I'm a native English speaker.

私は英語のネイティブスピーカーです。

I teach English and I firmly believe that the English language can be really really stupid and I know that sounds harsh, but let me explain if You're learning English and you find the English language difficult.

私は英語を教えていますが、英語は本当に本当に愚かなものだと固く信じています。厳しい言い方に聞こえるかもしれませんが、もしあなたが英語を学んでいて、英語が難しいと感じるのであれば説明させてください。

You find that sometimes it doesn't make any sense You're confused.

意味がわからないこともある。

You're frustrated Then I want to tell you that there's a good chance the problem is not you Because the English language is difficult.

英語は難しいからだ。

It can be really confusing and honestly, it can be stupid There are times when things just don't make sense So in today's video, I'm going to talk to you about why?

正直なところ、本当に混乱することもあるし、バカバカしくなることもある。

English can be so difficult and I also want to give you some good news so stay till the end of the video because I'm going to give you some good news, which will hopefully help motivate you and Encourage you to learn English Now one thing that happens when students first start learning English Maybe you can relate to this.

英語はとても難しいものですが、良いニュースもお伝えしたいと思いますので、ビデオの最後までお付き合いください。

Maybe this is something that happened to you, too But a lot of students find English easy at the beginning They find it simple they find it not as complicated as some other languages and This is true at the beginning English is actually quite basic we only have one Definite article.

しかし、多くの生徒が最初のうちは英語を簡単だと感じている。他の言語ほど複雑ではなく、シンプルだと感じている。

We don't have any gender.

私たちに性別はない。

We don't have masculine or feminine nouns we have one word we have the one word for everything the and the simple tenses In English not the complicated tenses, which you learn later, but the basic tenses like the present simple past simple They're simple.

英語には男性名詞も女性名詞もない。1つの単語ですべてを表すのだ。

I Did you did he did we did they did it's all the same and a lot of languages at?

私は、あなたがした、彼がした、私たちがした、彼らがした......。

The beginning you have to memorize a lot when you get more advanced in English So maybe you get to the b2 or the c1 level you start to realize that Things get a lot more difficult and this is where the challenge Begins it seems like every rule you've learned in the past has an exception so you have to relearn things you have to learn them again and This is one of the difficult things about English It's a bit deceiving because at the beginning it seems to be quite easy But the more advanced you get the more you realize that oh There's a lot more to this language than I expected now one of the most difficult things about English is spelling and pronunciation and Unfortunately English can be really really challenging when it comes to these two areas Now whenever you learn a new word It's not enough just to learn the word Because if you look at a word It's impossible to know the pronunciation just by looking at the spelling Because there are so many different ways of pronouncing things in English You actually need to learn the pronunciation at the same time you learn the word so Whenever you learn a new word go to Google go to Bing go to any of these translation sites Type the word in and then press the play button There's always a play button so you can actually hear how the word is pronounced So you're not only learning the word you're not only learning the definition But you're also learning the pronunciation at the same time It's really going to save you a lot of time and a lot of effort So you don't have to go back and learn the pronunciation again So whenever you learn something new you learn a new word you learn a new phrase Always look up the pronunciation and learn the correct pronunciation at the same time now Why is English spelling and pronunciation?

最初のうちはたくさん暗記しなければならないが、英語がもっと上達すると、b2やc1のレベルになると、物事がもっと難しくなることに気づき始める。しかし、上達すればするほど、ああ、この言語には思っていた以上に多くのことがあるのだと気づく。スペルを見ただけでは発音を知ることは不可能です。英語にはさまざまな発音の仕方がありますから、単語を学ぶと同時に発音も学ぶ必要があります。単語を学ぶだけでなく、定義を学ぶだけでなく、発音も同時に学ぶことができるのです。

So complicated and confusing.

とても複雑で混乱する。

Well, there's actually a historical reason for this so 500 years ago in the past we spelt words Similarly to the way we do today But we pronounce them completely differently and What happened and this is completely normal.

実はこれには歴史的な理由があるんだ。500年前の過去には、現在と同じような単語の綴り方をしていたが、発音はまったく違っていた。

This is completely natural is we changed our pronunciation?

これは完全に自然なことだ。

over the years But we changed our pronunciation and not our spelling.

でも、スペルではなく発音を変えたんだ。

So our spelling is like this old-fashioned Reflection of Pronunciation is now modern.

つまり、私たちのスペリングは、このような昔ながらの「発音の反映」を現代風にしたようなものなのだ。

So there's this gap between pronunciation and spelling today and that's why English can be so difficult because we haven't updated our spelling a lot of languages have but English has never done this and It's one of the things that I don't like about the language now as I mentioned earlier it's also true that every rule in English has an exception and This is something that can be very frustrating because the only way to learn these exceptions is To memorize them to learn them individually and to memorize them So as you get more advanced in English You will have to spend a lot of time memorizing rules, but also exceptions memorizing spelling memorizing pronunciation Memorizing tenses irregular verbs all that stuff Now I mentioned earlier that I did have some good news So yes, it can be very very confusing.

発音とスペルにはギャップがある。だから英語は難しい。多くの言語がスペルを更新してきたのに、英語は更新してこなかった。英語のルールにはすべて例外があり、これは非常にフラストレーションがたまることです。なぜなら、これらの例外を学ぶ唯一の方法は、個別に学んで暗記することだからです、例外を暗記する スペルを暗記する 発音を暗記する 時制を暗記する 不規則動詞を暗記する などなど。

It can be frustrating to learn all these rules to learn all these exceptions but the good news is That as I said before Basic English is relatively simple.

これらの例外を学ぶために、これらのルールを学ぶのはフラストレーションがたまるかもしれないが、良いニュースは、先に述べたように基礎英語は比較的シンプルだということだ。

You don't need to speak perfectly to express your ideas and To get your thoughts across to the other person Now if you've watched my other videos or maybe you're a student of mine, you'll know that I often say that The purpose of language is not perfection.

自分の考えを相手に伝えるのに、完璧に話す必要はない。

It's communication So when you speak when you learn a language your priority needs to be communicating Getting your ideas to the other person and you can do this without being perfect It's okay to make mistakes Everybody makes mistakes even native speakers so Don't wait to start speaking.

だから、言語を学ぶときに話すときに優先すべきは、自分の考えを相手に伝えること。

Don't wait until some magical moment Where suddenly you're going to be perfect or suddenly you're going to be able to speak without making any mistakes Because that's never going to happen It's it's impossible You will make mistakes But there's nothing wrong with that now That's not to say that you shouldn't Improve your spelling that you shouldn't improve your pronunciation your grammar or that you shouldn't learn these rules and these exceptions because you absolutely should and Honestly, you need to if you want to become Truly fluent if you want to improve your writing if you want to improve your English generally But that shouldn't stop you from communicating right now that shouldn't stop you from Expressing yourself and expressing your ideas in English Ideally, you should be communicating in English every day.

突然完璧になるとか、突然ミスなく話せるようになるとか、そんな魔法のような瞬間まで待たないでください、本当に流暢になりたいのであれば、ライティングを上達させたいのであれば、一般的に英語を上達させたいのであれば、そうする必要があります。しかし、だからといって、今すぐ英語でコミュニケーションをとることを止めるべきではありませんし、英語で自分を表現し、自分の考えを述べることを止めるべきではありません。

You should be speaking.

あなたは話すべきだ。

You should be writing.

書くべきだ。

You should be doing something productive in English and at the same time Not instead of speaking but at the same time Simultaneously, you should also be working to improve your spelling your pronunciation your grammar Learning the rules learning the exceptions at the same time Not instead or not replacing speaking.

スピーキングの代わりにではなく、同時に、英語を使って何か生産的なことをすべきです。同時に、スペルや発音、文法の上達にも努めるべきです。

It's something that should happen at the same time and That's the important thing that's the thing that I want you to take away from this video Yes, English can be difficult English can be stupid and I think it is stupid sometimes but unfortunately That's just the way it is there's no getting around that and as I said, the good news is That you can still use the language.

それは同時に起こるべきことであり、それこそがこのビデオから感じ取ってほしい重要なことだ。

You can still speak you can still communicate Even if you don't speak perfectly even if you don't have perfect spelling even if you don't have perfect pronunciation Eventually the more you practice The more you speak the more you study the rules the more you study these exceptions The better your English will become the more confident you will feel but it's a journey It's a process.

たとえ完璧に話せなくても、たとえ完璧なスペルでなくても、たとえ完璧な発音でなくても、話すことはできる。

It's not something that happens overnight So start speaking English Today not next week not next month, but today Learn the rules.

一朝一夕にできることではないので、来週ではなく、来月でもなく、今日から英語を話し始める。

Yes, learn the exceptions But don't focus on them Focus on speaking.

そう、例外を学ぶのだ。

Anyways, that's it for today's video If you made it this far and you found the lesson useful make sure to leave a like and let me know in the comments what you find most difficult about English and So you don't miss any future lessons from me, don't forget to subscribe to English at the ready here on YouTube and You can also check out the link in the description below to learn more about how I can help you improve your English Hope you have a wonderful day, and I'll see you in the next lesson

とにかく、今日のビデオはここまでです。もしあなたがここまで来て、レッスンが役に立ったと感じたなら、必ず「いいね！」を残して、あなたが英語に関して最も難しいと思うことをコメントで教えてください。