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Hi this is Tutor Nick  P and this is Adjective Phrase 15. The adjective phrase

today is bona fide. Okay. Let's take a look at the note here. Bonafide means

様態の副詞

genuine or not counterfeit. So it basically means you know real or not

fake. Bona fide can also mean truthful or sincere depending upon how it's used.

Okay. Let's continue. The origin of this phrase comes directly from Latin meaning

good faith or in good faith. Yeah.  Sometimes you wondered about this one

when you've seen it. Bona fide where'd they get it  from. Why ? You know how do they

put this together ? But  it makes sense. You know,  bona is like a good. You know or

good origin. Fide would be like faithful or in good faith. So that's really what

it comes from. You know words like fidelity in English. So bona fide in good

faith. That's the meaning directly from Latin. The old Latin language the old

Roman Empire. All right. Let's continue.  There is an actual opposite which is ... I

think they said is pronounced ma-la- fi-de But again this you don't hear

too much this is a more technical term,  but it does exist. It's a direct opposite

to bona fide.  I think it's a mala fide meaning in bad faith or with the

intention to deceive or trick. We don't often see this phrase used you know,  it's

mostly used in regard to legal matters.  Okay. So that's why it's probably more of

a legal law term. Okay. Let's continue.  Oh yeah. So here if we had one,  just one

example for mala fide thing . It was a mala fidei abuse of power.

Okay. So meaning you know,  it was in bad faith or they,  they , they purposely tried

to deceive people or maybe the people of a country. All right. Let's,  again let's

look at number one. Now we're going to look at the examples of bonafide of

course. One way to check if it is a bona fide Rolex watch is to see if the second-

handle moves smoothly. Again bona fide here meaning

like genuine or not counterfeit. You know,  the real thing.  I remember seeing this on

TV show a long , long time ago because sometimes those copies can look really,

really good and they say one of the best ways is to look at the second-handle. You

know, the one that counts the seconds. If if it's moving just very smoothly,  it

might be real. The fake one tends to like have a little jump . Well you know,  each

second has a small jump in it. Where the real one just moves very smoothly

around.  They say that's one of the ways to tell

that it is a bona fide Rolex. Okay. Let's look on. Number two here. Trust me this is

a bona fide offer. If you are willing to accept it. Maybe the person who it was

being offered to wasn't sure. Maybe he was suspicious of this offer and that's

what the person saying this is a bona fide over this is real. You should

consider this. Okay.  Number three. We might say wow you actually got a bona fide

celebrity to be a guest on your YouTube show or your YouTube channel. You know because you

know,  some YouTube channels are very small. So if you got a bonafide guest

maybe you got a real guest. Somebody who's really famous out there you know, in the

media or you know in movies or something like that. Number four. That was a bona

fide apology. Again meaning like sincere,  truthful apology. That is really meant.

They weren't pretending,  they weren't faking it. Okay. Let's look at number five.

He is making a bonafide attempt to clean up the government. So he's really trying

to do it. Okay. Anyway,  I hope you got it.  I hope it was clear Thank you for your time.