English from 1813!! | 10 Beautiful & interesting words from Pride & Prejudice :-) | British English

0:00 - Intro
2:12 - Vex
3:23 - Scrupulous
4:29 - Ardently
5:17 - Cordial
6:30 - Endear
7:51 - Impertinent
8:39 - Propriety
10:10 - Solicitude
11:04 - Indifference
12:26 - Affectation
13:24 - Outro

Hi there friends!

So here are 10 beautiful words from Pride & Prejudice - the novel written a LONG time ago by Jane Austen! It's a real classic and well worth reading the book if you can, and if not definitely watch the amazing 2005 film adaptation with Keira Knightley!

This video is a little different to my usual ones, it's kind of more of a history lesson on archaic English! Hopefully you can compare with our modern day English and start to see how the language has changed! :-)

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[ragmarsegundo]

I use all these words commonly in everyday US English, and without scruple or hesitation, so they're safe over here in the colonies. What a beautiful British pronunciation you have -- insuperable!

[RamasamyArumugam]

It is pleasant to listen to you saying "You could just never relax, could you? I have listened to this sentence over and over again, more than 20 times, madam😊. I found your expression and body language so powerful this time. It was more like a drama and speech class.

[laiwahchoi]

I first read “Pride and Prejudice” when I was at high school and I re-read it again and again. I watched the movie of 2005 adaptation, it was so gripping and when I shared it with my husband, he also fell in love with it that he started to read the book.

[PerryVillanueva]

I do not know if I responded before. So, here it goes on your old videos.

I did read ‘Pride and Prejudice’ in 1979 when I was 20 years old.

The words you mentioned are very interesting to know. Some I will use.

“You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you.”

“If, however, your feelings have changed, I will have to tell you: you have bewitched me, body and soul, and I love, I love, I love you. I never wish to be parted from you from this day on.”

Wow, I wish I could talk to women this way but they will just call me a creep.

We all miss the old days.

Anyway, good to know.

[EdgardoAlexanderGarcia]

Every day watching your videos I understand more and more this language. God bless you by always🤗😊

[gimhtay]

Thank you Teacher Catherine. I love the way you teach. Hope to learn from you more.

[alfredogustavovazquez]

I everyday learn something new from your videos and because of it I don't need to pick up any english course at at any institutions at all.

[k_ali]

Hi Katharine ! This video can’t leave any one indifferent . As a french speaker, I noticed that most of them come from french . English VIP in the last few centuries were proud to speak french . I think it was the way these words have been introduced in English dictionnary . Even I knew them in french, I couldn’t imagine that I can use them in English . But sometimes they change their meaning . Like propriety, impertinent # pertinent .
With my ardent wishes and cordial solicitude .

[emerson]

I love her voice, good speed and useful English practice.

[claudioc.]

Indifference and Affectation exist also in Italian: indifferenza and affettazione. Probably the two words came from Italian and Latin too. We can't forget that Italian affected English and other languages during Renaissance. Thanks a lot for your contributes to get deeper our knowledge of English in a kind and interesting way. Claudio from Rome. 😊

[sunilmore]

I really love the way you, spoken, specially pronounced so softly, smoothly, and calmly, this is my first time on this Chanel, and really enjoyed it

[LeeChen-psum]

I am an English teacher from China.Love your accent and teaching.

[RamasamyArumugam]

I am back to this video once again. This is one of my favourite dialogues.
Have you no compassion for my poor nerves?
You mistake me, my dear. I have the highest respect for them.
They've been my constant companions these twenty years.🙃

[rameshmehta]

This is my one of the favourite novel by Jane Austin 💐✌️❤️😄 good collection of words from precious book

[rygartarrow]

In Spanish we use 7 of these words in our daily vocabulary, now I can adapt them to my English, more videos like this
a cordial greeting

[pattycandle]

Hello from France ! Thank you for this video ! I loved it so so much. I'm currently reading Pride and Prejudice in English. It's a big challenge but it's so beautiful and so well written! A pure joy despite of the fact that it's more difficult, but I take my time. Most of the words you mentioned in this video are also used in french. It's very interesting to see how our languages evolved. I would love to see more videos like this one because I love classics and I would be thrilled to discover more of the British classics. Thank you so so much !

[AryanMehrdoost]

Love it. I’m searching everywhere to enrich my vocabulary with classic literature but I couldn’t find any resources.

[mrossanagutierrez]

Thank you for your interesting videos.I enjoy reading Classics to improve my English.I love the way you teach thank you so much.

[smileysmebarkov]

Hi Katharine,
All these words come from French and we use them in our daily life, in our daily conversations and in schools as well. I believe that this novel is old enough so it’s polluted with French words.
For English people, they seem old-fashioned but in France, they aren’t! Although I am an English teacher who is graduated from a British university but I love watching your videos because of your lovely voice as it remembers me of those old days in England.

[RaimundoSantos]

Hi Katherine! While attending classes at college in the course of Language and Literature (we call it Letras in Portuguese here in Brazil), Pride and Prejudice was one of the books in the syllabus. I was also privilleged to see the film at the same time as reading the book. I totally agree with you that this Jane Austin's book is really wonderful.