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If you can understand these jokes in English then you are definitely fluent! In this lesson I talk you through HOW to understand jokes and puns to fully enjoy fluent English conversations.
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0:00 Intro
01:20 What are puns or dad jokes?
01:55 Homophones
02:30 Homographs
03:02 Homonyms
03:48 Joke number 1
04:35 Joke number 2
05:16 Joke number 3
06:02 Joke number 4
06:50 Joke number 5
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@EnglishwithLucy 11 месяцев назад

Don't forget to download the AMAZING (if I do say so myself) free lesson PDF here👉🏼 bit.ly/JokesPDF

@marceluglear2962 11 месяцев назад

❤️💐

@yassinebahloul1911 11 месяцев назад

Thank you

@muhibullahqismat9810 11 месяцев назад

attractive teacher appreciate you keep it up

@amaanshaikh539 11 месяцев назад

Happy Birthday in advance😁

@TroyNaumu808 11 месяцев назад

Taco (Spanish/Mexican) Tako (Japanese). Tako means octopus in Japanese. Pronounced almost the same.

@nenechonlisboa4127 11 месяцев назад

I have several dad jokes about unemployment, but unfortunately, none of them work!

@thegreencat9947 10 месяцев назад

👍👍👍👍👍😀🤣

@sammyurom8399 10 месяцев назад

This was actually funny unlike the ones in the video. 😂

@Kingdom_Of_Dreams 10 месяцев назад

I know a good joke about pizza, but it's too cheesy.

@thegreencat9947 10 месяцев назад

@@Kingdom_Of_Dreams 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@thegreencat9947 10 месяцев назад

@@Kingdom_Of_Dreams I had a friend who was addicted to sipping brake fluid...he said he could stop any time.

@davidclimbs 4 месяца назад

Me: grows up speaking English and is fully fluent, also me: clicks on this video just to make sure

@JessiesGengar 3 месяца назад

ikr !

@kookiemons9315 3 месяца назад

Same

@ngo7156 3 месяца назад

Me too! Lol

@Madhuvanti_literature 3 месяца назад

@@ngo7156hi

@trishmcleod4682 3 месяца назад

Rofl! For real!😊

@dootdoodle569 4 месяца назад

I’ve literally spoken nothing but English my entire life, I’m only here for the jokes lol. I love how she’s so happy to be telling us all of these dad jokes too 😂

@GustavoIto 4 месяца назад

it is adorable xD

@fairphoneuser9009 3 месяца назад

That's a quite sad fact about most native English speakers. They don't need any other language, so they don't learn a single one.

@melodicminor1 3 месяца назад

Me, too!

@ankitkaser 2 месяца назад

😂she is married dude

@cykkm 2 месяца назад

How do you call a person who speaks multiple languages? A polyglot. And how do you call someone who speaks only one? . . . . . . An American. It's not a joke, and it's not funny at all. It's sad.

@Cederuiter 3 месяца назад

The more you drink, The WC. I saw that on a toilet door when I was 13 years old. I am now 68. I live in The Netherlands, born and raised there. I love your channel!

@verkehrsteilnehmer-berlin 2 месяца назад

It's diuretic.

@mariam-m Месяц назад

😂😂😂

@Gmiricius 11 месяцев назад

I like this one: 15+15 is thirty. And, 16+16 is thirty too.

@Cra3ier 11 месяцев назад

😂good one!

@YoadJSVlog 11 месяцев назад

😂

@lilymily7464 11 месяцев назад

I really love that one😂

@kiritsu79 11 месяцев назад

That doesn't really make sense though

@anaveragewaterenjoyer7157 11 месяцев назад

@@kiritsu79 you pronounce the word " two" the same way as " too".

@lacki2000 11 месяцев назад

My first "dad joke" I've heard long time ago: - Waiter! What is this? - guy in restaurant pointing at bowl on the table. - It's bean soup, sir. - I don't care what it's been, I've asked what is it now! 😃

@thrumbo 11 месяцев назад

@Fermati Chebellosei you must have a lot of friend at party.

@Zen-ju1kf 11 месяцев назад

@@fermatichebellosei1595 '

@carolinaroot3492 11 месяцев назад

It’s funny to someone with a British accent because they pronounce “bean” and “been” the same. I’m American the joke would not be as funny because we say bean like it rhymes with “seen” and been like it rhymes with “sin”.

@sergeiponomarev8316 11 месяцев назад

Yeah, I have been there

@rockmcdwayne1710 11 месяцев назад

You know a joke meant to take a piss on stupid americans in France? Its putting ''fruits de la mer'' on a restaurant menu and handing it to them!

@michal_king478 4 месяца назад

randomly clicked here and I have to say, I cant exactly pinpoint what it is, but theres something so nice about your voice. Its so pleasant on the ears.

@user-hs8vu1iz8q 4 месяца назад

I cannot thank you enough for the lessons, Lucy. They really help a lot. BTW, I've heard another version for the first joke: "There is nothing left in your right brain and nothing right in your left brain." 😂

@s_sanjh 2 месяца назад

Omg this is hilarious 🤣

@yuniarsoarifkresnosoedarso4242 Месяц назад

😂😂😂

@youre_dad740 10 месяцев назад

As someone who only speaks english, I can confirm that I am now fluent in English, and can understand it all!

@kenyihernandez5224 10 месяцев назад

I am not native and these jokes aren't funny dude.

@youre_dad740 10 месяцев назад

@@kenyihernandez5224 then just ignore them

@juswife 10 месяцев назад

@cesare_1302 10 месяцев назад

@@kenyihernandez5224 as a non native I understand your pain. British can be unfunny tho sometimes it's just better to _humor_ them

@belisarian6429 10 месяцев назад

@@cesare_1302 Subtle one, nice.

@rosiefinchXD 11 месяцев назад

As someone who only speaks English I like to watch videos like this to reassure myself that I know how to speak my language Edit: for everyone who can’t get past my placement of the word only, I can tell you native English speakers don’t care that much about the grammar as long as the intent is delivered(which it is)

@Microdave75 11 месяцев назад

I watch it because I like blondes lol

@tremkl 11 месяцев назад

I also only speak English, and was thoroughly concerned why the algorithm decided I needed it in my feed. 😂😂😂

@maxatine7 11 месяцев назад

Que mundo!! Eu estou aqui porque realmente preciso aprender. 😅

@sizeable-cult3169 11 месяцев назад

I'm french and am surprised that I understood all of it. But at the same time I watch films and play video games with english audio and english subtitles

@matthewsevers5862 11 месяцев назад

As a native English speaker, I’m here to reassure myself that I am proficient at something.

@myotheraccountisclean9458 2 месяца назад

love the way you find these jokes exquisite. it seems like a cultural thing, to find them funny without the need of being obscene or offensive. It's like humor for polite and educated people. regards from ARG.

@alicemi4155 2 месяца назад

So anyone who doesn't share this sense of humor is impolite and uneducated? Or necessarily obscene and offensive? I beg to differ.

@myotheraccountisclean9458 2 месяца назад

@@alicemi4155Hi Alice, what I mean is that I find this as a clever sense of humor, with no need to use offensive words or making fun of someone, which I really enjoy. Regards from ARG

@computer1up 4 месяца назад

I always enjoy hearing jokes about mayflies. Those never get old!

@Dreamplandoradij 3 месяца назад

please tel never heard of it

@warren6395 Месяц назад

Like... "Time flies like an arrow... but fruit flies like a banana" ? 😁

@daryaneznanova9964 11 месяцев назад

always knew that understanding of jokes in non-native language is a sign of progress

@NyuAkiyama 10 месяцев назад

Glad we were right!😊

@user-vw4ui5gz6b 10 месяцев назад

True, using proverbs and sayings is also a good sign of progress.

@user-vw4ui5gz6b 10 месяцев назад

And if you stay long enough in a foreign country it's also possible to start dreaming in that language.

@StarryClouds09 10 месяцев назад

I've come to a point where i've even started to think in english a lot of the time And i never even moved to an english speaking country

@daryaneznanova9964 10 месяцев назад

@@StarryClouds09 same

@oscargill423 10 месяцев назад

It's just occurred to me that the final boss of learning languages is understanding jokes and I love that.

@loremipsum7ac 9 месяцев назад

I always had it to be talking over the phone and ordering food from a menu, but getting jokes is also a great challenge

@bintanganugrahshafwanhusni8331 8 месяцев назад

You're right. Even in my language if you don't understand a few meaning of a word, it will lead to a distasteful conversation oftentime.

@jout738 8 месяцев назад

I think its about understanding all the diffrent weird accents of english language. Im not native english language speaker, but I still understood the funny Liverpool accent from one video.

@henryvasquez1814 7 месяцев назад

For me is understanding rap lyrics

@Dave1507 7 месяцев назад

understanding different accents is also up there, because some words sound very different depending on the accent..

@saray8318 3 месяца назад

You speack so clearly, is so easy to understand you. Thank u!

@Dianus89 9 месяцев назад

I guess I am( Polish, went to the UK only once, for a week 😛) fluent then 😅 my favorite dad joke is about a boy, who comes back from school and tells his dad "Dad, dad, there was a kidnapping at school!" Dad looks at him terrified but son continues "it's all right now, he woke up".

@magicmulder 9 месяцев назад

Guess you Polished your English just fine. :D

@MeTube3 8 месяцев назад

😂 love this!

@eached 8 месяцев назад

O co chodzi?

@ilyashitchens649 8 месяцев назад

took some time to understand that was a funny one, Im not sure I would have understand it if not written. guess I'll have to work a bit more before being fluent x)

@Dianus89 8 месяцев назад

@@eached gra słów - kidnapping - porwanie, kid napping - dziecko ucinające sobie drzemkę.

@hw2050 11 месяцев назад

I couldn't believe it when they told me my husband had been stealing from his job as a road worker. But when I got home, all the signs were there! 🤣🤣

@GRBtutorials 11 месяцев назад

The police had seen him stealing an octagonal sign and arrested him. He should have stopped before stealing that sign!

@Isildur94 11 месяцев назад

😂 I think I understand the second pun also 😅

@carolsmith2112 11 месяцев назад

😆🤣😂

@itsannamarias436 8 месяцев назад

Ok this one(two) was actually funny! 😅

@mansibisht8780 2 месяца назад

I was here solely for jokes but I only like a fraction of them. But really your enthusiasm is the only thing that kept me watching

@brayzo2729 4 месяца назад

After speaking English my whole life and it being the only language I know, I'm glad I can reaffirm that I am fluent in it, to some extent.

@RubbaNoze 11 месяцев назад

I don't know why RU-vid recommended your video to me, as I consider myself fluent in english - but today I learned the phrase "to be given the sack", never heard that one before. So thank you! There's always more to learn as a non-native speaker. You have a lovely way of teaching :)

@loonartms 10 месяцев назад

even as a native speaker there's always a lot to learn 😢 godspeed

@antasosam8486 10 месяцев назад

I thought "to give a sack" means to hit mildly.

@strogonoffcore 10 месяцев назад

same here!

@jorgefrade8900 10 месяцев назад

soccer tought me that one

@borix2600 10 месяцев назад

You might have heard about this historical event - "The Sack of King's Landing"

@rosesonmygrave9290 11 месяцев назад

I'm French, and I understood all of them except for the postman one. I had never heard the expression "to be given the sack" before. I learnt something new today! Thank you Lucy for another great video and for teaching so well!

@scarbotheblacksheep9520 11 месяцев назад

I know in America, I never hear the phrase "given the sack." I've heard the term "getting sacked" as being s British thing, so figured that would be British, too

@josephbrowning4220 11 месяцев назад

@@scarbotheblacksheep9520 Yep, it's not a common American English term.

@91elpiris 11 месяцев назад

+1 here. I'm a Spaniard and got all but that one!

@BZValoche 11 месяцев назад

Funny, because "se faire saquer" in french sounds similar and has the same meaning ;-)

@rosesonmygrave9290 11 месяцев назад

@@BZValoche Umm- I've never heard that before either- Maybe it's because I don't really work yet, but it's still weird that I never heard it in English or in French 😅

@HighWarlordJC 4 месяца назад

A very wholesome video for a very wholesome channel. Props.

@JoseRamirez-hc2zx Месяц назад

Thanks Lucy, this is one of the things I love the most in British English, this sort of sense of humor, I consider it quite sofisticated.

@jimpemberton 11 месяцев назад

I like bilingual puns. Juan didn't speak English, but was in the US to work. He had wore out a pair of socks and needed to purchase some. The local store was just a small general store and the socks happened to be behind the counter among a large variety of other merchandise. So he walked in and approached the counter. Not knowing the word "socks" so he tried gesturing at the wall, pointing to his feet, explaining in what few words of English he knew, everything. However, this was to no avail. The longer this continued, the more frustrated he became. He finally pointed as hard as he could and blurted out in a fit of emphatic despair, "Eso si que es!" (which sounds like S-O-C-K-S.) The clerk grabbed the socks and retorted, "Well, why didn't you say so?"

@keithbromley6070 11 месяцев назад

Here’s another for you! Two cats, an English cat and a French cat, decided to have a boat race. The English cat’s name was “One-Two-Three” and the French cat’s name was “Un-Deux-Trois”. Can you tell me which cat won the race? One-Two-Three cat won the race as Un-Deux-Trois cat sank!

@g0d5m15t4k3 11 месяцев назад

@@keithbromley6070 I heard a flight attendant tell this joke to an entire plane flying from the United States to France. It was glorious. I got to explain the joke to my friends because I was the only one who spoke any French in my travel group. 😹

@MinerDiner 11 месяцев назад

@@g0d5m15t4k3 I know a bit of french but I don't get it.

@sboinkthelegday3892 11 месяцев назад

@@MinerDiner I figure it's a play on perspective, which ever language the joke is told in will conclude that our side won. My joke is similar, nobody would learn to mispronounce Hors d'oeuvre as Horse Devour by reading it in text, if they still mispronounce Bon Appétit based on how it sounds in speech. Also, gas stations sell socks so you can spray paint into them and huff, surely nobody actually buys gas station socks for the sake of having socks.

@Saffr_ 11 месяцев назад

@@MinerDiner un, deux, trois cat sank sounds like un, deux, trois, quatre, cinq. Which means 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

@annaluciaschmitz 10 месяцев назад

I’m a native speaker, I was wondering why my RU-vid algorithm recommends this. 😂 But it was still fun watching this video. I absolutely love puns and sarcastic jokes.

@xSakuraStrawberryx 10 месяцев назад

Yeah, same.. Still subbed to her anyway lol

@GoTunes 10 месяцев назад

Same

@waveii8615 10 месяцев назад

same

@rachelicey604 10 месяцев назад

Same. Lol.

@MAXMax-do8md 9 месяцев назад

As a native Polish, i cant get a point . Wtf ❤😂?

@KarlosKlaro Месяц назад

Very good. Lucy speaks so well, that is good to continue listening. And for us that don´t speak English, explaining the joke turn funny.

@mamadoritos 2 месяца назад

Ok that last one? GOLD. I actually laughed out loud. It's been a while since I last watched your videos and (yes, despite being fluent) I just came here to hear you because your voice is soooo delightful. And the content is great, as usual ^^

@benq994 Месяц назад

Whaaat? How was that funny i get it, it was kinda cool and clever way of saying it, but people can hear this and laugh for real?

@mamadoritos Месяц назад

@@benq994...yes? Guess it depends on your type of humor *shrugs*

@philhardackermann4366 8 месяцев назад

My uncle from Texas told me one time: "My Mom is on a sea food diet - if she sees food, she's got to eat it." Being German and only 12 years old at the time it took me some time to get the meaning but in restrospect I think it's a good one.

@DrDeuteron 7 месяцев назад

that is a very popular joke.

@protorhinocerator142 7 месяцев назад

I'm on the Italian diet. First I eat a pound of pasta. Then I eat a pound of antepasta. Balances out. And so far I've already lost 25 pounds. At least on paper. Actual results may vary.

@MrSpirit99 7 месяцев назад

I have Alzheimer's bulimia. II eat and then forget to vomit.

@IWS2K. 7 месяцев назад

fuck me I can relate, been on a sea food diet all my life

@elin_ 6 месяцев назад

Lmao that one was hilarious.. I'm definitely on a sea food diet

@potitishogun2961997 8 месяцев назад

"Justice is a dish best served cold. Because if served warm, it would be justwater" Explanation: this joke only really works through text, because "justice" and "just ice" have two completely different pronuncoations 😊

@Ukepa 5 месяцев назад

I almost was part of the fraction that didn't get "justwater"...

@Dmitopur 5 месяцев назад

When someone explains a joke it is a sad moment

@potitishogun2961997 5 месяцев назад

@@Dmitopur Well, that's what this lady did all throughout the vid lol

@soonersciencenerd383 5 месяцев назад

I C... (I see..,, icy)

@liv_bear 5 месяцев назад

thats my teacher's initials and her nickname's apparently icy..@@soonersciencenerd383

@hamishfox 4 месяца назад

That last joke made me cry

@kenhaus3104 4 месяца назад

I'm in love with Lucy! Her smile, the way she speaks, she just radiates Joy...

@maxpolansky3417 4 месяца назад

She's just making money and subscribers. You've been duped.

@Grizzlox 8 месяцев назад

I'm a native English speaker, but i watch your videos because they help me understand the sorts of things that non-native speakers around me may be struggling with.

@riddhisiddhi08 3 месяца назад

wow that's a sweet curiosity

@abhradeepmandal6265 Месяц назад

You explain really so well, loved your style

@jeanpaquot1444 10 дней назад

This is just the method that suits me ! Thank you so much . I will register immediately ! 🥳 🌷

@thomaseskenazi2013 10 месяцев назад

As a non native speaker, I was very proud to understand (and laught loudly to) the following. I went to a celebration the other day. The host asked if someone wanted to say a few words. I stood up, and shouted "BARGAIN" The host answered "Thanks, that means a great deal"

@genuser9758 10 месяцев назад

I'm not trying to be rude but, as a native English speaker, I don't think the joke really makes sense. Because for what reason would a person randomly stand up and shout bargain? Bargains have no link at all to celebrations. I don't get it.

@thomaseskenazi2013 10 месяцев назад

@@genuser9758 No offense taken, I have to make people explain me jokes in my native tongue from time to time too ^_^ The trick is that bargain, is, genrally a great deal. So the funny part is that, "That means a great deal" has a double meaning here. Anyway, as Lucy stated, a joke is never fun once explained, but I hope you now get why I laughed =)

@emilia3313 10 месяцев назад

@@thomaseskenazi2013As a native English speaker I had to read this joke a few times because I didn’t understand it due to your typo. I realized however that you put “way” instead of “say”. I get the joke now but for the life of me couldn’t figure out what “way a few words” meant 🤣 but great job! It’s cool that you can understand jokes in more than one language

@genuser9758 10 месяцев назад

@@thomaseskenazi2013 As far as I'm aware, the word 'bargain' doesn't have a double meaning. It just means 'a good deal'. So for what reason would the person randomly stand up and shout "Bargain!" in the first place? You said that the host asked if someone wanted to say a few words, and then a person stood up and randomly shouted "Bargain!". Why did they do that? What does a bargain have to do with saying a few words? Like, you're saying that 'a great deal' is the second meaning. Then what is the first meaning?

@thomaseskenazi2013 10 месяцев назад

@@emilia3313 Thanks, I did not catch that. I fixed it =)

@morgancongedo4107 10 месяцев назад

As an Italian i understood them all except the one about the mailman, just because i've never heard of the expression "to be given the sack" but all the others were funny😂

@baze3541 10 месяцев назад

nobody did

@silverfireUK 10 месяцев назад

@@baze3541 I can guarantee that everyone in the UK did.

@baze3541 10 месяцев назад

@@silverfireUK ok silverfire"UK"

@sephiroth7655 10 месяцев назад

Don't worry I'm American and I didn't get it.

@fortnut-bad 10 месяцев назад

Stessa situazione

@silviaporchiella6734 Месяц назад

Thank you were eery clear in explaination and pronunciation , really ejoedthis lesson👍

@ssesf 4 месяца назад

Funny! When I saw the title of this video - absolute fluent, my experience was that understanding jokes in the language was the hardest and thus the requirement. However, that leaves some native speakers a long way from fluent. 30+ years ago, I was reading French newspapers in Tunis and understanding but I didn't understand the jokes. Months later I was reading loads of BD/comics from the French Cultural Center in Lome but I was still not getting the jokes.

@Eric-xh9ee 9 месяцев назад

I'm a native speaker but I was just watching because she's relaxing to listen to and the jokes were amusing. I wish I had a teacher like Lucy when learning French!

@Markyroson 7 месяцев назад

Same here

@garymartin9777 7 месяцев назад

not to mention she's really hot.

@etorepugatti9196 7 месяцев назад

I wish I had a teacher like Lucy when learning English, French is my mother tongue BTW.

@AK-vj9uu 6 месяцев назад

i just watch her because she's cute.

@Eric-xh9ee 6 месяцев назад

@@etorepugatti9196 salut ! 😅

@danilmartyniuk 11 месяцев назад

Please, don't leave teaching! We love your lessons and your humor.

@piman9280 11 месяцев назад

I was hoping she would talk about the word "mean," which has three completely unrelated meanings: 1. You're so mean to me. 2. The mean of 10 and 20 is 15. 3. I see what you mean.

@A2Z1Two3 11 месяцев назад

Don’t give up the day job 😂

@halfrhovsquared 11 месяцев назад

We??? Speak for yourself.

@Nora-bj9mr 10 месяцев назад

@@piman9280, wredny to ten język, oto ci chodzi👍

@someonesilence3731 10 месяцев назад

@@halfrhovsquared We wouldn't be here if we didn't agree, now would we?

@juniordon1699 4 месяца назад

im 60 years old and i know all this..I left school in 1979, we were taught everything.To me what you have explained is common sense..Well i did want to be an english teacher but to no avail.

@dolly6321 3 месяца назад

Thanks teacher Lucy, thanks to ur video, now I can evaluate my English comprehension which is sort of terrible since I wholely dont get any jokes of yours. But I never give up to learn those and update more puns

@amafidumpsite5969 11 месяцев назад

I'm pretty far from fluent in english, at least in speaking and writing it, but I feel like reading douglas adams and terry pratchett has prepared me very well this particular lesson. I still remember being blown away by the whole "what's so unpleasant about being drunk?" "why don't you ask a glass of water" bit at the start of the hitch-hiker's guide at like 12.

@raimohoft1236 11 месяцев назад

Also the Carry On... movies did their part too. Love 'em and watch all the time again and again. Cor blimey! 🤗

@jamesalexander7540 11 месяцев назад

Thanks for the chuckle.

@katjaamyx2922 11 месяцев назад

My goodness. If you can make your way through Douglas Adams and Terry Pratchett, you're practically a native speaker (or reader, at least).

@vibaj16 10 месяцев назад

You seem pretty fluent

@linmonPIE 10 месяцев назад

From this native speaker’s point of view, you seem really fluent to me. No need to be so modest.

@jbwhetstone 11 месяцев назад

I love the spelling differences between American and British English. Another great video, Lucy.

@hansmolders1066 10 месяцев назад

Yeah, I left a comment and used the word neighbor and deliberately didn't use a u😊

@verkehrsteilnehmer-berlin 2 месяца назад

Yes, this is huge. American starts with A British with B

@edwinbellamy2712 4 месяца назад

I though my english was gettin old' and rusty But I'm glad I did understand everything, from start to finish ! Love the vibe of your videos ! cheer from france !

@LordAndrewHewitt Месяц назад

I have some puns for you, Lucy! Check it out! A fine is never fine when we find it! Here in Brazil, its not unusual to play the ball at the balls (dancing balls! LOL!) A cowboy once said: "my farm's well is well as well!" A fast is never fast for the fats... And last but not the least, I'm a big fan (admirer) of soccer fans (supporters). Here in my house I have a fan (to wave myself) and a fan (a venting appliance). So, it's quite right to say that "THE FANS' FAN HAS A FAN AND A FAN!" Thanks for everything, lady! Simply loved the video!

@macloricott13 10 месяцев назад

As an engineer and a researcher, working with math every day, the last pun is pure gold. Which, by the way, makes it a very malleable pun 😀

@TheRockingBarbie 10 месяцев назад

Not to mention valuable 😉

@saskia4219 9 месяцев назад

Yeah, I loved it!

@physical_insanity 9 месяцев назад

Now that's gold.

@orionsgaming73 9 месяцев назад

As a heavy math user, think back to the last time you were constipated. Were you able to work out the problem with a pencil?😉

@josephgriffin1065 9 месяцев назад

Yes, that last joke was less than whole...

@samui3763 8 месяцев назад

I'm from the Philippines. Besides the fact that people from the Philippines have so many languages, I grew up watching shows and movies that only spoke English. My mom was not fluent in English and she was worried she wouldn't be able to teach us. So, her solution is exposing us to the English language at a young age. Karaoke is a huge thing here in my country for so long. I remember we sang a lot since I was a child. It also helped us to read English faster.

@flamerollerx01 8 месяцев назад

Have you been taking any kind of formal lessons? It's never too late to do so.

@EmJeRo14 8 месяцев назад

@@flamerollerx01we have English as a consistent subject in our schools from kindergarten to university level. To imply he needs a formal education when he clearly knows enough to speak understandably is not only ignorant but also arrogant. You'd do very well to just shut up in the future or even to do a simple google search and fact check before typing out your thoughts and opinions on things you know nothing about. He merely shared his experience with learning English and what helped him. He wasn't complaining or anything.

@eyahiiz1_ 7 месяцев назад

on god brah

@eyahiiz1_ 7 месяцев назад

im tagalog too !

@eyahiiz1_ 7 месяцев назад

ur so cray cray

@rupchowdhury1999 4 месяца назад

Today I have watched your video for the first time. I have already subscribed to your channel. I believe, your videos will help me get better and fluent in English. Thank you.

@dreamerwav698 4 месяца назад

im a native english speaker yet felt the need to watch this video. i got all of them.

@DoctorMagoo111 8 месяцев назад

The fraction one got me - twice. Wonderful. I'm going to have to remember that one.

@robertnett9793 5 месяцев назад

I think one of the first jokes in English I understood was from Terry Pratchet giving a description of the Patrician (the Tyrant of Ankh Morpork) "He achieves with irony what others can't achieve with steel." Surely not the best joke in the world, but I really like the elegance in it.

@newsgo1876 Месяц назад

Thank you Lucy!

@Generalinfo1000 11 дней назад

Amazing teaching skills, Amazing language pronounce

@josiasosti5310 8 месяцев назад

“tired” actually comes from a German word “gerädert” that is equal to being exhausted and consists mainly of the word “Rad” which would be a tire in English. Fun video! As a non-native-speaker I was really happy to understand every single one of the jokes :)

@Chakrenqueen 8 месяцев назад

To be "tired" (gerädert) is a medival practice in torture, where a person's bones where broken (all of them) and they where tied around a tire... so... being tired you couldn't stand up anymore and you were absolutely broken...

@GeeVanderplas 8 месяцев назад

That's rad!

@wiebke1234567 8 месяцев назад

See what you did there.

@SuperCybertiger 7 месяцев назад

@@Chakrenqueen wheely harsh practice

@nlg9763 7 месяцев назад

Your comment made me notice that in French we use the slang word "crevé" wich means "very tired" or "flat" as a tire.

@estebancorral5151 11 месяцев назад

I have reached the same conclusion long ago. One hasn’t mastered a language until one can deliver a joke. I take it a step further. I start in one language to misdirect the person whom I am addressing, but I deliver the punch line in another language. When the rest of the crowd starts laughing, the person whom I was addressing is momentarily stunned until he/she figures it out then starts laughing madder than the rest of the crowd. The hardest part is to keep a straight face on.😊

@jonathangrimm5850 11 месяцев назад

Can you give an example of how you‘ve done that?

@OlivierDALET 10 месяцев назад

I think your correct usage of whom precisely gives you away as not a native speaker!

@estebancorral5151 10 месяцев назад

@@OlivierDALET Olivier comes from French for Olive tree, and Dalet is a transliteration from the Hebrew for door. One can surmise that you’re Jewish, a francophone, but speak English as well.

@OlivierDALET 10 месяцев назад

@@estebancorral5151 that's half true: Dalet indeed sounds Hebrew (I think the letter D is transcribed something like daleth). However it's a plain south-western French name related to the word 'dalle', flagstone. Maybe I had ancestors who specialized in stone craft... And although I love (and practice) klezmer music I have no Jewish ancestry that I know of. As for your name, it sounds Spanish. Esteban would be Stéphane in French. Corral could be related to French courir (to run), but I'm not so sure.

@estebancorral5151 10 месяцев назад

@@OlivierDALET the letter for the d sound comes the ancient word for door. Esteban is Spanish for the French Estienne which is now defunct and replaced by Etienne or its alternate Stephane. Corral is an enclosure for animals. The family’s occupation were cowboys for hundreds of years. As for kelzmer I like the song Tumbalalaika.

@Zee_B 2 месяца назад

I love your laugh! 🤣💕

@romanarshan 2 месяца назад

I've got only two first without explanation. Thank you!

@ArthurIsaenko 11 месяцев назад

Albert Einstein was a great guy, but his brother Frank was a monster

@verkehrsteilnehmer-berlin 2 месяца назад

But more famous were Edison and Edidaughter

@Hyrulistic 10 месяцев назад

One of my favourite jokes leverages these concepts: 3 men were out on a boat to relax, when they realized they brought 4 cigarettes but no matches. So they threw one cigarette out - and the whole boat became *_a cigarette lighter_* _from a certified Dad_ 😂

@RGJBosma 10 месяцев назад

i loved this one- thanks for sharing

@JRuiz476 10 месяцев назад

Bro, this is some good shit, I love this lmao

@uncletiggermclaren7592 10 месяцев назад

That is a GREAT joke, I will slyly steal it.

@clovissagan6646 10 месяцев назад

I'm unhappy that my french self didn't get it 😅😅

@limlimk17 9 месяцев назад

RIP certified dad

@EmilioGarra 3 месяца назад

I simply LOVED this video! 🤣🤣🤣

@rozierais8794 3 месяца назад

i love the last joke! very funny and clever

@stellataneva7012 11 месяцев назад

The last one was really good. I adore wordplay jokes. There're lots of them in my favourite show "The Nanny". I just love the banter between CC and Niles. And here an example: "Oh, I loved that as a child! Ooops, I'm dating myself." - CC (talking about a show from her childhood that they're turning into a movie) "Dating yourself?! That's pathetic. Even you can do better than you." - Niles

@graphicmaterial5947 9 месяцев назад

Hi Lucy, I'm Swedish and I have a homonym "gift" for you: Did you know that the Swedish word "såg" is the same as the English word "saw" in both meanings: something you did see yesterday, and a tool to cut things like logs. Quite an exciting coincidence, don't you think? Love your stuff, I learn so much!

@reddiver7293 8 месяцев назад

Mildly interesting, definitely. Exciting? Mmm...

@tovekauppi1616 8 месяцев назад

Är du säker på att det är en slump? Med tanke på hur lika uttalen på orden är känns det som att de borde ha gemensamt ursprung.

@graphicmaterial5947 8 месяцев назад

Tja, både svenska och engelska är ju i grunden germanska språk, så varför inte?@@tovekauppi1616

@hybbfr727 7 месяцев назад

And "gift" means "poison" or "married"

@graphicmaterial5947 7 месяцев назад

Off topic, my friend. It's not a homonym as it isn't pronounced the same. Also - I love to be married, if you don't - get a divorce..@@hybbfr727

@FGFCB 2 месяца назад

It’s so funny 🤣 to learn English with Lucy! I’ve never had so much fun learning English as I do when watching Lucy’s videos 🤩❤😂

@JFBassett2050 3 месяца назад

I used to teach "language stuff" at Indiana University. Your stuff is GREAT!! More more!!

@mtg6753 7 месяцев назад

Lucy is absolutely a beautiful person in her intellect and in her looks.

@conniemerritt3206 8 месяцев назад

I’m a native English speaker (although our friends across the pond might beg to differ), and I even watched this in its entirety because of the excellent presentation. I can see how these nuances of language could be difficult for new learners.

@rtchakar Месяц назад

SUCH A BEAUTIFUL ENGLISH TEACHER !!!

@susannluckmann7705 9 дней назад

Thank you Lucy, it is so much fun 🥰🥳🤓

@Taksis12 11 месяцев назад

My favorite. The National Poetry Contest had come down to two semifinalists: a Yale graduate and a redneck from Wyoming. They were given a word, then allowed two minutes to study the word and come up with a poem that contained the word. The word they were given was "Timbuktu". First to recite his poem was the Yale graduate. He stepped to the microphone and said: Slowly across the desert sand Trekked a lonely caravan. Men on camels, two by two Destination---Timbuktu. The crowd went crazy! No way could the redneck top that, they thought. The redneck calmly made his way to the microphone and recited: Me and Tim a-huntin went, Met three whores in a pop up tent. They was three, and we was two, So I bucked one, and Timbuktu. The redneck won hands down!

@haevinc 11 месяцев назад

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 golden for a non English speaker plus the excitement of understanding. Shut the buk up 🤣

@haevinc 11 месяцев назад

Tbh Yale graduate's was shity poem

@malikiori 11 месяцев назад

Made me laugh 😂

@usersssssssssssl 11 месяцев назад

hilarious

@user-ec6kt2fg7m 11 месяцев назад

That was a fucking brilliant joke!

@xxxblackvenomxxx 11 месяцев назад

I'm from Austria and I've grown up with TV shows from GB and fell in love with the humour there. Obviously, it made me understand the language better, which is a good feeling! In the end, german and english share roots, after all.

@kovak2077 11 месяцев назад

I understood all of these jokes, but i do not really think, that i'm fluent in English. But i absolutely like your content, because it's pretty helpful.

@psychoticamericanteacher 11 месяцев назад

You get fluent by listening to native when they speak

@lexavlogs7149 11 месяцев назад

@psychoticamericanteacher yes I do, but I am not also as good when I talk

@testingtesting4984 11 месяцев назад

Same, they do not feel funny. That’s probably the “being fluent” part that is hard to achieve

@arindambanerjee2849 11 месяцев назад

Great pun 😂

@vincentconti-jb3hd 11 месяцев назад

That's normal..,.. actually a pun is a kind of idiom

@horsepowerandtalk1033 23 дня назад

You saved the best for last. The math joke was pretty cleaver.

@filougamingfr 4 месяца назад

I think i've found the right channel to practice my english 😁

@DaddyDave265 11 месяцев назад

Always appreciate your efforts for teaching us English, dear Lucy!!!👍

@user-iy6de7qi1r 9 месяцев назад

My mother was a librarian so this was a common experience growing up. Thanks for a good laugh! I thoroughly enjoyed this!

@drunkenhobo8020 7 месяцев назад

I don't get that one.

@sanathkumar6526 2 месяца назад

I do enjoy dad jokes quite a lot, they never get old!

@sarahzhao9347 4 месяца назад

Thanks for this video, I can't stop cryng now

@MissYucca13 11 месяцев назад

The last one was actually hilarious 😂 great lesson!!!

@AmirAli-sn5ou 11 месяцев назад

Hi Lucy I am Amir Ali Dad I am writing to inform you that I like your video

@gamertennyson4010 11 месяцев назад

I understand the last one quickly but can't get 3 one

@JDCarnin 7 месяцев назад

I think I’ve found my new favorite activity. Listening to a British person with perfect English cracking some Dad Jokes. I would really enjoy it if you actually could make a Video with you just telling jokes for like half an hour!

@Zothos3 3 месяца назад

That would be rad. 😁

@BJKage 4 месяца назад

I am Czech and we totally have the same dry humor. I obviously came for the jokes, thanx.

@Teorkom 4 месяца назад

that was much fun, espesially the explanations of jokes. laughed a lot, thanx :D :D :D

@megaalvon3060 11 месяцев назад

I totally loved the last one!!! 😂 I am sooooo happy I could nearly understand them all! Love from an Argentinian fan of both the English language and culture and your videos!!! Greetings to everyone!🤗

@remilabonne5724 5 месяцев назад

Hi Lucy, it's the first time I've seen one of your videos. Understanding jokes is a big challenge for non-native speakers, especially for Frenchies. Thanks a lot ! PS : Speaking of jokes, do you know why we don’t tell secrets on a farm? Because the potatoes have eyes, the corn has ears, and the beans stalk!

@Horse_In_A_Suit 4 месяца назад

Although it can be challenging for the frenchies, i do think its harder for the germans.

@behemoth8399 4 месяца назад

Qu'est-ce que tu baragouines bordel reviens à la raison nos blagues sont meilleures.

@ninetailedfox579121 4 месяца назад

@@Horse_In_A_Suit I think it is most difficult for the Russians, because they try to go over them too quickly.

@b1oodzy 4 месяца назад

@@Horse_In_A_Suit English is a germanic language

@antonpayne919 4 месяца назад

⁠@@Horse_In_A_Suithow so? being german i have little to no difficulty understanding jokes

@giacomofibonacci1022 2 месяца назад

Thank you so much.😊

@noface3641 10 месяцев назад

As a math student who loves english (a 2nd language for me), I LOVED the last one. Great video altogether🙌 I know I understand English very well cause I use it rather often, but having it be a second language you always do wonder how well you compare to someone that speaks it from birth.

@ToxicKadea 10 месяцев назад

Which is almost like shit every time for me, I don’t know how you do tho.

@ginasipos4373 8 месяцев назад

You sound great to me! I would've never guessed that was written by a non-native speaker 🤘🏽

@cfrandre8319 8 месяцев назад

@@ToxicKadea You’ve got a good grasp of vernacular...

@exelo7838 8 месяцев назад

I only managed to understand a fraction of the last joke on my own 😂

@FairyFatale 4 месяца назад

I love that top SO much.

@snacke2931 3 месяца назад

Thanks Lucy..

@peterzavon3012 5 месяцев назад

I once worked with a Chinese native of Hong Kong (before its return to Chinese control). Although English was an important language there, he was so unsure of his command of it that when he came to the US at the age of 19 he did not step outside the air terminal in Los Angeles for even a moment for fear of not being able to get back in to take his connecting flight. When I met him years later, his English was so fluent that he laughed automatically at puns (no pause for thought at all). I found that very impressive.

@angelaasfour1056 3 месяца назад

Great! Thank you 😍

@ferdinandpierre4937 2 месяца назад

Hi!teacher lycy I'm really enjoy your English course your sound really dawn your British accent

@josefstalin9678 10 месяцев назад

I read a humorous story in a comment section once of an English speaker trying to translate the idiom "the big cheese" into German and, although their translation was correct, the idiom itself still confused all the Germans who heard it because its a colloquialism they weren't familiar with. There's also a few episodes of a TV show called Archer that had a running joke of the main character asking his translator to tell some non english speakers what he was saying but he kept using idioms which understandably flew over their heads. Language is great.

11 месяцев назад

Lucy! Thank you! Your content has cheered up my day! I love how easy and smooth is listening to you. You definetly helps my listening in English! :D

@wasifahmed123 Месяц назад

Very interesting. Love it.❤

@kypirko5710 4 месяца назад

I am absolutely head over heels in love with you. 🥰🥰🥰

@caracolrojo 11 месяцев назад

Long ago I came home to find my mum being courted by a cultured man who, in an effort to earn points with me, told me "your mother is an incredible woman"; to which I immediately replied "yeah, she's unbelievable!". I'm from Peru. Spanish is my first language and I'd never been abroad at the time. I was surprised to learn not only was I fluent in English, but witty as well 😂

@OlivierDALET 10 месяцев назад

It's subtle and takes some knowledge of etymology or a romance language to get it but it's a good one!

@NaughtiusMaximmus 10 месяцев назад

Lmao

@Nari_Trovi 10 месяцев назад

@OlivierDALET can you explain please? do they mean incredible as "shockingly good at being bad"

@NanoChips 10 месяцев назад

@@Nari_Trovi i think that the joke is that “credible” is another word for trustworthy, and the prefix “in-“ normally denotes the opposite of the word to which it’s attached, so even though the suitor is trying to say that the mother is amazing (incredible), op made a pun out of it as if the suitor were actually saying that the mother was untrustworthy, and thus replied that she was “unbelievable” (which can be both a good thing-like in the sense of something awe-inspiring or amazing-or a bad thing, like she can’t be believed); hope that helps!