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Speaker 1: So I got invited to another one of Jack's parties.

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If I go by myself, there's a good chance I

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won't know anyone, which is okay unless a lot of

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people come. But if Jenny comes with me, then there's

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a better chance of having fun. I wonder if she'll

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go or come with me? Come and go, let's talk

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about this vocab.

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Speaker 2: Welcome to another Happy English podcast, coming to you from

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New York City. And here's your English teacher, Michael.

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Speaker 1: All right, thank you John, and thanks everyone. It's Michael

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here from Happy English and I help people speak English better.

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And this is Happy English Podcast, Episode nine forty two.

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Come versus Go in English. How to use them directly?

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Thanks for tuning in. Have you ever been invited to

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a party and someone says are you coming? And then

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you reply, yeah, I'm going with Jake Way, if you're

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both talking about the same event, how can one person

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be coming and the other person going. That's the magic

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and the confusion of the verbs come and go in English.

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They seem simple, but they can be really tricky. Today

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we're going to clear up one of the biggest confusions

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that even intermediate and advanced learners struggle with. The difference

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between come and go. They're both verbs about movement, but

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who's moving and to where? Why is this so confusing?

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Let's break it down. The key point and basic usage

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of these words is like this, come here, go there.

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If you can remember just this, come here, go there,

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you'll save yourself a lot of confusion. Seriously, that little

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phrase can help you out in so many situations. Let's

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start out with go. We use go to show movement

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to another place, and generally the speaker is not there,

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go there. I go to the station every morning. I'm

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not there now. I'm just telling you about my movement.

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I go to the station every morning. Or Loriie went

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to the mall about an hour ago. I'm not at

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the mall. I'm just using go to talk about movement

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to that place, and it's not where I am now.

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It's different from where I am now. We use go,

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so when we talk about moving away from the speaker,

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go there. On the other hand, we use come to

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show movement to the place where the speaker is. Come here,

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Like I came to my office five hours ago. I'm

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still here now, so I use KM instead of went,

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I came here this morning. Here's another one, I came

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to Japan nine months ago. I'm still here. I came here.

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Whether you use go or come depends on where you are.

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In general, I go there and there means the place

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I am not, and I come here here means the

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place I am right now. For example, I went to

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the bank before work, and then I came to the office.

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Listen again, I went to the bank, and I came

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to the office. I'm in the office now again. As

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you can see in all of these examples, when we

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talk about ourselves moving, the basic idea is go there

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and come here. When you talk about the movement of

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other people, using go or come depends on where you

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the speaker is. Like Joe lives in France. He's planning

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a trip to visit two countries. He's going to go

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to Italy first, and then he's going to go to Germany.

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After touring Germany, he's going to go back to France.

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Since I'm just talking about Joe's movement to place his

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where I'm not, I use go, go to Italy, go

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to Germany, go back to France, go there. But let's

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look at this example. I live in Japan, Joe lives

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in France. He's planning a trip to visit two countries.

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He's going to go to Italy first, and then he's

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going to come to Japan. After touring Japan, he's going

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to go back to France. See the difference. He's going

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to go to Italy, go there, then come to Japan

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where I am come here, and then go back to

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France go there. In all of these examples, I'm talking

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to you, the listener of this podcast, about moving right.

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But when we are talking to someone, we usually use

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the word come or go that best matches the point

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of view of the person we're talking to. So that's

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in a conversation like the other day, my neighbor called

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me and asked me for some help. He said, Hey, Michael,

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I'm having trouble with my computer. Can you come here

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and take a look at it. Then I replied, sure,

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Ichi Tato, I'll come there right now. My neighbor asked

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me to come to his house. He said come because

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from his point of view, he wants me to move

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toward him. Come here, he said. So I matched his

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point of view and said I'll come right now. The

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other day, my sister asked me like this, Hey, Michael,

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are you going to come home for the holidays, and

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I said, sorry, I don't think I can come to

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New York this year. And then after that, my friend

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here in Japan asked me like, oh, Michael, are you

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gonna go to New York for the holidays? And I said, no,

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I'm not gonna go this year. So using come or

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go depends on where you are and the point of

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view of the person you're talking to. My sister, who

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is in New York, asked, are you gonna come here?

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I said, I can't come this year. She's in New York.

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From her point of view, she's thinking come here, so

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I match her point of view, Sorry, I can't come

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this year. But in the conversation with my neighbor, since

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we are both not in New York, now we use go.

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Let's look at one more situation. You invite someone to

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a party at your place, you want them to come here.

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You can invite them with come, like I'm having a party.

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I hope you can come, and then your friend will

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respond with yeah, I can come. What time should I come?

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See how that works? I said come here. My friend

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also uses come because it fits my point of view,

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and in the opposite situation. If your friend invites you

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to a party, they will say like, hey, we're having

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a party next weekend, why don't you come? You would

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say what time should I come? I would love to come. Okay,

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let's review. We use come to talk about moving toward

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the speaker or listener. We use go to talk about

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moving away from the speaker or listener. When invitingating someone,

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come usually sounds more natural, and remember both can work

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in the same conversation depending on your point of view.

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Here's one last example. Let's say you're at a restaurant

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waiting for your friend. You text them and say are

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you coming soon? That makes sense because you're already there

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and you're asking if they're moving toward you. But when

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they reply, they say, yeah, I'm going now. Also totally

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natural because they're still at home and they're talking about

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moving away from where they are. Perspective and point of

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view is everything. Now. I know this can be a

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little tricky at first, but the more you listen for it,

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the more natural it becomes. Start paying attention to how

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native speakers use come and go in shows, movie these podcasts,

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and especially how it matches the person's location or point

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of view. And Hey, keep in mind, the best way

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to remember English like this and any other word or

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phrase in English, is to take that word or phrase,

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write it in a sentence that's true for you or

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true in your world, and then memorize your sentences. That's

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how you build fluency. Thanks for listening, and remember learning

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another language is not easy, but it's not impossible, and

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I'm here to help you on your journey.

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