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This is number 971 and we are going to learn a suffix.
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All right, so today's expression is something something, S.
CoteChain is Bruce Willis-esque.
CoteChain's hairstyle is Bruce Willis-esque.
Yes, that's true. I don't know if that's a really good example, but it is.
Something something unknown, usually a person's name followed by E-S-Q-U-E and E-S-Q-U-E, the pronunciation is S-C.
So Bruce Willis-esque.
I want to be an English teacher.
I want to be CoteChain-esque.
CoteChain-esque. You just add E-S-Q-U-E to that name.
Bruce Willis-esque. CoteChain-esque.
That's how we do it. All right, so check out the dialogue and I'll give you a few more examples after that.
I like Michael Bubley. Oh, that guy who's really Sinatra-esque?
Yes. Isn't he a great singer?
Yeah, but he's so not Frank.
Do you guys know the singer, Frank Sinatra?
You might, you might know his famous song.
And did it my way? And now the end is near.
New York, wait. Dun, dun, dun, dun, dun, dun.
New York, New York, New York.
I can't sing New York, New York.
That's Frank Sinatra's song.
Did it my way? That's Frank Sinatra's song.
Very nice singer, very kind of romantic, especially popular in the 1950s and 1960s, right?
Frank Sinatra. Well, in the 90s and even still today, maybe not the 90s, maybe the 2000s, there's another singer.
I think he's from Canada.
His name is Michael Bubley.
He, U-B-L-E, not bubble, it's Bubley.
And his style is very much like Frank Sinatra.
So we can say he's a Sinatra-esque, very similar, very much like Frank Sinatra.
That's the idea. His style resembles Frank Sinatra.
Okay, resembles is probably a really good word to think of.
Because right now, if I look out my office window, in the distance, I can see some mountains straight ahead and to my left, I can see a little bit of a lake.
There's a big pine tree right in front, lots of maple trees.
So the view outside my office is very picturesque.
It's real life, but it's like a picture.
It's so beautiful. It's like a famous painting by Rembrandt or Mozart.
Wait a minute. Was Mozart a painter?
No, I don't think so. Now you can use this with regular nouns too.
For example, yeah, my neighbor, I have another neighbor down the road and my wife saw him for the first time and he's got a really big beard and he's an old guy.
So it's a very big white beard.
And my wife said, oh my God, is that the neighbor?
I said, yes. Wow, very Santa-esque.
Very Santa-esque. So she took the name Santa and she added, ask, very Santa-like.
He resembles Santa. So once again, that's not a regular noun, is it?
But grotesque, there's another great word.
Something is very gross, okay?
It's very grotesque. Esque, it resembles something gross.
Mmm, so this is the idea.
I don't really think this is something that will be easy for many ESL students to use.
However, if you read a lot of English or if you listen to podcasts and watch videos, you're going to hear it.
So the next time you hear it, you will know, aha, something, something resembles Santa-esque.
Resembles Santa. Picture-esque.
It resembles a picture, a beautiful picture.
The sky is blue-esque. It resembles blue.
Actually right now, this guy is completely blue.
I should say maybe in the evening purple-esque.
Yeah, purple-esque. It resembles like kind of like a purple color.
Mmm, sounds nice. And of course, Michael Bubley is Sinatra-esque.
He resembles the sound, the singing style of Frank Sinatra.
So I hope that makes sense to you guys.
Kind of a difficult one today.
So I apologize. Tomorrow, maybe, or the next podcast, I'll try and make it much easier.
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Check out the dialogue two more times and you guys have a fantastic day and together.
Let's master English. I like Michael Bubley.
Oh, that guy who's really Sinatra-esque?
Yes. Isn't he a great singer?
Yeah, but he's so not Frank.
I like Michael Bubley. Oh, that guy who's really Sinatra-esque?
Yes. Isn't he a great singer?
Yeah, but he's so not Frank.
