Spoken English

Use of I’m not used to + (verb-ing) & I want you to + (verb); Day: 16

I’m not used to + (verb-ing)

Here you are using ‘not used to’ to inform someone that you are unfamiliar or uncomfortable with a topic at hand.

āĻāĻ–āĻžāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ ‘āĻ…āĻ­ā§āĻ¯āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ āĻ¨āĻ¯āĻŧ’ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻ°āĻ›ā§‡āĻ¨ āĻāĻŽāĻ¨ āĻ•āĻžāĻ‰āĻ•ā§‡ āĻœāĻžāĻ¨āĻžāĻ¨ā§‹āĻ° āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻšāĻžāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻž āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻˇāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡ āĻ…āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻšāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻŦāĻž āĻ…āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ•āĻ°āĨ¤

Here are some examples:

āĻāĻ–āĻžāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§ āĻ‰āĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖāĻƒ:

“I’m not used to talking English.”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ‡āĻ‚āĻ°ā§‡āĻœāĻŋāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻŦāĻ˛āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ…āĻ­ā§āĻ¯āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ āĻ¨āĻ‡āĨ¤”

“I’m not used to studying so much.”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻ¤ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻļā§‹āĻ¨āĻž āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ…āĻ­ā§āĻ¯āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ āĻ¨āĻ‡āĨ¤”

“I’m not used to being around new people.”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ¨āĻ¤ā§āĻ¨ āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻˇā§‡āĻ° āĻ•āĻžāĻ›āĻžāĻ•āĻžāĻ›āĻŋ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ…āĻ­ā§āĻ¯āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ āĻ¨āĻ‡āĨ¤”

“I’m not used to talking in front of groups of people.”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ˛ā§‹āĻ•ā§‡āĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻŽāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻŦāĻ˛āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ…āĻ­ā§āĻ¯āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ āĻ¨āĻ‡āĨ¤”

“I’m not used to having so much stress.”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻ¤ āĻšāĻžāĻĒā§‡ āĻ…āĻ­ā§āĻ¯āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ āĻ¨āĻ‡āĨ¤”

“I’m not used to traveling so much.”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻ¤ āĻ­ā§āĻ°āĻŽāĻŖā§‡ āĻ…āĻ­ā§āĻ¯āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ āĻ¨āĻ‡āĨ¤”

“I’m not used to working so early.”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻ¤ āĻ¤āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻ¤āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ āĻ•āĻžāĻœ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ…āĻ­ā§āĻ¯āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ āĻ¨āĻ‡āĨ¤”

“I’m not used to having so much responsibility.”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻ¤ āĻĻāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻŦ āĻĒāĻžāĻ˛āĻ¨ā§‡ āĻ…āĻ­ā§āĻ¯āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ āĻ¨āĻ‡āĨ¤”

“I’m not used to drinking so much.”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻ¤ āĻĒāĻžāĻ¨ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ…āĻ­ā§āĻ¯āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ āĻ¨āĻ‡āĨ¤”

I want you to + (verb)

I want you to’ is telling someone that you have a desire or would like for them to do something.

āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻšāĻžāĻ‡’ āĻ•āĻžāĻ‰āĻ•ā§‡ āĻŦāĻ˛āĻž āĻšāĻšā§āĻ›ā§‡ āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻ‡āĻšā§āĻ›āĻž āĻ†āĻ›ā§‡ āĻŦāĻž āĻ¤āĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻšāĻžāĻ¨āĨ¤

Here are some examples:

āĻāĻ–āĻžāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§ āĻ‰āĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖāĻƒ:

“I want you to clean the dishes.”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻšāĻžāĻ‡ āĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻĨāĻžāĻ˛āĻž-āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸āĻ¨ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ•āĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻ°ā§‹āĨ¤”

“I want you to come home right after school.”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻšāĻžāĻ‡ āĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻ•ā§āĻ˛ā§‡āĻ° āĻĒāĻ°āĻĒāĻ°āĻ‡ āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ†āĻ¸ā§‹āĨ¤”

“I want you to call once you get there.”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻšāĻžāĻ‡ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻāĻ•āĻŦāĻžāĻ° āĻ¸ā§‡āĻ–āĻžāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻ—ā§‡āĻ˛ā§‡ āĻĢā§‹āĻ¨ āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤”

“I want you to explain yourself to me.”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻšāĻžāĻ‡ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻžāĻ›ā§‡ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻœā§‡āĻ•ā§‡ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ–ā§āĻ¯āĻž āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤”

“I want you to educate me.”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻšāĻžāĻ‡ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āĻˇāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤”

By using the word ‘need’ instead of ‘want’ you are expressing something that is required or wanted.

‘āĻšāĻžāĻ‡’ āĻāĻ° āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§‡ ‘āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¯āĻŧā§‹āĻœāĻ¨’ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻŸāĻŋ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻāĻŽāĻ¨ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ•āĻžāĻļ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ›ā§‡āĻ¨ āĻ¯āĻž āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¯āĻŧā§‹āĻœāĻ¨ āĻŦāĻž āĻšāĻžāĻ‡āĨ¤

Here are some examples:

āĻāĻ–āĻžāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§ āĻ‰āĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖāĻƒ:

“I need you to study harder in school.”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ¤ā§‹āĻŽāĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻ¸ā§āĻ•ā§āĻ˛ā§‡ āĻ†āĻ°āĻ“ āĻ•āĻ āĻŋāĻ¨ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻļā§‹āĻ¨āĻž āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻšāĻžāĻ‡āĨ¤”

“I need you to stop and listen to me.”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻĨāĻžāĻŽāĻžāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻļā§āĻ¨āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻšāĻžāĻ‡āĨ¤”

“I need you to greet our guests.”

“āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻ…āĻ¤āĻŋāĻĨāĻŋāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻ…āĻ­ā§āĻ¯āĻ°ā§āĻĨāĻ¨āĻž āĻœāĻžāĻ¨āĻžāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻĻāĻ°āĻ•āĻžāĻ°āĨ¤”

“I need you to introduce me to your family.”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻ°ā§‡āĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§‡ āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻšāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ•āĻ°āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻšāĻžāĻ‡āĨ¤”

“I need to request a refund.”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻĢā§‡āĻ°āĻ¤ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻ°ā§‹āĻ§ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻšāĻŦā§‡āĨ¤”