Name: 撲克牌｜英語詞彙 (Playing Cards | English Vocabulary)
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Hi guys, welcome back to English with Max.
Today I have something a little

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different for you. Something that's
hopefully a bit of fun. Today we are

going to learn vocabulary related to
these things: playing cards. So if you

want to go to a casino, maybe to play
some blackjack. Or if you want to maybe

play some poker online, or do other
similar things that normally aren't very

good for your bank account,
this video might help you.

No, in all seriousness, guys, now I'm being
serious, this is vocabulary that you

probably won't learn in a classroom,
but it's vocabulary that you will hear

in English-speaking countries, or in
movies and TV shows. And of course there

are a lot more games you can play with
these than just poker and blackjack.

So if you're interested in reaching an
advanced level in English, this is quite

important vocabulary. And stay till the end
because at the end there will be a quiz.

Not a written one, but a spoken one. How
exciting! As usual, this is my social

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Now some of you might have noticed at
the beginning of the video that I called

these playing cards. I didn't just say
"cards". By the way, in American

pronunciation you pronounce the R, so
it's something like "cards". But in the UK

and Australia we don't pronounce the R,
and it's pronounced "cards". "Cards."

Most of the time when we talk about these, we
just say "cards". The problem is, the word

"card" has lots of meanings. For example,
you might give somebody a birthday card.

Or in soccer (or football) if you do
something a bit naughty, you might

receive a red card. Normally it's clear
from context which cards we are talking

about, but if you want to be specific you
can call these "playing cards".

One playing card, two playing cards, etc.

we use the expression: "to play cards".
And that could mean any

game that you play with these cards.
It's a generic term. For example, I could say

to Frank, "Frank, do you want to play cards
later?" And he could answer:

"Ah no, because I don't have any fingers."

A set of playing cards is called a deck.
Deck. Or you could say: "a deck of cards".

Here are some example sentences
with "deck". A standard deck has 52 cards.

Normally you need one deck of cards to
play a card game. However, to play Canasta

you need two decks. Now normally before
you play a card game, you need to mix them.

(Piece of hair.) But yeah, when we're
playing cards, we don't usually say "mix".

We actually use the verb "to shuffle". So I
am now shuffling the cards. I actually

used to be pretty good at this.
I sort of had this trick that I would do.

After we've shuffled the cards,
normally we deal the cards.

"To deal" means to distribute, but we don't
normally say "distribute" when we play cards.

We usually say "to deal". "To deal the
cards." When you play cards with other

people, normally you take turns in
dealing. That means that if I'm playing

cards with Frank and George, Frank might
deal the first time, then George will

deal, then I will deal. That's taking
turns. Now if I want to tell Frank that

this time he is supposed to deal, I would
say to him: "Frank, it is your turn to deal."

I could also say to him:
"Frank, it is your deal."

Now let's look at the
types of cards in a deck.

The first thing you need to know
is that there are four suits.

We don't say "colours". I know that in
French the word for suit in this context

is just "colour" (couleur), but in English we
can say that there are two colours

(red and black), but there are four different
suits. And by the way, "suit" is spelled and

pronounced the same way as this type of suit.

There are thirteen of each suit, and each card
within a suit has its own rank or value.

These are called "face cards" (these three)
because they have a person on them.

All the other cards are just called
the number that is on the card.

So that is a seven, that is a nine,
that is a three and that is a ten.

Most decks of cards also
come with two jokers.

This is a joker. Joker. Yes, just like
the villain in Batman: the Joker.

To talk about specific cards
we need to use the word "of".

Just a small pronunciation point.
When we say "of" between two words,

we don't always pronounce it "of".
We often say "ehv" or "ah".

And that's particularly when we're speaking
quickly. For example, we could say:

This is the queen "ehv" spades.
The queen "ehv" spades.

Or you could say: the queen "ah" spades.
The queen "ah" spades.

This is the nine "ehv" diamonds.
The nine "ehv" diamonds.

Or: the nine "ah" diamonds.
The nine "ah" diamonds.

Okay, now we're going to play a little game.
Very exciting!

This is just a little quiz to
help you practise saying the

names of different cards. So I will show
you a card, and then you will say the

name of the card. Then I will give you
the correct answer. So if I show you this

card, you will say: "The six of diamonds."
Then I will say: "The six of diamonds."

If you want to practise your speaking and
pronunciation, you need to say these out loud.

The jack of diamonds. 
The jack of diamonds.