Name: 【阿滴英文】台灣人常犯的英文錯誤 #1 (Common English Mistakes in Taiwan)
Uploaded: 2018-09-18T07:40:38.000Z
Duration: 6 min 19 s

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Today I'll be talking about the common English mistakes in Taiwan

今天要來討論台灣人常犯的英文錯誤！

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What? RD English is doing a new series! How come they are always so creative?

什麼？阿滴英文又有全新的系列了！他們怎麼這麼有創意阿？

Really? RD is just too talented! What is the new topic about?

真的假的！阿滴怎麼這麼厲害！這次新主題是什麼？

阿滴又準備要開始一個全新的系列

First and foremost, I want to thank every Drop that has supported us on PressPlay

首先要先感謝在 PressPlay 上面有訂閱支持我們的所有小滴們

allowing us to continue this channel and even make new series

讓我們可以持續的經營這個頻道，還可以一直開發新的主題

Since the fundraising plan started running in May, we have developed new topics such as

那自從五月的募資計畫開跑以來，我們開發的新主題有：

English Song Spotlight, Crown's Vocab Series, 10 English Phrases... etc.

英文歌曲的分享、日常單字分享、還有10句常用英文等

If the response is good, if you like this series

那這個新的系列如果反應好，大家喜歡的話

So please remember to give us a thumbs-up, leave a comment below, and share this video!

所以記得要按個讚、要留個言、要分享出去喔！

Since Mandarin is our mother tongue, when we learn a new language

我們因為母語是中文，所以多多少少在學習一個新的語言的時候

we tend to bring in the Mandarin syntax into the newly-learned language

會把中文的邏輯思維帶進去這個語言當中，

就會造成我們所謂的「中式英文」

Lil' Ray please wait. I haven't cue you yet.

I personally think that being able to communicate is the most important

我個人是覺得可以溝通最重要啦

Even if you talk in Chinglish, as long as people understand you

就算是中式英文不過只要對方能夠聽得懂你在講什麼

However, if you want to learn English well and use the correct grammar in your conversations

不過，如果你想要把英文講好，用完全正確的文法溝通

Today I'll be cueing Lil' Ray to demonstrate Chinglish

今天我會先 cue 小瑞來示範中式英文

and while he demonstrates, you can think about

那他在示範的時候，你們也可以趁機想想看

how the sentences are incorrect and how we can fix them

I'll explain why they are incorrect and how we say them right!

我就會跟大家解釋為什麼錯，以及正確的英文該怎麼說！

Oh~say can you see~by the dawn's early light... (U.S. National Anthem)

Oh~say can you see~by the dawn’s early light... (美國國歌)

This sentence may be asked to foreigners in Taiwan. That is, "Where are you from?"

那這句話在台灣可能是問外國人嘛，就是說「你是從哪來的？」

The problem here is that the "ARE" in "where ARE you come from"

那這裡的問題是 where ARE you come from 的 ARE

should be changed into "do", making it "where do you come from"

這邊應該要改成 do，變成是 where do you come from

This is because what you've asked is the action of "come"

這個是因為你的問題是在問 "come"，「來」這個動作

and since we have a verb, we need the auxiliary verb "do"

因為有這個動詞的關係，所以需要助動詞 do

If there isn't a verb in the question, then we do not need this "do"

那如果今天的問句裡面沒有動詞的話，才可以不需要這個 do

This is also a common question to ask someone where they are from

這個也是非常常見，問「他是從哪裡來」的一個用法

And because we did not use the verb "come" directly,

那因為沒有直接問到 "come" 這個動詞

which means the question doesn't include the verb

他的問句沒有包含這個動詞的關係

it's okay to just say "Where are you from?"

所以直接講 where are you from 就可以了

This sentence is translated directly into "today morning" from「今天早上」

!這句話就是中文直譯的「今天早上」，today morning

but this is incorrect. "Today" and "morning" are both nouns

不過不能這樣子用， today 是名詞 morning 也是名詞

If you want to refer to 今天早上, you can say "this morning"

如果你想要講今天早上的話，可以說 this morning

so it should be "I woke up super late this morning."

所以應該是 I woke up super late this morning

If you intend to use the word "today", there's a way

或者是你一定想要用 today 這個單字，也是可以

but you have to use it solely, so it's "I woke up super late today."

不過就是要單獨使用，所以是 I woke up super late today

I'm so boring. He's so boring. We are all boring

I’m so boring. He’s so boring. We are all boring

When do we use the words "boring" and "bored"?

boring 跟 bored 到底該怎麼使用呢？

"Boring" means 「令人感到無聊的」

while "bored" means 「我自身感到無聊」

而 bored 是指「我自身感到無聊」

So when you say "I'm so boring", you actually mean

所以當你講 I’m so boring 的意思是在指

"You are a boring person." instead of "I'm so bored."

「你自己是一個令人感到無聊的人」而不是「我好無聊」喔！

It's the same thing when it comes to other adjectives

同樣的道理也可以用在其他類似的形容詞上面喔

For example, "interesting" and "interested"

"exciting" and "excited", "surprising" and "surprised"

exciting 跟 excited、surprising 跟 surprised

So, what you have to keep in mind is when added "-ing", it means "making someone feel",

所以，必須要記得的是，加上 -ing 是「令人感到」

when added "-ed", it means "your own feelings"

加上 -ed 的話則是「自身感到」

I want to go to the home. Sleeping. So tired

他想要表達的是「我想要回家」

I think this is an interesting error, since we all know

那我覺得這個錯誤還蠻有趣的，因為我們都知道

if we're going to some place, we'll say "go to the _____" in English

去到某某地方，英文會說 "go to the 地方" 嘛

For example, go to the store, go to the park, and go to the station

像比如說 go to the store, go to the park, go to the station

But! We can't use the same logic on this one

但是！一樣的邏輯不能夠套用在回家上面喔

No one will say "go to the home." Instead, it's correct to just say "go home".

沒有人會說 go to the home，而是直接說 go home 才是正確的

But have you ever wonder why we don't add "to" to "go home"?

不過你有想過為什麼回家不用加 to 嗎？

Never mind, it's because, who would ever thought of this? It's so boring

好啦，因為，誰會想這個，超無聊的

The reason why we don't add "to" to "go home" is that

其實 go home 不需要 to 的原因是因為

the "home" here is a adverb instead of a noun

There are some places that can count as adverbs

有一些地方的名稱都可以當作副詞來用

so we don't need to add the preposition "to"

For example, "go downstairs", "go outside", "go abroad"...etc.

比如說 go downstairs, go outside, go abroad 等等

The last one is the most important one, so you must learn

But we can't just translate it directly into "where have toilet"

不過不能這樣子直接硬翻成 where have toilet

We can't add the verb "have" right behind the adverb "where"

要where 這個副詞後面不能夠直接加上動詞 have

if we want to ask 廁所在哪裡？we should say "Where's the toilet?"

問廁所在哪裡的話應該是要問 "Where’s the toilet?"

The word "toilet" can also be replaced by other things

那這邊的 toilet 也可以替換成其他的東西

such as “where's the gas station”, “where's the money”...etc.

比如說 “where’s the gas station”, “where’s the money” 等

Okay! So let's review what we've learned today with Lil' Ray

好！那最後跟著小瑞一起來複習一下今天學的重點吧！

Good job! It is always efficient to learn through mistakes

Good job! 透過錯誤來學習是一個很有效率的方式吧！

Have you notice other common mistakes in English that people often make,

那你有看過別人常犯什麼英文錯誤，或者是