Hi everyone, welcome to English with Aga. In this video I'm going to teach you about other and another there are so many different ways to use those words and we're going to look at several different examples before we start make sure you subscribe to my channel and give this video a thumbs up also download your free English grammar booklet from the video description let's get started okay so another and other there are lots of exceptions but to put it simply they both mean different from the first one that you've already mentioned this cup is broken I need another one I need another cup that means I need a cup that is different from the first one I've already mentioned so a cup that is different from the broken cup another one another is always singular so I need another cup there is only one cup it's singular I have already spoken to Jenny now I need to speak to another friend I need to speak to somebody different who is not Jenny and another friend again friend is singular other also means different from the first thing you mentioned so I can't help you with your homework right now because I need to do other things so I need to do things that are different from helping you with your homework the thing I already mentioned I need to do other things so other can be plural unlike another so we've got other things things is plural but other can also be singular usually when it's singular it has the so now we're looking at other with the the other I don't like this cup I want the other one I want the other cup cup is singular but there is the in front of other the other cup so what's the difference between I need another cup and I need the other cup the difference is the first one is general and the second one is specific so when I say I need another cup I'm not talking talking about any specific cup I need any cup it's quite General but when I say I need the other cup I'm talking about a specific cup so there must be a cup there already and I'm talking about that specific cup so I need the other one not the blue one the pink one let's go back to a previous example example we looked at I can't help you with your homework because I need to do other things so what is the difference between other things and the other things again the difference is General versus specific so I need to do other things I am not specifically saying what they are and you don't know what they are they're just general things but when I say I need to do the other things it is clear what these things are so I'm talking about something very specific I need to do the other things I need to do the washing up and the hoovering and you already know what these things are that's why I use the the other things now the difference between others and the others again it's General versus specific I need to speak to others that means I need to speak to other people but I'm not talking about any specific people I just need to speak to other people in general I need to speak to the others here I'm talking about some specific people that you know about already I need to speak to the others that means maybe the people who are part of our team so I'm talking about specific people here now each other and one another what do they mean and what is the difference they both mean the same thing and there isn't really a difference between them the only difference is that each other is a lot more common and one another is maybe a little bit more formal as well so you don't hear it as much in everyday conversations so each other and one another means that somebody is doing something to somebody else and that person is also doing it to the other person so we're talking to each other that means I'm talking to you and you're talking to me I can also say we're talking to one another which means the same I'm talking to you and you're talking to me we like each other I like you and you like me We like one another it's the same thing now let's look at some common phrases with other the other day I went shopping the other day what does that mean it basically means a few days ago not a long time ago just maybe two or 3 days ago but I'm not saying specifically when I spoke to my neighbor the other day can you remember we saw each other the other day every other day that is very different when you do something every other day it means you don't do it every day you do it today then you don't do it tomorrow and then you do it again the next day so I work every other day that means I work on Mondays but I don't work on Tuesdays and then I work on Wednesdays but I don't work on Thursdays I work work on Fridays but I don't work on Saturdays so I work every other day and the final one my other half my other half means my partner or my husband or my wife it means the person that you're in a relationship with my other half is older than me my other half is an engineer now let's do a practice exercise size which one is the correct answer my neighbor and I really don't like another each other each another each other that means I don't like my neighbor and my neighbor doesn't like me we don't like each other I don't want to read this book I want to read one the short one the another other or the other the other I want to read the other one the short one I'm talking specifically about the short book so I need the other people in countries don't speak our language another other each other other so I'm not talking about any specific countries I'm just talking about any country that's different from ours so people in other countries how many did you get right let me know in the comments and don't forget to subscribe and get your free English grammar booklet from the video description and I'll see you next time bye