Hi,
this is a duplicated post. I posted this in the grammar section, but since no one seems to care about this there, I decided to post it here too. Here's the original post.
PS: the character speaks pretty fast, maybe listening with headphones will help notice strange features or slight variations in pronunciation.
Hi,
I decided to post this question here, because it is about comprehension... but it involves grammar. Move it to the pronunciation section if you think it is not ok to have it here.
Ok, this is a video.
http://www.filenanny.com/files/44f7b9c9f14e0/package.avi
The last things he said, according to subtitles and transcripts:
Oh boy, I've never gotten a package this big. I've always wanted to have a huge package.
This is what I heard, instead:
Oh boy, I'd never gotten a package this (?date). I'd always wanted to have a huge package.
Questions:
1 - What does he actually say?
2 - Regardless of what he says, in that exact situation, would both the present perfect and the past perfect be ok? (I've never gotten... I've always wanted - I'd never gotten... I'd always wanted)
My answer: I think he uses the past perfect, but the present perfect would have been ok too in that situation. But I'm confused... maybe the past perfect doesn't sound very good.
this is a duplicated post. I posted this in the grammar section, but since no one seems to care about this there, I decided to post it here too. Here's the original post.
PS: the character speaks pretty fast, maybe listening with headphones will help notice strange features or slight variations in pronunciation.
Hi,
I decided to post this question here, because it is about comprehension... but it involves grammar. Move it to the pronunciation section if you think it is not ok to have it here.
Ok, this is a video.
http://www.filenanny.com/files/44f7b9c9f14e0/package.avi
The last things he said, according to subtitles and transcripts:
Oh boy, I've never gotten a package this big. I've always wanted to have a huge package.
This is what I heard, instead:
Oh boy, I'd never gotten a package this (?date). I'd always wanted to have a huge package.
Questions:
1 - What does he actually say?
2 - Regardless of what he says, in that exact situation, would both the present perfect and the past perfect be ok? (I've never gotten... I've always wanted - I'd never gotten... I'd always wanted)
My answer: I think he uses the past perfect, but the present perfect would have been ok too in that situation. But I'm confused... maybe the past perfect doesn't sound very good.
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thanks for trying. Your reply was very useful even though you didn't see the video.
I tried to download my video, and I had no problems. It worked. Maybe thre was a problem during the download or your player can't decode the file. That would be strange though, it's in XVID.
Let's see if someone else feels like trying to see that...
Anyway, what it seems to me is:
Oh boy, I've never gotten a package this big. I'd always wanted to have a huge package.
This is just my attempt. I am sure about the first first sentence. The 2nd one has a hard time understanding it @~@ If other people might have problem watching it, maybe you could upload it to youtube or something.
Hope other members will be able to help you out
thank you for watching my video
The fact is that listening to it just using PC speakers, it is difficult to hear some sounds. Listening with my headphones, it seems to me that he could well say either "I've" or "I'd", he says that too fast. And the way he pronounce "big"... I think he wants to say "big", but it doesn't really pronounce "big"... I hear an "ay" sound.
Anyway, the fact is that I think the authors (Tray and Matt) want the characters to talk too fast, so it is undertandable that they mispronounce something, sometimes.
My my problem was also a grammar problem (I've or I'd?). That's why I wanted to know exactly what Butters said.
As Nona The Brit has said, we shouldn't expect standard pronunciation, should we expect proper grammar or no?
They surely talk fast.. I just hope you don't learn all the f words and master it in your daily usage! LOL (Ok, I am just kidding about this one)
P.S. Sorry for off topic. Hey though, I am a little bit on the topic.