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0:08hi everybody my name is Alisha welcome
0:10to know your verbs in this episode we're
going to talk about the verb see so
0:19so the basic definition of C is to
perceive with your eyes so this really
0:27means to use your eyes to get
information you use your eyes to look at
0:32things to maybe understand things to
gain knowledge by looking at things by
0:38using your eyes focusing your eyes on
things you can learn things or gain
0:43information gain knowledge so this is to
perceive but the basic the basic
0:49definition though is just to perceive
with your eyes to use your eyes to
0:53perceive to gain information to gain
knowledge okay let's see the
1:00conjugations for the verb C C C's saw
seen seeing
1:12let's talk about a few additional
meanings of the verb see first one to
1:17form a mental picture of to form a
mental picture of means to use your mind
1:24to create an image so see has the
meaning of creating an image in your
1:30mind for example I can see my childhood
home clearly it was one story and had a
1:38big yard what do you see when you close
your eyes so in these example sentences
1:44we're not actually using our eyes to see
something in this use of the word see we
1:52are imagining it and in our minds we are
making a picture so we're not actually
1:59using our eyes to see these items
instead maybe there are things we saw in
2:05the past and we are imagining them
mentally we are creating a mental image
2:11of something so when I say I can see my
house clearly my childhood house it
2:16means in my mind I can form a clear
image of the house in my mind in the
2:22question what do you see it means when
you close your eyes
2:27what's the mental image that appears in
your mind so see is used to create
2:32mental images to refer to creating
mental images here next is to examine or
2:39to watch so in this use of the verb see
there's sort of the nuance of an
2:45expectation we want to use our eyes to
watch something as it changes or to
2:50examine a change as it happens to
examine a behavior let's see how the
2:56team does in today's match I can't wait
to see what the neighbors do when they
3:02realize we bought a pool in the example
of let's see how the team does in
3:07today's match we are talking about using
our eyes our actual eyes perhaps if we
3:12are actually watching the match if we go
to the game where we see the match on TV
3:17perhaps we are using our eyes however if
we don't go to the match and we read the
3:24score from the game
or we hear on the radio something about
3:29the game or we hear the results of the
game we can still use the verb si si has
3:35this nuance of examining something so
we're expecting some results so let's
3:39see in this case doesn't only mean using
your eyes to examine it can mean to
3:46examine maybe the results of an hour are
the results of something to examine the
3:51outcome of something in the second
example sentence let's see how the
3:55neighbors react don't we see the same
thing so it's the same it's the same
4:00sort of nuance we are expecting a
reaction we are going to watch for a
4:05reaction from the neighbors when they
realize we bought a pool so we want to
4:10examine their reaction we want to
examine an outcome we can use the verb
4:14see though maybe we use our ears like if
the neighbor says oh my gosh they bought
4:20a pool that's sort of examining your
you're waiting for a reaction there we
4:25can still use the verb let's see the
expression let's see to talk about that
4:30so let's see what happens next for
example next one to make sure to make
4:36sure please see that this task is
finished he saw that all the
4:43arrangements had been made in these
sentences the verb si is used to mean
4:49make sure or to confirm something to
ensure something in the first one please
4:55see that this task is finished we could
replace the verb see with make sure
5:00please make sure that this task is
finished
5:04so that's a very clear sentence please
see is just a shortened way of saying
5:09make sure please see that this task is
finished please ensure that this task is
5:13finished we can replace the verb here
the second example sentence is the same
5:18he saw that all the arrangements had
been made so he made sure that all the
5:23arrangements had been made in these
example sentences si is replacing the
5:28expression make sure or ensure so we can
use C to mean the same thing it's just a
5:35shorter way of say
make sure next to find acceptable or
5:40attractive what do you see in him what
do you see in her I don't understand
5:46what you see in this restaurant
it's terrible what are the qualities you
5:51perceive in that person or the qualities
that you can detect in that situation
5:57what are the good points you identify
there we can use the word see to sort of
6:03communicate that quickly and easily so
what do you see in him what do you see
6:09in her is a much shorter way of saying
what do you find attractive about him or
6:15her what do you find appealing about him
or her or what characteristics of that
6:21person attract you to that person saying
what do you see in him what do you see
6:26in her is a much shorter way of saying
what qualities do you find attractive in
6:32that person the same thing in the
restaurant example I don't understand
6:37what you see in this restaurant means I
don't understand what it is that you
6:41like about this restaurant I think it's
bad so instead we shorten it to I don't
6:45understand what you see in this
restaurant so see means finding
6:50something attractive or interesting or
appealing in some way
6:57now let's talk about some variations so
some slight changes or some additions to
7:02the verb see that changed the meaning
first is see-through see-through
7:08see-through means to understand the true
nature of something to understand the
7:13real characteristics of something he saw
through my attempts to work with him and
7:18asked me on a date my boss saw through
my lie and scolded me for faking
7:23sickness so here we see the use in the
past tense in the first example sentence
7:29he saw through my attempts to work with
him meaning he saw the true nature of
7:34what I was doing so he saw through my
attempts to work with him and asked me
7:40on a date so in the situation maybe the
person the speaker was trying to spend
7:46time with the he in this situation and
was asking maybe to work together a lot
7:52but he in the situation saw through saw
to the true nature of the speaker's
7:59request saw the true characteristics or
the actual desire there and asked the
8:05speaker on a date so in this sentence we
understand that there was a different
8:11motivation so something below the
surface of the of the initial action
8:17that was happening so the the other
person in the situation understood the
8:23other motivation the motivation below
the surface motivation and so we use saw
8:30through or see through to communicate
that so I he saw through my attempts to
8:35work with him and he understood there
was something else I wanted to do in the
8:40second example sentence my boss saw
through my lie and scolded me for faking
8:46sickness so again we see in past tense
my boss saw through my lie so saw that I
8:52was lying in other words saw through my
lie so saw the true character of my lie
8:59saw the true nature of my statement and
scolded me so my boss understood I lied
9:06and scolded me for faking sickness so I
got in trouble
9:11as I was faking an illness faking
sickness my boss saw through my behavior
9:17saw the true character understood the
true nature of my of my statement next
9:22is see eye to eye see eye to eye this
means to have a common viewpoint or to
9:29agree we don't see eye to eye most of
the time I'm glad we see eye to eye
9:34about this so maybe this one is an easy
one to visualize so to see eye to eye
9:40with someone else means you agree with
them you share a viewpoint with them so
9:45you can kind of imagine maybe two people
standing across from one another and if
9:51they see eye to eye
maybe they match their line of sight
9:54matches much in the way that their
viewpoints or their opinions match
9:59exactly exactly so they have kind of the
same viewpoint they can see eye to eye
10:05so they're there their eyesight maybe
matches their opinions match so to see
10:10eye to eye and we can say I'm glad we
see eye to eye about this meaning I'm
10:15happy we agree about this or in a
negative we don't see eye to eye most of
10:20the time means we don't agree most of
the time or we have different opinions
10:23most of the time all right so I hope
that this video helped you level up your
10:28knowledge of the verb see a little bit
if you have any questions or comments or
10:33if you know another way of using the
verb see let us know in the comments
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10:49we'll see you again soon bye bye
we'll see you again soon we end every
10:57video on this channel almost with see
you again soon but of course I don't
11:02actually see you you see me we imagine
you we have we form mental images in our
11:07minds of all of you watching in the
camera there all those hundreds of
11:12thousands of you guys that's kind of
terrifying see that was fun
