Andthen I hopeyoufinishthestatementinthechatsofsendsomeopinionstatementinthechatwiththisatthebeginning.
Sowe'lltalkabouthowtouseeachoftheseneedtofindthevideoso I canshareittoo.
Andthenwe'llgetGilwin.
Okay?
OurInternethavingissues, I'm havingissues.
Okay, solet's getstartedwiththefirstexpression.
Thefirstexpressionisjustsimply, I think I think I can't sharethevideotoday.
What's goingon?
Thefirstexpressionisthemostbasicwaytoshareyouropinionwiththeexpression, I think I thinkso.
Thisisjust a neutralwaytosayyouropinion, a neutralwaytosaywhatyouhaveinyourmind.
I thinkpizza's thebestfood.
I think, uh, thislivestreamhaslotsofinterestinginformation, or I thinkGermanyis a reallyinterestingcountrytovisit.
Whatever.
Thisisthemostneutralway S O thatmeans, likethebasswaytoshareyouropinion, toshareyourideas.
I thinksomething, something.
Sothisisthemostbasicone, soyoucansend a fewexampleswiththisone, butwe'regoingtoget a littlemorelikeadvancedor a littlebitmorespecificwithnextexpressions.
Solet's moveonfrom, I think, because I thinkmanypeopleknowthisexpression.
I thinkmanypeopleknowthisexpression.
Thesecondwhen I havehereis I'm notsure, but I'm notsure, butso I'm notsure, butexpresses a lackofconfidence.
Sothatmeans I maybe m wrong, or I mightnothavetherightinformation, but I thinksomethingsowecanfollow.
I'm notsure, but I thinksomething, something, something.
So I'm notsure, but I thinkthemeetingstartsatthree.
Or I'm notsure, but I thinkourbosslefttheofficetoday, so I'm notsure, butit's likemaybe I'm incorrect.
Maybe I'm incorrect.
I'm notsure, but I'm notsure, butokay, someexamplesaircominginwith, I think.
Great.
I thinkitisthebesttimetolearnEnglish.
Good.
I thinkAliciais a goodteacher.
Wu.
Thankyou.
I thinkChanDreamistheprettiestprincessintheworld.
Wow.
Okay.
Interesting.
Uh, good.
So I'm pretty?
I'm sorry.
I'm notsure, but I'm notsure, butsothisbutshowsthatyouwanttoshareyouropinion, eventhoughyourconfidenceiskindoflow.
Solet's goto I'm prettysure.
I'm prettysurethisis, liketheoppositeof I'm notsure, but I'm prettysureislikeyouhaveconfidence, butnot 100%.
So I'm thisscalehereforit, fortheseexpressions.
Thesthree.
I'm notsure, butismaybe, like, 50% yourself.
I'm prettysureislike, maybe 75% orso.
I'm prettysuresoprettyhere.
Doesn't meanphysicalappearance.
Pretty.
Itmeans a fairlyor a littlebit.
Sure.
So I'm prettysuresomething I'm prettysuresomething.
So I'm fairlyconfidentthere's a highconfidencelevelthere, so I'm prettysuresomethingSothisis a littlestrongerthan I'm notsure, but I'm notsure, butokay, SomeotherexamplesAircomingin?
I'm notsure, but I thinkshewassleepingfromBorionFacebook.
Verynice.
I'm notsure, but I thinkitmightRaincouldbeokay.
Uh, I'm notsure, butAliciadidnottake a showertoday.
Aliciadidtake a showertoday, atleast.
Definitelydidn't take a showertoday.
Uh, I'm notsure.
I'm prettysurethatthereis a differencebetweenhiandhithere.
I'm notsurewhatthatexample.
Me, Uh, I'm prettysurethatthislessonmaybeis a good a goodwaytopassthetime.
CouldbeOK, Nice.
Uh, okay.
There's someinterestingexample.
Sentences.
Let's continuetothisone.
I saw a questionaboutthisone.
I'm almostpositive.
I'm almostpositive.
Almostpositivemeans I'm almost 100% aboutthisidea.
Like, I thinkit's a fact.
It's there.
I'm very, veryclosetothat.
So I'm almostpositiveislike 95% fromthese.
Thisisvery, verystrong.
Not 100% butalmostvery, verycloseto 100% sureofsomething.
Let's kindofmoveto a slightlydifferentwaytoexpressopinionswith I believe I believeso.
I believe.
And I thinkareusedinthesamewaytoexpresslikethisreallyneutralkindoffeeling.
But I believeismoreformalsoundingthan I thinkso.
Ifyou'reinlike a businessmeeting, forexample, andyouneedtosharesomething, shareanopinionlike I believethisinformationistrue, or I believeweagreedonthatatthelastmeeting.
Like I believeregularexerciseisimportantforyourhealth.
Youcantalkabout a personallike a strongbeliefaswell, sothisisslightlydifferent.
Butthisonewillsoundmoreformalthan I think, andyoucanuseitforsomethinglike a like a keyideathatisimportanttoyou.
So I believeweshouldallworktogethersomethinglikethat.
Sothat's like a keybeliefforyouorin a moreformalsituationyoucanuseittomean I think I think, Okay, someonesays, I believethat I amalmostfluentinEnglish, saysScibelli.
Nice.
That's cool.
Okay, I believesomepeoplearetalkingaboutthisforreligion.
Yes, youcanusebelieveforreligion.
Ifyouwanttousebelieveforreligion, pleaseuse.
I believein.
I believein, uh, likeGodorgoddessorwhatever.
Youknow, whateverisappropriateforyourreligion.
I believeinsomething.
I believeinanism.
I believeincapitalismorwhatever.
Sobelieveinweusethepropositioninhere.
Soifyouwanttotalkaboutreligionandfaithandsoon, usein, I believeinsomething I believeandyoucanuse.
I believeinyou.
Whichmeans I haveconfidenceinyou.
I thinkyoucandothisthing.
I believeinyouwhenyouwanttoexpressJustinopinion.
Like a formalopinion, though, I believeplusyouridea.
Okay, let's gotothelastsortofsentence, beginner.
I don't think I don't thinkso.
Thisisjustthenegativeof I think.
Yeah, theoppositehere.
I don't think I don't thinkso.
Like, uh, somethingyouthinkisincorrect.
Youcanuseithere.
I don't thinkthisdataiscorrect.
Forexample, for I don't thinkourlivestreamstartsitlike 3 p.m. I don't thinkit's goingtoraintoday.
I sawhereyoucansaylike I watchedthenewslastnight, butgenerallywhenwereportsomethingweuse, I sawweusuallyuse I sawhere.
Okay.
Otherexamples.
I sawsomethingonthenewsrecentlyaboutDonaldTrump.
Yes, Exactly.
Good.
Good, good.
Uh, theotherday I saw a video.
I saw a videoabouthowtoimproveEnglishonline.
Okay, whotimesgoingquick.
So I havetowrapupthelastfewpoints.
Uh, I wanttomake, I guess, just a couplesmallpointstofinish.
Today's lessonaboutthesthethesetwo.
Herearesomeinterestingexpressionsyoumighthear.
I sawsomearticle, andtherewasthisreport.
Sonativespeakerswillusesomeandthismlkindofemphasizetheminspeech I sawsomearticleaboutortherewasthisreportaboutSoweusedthesewords, butitjustmeanslike, uh, I sawanarticleortherewas a reportabout, butweusewordslikethesejustfor a littleextraemphasis.
Andfinally, forthatreasonalone, thisisthelastpoint I wanttomakeforthatreasonalonemeansjustforthatreason, justforthatreason, Yeah, I don't knowexactlywherethelivestreamhad a problem.