0400 Daily Easy English Expression PODCAST—... per se

Daily Easy English Expression Podcast

Shane Peterson

Self-improvement, Language Learning, Education

4.7 • 812 Ratings

🗓️ 6 June 2015

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

Today’s expression and dialog: … per se Should I throw this away? Don’t touch that T-shirt. Why not? It’s not worth anything! It’s a rag! It may not be valuable per se, but it means a lot to me. Oh boy...today we will learn how to use a difficult, but surprising common, Latin expression. It is "per se". The way I explain this expression is...I think, pretty good! I will give you FOUR examples and then I give you an easy way to find more example online! With a little practice, you should become comfortable with the expression!! Have a SUPER weekend^^ Coach Shane Please subscribe on iTunes and get this podcast EVERY DAY! Support Coach Shane by giving $1 a month! www.patreon.com/coachshane Our sponsors: www.letsmasterenglish.com Click on JOIN CLASSES and get ALL the information! www.audibletrial.com/lme (Get a free AUDIO BOOK!) Our YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/DailyEasyEnglish Today's Daily Easy English Expression PODCAST is UP and READY for YOU!! #LearnEnglish #ESL #Twinglish

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hello everybody, my name is Coach Shane and welcome to easy English expressions.
0:11.0	You and me every day, come on, let's master English.
0:30.0	Hello everybody, welcome back to Daily Easy English Expression.
0:33.7	Oh yeah, the weekend is here again.
0:54.3	When you say the weekend, what do you think of? Do you think of no work, relaxing, sleeping late, meeting friends? Well, yeah, for most of you, the weekend is here. But for me, it's not the weekend per se.
1:00.3	That's today's expression, something, something, something per se.
1:01.9	Uh-huh.
1:06.0	This is an adverb, P-E-R-S-E.
1:11.3	Have you ever heard an American or a British person saying something, something, something per se?
1:13.2	Hmm.
1:14.6	Well, it's a great expression.
1:16.5	So for me, it's not the weekend per se.
1:20.1	And what that means is the normal person's idea of the weekend, well, that's not the same for me. For me, actually, my weekend is very
1:33.3	busy. I have my hangouts. I have my live classes. This is when I'm most busy. My weekend is actually
1:43.1	Monday.
1:45.1	Monday is my day off.
1:47.2	That's my free day.
1:48.8	So my weekend per se is Monday.
1:53.1	We can say Sunday and Monday.
1:55.4	Now some people, especially the Muslims and the Jewish people,
2:00.3	their weekend is Friday night.
2:03.1	It's Friday and Saturday.
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