STATIVE VERBS in CONTINUOUS Tenses!? English is Broken!

Can I use Stative verbs in continuous tenses? Is the McDonald's "I'm loving it!" song okay? Is it good grammar? Today we're exploring stative and action verbs in English and how YOU can break the grammar rules!
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[@mfatihy_]

In the "I'm not loving it" case, that "to love" feels like "to enjoy". Maybe the situation can be explained this way, too.

[@TaniaRocha2014]

Good 😄

[@carlaluis5175]

Yeah it makes sense

[@reneperez2126]

I think your can also say " I'm not liking this"

[@vsm1456]

@@reneperez2126 but "like" is also a stative verb, no? so you need to explain that too

[@Bookworm-u7j]

I love the way you clear the concepts in a very easy manner and I'm totally loving it

[@alexanderbelaretski5491]

Are we going to get 'Love is just a stative verb' released on Spotify?

[@ВікторМ-м6з]

I always knew "however" was the main rule in English.

[@fishfingerfarmfly]

If there were any special awards for the best KZbin English teachers You would definitely get one. Especially in the "always surprising and never dissapointing content" category. Just WOWing every single time

[@RaijaAlatalo]

I'm an English teacher and... I'm loving this video! I'll show it to my students :)

[@papateachme]

✌️😁

[@justateacher7527]

I’d love to show it to my students but because of the word “poop” I won’t

[@TomRNZ]

@@justateacher7527 Oh, no! Not the word "poop"! How would your students ever recover! 😱

[@lucythemotherofathests1465]

@@TomRNZ 🤣🤣🤣

[@ЕкатеринаПодольская-э7в]

That’s the reason why I show this video to mine :)

[@julianalht]

Your work is amazing! Thank you for teaching us in such a fun way! :)

[@papateachme]

Cheers juli! ✌️😁

[@Proidysweet]

I love this one. Been using some without even realizing it. XD Though some of these sound kinda weird, so I won't use every single one I've discovered in this video. Still thank you, it was a great explanation ^-^

[@SummerFrost23]

Yeah, I am thinking about the consistency of English grammar. Is "thinking about " an action verb ? Dynamic ? Then, what is the exact definiton of dynamic? It turns out to be bullshit . Every teacher has their own way of interpretation.

[@assylbek857]

Hi Ally, please prepare IELTS videos. It can help people to pass this difficult exam.Thank you in advance

[@carlotta8258]

A nice blue denim shirt you're wearing! I get distracted 🤤 No, I'm not being stupid or silly but honestly it fits you perfectly! I'm loving it and I'm wanting to have one now! 😇

[@MsEickhoff]

I am hating you right now (being a non - native English teacher) - but generally speaking I don`t hate you !!!

[@abrahamluquetrocones4510]

Exlcellent teacher Thanks so much My blessings 🎉

[@elcolicous]

I've heard many times: "Are you being serious right now?" Is it correct?

[@wuttyee8340]

Thank you for this lesson. ❣️ Could I ask you a question ? I can't help (doing ) and I can't help but ( do) . What is the difference between them ?? I am hating these two phrases. They really confuse me a lot.

[@СветланаЕфремова-ф1н]

I'm an English teacher and I know what you're trying to get across. But at school I have to teach very formal outdated English

[@y.dinesh1243]

I'm dying to watch "PONNIYIN SELVAN" movie.

[@aguajulia]

This video reminds me of an iconic line from my high school English teacher. Her: Don't you ever use the word "start" in the continuous form. Me: watching videos when real English people use "start" in the continuous form. Confusion intensifies. I'm so glad that you show the real and more natural side of English. Few teachers go beyond textbook rules. Splendid job and video ❤️

[@babyruthless9670]

As a C2 I keep coming to your videos because you always have something new to teach me, or remind me of basic lessons that I probably forgot about, so I'm thanking you for that 🌻

[@papateachme]

Im glad !! Hope I can keep helping! ✌️

[@carloshortuvia5988]

In spanish, we make a difference between transitory "be" and a permanent "be" ("ser" or "estar")

[@cerominho]

Ok, you said Spanish, but "ser" and "estar" are portuguese words...

[@carloshortuvia5988]

@@cerominho Both are mutually intelligible.

[@danasarbanova9679]

1:15 "Yeeeeah, I know"😅 His thoughts: * I'm liking to pronounce it *

[@JoaoGuilherme-dm4yc]

What about Perfect Continuous Tenses? Does the meaning change? For example: I’ve been wanting to talk to you. She’s been loving her new job How’s school? Have you been understanding everything well? Can I say it?

[@betelgezaa]

Useful. I am wanting a pizza. Interesting.

[@gothboots]

I still remember how I asked my English teacher: "Are you seeing the presentation?" I thought it was actually okay (?) to say something like that... Like: "Can you see it right now?" Needless to say that she screamed at me 🤡 (yeah, grammar isn't my thing, so sorry if there are any mistakes 😬)

[@papateachme]

That is absolutely ok to say 😂 we say it like that all the time

[@gothboots]

@@papateachme Oh, so I was right! Thank you for your answer! This question has been bothering me since 2021 :')

[@cfkcrafter3018]

Now my English level is D2 because of you,kate english,Jack and luke english.

[@papateachme]

D2 is the ultimate level

[@germanmorganti9686]

Hi Aly! Excellent vid, as usual. Is it OK to say I'm having a splitting headache? Cheers! Regards from Argentina.

[@kedrova197]

yes, the issue with have + an illness is still uncovered

[@ekaterinaboykova5994]

I definitely like your drawings

[@yangqin2970]

Your teaching has always been second to none! A thumbs-up for this wonderful video.

[@papateachme]

This guy! ✌️ thanks bud

[@pktgako]

Well its lame that I cannot give 100 likes at once.

[@gonzachambi3937]

"I'm not understanding anything today!" it's the kind of phrase I would never, not in a million years say to our beloved teacher Aly. Because he makes from every single video the most amazing and funny classes.

[@Valintinus]

I have a shower (in my flat) vs I am having a shower (I'm bathing). Got it.

[@papateachme]

Nice!!! 🤟

[@el7jake]

I think it's obvious why mcdees uses quote I'm loving it." they're using it because it's just off enough that people are going to remember it. The typical person probably isn't going to get that" I'm loving it"is not really correct English, but it WILL stay in their in their minds because it sounds kind of odd. And don't forget that we can use HAVE in the continuous form when we talk about having a good time because that's an activity verb.

[@mariodroid7]

Other examples of how broken English is nowadays. 1. Using 'more' for short adjectives in comparative sentences: This is more cheap than that. 2. Using 'there's' for plural nouns: There's beers in the fridge. 3. Using flipped grammar in some conditional sentences: If you would have known... 4. Using 'no' to ask tag questions: You live in California, no? 5. Not using adverbs of manner: I didn't say that correct.

[@mgircka5611]

Aly, not only have I been teaching English for 10 years, but I'm also your massive fan:) I never miss your videos so that I teach natural English!;)

[@H.EL-Othemany]

It's just a marketing thing. It's special so it's catchy. Slogans have to be special. If it was I LOVE IT.. it won't be so unique.. that's it ! Also I'm loving it isn't grammatically incorrect. I'm making 200 dollars an hour and I'm loving it. ( Just an example)

[@jrcwwl]

English as a whole is based on contradictions, constantly breaking its own rules especially with pronunciation, not to mention it sounds ugly, banal when compared to Italian, Castilian Spanish, French etc.

[@mariacristinabevilacqua614]

I love your classes Aly!!!! Actually, I'm loving this video!!!!😄👍🇦🇷

[@АнтонПилипчук-щ7й]

Hi Ali! What about "Enjoy", looks stative to me. When I speak in general about let's say "pizza with olives" I would say: I've enjoyed it since childhood. But if we imagine I'm eating this pizza now and say to my friend sitting next to me: "I've been enjoying it since childhood" Is it correct?

[@TaliaMellifera]

So, Mcdonalds, for some obscure reason I am loving you right now. Possibly it's because I got paid for this spot! Also, maybe the crap diner wanted to emphasise that the love is so big, that it turned into a movement. The 'fat and sick' party.

[@FLoPPy332]

You explained everything to me very clearly. Is English your mother tongue? You sound ausome. But I'm not confident enough to watch videos without subtitles. And when you drew two wemen wich one was with her tongue out, I thout that they would be gossiping 😅. Sorry if I expressed my thoughts unnaturally. There's a lot I need to learn.

[@ibrahimsanimuhammad2723]

I am really loving my own EX🤭 I understand whatever you teach us, but I am not understanding anything right now, coz I've been thinking about my own Ex- girlfriend 😊

[@brigid3423celt]

I love you in that you chose poop out of all the other innumerable verbs😊

[@anthonyrobertson2011]

I was in a chat room a few years ago and used a stative verb in the present continuous. Don't remember which now. Anyway an ESL person wrote me "you can't use that verb like that". I explained you do if you want to sound fluent. He wasn't having it. He was one of those annoying chatters that often caused a bit of strife. Oh well, go on sounding like a stiff text book if that's your goal sir.

[@MissesHappyPunk]

For the McDonald's example, does that mean I usually don't love it, but right now "I'm lovin' it"?

[@Maria-tl1lm]

Sorry, I can't give you a like today because even though you are right, you should be very careful. You can teach this only to advanced students. Why? I don't think I really need to explain it but it would be like teaching the present simple to a beginner and saying you can use DO or DOES in affirmative sentences (you can but only to enphasise, that's why they teach this at B2 level, otherwise students would always use it saying it is gramatically correct. About McDonalds "I'm loving it" a lot of articles on different magazines, like THINK IN ENGLISH magazine and others, like the Macmillan dictionary in which they wrote about Mc Donalds and Justin Timberlake: Of course, it’s too late, the damage has been done. It’s been nearly six years since Mr Trousersnake and his accomplice Ronald McDonald rode roughshod over decades of cast-iron grammatical certainty, not to mention showing a woeful disregard for the mental health of Raymond Murphy (grammar in use author). Anyway, people saying things doesn't mean they are correct, like anywayS, which a lot of young people say with an S in lots of tv series, but it is incorrect.

[@papateachme]

I see your point but I have to respectfully disagree. “Correct” in English, doesn’t mean the same as “correct” in maths. English isn’t a binary system of yes/no. And if you’re very clear on things, you can teach any grammar to any level student.

[@MrEolicus]

0:24 Now I'm confused... you are my English teacher...

[@barrysteven5964]

I stumbled across this as a native speaker and found it fascinating. It's one of those things I'd never thought about. The stative verb you can use with -ing which first sprang to my mind when you started to explain was 'to think'. 'What are you thinking about?' or 'I'm was just thinking'.

[@simonbrampton]

English is evolving and it's 'right', but not when I started teaching English 33 years ago.

[@karolwieczorek5775]

What if my mate shows me his new motorbike, and I'm utterly impressed, Can I say, 'Wow, what are you having here?'

[@alinouraabi4470]

Great, thanks

[@MrDylanHole]

Stative verbs as present participles appear in other circumstances, too. Such as gerunds, adjectival phrases, absolute phrases, and resultative states. What a nightmare this topic is.

[@georgesanchez4965]

Wow! Thanks! This class was all that I needed!❤️

[@klaudia6941]

Nice explanation. But how is it with the 'im loving it' ? That means they were loving it that particular moment? And in generał they hate it? 😅

[@-mey5392]

I moved to another country and I've been asked "how are you liking the country?" I'm not sure if this is correct 🥶

[@pablodescamisado]

What about "Every day I'm shuffling" ? ^_^

[@ValentineWS]

I'm loving your videos!)

[@papateachme]

✌️😁

[@mirandakwok24]

thanks dude I am totally understanding what's being stupid 😍🤩

[@praxhernandez8268]

Love You Papa !! Great Teacher 😘💕 I was having some meals --

[@1reda7]

I have a problem or a disease or a fight.....is have here a stative or action verb?

[@danasarbanova9679]

Wow, thanks for the explaining👍 I love all of your lessons❤️

[@papateachme]

The lessons love you too!

[@stellastella6214]

Mc Donald says "I'm lovin it" . Don't I usually love it?

[@sincerely-b]

I often refer to this specific song when explaining the continuous/progressive tense. I was quite surprised to see this video today!

[@papateachme]

Right!?

[@eduardoleon2936]

Muchas gracias. Gracias a usted entendí la diferencia.

[@Waldlaeufer70]

That's a very helpful lesson. Thank you for sharing your thoughts! 👍

[@michaelas481]

So McDonald's is using bad grammar, right? Or do they want to emphasize that people love it at certain moments only?

[@maheshm6461]

They do it intentionally to get the attention of people

[@alexeykkk9557]

"I'm having a dog" - "Oh, who's the father?"

[@britishengfeast.]

That's bloody nice explanation

[@sergiodecastrobelem5318]

I'm not loving all that politics going on in my country.

[@ludan68]

As I'm typing this comment, I'm remebering what you explained and I'm understanding better how to use stative verbs in a continuous tense. One word for this video...Superb!

[@papateachme]

Amazing examples duuuuude!👏

[@levorlov8788]

Very helpful!!! Thank you :)

[@kittenastrophy5951]

"I do having love on it". Not sound bad, right?

[@kedrova197]

Awesome, I've been teaching English with Grammar in Focus for over 25 years, but it has never been so easy to explain the usage of Stative Verbs and the situations in which it is natural to use some stative verbs in continuous form

[@sandrinegiboin767]

Hi. Thanks a lot ! great. I'm from France and I heard you say " you compare it to other moments WHERE you didn't feel like..." I've always learnt that we must say ..."expression of time" WHEN,. So what's the rule? Thank you so much for your explanations and videos.

[@ravenloft1982]

Hello Aly, I've always wanted to ask about this; There is a wonderful song that I guess you also know, named "Under pressure" by Queen. In lyrics I see this sentence "Sat on a fence but it don't work" it don't work, is it because of the melody and maybe rhythm of the song? Or in daily life sometimes people say "he/she/it don't"?

[@papateachme]

Great question! ✌️😁 songs usually don’t use correct grammar either because it sounds better than way or it rhymes better or it feels better to match the feeling of the song

[@ravenloft1982]

@@papateachme Thanks for great answer!✌️😁

[@sgdusdm8225]

Tell me what you're needing.

[@alpharum3141592]

Some English teachers who have seen this video have been hating it; that's not about politeness but about context problems

[@papateachme]

No one cares what they think tho ✌️

[@yamhweeyeo3089]

You win because you are 100%? Wow!

[@arieliturbide6326]

Aly...el verbo WAIT is considered a Stative or an Action one? Pleeeeaaase ayuda por favor ...

[@romanbykov5922]

you are being totally understood, dude!

[@francescochierici2504]

Can I Also Say: i've got a dog?

[@serdarhoca-dt7sd]

I like the way he teaches. Special thanks

[@dineshsce]

Very important lesson 👌

[@mayabi2901]

Ali, you are really 100%super genius English teacher!

[@papateachme]

Cheers maya! You’re a legend! Hope your day is going great!

[@alenunya]

Isn't there a story how people started using phrases like "I'm loving it", "I'm hating it" etc because of McDonalds? Like their song popularized the use of it?

[@papateachme]

Could be!

[@inbcetc3569]

@@papateachme @Learn English with Papa Teach Me Thank you for the video. So, what is your verdict on McDonald’s I'm Loving It? Is it an emphasis or a comparison?

[@maheshm6461]

@@inbcetc3569 I think they do it intentionally to get the attention of people .

[@sandraalves7745]

I really liked to know about the verb "understand" about the possibility to use It in a stative way, cause in portuguese we use this verb in continuous form refering to something that is happening at the moment. And when I have to use It in a simple tense, It doesnt make Sense for me... I don't know If you understand my point....

[@arthurquito161]

CRYSTAL Clear!!!

[@roxytana717]

noted. great lesson !!!!

[@schiarazula]

"I'm not loving this" actually means "I'm not enjoying it".

[@isabelmedina7127]

I'm loving you 😅

[@paolabonaga5691]

Absolutely useful!!🙂🌻thak you Ali , you re always clear in your lesson😉

[@papateachme]

Have a great day Paola! 🤟🤓

[@paolabonaga5691]

@@papateachme and you😉

[@sightseeingspotfacts]

great video

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Wow.❤️...I m loving your lectures sir..❤️❤️Love and huge respect from India 🙏🙏

[@vikaskumarsahu2298]

@@lanaefremova3443 Thanks a lot for correcting me ma'am 🙏 but I wanted to consider all his lectures😀

[@2minutesenglish594]

Hello papa

[@ArulPalanisamy]

Thank you

[@asanglakichu7489]

Nice

[@flightplane8231]

Well done

[@UGAGANAGA1]

Nice )

[@helensimeoni8433]

You’re amazing! Thanks

[@claranumberone]

I just found this channel and I am loving it!!!

[@barriehobbs4533]

I'd been wanting a video on this subject.