Confusing Sex & Gender Words in English – girlfriend, guys, partner…

40 difficult but thanks your lessen

choiyeondo

Gender is rarely taught in language courses, particularly with this focus in mind (informal spoken language).

James, your good sense of humor makes a real difference in your video-lessons.

Your teaching style is unique!!!

Thanks for this excellent video!

Regino

“Free drinks for you~ Hahahahahaha…” Give me three minutes to laughing.
There is an Indian restaurant sitting near my living place. The Indian waiters call my Chinese friend “Bro” every time, and they blame my friend if they didn’t see my friend went to their restaurant for long time… So what my friend do is take another way to skip that restaurant.

ゞ(≧▽≦*)o

Thank you for this excellent cultural language class.(could you understand my idea?)

britobias

^_^ o:O

ElSayed Mahmoud

☺️ I got 100% correct ,so proud.

Rion

This is a great lesson! It’s really hard to talk about gender in English, because we can’t distinguish nouns females from males, like it is in Portuguese. In Portuguese, for example: Friend->AmigA (female) AmigO (male).

sabrinafreitas

Dear Bro, lol -.- just kidding… I learn a lot with your lessons… Thank you very much!!!

cwardleon

Hey guy! It´s good watch you tech us early in the year when the temperatures in Canada are freezing how you can leaving home in such temperatures?

grazisil13

I had a lot of fun watching this lesson, James! You made me laugh and learn at the same time, which is great! Greetings from Brazil!

anandafg

Yeah, laughing and learning go hand in hand in James’ video-lessons.

Regards

Regino

For Q3) I thought girlfriend in one word only means close relationship and girl friend means female friend.

mayfourth

thank you. this will help a lot, mainly the part of calling guys a groups where is there only one boy. just a doubt if i say “that guy” i’m refering forcely to a boy or both? because i could say that boy or that girl instead.

babbul

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orbert

I know,it’s kinda late(1:43pm), but it’s never too late to learn something new! Thank you, James.
Oh, I see lots of Brazilians around here, let’s keep on learning guys!

Evaldo Mendes

)))

Muslim(Salyaf)

many thanks

khalidse10

difficut but good, got 60%, thanks for lesson

Abdul Qayum

Don’t worry Abdul,we learn by making mistakes.
My score was not high either, however I learn a lot.

Regards

Regino

Thanks Regino, making my confidence up.

Abdul Qayum

I was confused but the score was not bad for me. Thank you, James and Mr. E :). I had fun :D

Happy04

It was funny!!! :) Can we say “HI DUDE”? :)

babylima

Hi Babylima, yeah we can say “Hi dude, what’s up?”
“Dude” and “Man” are synonyms.

Regards.

Regino

(If you are a cat and the girl is your boss) LoL

marccos

HAhusahusahusahu….That was really funny

rodrigoyoshida

I got 90%

marccos

Hello James ! Thank you !
Can you tell us something about “mates”. I heard it much times in tv shows. Hook in Once upon a Times call the others “mates” in Neverland. And considering the reaction of Donna in Doctor Who when he ask her to be his mate, it seems to have many meanings according to the context, right ?

annie974

funny

siptas

HI James!! I do like your lesson and thank you so much for teaching.

teerawat1985

I like engvid.

Khairul Naim

What is the correct word for someone you know but are not very close to?
– Friend
– Acquaintence
–
–
– Dickwad

You won James! :D

aiace

hi Mr James
you said an Arabic word. your Arabic pronunciation was very clear. Why don’t you learn Arabic. I’ll be your teacher and I’ll be very proud of me that I teach the teacher who taught me.
thanks

Aliawladthani

James you are always cracking jokes and I’m really enjoying it ;). Thanks for a fantastic lesson Bro :D;D:D

anina

100% thanks James

faisal75

Hi, in a business sleeping partner is different;enjoyed your lecture!

kuttan

You got 9 correct out of 10.
:)

It’s an amazing lesson ,, Thanx James :)

Habibi haha :D

Faris

Great lesson as usual ^_^. Thanks James!

Huyen.Ngoc

annoying white in Turkish??? ı dont understand.
what does it mean?

haldun

He didn’t say ”annoying” he said his brother-in-law name,Noyen.

Bengisu

ohh thank youu:)

haldun

Thanks Mr. James and your (brother) Mr. E
I got 80.
It keeps changing depends on time and culture.

But sometimes I dear word (mat) e.g. (Hi mat), (How are you mat) and (room partner) but not a lover, so what is your explain?

Thanks,

O.Khan

*I hear the word (….

O.Khan

Thanks for this lesson!!

nordrums89

I don’t even know how to spell the word “acquaintance” .Now I know this word.

Shan186

Your lessons are always a revelation :)
Ciao!

byte

Hi byte, I agree with you. I’m sure the lesson came as a revelation to most of us.

Regards

Regino

Yes…He lights up the path to our perdition!

byte

Hahaha You scared me to death when you were talking in the way that I dont understand and then ” James from engvid speaking spannish” hahah :D and everything is clear xD My english didnt decrease XD

xenovobez

Very lovely and interesting video. Thanks a lot!

haboukhassib

Hello, James.The lesson was really clear.I’ve completely understood what you taught.Thanks a lot.

daffodile

Just great!!!!! We love you James!

Janilza

Thanks for your clarification, it is clear for me now :)

Shaima Alsahafi

this is a little difficult but important , thank you

MaroonNakola

Good lesson James,brother!:)I’v got 8 out of 10 !
See you next class !

oscargutierrez502

James, I also don’t understand about answer of 3d question. Why I can call my female friend as “girl friend” when I’m also girl? I thought “girl friend” is used just for describe when we speak about close relationship between girl and boy.

Tatiana Borduleva

thank you so much for this very useful lesson

yaymeswift

thanks bro

aleshgo

i can’t understand because he said very quick

Bình Nguyễn

HiHumrangcuagio, yeah James speaks fast, but this makes his lessons more challenging.
Watch the video as many times as possible -with subtitles-it helps a lot.

Regards

Regino

and it is possible read the text of his speech at the direct address of youtube.

pcostaFloripa

Gender is rarely taught in language courses particularly with this focus in mind, informal spoken language.
James, your good sense of humor makes a real difference in your video-lessons. Your teaching style is unique!!!

Thanks for this excellent video!

Regino

its great. 100% correct.

phutho

Good to know, sis! By the way! I suppose there is no problem calling you “brother” if we go to the same cult church or we are in the same mason organisation…

geotip

Thanks Mr for the fruitful lesson

safee

Hmmm, why I shouldn’t say “brother” to black man, even he is not my friend or family? All people are brothers and sister aren’t they?

Marini2

no subtitle in this video?

Sophie

wow I did not know those things.. thaks, I like this video you are funny, y I understain :)

Gabriela G

yo…bro……hahahaha….

godfather35

10/10 thanks James

Marcus Vinicius

Dear James Please make a video explaining the differences

run up,run away,run off,run down
walked down vs walk
fill out,fill in,fill up
married off vs married
help vs help you out
check vs check you out
write up , write down,write out
Thanks in advance

pintuk

Can I just call you ‘Hi friend’ sine I know you but you don’t know me?

Peter

Wow! This lesson helped me a lot. I had many doubts that could be solved by watching this video. Thanks James!

Rosangela Gandini

Thank you.

Pong

Thank you so much for online practice program.i have got 100 out of 100.i would like to ideal smart English user.thanks james!!

sano23

Very useful lesson!
Thank you James.

jelci

10 out of 10 :)

koubalondon

Nice, useful and funny; so, no mistakes when you have to met your brother or sister “in law”!!! Thanks

marienba

HI James!! I’m preparing my FCE exam and I was wondering If you could make a video of expressing purpose,result and contrast… and prepositions (I mean where to use the ones like towards, along…) and all that stuff.
Oh and one more thing nice video!!

cloudy08

Excellent lesson, great quiz! I laughed a lot)))

adsd78

Hi James,

You lessons are always very good and useful. Many Thanks.

I know one word we can use to call a group of people is “folks”. Can you give some comments when it is OK to use it?

Thanks

pyuriy

i got 80 it’s good and very useful

adelbkhdr

Nice lesson…:)

anjelina-asgr

Good lesson!

carcastro

nada means nothing thanks for your lesson

Ahmed Abu Jarad

100 I’m proud too

ThiagoAlvez

James, thanks a lot for very useful lesson! There are two more expressions I have heard many times: 1) Hi folks – used in the US a lot, would you mind to explain the correct meaning of that? I heard this expression to be used for the group of people, who would not be appropriate to call guys anymore – like a married couple in their 50´s or even the whole family. 2) Hi there – I do not feel comfortable to use such a addressing – but I am fine to use it in the e-mail – some time ago I heard that to say hi for example to a shop assistant or coffeehouse salesperson – is such an addressing correct? Thank you and greetings from Prague!:-)

johnco

I loved it. Thanks. It was absolutely helpful and for sure I will suggest this web site and your videos to my friends and clients.

kouroshmomeni

thanks , you are very good teacher

Ibrahim sabe

9 correct out of 10 – Thomas from Poland – nice video thx my teacher

7thomas7

You are great teacher :)Lessons with you really helpful for me. I will recommend this site and lessons with you my friends :)Thanks :)
Test I got 9 correct out of 10 :)

ROSITA1986

Thanks so much for your clearing lesson.Mi querido profesor james.

jatta1920

Well, but if she is not my friend, who is she?

bundersvaguen

Got 100%. I’m king!

Sender2014

i like your lessons

Ilyasov

3. If you are a woman, can you call your female friends your “girlfriends”?
yes
no

sorry but how i call my female friends that my girlfriens so i am a lesbian o_O

stromatolit

you should call her :”my partner”.

Yusuf Akyil

10 out of 10!!! bigg thanks1!!

Jasmine Garcia

thanks

smainfree

i got 60%

avin THEPPHAVONG

Thanks for your lessons!!! They really helps me!
I’m not sure where to write, but I’d like to see some lessons about making renovation in an appartment and building houses. There are many words and phrases I don’t know how to use correct because I’m not specialist in that.

Aiga

awww really thank you! I confused ‘girlfriend’ and ‘friend’ when talking about girls who are just friends, now I don’t! :)

milossa

James, my English is getting better, because I can understand what you say. Your lesson is kind of a leveler to me, because I always had difficulties understanding you! Thank you for this class.

Sally S

Skype ID ‘Huseynov.17′ ..—->If you want to improve your speaking level like me ,you can add me at skype for talking.

iftixar

I learned a lot in this video.Thank you for your lesson,James.Hoping I can keep studying in this website.

Hudan

I love the way in which you speak! it’s funny, and so easier to understand!

RutyL

Hi James.
You’ve just helped me to make clear all these words. Thanks

Dina

Could you please give me some expressions I can use when addressing to my close friends?
e.g. Is it right to say, “I called you last night my dear”, “My sweat heart”, “My good Mary”, “My Jim”?
Thank you in advance

Dina

Thanks so much teacher!You know there are three groups of teachers:1.Born to be teacher 2.Created to be teacher 3.Be to be teacher
You are from the first group
Now,I have a question What are the differences between I am from a place AND I come from a place?

Roohallah Ahmadi

Please answer me I’ve been waiting for a long time!

Roohallah Ahmadi

wow, really funny .
I love engVid so much.

chiming

intersting @@ Thank u!

trannhan.91

i got 80% great video!

jeffmir

I’ve made a mistake in question #6
– friend
– acquaintance

Can’t get it right, because I’ve never heard the word “acquaintance”.

So for example if you come to a bar regularly and have a drink, but you’re not really close to barista and barely talk to each over, he will name you a “friend”, right? But this would mean “acquaintance” or he will say directly like this: “Hi acquaintance, what would you like to drink?”

Tiller77

I really had fun and understand now how to use them correctly! You are so right James, keep silent until u know more, my male colleague keeps saying his partner. When we were puzzled if he is a gay, turned out that’s his girlfriend ^_^¦¦¦

AnnieCab

Hi James,
thanks a lot for your useful and funny lesson.

cep62

Yeah ! man ! that’s great ! lol
In France, it is not always clear too !

Bri95

im still gonna call you bro man , good bye , guy

primous

Uraa I got 90% from 100%, thank you very very and very much for lesson James. Thanks for who meked test, waw it was difficult, but I done it with help Jame’s lesson. Nice

yusuf-nabotov

thanks James, you teach us a very funny useful lessons.

akram jameel

got 90

kamivh1

Very, very thanks! this was important to me!!

Cesar Paiva

Cool!!! Thank’s a lot, James!!!

Hirosimyhka

James~^0^
Thank YOU**

janehwang@hotmail.com

The quiz really blows my mind!
And I like Phoebe too! “Smelly cat, smelly cat, it’s not your fault…”(:

tutlisa

90! Thanks! I tried to find this information long time. Thank you very much! But I have a question. What about pal? Is it slang? Can I use this word? Thanks.

Old toad

that was funny lol..

yamezquita

7/10 not bad. Thanks James for sharing some vocabulary, More power

Noraisa

hello bro wish you all the best. sorry I’m joking. good lesson you make and I do my quiz with flying colours.

lachgar

funny lesson got 100 % thanks James

Sayini

funny lesson got 100 % thanks James .

Sayini

not bad … thnx James

samgh7

I got 90

Reinaldo Vieira

Hey! I find your lesson a little bit confussing with so many coments…and could be a little bit annoying if someone is homosexual…as me.

drmozart

i can see there are many ladies so you can call ” girlfriend ” for a woman . just in case you have a company at home you are just friends. you said a guy it is a game of words . his mother is of mature age at 40 years old . maybe i call her “guys” since she is not medium- aged who is between 55 and 69 years old .is it correct?

aprendo1

Hi so why this video is Unavailable i can’t watch it did you remove it or what wrong with it ?

Wiz.Bowow

Haha…thanks James!You make me laugh and feel impressive with this lesson. Now I’ve got a Q..Can I call a guy “Cute”?;-)

miao

thanks brother,

Mustapha Ouzaid

Hi, James.You are really good at teaching!
keep up the excellent work!
Thanks so much.

alainaldo

Hi James! Thank you for your lessons, they not just very helpfull and interesting but also very funny (in good sense)))). Thank you a lot!

KostyaSPb

I got 90%, bro! Haha, just kidding. I’m looking forward for more videos.

ivancumpa

Thank you James

Andahazy

thank for the clarification, I always get confused with these words.

stanzinstakpa

I got 9 out of 10. I got confused on question #7. Thanks james for this lesson. You’re one of my favourite teachers at engvid. Have a nice day.

Ryan18

7/10 thank you ?

SaharObaid

I just really laugh with this lesson. Officer James is a wonderful actor. I even signed up for comments.

Reks

Excellent! Thanks!

Eder L.

Thanks

Ienaluk

I got 70 of 100 .. not bad cuz i learned somthing intersting .. i like that word habebe ..
Thanks james for this lesson .

fasool

Thanks for the lesson but don’t you think the answers are too sarcastic like ” if you are a cat and your lover is your boss”…..are you serious,teacher