hi this is Diyap from Yemen you are listening to everybody ESL welcome to episode 409 of everybody ESL the podcast for everybody who wants to improve their english practice their English, or just learn more English.
My name is Ben, and I have a mini episode for you today where I am going to teach you about one English topic.
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OK, let's get on with this mini episode.
In this episode, I am going to teach you a common phrase that might be a little bit confusing.
The phrase is one day, one day.
That's spelled O -N -E -D -A -Y, one day.
Why do I say that this might be confusing?
It looks pretty simple, right?
One day, well what does this mean?
What does one day mean?
Of course, sometimes it means one single day.
For instance, if I say, it took me one day to paint my living room.
Then, I am using one day to mean one single day.
But, often we use one day to mean something very different.
Often, we use one day to mean on some day, on some unknown, or unspecified day.
Which day? It's not important.
Just a day, some day.
We can use one day to refer to some time in the past. I could say, one day when he was a boy my grandfather went to see a baseball game.
One day he did this one day.
When did he do it exactly?
I don't know, or maybe it's just not important for this conversation.
I can use one day to mean at some point in the past, on some day in the past. I can also use one day to mean the same kind of thing in the future.
And so somebody could say, one day I will be a famous musician.
One day I will be a famous musician.
When? When will that happen?
The person doesn't know when that will happen.
The person doesn't have a date.
The person is not saying on January 1, 2045 I will be a famous musician.
The person is just saying at some point in the future, on some day in the future.
Which day? When will that happen?
The person doesn't know, but it will happen at some point in the future.
So one day can mean at some point in the past or in the future.
Not a specific date that we know or that we think is important but just on some day in the past or the future.
You will often hear the phrase one day used in this way.
And if you have not seen this before or if you aren't familiar with this phrase used this way, it could be a little bit confusing because it means something very different from what it might look like.
It doesn't usually mean on one single day or during one single day, it just means at some point on some day in the past or in the future.
And that is one day, a common and very useful phrase that I think you should know.
This is the end of Episode 409 of Everybody ESL.
Remember if you have any questions about English or if you have comments for me, Or if you would like to record an introduction that I can play at the beginning of future episodes, the same way Diab recorded the introduction you heard at the beginning of this episode, send an email to everybodyesl at gmail .com.
I'll be back soon with a new episode and until then, keep going, keep practicing and keep learning.
I see you soon, goodbye.
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