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welcome back to ask
Alisha the weekly series where you ask
me questions and I answer them maybe
first question this comes from Shunichi
psycho - Ichi she need she says I want
to know what does tho mean for example
it's very expensive though I see the
word though at the end of a sentence
very often yeah a lot of you have sent
this question in recently so I talked in
a previous episode of ask Alicia about
using the word tho th bow ugh at the end
of a sentence it means but at the end of
a sentence and we use it kind of
casually so when you see the word though
th oh it's like an even more casual
version of Voe th Oh ugh at the end of a
sentence so you'll see this a lot on
like social media you'll see this when
you're on like Facebook or Twitter or
Instagram text messages maybe though
just means but but at the end of a
sentence so in your example sentence
which was it's really expensive though
it means it's really expensive but
however it's like just putting that
little but that little disagreement kind
of feeling at the end of the sentence so
it's sort of like a soft you know
disagreement or a soft sort of
difference of opinion though means the o
th o means though th o ugh but it's just
extremely extremely casual so for a
little bit more detail you can check
this video where I talked a little bit
more about th o ugh at the end of a
sentence with some other examples so I
hope that that helps you I know many of
you have asked that question lately next
question next question comes from
William wit will I guess from Rio de
Janeiro hi will will says what is the
difference between Tennant and lodger
when we talk about a person who rents a
house or lives there without paying is
there a difference so a tenant
as a person as you say who rents an
apartment or who rents a house a lodger
does the same thing however the
difference is that a lodger shares the
space with the owner of the space so for
example if I'm renting a room and the
person who owns the room or the person
who owns the building or who owns the
house for example they also live in the
same space maybe they live in a
different room or maybe they live in a
different part of the building in that
case you could call me a lodger perhaps
like there that person is giving me a
room in that case and they also they
shared the space with me
a tenant however is someone who lives in
a space they're renting this space but
they are separate from the person who
owns it so I hope that that helps you
next question next question comes from
Alejandra hi Alejandra Alejandra says
what does well for one mean well for one
there are really two parts to this first
is the well part we use well to
transition in speech like well and then
we share an idea well is sort of like I
heard what you said and now I'm going to
say something from your comment or
whatever so well it's like just a very
soft and simple transition to use for
one for one we're using the word one
there this implies that there's some
series of points we want to make so
think of this well 1 as in like 1 point
number 1 and then after that maybe
there's going to be point 2 and then
point 3 so 4 1 4 2 4 3 for example so
think of this as the speaker beginning a
series of points like well for one it
shouldn't be this expensive for 2 it's
not a very good deal or something like
that so oftentimes native speakers do
forget that we're making lists actually
I think this is common in any language
but when you hear well for one it means
the speaker is planning to introduce a
series of points to support his or her
argument so I hope that that helps you
next question a next question comes from
face theis face die sober sorry hi
Alicia I want to know the difference
between I have no idea
and I don't have an idea ah when can I
use no or do not great question okay
let's start with I have no idea the
expression I have no idea means I don't
know I totally don't know I don't know
anything I have no idea is an emphasis
phrase we use for when we don't know but
we just don't know anything absolutely
nothing
zero percent I have no idea where's your
brother I have no idea when is the
homework due I have no idea what time is
this video supposed to go up I have no
idea that's not you
I have no idea refers to knowing nothing
absolutely nothing about the situation
or about the conversation point however
I don't have any ideas you're trying to
think of something trying to create
something trying to make an idea somehow
and you cannot think of anything so like
for example what do you want to do this
weekend I don't have any ideas what do
you think should be our next project hmm
I don't have any ideas I don't have any
ideas or I don't have ideas about
something means I'm not really thinking
creatively maybe or means I don't have
any new thoughts about what to do next
if someone asks you a question and you
don't know the answer you can say I have
no idea if you just want to express you
don't have like a proposal or you don't
have a plan for something in the future
you can say I don't have any ideas next
question next question comes from half
to Miriam TECA have to Miriam TECA I'm
very sorry if I pronounced that wrong uh
half to Miriam says hey Alicia
when can we use the word would ha
actually this is a pretty big question
and I think it's better to answer it in
a different video last week actually I
made a whiteboard video about some uses
of the word wood so please watch for
that video very soon it should be up in
the next couple of weeks so yes I know
many people want to know about wood we
made a video so please keep your eyes
open for that very soon thank you for
the question next question next question
comes from Adam actually next two
questions come
from Adam first what does I'm yanking a
chain long terms of you mean I have no
idea I have never seen this before and I
have no idea what it means
we do have an expression I'm yanking
your chain
I'm yanking your chain so to yank means
to pull we use this expression I'm
yanking your chain to mean I'm joking
I'm joking
your second question Adam if the word
ends an IDI like far-fetched how do we
make the IDI sound like a t sound or a D
sound yeah good question actually also I
just made a video a couple weeks ago
about ending edie sounds about and and
India sounds for words that end in IDI
so there are some vowel and consonant
rules for that that video also a
whiteboard video should be up on the
channel very soon so please watch for
that I explained I hope everything in
that video please watch that soon when
it comes out next question next question
comes from Mohammed Al Dahle Mohammed
Ali Mohammed says I want to hear you
speaking Japanese please do you want to
hear me speaking Japanese mostly I
thought you know young go tiny ah they
keep on a video check this nicholas i
mucho tanaka cogent Akina Hennessy o ty
toka you meet ina da da la la Marina in
Aikido at Essen anyone gonna comment
okano caption Takayama taiarahia no Rita
toka in stock ah check this together
sign it when I when I give you guys
these recommendations when I'm talking
about some of the tips that I have for
you guys a lot of it comes from my
experience learning Japanese - those are
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