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9 jun 2017

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¿Cuál es la diferencia entre "Understand" y "get" ?Puedes dar oraciones como ejemplo.

I got it
I understand

did you understand me?
Got it? /did you get it?

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CyberKitten

9 jun 2017

Inglés (UK) Casi fluido

They have the same meaning :) but "understand" is better because it's more proper than "I get it"

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LiveForever

9 jun 2017

Portugués (Brasil)

@CyberKitten
Sometimes I think "Understand" have to do with "comprehension"

Do you understand? (a situation)
yes, i understand

Get* more to check if the person captured all information

Did you got (what it was said)
Yes, I got it (all details)

what do you say?

thanks

CyberKitten

9 jun 2017

Inglés (UK) Casi fluido

That's right because you can't say "Did you get the situation?" because it would sound weird. But I still prefer to use "understand" whenever I can without sounding weird because "get" is casual.

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LiveForever

9 jun 2017

Portugués (Brasil)

@CyberKitten
Ok,

let me see if I understood) got it?

I can say Understand" in any frase without the necessity using get?

Get is just a option?

thanks again

CyberKitten

9 jun 2017

Inglés (UK) Casi fluido

It's actually "phrase" and not "frase" :)

And yeah "get" is an option. It's used when you want to sound rude or sarcastic, as in: "Do you get it now?"

But never ever say "Somebody should get this!"

Because "get" has other meanings and the listener/s might get confused

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LiveForever

9 jun 2017

Portugués (Brasil)

@CyberKitten
I see,
Get have a looooot of uses especially when used with another other becoming a phrasal verb. I understand, thanks

and my keyboard changes words to Portuguese haha

Thanks a lot again

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¿Cuál es la diferencia entre "Understand" y "get" ?Puedes dar oraciones como ejemplo.

They have the same meaning :) but "understand" is better because it's more proper than "I get it"

That's right because you can't say "Did you get the situation?" because it would sound weird. But I still prefer to use "understand" whenever I can without sounding weird because "get" is casual.

It's actually "phrase" and not "frase" :) And yeah "get" is an option. It's used when you want to sound rude or sarcastic, as in: "Do you get it now?" But never ever say "Somebody should get this!"Because "get" has other meanings and the listener/s might get confused

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It's actually "phrase" and not "frase" :)

And yeah "get" is an option. It's used when you want to sound rude or sarcastic, as in: "Do you get it now?"

But never ever say "Somebody should get this!"

Because "get" has other meanings and the listener/s might get confused