En esta clase, te vamos a mostrar cómo usar used to, get used to y be used to en inglés. Después de ver esta lección y repasar con la sección práctica, te irás a la cama con este pequeño problema resuelto, siendo todo un experto de los usos de ‘used to’ en inglés. Oh yeah!💂♀️
Antes de ir al lío, ‘before we get down to business’… ¿cuál es la traducción de estos términos al español?
- 👉🏻 USED TO ➯ solía, acostumbraba
- 👉🏻 GET USED TO ➯ acostumbrarse a
- 👉🏻 BE USED TO ➯ estar acostumbrado a
Cool! Let the class begin!
¡TEST al final del post!
used to
Used to se usa para hablar de un hábito en el pasado (solía, acostumbraba). Por tanto, se usa en para hablar de acciones que ya han terminado y no siguen pasando en la acualidad.
Mira estos ejemplos…
(+) I used to work as a waiter. (Ya no trabajas como camarero).
(-) I didn’t use to have many friends. (Ahora sí tienes amigos).
(?) Did you use to smoke? (Ahora ya no fumas).
¡IMPORTANTE!
Fíjate que en frase negativa e interrogativas quitamos la “d” de used to, porque usamos el verbo auxiliar did, pero la pronunciación es exactamente igual: /justu/ 🔈
be used to
Be used to se traduce como ‘estar acostumbrado a’. Siempre se usa con el verbo to be + el gerundio (ING).
(+) I’m used to eating at 6:30pm.
(-) I’m not used to driving on the left.
(?) Are you used to living on the 10th floor?
¡CUIDADO!
No cometas el típico error de mezclar las dos estructuras y decir…
I’m used to watch films in English. X
I used to watch films in English. ✔ (solía ver)
I‘m used to watching films in English. ✔ (estoy acostumbrado a ver)
get used to
Get used to se refiere al proceso de acostumbrarse. Es lo que tienes que hacer antes de estar acostumbrado y puede llevarte tiempo y esfuerzo.
(+) I have to get used to drinking milky tea now that I live in the UK.
(-) I never got used to the bad weather when I lived in London.
(?) Are you getting used to your new routine?
Como puedes ver, se puede usar con cualquier tiempo verbal y puede ir seguido, tanto de un verbo en gerundio como de un un sustantivo.
usually
Usually es un adverbio de frecuencia y normalmente se usa con el present simple. Se usa para hablar de cosas que hacemos habitualmente.
Mira estos ejemplos…
(+) I usually eat out on Saturdays.
(-) I don’t usually give people my number.
(?) Do you usually behave like this?
¡OJO!
Muchos estudiantes confunden usually con used to. Si quieres decir ‘Normalmente leo por las tardes.’ no se dice ‘ I used to read in the evenings.’ porque eso quiere decir que solías leer por las tardes, pero ya no lo haces.
Normalmente leo por las tardes 👉🏻 I usually read in the evenings. ✔
Got it? Now let’s move on…
En resumen…
¿Ya sabes cómo usar used to en inglés? ¡Demuéstrame que conoces este tema a la perfección! Show me you know this topic inside out!
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¡Se acabó el sorteo! OHHHH! Muchísimas gracias a todos por participar. Your comments are out of this world! La ganador del Super Fluency Pack es Cristal Navarro 👉🏻 “The hardest thing about moving to the UK would be getting used to seeing four seasons in one day.” ☔️🌩🌈 Congratulations!
One of the most difficult things for me would be to get used the miserable and dam weather, so that I love bask myself in the sun.
One of the most difficult things for me would be to get used to miserable and dam weather, so that I love basking myself in the sun.
One of the difficult things would be to get used to miserable and dam weather so that, I love basking in the sun.
To get used to the different flavours of British ale and find one that I really like, so that I could get smash
For me, I would always get used to everything in London, because I love 😍 London, BUT … jejeeje…. there is always a “but”: if I need to say something, I rather the most difficult thing that I get used to living in London is walk so fast because my legs are very short and I can’t do it jejeje 😁😁😁😁
I think I’m like a penguin on the street 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I think I could’nt get used to drive on the right. Ir si so difficult for me.
Maybe, the most difficult thing would be to get used to watch to the right instead to the left before to cross a street. Once, I went to London and always watched to the wrong side at first. I’m a survivor!
If I moved to the UK, the most difficult thing for me would be getting used to driving on the left.
If I moved to the UK I would have to get used to sleeping without blinds in the room and I would never get used to eating full breakfast in the morning.
Hello everybody!
I think the most difficult thing to get used to if I lived in the UK, it would be to avoid the warm greetings. I am used to touching, hugging and kissing when I am in friends’ meetings, maybe too much, so sure I would do it without noticing.
Thank you very much and congratulations for your job!
If I moved to U.K.I think the most difficult thing would be to get used to drying my hair in the room or in the kitchen because there are no switches or plug sockets in the bathroom .How uncomfortable it is for us,the women !!
Kisses !
Ok, I’m Mexican, so this is my answer: -I think that if I moved to UK, I’ll never get used to having the washing machine in the kitchen instead of the bathroom or laundry room. That’s crazy for me.- 😀
Love u guys, you are the best!!
My response to the final question:
The most difficult aspect of getting used to living in the UK is having to share my cashew nuts with squirrels when I’m sitting in the park.
Lots of love from Madrid!
Hello! If I moved to UK I believe that it would hard because I’m not use to eating so early and I am used to living in a beach town (Cartagena-Murcia).
Moreover, I will have to get used to living without “Crespillos and asiatico” This is a traditional food from my city.
See you!
Best wishes!
Hello there!
If I lived in the UK I think it would be difficult for me to get used to the few hours of sunshine. Imagine, I am from Argentina and I have many sunny days so I am used to sunbathing in the summer.
Best regards!
Julian.
I get used to live on london! What can I say! I love London, I love England, I love the United Kingdom, for me it is a dream to travel to London one day and of course I would love to live there I feel that the most difficult thing would be my Speaking I am used to studying English every day for 1 hour, saqué 7 pero aún así JAJA gracias son geniales
If I move to Uk, I will get used to the weather because I live in Guayaquil. It is a warm city and I am used to wearing light clothing.
It was very hard to practice used ,get use to but I’m learning so mucho even i have more fluency but practice used to or get use it’s hard to speak in English because our brain think in Spanish yet, however we have a lot of things to learn in Spanish
I used to watching fami ly guy for learn english until I figured out your videos an excellente lessons by amigosenglish I getting use to practice with grammar excersises and All i want to be is an speaker native
I’m used to watching fa mily guy for learn english but now I´m getting used to practice with grammar excercises by amigos ingleses I usually take my time an 2 hours every day for study english ubntil I figured out your excellent lessons
I’m used to watching family guy for learn english but now I´m getting used to practice with grammar excercises by amigos ingleses I usually take my time an 2 hours every day for study english ubntil I figured out your excellent lessons
If I moved to UK driving on the right side would be difficult to get used to
Hi! I love your videos, I learn and have fun with them.
If I moved to the uk it would be difficult to drive on its roads.Thank you very much
If I move to UK, I would have to get used to driving in the right hand.
If i moved to London I’m afraid I couldn’t get used to speak English all day.
Hi guys, I lived in London for 1 year and the hardest thing for me is still getting used to summer days starting at 4:30 am and the sun starting to disappear at 9:30 pm, many times I forget to go to bed early to be able to go to work the next day and on the contrary in winter I can only see the sunrise at 7:00 am and the day ends it ends soon since at 4:00 pm it is already getting dark. In this station I feel very sad, because everything is cold and dark and it makes me want to sleep. I lived in Ecuador and in my country the days sunrise and sunset at the same time every day of the year.
Íf I moved to the UK, I think the most difficult thing would be to get used to the long winters with its short days.
The main difficult for me, if I’ll move to England, would be getting used to speking English with English accent. I don’t want say shit when I want to say sheep.
If I moved to UK I think I would never get used to drying my hairs at the bedroom instead of the bathroom
It was a very interesting practice. I’m getting used to using them usually.
Thanks a lot!
If I move to England I would never get used to drying my hair in other places instead of the bathroom
Hi ! I,m from Valencia and I’m a fan of yours, i love your videos and the complicity you have. Maybe I couldn’t get used to that English breakfast or the continuous rain because I’m a Mediterranean woman.
If i moved to UK I suppose that I would never get used to see a lot spiders and not kill it and I think that I would never get used to be so polite. On the other hand I suppose i would get used to eat English breakfast and tea time and turn on the light out side the bath. 🙂
Definitely, I am not sure If I could get used to British food, I am used to the Mediterranean diet!
I used to dream about living in an English speaking country. However, as nowadays I’m so used to having lovely mediterranean cuisine, I guess I would find the toughest to get used to eating disgusting fish and chips every other day (no offence)
If I moved to London there would be nothing I wouldn’t get used to.
I used to receive your classes on email every week but suddenly it didn’t happen anymore until now.
I’m a big fan of yours! I was used to watch your videos every week… please keep on sending them to me.
I enjoy watching you! I hope you get used to sending me your videos again.
I think, it will take me a lot of time to getting used to speaking english, at least
dear
when in England the most though situation I THINK IS to get use to driving on the left and drive cars whit the steering wheel on the right
If I moved to U.K., I think the most difficult thing for me to get used to would be the bad weather, I’m lucky because I love milky tea and beans on toast for breakfast, so that it’s done for me!
But I’ll really miss my Mediterranean Sea and I couldn’t get used to the lack of sunshine.
if I move to UK, It would certainly be getting used to the weather and driving on the left.
Definitely, if I lived in uk I wouldn’t get used to wearing sandals and white socks especially thinking about puddles…jajajaja
It would be a great experience but I guess that many things would be tough. Maybe, I would never get used to the bad weather and probably the hardest one would be understand the native people and achieve that they understand myself with my accent.
I guess that if I moved to London the main problem would be daring to go into a store and order something in English, or in a restaurant ask for the menu, my problem would be getting used to speaking in English.
I guess that if I moved to London the main problem would be daring to go into a store and order something in English, or in a restaurant ask for the menu, my problem would be getting used to speaking in English.
If I had the BIG opportunity to move to the UK, I would never get used to the weather, because I live in a tropical country, therefore I used to living in warm weather
So it would be the most difficult thing to get used to.
If Ihad the opportunity to move to UK, I Isuppose Iwould never get used to having beans on toast for breakfast!!
If I moved to the UK, the most difficult thing for me would be getting used to greeting people with just a shaking-hands. I’m from Argentina and -in my country- we’re used to kissing people on the cheek!
Muchas gracias por el video, fue muy util! Saludos!
That’s a great one Camila! When I lived in the UK many friends greeted me with 2 kisses, even though they were British, but they knew it was awkward for me to shake their hand or to just not touch each other at all. So cute! 💋💋
The main difficult for me, if I’ll move to England, would be getting used to speking English with English accent. I don’t want say shit when I want to say sheep.
If I were to move to the UK, the most hardest part would be getting used to driving on the left, as well as bad weather
The most difficult thing for me is getting used to driving on the left.
Definitely Mirta! 🚗 😅
A lot of people consider that the most difficult aspect about moving to the UK may be to get a good job or the food habits, but for me the most difficult thing is getting used to the weather.
the most difficult think about moving to the UK is getting used to dinner so early at night because in my country we do it at 21 /21.30 hs
I NEVER GET USED TO SPEAK ENGLISH EVERY DAY
Oh you would Juan, although it can be exhausting at first! 😅💂🏼♀️
I think the most difficult thing If I used to the UK would be to get a good job
Superb! Now I see it as clear as water!
Oh! That makes my day Juan! Crystal clear!
🤞🤞🤞
My answer:
“Well, I suppose that the most difficult thing that I will must get used to if I moved to the UK, will be drive in the left way.”
🤞🤞🤞
Calling all super-motivated English students!
Recuerda que para participar en el sorteo del Super Fluency Pack debes dejar tu comentario debajo del vídeo en YouTube.
Fingers crossed! Good luck to everyone! 🤞✨
Personally, I reckon the most difficult thing would be to get used to creeping weather.
I think the most difficult thing if I move to the UK would be to get used to understand the British accent!