| Hi everybody, welcome back to Ask Alisha, the weekly series where you ask me questions and I answer them. Maybe! |
| Your first question comes from... |
| Meizzhan. Hi, Meizzhan. |
| Meizzhan says, Hi Alisha, what's the difference between picture, image, and photo? |
| In most cases, we use them the same. |
| When you use a camera, you can say photo or picture. |
| Take a picture or take a photo. |
| We use them the same way. |
| So, image can refer, yes, to a picture or to a photo, though it does sound more like something maybe printed or published. |
| Generally speaking, image is used to refer to a depiction or a representation of something else. |
| So that means it could be like, a painting. |
| This is an image of a goddess. |
| This is an image of a person on a boat, for example. |
| So image is a depiction; a representation of something. |
| So that means it can be physical and it can also be in your mind. |
| Like, a mental picture of something--we could also call that an image. |
| We have an image of something in our heads. |
| So like, my image of her is ruined! |
| Or, I have a really good image of that person. |
| Hope that helps you. |
| Okay, let's move on to your next question. |
| Next question comes from Her Line Bieber. |
| Hi Her Line. |
| Hi Alisha, I want to know if I speak in British English in America, will Amerians understand me? And vice versa? |
| Uh, yes. They should. |
| There should be no reason why an American English speaker should not understand a British English speaker or vice versa. It should not be a problem. |
| Thanks very much for the question. |
| Let's move on to your next question. |
| Next question comes from...Alejandro. |
| Hi, Alejandro. |
| Alejandro says, Hi Alisha, I have a question. |
| What's the meaning of the expression "much obligated," and how can I use this? |
| I'm not sure about much obligated. That's not really an expression we use. |
| We do have the expression "much obliged." Much obliged. |
| Um, which is like "thank you very much for helping me and I owe you for this." |
| So, if someone does something for you, you can say "much obliged." |
| It sounds rather formal, and for some people perhaps a little bit old fashioned, actually. |
| You could use it at like the end of an email, for example. |
| Thanks very much for the files; much obliged. |
| That sort of thing. |
| Like, I owe you in return. |
| So I hope that that helps you. |
| Thanks very much for the question. |
| Next question comes from Fabrizzio Sanchez. |
| Hi, Fabrizzio. |
| Fabrizzio says, can you explain the differences between should have, could have, would have, and their negative forms? |
| Yes, but a proper answer is much bigger than just this Q&A video, so here's a quick, short answer. |
| Should have is used to talk about things we wish we had done in the past, or we wish we had not done in the past. |
| I should have studied more when I was a student. |
| I shouldn't have had so much to drink last night. |
| So, we often have this kind of feeling of regret when we use should have or should not have. |
| Could have refers to something that was possible in the past, or impossible in the past. |
| I could have finished work at 6 today if my boss hadn't given me a last-minute task. |
| Did you see that guy in the car? |
| Was that Davey? |
| Nah, that couldn't have been Davey. He's at work today. |
| Could not _____ means "impossible." |
| So, "could not have been Davey" in that situation means it's impossible for that to have been Davey just now, in the past. |
| Uh, would have and would not have refers to a future action in the past. |
| We are imagining ourselves as like in the past, thinking about our future activities. |
| I would have gone to the concert, but I had to work. |
| I wouldn't have quit my job if I were you. |
| So I'll try to make a whiteboard video about this in the future. |
| Thanks very much for the question. |
| Let's move on to your next question for this week. |
| Next question comes from Sridhar Reddy. Hi, Sridhar. |
| Sridhar says, Hi Alisha. How do I use the word "wanting" in a sentence, and what does it mean? |
| So we tend not to use mental state or emotional state verbs in anything other than the present tense or past tense. |
| So "want" is an example of this. |
| We tend not to use "want" in the progressive tense, but in a situation like "I have been wanting," where we're talking about desiring something over a period of time that started in the past and continues to the present, we can use "wanting." |
| I've been wanting to see that movie for a long time. |
| Or, she's been wanting to take a vacation for a long time. |
| Or like, I've been wanting to eat that dessert for a long time. |
| I hope that that helps you. |
| Okay, let's move on to your next question. |
| Next question comes from Izzaldeen. Hi, Izzaldeen. |
| Uh, Izzaldeen says, what is the difference between "where were you yesterday" and "where you have been yesterday"? |
| Uh, the difference is that the second sentence is incorrect. |
| Uh, "where were you yesterday" means "what was your location yesterday"? |
| The second sentence could be "where have you been," or "where have you been since yesterday"? |
| The first one is more common. Where have you been? |
| This question means, uh, what was your location (or what were your locations) since the last time I saw you. |
| So this is a question that commonly sounds like you're accusing someone. |
| So, if you expected to see someone and you did not see someone, like you've been waiting for a long time for someone, you can say "where have you been?!" I was waiting for you! |
| That kind of thing. |
| We would use a question like "where were you yesterday" if we were expecting to see someone and they did not come as plannned. |
| Where were you yesterday? What happened? |
| I was expecting to see you. |
| Thanks very much for the question. Hope that helps. |
| Let's move on to your next question. |
| Next question comes from Marcelo Oliveira. Hi again, Marcelo. |
| Marcelo says, Hi Alisha, what is the difference between vane, vain, and vein? |
| Yeah, a dictionary is helpful for questions like these. |
| Uh, vane, V-A-N-E is a noun. That's part of a tool that's used to measure wind or liquid, like the vanes of a windmill, for example. |
| Vain, V-A-I-N, is an adjective that means someone who is obsessed with themselves, like "he's so vain," "she's so vain, it's ridiculous." |
| Vein, V-E-I-N is a part of the body. It's also a noun. |
| It's used to refer to the part of the body that carries blood. |
| I hope that that helps you. |
| Again, a dictionary is really helpful to understand the differences between words that sound and are spelled similar. |
| All right, so that's everything that I have for this week. |
| Thank you as always for sending your great questions. |
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