Grammar: The imperative eat drink and
be merry![](../../../imagenes/masgramatica.gif)
“Go!”
“Eat!”, “Drink!”
“Eat, drink and be merry, for tomorrow we may die.”
“Don’t eat that!”
The imperative is the base form of the
verb (the infinitive without ‘to’: “eat”, “drink”, “Stop”, “go” etc.)
“Don’t walk on the grass” (the negative)
“Don’t be silly”
“Do not do that!”
“Do not leave your clothes on the floor!”
Vocabulary: American colloquial English![](../../../imagenes/masvocabulario.gif)
Mobile (or mobile phone) (UK) – Cell (or cell phone) – (US)
“Where you at?” (Where are you? – ¿Dónde estas?)
the check (la cuenta) (US) / the bill (la cuenta) UK
Your check will be $42 (Your check is $42) But in UK we say “That’ll be
…. or It’ll be…..”
“Would you like a bag today, sir?” – No, but I’ll have one tomorrow!
“True that!” (That’s true – tienes razón, eso es verdad) True dat!
Idioms![](../../../imagenes/masaudio.gif)
Rafael: Hi! everyday I find a new podcast which is to me a reason of joy
(CORRECTION: A REASON TO BE HAPPY), I have heard all of them a few
times.
You must to be both, two very good teachers of English, you make it easy
and fun.
I like specially those idioms or proverbs and I realise that each one of
them has an equivalent in Spanish.
For instance ” You can’t have your cake and eat it too”
“Teta y sopa no caben en la boca” or “No se puede estar en misa y
repicando” (you can’t be in mass and ringing the bells)
And this other one… “Never in a month of Sundays” ” Cuando las ranas
crien pelo” (when frogs grow some hair)
Thank you for everything
KEEP LISTENING! (Imperative)
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