What’d He Say?

From Twitter
Jo: I ① a video yesterday from an man in Italy; it was smart.
Mo: Yeah; what’d ya ?
Jo: He warned us.
Mo: Us?
Jo: Everyone, Mo!
Mo: What’d he ?
Jo: Protect ourselves. He : use phones less outside. The virus can fall on ’em. Don’t meet friends. Care.

Choices:
said
watched
see
say
saw

Answers And Explanations:
Jo: I [saw] a video yesterday from an man in Italy; it was smart.
Watchedwould work, but we say saw (especially with movies in the theater–that is not the case here), to indicate, I think,* the happenstance of the situation.

Mo: Yeah; what’d ya [see]? See’ is the only option here.
Jo: He warned us.
Mo: Us?
Jo: Everyone, Mo!

Mo: What’d he [say]? Sayis the only option here.

Jo: Protect ourselves.
③ He [said]: use phones less outside.Said is the only option here.
The virus can fall on ’em. Don’t meet friends. Care.
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*I say ‘think’ because this is a case of dominant dialect and style, not grammar. There is no rule about it. It just sounds better and carries a nuance of brevity.

Photo: H. Shaw

Author: sayinsei

英語の発音矯正と会話クラスを提供する新宿の語学学校. A language school in Shinjuku offering English classes

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