 Wow, you have such a lovely, hmm, should I say house or home? What's the difference between house or home? This is a question I get a lot from students. And recently I got this question from my student, Abdullah. So that's what we're going to talk about today. The difference between house and home. Of course, I'm Jennifer from J4sEnglish.com And this channel is dedicated to helping you sound like a fluent, confident, natural English speaker. Now, before we go any further, make sure you subscribe and hit that bell notification so you're notified every time I post a new lesson. Now, let's dive in with this video. The difference between house and home. That's what you're going to find out in this video. So first, let's talk about house. Now, house is simply the name we use to describe a physical structure, a building. And of course, it's a building where people live. Now, there are many different types of houses. For example, you could live in a two-story house, a bungalow, a duplex, a triplex, a townhouse. Many different types of houses, but they're all physical structures and they're where people live. So let me know in the comments. Do you live in a house? And if you do, what type of house do you live in? Let me know in the comments. Now, let's say you answered in the comments, no, I don't live in a house. Does that mean that you don't have anywhere to live? No, of course not because there are other types of physical structures where people can live. Of course, you could live in an apartment. So an apartment is the name of a physical structure where many people live. Now, of course, you could also live in a condo. So these three categories are the main names of the physical structures where people live. You could live in a house, an apartment, or a condo. So now that you know the most common, let us know in the comments, where do you live? What's the physical structure, the name of the physical structure where you live? I live in a and then let us know in the comments. Okay, so now let's talk about home. We use home to describe where people live, but it doesn't matter what type of physical structure you live in. Okay, so it's simply where you live. That means if you live in a house, your house is your home. They would be exactly the same. There's no difference between them. Now, if you live in an apartment, your apartment is your home. No difference. If you live in a condo, well, guess what? Your condo is your home. There's no difference. Now, just to give you an extreme example so you can see this, if you happen to live in a car, okay? I really hope nobody does, but if you just happen to live in a car, well, then that is your home. Because no matter where you live, we refer to that location as your home. So it doesn't matter the physical structure of the building. So let's say your friend just moved into a brand new condo and she's really excited and she invites you over to see her new condo. When you're there, you could say, oh, wow, you have such a lovely condo, right? You can say that, right? Yes, of course you can because that's the name of the structure she lives in. She lives in a condo. You have such a lovely condo, but you have another option because remember that condo is your friend's home. So you can also say, oh, wow, you have such a lovely home. And in this case, there's no difference at all between these two sentences and you can use them interchangeably. Now, before you go, I want to clarify one thing with you. Let's say that I asked you, oh, hey, where are you going? Where are you going? Hmm. And you wanted to answer with house and you wanted to answer with home because remember the choice is yours. You can because if you live in a house, that's also your home, right? So again, my question is, hey, where are you going? So how would you answer that with house and how would you answer that with home? Hmm, pause the video and put your answer in the comments. Okay. I want to see if you can get this before I reveal the answer. So put your answer in the comments. Did you get it? You could say, I'm going to my house. I'm going to my house. Hey, where are you going? I'm going to my house or you could say, I'm going home. I'm going home. Hey, where are you going? I'm going home. So I want you to notice the different sentence structure of how we would use these. Now with house, you always need an article in front of it. My house, the house, our house, your house, same with apartment and condo. But with home, we generally don't use an article when we're referring to our own. Okay. I could use a possessive. If I was referring to yours, I could say, I love your home, your home. So I could use a possessive there, but with my own, we generally don't. I'm going home. I'm going to my house. Now, a final bonus question of these two, which one do you think is the more common answer, the more common answer? Hey, where are you going? Would it be more common to reply with, I'm going to my house or I'm going home. What do you think? Put it in the comments. So put A or B in the comments. Okay. The more common choice when you're answering the question, where are you going? Did you get your answer in the comments? Well, the more common choice would simply to say, I'm going home. I'm going home. That's the more common choice. Where are you going? I'm going home. The other one is correct. You can definitely say, I'm going to my house. I just wanted you to know how to sound a little more natural, a little more like a native English speaker. And that's by using I'm going home. All right. So now you know the difference between house and home. If you found this video helpful, please hit the like button, share it with your friends and of course, subscribe. 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