The Moon and Her Mother | Learn English | Aesop's Fables

[laurabrake1]

Awesome video. Laura

[silviajanette]

Richard, when the moon's mother says "How can I?",,,"replied SHE"....can we use this pronoun instead of "her", for instance? thanks ;D

[Linguaspectrum]

@silviajanette Hi Silvia,

"replied she" is another way of saying "she replied" or "she said". "she" is a subject pronoun. You cannot use "her" instead of "she". "her" is an object pronoun (She spoke to her) or a possessive pronoun (She said it was her car).

[silviajanette]

@Linguaspectrum thanks for the explanation Richard...it sounded weird to me, at first,,,,but after your explanation I even recalled this rule, lol...;D

[phillipN69]

@Linguaspectrum im sorry miss(me) ... now go back to your seat (her)

no honestly why arent you a teacher?

[satsumamoon]

@silviajanette

Please note that 'replied she' is not used in everyday speech.

It is reserved for poetic expression / story telling.

In ever day speech we say 'she replied'.

[earlybyrd83]

Thank you very much for your friendship! I really like that video, especially the design and the drawings are very pleasing. The vocabulary included is very well chosen.

One thing which I have to criticize a bit is your backround music! This is supposed to be a romantic story. Why didn´t you choose piano music as backround or so?

[Linguaspectrum]

Hi Nina,

My wife said the same thing!

I just wanted to try a different musical style for this short piece, so I created this more modern piece. The strong beat also allowed me to synchronize the image with the music to add visual interest.

Experimentation is the key to improvement.

Best wishes,

Richard

[open6open]

Dear Richard and Nina,

I love whole of this story, include the background music.

In my humble opinion, this is a cute and interesting story, so the music which has strong beat is just fit very much.

So don't worry at all.

LOVE Your work, and thank you so much.

[26blanco]

we need a new world where everyone can be happy and there are no obstacles to the fulfillment of a happy life.thanks for all these videos.

[StudioAtyos]

NICE

[MsJS73]

This is the uniqueness of the genre:

'' It is better to short and well, than long and moderately '' ( I. Krasicki, Nightingale and Goldfinch)

Greetings ! Joanna

[paulistrate]

Perfect!

I wait for you every day!

Paul!

[rutsablei]

Beautiful work. Is it all right to use all the expressions included in this video in everyday language or are they just for literature?

[Linguaspectrum]

Thanks for your comment and question. To answer your question; the language could be used anywhere. It is not particularly literary.

[Linguaspectrum]

Thanks for your comment and for viewing the video. The drawing is from the 1912 edition of Aesop's Fables by V. S. Vernon Jones, and is by Arthur Rackham, yes.

[rockmusicM]

you're right Richard, we must  be single-minded with our English studies. I will do :)

[KevJJ888]

Too much time between lines, but nice. Like the graphics, especially the Arthur Rackam (?) drawing.