Nice lesson Sir.Joh.. XD….your lecture was so clearly..
siganteng
Congratulations on joining Engvid, John. I am looking forward to seeing more of your lessons.
TeacherSharon
Great!
Jon
Thank you Jon.
Could you please explain for us the difference between (Welcome on board) & (Welcome aboard) and where to use each?
maqdoni
Hi there, how are you and how about your teaching what subject you teach. i like to add you in skype my id is aman7en.
aman7en
and this is mine saricy2 :)
saricy
A quite excellent video.I’ve learned something from this video.I hope he can make more great videos to teach us.
Franklin Ong
I’m glad you enjoyed it. What would you like to learn?
Jon
we would like to learn amarican slang language and tenses grammer
afaf
Could you, please, make a lesson about difference between “which” and “that”? It always confuses me. Thanks in advance.
Milica
Hi jon thanks for your lesson, i agree with milica it would be great learn about the usage of which and that.. thanks
claudioct
i am interested in learning stress, accent, pronunciation of American English.I look forward to seeing lessons of them.
yogendrakumar
First of all welcome sir to engvid.glad to meet you too.my dear sir try to teach us vocabulary and conversation sentences.
waheedullah Rahmani
waheedullah rahmani
Hey John, your videos are great and are now a part of my daily learning activity. Can you please do a video on the ‘th’ sounds and the like?
Regards,
Mubasshir
Mubasshir
Welcome to the EngVid, Jon. Can’t wait for more your lessons :)
Milica
It was a pleasure.
Jon
Hey Jon,
If you can also have a video on syllable and word stress, it will be great. I intend to be an English trainer myself. Is their anything that you can suggest for me?
Regards,
Mubasshir
Mubasshir
thanks jon u r cute btw! jejeje hope to see more often ….
fred
It was very useful and interesting. Thank you very much! I am looking forward to seeing more of your lessons.
Victoriya
yhanks jon . i am glad to see one another intelligent teacher on engvid . hope you will make good lessons in the future
abbas
Jon,it was great really informative…i expect more lesson from u…
noorulz
Thanks. If there is something in particular you would like to learn, just let me know.
Jon
Can you please teach us more slang ,
Totti
new teacher~~~^^
franco
hello!
first of all welcome on engvid. the lesson was very informative and clear, glad to know about the uses of many Johans. Sir can you explain the difference between specially and especially and use of “let”. hope you will upload more lessons.
tausefimdad
check this out :
macmillandictionary.com/dictionary/american/especially
are both explained in a nice way with examples.
ciao brother
Aissam
According to Michael Swan, ‘especially’ and ‘specially’ can often both be used with the same meaning. For example, It was not (e)specially hot. Perhaps the most common use of especially is to express ‘above all’; for emphasis. For example, I like all kinds of fruit, especially pears. ‘especially’ often comes before prepositions and conjunctions. For example, We go swimming, especially in summer. ‘Specially’ with past participles – For example, These pants were specially made.
Jon
Thank you Jon, it´s really intersting to know about americans slangs.
Valdemir
You’re welcome. If you would like to learn something in particular, just let me know.
Jon
i would like sir.i always trying to learn english but i can’t learn better what should i do.can you help me to prove my english……
waheedullah rahmani
The lesson was great, but the writing is too small. Could you please write larger letters next time?
By the way, congratulations on joining EngVid!
I hope to see more lessons from you.
Maksim
Thanks for comments. I will definitely write larger letters.
Jon
thanks our new engvid teacher mr.jon and i am asking u to work on slang a little bit like the many meanings of john but you must consider the following : enlarge ur font , speak with a simple confident voice >> , but overall ur awesome >>> good luck mister ….
mrosama
Thank you for the feedback. I have heard that my writing is a bit small from others as well, so I will write bigger next time.
Jon
Intresting lesson. Thank you Jon!
Vladislav
jejejeje @ “a John” — I never heard it
karen1996
Hi I am Sayed from Egypt and I want to talk with you if Iam lucky And I hope to be frienda its my mail please call me
sayed777
Interesting lesson. Thank you!
abdella
You’re welcome!
Jon
funny and easy…:)))
cristina
I’m glad you found it amusing.
Jon
very interesting and funny lesson :) Tks Jon
lorecasas
I’m happy you liked it.
Jon
Jon, this is a nice lesson; I really enjoyed with it; your method of teaching is very high; keep on and bring more slangs please; I have problem with these slangs.
H.O
Thank you for the comment.
What type of slang would you like to learn?
Jon
hi. john…
i enjoyed ur teaching… i like u. u r so handsome.. muah
aizy
Great simplicity sir.
Thank you very much for this lesson.
swapnil420
I’m glad you enjoyed it.
Jon
your explaining is verry nice :))
FARHANG
Thanks
Jon
seen that “there is nothing wrong with not knowing” I’d like to know what does “ESL” mean in the last transcript of the lesson (about John Hancock)and if these are American or English slangs. Thanks sooooooo much.
francesca
Hi Francesca,
‘ESL’ stands for English as a Second Language.
The lesson on the many Johns is mainly American slang, although I’m sure many people from the UK, Australia, and New Zealand will also know ‘A John’; ‘The John’; and ‘John Doe.’
Jon
its a funny lesson
thank you
joy
Hello! I love your videos about slangs in Brazil we have many slangs about soccer do you have in english?
Marcelo Henrique
mr.jon u r too great .
im having doubt in “ever”
i mean , can v use “ever” in negative sentence .
if yes then do with some examples ….pls
logeshwaran
No. We say I have NEVER eaten eggs. Or, I NEVER eat eggs. N+EVER = negative ever = Never. We use EVER “often” in present perfect questions. For example, Have you EVER eaten eggs?
Jon
thank a lot mr jon. i hope t had a lot of lesson from you, my teacher!
hoangtran
Hey Jon…
This is the first time I see u at this site. Are u new teacher…???
I’m gonna download your first video, might be it’s look verry nice.
by the way, do u hve FB…???
christ777
Thank you very muck mr.Jon
I have interested so so so much with your explaining and I am student in english department so please ,please and please give us more lessons to help us , I like your way of explain the lesson it was very clear and very simple and how I could be contact with you?
afaf
hello teacher
junior
hello
junior
Hi dear Jon ! I just watched your lesson , it was nice … thank you for enjoying engvid . But I have one question for you : on your lesson you said : speak with and not speak to . Could you explain to me the diffrence between speak with and speak to ? once again thank you very much .
ricardo alessandro
Well done! I like it.
andrew
Jon – that lesson was just great! You presented it so well and I learned a couple of things that I didn’t know before! I’m looking forward to seeing you give more lessons on this website!
Your Aunty Joan
I really enjoyed in this lesson
thanQ Jon!
Rose Q
Hi John,
your videos are very useful for people learning English I appreciate for your efforts. please answer my questions?
1. I jumped up because he had advised me to do so (is this right usage of past perfect simple)I jumped up because he advised me to do o( is it any different from above statement)
2. My business was bad because I had no good knowledge ( is it right usage of simple past can I also say “my business was bad because I didn’t have good knowledge)
3. Before coming to India I had been in Australia for 2 years ( is this right usage of past perfect continuous)
4. I had been In Australia for 2 years before I came to India.
I had been in Australia for 2 years when I came to India( do these two statement convey same meaning.
Thank you very much for helping people through teaching English.
rkakaral
hello’
Dear Jon. how are you….nice lecture…. bt you must b thanks to GOD…u r jon nt the John heheheheeh lolzzzzz dnt mind m jst kidding
alikhan123
Please clear my doubts
1.She had been working before the summer begins (is it compulsory to use simple past after past perfect continuous or past perfect (summer began is simple past is it?or can I continue with summer begins)
2.I had been working before my trip or I had been working before I went to trip ( which of these two is correct). thank you very much.
rkakaral
1. Past perfect continuous can be thought of as the earliest time period in English. We often use it if we want to express that an action happened before another action. Yes, began is simple past.
2. Use the first one.
Jon
That’s a very sweet name, “John”.
But I like Jon too. It make the person different from the others.
Ha, sweet kidding alinkan123!
tushya
Woah! I had no idea, that you r a new teacher Jon! Did you join in this December? I joined today that’s- 26th Dec!
I like your teaching. Hope to see new videos from u.
tushya
nice explaination
hamad22
Very funny lesson..thanks and welcome to EngVid!!!
leonardogiroldo
nice lecture jon, moreover, good thing ur not john ur jon
smart2010
Thank you, Jon!
Very cool useful and funny lesson!
If you don’t mind I have a question for you. I have a very good book “Speak English like an American” by Amy Gillett (2004). The book is rather useful, but I am afraid that there are many idioms you don’t use anymore and they sound very weird or old-fashioned. I mean expressiona like give smb. an axe, dead-end job, go belly-up, get canned, keep one’s chin up, live from hand to mouth, to be on thin ice etc.
So my question is how can I be sure that these expression are used in modern English, since I live neither in USA nor Canada.
Thank you!
rover
‘I got axed’ is the same as I got fired from a job. ‘Dead-end job’ is a very boring job where there is no opportunity to grow. ‘Keep one’s chin up’ means to stay positive. ‘Live from hand to mouth’ means to live with very little. ‘To be on thin ice’ is being in a precarious situation (trouble). These are all quite common expressions, so feel free to use them as you wish.
Jon
so good keep up
Khachemli
Hey Jon,
Cool vid – hope you’ll make some more?
I have a request, and I would like to know if you (or other teachers on the engVid-crew) could make a video about adverbs/adjectives. When to use adverbs and when to use adjectives and why?? I think many students are having difficulties with this subject, so I would really appreciate such videos. Thx ;)
I have a few examples if you don’t quite know what I’m talking about:
John eats his food extreme(ly) quick(ly).
lundbye95
Hi Jon I’m so glad you’ve joined to ENGVID team:)
Your lesson was great.
I’m looking forward to seeing more ones.
bye
karolcia213
Hi, Jon your lesson is great. I saw a film and have phrase “Bite me” could you explain what does it mean for me? Thank you very much and hope for more lessons from you.
Phuong
pdhxd
‘Bite me’ is very rude and should be used in very informal situations. I might say this jokingly to my friends when they are bothering me or very aggressively to someone who is really bothering me. ‘Bite me’ can be interchanged with ‘eat me’. The actual translation would be asking one to eat your private parts.
Jon
Thank you very much jon :). you are the best jon
I like it
hani abdulkarim
it was a really a new iformation !!!
thanks jon
hanoona
thanks dear Jon it’s really helpful
klaim
thank you for help my english and you are really good at teach the english!! well done Jon!!
Allen walker kwon
one of the best videos of engvid.. thanks.
Rajiv
very nice lessons thanks for that
mujibroman
Thank you for your lesson, Jon. It is helpful.
Now, tell me pleas – “stroll on” – means go away from here? For example -“stroll on and improve your English” Looking forward to hear your comments. Thank you from Russia.
Alexander
“Stroll on” means to “move on.” To stroll or go for a stroll means to walk at a relaxed pace. For me, stroll is usually used in this way – “Let’s go for a stroll.”
Jon
Many thanks for your comments,Jon. You and your team are doing a very good thing, helping people all over the world with the English language.
All the best,
Alexander
Alexander
thanks, jon
abdo
thanks… grazie john….ciao
dalev62
hi there…i got 100%….thanks Jon it’s really helpful…i would like learn more slang’s could teach me more….
jassi
Hi there, how are you? i would like to add you in my skype and my id is aman7en. And if you like to give me your any IM id.
aman7en
this is very helpful cos I can caht with my pals well when we are hangout… cool!!!!
menik
thanks Mr. Jon for this nice lesson ,, i really enjoyed it .
by the way i want to know mor about the use of LET & MAKE in sentences i find them a little bit confusing .
thanks again :)
miss.pink
Excellent lesson.Thank you Mr John.
ilkin
sir i want to learn basic english.tense etc.you are a good teacher….
Deepak kumar
Hi it was very good. but if you write a little bigger it is better. our writing is very small so it is difficult for seeing.
thank you for your class.
zahra
I did’nt listen to Engvid for several days and I’m happy to discover a new teacher. Very interesting items. Thanks a lot.
I’m looking forward to the following lessons.
Best regards.
sylvie
Are you really Jon?
It’s a joke:)
But is not a joke that I have just learned a lot of meaning of “John” which is quite common name in my country that I didn’t know before.
Thank you Jon!
Bardha
thank you for your leeson it is very interiseting .
sara
Thank you very much for the great lesson.I liked a lot.
thanks
by the way I loved your voice, it’s loud I mean clear, I hope you will add more and more lessons.
dodos
thanks,
adisorn
hello sir this lesson is good rlz teach us about preposition becouse i am all the tim e confuse them . thanks
maira
i just have an english exam, there was a question confused me pretty much ..it would be appreciated if you can explain this to me
…… should follow a well-balanced and low-fat diet.
(a) diabetics (b) diabetic (c) diabetes (d) diabete (e) type 2 diabetes
how could i distinguish between singular and plural form in such a situation like that?
or this is not necessary at all?
Thank you in advance John for all the effort you’ve made (it’s MAKE isn’t it) lol,
wessam284
thank you Jon, you are so funny and i like your lectuers so much
nesma
hiii…..the john …dont worry iam just joking…i appriciate engvid.com cos of fetching a nice teachers such as jon….
sunithagovind
thank you! it is very interesting.
francine31
Thanks mr. Jon.Your lesson was very helpful to me.
ibravo
Thanks a lot
Saeed
I LIKE THE WAY YOU TEACHE
THANKS
goldy87
namaste(hello) jon,
nice lesson jon
can u teach mathematics?
bunty28
It was interesting lesson.Could u pls teach about the use of “would” “could” “might” or “might be” difference b/w “may be” and “might be”.I’ll be thankful.
watah65
Jon, you are a very good teacher=) I love this lesson, it’s pretty cool!
yuliashopaholic
In our native language.. we can say “chhotu, raju, pappu” :)
Darsu
This is a funny lesson, something you won’t find in books. Thanks.
BEATRICE GONZALEZ
Hey there, Brilliant. I have been teaching now for 13 years in Germany and come from Toronto. My wife and I cannot get over our similarities. Gesture,appearance and expression. Keep u the good work!!
Brent
hey jon, youn are great.Thank you so much man.
florentino.
florentino
Hi Jon. Thank you for really informative lesson. I have trouble with building sentence in Past Perfect Continuous and Present Perfect Continuous. Could you do video-lesson about it please. With respect to you. Natalie
natalie777
Here is the sentence. “I had been living in Moscow before i lived in Petersburg.” Is it correct way to say? Thanks an advance for answering, Jon.
natalie777
you have to say. I had lived in Moscow before I lived in (moved to)St. Petersburg. continuous forms refer to the process!..when you say that one action took place prior to other one and it’s just a fact USE PAST PERFECT!
artem
Thank you very much! It is really very interesting!
I’ll send this video my boyfriend. His name is John :)
zozya
The very interesting lesson.
Thank You
Ewa
thanks mr.jon
just jon^_*
someone
thanks Jon ^^
minhtran
Hi Jon,
thanks for your simple way to learn us
you have gift you good
regards
Jasim
Wow! I’ve known about only one of these Jones so far! Thanks a lot!
julia
Thanks , I have enjoyed the lesson.
All the lesson. Thank you again :)
Daniel
what is the difference between Jon and John…I’ve never heard of such a name, JON.
hunt13
thanks alot
Eng Moahemd
Thank you my friend Jon. I’ve heard the lesson and you explain very clearly and I can understand very well
Hamilton
sir jon, thanks a lot for the clear as a bell topic. Looking forward for more slang lessons.
carol
Excuse me Mr. Jon
It’s really an interesting topic I was afraid of learning slag but now I determine to learn it . Anyway I would like to ask you about something which relayed to pronunciation which is what is the different between long a sound such as bay and long i sound such as spy because I think they are same in pronunciation
Thank you so much
meema
Could you please give us some lessons about proverb because I found most of them are difficult to understand it
meema
hey please put your john hancock here.whaaaaaaaaaatt?…your name sir…oh ok…just a min i have to go to the john…by the way whats your name?its john.0.o
jairo
thank you kindly
you’r amazing man.we need more
take care
Hussain
Very good, I´ve never seen this expressios be
Silvia
wonderful and so funny.
shayma EL
Lol jon u make me laugh.
shayma EL
Please, I have a question on this subject a bit
Happened to me a misunderstanding with my teacher and I want to know is all the teachers know the slang words? such as you explained on this lessons .what I wrote on my table glass is ,( I hate john doe that is unknow)
and i think she is read it plus she think i mean her ,but i’m not sure. so does any teacher know slang in English??
shayma EL
I am sure many teachers know quite a bit, although a teacher cannot know everything. Thanks for your interest.
Jon
hello mr Jon
how are you?
thanks for your lessons
but please put more lessons in english
please ….
mcrahim2000
I am fine. More lessons are coming soon. I think they should be up by Monday.
Jon
Thank you Mr. Jon I really understand your lesson.
vince
lool Jon is very active teacher but i wanna joyed lesson of Jon
sadaam
Hello mr Jon
many thanks for your lessons because i learned more things of yourclasses in this videos.
best regards
Majid
Tanks teacher Jon. Lily from Brazil
Eliete
hlo,,,, mr jon,,,,u can add another john in your slang now….Jon means a good teacher,,,,,(lol)anyway, can u give us more English slang words….Vinz from Philippines
totong
I will, thanks!
Jon
really , really so nice , it’s first time enter this website [engvid] but really exteremly gorgeous thank u john so much u r talanted man god bless u , finally sorry cause my english isn’t good but iam here to learn
muhammad1986
Thank you, Jon! It was very interesting!
lisblaz
a another slang for john is “jon means king of English slang” lol,,, ur nice sir.
totong
well I dont actually like the use of ” the John” to refer to something bad
since the actual noun refers to a prophet sent by god,
this noun should refer to graves, goodies, high minded and educated objects instead of connecting it to place that is highly forbidden
moe
opinion
thanks any way
moe
nice slams, thanks you. it was very helpfull to me.
JOSE VALERIO
Congratulations Jon, your lessons are very interesting, it’s very good to helping my English. Thanks
Luís Fernando
Thank you, Jon!
u’r great!
Rona
Hello Jon. Thanks for the interesting and practical lessons.
Could you make lessons about ” have him/her call”, “make up” the meanings and when should use?
Jagaa
“Have him/her call me” is used often in an office, basically just requesting that that person calls me, perhaps to set up an appointment. To make up, means to resolve an arguement often in a relationship.
Jon
sir give the lesson of let …how is it use in different way……..??????
mahesh dadhich
Ho Jon , Interesting to know about some Johns. Really funny and informative as well. Thanks
Manoj
you are the best jon..:) thanx for this funny and informative lesson..really i enjoyed it
basma
thank you jon Jon
diniz
10X I like ur lessons especially the slangs 1s
waelinho
Thanks “Jon” very good lesson, I would like other lesson like that… you know despite I speak Spanish and have no long time learning… I can understand you and this is wonderful to me! THanks..:)
jennifer
hi again.. You know what?it would be pretty good if you do a conversation : you and other person of your teacher´s team….
jennifer
We have actually been thinking about that. I would like to do this, but we just need to organize our schedules.
Jon
Hi jon, This a great lesson about slang. i,m looking forward to seeing more lesson from you,about american slang..Thank u jon.
sanju
hi jon, i am suja from india, pls clear my doubt, i want to improve my english pronunciation and fluency, can u help me? pls tell me the simple ways…..
suja
thanks for that exciting lesson sir jon. here in the philippines instead of John Doe we use Juan dela Cruz..
laarni
That’s cool. That sounds spanish, is it?
Jon
I had learned many usefull slang words.
So, thank you for you providing that informations.
zemuy.
zemuy
you’re right sir. Spain invaded the Philippines for along time ;)
laarni
hello jon. thank you for your lessons. can you please make more vids about slang.proverbs would be nice too. keep up the good works:-)
culaznguy
Thanks,it is very useful information
Mark
you were amazing with all your lessons , how can i get on all your lessons not just the free one
tamam alshibe
That was a quite lesson on Jonh words.
I haven´t know these meaning….. But now it´s cear, God bless you. You should give a lesson on words used in the airport.
Valldecy
haahhahahahahhahahahahhaaha!
Jon, jst tell me dat how does it comes into ur mind about this topis, coz of ur name or smthng else???
Mazhar Khattak
9nce i have enjoyed
joojo
i can’t thank you enough
hodhaifa10
hey jon how are you doing i’m really appreciate what are you doing to help us any way thank you verey much but i have a question for you what does it mean ESL acutely i saw it many times and o tried to figured out , and i stil don’t know what it means by
amine
Thanks The John! :p
snickers
I like you lessons so much! Now my vocabylary is much better!Specials Thank for you ideoms!)) ta-ta for now)))
Any Russia
awesm
VIVEK
Dear Jon,
what follows has nothing to do with your last lesson. I wonder if you could help me anyway.
When talking about school rules is it better to use MUST or HAVE TO?
For example:
Students must do their homework. / Students have to do their homework.
Students must be on time. / Students have to be on time.
Students must turn off their mobiles. / Students have to turn off their mobile.
Could you help me, please?
And what about speaking in the first person?
Should I use MUST or HAVE TO?
I must wear a uniform or I have to wear a uniform?
Thanks a lot.
Ernesto
waltwhitmman1
I know this rule.
Right answers are:
Students have to do their homework.
Students have to be on time.
Students have to turn off their mobile.
I have to wear a uniform?
When you use “must”, for example, “I must stop smoking” you mean it`s YOUR desire. And when you say:”I have to stop smoking” you mean that somebody, for example, a doctor, makes you, orders you to do it.
gulyabogdanova
thank you jon and to all other teachers.
gecgun
great lesson i love it soo much
merieme
Thank you very much .. all info you say them are completely new to me.
Rasha
that was the very first time I heard slangs.it was realy interesting.I love way of you teach! I just remember the slangs you toch.thanks sir.
sureka
I realy enjoyed the lesson.that was interesting.thanks sir!
sureka
thank teacher,it is a great lesson, after ur lesson i can use it flexibly
thanks alot
vuhue
thankx a lot Jon….it was really helpful….
jyoti
Congratulations.The lessons are excellent and the choice of topics couldn’t be any better.
Robert Santos
I did like very much of this lesson. I would like to make a sugestion for all teacher: use more times pictures like at this video. It help the understanding of the students.
I heve too a question: in the USA and even Canada its a crim to have sex with a prostitute?
queiroz
You’ll have to ask your congressman about that. Most of them should have a good idea.
engVid
I didnt undestand the answer. In the Brazil, where I live, not is a crime have sexy with a prostitute but is a crime explore or to have a local to offer this services. What I would like to know is if is a crime in the USA and Canada offer sexy for money.
queiroz
HELLO JON!! COULD I ASK SOMETHING TO YOU?…YOU WROTE THERE LIVE FROM HAND TO MOUTH MEANS TO LIVE WITH VERY LITTLE..BUT HOW VERY LITTLE..FOR EXAMPLE LIVING WITH LITTLE MONEY OR LITTLE HEALTH..DOES IT MEAN THAT MEANING OR ANYTHING ELSE??
sevdiye kuzu
thanx a lot jon to help us learn more
sahra
thanx for helping us with the best regards
sahra
Hi Jon,
And what about a situation like this: John Doe works in an office, his assistant calls him and says: “A John is waiting for you in the hall”. What she means is that she doesn’t know the guy, or the guy did not tell much about himself, or something like “tell John Doe that John is here, he should know”.
In this funny situation “A John” is just the person we don’t know much about (no idioms, just grammar). Would the situation be embarrasing? :)
Anton
this site is pretty worth to me.. thanks to all teachers..
win
thanks for u lesson it,s really helpful :)
paiman
dear, mr john i like the way you speak english very clear and loud. thank you
kurnia75
Hello, Mr Jon. Please, could you answer my question. What do these slang words mean: “chin wag”, “ba-donka-donk”, “shawty”, “the Olive garden”, “boo-yah”???
gulyabogdanova
“Chin wag” – shaking your chin, like shaking your head.
“Badonkadonk” – a big, curvy butt.
“Shawty” – a young woman, especially when talking about a friend or girlfriend.
“The Olive Garden” – a chain of Italian restaurants in North America.
“Boo-yah” – an exclamation you use when you’re really happy about something, especially if you’ve won something.
thank u for lesson I want ask u question how can I write a pargraph
dani187
Nice lesson jon
ivan25
I’m so glad. Tks. teacher Jon. Lily from Brazil
Eliete
4\4
thnx
raghodah
thanks …… i have one question :
in the slang the people make many mistakes grammatically,,,,, please tell is that happening always and why they do that
suhaib
hi! Jon. great lesson. Can I be one of your student?That will make me so happy!
lyn
useful one :):):)
abinaya
wow u are great
gh
very useful,thanks
prossenia
Hi.Thanks JON The Lesson very great.I am very interesting these lesson.
Best Regard.
hoa
Hello.I am a new student. I liked this lesson very much.thanks a lot.I think without your lesson,I wouldn’t have understand anything,about”John”.great job. I am looking forward another lessons.p
ia23
My first name is John.My buddies are always making fun of it.It’not to cool to have the same name as a toilet.Jon, does it bother you to have the same name, as a toilet?I guess I never asked a Jon/John before. Just curious.
John
Nice lesson. Thanks Jon so much!
huynhson87
So good,keep up 2 good work!!!
jeff
hahaha that’s funny hahah! I’m from Brazil, São Paulo. I met a friend from England here in Brazil and I said: Aaa john!( in Brazil we like to say “aaa Bruno, aaa David…” same to say: oow no Jon, but I didn’t know that it was so different form. haha. I hope he did not understand my speech otherwise. Thanks John! hahaha I’ll be more careful next time.
Bruno Almeida
it was a good one and I realy enjoy to learn with you
thank you so much jon ^__^
dark
I really like this lesson, you see I would like to learn a little more about this kind of slangs, since I am an English teacher in Mexico, and well I have some problems with them. Anyway, great lessons, congrats!
Mario
interesting lesson I didn’t know that expressions in english. Thank you.
sanosuken
sir its good enough.
sajjad
Jon,
Thank you for your lessons. They are always funny and full of interesting and useful information about slang, grammar and culture. I enjoy watching these videos. It’s a real pleasure:)
Anne
annebarre
thank you so much teacher Jon i’am grateful all your lessons are really interesting and amazing thank you iam just waiting for more lessons
natalie92
Jon, thank very much the class it’s very helpful and thank a lotttttttttt.
jose
What about John holm.
Cuong ta
thank u!
Trung béo
Nice! thank u!
Trung béo
I was surprised at “the John” as another name of a toilet. This video is very useful and fun to know. Thank you.
Alex
thank you so much
muudkung
You know mister Jon, you are so cool, and i want to lern why same person can begin technical english language
ftreqah
It’s actually a cool and useful piece of info. I’m satisfied that you simply shared this helpful info with us. Please stay us informed like this. Thanks for sharing.
marrakech tours
really nice can i have your time for me as i need
some help in writing a special letter.
chitramiyer
superb!u increased my G.K. ABOUT jOHNS
THANX JON
pps
thnx Jon, it’s very interesting lesson, i want more slang lessons from you, i like your lessons.
lili88
thanks jon this informations can be very useful especially when we go to abroad
khanvast26
I like this video.Jon,Thank you so much!
julie11
i like it really u amazing
gehan1992
Thanx that was useful!keep it up! :)
diyaa
thanks a lot. this lesson is so exciting.
amin80
hi john . i don,t like a john as natural in my self. every day people must go to the john at least one time. john hankok is vary in people . thanks john for this excitng lesson.
atiyyah
A very interesting lesson, thanks Jon!
sgmmm
Hi Jon. It was a great lesson. Thanks. :)
Anahita
it was great lesson jon!
Godel
Interesting !! Thanks a lot Mr Jon!
huenhanp102
thank jon i got 100..
ayya78
Thank you very much
bummia
It’s a great lesson, thank you so much, Jon :) You raise my motivation to improve my English. I will be very appreciate if you please can let me know how to contact with you….
monster094
Thanks!
Gallogher
Jon,U were perfect in this class.U Put your Jonh Hancock!
Brazil
Edilson
Thank you sir.
tanhban
Thank you
Mary
Jane Doe is used when the non-known person is a woman. Thanks for your lesson Jon.
Zero10
And Baby Doe for a baby! Believe me; it is in Wikipedia. xD
Zero10
Can anyone say, what does ESL mean? )
Khanaphi
So, we can say: “I need your John Hancock in this document.” ??? Thank you Jon!
Caroline Pires Ayala
Yes, that’s correct!
engVid
Now i know, thank you jon.
anjana05
SLEEPING WITH A PROSTITUTE!!! IS IT ILLEGAL ?!
DZIDZOU
Sleeping is okay. Other stuff depends on the country you’re in.
engVid
100% legal mark
DZIDZOU
thank you jon… love this lesson… i can know new meaning in one word…
Norain md yaman
I just loved your lesson. Just one question:
when you refer to the John as the toilet, do we
use a capital letter or a small letter?
(I wrote with a capital letter because of your
example)
Thanks in advance.
Sonia1234
What does”your comment is waiting to be approved
by Engvid” mean?????????????
I’ve been studying and learnig A LOT with the
Engvid site.
The teachers are great.I truly love the lessons!
Sonia1234
Hi! If you haven’t commented before, or if our system flags your comment as spam, it won’t get published automatically; I need to make sure it’s okay first.
You should be fine now. Some things that get comments automatically sent to moderation are posting a lot of comments in a short time span, or posting the same comment over and over.
engVid Moderator
Thank you!
Now about my question, do you think I’ll have
my doubt cleared out sometime this month?
Sonia1234
Lessons about the slang are always interesting. This lesson isn’t an exception. Thanks!
camovoz
amazing lesson about the slang!
HLEM
easy but usefull.
thanks
Mohsen Barati
useful
Soei
This was a very curious lesson! Thanks John!
Isaias Menezes Silva
It was intersting. Thanks!
Virginia Paes
Interesting lesson. Thank you.
RedLO
I’ve learned something from lesson.It was beatıful and ınterestıng lesson
ismailsakar
Good job Jon
weijiachen
good lesson though ^^ Jon, not a john, and not the john. You are just a good teacher Jon.
I’m Micky, not a mickey ^^
we have something in common though~
good to know you, Jon! See ya~
Minsu Park
I may have missed this in comments, but as a John myself, there is one bummer of a usage – Dear John, which referred to letters guys received from their wife/girlfriend letting them know that it was all over. Maybe outdated-I haven’t heard of Dear John emails or texts.
jtolympia
Nice video :)
YuryK
thanks, interesting..
Amin Naser
4/4 Thank you, Jon
Sunny Muffin
Thanks Jon,
a nice and simple lesson
Jacy
Thank you Jon, very good lesson
Terrysam
Hi Jon, I´m John Doe, nice to meet you! LOL! Thank you for the lesson!
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thank you jon
thanks jon , i have enjoyed with the lesson.
Nice lesson Sir.Joh.. XD….your lecture was so clearly..
Congratulations on joining Engvid, John. I am looking forward to seeing more of your lessons.
Great!
Thank you Jon.
Could you please explain for us the difference between (Welcome on board) & (Welcome aboard) and where to use each?
Hi there, how are you and how about your teaching what subject you teach. i like to add you in skype my id is aman7en.
and this is mine saricy2 :)
A quite excellent video.I’ve learned something from this video.I hope he can make more great videos to teach us.
I’m glad you enjoyed it. What would you like to learn?
we would like to learn amarican slang language and tenses grammer
Could you, please, make a lesson about difference between “which” and “that”? It always confuses me. Thanks in advance.
Hi jon thanks for your lesson, i agree with milica it would be great learn about the usage of which and that.. thanks
i am interested in learning stress, accent, pronunciation of American English.I look forward to seeing lessons of them.
First of all welcome sir to engvid.glad to meet you too.my dear sir try to teach us vocabulary and conversation sentences.
waheedullah Rahmani
Hey John, your videos are great and are now a part of my daily learning activity. Can you please do a video on the ‘th’ sounds and the like?
Regards,
Mubasshir
Welcome to the EngVid, Jon. Can’t wait for more your lessons :)
It was a pleasure.
Hey Jon,
If you can also have a video on syllable and word stress, it will be great. I intend to be an English trainer myself. Is their anything that you can suggest for me?
Regards,
Mubasshir
thanks jon u r cute btw! jejeje hope to see more often ….
It was very useful and interesting. Thank you very much! I am looking forward to seeing more of your lessons.
yhanks jon . i am glad to see one another intelligent teacher on engvid . hope you will make good lessons in the future
Jon,it was great really informative…i expect more lesson from u…
Thanks. If there is something in particular you would like to learn, just let me know.
Can you please teach us more slang ,
new teacher~~~^^
hello!
first of all welcome on engvid. the lesson was very informative and clear, glad to know about the uses of many Johans. Sir can you explain the difference between specially and especially and use of “let”. hope you will upload more lessons.
check this out :
macmillandictionary.com/dictionary/american/especially
macmillandictionary.com/dictionary/american/specially
are both explained in a nice way with examples.
ciao brother
According to Michael Swan, ‘especially’ and ‘specially’ can often both be used with the same meaning. For example, It was not (e)specially hot. Perhaps the most common use of especially is to express ‘above all’; for emphasis. For example, I like all kinds of fruit, especially pears. ‘especially’ often comes before prepositions and conjunctions. For example, We go swimming, especially in summer. ‘Specially’ with past participles – For example, These pants were specially made.
Thank you Jon, it´s really intersting to know about americans slangs.
You’re welcome. If you would like to learn something in particular, just let me know.
i would like sir.i always trying to learn english but i can’t learn better what should i do.can you help me to prove my english……
The lesson was great, but the writing is too small. Could you please write larger letters next time?
By the way, congratulations on joining EngVid!
I hope to see more lessons from you.
Thanks for comments. I will definitely write larger letters.
thanks our new engvid teacher mr.jon and i am asking u to work on slang a little bit like the many meanings of john but you must consider the following : enlarge ur font , speak with a simple confident voice >> , but overall ur awesome >>> good luck mister ….
Thank you for the feedback. I have heard that my writing is a bit small from others as well, so I will write bigger next time.
Intresting lesson. Thank you Jon!
jejejeje @ “a John” — I never heard it
Hi I am Sayed from Egypt and I want to talk with you if Iam lucky And I hope to be frienda its my mail please call me
Interesting lesson. Thank you!
You’re welcome!
funny and easy…:)))
I’m glad you found it amusing.
very interesting and funny lesson :) Tks Jon
I’m happy you liked it.
Jon, this is a nice lesson; I really enjoyed with it; your method of teaching is very high; keep on and bring more slangs please; I have problem with these slangs.
Thank you for the comment.
What type of slang would you like to learn?
hi. john…
i enjoyed ur teaching… i like u. u r so handsome.. muah
Great simplicity sir.
Thank you very much for this lesson.
I’m glad you enjoyed it.
your explaining is verry nice :))
Thanks
seen that “there is nothing wrong with not knowing” I’d like to know what does “ESL” mean in the last transcript of the lesson (about John Hancock)and if these are American or English slangs. Thanks sooooooo much.
Hi Francesca,
‘ESL’ stands for English as a Second Language.
The lesson on the many Johns is mainly American slang, although I’m sure many people from the UK, Australia, and New Zealand will also know ‘A John’; ‘The John’; and ‘John Doe.’
its a funny lesson
thank you
Hello! I love your videos about slangs in Brazil we have many slangs about soccer do you have in english?
mr.jon u r too great .
im having doubt in “ever”
i mean , can v use “ever” in negative sentence .
if yes then do with some examples ….pls
No. We say I have NEVER eaten eggs. Or, I NEVER eat eggs. N+EVER = negative ever = Never. We use EVER “often” in present perfect questions. For example, Have you EVER eaten eggs?
thank a lot mr jon. i hope t had a lot of lesson from you, my teacher!
Hey Jon…
This is the first time I see u at this site. Are u new teacher…???
I’m gonna download your first video, might be it’s look verry nice.
by the way, do u hve FB…???
Thank you very muck mr.Jon
I have interested so so so much with your explaining and I am student in english department so please ,please and please give us more lessons to help us , I like your way of explain the lesson it was very clear and very simple and how I could be contact with you?
hello teacher
hello
Hi dear Jon ! I just watched your lesson , it was nice … thank you for enjoying engvid . But I have one question for you : on your lesson you said : speak with and not speak to . Could you explain to me the diffrence between speak with and speak to ? once again thank you very much .
Well done! I like it.
Jon – that lesson was just great! You presented it so well and I learned a couple of things that I didn’t know before! I’m looking forward to seeing you give more lessons on this website!
I really enjoyed in this lesson
thanQ Jon!
Hi John,
your videos are very useful for people learning English I appreciate for your efforts. please answer my questions?
1. I jumped up because he had advised me to do so (is this right usage of past perfect simple)I jumped up because he advised me to do o( is it any different from above statement)
2. My business was bad because I had no good knowledge ( is it right usage of simple past can I also say “my business was bad because I didn’t have good knowledge)
3. Before coming to India I had been in Australia for 2 years ( is this right usage of past perfect continuous)
4. I had been In Australia for 2 years before I came to India.
I had been in Australia for 2 years when I came to India( do these two statement convey same meaning.
Thank you very much for helping people through teaching English.
hello’
Dear Jon. how are you….nice lecture…. bt you must b thanks to GOD…u r jon nt the John heheheheeh lolzzzzz dnt mind m jst kidding
Please clear my doubts
1.She had been working before the summer begins (is it compulsory to use simple past after past perfect continuous or past perfect (summer began is simple past is it?or can I continue with summer begins)
2.I had been working before my trip or I had been working before I went to trip ( which of these two is correct). thank you very much.
1. Past perfect continuous can be thought of as the earliest time period in English. We often use it if we want to express that an action happened before another action. Yes, began is simple past.
2. Use the first one.
That’s a very sweet name, “John”.
But I like Jon too. It make the person different from the others.
Ha, sweet kidding alinkan123!
Woah! I had no idea, that you r a new teacher Jon! Did you join in this December? I joined today that’s- 26th Dec!
I like your teaching. Hope to see new videos from u.
nice explaination
Very funny lesson..thanks and welcome to EngVid!!!
nice lecture jon, moreover, good thing ur not john ur jon
Thank you, Jon!
Very cool useful and funny lesson!
If you don’t mind I have a question for you. I have a very good book “Speak English like an American” by Amy Gillett (2004). The book is rather useful, but I am afraid that there are many idioms you don’t use anymore and they sound very weird or old-fashioned. I mean expressiona like give smb. an axe, dead-end job, go belly-up, get canned, keep one’s chin up, live from hand to mouth, to be on thin ice etc.
So my question is how can I be sure that these expression are used in modern English, since I live neither in USA nor Canada.
Thank you!
‘I got axed’ is the same as I got fired from a job. ‘Dead-end job’ is a very boring job where there is no opportunity to grow. ‘Keep one’s chin up’ means to stay positive. ‘Live from hand to mouth’ means to live with very little. ‘To be on thin ice’ is being in a precarious situation (trouble). These are all quite common expressions, so feel free to use them as you wish.
so good keep up
Hey Jon,
Cool vid – hope you’ll make some more?
I have a request, and I would like to know if you (or other teachers on the engVid-crew) could make a video about adverbs/adjectives. When to use adverbs and when to use adjectives and why?? I think many students are having difficulties with this subject, so I would really appreciate such videos. Thx ;)
I have a few examples if you don’t quite know what I’m talking about:
John eats his food extreme(ly) quick(ly).
Hi Jon I’m so glad you’ve joined to ENGVID team:)
Your lesson was great.
I’m looking forward to seeing more ones.
bye
Hi, Jon your lesson is great. I saw a film and have phrase “Bite me” could you explain what does it mean for me? Thank you very much and hope for more lessons from you.
Phuong
‘Bite me’ is very rude and should be used in very informal situations. I might say this jokingly to my friends when they are bothering me or very aggressively to someone who is really bothering me. ‘Bite me’ can be interchanged with ‘eat me’. The actual translation would be asking one to eat your private parts.
Thank you very much jon :). you are the best jon
I like it
it was a really a new iformation !!!
thanks jon
thanks dear Jon it’s really helpful
thank you for help my english and you are really good at teach the english!! well done Jon!!
one of the best videos of engvid.. thanks.
very nice lessons thanks for that
Thank you for your lesson, Jon. It is helpful.
Now, tell me pleas – “stroll on” – means go away from here? For example -“stroll on and improve your English” Looking forward to hear your comments. Thank you from Russia.
“Stroll on” means to “move on.” To stroll or go for a stroll means to walk at a relaxed pace. For me, stroll is usually used in this way – “Let’s go for a stroll.”
Many thanks for your comments,Jon. You and your team are doing a very good thing, helping people all over the world with the English language.
All the best,
Alexander
thanks, jon
thanks… grazie john….ciao
hi there…i got 100%….thanks Jon it’s really helpful…i would like learn more slang’s could teach me more….
Hi there, how are you? i would like to add you in my skype and my id is aman7en. And if you like to give me your any IM id.
this is very helpful cos I can caht with my pals well when we are hangout… cool!!!!
thanks Mr. Jon for this nice lesson ,, i really enjoyed it .
by the way i want to know mor about the use of LET & MAKE in sentences i find them a little bit confusing .
thanks again :)
Excellent lesson.Thank you Mr John.
sir i want to learn basic english.tense etc.you are a good teacher….
Hi it was very good. but if you write a little bigger it is better. our writing is very small so it is difficult for seeing.
thank you for your class.
I did’nt listen to Engvid for several days and I’m happy to discover a new teacher. Very interesting items. Thanks a lot.
I’m looking forward to the following lessons.
Best regards.
Are you really Jon?
It’s a joke:)
But is not a joke that I have just learned a lot of meaning of “John” which is quite common name in my country that I didn’t know before.
Thank you Jon!
thank you for your leeson it is very interiseting .
Thank you very much for the great lesson.I liked a lot.
thanks
by the way I loved your voice, it’s loud I mean clear, I hope you will add more and more lessons.
thanks,
hello sir this lesson is good rlz teach us about preposition becouse i am all the tim e confuse them . thanks
i just have an english exam, there was a question confused me pretty much ..it would be appreciated if you can explain this to me
…… should follow a well-balanced and low-fat diet.
(a) diabetics (b) diabetic (c) diabetes (d) diabete (e) type 2 diabetes
how could i distinguish between singular and plural form in such a situation like that?
or this is not necessary at all?
Thank you in advance John for all the effort you’ve made (it’s MAKE isn’t it) lol,
thank you Jon, you are so funny and i like your lectuers so much
hiii…..the john …dont worry iam just joking…i appriciate engvid.com cos of fetching a nice teachers such as jon….
thank you! it is very interesting.
Thanks mr. Jon.Your lesson was very helpful to me.
Thanks a lot
I LIKE THE WAY YOU TEACHE
THANKS
namaste(hello) jon,
nice lesson jon
can u teach mathematics?
It was interesting lesson.Could u pls teach about the use of “would” “could” “might” or “might be” difference b/w “may be” and “might be”.I’ll be thankful.
Jon, you are a very good teacher=) I love this lesson, it’s pretty cool!
In our native language.. we can say “chhotu, raju, pappu” :)
This is a funny lesson, something you won’t find in books. Thanks.
Hey there, Brilliant. I have been teaching now for 13 years in Germany and come from Toronto. My wife and I cannot get over our similarities. Gesture,appearance and expression. Keep u the good work!!
hey jon, youn are great.Thank you so much man.
florentino.
Hi Jon. Thank you for really informative lesson. I have trouble with building sentence in Past Perfect Continuous and Present Perfect Continuous. Could you do video-lesson about it please. With respect to you. Natalie
Here is the sentence. “I had been living in Moscow before i lived in Petersburg.” Is it correct way to say? Thanks an advance for answering, Jon.
you have to say. I had lived in Moscow before I lived in (moved to)St. Petersburg. continuous forms refer to the process!..when you say that one action took place prior to other one and it’s just a fact USE PAST PERFECT!
Thank you very much! It is really very interesting!
I’ll send this video my boyfriend. His name is John :)
The very interesting lesson.
Thank You
thanks mr.jon
just jon^_*
thanks Jon ^^
Hi Jon,
thanks for your simple way to learn us
you have gift you good
regards
Wow! I’ve known about only one of these Jones so far! Thanks a lot!
Thanks , I have enjoyed the lesson.
All the lesson. Thank you again :)
what is the difference between Jon and John…I’ve never heard of such a name, JON.
thanks alot
Thank you my friend Jon. I’ve heard the lesson and you explain very clearly and I can understand very well
sir jon, thanks a lot for the clear as a bell topic. Looking forward for more slang lessons.
Excuse me Mr. Jon
It’s really an interesting topic I was afraid of learning slag but now I determine to learn it . Anyway I would like to ask you about something which relayed to pronunciation which is what is the different between long a sound such as bay and long i sound such as spy because I think they are same in pronunciation
Thank you so much
Could you please give us some lessons about proverb because I found most of them are difficult to understand it
hey please put your john hancock here.whaaaaaaaaaatt?…your name sir…oh ok…just a min i have to go to the john…by the way whats your name?its john.0.o
thank you kindly
you’r amazing man.we need more
take care
Very good, I´ve never seen this expressios be
wonderful and so funny.
Lol jon u make me laugh.
Please, I have a question on this subject a bit
Happened to me a misunderstanding with my teacher and I want to know is all the teachers know the slang words? such as you explained on this lessons .what I wrote on my table glass is ,( I hate john doe that is unknow)
and i think she is read it plus she think i mean her ,but i’m not sure. so does any teacher know slang in English??
I am sure many teachers know quite a bit, although a teacher cannot know everything. Thanks for your interest.
hello mr Jon
how are you?
thanks for your lessons
but please put more lessons in english
please ….
I am fine. More lessons are coming soon. I think they should be up by Monday.
Thank you Mr. Jon I really understand your lesson.
lool Jon is very active teacher but i wanna joyed lesson of Jon
Hello mr Jon
many thanks for your lessons because i learned more things of yourclasses in this videos.
best regards
Tanks teacher Jon. Lily from Brazil
hlo,,,, mr jon,,,,u can add another john in your slang now….Jon means a good teacher,,,,,(lol)anyway, can u give us more English slang words….Vinz from Philippines
I will, thanks!
really , really so nice , it’s first time enter this website [engvid] but really exteremly gorgeous thank u john so much u r talanted man god bless u , finally sorry cause my english isn’t good but iam here to learn
Thank you, Jon! It was very interesting!
a another slang for john is “jon means king of English slang” lol,,, ur nice sir.
well I dont actually like the use of ” the John” to refer to something bad
since the actual noun refers to a prophet sent by god,
this noun should refer to graves, goodies, high minded and educated objects instead of connecting it to place that is highly forbidden
opinion
thanks any way
nice slams, thanks you. it was very helpfull to me.
Congratulations Jon, your lessons are very interesting, it’s very good to helping my English. Thanks
Thank you, Jon!
u’r great!
Hello Jon. Thanks for the interesting and practical lessons.
Could you make lessons about ” have him/her call”, “make up” the meanings and when should use?
“Have him/her call me” is used often in an office, basically just requesting that that person calls me, perhaps to set up an appointment. To make up, means to resolve an arguement often in a relationship.
sir give the lesson of let …how is it use in different way……..??????
Ho Jon , Interesting to know about some Johns. Really funny and informative as well. Thanks
you are the best jon..:) thanx for this funny and informative lesson..really i enjoyed it
thank you jon Jon
10X I like ur lessons especially the slangs 1s
Thanks “Jon” very good lesson, I would like other lesson like that… you know despite I speak Spanish and have no long time learning… I can understand you and this is wonderful to me! THanks..:)
hi again.. You know what?it would be pretty good if you do a conversation : you and other person of your teacher´s team….
We have actually been thinking about that. I would like to do this, but we just need to organize our schedules.
Hi jon, This a great lesson about slang. i,m looking forward to seeing more lesson from you,about american slang..Thank u jon.
hi jon, i am suja from india, pls clear my doubt, i want to improve my english pronunciation and fluency, can u help me? pls tell me the simple ways…..
thanks for that exciting lesson sir jon. here in the philippines instead of John Doe we use Juan dela Cruz..
That’s cool. That sounds spanish, is it?
I had learned many usefull slang words.
So, thank you for you providing that informations.
zemuy.
you’re right sir. Spain invaded the Philippines for along time ;)
hello jon. thank you for your lessons. can you please make more vids about slang.proverbs would be nice too. keep up the good works:-)
Thanks,it is very useful information
you were amazing with all your lessons , how can i get on all your lessons not just the free one
That was a quite lesson on Jonh words.
I haven´t know these meaning….. But now it´s cear, God bless you. You should give a lesson on words used in the airport.
haahhahahahahhahahahahhaaha!
Jon, jst tell me dat how does it comes into ur mind about this topis, coz of ur name or smthng else???
9nce i have enjoyed
i can’t thank you enough
hey jon how are you doing i’m really appreciate what are you doing to help us any way thank you verey much but i have a question for you what does it mean ESL acutely i saw it many times and o tried to figured out , and i stil don’t know what it means by
Thanks The John! :p
I like you lessons so much! Now my vocabylary is much better!Specials Thank for you ideoms!)) ta-ta for now)))
awesm
Dear Jon,
what follows has nothing to do with your last lesson. I wonder if you could help me anyway.
When talking about school rules is it better to use MUST or HAVE TO?
For example:
Students must do their homework. / Students have to do their homework.
Students must be on time. / Students have to be on time.
Students must turn off their mobiles. / Students have to turn off their mobile.
Could you help me, please?
And what about speaking in the first person?
Should I use MUST or HAVE TO?
I must wear a uniform or I have to wear a uniform?
Thanks a lot.
Ernesto
I know this rule.
Right answers are:
Students have to do their homework.
Students have to be on time.
Students have to turn off their mobile.
I have to wear a uniform?
When you use “must”, for example, “I must stop smoking” you mean it`s YOUR desire. And when you say:”I have to stop smoking” you mean that somebody, for example, a doctor, makes you, orders you to do it.
thank you jon and to all other teachers.
great lesson i love it soo much
Thank you very much .. all info you say them are completely new to me.
that was the very first time I heard slangs.it was realy interesting.I love way of you teach! I just remember the slangs you toch.thanks sir.
I realy enjoyed the lesson.that was interesting.thanks sir!
thank teacher,it is a great lesson, after ur lesson i can use it flexibly
thanks alot
thankx a lot Jon….it was really helpful….
Congratulations.The lessons are excellent and the choice of topics couldn’t be any better.
I did like very much of this lesson. I would like to make a sugestion for all teacher: use more times pictures like at this video. It help the understanding of the students.
I heve too a question: in the USA and even Canada its a crim to have sex with a prostitute?
You’ll have to ask your congressman about that. Most of them should have a good idea.
I didnt undestand the answer. In the Brazil, where I live, not is a crime have sexy with a prostitute but is a crime explore or to have a local to offer this services. What I would like to know is if is a crime in the USA and Canada offer sexy for money.
HELLO JON!! COULD I ASK SOMETHING TO YOU?…YOU WROTE THERE LIVE FROM HAND TO MOUTH MEANS TO LIVE WITH VERY LITTLE..BUT HOW VERY LITTLE..FOR EXAMPLE LIVING WITH LITTLE MONEY OR LITTLE HEALTH..DOES IT MEAN THAT MEANING OR ANYTHING ELSE??
thanx a lot jon to help us learn more
thanx for helping us with the best regards
Hi Jon,
And what about a situation like this: John Doe works in an office, his assistant calls him and says: “A John is waiting for you in the hall”. What she means is that she doesn’t know the guy, or the guy did not tell much about himself, or something like “tell John Doe that John is here, he should know”.
In this funny situation “A John” is just the person we don’t know much about (no idioms, just grammar). Would the situation be embarrasing? :)
this site is pretty worth to me.. thanks to all teachers..
thanks for u lesson it,s really helpful :)
dear, mr john i like the way you speak english very clear and loud. thank you
Hello, Mr Jon. Please, could you answer my question. What do these slang words mean: “chin wag”, “ba-donka-donk”, “shawty”, “the Olive garden”, “boo-yah”???
“Chin wag” – shaking your chin, like shaking your head.
“Badonkadonk” – a big, curvy butt.
“Shawty” – a young woman, especially when talking about a friend or girlfriend.
“The Olive Garden” – a chain of Italian restaurants in North America.
“Boo-yah” – an exclamation you use when you’re really happy about something, especially if you’ve won something.
Try using the Urban Dictionary, it’s a great resource for slang!
Thank you for useful information and the link)
thank u for lesson I want ask u question how can I write a pargraph
Nice lesson jon
I’m so glad. Tks. teacher Jon. Lily from Brazil
4\4
thnx
thanks …… i have one question :
in the slang the people make many mistakes grammatically,,,,, please tell is that happening always and why they do that
hi! Jon. great lesson. Can I be one of your student?That will make me so happy!
useful one :):):)
wow u are great
very useful,thanks
Hi.Thanks JON The Lesson very great.I am very interesting these lesson.
Best Regard.
Hello.I am a new student. I liked this lesson very much.thanks a lot.I think without your lesson,I wouldn’t have understand anything,about”John”.great job. I am looking forward another lessons.p
My first name is John.My buddies are always making fun of it.It’not to cool to have the same name as a toilet.Jon, does it bother you to have the same name, as a toilet?I guess I never asked a Jon/John before. Just curious.
Nice lesson. Thanks Jon so much!
So good,keep up 2 good work!!!
hahaha that’s funny hahah! I’m from Brazil, São Paulo. I met a friend from England here in Brazil and I said: Aaa john!( in Brazil we like to say “aaa Bruno, aaa David…” same to say: oow no Jon, but I didn’t know that it was so different form. haha. I hope he did not understand my speech otherwise. Thanks John! hahaha I’ll be more careful next time.
it was a good one and I realy enjoy to learn with you
thank you so much jon ^__^
I really like this lesson, you see I would like to learn a little more about this kind of slangs, since I am an English teacher in Mexico, and well I have some problems with them. Anyway, great lessons, congrats!
interesting lesson I didn’t know that expressions in english. Thank you.
sir its good enough.
Jon,
Thank you for your lessons. They are always funny and full of interesting and useful information about slang, grammar and culture. I enjoy watching these videos. It’s a real pleasure:)
Anne
thank you so much teacher Jon i’am grateful all your lessons are really interesting and amazing thank you iam just waiting for more lessons
Jon, thank very much the class it’s very helpful and thank a lotttttttttt.
What about John holm.
thank u!
Nice! thank u!
I was surprised at “the John” as another name of a toilet. This video is very useful and fun to know. Thank you.
thank you so much
You know mister Jon, you are so cool, and i want to lern why same person can begin technical english language
It’s actually a cool and useful piece of info. I’m satisfied that you simply shared this helpful info with us. Please stay us informed like this. Thanks for sharing.
really nice can i have your time for me as i need
some help in writing a special letter.
superb!u increased my G.K. ABOUT jOHNS
THANX JON
thnx Jon, it’s very interesting lesson, i want more slang lessons from you, i like your lessons.
thanks jon this informations can be very useful especially when we go to abroad
I like this video.Jon,Thank you so much!
i like it really u amazing
Thanx that was useful!keep it up! :)
thanks a lot. this lesson is so exciting.
hi john . i don,t like a john as natural in my self. every day people must go to the john at least one time. john hankok is vary in people . thanks john for this excitng lesson.
A very interesting lesson, thanks Jon!
Hi Jon. It was a great lesson. Thanks. :)
it was great lesson jon!
Interesting !! Thanks a lot Mr Jon!
thank jon i got 100..
Thank you very much
It’s a great lesson, thank you so much, Jon :) You raise my motivation to improve my English. I will be very appreciate if you please can let me know how to contact with you….
Thanks!
Jon,U were perfect in this class.U Put your Jonh Hancock!
Brazil
Thank you sir.
Thank you
Jane Doe is used when the non-known person is a woman. Thanks for your lesson Jon.
And Baby Doe for a baby! Believe me; it is in Wikipedia. xD
Can anyone say, what does ESL mean? )
So, we can say: “I need your John Hancock in this document.” ??? Thank you Jon!
Yes, that’s correct!
Now i know, thank you jon.
SLEEPING WITH A PROSTITUTE!!! IS IT ILLEGAL ?!
Sleeping is okay. Other stuff depends on the country you’re in.
100% legal mark
thank you jon… love this lesson… i can know new meaning in one word…
I just loved your lesson. Just one question:
when you refer to the John as the toilet, do we
use a capital letter or a small letter?
(I wrote with a capital letter because of your
example)
Thanks in advance.
What does”your comment is waiting to be approved
by Engvid” mean?????????????
I’ve been studying and learnig A LOT with the
Engvid site.
The teachers are great.I truly love the lessons!
Hi! If you haven’t commented before, or if our system flags your comment as spam, it won’t get published automatically; I need to make sure it’s okay first.
You should be fine now. Some things that get comments automatically sent to moderation are posting a lot of comments in a short time span, or posting the same comment over and over.
Thank you!
Now about my question, do you think I’ll have
my doubt cleared out sometime this month?
Lessons about the slang are always interesting. This lesson isn’t an exception. Thanks!
amazing lesson about the slang!
easy but usefull.
thanks
useful
This was a very curious lesson! Thanks John!
It was intersting. Thanks!
Interesting lesson. Thank you.
I’ve learned something from lesson.It was beatıful and ınterestıng lesson
Good job Jon
good lesson though ^^ Jon, not a john, and not the john. You are just a good teacher Jon.
I’m Micky, not a mickey ^^
we have something in common though~
good to know you, Jon! See ya~
I may have missed this in comments, but as a John myself, there is one bummer of a usage – Dear John, which referred to letters guys received from their wife/girlfriend letting them know that it was all over. Maybe outdated-I haven’t heard of Dear John emails or texts.
Nice video :)
thanks, interesting..
4/4 Thank you, Jon
Thanks Jon,
a nice and simple lesson
Thank you Jon, very good lesson
Hi Jon, I´m John Doe, nice to meet you! LOL! Thank you for the lesson!
4/4
well done, Jon
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