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Speaker 1: Just already yet three little words. They should be simple, right,

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but then when you try to use them in conversation,

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maybe sometimes you're not really sure which one sounds right.

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Should you say I just finished or I already finished?

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And what about I haven't finished yet? These are small words,

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but they can be kind of confusing. So for today's

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podcast English Lesson, we're going to look at how you

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can actually use just already and yet in everyday conversation.

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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 you people speak

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English better. And this is Happy English Podcast, Episode oneenty nineteen.

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Just already and Yet How to really use them? Let's

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start with just We use just to talk about something

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that happened very recently. Like imagine your friend calls and says, oh, hey,

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what are you doing. You might say I just got home.

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That means you arrived a short time ago. Or maybe

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someone asks you if you've eaten. You might say, yeah,

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I just had lunch. And by the way, in everyday

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American English, we often use the simple past with just

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like I just finished or I just ate, Even though

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textbooks often teach the present perfect. Either way just shows

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that the action happened a short time ago. And by

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the way, just in case, if you want to learn

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four other ways to use, just check out podcast episode

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oneenty twelve. Next up, let's look at already. We use

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already to show that something happened earlier than expected or

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sooner than someone thought. Like imagine your boss asks did

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you finish that report? And you can reply, yeah, I

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already finished it. That suggests that maybe they didn't expect

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you to be done yet. Or imagine a friend says, oh,

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are you ready to go? You can say yeah, I'm

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already ready. That means you finished preparing sooner than expected.

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So already often has that feeling of sooner than expected

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or before now. And here's another very common way we

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use already in everyday conversation. We also use already to

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say that we have done something before now, especially when

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someone suggests an idea or asks about it. Like imagine

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your friend says, well, let's watch Pirates of the Caribbean.

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You could reply, nah, I already saw it. In this case,

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you're not talking about something that happened sooner than expected.

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You're simply saying that this is not new for you. You've

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done it before, and you're really not interested in doing

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it again. Here's another example. Maybe someone says, hey, do

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you want to try that new restaurant? You could say,

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I already tried it so again. In these situations, already

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just means before now, and I did that, so I'm

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not interested in doing it again. Now. Let's look at yet.

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We use yet in negative sentences and questions to talk

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about something that we expect to happen, but it hasn't

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happened up to now. Like imagine you're waiting for a friend.

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You could say, oh, he hasn't arrived yet. That means

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you expect him to arrive, but he hasn't come. Or

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someone might ask you, did you finish your homework yet?

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You might answer no, not yet. So yet is often

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connected to expectation and did you know? We sometimes use

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yet before the verb for emphasis, especially in more formal English,

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like I just moved here last year and one of

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my friends asked, me, Oh, how are things going? I replied,

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Everything's good, but I haven't yet found a good place

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to buy bagels. So in everyday conversation, most people would

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say I haven't found a good place yet, but putting

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yet before the verb gives it more emphasis and sounds

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a little bit more formal. And by the way, this

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usage of yet before a verb often comes up in

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English exams like the toek. Now here's where it gets

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really interesting. These three words are often used in similar situations,

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but they change the meaning slightly. Like imagine someone asks

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you about your homework. There are three ways you can answer.

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I just finished. That means you finished a short time ago.

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I already finished. That means you finished earlier than expected.

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I haven't finished yet. That means you still expect to finish,

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but it hasn't happened so far. The situation is the same,

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but the feeling is different depending on which word you use.

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So let's recap. We use just to talk about something

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that happened very recently, I just finished. We use already

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to show something happened earlier than expect I already finished.

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We also use already to mean it happened before and

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I'm not interested in doing it now, like I already

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saw that movie. And we use yet in negative sentences

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and questions to talk about something we expect to happen.

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I haven't finished yet. These are small words, but they

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can make a big difference in how natural your English sounds.

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So here's your challenge this week. Try using these words

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just already and yet in your English conversations, and also

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pay attention to how people use them in movies, TV shows,

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or in podcasts. And 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. Hey,

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thanks listening, and remember learning another language is not easy,

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but it's not impossible, and I'm here to help you

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on your journey.

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