Modal verbs MAY and MIGHT: EVERYTHING you need to know

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  • @IgorPetriyov
    @IgorPetriyov 6 років тому +17

    Yes, you are the best english teacher on Tube!

  • @MrDimitrovv
    @MrDimitrovv 6 років тому +5

    Hi, Gedeon! It might be the best lesson which i've ever watched about may and might. And your "stay mellow" is a great trick. Sounds strange, but it makes you and the channel peculiar and more recognizable! Keep it up!

  • @phfebo
    @phfebo 5 років тому +1

    Your vídeos are widely changing my studies... I am highly gratefull. Brazilian regards.

  • @monicas.9407
    @monicas.9407 6 років тому

    Dear Gideon
    I just want to say out loud to everyone that it's worth to learn the language english with you. All we need is YOU GIDEON and your video lessons... FOR ME IT IS A GREAT HONOR TO LEARN THIS LANGUAGE WITH YOU . God bless you Gideon !!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @lamazeitoun7915
    @lamazeitoun7915 6 років тому +15

    Brilliant and interesting as always

  • @nataliya2641
    @nataliya2641 2 роки тому

    Hello from Moscow, dear Mr.Very Sensitive Person.God bless you.Have a fantastic Tuesday!!!

  • @abdozalmadi7511
    @abdozalmadi7511 6 років тому +2

    Great teacher indeed.
    I like his so excellent lessons.
    Thank you so much respectful
    Teacher for all your great efforts.

  • @mickeymouse-kc8fx
    @mickeymouse-kc8fx 6 років тому +1

    Your lessons are brilliant and clear as always. The music BTW is great, and puts listeners in the right mood. Even its volume is good, don't change it! Keep up the fantastic work!

  • @algewatta
    @algewatta 6 років тому

    I have been exploring ways to teach English to ESL learners more effectively and your lessons have been so helpful because as you mention you really dig deep into the English Language and all your lessons are full of insight.I really love learning from native speakers like you who are full of insight into the language.

  • @Bpositive1O1
    @Bpositive1O1 6 років тому +1

    I appreciate your efforts,you are a great teacher

  • @СабирЗейналов-ъ6и
    @СабирЗейналов-ъ6и 6 років тому

    I figured out that in the countries where English is not a mother tounge , people tend to make all these mistakes especially with modal verbs,"would",tenses,phrasal verbs etc. and this is because we are used to use the wrong patterns which we've got during school years..I clearly remember my English classes at school and even the final English exam before the university where I was let's say "cool" :) . However, when I faced with really cool native speakers I relazied that the English which I and they have been using was completely different :) That moment was approximately 2 years ago and then I started to listen only native speakers .. Your lessons are far away from typical "english classes" lessons and it's a big help from you !:)) If I've decided to visit Paris , I'll definietly be pleased to attend a couple of classes! Thank you once again !

    • @josephcote6120
      @josephcote6120 5 років тому

      It seems like some languages have some simple tricks to sounding natural, but I don't know what it would be for English. The one I heard from a friend was when his son was learning Russian. He knew the words and the grammar, and could speak well enough to be understood, but he felt he was not finding the natural flow native speakers have. The help he got from a native speaker was to choose his words so that the word "F**king" (in Russian) could be placed between any of them. You don't have to say it, just leave a place for it to be said if you want to.

  • @ionelastan9562
    @ionelastan9562 6 років тому +1

    Hi Prof Gideon, your lesson is so well explained and easy to follow. Thank you!

  • @isabelatence7035
    @isabelatence7035 6 років тому +1

    Professor always wanted to use with his explanation I'm more comfortable using might and may. Valuable tip. Thankful

  • @marcosdeerice8538
    @marcosdeerice8538 5 років тому +1

    Hi!! This lesson may be the best i´ve had on this issue!!!

  • @mynameis1998
    @mynameis1998 3 роки тому

    Hello Prof. Gedeon.
    Great Lesson Thank you.
    But I have a question.
    You said that it is impossible to use two modals together. But here 05:05 may and have to go together. Why is that? As far as I know have to is a semi-modal.
    Thank you beforehand!

  • @hellosun8965
    @hellosun8965 6 років тому +8

    I like yr videos much. Could you turn the music lower? It's pretty loud compared with your voice!

  • @Rosa-jg9yf
    @Rosa-jg9yf 4 роки тому

    This video has been extremely useful for me. Thanks Gideon!

  • @ОльгаВоробьева-щ8ю
    @ОльгаВоробьева-щ8ю 5 років тому +1

    Thanks a million
    You're my fav teacher on UA-cam. Your every lesson is a wee gift.👍👌

  • @MrHirschkeule
    @MrHirschkeule 6 років тому +31

    I really dig your content, but the music during the transitions is so incredibly loud. Could you turn it down a notch in the next videos? Best regards :)

    • @LetThemTalkTV
      @LetThemTalkTV  6 років тому +13

      I'll do my best

    • @MrHirschkeule
      @MrHirschkeule 6 років тому

      LetThemTalkTV You are the best :) Actually reacting to constructive criticism... Never thought that day would come on UA-cam ^^

    • @de-ka
      @de-ka 6 років тому +7

      Lesson learnt: You might want to turn the music down next time. ;)

    • @giagia7392
      @giagia7392 4 роки тому

      I totally agree. Is so annoying 😖

  • @rezza2507
    @rezza2507 6 років тому +2

    Hi, Gideon! Much appreciated. I really enjoyed watching and learning this very useful lesson on your own great UA-cam channel. Much obliged.
    1. What about using "may" in spoken English and "might" in written English?
    2. Which is the most polite modal verb according to degree of politeness in English: may or might?
    Thank you in advance.

    • @LetThemTalkTV
      @LetThemTalkTV  6 років тому +1

      1. For me you can use both for written or spoken the difference is in the meaning not the formality.
      2. As above
      Thanks

    • @rezza2507
      @rezza2507 6 років тому +1

      Anytime.

    • @rezza2507
      @rezza2507 6 років тому +1

      1978ajax Thanks for the answer and your explanation. Much appreciated.

  • @korchicherkaoui827
    @korchicherkaoui827 6 років тому +4

    Frankly speaking ,you have a good pedagogy method .l have the urge to follow your streaming videos, since they are not only interesting but also efficient to improve my English . so excuse me for my poor English

  • @luisameraz6213
    @luisameraz6213 3 роки тому

    Hi teacher, would you tell me what do you mean by telling Stay mellow? Thanks in advance.

  • @johnstag1391
    @johnstag1391 5 років тому

    Excellent lessons

  • @mikoajem675
    @mikoajem675 6 років тому

    What about 'ought to'? Can it be used as a synonym to 'should' or is it an archaism that should not be used in everyday speech?

  • @jayinshiau
    @jayinshiau 4 роки тому

    Hi, thank you for another enlightening lesson on the modal verb. Incidentally, could you kindly explain the difference between question posed that begins with "Have you" and "Did you"? What would a native speaker say if they have doubt whether something has actually been done by beginning the question with "Have you" or "Did you"?
    Thank you in advance.

  • @tonytony-ox3wd
    @tonytony-ox3wd 6 років тому

    Pleasant lessons
    Great teacher

  • @wilfriedmathias2236
    @wilfriedmathias2236 6 років тому +3

    Great video! Thanks a lot!
    Keep up the good work!

  • @БогданКостюченко-ц4о

    Thank you, Gideon!

  • @alexiavogdou8565
    @alexiavogdou8565 6 років тому

    Just perfect Gideon!Thank you!

  • @charubhargava3847
    @charubhargava3847 6 років тому

    Thank you sir for helping us... You are a great teacher

  • @prettyqueen1675
    @prettyqueen1675 6 років тому +3

    Bonjour Monsieur vous êtes toujour le meilleur, je vous souhaite une bonne soirée.

  • @daysebruna1863
    @daysebruna1863 4 роки тому

    Brilliant lesson :)

  • @ayeshashafiq4333
    @ayeshashafiq4333 6 років тому

    great angel man. telling fabulous

  • @cindyc6703
    @cindyc6703 5 років тому

    Very good. I certainty enjoy it. I might be watching again. Thanks. 🤩🤩🤩🤩

  • @injujuan8993
    @injujuan8993 5 років тому

    Hello Gideon! This one was tremendously helpful, mate. Big thanks! Cheers and stay the way you are- brilliant, generous and so bloody mellow😁😁😁❤❤❤😘

  • @elizabethcaiado4344
    @elizabethcaiado4344 6 років тому

    The best professor! Thanks

  • @rodoami7975
    @rodoami7975 6 років тому

    Dear Gideon
    Thank you for the lessons.
    We've recently bought a package tour, so we are flying to Egypt this month.
    However, we might travel to Berlin this Summer as well.
    Sounds great, doesn't it? Hope, it is grammatically correct too.
    P.S. Double thanks for Kiev from Kiev. :-)
    Best wishes,
    Grygorii

  • @phfebo
    @phfebo 5 років тому

    Gideon. Please, what about the uses of should? You did say on the vídeo that'd sound rudely as advicing... Now i'm afraid saying "should" and sound rough-ish. Could you give us a hint?
    Thank you very much

  • @brunosacci4379
    @brunosacci4379 4 роки тому

    Amazing class thank you sir! Regards from Mexico!👍🏻🎓🇬🇧👏

  • @pussycatlover6522
    @pussycatlover6522 5 років тому

    You the man! Bravo. By the way I 've heard a French emergency vehicle seren. Do you live you in France?

  • @leninha-carioca
    @leninha-carioca 6 років тому

    Excellent. Thank you.

  • @ajstube54
    @ajstube54 8 місяців тому

    Very well explained, 😀😀.

  • @nitsmalhotra2147
    @nitsmalhotra2147 5 років тому

    Hi,
    Kindly provide us with a series of grammar units. As starting with Parts of Speech, then moving for tenses, and then for sentence construction incluuding subject verb agreement.
    Hope it will work for ESL learners.
    Regards!!

  • @andreagiraldomdphd.8376
    @andreagiraldomdphd.8376 5 років тому

    Marvellous lesson. Thank you very much indeed. A

  • @cringeaf6803
    @cringeaf6803 6 років тому +3

    Thank you so much for this helpful video :")

  • @v.a.2796
    @v.a.2796 5 років тому

    Thank you sir ....Accept the gratitude from India ❤❤

  • @TheMik3P
    @TheMik3P 6 років тому +1

    This video is pretty useful, as usual! Stay mellow 😎

  • @arturcostasteiner9735
    @arturcostasteiner9735 6 років тому

    Thank you Gideon!
    When should we use maybe or perharps?
    Suppose someone asks you "Do you think it'll rain in London on March 25, 2672?" Would you say maybe?

    • @LetThemTalkTV
      @LetThemTalkTV  6 років тому

      May/Might you often use before a verb. Otherwise certainly you can use MAYBE but MIGHT is possible too. Do you think it will rain? Maybe / it might.

    • @maridela6320
      @maridela6320 6 років тому

      Hi,very clear and useful lesson
      Thank you very much

  • @tangogolfromeo
    @tangogolfromeo 8 місяців тому

    Who's the sound operator of this video?

  • @zeina9290
    @zeina9290 5 років тому

    It’s so useful and awesome thank you

  • @НатальяЛевая-ю1к
    @НатальяЛевая-ю1к 6 років тому

    Gideon, thank you for the new video, it's very useful - the one I really need. By the way, I'm still wondering, what does it mean - "stay mellow"? Is it "behave yourselves, be good" or something like "don't worry, be happy"? :-)

    • @LetThemTalkTV
      @LetThemTalkTV  6 років тому +1

      Thanks for your comment. I'll let you know as soon as I have a good answer

  • @الباشقعمر-ث9ف
    @الباشقعمر-ث9ف 6 років тому +3

    Thank you ☺

  • @maurocastagnera8949
    @maurocastagnera8949 6 років тому +1

    Great video as always! Thank you sir, I'm learning a lot of things from you. Keep going 👍

  • @nelsongarciafilho9689
    @nelsongarciafilho9689 6 років тому

    I liked very much your video. I understand it completely. I'm going to pass for my friends. Thanks.

  • @NicolaSiliprandi70
    @NicolaSiliprandi70 6 років тому

    Thank you, Gideon! Your videos are always useful! :-)

  • @ilhambakhti1345
    @ilhambakhti1345 4 роки тому

    Think you very much!

  • @kendrixsese6890
    @kendrixsese6890 6 років тому

    This is very very useful! Another examples to learn again! But this is not how I use the proper modal verbs for uncertainty things, I usually say, "I think, I will be late at the party." but it does sound a little bit rude! doesn't it? But I've learnt something from it!

    • @josephcote6120
      @josephcote6120 5 років тому

      There are many words for possibilities. When someone says "I think [something will happen]" it means that with the knowledge that they currently have, this is their best guess. When we say "I may be late" or "I might be" or "It's possible I will be" we are saying that our current information is not enough to say one way or the other. Another you might hear is "Chances are I will be late" or "Odds are I will be late" Saying it is likely to happen, this is from gambling usage.

  • @nyeinchanaung2582
    @nyeinchanaung2582 3 роки тому

    Your explanation is really effective for me but I feel like it may be effective for the other students or It might be effective for them.

  • @MsSabreena28
    @MsSabreena28 5 років тому

    Can you explain the right use of "ONLY" please.

  • @oumarberete7363
    @oumarberete7363 6 років тому

    Perfect ! I know now how to use it.

  • @maritzazapata8496
    @maritzazapata8496 6 років тому

    Outstanding!

  • @aabbe762
    @aabbe762 Рік тому

    Thanks ❤

  • @ildikomolnar8437
    @ildikomolnar8437 6 років тому

    Very helpful and useful

  • @nikitasasl-robloxgame76
    @nikitasasl-robloxgame76 5 років тому

    And what about may & might in question tags?

  • @raufrauf716
    @raufrauf716 6 років тому

    Tanx for the lessons

  • @korchicherkaoui827
    @korchicherkaoui827 6 років тому

    May you explain to me the Word "the latter" l prefer a bicycle rather than a car the latter has an effect on the environnement... so please is it correct?

    • @josephcote6120
      @josephcote6120 5 років тому

      Good question. "Latter" is used, as you have shown, when a list of exactly two options or choices has been given, and refers to the one that came last. Mostly it is a shortcut to avoid repeating the whole choice again. Its partner word is "former" which is the shortcut for the first choice. To change your example a bit, "Between bicycles and cars I prefer the former for the exercise, but also because the latter causes pollution."
      "Former" has another meaning when you are describing a state or condition that existed previously, but does not now "Once I quit my job, my old boss Mike became my former boss." "He changed his name for show business, his former name was too long to fit the movie screen." "I was formerly a bus driver, but I changed jobs and now I am a taxi driver."

  • @ceciliagonzalez9361
    @ceciliagonzalez9361 6 років тому

    Your videos are captivating and very useful, however the difference of volume between the content you are teaching and the music between topics or examples is a bit disturbing. Thank you!

  • @mjoserosero2855
    @mjoserosero2855 6 років тому

    Brilliant asalways!!!

  • @MATSTHEPROF
    @MATSTHEPROF 4 роки тому

    Hi Gideon! I didn't uderstand if a student can ask a teacher "may/might I go to the toilet?"

  • @shibarizwan3370
    @shibarizwan3370 5 років тому

    Thankyou

  • @marialuizarodriguesacerbi3585
    @marialuizarodriguesacerbi3585 5 років тому

    For me everything is perfect! Maria Luiza Rodrigues Acerbi

  • @ezdeharenglish8989
    @ezdeharenglish8989 5 років тому

    Big like 🌷

  • @walterfano
    @walterfano 4 роки тому

    So, in what situations is "maybe" used?
    Also, what is the difference between "maybe" and "perhaps"?
    If there is one ;)

  • @niklase5901
    @niklase5901 5 років тому

    I immediately thought of my favorite oasis song, some might say 😊

  • @raadalhashimi1904
    @raadalhashimi1904 6 років тому

    Thanks

  • @MohitSingh-kx7vr
    @MohitSingh-kx7vr 6 років тому

    Quite interesting

  • @ibrahim_im
    @ibrahim_im 6 років тому

    Thank u

  • @karanpun2381
    @karanpun2381 6 років тому

    Are you british or american accent?

  • @michelleasrolabus1533
    @michelleasrolabus1533 5 років тому +1

    Thanks for videos!
    Please normalize sound level.
    It's very annoying! You voice is quiet, but splash screen is very loud!

  • @nikitachoudhry4970
    @nikitachoudhry4970 6 років тому +1

    I love the lessons but not the background music, it's too loud but your volume is low

  • @rinabarua9324
    @rinabarua9324 6 років тому +1

    nice

  • @monaarchy2367
    @monaarchy2367 6 років тому

    My Teacher

  • @РоманЛитвинов-л6э
    @РоманЛитвинов-л6э 4 роки тому

    Tea might be poisoned ... I remember of the situation having place recently

  • @mihailzagorodnii2225
    @mihailzagorodnii2225 Рік тому

    👍🏻

  • @veenanarwani761
    @veenanarwani761 3 роки тому

    😀👍🙏

  • @ezdeharenglish8989
    @ezdeharenglish8989 5 років тому

    Like

  • @vijayankottayi6896
    @vijayankottayi6896 6 років тому

    ,

  • @shulanachord9082
    @shulanachord9082 5 років тому

    It’s very useful. Thanks.