The difference between FOR ME and TO ME ( English prepositions )

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It's important FOR me or it's important TO me?
In this video I want to show you that BOTH are possible and BOTH are correct but there is a small difference!
To me = personal thoughts or opinions.
To me is a short way to express other ideas like ;
It seems important to me
It's important to me
FOR ME = an action or direct consequence
It's important for me to exercise regularly!
It works for me, it matters to me, it seems to me...
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@EnglishwithTerry 3 жыл бұрын

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@Dwdwd474 Жыл бұрын

Already done ❤️🙏

@khalidnaami3026 2 ай бұрын

It's so useful for me. Thank you so much

@husseinalwahab23 2 жыл бұрын

Just what I was looking for. Thank you very much for making this AMAZING VIDEO

@thembisilebuthelezi8003 Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much you are a good teacher you have been explaining clearly .

@dinafelippe8347 Жыл бұрын

Terry, thank you for this grammar lesson. It was really important to me.

@piaoliang786 3 жыл бұрын

Best video about the topic. Thanks a lot 😊 🙏🏼

@andresbcrr 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you teacher, it is important for me to understand these things. It´s interesting to me.

@Lebo_11 6 ай бұрын

Your expectations is out of the world enjoying your classes wish you could come back.

@zakariiraillen2559 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this very helpfull video, I always had trouble weither to use for me or to me, now it's very clear.

@user-gf1fw8fk5i 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for very useful video and your explaining!

@TrudiMaas 3 жыл бұрын

Very clear explanation. Thanks a lot.

@rickgamer9542 2 жыл бұрын

Man you are really good, you explain slow and everybody can understand you

@Dwdwd474 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this video....not only beneficial to 'Victor' but also for others like me ❤️

@Hellemorais 2 жыл бұрын

I loveeeeee this teacher!! Luck in your life 🇧🇷

@trumptrustdj7183 2 жыл бұрын

a really helpful.full of knowledge video,thx a lot

@leilahashemi7797 4 ай бұрын

It's so useful for me. Thank you so much❤

@marivaldomenezesdasilvajun1293 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you, teacher!

@inballichtbrown 4 ай бұрын

Thank you, super helpful!

@utro_v_gorah 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you a lot for such a detailed explanation. You surely spent several hours on it! So, I hope I've got the concept of to or for right. By the way, I wish the video had a couple of exercises in between.

@ngshirman9141 3 ай бұрын

thank you, a great video

@josegraffigna7387 Жыл бұрын

Thank you, it's a bit difficult to me, but practice makes perfect

@linw5820 3 жыл бұрын

This is the best explanation related to this topic that I have ever seen. Thanks. Spot on.

@EnglishwithTerry 3 жыл бұрын

I am very happy you like it!

@fatmirkavaja4045 Жыл бұрын

... so useful and practice...

@bulakochebo7636 Жыл бұрын

excellent , cleared up a big confusion for me

@CORSAIR001 Жыл бұрын

To me, you are good teacher, this is good news for me.

@kalinivanov7440 2 жыл бұрын

You explained everything I wanted to know! Thank you! 🇧🇬❤🇮🇪

@antoine1407 Жыл бұрын

It was very useful for me

@marianevik 2 жыл бұрын

This video was very useful for me to watch. And important to me! Thanks a lot! )))

@EnglishwithTerry 2 жыл бұрын

I am very glad and grateful I was able to help you!

@mine1685 2 жыл бұрын

I have studied English all my life, but I still get frustrated and angry with for me and to me. Hopefully, this video will help me. I am going to watch it now. Thank you in advance. Note: I already watched a little bit and I liked it very much!! Oh, I like it very much that we see you on the left bottom corner and at the same time we can see a big screen with examples and explanations. That is very smart of you to choose this format. This way, I can look wherever I want; I can look at you or I can look at the sentence back and forth. Good work!

@akhilbag2844 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent sir

@saiprasadmallick3839 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Terry, it's very useful and very informative, keep up the good work, love to see many more videos of yours 👌👍

@EnglishwithTerry 3 жыл бұрын

I am very happy it was useful FOR you haha

@user-ww8jg3pi9r Жыл бұрын

Thankkks ❤❤

@t.hanmeshithatiparthi1719 9 ай бұрын

Excellent

@ibetholiva5998 3 жыл бұрын

It's really useful to me

@hasansiyo532 7 ай бұрын

Perfect thanks from Syria

@erasmoalvarezchaves4598 Жыл бұрын

I'm from Costa Rica. That was a very useful explanation for me. Thanks a lot!

@EnglishwithTerry Жыл бұрын

Me alegro que te haya gustado!

@KhaledMohamed-ix6en 2 жыл бұрын

Great content Keep going❤️

@id6555 2 жыл бұрын

Amé que fueras directo al grano. Muchas gracias sumamente claro. Suscrita! Gracias por tu ayuda!

@EnglishwithTerry 2 жыл бұрын

Me alegro mucho haber ayudado!

@nandexzzpedrerol1720 2 жыл бұрын

thanks friend, you just answered a question that I had for years and finally I can sleep peacefully.

@EnglishwithTerry 2 жыл бұрын

It took me years to explain and understand it haha

@TrudiMaas 3 жыл бұрын

Very clear explanation thanks a lot.

@EnglishwithTerry 3 жыл бұрын

thanks Trudi! it took me aaaaaages to get this right hahah

@rozaliagazda9721 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for very interesting lesson's. I really like your videos it's help me to understand English grammar.

@rozaliagazda9721 3 жыл бұрын

Help for me to understand English grammar.

@lime4382 2 жыл бұрын

you deserve million of likes

@consuelovargasgonzalez1073 3 жыл бұрын

Finally i understood this topic that made me drove me crazy.. thanks just for it ill suscribe... please please please another video about for or because of . I was sad for his attitude or i was sad because of his attitude. Thanks a lot

@EnglishwithTerry 3 жыл бұрын

Hi Consuelo! I am really glad I was able to help you! Your suggestion is very interesting because it is a very specific problem with people who speak Spanish as a first language. At the moment I am working a lot on my new channel dedicated to Spanish speakers. So I think I will cover this topic on my Spanish speaking channel and dedicate the video to you! kzfaq.info/love/e-t5cLo-t-1qFz7FyDQXDg

@MohammadoliMiah 2 ай бұрын

❤

@onceuponalatingirl 2 жыл бұрын

Love it, thank you so much, I finally understood this !! =)

@EnglishwithTerry 2 жыл бұрын

Estoy muy contento haberte ayudado!

@onceuponalatingirl 2 жыл бұрын

@@EnglishwithTerry ☺️ Gracias !

@user-bs4jp1de3g 6 ай бұрын

good

@hamidaayaz1410 2 жыл бұрын

Superb explanation as always my Respected sir

@EnglishwithTerry 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much Hamida! I hope you are well it is great to hear from you!

@emadkofeilegi9934 12 күн бұрын

🎉❤

@suongkhoi1245 Жыл бұрын

Thank you

@EnglishwithTerry Жыл бұрын

so happy you like it, I am super curious about something, have you ever heard of the udemy business programme?

@allukakryptonitehalo8745 2 жыл бұрын

Really helping me 👍

@EnglishwithTerry 2 жыл бұрын

I am very happt to be helpful!

@okgsv3uegvsbai17 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome expressions. I really like the way you've taught the differences 👍

@EnglishwithTerry 3 жыл бұрын

I am glad you like it! This video took me a really long time to finish.

@okgsv3uegvsbai17 3 жыл бұрын

@@EnglishwithTerry I appreciate your hard work Terry. Thanks once again 👍

@francapavone979 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Terry I really liked a lot your video about TO me and FOR me, I would like to better understand the difference between what and which. GRAZIE MILLE FRANCA da MILANO ITALY

@EnglishwithTerry 2 жыл бұрын

Hey Franca, I am glad I was able to help! Can you think of a moment or sentence where you are not sure exactly about the difference between WHAT and WHICH that confuses you? Can you think of specific examples? Terry

@paulmakiana 3 жыл бұрын

Finally a great explanation! I am really grateful :-)

@EnglishwithTerry 3 жыл бұрын

I am happy you like it, it took me a very long time to define it

@REY.ice09 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for your video, also I have questions about whether is it right to say “To me, smoking a cigarette is a bad thing “ or “For me is the right one?

@axelaurelius3854 Жыл бұрын

1. It’s new to me (I found out from google this is the appropriate one, hope it is so) 2. It’s new for me

@EnglishwithTerry Жыл бұрын

Hi Asahi! so this is really interesting for me because my conclusion with this grammar point after much reflection is that many times new to / for me are extremely similar in meaning but what comes after is the most important point. It's new for me to think about this grammar = correct it's new to me to think about this grammar = incorrect. I asked so many other native teachers and they all agree that it's new TO me TO think about this grammar = INCORRECT. I hope this helps, I love thinking about grammar....

@moi-up6nx 2 жыл бұрын

Got it: useful=for, opinion=to

@sirinmmmdova9877 3 ай бұрын

😮

@thembisilebuthelezi8003 Жыл бұрын

May you explain more please sir

@alexgutierrez9462 3 жыл бұрын

I'd been looking for this answer for years, thanks man! It's the same for: to you & for you? Can u make another video about this topic?

@EnglishwithTerry 3 жыл бұрын

Hi Alex! Glad you like it! I have another video on the channel that maybe can help you! kzfaq.info/get/bejne/gdKpYNekzbeRYWQ.html It is part of a 5 video playlist about TO and FOR. I hope this helps! Let me know if you still have specific doubts about to me and for me. Do you mean with a specific verb or phrase? Let me know! Thanks for watching and please take a moment to subscribe!

@catsven1973 Жыл бұрын

English grammar can be tricky .. like the rule 1; to me « thoughts/ opinion » : for me « benefits » The rules 2; if it’s a good action « for » a negative action « to » Now here’s one case for instance.. he is a danger to himself. Accordingly to the rule 1; we should use « for » But being dander to oneself seems to observe rule n2.. being negative to himself.. And English is full of situations looking like this one I guess this is why people get easily confused and lost ..

@luisaferrigno2389 Жыл бұрын

So, it s better say It s the same To me indeed It s the same for me

@teknpl_on9182 2 жыл бұрын

hi,I'm not British..first of all thanks for your video and your help...in a film,the actor says - "virginity's different FOR guys"- Why? Could you explain me this,please.Thanks a lot

@Koba_assasin Жыл бұрын

3:55,5:10,6:20,7:00

@lisacastle6769 2 жыл бұрын

What does it mean when someone says "what do you have for me today?"

@marcogaiotto2028 Жыл бұрын

The restaurants in this city are expensive for / to us. Hello! Thanks a lot for your video! Can you tell me which option is the right one? Are both acceptable, but different in meaning? Many thanks once again!

@EnglishwithTerry Жыл бұрын

Hey man, thanks for your question. So the short answer is there is no big difference in mearning between the two sentences if you are only using this grammar in short sentences. But what comes after is important. The restaurants in this city are expensive for us TO eat there = CORRECT The restaurants in this city are expensive TO us TO eat there = INCORRECT

@marcogaiotto2028 Жыл бұрын

@@EnglishwithTerry Thank you so much for your help!

@akhilbag2844 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent sir. It is urgent for me or it is urgent to me ? Please answer sir.Stay fine sir.

@EnglishwithTerry 2 жыл бұрын

Hi , I think this is a good example of when sometimes it means the same thing BUT... what is after is important, It is correct to say, "It is urgent for me to buy it today", but not normal to say "It is urgent to me to buy it today"

@akhilbag2844 2 жыл бұрын

@@EnglishwithTerry Thank you a lot sir. I'm from India.Keep making more videos like this.Stay fine sir.

@domybarahona8985 3 жыл бұрын

Hi, a video on conjuction lest is a must, please

@EnglishwithTerry 3 жыл бұрын

I'm sorry...lest? What word is this?

@domybarahona8985 3 жыл бұрын

@@EnglishwithTerry lest is conjuncion mostly used in England, for example, Lest we forget, also is used with the present subjunctive, in the USA is rarely used, but they used.in the following lest you think

@user-kz2vb1yt3f Жыл бұрын

You're a very good teacher, but I still have a doubt. The exemple is "Can you please sing this song FOR Dianna? it's not benefiting yourself but her... wouldn't it be "TO" ? thank you ♥

@EnglishwithTerry Жыл бұрын

so, this is actually a curious case where the meaning will change just a little bit. yes, sing TO Diana is the best option in this case. BUT. Sing FOR Diana means you are going to sing in her place. Imagine for a moment Diana is a singer and you are too, but suddenly she is sick and can't sing in the concert. To say to sing FOR Diana, means to sing in her place. But yeah, you are right that sing TO is the best option in this case.

@DDD20001 10 ай бұрын

Hi? May I ask why "for me" is a synonym of "I think" or "in my opinion"? I being confused by the fact that its synonym is also the same as "to me" which in this video indicates it means expressing an opinion.

@HuyTran-tc3vf 3 жыл бұрын

you should be a teacher!

@EnglishwithTerry 3 жыл бұрын

I am a teacher my friend. I teach a lot of people!

@herculezz4280 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you.But can we say it doesn't matter to me or it doesn't matter for me

@EnglishwithTerry 2 жыл бұрын

I think in this case you can say both with no real difference in meaning

@thomasrobertson2225 2 жыл бұрын

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@prakasholi2439 2 жыл бұрын

Sir I am from Nepal,am basic level English teacher.I unexpert about English sound system,revel me plz.

@EnglishwithTerry 2 жыл бұрын

You should try my udemy course friend. www.udemy.com/course/how-to-understand-native-speakers/

@akshatmukundam974 2 жыл бұрын

Please help For a three year old child,having so much knowledge is an acheivement.(is this grammatically correct?)

@EnglishwithTerry 2 жыл бұрын

Hi ! Yes That's perfectly correct! Well done my friend!

@domybarahona8985 3 жыл бұрын

What is the difference between me too and I too

@EnglishwithTerry 3 жыл бұрын

Hi Domy! Well, the first difference is that we almost never say "I too" Only rare occasions when we use a comma. My friend lives alone and I, too, live alone. Very very rare. So if you want to say Yo también, say "me too"

@ram-my6fl 2 жыл бұрын

who is your fav rapper ? for me it's eminem to me it's eminem could you please explain the differences

@EnglishwithTerry 2 жыл бұрын

hmmm interesting question, my immediate reaction is that they are the same...in this case they are interchangeable... I'm going to think about this and ask one or two friends...

@ram-my6fl 2 жыл бұрын

@@EnglishwithTerry Thanks a lot for your reply. Whenever I learn something about english I ALWAYS find something that is completely different to what i have Studied. In this case, you explained all the rules but still I can find where they both mean the same . literally I have spent 4 hours and everywhere they give the same rules as you did but did not make sense to me in regards to this case. I thought i was wrong but finally you replied and thanks for clearing out my confusion. If you're interested, I could also give you other interesting questions (same as above) in other topics!!

@ppp886 Жыл бұрын

What if the sentence is "both are great" should I add for me or to me?? It is an opinion, so do I have to use "to me"??

@EnglishwithTerry Жыл бұрын

Hey this is an example of how it matters if there is a verb at the end of the sentence. for example Both are great FOR me TO use every day at work = CORRECT BUT Both of them are great to me. = end of sentence / CORRECT Both of them are great TO me TO use every day at work = INCORRECT So both of them are great to me as a short sentence works as an expression of opinion, but we can't put a verb after TO ME.

@ppp886 Жыл бұрын

@@EnglishwithTerry thank you so much ^^

@orlandex718 3 жыл бұрын

For me personally it’s useful a tutorship like your subject on this video for everyone. To me personally it’s useful a tutorship like your subject on this video to everyone. Where be the flaws?

@EnglishwithTerry 3 жыл бұрын

Hi Orlandex, in your sentence, there are no real mistakes. There is a small difference in meaning, a very small difference that FOR ME = I am taking action with this video TO ME = opinion, it looks / seems useful but I don't take any action. If we change your sentence a little bit For me personally it's useful TO WATCH a video like this = correct BUT If we try the same structure with TO ME it doesn't work TO ME personally it's useful TO watch Here, we cannot repeat the TO. You have really good English and vocabulary, are you a teacher?

@orlandex718 3 жыл бұрын

@@EnglishwithTerry Thank you! No I’m not. Nowadays there’s a very good energy going around with the internet some thoughts and telepathy blend. I try to watch different accents as much as I can and then I have to put effort and work in up until online connections like ours right now. I guess if we were meeting face to face probably I would shy away a little and get stuck in between... I remember of role models that are non-native English speakers like Albert Einstein and Cristiano Ronaldo... from there I try to break barriers and find my identity as a foreigner if so.

@orlandex718 3 жыл бұрын

@@EnglishwithTerry I spent a lot of time watching american cartoons on tv but now that I’m an adult I can distinguish a real conversation from a cartoonish one. They be having screechy pitches and tones. 😅 Recently I was really patient and I watched pirates of the caribbean. I know that those were old times but I had to learn since I hoped that it would help widen more my understanding. So I would pause dozen of multiple times and look up the meaning behind of what they are saying!

@orlandex718 3 жыл бұрын

@@EnglishwithTerry I’m upping more my knowledge towards for me and to me day by day! For me gravitates around taking actions such as homework or improvement but for me could mean too that one’s about to have a gift or a surprise like in birthdays or any other special days right teacher? If I were to regard on a note where I want a gift to go. I could just write “...to you” if the sender already knows/knew the person mentioned... I’m very grateful for people like you teacher that beat me into a better understanding of the evolution. In a conversation maybe I would be again confusing. I’ll just have to keep rollin’ the dice.

@EnglishwithTerry 3 жыл бұрын

@@orlandex718 yeah you are getting the idea! This is usually more difficult for some speakers of specific languages, like Brazilian Portuguese for example, where TO or FOR is the same word, but you seem to be doing just great! Keep it up!

@Jytimbalero4632 3 ай бұрын

What about asking somebody to do something for me, but conveying the meaning 'instead of me'. I will bring a cup a cofee for you ( you are my guest) vs I will bring s cup lf cafee for you ( becuse you are lazy and did not want to go to the store)

@josemozgonzales187 5 ай бұрын

HOW HANDSOME YOU ARE !!!!!!!

@youdream17 2 жыл бұрын

3:06 the sentences are used with "for" but verb, action is not written here like here 4:06 . why then are they used with "for"? or you don't talk about action but mean it ?

@EnglishwithTerry 2 жыл бұрын

Hi there! So, with the sentences at 3:06 It's hard FOR me etc, it's possible for me. I consider them simply shorter versions of sentences with the verb and action it's hard for me it's hard for me to do it So I think when you use a short sentence with it's + adj + for + pronoun, the action is implied or from the context in the conversation it would be clear what the action is. For example If I spent 5 minutes talking about my difficulties learning to drive with my brother, and the subject of the conversation is very clear, my difficulti with driving. And during the conversation I say " it's really hard for me" In this case it would be clear from the context. I hope this helps!

@youdream17 2 жыл бұрын

@@EnglishwithTerry Thank you very much. I get it❣

@amelthefoodie2655 6 ай бұрын

Is it no way for me or no way to me ? 😅

@leeseungil4475 3 жыл бұрын

may i ask you one sir? why do you native-speakers say 'suitable for someone'? like this sentence, This shirt is not suitable for you according to what you said in the video, this is more like passing a personal opinion, not benefiting others. so i thought it should be more like 'to you' than 'for you', but i don't think i've ever heard someone saying 'suitable to you'. Could you please explain about it?

@EnglishwithTerry 3 жыл бұрын

Hi Lee Interesting question! my understanding is when we say suitable for someone it is connected to an action. Is it suitable for you to meet? Is it suitable for you to send me the invoice tomorrow.

@EnglishwithTerry 3 жыл бұрын

This shirt is suitable for you to wear.

@leeseungil4475 3 жыл бұрын

@@EnglishwithTerry what about this one? Let’s say that my friend is going on a date with my mom, and i tell him “call it off, it’s weird for me” Actually this is one of sceans from a drame. In the sentence above, for doesnt mean benefit, this is more like disadvantage. And also it doesnt mean any actions. This seems more like passing an personal idea. Then why did the person used for, and to?