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Hey guys, it's Shane from English Understood here.
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A lot of the time I hear my students say, 'I eat already.'
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I eat already.
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And I understand why because in many languages if you say 'I eat already,' it's correct grammar.
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But when you translate that from your language into English, it's not correct grammar.
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So let's start off with the question. What's the question for this answer?
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It's 'Have you eaten already?'
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So then what's the correct answer?
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The correct answer is 'I have eaten already.'
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I have eaten already.
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Because the question uses 'have' and 'eaten' so with the answer, we also must use 'have' and 'eaten'.
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I have eaten already.
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And when a native speaker says this really quickly, it sounds like this.
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I'veaten already. I'veaten already.
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We don't say 'I have'. We say 'I've'.
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And we don't say 'I've eaten.'
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The 'I've' and the 'eaten' come together. I'veaten already. I'veaten already.
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Now you try. I've eaten already.
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So the next time you want to say you have eaten already,
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you can say 'I'veaten already.' I'veaten already.