The trickiest word in English - Quite!
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- Опубліковано 28 лют 2019
- 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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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)
This made me laugh, specially because I pictured her ranting about it lol
Ha! Hi reddragonshirt. Vicki here. I LOVE this comment. It could happen! Maybe we should make a video about this.
@@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'!
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!
So glad you liked it Sarah. Thanks for writing. :-)
You guys rock!!!
Thanks so much Dicas de Ingles by Diou. So glad you liked it. :-)
@@SimpleEnglishVideos That is my thoughts in his words too
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.
Hi Thought for the day. We agree, it's very tricky. You might like this video: ua-cam.com/video/SkuyA0kBCOA/v-deo.html
@@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!
Ug/ugly! Ha! Good one. :-)
@@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.
It's like "It was *hard* to learn for me"
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 👍
Hi Porter. Vicki here. It seemed like an easy word to me too until I moved to the US. :-)
😂
Please make a video about word "actually"
Here you are Krystian: ua-cam.com/video/3fcJrLFaBIQ/v-deo.html :-)
@@SimpleEnglishVideos Thank You, I couldn't find that :)
I've always been confused about the word "quite". Today you both British and Americans solved my problem. Thank you very much!
That's great to hear Kamlesh. It took me a while to work out too! So glad you liked it. :-)
Such a beatiful couple! God bless you both!
Thanks so much Daniel. :-)
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.
Thanks for chipping in with this helpful info, Ayrton. And so glad you liked the video.
Greetings from Greece(Athens) - with respect and love. I love your english videos - they are great. Thanks a lot you two
Thank you for the lovely compliment, ΒΑΣΙΛΗΣ ΑΓΝΑΝΤΗΣ. And thank you for watching our videos.
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. :)
Hi ondrej. It really encourages us to hear that you're falling in love with English. That's so good to hear. Thanks so much for writing.
Thanks both of you to clear our doubts related quite
Love your videos! You're quite an inspiration! Thank you!
You are amazing guys! Thank you for the video!
You are most welcome, Пика Шплаинткер. Thanks for watching.
I love the way you teach! Thank you and God bless!
You are so welcome, Noel. Thanks for writing.
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.
Thanks so much Elizabeth. This word took me a good while to figure out. The channel is growing slowly but surely and we feel very lucky to have you with us!
Hello Vicky and Jay, thanks a million for your videos, they are really great and helpful. Well done.
So glad you like them Catherine. Thanks for writing. :-)
I love the way you teach, God bless you
That's so kind of you to say, Laxmi. Thanks for watching.
Thank you for clarifying so easily... I am amused with you guys!
Hello Diego. We're very pleased you enjoyed this video. Thanks for letting us know and thanks for watching.
I LOVE THIS CHANNEL! Great job!!
Thank you so much! And thanks for watching, Get Me Fluent.
A very good video like all the time. I’m morroccan and now i can learn English with two of the best teachers in the world. Thank you for everything and I wish for you the best☺️☺️☺️
Greetings to you in Morocco Evee Mak and thank you for the kind words. It's great to have you with us.
Great! Tks for the thorough explanation!
So glad you liked it Miriam. Thanks for writing. :-)
quite fantastic lesson and channel to learn English. Thank you two for this!
So glad you like it Nhat Dang. Thank you for the kind words.
Thank you so much !!! You are the best teachers I have ever had !!!
You're very welcome, Elizabeth. Thanks for watching our video.
Very interesting this topic! Thank you guys!
So glad you liked it Divine Step. Thanks for writing. :-)
Thanks for these awesome videos, defo the best channel for learning English!
Thanks so much Sebastian. So glad you liked it. :-)
I quite understand this lesson. Thank you!
Excellent (if you mean the American quite!) :-) Thanks so much 1B Views.
Awesome couple!! Thank you!! 👍
Thanks so much Adriana. :-)
Wonderful lesson!thanks. I had no idea about this difference.
So glad you liked it Elizabeth. It's one of those language differences that can slip under the radar. :-)
Quite informative and, yes, of course, very informative too! Great job, guys! Thanks for the excellent lesson!
So glad you liked it C. Thanks for writing and telling us. :-)
Thanks for the lesson.
You're very welcome Roberson. :-)
Great video!! 😃😃
I love the way you teach us. ❤️❤️
That's great to hear. Thanks so much Darpan. :-)
good to hear the British English like this. good lesson.
We're glad you liked it Jackson. Thanks for watching.
Hi!! I'm from Brazil and I get quite happy when I've watched your videos. Congrats by the pretty job.
That's great to hear Julio. Thanks for writing! :-)
I've quite enjoyed it ! hahahah really guys, your'e fantastic! Your videos are of great help to learn and to teach!!! Thanks a lot!
So glad you enjoyed, Mar Martin.
Thank you! That was quite impressive.
Ha! That's great to hear Platon. We're hoping you're saying that with the American meaning. :-)
Hi Vicki and Jay. I always wait both of you on Friday. Now good to see you and happy 😊
Thanks so much Saima. See you next Friday. :-)
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.
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. :-)
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
We're so glad to have you with us abdou. Thanks for writing. :-)
I’ve only recently found your channel, and I already love you guys! You absolutely radiate happiness and positivity. I’m not even really sure why I watch your videos; I’m a native English speaker myself. I suppose I just find them interesting and rather entertaining. Thanks, and keep on producing great videos!
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Thanks for your videos i keep learning more and more
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I've just discovered this channel and I loved it!!!
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Excellent!! Thank you
So glad you liked it Susi. :-)
Verrry helpful! Like always, it’s very good!!!
So glad you liked it farshid. Thanks for writing.
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!!!!
Jr3510, We're so glad you found this video helpful. - Jay
Thank you for the video. Quite useful
Ha! So glad you liked it Simone. :-)
first video that i found of them and i love it, thank you so much for the video I really needed it !
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Thank u so much for this video. I have learnt a lot
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Thank you a lot, I appreciate quite the effort you have done to make Videos
:-)
Great video ! Love it.
We're so glad you found this worthwhile, Three Dazzling Kids.
I love you guys! You videos are really interesting 👏👏👏 I'm quite glad to have found your channel! Big hug from Argentina!
Thanks so much Eduardo. Hugs back at you.
Quiet useful (as in American) videos for English learners :) I love these two. Thank you guys. Greetings from Turkey xxx
Hello Mehmet. So glad you liked this one. We had fun making it.
Thank you very much it was very useful.
That's great to hear. Thanks for writing and telling us. :-)
Thank you both for your amazing lessons! My friend whose English is about A1-A2 can understand almost everything you say because you speak slowly and it makes her so happy😊 she can't write correctly by herself yet so I decided to help her and comment your video:)
Hi Vika Rs. Bravo to your friend. She's doing really well. Please tell her thank you so much for writing and to keep up the good work.
I love both of you guys "
you are awesome "
thanks a lot for the video
Mohammed, thanks for letting us know you like this video. Thank you for watching.
The best channel to learn!😍
Thanks for the kind words Juliana. :-)
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.
Hi Jefferson. We plan on making videos for a long time. Thanks for writing to us and thanks for watching :-)
Thank you for the explanation! I wasn't aware about American quite good usage
Glad it was helpful!
I enjoy this lesson. it's quite good
skinjake, did you mean that in the British sense (it was OK but not that great) or in the American sense (it was excellent)? :-)
Thank you for elaborating this (quite) tricky word.
So glad you liked it Ps Silva. :-)
Hi Vicki, thank you for this video, it is very good. And thanks for that video Jay, it is quite good.
Ha! A perfectly pitched message for us both. Thanks so much Serge. :-)
Thank you so much. You helped me a lot!
Jonahan, we're so pleased we could help. Thanks for letting us know and thank you for watching our video.
I'm quite delighted that someone addressed this, because I was never quite sure how to handle it.
So glad you liked it alanr Thanks for writing.
you two are quite good in teach us!!!
That's so nice of you to say, Renan.
Thank you so much for all your efforts explaining the subtleties and nuances between American and British language. You are quite good at it=🇺🇸
Ha! Thanks so much for the kind words Isabel. Much appreciated. :-)
That's absolutely quite a useful and interesting video (to Jay.) And that's honestly a very helpful and entertaining video (to Vicki.)
Hi Anouar. Well done. You've certainly understood the difference. Thanks for writing to us and thanks for watching our video.
Great ! very funny and humor are important in learn English, Thank you !
So glad you liked it Sena. Thanks for writing. :-)
it was very useful to me ! thank you
That's great to hear. Thanks for writing! :-)
I love these videos! I always learn something new. ;)
That's great to hear OniiChan. Thanks so much for writing and telling us. :-)
That was not just quite good, it was extremely good! Thank you for the amazing explanation!
What a lovely thing to say, Jonilson. Thanks for that and thanks for watching.
This video is quite perfect!!! Thank you so much, now I know the difference 😀
So glad you liked it Guillermo. Thanks so much for writing. :-)
Thank you. I was quite confused on how to use quite.
Thank you for this clearification ..
Glad it was helpful!
I love this couple ! Your videos are soooo didactic ! many hugs from Brazil.
Hi Rosana. That's so kind of you to say. And hugs from Brazil mean a lot to us. Brazil is one of our favorite vacation spots.
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Oh gosh I love your videos. Congrats to you both.
Cesar, we're so glad you're enjoying our videos. Thanks for letting us know and thanks for watching.
I quite liked it = I liked it a lot! Fantastic video and amazing explanation - I am quite happy to become one of your subscribers )))
T. O.B., welcome to the Simple English Videos community. We're very pleased you enjoyed this video. Thanks for writing to us and thanks for watching.
Thanks so much, your lessons are quite ( American ) enjoyable 😄
Ha! Delighted to hear that Mamy Mimma. :-) Thank you!
Quite an interesting lesson ..pretty useful.. I love your voice
So glad you liked it Linda. Thanks for letting us know and thanks for watching.
Love your Videos!
That's great to hear Sagitariana68. Much appreciated.
I’m very good at studying English with you every week .
2) I think whichever video is quite good to watch first
Thank you! 😃
Wonderful video thanks ever so much
Alejandro, you are most welcome. Thanks for writing to us and thanks for watching our video.
You two are so lovely! 💕
You are so kind
Thanks a LOT. No words to thank them
So nice of you. :-)
I loved your video!
That's great to know, Peres. Thanks for watching.
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!
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. :-)
This video is QUITE good. Thank you😄
Hi tran huong. Did you mean it's quite good in the British sense or the American sense? Thanks for writing to us and thanks for watching :-)
It's quite humour ways to learn English
Great!!!!
Thanks so much both
We're so glad you're enjoying our videos, dream it possible. Thanks for letting us know and thanks for watching.
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
Oh, I didn’t know that. Thank you so much for awesome video again! I’m quite confused😆
Hi Ville, Vicki here. It still confuses me sometimes too! So glad you liked it though. :-)
That´s excellent. I didn´t know that! Thank you.
Hi Karolina, Vicki here. It's easy to miss. It took me a while to figure it out.
I just found your channel and I love it . Keep up with the good work you help me so much with my English because I give Proficiency exams in 2 months . Greetings from Greece!!
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@@SimpleEnglishVideos thank you so much !!
You guys are quite awesome.
Thank you so much Liny Italiano Fernando. :-)
OMG I looooved them!
Santiago, that's so kind of you to say. Thanks for writing to us and thanks for watching.
That's quite great , to say thanks
Thanks so much Youssef. So glad you liked it.
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.
So glad you liked it Toxez. Thanks for writing and telling us. :-)
Oh, I love, love, love your videos 🙂👍
Hi Feli Li. That's so kind of you to say. Thank you for writing to us and thank for watching our videos.
You’re quite great teachers!
Thanks so much Gema. :-)
You both are quite wonderful😀
Could you do a video about the differences between a idiom and an a metaphor? It’s easy to understand the difference between a metaphor and a smilie. Hope that request made sense. Your channel is quite good!!
Hi B Meetze. Thanks for this suggestion and the kind words. I'd like to do something on metaphors.
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!
Robin, let us know if the video helped her. Thanks for writing to us and thanks for watching.