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16 Things The English Language Can't Do

Olly Richards 381,103 3 years ago
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https://bit.ly/freeslkit_english 🚫🇬🇧 Think English has it all? Think again! There are a lot of things that English just can't do. I took a close look at the English language to find out just what English can't do. Here are 16 cool features missing from the English language. 📺 WATCH NEXT: 10 Reasons English is Ridiculously Hard 👉🏼 https://youtu.be/DrlX-L4o2KM ⬇️ GET MY FREE STORYLEARNING® KIT: Discover how to learn any foreign language faster through the power of story with my free StoryLearning® Kit 👉🏼 https://bit.ly/freeslkit_english 📖 LEARN A LANGUAGE THROUGH THE POWER OF STORY Stories are the best way I have found to learn ANY language. Forget the boring textbooks and time-wasting apps and learn a language the natural, effective way with one of my story-based courses. 👉🏼 https://bit.ly/storylearningcourses 📷 FOLLOW ME ON INSTAGRAM Get daily language tips, comics, reels, and more on Instagram (@iwillteachyoualanguage) 👉🏼 https://www.instagram.com/iwillteachyoualanguage 🙈 CORRECTIONS: "Cantará" (He/She/It will sing) should be "Cantaré" (I will sing) ⏱ TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 - English Has Holes 0:18 - #1: Missing Words 1:30 - #2: Clusivity 2:22 - #3: Tone + Pitch Accent 4:08 - #4: Reduplication 5:28 - #5: Echo Responses 6:40 - #6: Polite "You" 7:45 - #7: Question Particles 8:35 - #8: Copula vs. Locative "Be" 9:31 - #9: Null Subjects 10:34 - #10: Evidentials 11:37 - #11: Time-Independence 12:32 - #12: Hyper-Specific Tenses 12:50 - #13: Absolute Directions 13:38 - #14: Synthetic Future Tense 14:37 - #15: Distributive Numbers 15:23 - #16: Whistled Words 📜 SOURCES & ATTRIBUTIONS: Thai Lesson 1 - How to say Hello https://youtu.be/RyHgg4DACjk Why you can't hear Japanese pitch accent by @mattvsjapan https://youtu.be/SaNr2xa4n3Q Kids are the Worst Liars https://youtu.be/V7waC8NlwoU Evidentiality in Grammar https://www.jcu.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0011/785765/20_Aikhenvald-20006-ELL2.pdf Whistled language of the island of La Gomera (Canary Islands), the Silbo Gomero https://youtu.be/PgEmSb0cKBg These Greek Villagers Whistle to Chat https://youtu.be/PTHzOag8msM

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