Simple present overview

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use

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um

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we're gonna continue on with um

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the simple present

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did you want to do the negatives for

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these first or is it okay if we go on to

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i think we go on okay

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um

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okay we're gonna look

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so the verb be is very basic if you're

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watching this if you understand you

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probably know the verb be already

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we're going to look at

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common verbs in the simple present tense

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so we're going to look at the example

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jeff works at a store

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jeff works at a store

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so here the verb tense is called the

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simple present

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there is another present tense in

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english and it's

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you would say then jeff is working at a

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store

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the difference here is that when you say

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jeff works at a store you mean in

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general so

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yesterday he may have been working

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maybe today he's working tomorrow he

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will probably work there too in general

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most days he works at a store

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but if you say jeff is working at a

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store

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you mean right now so it's just right

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now in the present

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um

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maybe it's not an always general thing

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so simple present means general or

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repeated actions that happen

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in the present

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other general um statements that you

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could use in the

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simple present would be for abilities or

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for um descriptions as well

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so

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i am american

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that's the simple present

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i am american that's a description

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and for abilities do you want to maybe

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type in i am american

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um

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don't forget for the names of places um

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you capitalize so i'm american you are

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german capital g big letter g yeah so

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for nationalities it's a proper

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description same with um

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states and cities and

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yeah

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uh-huh and so um another thing would be

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for example

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emily speaks german

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so here we use

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um

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we use the simple present because

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it's a general thing is she speaking

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german right now

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no she's not i'm speaking english

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but she can