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
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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
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description and I'll see you next time bye