LEARN ENGLISH IN PIGDIN

This episode talks about pronoun and the personal pronoun.

The pronoun is used to replace the a noun in order to avoid unnecessary repetition of the noun and boredom while reading.

The personal pronoun is a type of pronoun that points to people directly. They are the: first person( I/ME, WE/US), second person(YOU), and third person(HE/HIM, SHE/HER, IT/IT, THEY/THEM).

TAKEAWAY:

"A joyful life is an individual creation that can not be copied from a recipe." ––– Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

In this episode, Oladoyin consciously goes back to make a correction on one of the previous episodes of LEARN ENGLISH IN PIDGIN: Letter O and Number Zero.

She gives a shout out to Woliagba and Sammytutors for their contribution to this episode.

Take Away: "It takes guts and humility to admit mistakes. Admitting we're wrong is courage, not weakness." ---Roy T Bennett

Oladoyin draws you into her mind to see what she feels and she shares her resolve not to give up. Background song: Fountain by Judikay.

Me is an object pronoun and it is used at the end of a sentence: The food is for me. It is also joined with a noun at the object position: The food is for Shola and me. Take Away: "One day, people who didn't believe in you will tell everyone how they met you." ––– Johnny Depp

"I and ME" are both first person singular pronouns.

"I" is a subject singular pronoun used to begin a sentence: I am leaving for Lagos today.

Also, when referring to ourselves with someone else in the subject position, we make use of "I" and not "me": Okoro and I are going to the river.

TAKEAWAY: " Mirror becomes a razor when it's broken. A stick becomes a flute when it's loved." --- Yoko Ono

THIS and THESE should not be pronounced the same way. They both have different vowel sounds. THIS has the short vowel /I/ while THESE has the long vowel /I:/. THIS is a singular demonstrative pronoun; it points to just one thing: This is my brother. THESE is a plural demonstrative pronoun; it points to two or more things: These are my brothers. TAKEAWAY: "If you're that depressed, reach out to someone. And remember, suicide is a permanent solution, to a temporary problem." ---Robin Williams

HIS AND IS

HIS and IS both have the same pronunciation but they belong to different parts of speech.

HIS is a pronoun: a possessive pronoun.

Example: His book.

IS is an auxiliary verb; auxiliary verb sometimes serve as a main verb in a sentence i.e. it can stand alone in a sentence.

Example: It is mine.

Take away: Great things have small beginnings. ---Francis Drake

IT'S is the contraction of IT IS and IT HAS:

•It's raining(It is raining.)

•It's been raining(It has been raining.)

ITS is a possessive pronoun used to show ownership(possession):

Bingo wagged its tail.

ITS shows that the tail belongs to Bingo.

A contraction is a word with omitted letters replaced by an apostrophe.

A pronoun is used to replace a noun in a sentence.

Possessive pronouns are used to show ownership.(hers, his, theirs, yours, its)

TAKE AWAY: " Everything has its beauty, but not everyone sees it."

---Andy Warhol

This episode is about the misuse of the letter O and the number 0(Zero). Though they look similar in writing, they are very different in their pronunciation, and in their uses.

The letter O is mistakenly used when we call out our phone numbers to others. This is actually wrong; we are meant to use the figure or number 0 when we call out our numbers.

Quote(Takeaway): "Education is what remains after we have forgotten what we have learned in school."

---Albert Einstein

Misused is all about English words that are used wrongly in conversations. These words are words that sound similar but are spelt differently. This episode is about the misuse of I'M and AM. "I'm" is the contracted form of "I am": I am going to the market.

"Am" is an helping verb. It supports other verbs (action verbs) in a sentence. Also, "am" is a state of being verb. It tells you who a person is: I am an English teacher and also tells you what a person is doing: I am eating.