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Sayonara,
do you know what that is in English?
Well it's 'Hello', 'Hi', 'Howdy', 'How're you
doing?', 'How's it going', sayonara.
ln that episode we heard three interesting uses
of 'like', now, Anne said 'What did he look
like?'.
Peter said 'l wonder what it'll be like' and
Peter also said 'Would you like to go dancing?'.
lnteresting, this word 'like' in English is
really very very interesting because it has
different uses and different meanings and Mr
Monkey is going to help me explain them to you.
Now, if l ask the question: 'What would he like
to do?'
'What would he like to do?'
Mr Monkey what would you like to do?
Mr Monkey! You know what he said?
He said he would like to find a Mrs Monkey,
well that's natural.
What does it express?
What would he like to do?
'Would like' expresses desires, wishes and wants.
So that's one form 'What would he like to do?'.
What is his desire 'would like' with the conditional
form, that's one.
Next one, if l ask 'What does he like?' in the
present tense
'What does he like?', well l know, l know he
likes jumping around trees and eating nuts.
'What do you like?' That's a question about
your general likes, the things that you like
doing on a regular basis, for example 'l like
singing', 'He likes eating nuts'.
'What do you like doing?'
Do you like going to the cinema?
Going to the theatre?
So those are general likes, right?
Number two... number three, l say 'What does
he look like?', the answer to that question
is,
'Well, he's got blond hair, he's got a squashy
nose and he's got short legs'.
Sorry Mr Monkey.
Now 'What does he look like?', we use when we're
talking about somebody's physical appearance,
'What does he look like?', 'What does my boyfriend
look like?', well he's not too tall actually,
he's good looking, he's dark, he's handsome,
alright? 'Look like' is therefore a physical
appearance.
And the last one is if l say 'What is he like?'
the verb 'to be' with 'like', 'What is he like?'.
Well, the answer with Mr Monkey is 'He's kind,
he's loving, he's generous, he's just gorgeous',
so 'What is he like?' is the general impression
about something.
So that's four different uses of 'like', very,
very interesting, let's look at them together
on the board, to help you.
So the first thing, the first thing we said
was talking about a specific request about something
you desire or something you want.
So 'What would he like to do?' so 'would like',
the answer could be in his case 'He'd like to
have a long holiday in the sun' and wouldn't
you?
Alright, the next question was 'What does he
like?' and this is for general likes, hobbies,
for example, and the answer could be, 'Well,
he likes going to the theatre and the cinema',
'He likes playing with other female monkeys'.
So next question was 'What does he look like?',
now that's for physical appearance, remember?
'What does he look like?', 'He's dark, he's
handsome', that's my boyfriend, 'He's short
and blond' that's Mr Monkey.
And in the last one is 'What is he like?', the
verb 'to be' with 'like' at the end, for general
personality and character, so 'What's he like?'.
'Well, he's easy going, he's very generous,
he's friendly, etcetera'.
l want to draw you attention to one more question
in English which is often confused by people
who speak other languages, the question 'How
is he?' means only one thing in English,
'How is he?' like 'How are you?' is asking about
somebody's general state of health, about how
they're feeling, so 'How are you?', 'I'm fine
thanks'.
'How is he?' is not about his appearance or
his character but about how he feels 'How is
he?', 'He's fine', or 'Well he's a bit tired,
he's a bit stressed'.
So very, very interesting word that 'like' and
listen out for it, for the different uses, because
you'll find it very useful, won't they Mr Monkey?
See you soon, bye!
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