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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary

Do we see actual native speaking in movies?

Well, I am now studying phrasal verb, and I am facing a lot of combinational (is this the right word? Emotion: smile or I should use "combinatorial" ) words that I don't know the meaning. I can listen to the movies and the radio and I understand every words perfectly, but I haven't heard many of them, or I think that I haven't. I want to know that if you are a native, have you noticed that such media use simple words rather than idiomatic words?
  

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I think you mean 'collocations'. Idiomatic words are simple words. The movies, TV and radio are full of natural conversational English that is easy to follow unless some arcane topic is in the news.

— Mister Micawber

  • I think you mean 'collocations'.
  • Idiomatic words are simple words.
  • The movies, TV and radio are full of natural conversational English that is easy to follow unless some arcane topic is in the news.
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I think you mean 'collocations'. Idiomatic words are simple words. The movies, TV and radio are full of natural conversational English that is easy to follow unless some arcane topic is in the news.
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So, are they use lesser vocabulary than regular conversation? I thought perhaps because English is like a universal language, producers use easier language to have more audience. And yes, thanks for your suggestion - that's the word.
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youzou I thought perhaps because English is like a universal language, producers use easier language to have more audience.
No, unfortunately (or fortunately) not: even Sesame Street is couched in essentially natural conversational language.
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