicki for another great video.

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Thanks for chipping in with this helpful info, Ayrton. And so glad you liked the video.

[@renatacagliari]

What? How could you, British people? Making me confused for a long time without never telling me about this one!!! But now I know. Thank you, Jay and Vicki. Once again you made my day and helped me learning a lot!

[@SimpleEnglishVideos]

Ha! Vicki here Renata. It was only when I came to the US that I realised what a strange thing we do when we use the word 'quite'. So glad you liked it. :-)

[@danielgallagher8064]

Such a beatiful couple! God bless you both!

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Thanks so much Daniel. :-)

[@HeHe-du4le]

My mom is learning to speak English and she is struggling with the differences between the word very and quite. She is being taught British English, and the one that I learnt was the American. I’m going to send her this video, thanks!

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Robin, let us know if the video helped her. Thanks for writing to us and thanks for watching.

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[@jacksonamaral329]

good to hear the British English like this. good lesson.

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We're glad you liked it Jackson. Thanks for watching.

[@BiglerSakura]

The advice to use the word "quite" at a date with a British girl carefully was quite useful.

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:-)

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Both of you are amazing people and thank you for helping me to fall in love with English. I wish you a lot of love and happiness in your live. :)

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[@TheClone1324]

Okay I'm quite shocked now. ^^ I'm far more familiar with american expressions and pronunciation and assumed I'm talking in an american manner. Now I realized that I always used "quite" in a british way. Useful Video!

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So glad it was useful for you, The Clone1324.

[@jiejie2282]

This is so good. Now I understand that American and British English are used differently. I'm an Asian and sometimes when I used English for foreigners to interact I used mixed British and American. Haha and sometimes I felt the confusion. Hayyy so confusing. Thank you for doing this vlog. You are better than my teachers. You explain everything so clearly and simple to grasp.

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[@jeffersonnery6781]

This video is quite good. I do not understand why some people give thumbs down. You both are quite good in explaining things. Congrats! Don't ever stop it, please.

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Hi Jefferson. We plan on making videos for a long time. Thanks for writing to us and thanks for watching :-)

[@17jonilson]

That was not just quite good, it was extremely good! Thank you for the amazing explanation!

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What a lovely thing to say, Jonilson. Thanks for that and thanks for watching.

[@drayyoutube5843]

As one who speaks American English, I’ll use the word “quite” both to strengthen and to soften adjectives, depending on the tone I use the word.

[@karloh2762]

It was a quite good lesson! (American) It was a very good lesson! (British) Thank you all the time!!!

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You're very welcom Karl. I think you've got it :-)

[@alexlong9654]

I’m very good at studying English with you every week . 2) I think whichever video is quite good to watch first

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Thank you! 😃

[@walldebao]

Friends! I have to watch the video several times to understand better, "Quite" is for sure a Tricky word,but anyway,Thank you,you Both Rock!!

[@SimpleEnglishVideos]

Hi Marco, Vicki here. It took me a while to understand what was happening too! So glad you liked it. :-)

[@walldebao]

My dear friend Vicki ,I Always like your videos,you both are amazing and I love your spontaneous smile and good mood.

[@emdiar6588]

Hi Vicki and Jay. Love the content. I always explain it like this: Quite means completely, 100%, (as you rightly pointed out) but logically, it therefore means "no more and no less". If you say someone is "quite clever" you are saying they are not stupid, but they are certainly no genius either. Likewise, to call a girl "quite pretty" is to say that while she is not ugly, she is not stunningly beautiful either. In other words, to qualify a compliment with "quite" is to subtextually damn with faint praise. This is the main difference between the US and UK usage of 'quite'. One subtle British usage is missing from this video: We have established that 'quite' warm does not mean 'very' warm to us Brits. However, Americans beware. Sometimes we might say "quite" to sarcastically IMPLY "very". For example: If it is the hottest day in recorded history, with the sun blazing down and melting road surfaces, we might say "It's quite warm today, isn't it?". This is sarcasm, sometimes (though not always*) delivered with a wink/slight inflection which indicates we are employing ironic understatement, the implication being that it is in fact VERY warm today. We love us a bit of ironic understatement. "The natives are restless" = "There is a bloody revolution going and the Embassy has been blown up". *We don't always flag up our jokes with a "baddum tish" rim shot. British humour can be very dry. In my experience this can sometimes lead to our intent being lost in translation when talking to Americans. We are not trying to trick you. We are actually paying you a compliment by not assuming you need the joke pointing out to you. "You see what I did there?" is not a phrase we feel it necessary to use after every bit of wordplay.

[@SimpleEnglishVideos]

Oh what a great comment em diar! I haven't looked at sarcasm yet, but I have been working on some scripts about it. Maybe in a few months. :-)

[@emdiar6588]

@@SimpleEnglishVideos Thanks. Of course, as a Brit, if you DO want to use 'quite' in a compliment, it is possible. You might say "You are quite the prettiest girl I have ever seen". This time 'quite' is fine because you have included the superlative 'prettiest'. You have stipulated the position of the prettiness when ranked against all other girls you have ever seen. You are saying "You are EXACTLY the prettiest - not just in the top ten but actually number one". As a linguist and English teacher, I enjoy your videos very much.

[@hibenjie]

I learned something today. I'm an English teacher in Vietnam using a British book (I'm American). I got wholly confused when I came across quite good as meaning "somewhat good" in an activity. I had to look this up! Happy to see that I wasn't wrong since American English's version of quite good means "very good!"

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Oh, so glad we could help Benjie. This is Vicki responding. I still find myself discovering new American meanings too!

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Love your videos! You're quite an inspiration! Thank you!

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I watch your vids quite often as they re quite invaluble.though i m a teacher of english myself I quite love to listen to your quite wonderful pronuciation.plus if you dont mind my telling you that you are bombarding youtube quite enough with your useful videos.finally thanks a million for the help you offer to your viewers and i m quite sure that they re quite happy whenever you post a new tutorial video

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[@floridaman2000]

Well I was born and raised in Trenton New Jersey and in terms of the word quite I say that relatively on the British side

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[@alexlong9654]

Thanks both of you to clear our doubts related quite

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[@marcoselisbao6297]

Thank you. I was quite confused on how to use quite.

[@mustafacr728]

You must have been attractive couple and still .you are both amazing You are all quite lovely I mean in American ❤️

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Thanks so much mustafa. :-)

[@joeprice4738]

Very interesting video comparing the US English to the UK English. I didn't realise this about American English. Also in British English we can use quite in the context of: "Are you quite done!?"

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Great point, Joe. Thanks for that and thanks for watching.

[@alanr4447a]

I'm quite delighted that someone addressed this, because I was never quite sure how to handle it.

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[@alexlong9654]

This video about quite isn't quite bad at all. What a quite perfect video

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Thanks so much Sebastian. So glad you liked it. :-)

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Thank you for clarifying so easily... I am amused with you guys!

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Hello Diego. We're very pleased you enjoyed this video. Thanks for letting us know and thanks for watching.

[@saimajarwar5921]

Hi Vicki and Jay. I always wait both of you on Friday. Now good to see you and happy 😊

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Thanks so much Saima. See you next Friday. :-)

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I am absolutely addicted to your videos. I am amazed by the clarity of your explanations, especially when it comes to differences between British and American English. You are reaching out far and wide and by now seem to have built up a cult following. Bravo.

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[@divinestep3251]

Very interesting this topic! Thank you guys!

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Thank you for the explanation! I wasn't aware about American quite good usage

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Excellent (if you mean the American quite!) :-) Thanks so much 1B Views.

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Ha! That's great to hear Platon. We're hoping you're saying that with the American meaning. :-)

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Greetings to you in Morocco Evee Mak and thank you for the kind words. It's great to have you with us.

[@Jr-ft9ii]

I loved it! 😂 I was struggling with this unit, then ran into you and you made my day! Your lesson is *quite* clear and *quite* hilarious 😍🤣 (of course meaning "completely"). The gradable/ungradable thing was *quite* crucial for me to distinguish the difference 🤩. Thank you so much!!!!

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Jr3510, We're so glad you found this video helpful. - Jay

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Wonderful lesson!thanks. I had no idea about this difference.

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Hi!! I'm from Brazil and I get quite happy when I've watched your videos. Congrats by the pretty job.

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That's great to hear Julio. Thanks for writing! :-)

[@CBJAMPA]

Quite informative and, yes, of course, very informative too! Great job, guys! Thanks for the excellent lesson!

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I love the way you teach, God bless you

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That's so kind of you to say, Laxmi. Thanks for watching.

[@ahmedshalaby1188]

:) QUITE tricky indeed :) Now I've come to realise why my students never use the word; they're afraid to use it wrongly! Thanks Vicki and Jay for this QUITE awesome video :) (I hope 'awesome' is an ungradable adjective)

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Hi Ahmed. So glad you liked it and yes, you're right, awesome is ungradable. :-)

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Great video ! Love it.

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This word is tricky I've always struggled with it but this video was quite helpful: )

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Thanks for the lesson.

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That's absolutely quite a useful and interesting video (to Jay.) And that's honestly a very helpful and entertaining video (to Vicki.)

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Hi Anouar. Well done. You've certainly understood the difference. Thanks for writing to us and thanks for watching our video.

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I quite liked it = I liked it a lot! Fantastic video and amazing explanation - I am quite happy to become one of your subscribers )))

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Wow I really needed this video because I wasn't sure what the quite word means, however I know that word now because of your quite perfect video, many thanks to you.

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Thank you for the video. Quite useful

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I never realized there was such a big difference in the word "quite" in UK and US English, and maybe that's because it's not my first language, so this video was very enlightening to me. One thing about the word though.... It's a misunderstanding I've seen a few times (especially when people do not have a fully trained ear to the English language). + "This place is beautiful!" - "Quite!" + "Huh? Why are you telling me to shut up?" Perhaps you can see what went wrong here. Since "quite" and "quiet" come close in pronunciation (although 'quiet' is a bit longer in sound, but when people do not speak English natively, or are not speaking clearly this difference can be hard to hear), this kind of misunderstanding can happen. I guess "quite" is quite a dangerous word :P

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I quite like this video! - here I’m using American English :)

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This video is quite perfect!!! Thank you so much, now I know the difference 😀

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[@JorgeSpina1980]

In Spanish, if I'm not mistaken, used with 'good', we translate this word as "Bastante" (bastante bien/bueno), meaning that it's acceptable good, but not perfect... With 'often' (bastante seguido) as a little bit more than often, but not always. Etc.. Your videos are super! ❤️

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Thank you for elaborating this (quite) tricky word.

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