1 00:00:00,240 --> 00:00:06,160 I suppose you're listening to this podcast to learn something about English. I also 2 00:00:06,360 --> 00:00:13,439 suppose you'll be taking notes. Why, well, suppose you want to remember 3 00:00:13,519 --> 00:00:21,879 these English points. You're supposed to do that, you know, let's discuss. 4 00:00:22,640 --> 00:00:27,280 Welcome to another Happy English podcast, coming to you from New York City. 5 00:00:27,839 --> 00:00:32,399 And here's your English teacher, Michael. All right, thank you John, 6 00:00:32,439 --> 00:00:37,600 and thanks everyone. It's Michael here from Happy English and I help people 7 00:00:38,000 --> 00:00:45,640 speak English better. And this is Happy English Podcast, Episode six ninety seven. 8 00:00:46,479 --> 00:00:53,119 I suppose I'm supposed to I suppose you are wondering what I'm supposed to 9 00:00:53,159 --> 00:00:58,640 be talking about today. Well, last week one of my students asked me 10 00:00:58,759 --> 00:01:03,239 about the difference between these two phrases, and I thought this would be a 11 00:01:03,280 --> 00:01:10,680 good time to talk about the word suppose here in the podcast. By the 12 00:01:10,719 --> 00:01:15,280 way, if you have a request for a topic here on the Happy English 13 00:01:15,280 --> 00:01:22,040 Podcast, please do feel free to send me a DM at Myhappy English dot 14 00:01:22,079 --> 00:01:30,040 com. Basically, the verb suppose means to guess or think something, even 15 00:01:30,120 --> 00:01:34,920 though you do not have exact proof or knowledge about that thing. When you 16 00:01:36,120 --> 00:01:42,439 suppose something, you're assuming that it is the case, either based on some 17 00:01:42,760 --> 00:01:49,400 evidence you have or probability based on your experience. If you open the curtains 18 00:01:49,439 --> 00:01:55,560 in the morning and look out the window and you see very very low and 19 00:01:55,760 --> 00:02:01,439 dark clouds, you would probably say something like this, I suppose it's going 20 00:02:01,519 --> 00:02:07,800 to rain. You can use suppose in this case because even though you haven't 21 00:02:07,919 --> 00:02:14,039 checked the weather forecast, you have enough experience to know that when the clouds 22 00:02:14,039 --> 00:02:19,360 are dark and low, it's probably going to rain. I suppose it's going 23 00:02:19,439 --> 00:02:23,159 to rain. Here's another example. Imagine for a moment that you work in 24 00:02:23,199 --> 00:02:28,840 an office and the starting time is nine o'clock in the morning. Well, 25 00:02:29,319 --> 00:02:34,039 you might have a coworker that often comes to the office late. If you 26 00:02:34,120 --> 00:02:38,080 look over at that person's desk at ten minutes after nine and they're not there, 27 00:02:38,759 --> 00:02:44,199 there's a high probability that the person is going to come late. So 28 00:02:44,919 --> 00:02:49,919 in this situation, you can say to your coworkers, I suppose Jack is 29 00:02:50,000 --> 00:02:54,120 going to be late again today. The other way we use suppose is to 30 00:02:54,360 --> 00:03:00,919 introduce a guess or a possible situation. Let's say you're planning on a road 31 00:03:00,919 --> 00:03:06,840 trip with some friends to the mountains to go skiing. There are a number 32 00:03:06,840 --> 00:03:10,120 of things that could happen along the way, and you could talk about those 33 00:03:10,280 --> 00:03:17,319 with suppose. In this way, the meaning of suppose is similar to imagine. 34 00:03:19,280 --> 00:03:23,879 You can use suppose like this. Suppose there's a snow storm while we're 35 00:03:23,879 --> 00:03:29,919 on the way. What would we do? Suppose there's not enough snow in 36 00:03:29,960 --> 00:03:34,599 the mountains for skiing? How can we spend our time up there? Did 37 00:03:34,639 --> 00:03:39,080 you notice how I used suppose? When you use suppose like this, there 38 00:03:39,080 --> 00:03:45,400 are two points to keep in mind. First, the grammar is suppose, 39 00:03:46,039 --> 00:03:51,879 followed by a subject and a verb. Suppose there's a storm on the way. 40 00:03:52,599 --> 00:03:57,639 Suppose there is not enough snow in the mountains. Suppose we get lost. 41 00:03:58,639 --> 00:04:04,240 The second point is after you use your sentence with suppose, there's generally 42 00:04:04,280 --> 00:04:13,479 a question to imagine or discuss the result. For example, suppose there's not 43 00:04:13,680 --> 00:04:16,680 enough snow in the mountains, how can we spend our time up there? 44 00:04:17,639 --> 00:04:21,839 Suppose we get lost on the mountain. Do you think there are any wild 45 00:04:21,959 --> 00:04:29,160 bears or other wild animals? Suppose there is one more point in this lesson? 46 00:04:29,800 --> 00:04:35,399 Would that be okay? I'm glad you said yes. We also use 47 00:04:35,639 --> 00:04:44,079 suppose with the pattern be supposed to do something. The grammar is the bea 48 00:04:44,199 --> 00:04:53,000 verb followed by supposed than the infinitive you know the two verb. For example, 49 00:04:54,040 --> 00:04:59,920 I am supposed to go there. She is supposed to train the new 50 00:05:00,120 --> 00:05:06,199 staff. Nobody is supposed to know those secrets. By the way, in 51 00:05:06,360 --> 00:05:15,959 casual conversational American English, supposed to is often pronounced as supposed to, supposed 52 00:05:16,040 --> 00:05:21,560 to. I'm supposed to go, you're supposed to go too. I'm going 53 00:05:21,639 --> 00:05:28,040 to use this pronunciation in the next part of this lesson. There are actually 54 00:05:28,199 --> 00:05:33,279 three different ways that we use the pattern be supposed to. First of all, 55 00:05:33,680 --> 00:05:41,040 we use be supposed to when something is expected or required because of a 56 00:05:41,160 --> 00:05:46,199 rule or an agreement. Here are some examples. Everyone is supposed to be 57 00:05:46,319 --> 00:05:53,839 at the office no later than nine o'clock. The itinerary says that we're supposed 58 00:05:53,839 --> 00:05:57,800 to check out of the hotel at eight o'clock in order to get to the 59 00:05:57,879 --> 00:06:03,720 airport in time for the flight. We also be supposed to when something is 60 00:06:03,839 --> 00:06:12,000 expected to happen or intended to happen, often when that thing did not happen. 61 00:06:13,399 --> 00:06:17,000 For example, the train was supposed to be here ten minutes ago. 62 00:06:17,319 --> 00:06:24,120 I don't understand why it's late. Why did you take the laptop home over 63 00:06:24,160 --> 00:06:28,560 the weekend, you were supposed to leave it in the office connected to the 64 00:06:28,680 --> 00:06:33,480 server. And finally, you can use be supposed to when you talk about 65 00:06:33,560 --> 00:06:40,399 something that many people think is true, or say is true, or believe 66 00:06:40,560 --> 00:06:47,360 is true, even though you may not think so or you may have doubts. 67 00:06:47,959 --> 00:06:53,920 Here are some examples. That restaurant is supposed to have the best pizza 68 00:06:53,959 --> 00:06:57,759 in the city. Do you want to check it out? According to the 69 00:06:57,800 --> 00:07:02,519 guidebook, this building is to be the oldest in the city. Keep in 70 00:07:02,600 --> 00:07:09,199 mind the best way to remember this or any English point is to take the 71 00:07:09,240 --> 00:07:15,279 word or phrase, write it in a sentence that's true for you or true 72 00:07:15,319 --> 00:07:20,160 in your world, and then memorize your sentences. Well, I suppose that's 73 00:07:20,199 --> 00:07:25,079 all the time we have today for this English lesson. By the way, 74 00:07:25,360 --> 00:07:30,319 if you'd like to get more practice using your English, you need to join 75 00:07:30,439 --> 00:07:36,079 my podcast Learner's Study Group. There you can make new international friends join me 76 00:07:36,199 --> 00:07:43,759 for live group coaching every week. 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